Hardware - August 2006

2006-08-01 04:52:26 · 9 answers · asked by h_j432 1 in Other - Hardware

It's a Dell, about 5 years old. Recently it's started freezing up and the screen fades to a gray/white and also has waves of creepy gray and white. Is it just too old?

2006-08-01 04:45:04 · 7 answers · asked by KATYA 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

My PC is an Advent 8582 with a Gigabyte 686BX motherboard, Award Bios 4.51PG fully updated

2006-08-01 04:04:46 · 5 answers · asked by Tom O 1 in Desktops

Okay here are the prices. just tell me which of these prices sound good. all of these are working, btw.

1. fan from a sony vaio- $0.99
2. 56K Dial up PCI Modem- $0.99
3. 256 RAM Memory Sony VAIO PCV PCV-RX- $39.99
4. Sony Vaio PCV-RX640 CD and Floppy Panel (picture here- http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Vaio-PCV-RX640-CD-and-Floppy-Panel_W0QQitemZ300013217344QQihZ020QQcategoryZ3666QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting - $0.99
5. 2 USB 1.1 and Firewire Ports Sony Vaio- $1.99
6. Sony Vaio Lower Panel $0.99 (picture here- http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Vaio-Lower-Panel_W0QQitemZ300013231254QQihZ020QQcategoryZ51064QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
7. Power Supply Sony VAIO 159.9W- $3.99
8. Motherboard Sony Vaio PCV-RX640 with 1.33GHz processor, up to 512mb of ram (but no ram included)- $59.99
9. Floppy Drive Sony VAIO- $0.99
10. CD-ROM Drive Sony VAIO (re-writeable "high speed")- $5.99

what do you think?

2006-08-01 04:00:25 · 2 answers · asked by Mike-Q 5 in Desktops

The hard drive on my PC is nearly full. I've done a clean-up which has freed some space but there is nothing else I can delete. What would be the best way to expand the memory on the hard drive? Would an external hard drive do the trick? If so how do these work?

As you can probably tell I know very little about computers so please be kind!

2006-08-01 03:57:59 · 25 answers · asked by saxonrosecliff 1 in Desktops

My old harddrive is working but my motherboard is bad so I'm buying a new one. My old one was an intel celerol with 2.50 ghz. I wanna buy a new motherboard with a processor that has 3.20 ghz and is an intel celeron d. will it work or no??

2006-08-01 03:35:07 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2006-08-01 03:27:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2006-08-01 03:16:11 · 3 answers · asked by a_n_leon 1 in Desktops

well i wanna buy a pc with following configuration !!!
intel p4 procc.524 supporting hyper-threading technology(1mb l2 cache, 3.06 ghz, 533 mhz fsb) includer intel extented memory 64 technology and with 512 mb ram and 80 gb hardisk !!! is this enough for playing games, surfing net and do multiple task at same time !!! and please tell me what is mean by chipset ???

2006-08-01 03:13:54 · 8 answers · asked by irresistibly_lovable_guy 2 in Desktops

Cat5e modular Plug Cover. to cover the 8 pins of copper part. not looking for rubber boot

2006-08-01 03:08:58 · 2 answers · asked by lex 1 in Other - Hardware

to make my PC boot from the CD?

2006-08-01 02:55:42 · 10 answers · asked by sarcasticwittydipstick 1 in Desktops

2006-08-01 02:54:34 · 3 answers · asked by arcus 1 in Desktops

2006-08-01 02:50:31 · 1 answers · asked by Robert S 1 in Desktops

2006-08-01 02:44:59 · 3 answers · asked by Sandeep K 1 in Add-ons

after clicking the safely remove hardware icon on the system tray, it tells me that "The device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device again later." but even if i tried again, it still gives me the same message.

i tried reformatting the flash drive but it tells me that some files are in use while in fact im not using any file from that drive. i deleted all my files, but it wont allow the folders to be deleted because, according to the computer, files are in use. the drive's now only filled with empty folders but still it wont allow me to safely remove it or reformat it.

what should i do? help!

2006-08-01 02:44:22 · 12 answers · asked by stargazingmaniac 3 in Other - Hardware

i just need a computer that has XP so i can use certain programs like adobe reader 7 and such. right now i have a 10 year old gateway with 733 mhz pentium 3 proccessor and i play games like civ3 and sim city 4(barely plays sim city 4 so i quit playing it) i've also only got 192 ram. and i run windows ME(wich sucks). so i've been thinking of getting a cheaper walmart sold PC with a celeron or sempron processor both of wich have at least 512 of ram and windows XP. some even have flat screen monitors all for around 400 bucks( am on a budget preparing to bring my fiancee into the country). what should i get? will this new system with non pentium processors play my old games?(i'm not worried about playing the newer graphic intensive games.) some one with good computer Knowlege please help.

2006-08-01 02:36:50 · 6 answers · asked by sivracious 4 in Desktops

Among common inkjet printers for home use (color) which one you prefer and why?

2006-08-01 02:19:44 · 15 answers · asked by jay 3 in Printers

2006-08-01 01:21:06 · 6 answers · asked by nishith 1 in Monitors

My motherboard graphics processor wasn't enough, so I bought a second card (same brand) and installed it. Now my motherboard graphics seems to have been uninstalled, and windows XP won't find it. I'd like to hook up a monitor to the motherboard graphics card, and one to the pci card. How do I do this?

I have Windows XP
The motherboard graphics is Integrated ATI Radeon Xpress 200
The Card I just installed is VisionTek Radeon 9200

The card works fine, but I'd like to combine both graphics processors, or at least use the monitor functions of both. The card i bought came with a monitor plug, serial, and dvi. I have no idea what uses dvi, but I don't have any monitors that are dvi. Is there an adaptor? Right now I'm stretched across a monitor and a tv (through serial), but the tv is blurry, so I'd like to use 2 mons.

Thank you

2006-08-01 01:12:31 · 6 answers · asked by brianhathark 2 in Monitors

2006-08-01 01:05:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

when i connect my usb up and go to run the software, it doesn't work and comes up with the error hr=0x80004005 ... it is driving me crazy, how can i fix it?

2006-08-01 00:32:25 · 1 answers · asked by Dirinda 2 in Other - Hardware

i want to put a radeon 9250 pci-bus card in a p.c using onboard sis graphics,do i have to disable the onboard graphics in bios before i use the radeon or will it do this automatically?

2006-08-01 00:31:42 · 4 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7 in Add-ons

athlon 64

2006-08-01 00:08:09 · 11 answers · asked by himanshu s 1 in Desktops