Hardware - September 2006

Well i thought it would be nice to increase the harddrive on my bros computer but sumthing went wrong and there is no power and i dont no what to do! would it be easy to take it all apart then put it back together? i dont have much money and i really dont want to tell my parents.

2006-09-04 19:58:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

My computer is from the U.S. and I moved to Dubai, U.A.E. about a year ago. I recently bought a season of Everybody Loves Raymond from the U.S. and brought it here and when I put it in the computer, it does not work. It is an american computer with american drives and an american DVD. Why is the computer telling me that the region cannot be played? It said something about regions 1,2, and I think 4. How can I fix this?

2006-09-04 19:53:17 · 4 answers · asked by kirr45 1 in Desktops

2006-09-04 19:52:03 · 3 answers · asked by Junjun S 1 in Printers

i would like to know how do usb data cable work in transferring data from cellphone to the memory of the PC.

2006-09-04 18:56:44 · 5 answers · asked by jane 1 in Other - Hardware

I installed an ati rage lt pro pci video card, the instructions said to uninstall old (intigrated) drivers, so I did just that. I then realized I could have extended desktop with my tv out from the rage if I had two video "cards". Reinstalled the intigrated graphics drivers (NVidia) and voila - extended desktop to television. It took some tweaking but now it is perfect, except that the boot menu comes up on the television - even when it is off or disconnected. The primary monitor is totally blank until the computer logo then windows loads. I tried to uninstall and reinstall the rage drivers, but it reaked havoc and at one point I had the cursor on the tv only and the task bar on the monitor. very scary indeed. Had to do sys restore which worked from the keyboard thank god. Is there any way of fixing this or do intigrated chips always take the back seat during boot??? thanks in advance, I kindof doubt anyone can answer this but it was worth a shot I suppose.

2006-09-04 18:33:43 · 1 answers · asked by asdf 2 in Desktops

They say when your laptop is pluggen in AC take the battery out to enhance it's life.and put it back in only when it's unplugged.is this for real?

2006-09-04 18:13:12 · 3 answers · asked by Nima B 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

im in the market for a good laptop. would like to spend under $700. are the dell laptops this cheap because of the stock plummet and the whole defective battery fiasco? a few months ago i couldnt find a dell laptop for $700 without those $300 off $1000 deals. whats up with these prices? are there coupons out there to bring the price down even more?

2006-09-04 18:02:58 · 13 answers · asked by A C 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I checked in 'sounds and audio devices', but it says there is no audio device. It was working perfectly fine earlier today. I can only hear off windows media player.

2006-09-04 18:02:23 · 4 answers · asked by ♥michele♥ 7 in Other - Hardware

2006-09-04 17:55:36 · 4 answers · asked by masterchief691 1 in Desktops

it's a Toshiba Satellite M45-S165..it's got 1.5ghz...75GB..and..512MB RAM..DVD+RW...Wi-Fi....Bluetooth...I want to sell it..but I'm trying to get $500 for it..and no-one is buying..am I asking too much?

2006-09-04 17:39:44 · 6 answers · asked by Uncle Salty 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I want to use my computer as a stereo, television, movie centre, and office. My goal is to run everything off my computer.

2006-09-04 17:35:25 · 12 answers · asked by Damon T 1 in Add-ons

I tried playing around in Control Panel...display....but it still looked off

2006-09-04 17:29:26 · 4 answers · asked by Hard Rocker 3 in Monitors

2006-09-04 17:29:01 · 3 answers · asked by erok2020 3 in Other - Hardware

i have a inspiron 6000 laptop what is the best graphic card for it to play the best games

2006-09-04 17:22:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

The manual does a poor job clarifying this...

Thanks in advance!

2006-09-04 17:10:46 · 2 answers · asked by erok2020 3 in Other - Hardware

I will be printing my own candy bar wrappers to put on M-Azing bars for invitations to a 13th birthday party. I want to use nice paper that is similar to what they use on regular candy bars. I know that this isn't normal, matte paper. What kind should I use? Photo paper can't be right..how about glossy paper? Please answer, and if you can, Provide a LINK!

