Hardware - August 2006

My computer's max memory capacity is 256, and the hardrive i currently have now is 30gb. If i upgrade to a bigger hardrive will i be able to upgrade the memory to 512 or will it always stay at 256 max since it is the computer's max ability? I have windows Me.

2006-08-03 08:32:30 · 6 answers · asked by asere 1 in Desktops

2006-08-03 08:26:30 · 4 answers · asked by jascraft 1 in Desktops

Hello people. Does anyone know how I can transfer video footage from numerous video tapes onto my computer at home. Will I need to buy a new Video Player especially for this task? or will I have to buy a new card to add onto my computer box which allows data from the video via a scart lead??

Can anyone help me out ??? Thanks

2006-08-03 08:12:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

When i push the power button, my toshiba displays windows xp could not boot up because ntoskrnl.exe is missing or corrupt.
The windows xp on my laptop is oem and a windows recovery CD was not given to me at the time of purchase.
My laptop does not have a floppy drive.
How do i fix the ntoskrnl.exe without the windows recovery cd or a floppy?
My laptop is a Toshiba M45 S269
intel centrino 1.73 GHZ
512 mb ram
100GB hd
DVD-RW drive
Windows XP sp2

2006-08-03 08:10:55 · 4 answers · asked by ksung3320@sbcglobal.net 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-08-03 08:09:50 · 8 answers · asked by stephnmarvin_6911 2 in Add-ons

2006-08-03 07:56:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I have had a 95 desktop for a long time. It was upgraded to 98 in teh past with a cd, and it's decent, it's been ok. It crashes on occasion and videos suck, also I got a new webcam that can't work on it, (it's missing a lot of internal files) I can't even get the new yahoo messenger because of it. Although it's not state of the art, it works.

I am looking at a computer on a website to buy, it's about 514 dollars and has about ten times the harddrive space, but I would hate to spend a lot of money for an all new computer, keyboard and all when there are components in my current one that are still ok. I would hate the thought of just junking that current computer, I want to make the best use of the good parts still in my computer and possibly transfer them to a new one so I don't have to buy as much, does anyone know how I go about that? I don't know how to build computers.

2006-08-03 07:52:58 · 9 answers · asked by prasino_4 2 in Desktops

I making a gaming rig. I want to get a Raptor 10,000 rpm HD to improve load times. Would it be much faster if I get a 2nd one and do a RAID 0? What's the d

2006-08-03 07:37:41 · 2 answers · asked by InvisibleWar 2 in Desktops

if you click on it. It shows a bunch of mixed up letter or simboles
can they be deleted?

2006-08-03 07:34:30 · 5 answers · asked by jkoli123 1 in Other - Hardware

Seagate says it failed because of an electrical problem on a drive chip. So I don't think the storage media itself is damaged.

2006-08-03 07:26:41 · 6 answers · asked by Michael G 1 in Other - Hardware

I've got my dads PC that is infected with virueses etc and has been running slow for ages now. I've taken everything off that he needs and am ready to create a new partition and reload everything back on. But when i boot from a XP Home CD I have (I'll be using the Genuine XP Key on the case), it starts analysing hardware but then just reboots, asking me to press any key t boot from CD again?? Whats going on? I've even tried a freshly formatted (in NTFS) HD in there, in case the original is currupted in some way but this time an error appears before rebooting stating "NTCongif" is missing. Any help or suggestions appreciated. before you ask the compnay that my Dad got this PC off did not give him any CD's.... not even the OS CD. I'm not too bothered about this because most drivers etc can be downloaded from packard bells site. The PC in question is.... http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/index.php?pn=P480402601&g=2000

2006-08-03 06:54:09 · 7 answers · asked by me92sc 2 in Desktops

2006-08-03 06:51:16 · 7 answers · asked by Eric 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

This headset, made by Dasan, partially works. When I press the mute or vol up/down buttons on its control panel, on myscreen, it shows the sound muted on the sound manager icon on the taskbar and the sliders move up and down on the sound manager screen, but no sound comes through the earpiece and the mike doesn't seem to work - I have the compatible software and service pack 2 which is reccommended. It is supposed to be P&P so there is no drivers to install.
Can anyone suggest anything?

Thanx

2006-08-03 06:30:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

and even better, I have a router and a wireless network I wonder if you could hook up the cable TV through the wireless router. that would be AWESOME (and I grew up in Huntington Beach so when I say "AWESOME" I mean it)

2006-08-03 05:50:14 · 7 answers · asked by schenzy 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

Puretracks download, legal and paid.
Tracks download fully, but when using Windows MP to burn from Windows MP to CD, 2 or 3 of the tracks burn only about half way through then cut off, even though WMP indicates it "burned" OK. This has happened on 3 Maxell CD's that I've tried in past 2 days. Just 38 minutes of recording on an 80 minute CD.
WMP is OK, it plays video and audio from other CD's just fine.
The same scenario happened once previous from Puretracks as well. Could it be the Maxell CD's? Media player burn quality is set to highest, "lossless" level.

2006-08-03 05:43:58 · 2 answers · asked by unfinished_adolescent 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

Oxidation? Different voltages? (ex: computer circuit boards)

2006-08-03 05:35:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

it's just that there are so many different processeors and I really just want to know which one is the best. Also what is the best for desktops and laptops

2006-08-03 05:24:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I keep putting my CD-R in, But nothing happens. It just keeps on saying that it's reading it, but nothing comes up. When I put a CD in, It works, But not my blank CD. What's wrong?

2006-08-03 04:53:38 · 4 answers · asked by ToolBox™ is back 2 in Other - Hardware

2006-08-03 04:38:28 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

my tv is a Beko 21"lcd and every time i try to change and apply , i also restart pc but changes always revert back to own settings which are 800x at 32 but i need 640 at 16 pixs my gra card is a isus please help me tanx duncan

2006-08-03 04:32:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

Im in need for a new portable computer can anyone give me a good deal less than £500 includes-
A graphics card good for resident evil games
Long lasting battery
and able to play DVDs

2006-08-03 04:21:48 · 4 answers · asked by Michael Daniel 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-08-03 04:21:01 · 5 answers · asked by Chris J 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

In fixed partition and dynamic partition it occurs,internal and external respectively. pls give me difference......

2006-08-03 04:19:40 · 1 answers · asked by Swati 1 in Other - Hardware

my monitor when i start my computer will blackout. the monitor has power though. i will shut it off and turn it on the picture will stay a few seconds and then total darkness (still has power to it) after shutting it on/off many times and opening a few programs the picture will stay. virus? video card? monitor?

2006-08-03 04:14:29 · 7 answers · asked by buckeyeboy 1 in Monitors

I have a Dell Pentium 4 I bought in 2002 - I have to run the standard Microsoft Office suite and other programs like SPSS, which is a memory hog. I also want to surf the web without having to wait a day for the pages to come up. I'm open for suggestions on fixing the existing computer (preferable) or buying something fast but inexpensive. What do you think?

2006-08-03 03:57:05 · 31 answers · asked by M S 4 in Desktops

2006-08-03 03:55:45 · 2 answers · asked by ? 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-08-03 03:51:07 · 14 answers · asked by gerfuls 2 in Other - Hardware

how can i buy a cheap but quite strong computer?

2006-08-03 03:45:50 · 14 answers · asked by phong 2 in Desktops

2006-08-03 03:42:30 · 8 answers · asked by Aggronaut 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-08-03 03:34:59 · 13 answers · asked by shadmack014 1 in Other - Hardware