Hardware - August 2006

2006-08-29 00:22:52 · 12 answers · asked by St Lusakan 3 in Other - Hardware

is it ok to burn continuously? i mean, right after i burn my video (as data) on the a standard 4.7 GIG DVD i burn another. and another and another.. will it hurt the lens of my burner? if not ok, how many minutes of interval is safe before i burn another one? ^_^

2006-08-28 23:18:50 · 3 answers · asked by just_askin' 1 in Other - Hardware

Please let me know about this device as early as possible.

2006-08-28 22:26:54 · 7 answers · asked by gishy v 1 in Other - Hardware

I've taken a 30GB hard drive out of a older computer which has Windows ME, and attempted to conect it via jumper. I've connected the slave drive according to the lable on jumper cable but when I boot I get an error saying that it can't find the operating system. When I disconect the main hard drive the slave drive works on its own, what gives? Do I have to format the Slave hardrive?

2006-08-28 22:08:30 · 9 answers · asked by sasha 2 in Add-ons

2006-08-28 21:51:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-08-28 21:25:51 · 8 answers · asked by george a 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Here's my problem...I have recently been having quite random troubles with my laptop computer. It started when I tried to turn it on a few weeks ago and it would power on but the screen would remain black. About one out of 50 tries or so it would actually boot. To resolove this I decided to reinstall Windows and format the hard drive when I was able to get it up. When I tried to install my copy of XP that came with the computer I got some error right at the start which I didn't write down, and now i wish I had. Anyways, I tried a different copy and that installed fine. After Windows was done installing I began reinstalling software, and I frequently have been getting errors saying the file may be corrupted. Not just one file either, almost everything I install. Some of it I can just try again and it works, some I will continue to get the same message. My best guess is bad sectors on my hard drive, but I want to be sure before replacing it. Anyone have a better guess?

2006-08-28 20:59:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

And also what the main specifications that I should for when I buy a printer ???

2006-08-28 20:15:38 · 13 answers · asked by in_urma 2 in Printers

2006-08-28 20:11:58 · 8 answers · asked by JHDXB 1 in Other - Hardware

I am buying a pc basically for the internet, to explore and download music and movies. My connection will be adsl 1024. So I found this one for 240 euro (230 $). Is it ok or should I go and buy something better and more expensive? I will also have office applications,photoshop,nero and maybe a limewire (??? correct??) to get music,videos...

CASE ATX-3018 350W,
M/B ASROCK 775i65GV,
CPU INTEL CELERON Prescott J336 - 2.8GHz,
RAM 512MB DDR 400MHz,
FDD 3.5" 1.44MB,
VGA On Board 64MB,
MULTIMEDIA KEYBOARD,
MOUSE CG PS/2 WHEEL,
HDD EXCELSTOR 80GB 2MB,
LG DVD-RW H10LB,
MODEM CRYPTO OEM V92 INT.,
Manufacturer Parts Warranty 3 Y

Thank you so much in advance!

2006-08-28 19:46:55 · 23 answers · asked by Kelly 1 in Desktops

i need a motherboard which supports gaming, all kind of videos and audio activities, internet, office work etc. which would be better athelon or intel. please give the respective costs al well.

2006-08-28 19:34:24 · 9 answers · asked by Samarjeet PAti 1 in Desktops

i had a bunch of cds b4 i bought an ipod. i put them in my pc n it only took about a minute or 2 to compress them.. i stopped doing that for about a week and now it takes 4ever.. how can i fix this????

2006-08-28 19:20:10 · 7 answers · asked by she 3 in Other - Hardware

I just want to work with easy applications like office, photoshop and explore the internet to download music files and movies. I don't want to pay more money to buy something expensive that I won't use. Is a Intel Celeron Prescott J336 - 2.8 Ghz with 512 RAM for 230 euro ok, or should I start searching for something better?

2006-08-28 19:02:59 · 10 answers · asked by angiemicro 1 in Desktops

2006-08-28 18:17:48 · 3 answers · asked by weather2006 1 in Scanners

2006-08-28 17:47:02 · 9 answers · asked by r_b_suresh 1 in Desktops

I am considering to buy a high end INTEL PC with Dual core 2.6 GHz, 2GB RAM, 120 / 160 GB HDD with Linux O/s - which might cost about Rs. 50K.
Is it worth going for a WORKSTATION with P4 3GHz, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB HDD which will cost me almost Rs. 65K
Applications are mostly programming in C / FORTRAN, AutoCAD, Data Base, etc.. not for gaming.

