Hardware - August 2006

i have put endless questions on answers the last few days ,but im not going to give up until i get a answer,
with regards to a agp socket,i have these following settings in bios
primary video pci(agp onboard)
shared memory 8mb(16mb,32mb,64mb)
allocate irq to pci yes (no)
other options in brackets
is there any settings that i have wrong,im not too sure about the pci/agp onboard setting and also the allocate irq to pci
i am using a radeon 9250 128mb(pci-bus) at the moment and i want to change it to a ge-force 4 mmx 128mb(agp) ,so what settings do i have to change?

2006-08-13 04:58:24 · 8 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7 in Add-ons

I recently upgraded to a DDR2 motherboard but I was wondering will I be able to use my 400 mhz DDR RAM in the meantime while I save my money for DDR2 800mhz?

2006-08-13 04:39:17 · 3 answers · asked by bruvvamoff 5 in Other - Hardware

Is there any laptop/notebook company that deliver in Africa.(Nigeria)

2006-08-13 04:26:53 · 5 answers · asked by imo 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

The icons on my computer got BIGGER, all of a sudden


How do i bring them back to the original size, and how could this have happened????


thank you

2006-08-13 04:25:42 · 9 answers · asked by Ralph G 3 in Other - Hardware

Computer: Compaq 5360

A buddy gave me a hard drive with a bunch of MP3's on it and I want to set it up on my computer. I've attached the cable (serial cable...is that the lingo?) that connects to my main hard drive and have attached power as well....this all according to the instructions in my Compaq manual. As well...I have the little bridge on the pins on back set to "slave". Now...I can't see the drive...doesn't show up when I'm in windows Explorer(?). Is there a step/steps that I'm missing here?

Thanks,

G

2006-08-13 04:17:21 · 8 answers · asked by G 1 in Desktops

2006-08-13 04:01:07 · 1 answers · asked by Wilson O 1 in Other - Hardware

Help! I have a Compaq 5360 I baught in 1999. Don't use it for much except recording guitar tracks and internet. I've done a full system recover on it...reloaded everything. Still doesn't seam to be working very well, and the hard drive is NOISY...making that belabored "creaking" sound. Is my hard drive going bad?

2006-08-13 03:52:20 · 9 answers · asked by G 1 in Desktops

also want to use wifi connectivity.are the sony vaio notebooks good?or should i go for hp?please help.if you are using a laptop can you tell the model,features and cost.should be less than 1200$

2006-08-13 03:45:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

i seem to be having problems with my agp port,i currently use a 128mb pci-bus radeon 9250 card which is great for what i do and can cope with most games,even doom3 and need for spped
however i have tried 2 agp cards in my agp slot,which is according to si-soft sandra(benchmarking tool) a x4 agp port,it is a sis730s mobo and has a old style agp slot without a white clip
on trying the 1st card a ge-force 4 mmx(128mb) ,i manage to install the drivers ,but all images are cloudy and have a bitty texture to the images,and the second card a old 3dfx voodoo 3 will install ok and windows xp finds the drivers but then the screen will go grey and after 10 seconds it re-boots
however my pci-bus radeon 9250 is working brilliant and has great dvd playback and good frame rates
in bios i set these settings for a agp card
primary video=pci(agp) irq for pci= yes
is ther any other settings i am missing and what is the agp problem?
thanks

2006-08-13 03:28:01 · 4 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7 in Add-ons

got 2 hard drives on my pc, when i try to boot with the hard i got problem,a blue screen appears and the pc restarts and so on,when i boot with the other hard,the disk drive for example D appears but when i click on it there's that message insert volume serial number,do i have to format this hard? and is there any solution to save the data on it?

2006-08-13 03:12:32 · 3 answers · asked by hashaad 1 in Other - Hardware

i wanna have a C:/, D:/ and E:/ partitions but how?

2006-08-13 03:10:45 · 7 answers · asked by MiGO ^_~ 4 EveR 1 in Desktops

I use an Acer PC model T6524

2006-08-13 03:01:37 · 3 answers · asked by shiju v 1 in Other - Hardware

I have a Sony Vaio PCV-RX540 which I am hoping to use for some voice recording. But my fans make horrible noises, so I would like to replace them with quieter ones. Unfortunately, I am unsure which fans will fit in, and work with my system.

I have an intel mother board, and I know certain fans are compatible with these and others with AMD motherboards. But specifically, when I look at specs for fans, I don't know which ones (which specs) are important as far as size and compatibility are concerned.

I also don't know the specs of my own fans, or how to determine these (actually, I did figure out which case fan I had and read those specs, but they were little help because I was unsure which ones pertained to size and compatibility).

