Hardware - August 2006

My computer had a heavy object fall on it. I had to do a system restore to get it to boot - but now there is no audio. I know the speakers are OK. I reinstalled the audio driver software. The computer doesn't recognize any speakers connected to either speaker port. What's a likely explanation?

Thanks.

2006-08-21 05:33:26 · 4 answers · asked by Dastardly 6 in Desktops

2006-08-21 05:32:35 · 9 answers · asked by tony ong 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have just clean my LCD screen surface with a newspaper and liquid glass cleaner, and after that my LCD screen got large number of tiny black dots ans spots all over, please help me, suggest me some tips to remove these spots.... help me pleaseeeeeee :-(

2006-08-21 05:23:29 · 5 answers · asked by pacman 1 in Monitors

2006-08-21 05:23:09 · 1 answers · asked by fries846 2 in Scanners

The only thing I can find on the pinnacle site for for anything close to my card is the PCTV 100e and the drivers for it are only good for Windows Media Center. I run XP pro SP2.

2006-08-21 05:19:39 · 1 answers · asked by Foresaken One 1 in Desktops

i have a dell dektop demension 4550 how do i get it like it was when i first bought it? thanks

2006-08-21 05:13:52 · 4 answers · asked by cool1947584 1 in Desktops

My aspire 420watt power supply just died and I replaced it with a cheapo 450watt ps(xion) that I had lying around the house. I an now getting these voltage readings... 12v @ 11.61, 3.3v@ 3.2, and 5v @ 4.89 are these too low? Is it a lot better to have a good name brand 350watt power supply than a cheap generic 500watt power supply? I shop at newegg.com quite often and have found a few 400 watt ps's for around $35 (rosewill, sparkle, & thermaltake) the 3 brand that I have narrowed it down to all have excellent customer review ratings.... should I go ahead and get the better name brand one?

2006-08-21 05:12:57 · 10 answers · asked by jayde451 1 in Add-ons

All I see as my graphic card is "Intel(r) 82852/82855 gm/gme graphixs controllers", other than that I can't seem to figure what my graphic hardware is on my laptop. But if that is my laptop's graphic hardward how good is it for playing video games. Games like the sims, or the sims 2... not half life 2 or any other powerful games.

2006-08-21 05:12:00 · 2 answers · asked by Cris 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-08-21 05:10:29 · 4 answers · asked by mangobuyer 2 in Desktops

2006-08-21 04:50:51 · 6 answers · asked by davidleeryan 2 in Other - Hardware

I am currently running a duplicated copy of Windows that denies me any updates (specifically service pack 1 or 2). Thus, my on board usb ports (that are in fact 2.0) are only recognized as 1.1. Can I install a usb 2 pci card w/ drivers and have windows recognize it as 2.0? (and not 1.1 like my on board ports).

2006-08-21 04:49:23 · 4 answers · asked by Frank D 2 in Add-ons

2006-08-21 04:46:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2006-08-21 04:30:58 · 27 answers · asked by Great Man 1 in Desktops

I have cox in my home for my desktop, what do I need to buy so I can get online anywhere in my home?

2006-08-21 04:08:24 · 5 answers · asked by gretchen856 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

After 200 the time between keypress and the characters appearance on the screen gets longer, up to 1.5 +/- seconds. Does anybody else have this problem?

2006-08-21 04:07:48 · 1 answers · asked by djr3cda8 1 in Other - Hardware

The cf card is used mostly in digiatl camera to storage the image taken from the camera, however hot does this card exactly works and what would make one card faster then the other.
Thank you.

2006-08-21 04:05:38 · 2 answers · asked by plati 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-08-21 03:51:40 · 9 answers · asked by darlene26261 1 in Desktops

2006-08-21 03:49:16 · 9 answers · asked by seifer912a 1 in Desktops

with at least 512mb mem, 60 gb hd, 17 in. display (namebrands).

2006-08-21 03:41:15 · 11 answers · asked by sirap 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i recently bought a webcam. during installation, this error msg appeared, i ignored the message and continued installation. after rebooting my pc, all i can see on my desktop is my wallpaper (no icons, no start button, nothing). so i thought the webcam's software might have caused that problem. i re-installed windows and everything went back to normal. ive tried to re-install the software but the same error msg appeared. now im scared to install it. what should i do? what does that message mean? help. im really a novice when it comes to computers.

2006-08-21 03:31:05 · 8 answers · asked by yiana 2 in Other - Hardware

I want a new desktop computer but i dont know where the bast place is to get a new cheap one! Doesnt matter about specs of it just as long as i can upgrade it to what i want at a later date

2006-08-21 03:23:19 · 13 answers · asked by Gary 3 in Desktops

If a computer contains a pentium-4 with 800mhz FSB and DDR2 RAM that runs at 533mhz, would the BUS speed be limited to 533mhz?

2006-08-21 03:22:06 · 5 answers · asked by Josh 2 in Desktops

2006-08-21 03:20:01 · 7 answers · asked by darlene26261 1 in Desktops

All of a sudden my computer isn't showing my F-Drive so now several of my programs wont work. I thought it was a mistake so I opened up the MY COMPUTER ICON and sure enough, the F-Drive is missing. I don't know anything about computers so I don't want to take it apart. Is there any way to find it just using my keyboard/mouse?

2006-08-21 03:01:15 · 4 answers · asked by sweetieshop 2 in Other - Hardware

my nephew was play with the computer when i got up,but wat i was doing was adding/removeing programs and i think he did something and now when i try to use them my comp says i cant because of a (code 10)

2006-08-21 02:50:36 · 6 answers · asked by jdmartmc89 1 in Other - Hardware

On Thursday I bought myself a desktop PC from the PC World website. When I bought it, I was quickly told that my order was in processing, and I would get an email confirming that it's been sent.

It's now Monday, and i still haven't recieved any confirmation that my PC has been dispatched, or any updates on my order for that matter. Is this just their normal process, and should I expect an update in the next few days.

And how will it be before they dispatch my order?

2006-08-21 02:48:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

My computer sees the empty hard drive case itself and has assigned it a drive letter. However it does not see any of the drives that I install. It just keeps asking me to put in a disk. I have tried installing several old hard drives from some of my old computers and it cannot see any of them. I have tried everything I can think of to no aval.

2006-08-21 02:48:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

It should be lightweight and easy to carry, but reasonably priced as well. I'll use it for assignments, research and keeping in touch with my family.

2006-08-21 02:41:59 · 10 answers · asked by fatz 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I don't have a modem in my computer and my brother gave me an old us robotics external modem and I downloaded the driver from us robotics (the .inf files) and I pluged everything and I made it my default modem but It still doesn't work the modem is on but I cant hear it dialing and when I dial in the computer It say it didn't recognize it.

2006-08-21 02:34:04 · 3 answers · asked by tmoney58 2 in Add-ons

2006-08-21 02:29:46 · 6 answers · asked by krissyburke 1 in Other - Hardware