2006-09-04 17:06:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

I want to upgrade my desktop computer's video card from a Radeon X300 SE to a GeForce 7600 GT. I think I read somewhere that some graphics cards are too big to fit inside some computers, and I don't know if this applies to this case or not.

2006-09-04 17:05:11 · 4 answers · asked by Booger 2 in Desktops

Ok so I've been attempting to troubleshoot my laptop all day long and have made quite a bit of progress, but I can't think of anything else that could possibly be causing my problem that I haven't messed with. The problem--my laptop gets zero power. From the power cord or the battery. I know both of those work, because I tried them both in another computer today. My hard drive and memory also work fine. I have completely dusted out the insides, and made sure that there is no dust blocking the ports for the battery or the power cord. The last time my laptop was working I had told it to restart, and when it turned off during the restart it never turned back on, and since then has not gotten any powering on whatsoever (no light even comes on when I plug in the charger anymore). What else is there that could be causing my problem?

2006-09-04 16:49:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Am fixing a friends computer, lots of winoldap errors were coming up nothing I did would fix it. So I wiped the hard drive and began with a new fresh version. It crashed so bad after I restarted when all was loaded on and working that all it would do was restart over and over, so wiped it again and put fresh version and after a restart winoldap would come on, isn't a virus cos no virus can withstand fdisk delete partition command, so what do you think during one of the times I reloaded I got blue screen of death. Is it the end for the motherboard?

2006-09-04 16:49:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

What are these ?
1. 16x max. DVD-ROM
2. 48x32x48x CD-RW
3. 48x32x48x CD-RW / 16x DVD-ROM Combo Drive
4. 16x DVD +/- RW 6 with Dual Layer Write Capability

Apprecaite explainations........

2006-09-04 16:48:07 · 4 answers · asked by beginner 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-09-04 16:46:56 · 4 answers · asked by Mau 1 in Other - Hardware

Got a hp pavilion zt3020us model dp479u.
Got it for free and its missing one key and it just bugs the hell out of me and the key is long gone.

2006-09-04 16:33:33 · 7 answers · asked by Chris 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have not purchased a memory card yet because I understand they are for still pictures only... not true? If you have a JVC Camcorder, how are you transfering movies to your PC?
Thanks in advance!

2006-09-04 16:25:39 · 6 answers · asked by erok2020 3 in Other - Hardware

Ther computer I am talking about is an old laptop that is hooked up to a monitor and I might have to mention that I only have 1.93 GB freespace (6% of harddrive) but I'm typing this question on the computer and it has no other problems other than sound. At first I thought it just stopped working because its old but then I remembered the other day that I was trying to free up space by removing programs and what I want to know is if I could have accidently deleted anything to disable the sound on my PC. Oh yeah, I have a keyboard with volume buttons wich I usually use all the time but when I try to use these keys nothing happens. Please help me anyone.

2006-09-04 15:59:56 · 6 answers · asked by ryanconnarton 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-04 15:59:12 · 8 answers · asked by DEV 2 in Desktops

OK i have a DVD drive installed and a PowerDVD player everything is functional, but when i choose to paly my DVD's on the computer it saws

Error Code: F4D41436

THE TV OUT PORT OF YOUR DISPLAY CARD IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY
THE COPY PROTECTED DISC CANNOT BE PLAYED WHEN THE TV OUT FUNCTION IS ENABLED

OK WTF is that what to do to fix it... I want to watch my movies on my computer...

2006-09-04 15:55:17 · 2 answers · asked by Fritz J 3 in Other - Hardware

2006-09-04 15:45:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Right now the CPU is on Normal speed. If I made it higher what would happen? My cpu is an Intel Celeron. Right now it's moving 2.40GHz.

2006-09-04 15:31:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I want to use it for web design and graphic editting. Plus, I would want to use it for school use.

2006-09-04 15:22:14 · 24 answers · asked by Aman M 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I was told I could use a piggyback. How could I do that?

2006-09-04 15:14:26 · 12 answers · asked by Dawn T 1 in Add-ons