The owner's manual directs me to a support website for upgrading and repairing my particular PC, which I would be grateful to use, but I have yet to find any evidence that this site actually exists.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

2006-08-13 02:18:48 · 5 answers · asked by Dan B 1 in Other - Hardware

Most all the features of my HP Officejet 7310 All-in-one printer do not work . The only for sure is the copier -but not when I copy from my files .Whenever I try scanning , I get scanner failure .When it was installed the old soft wear was not removed . I took my tower in for service mos ago & had files reinstalled and was told to reinstall the printer disk but nothing has changed.

2006-08-13 01:43:16 · 4 answers · asked by missmayzie 7 in Scanners

2006-08-13 01:39:45 · 8 answers · asked by joe 2 in Other - Hardware

2006-08-13 01:20:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

both computers are on satelite modem.One is already connected to the printer using USB.Please be detailed as I am not real savvy.

2006-08-13 01:11:07 · 3 answers · asked by Charly B 2 in Printers

it's for laptop.

2006-08-13 00:53:14 · 3 answers · asked by Peter 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

they are both 1.6ghz. which one is better? it's for laptop. thanks.

2006-08-13 00:50:52 · 4 answers · asked by Peter 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have recently discovered the internet and as a result windows has slowed down so that I can no longer compose music with my computer. I decided to buy a new hard drive and run a seperate operating system on it. My only problem is moving smoothly from one hard drive to the next. I have to turn off the computer, unplug the master hard drive, change hard drive in the bios and reboot. It worked fine at first but is now having trouble booting when I switch. I feel this is somthing to do with the computer becoming confused with the whole master slave thing.

Can anyone help me?

2006-08-13 00:39:15 · 14 answers · asked by benmc1983 2 in Other - Hardware

andhra region websites preferred or atleast indian websites other than www.indiagsm.com

thanks.

2006-08-13 00:28:34 · 3 answers · asked by Maestro 2 in Add-ons

2006-08-13 00:23:23 · 8 answers · asked by mechanicalvamps 1 in Desktops

2006-08-13 00:21:09 · 8 answers · asked by casanovacasino 1 in Printers

My computer voice doesn't work recently , and in the hardware overview of my computer ( divice manager ) two objects are yellow ticked : SCSI / RAID CONECTOR and UNKNOWN DEVICE .
how can i repair it , need your help !

2006-08-12 23:54:33 · 7 answers · asked by nader a 1 in Other - Hardware

using nerostartsmart how can i copy the contents of one CD to a blank CD.anyone can explain the procedure..?
another question i want to ask is is it possible to copy from a floppy to a CD.?

2006-08-12 23:34:10 · 11 answers · asked by bhavya_too cool 1 in Other - Hardware

I was able to use DVD's in my DVD Drive (Region 2 - UK PAL), but now, every time I insert a DVD, my PC will freeze on me. If I restart with the DVD inserted, the PC wont continue loading windows xp.

Is there a solution to this. Is my DVD drive dead. (Not really, it is fine with data DVDs). Do I need codecs. (I have InterVideo WinDVD 2000 + WinDVD 7). Please help.

2006-08-12 23:14:48 · 10 answers · asked by mattribbins 4 in Desktops

I just installed my printer, ive put a new black catridge, i tried to print a document but its printing colour, not black print. how can i make the printer print black. Is there any options in Ms office to change from colour printing to black ?

2006-08-12 22:54:16 · 6 answers · asked by gh0han 1 in Printers

i have just seen a article on "the guru of 3d" that a 3dfx voodoo 3 agp card can still play games like half life 2 and doom 3,i find this hard to belive,but if it is true ,i have a 3dfx voodoo 3 agp card and i am tempted to give it a go
do you think that this card could play these games and which of these would you use
my card 128mb radeon 9250(pci-bus) using this at the moment or
16mb 3dfx voodoo3 (agp) a lot less memory but a better interface
any views would be helpful

2006-08-12 22:04:11 · 3 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7 in Add-ons

I also want to know, for windows, which product is better, ACER or Toshiba? And for Macbook, which series is the best (not including Macbook Pro)? Is it easy to use Mac product?

2006-08-12 21:47:57 · 8 answers · asked by iph2 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am going to use the following Items to build my computer and would like to know what Watt of a power supply should I use. Currently I am deciding to get a 500 Watt power supply.
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Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra Athlon 64 Skt939 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail
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Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Processor Socket 939 Retail
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Video Card: ATI All-In-Wonder X1900 PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Video Card Retail
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Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Sound Card Retail
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Spearker System: Logitech Z-5450 Digital 5.1 Speaker System Retail
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Microphone: Plantronics .Audio 300 Noise-Canceling Microphone Retail
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Amount of Ram : 4GB
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Hard Disks: 2 500 GB that will be configured RAID 0 for 1 Terabyte (I like to have complete collections of TV shows and those files are HUGE!)
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2006-08-12 21:40:49 · 5 answers · asked by 13yearoldComputerNerd 2 in Desktops