2006-08-28 17:24:23 · 4 answers · asked by jk s 2 in Desktops

2006-08-28 17:10:46 · 2 answers · asked by Caitlyn S 2 in Other - Hardware

I am using P4, 2.8 with HT, 1 Gb ram, 128 Mb Nvidia Geforce 5200 and 80 Gb Hard Drive. Someone told me to use dry cell ups..help plz

2006-08-28 17:10:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I have a video ipod and can't play videos on it. When I try to play a podcast the video doesn't even show up just the sound. And if the video does show up it is in slow motion. Can you help me, please.

2006-08-28 17:10:06 · 1 answers · asked by Pooh 4 in Other - Hardware

Everytime.I.use
The.space.button.
sites.that.are.
programed.into.
my.keyboard.pop.up.
and.additional.programs.
programed.
Also.the.right.hand.side.
ENTER.button.does.
the.same.
Please.any.help?

2006-08-28 17:04:37 · 17 answers · asked by o 2 in Other - Hardware

i was thinking...whats the best brand of computers selling these days? give at least 3 different brands and explain why!

2006-08-28 17:03:54 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

If so, can someone link me to a cheap one? ebay or something

Thanks
Narumi

2006-08-28 16:54:13 · 9 answers · asked by n4rumi 2 in Add-ons

I bought a SATA 160 GB hard disk.One of my friends said that UATA is better than SATA and we cannot dump the files from UATA to SATA hard Disk...PLZZZZZ helpp meee!!!!

2006-08-28 16:44:38 · 6 answers · asked by Sandy_cool 2 in Desktops

The current version is 5.6.7.3

2006-08-28 16:44:13 · 3 answers · asked by Sly Dragon 2 in Other - Hardware

I have a Dell Dimension 4400 and it currently has a Nvidia Gforce 2 64mb video card. I bought an ATI Radeon 1300 256mb. The box said that I need a stronger power supply so I got a 400 watt one. I deleted the driver, shut the computer down removed the old card, installed the new card closed up the box plugged everything back in. I hooked everything up and turned the computer on. The screen when black then went into multi-colored vertical lines on the screen. I did everything that the install book told me to do. What is the problem? Thanks for your help.

2006-08-28 16:27:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

If you were to build your own computer and deciding on the storage... Would you rather to have one big harddrive and run everything from it, or have 2 smaller drives, one of which would carry the OS and programs and another - everything else? Why would you choose it to be so?
What brand do you consider to be the best in harddrives and why? Maxtor, Seagate, HP, WD, anything else? Any known problems with any of them? I'd like to get something like 1 of 150GB or 2 of 100GB or so, in the range of $1/Gb or less, with SATA interface.
PS. Please don't answer anything like "I'm using Maxtor DiamondMax 9 and it works great for me". I'm looking for the answers of people who live and breathe computers.

2006-08-28 16:26:46 · 10 answers · asked by Negotiator 3 in Desktops

I recently reinstalled windows XP on my computer because it was running slow, everything seems to work fine but the only thing was that I can get any sounds from it and also I'm not able to play any Cd's or nothing like that, it has no sound at all, what can I do??

2006-08-28 16:01:01 · 5 answers · asked by flacodf 4 in Desktops

This is my first mid range gaming build, what do you think?

Specs

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Processor

ECS KN1 Lite 1.0A Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard

Kingston HyperX 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit

Saphire Radeon X850XT 265mb Video Card

(2) 200GB HDD's

18X DVDRW Drive

2006-08-28 15:52:23 · 5 answers · asked by m1ndless 1 in Other - Hardware

i have a web cam and when i try to use it or view some elses it always has to reconnect and it never connects to the other persons or broadcasts my webcam what is wrong?

2006-08-28 15:25:32 · 3 answers · asked by dfkjafs l 1 in Other - Hardware

I just installed 2 512mb memory cards in my desktop. I will be doing something, then the computer restarts. It never did this before I upgraded. I had a 256 and 128mb cards in before. Windows goes through a hard drive check, fixs the problem, then says a serious error occured. Then it will do it again a little while later.. Do I have a bad memory card? Or do I have bad file?

2006-08-28 15:22:05 · 8 answers · asked by grimmis45 2 in Desktops