Hardware - September 2006

I would like to stop this.

2006-09-02 23:46:40 · 8 answers · asked by PAUL W 1 in Desktops

In a day or so I'm about to purchase a cable lock for my new laptop that I'm going to use while I'm in university.

It'll give me some peace of mind knowing it'll be safe. But I would absolutely love having complete peace of mind instead.

Is a security cable lock (particularly the Kensington ones) really effective to keep my laptop safe?

I'd appreciate any input!

2006-09-02 22:20:56 · 4 answers · asked by cupnoodle 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

What things I should know about my pc for buying a graphics card?
other than knowing that I have PCI slots or AGP slots

2006-09-02 22:04:41 · 11 answers · asked by Rony 1 in Other - Hardware

I play games like counter-strike, Empire earth2, rakion, mapleSEA, Gunz, civilasations, roller coaster tycoon3 .please recommend me a graphic card. Thank you.

2006-09-02 22:04:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-09-02 21:56:47 · 6 answers · asked by Rony 1 in Other - Hardware

I would say that Sony is probably the most advanced electronics company in the world. Why? Because they are able to conceal the "Sony Timer" within most of their products and no matter how many of their products you take apart, you just would not be able to find out how this ingenious piece of technology works.So what on earth am I on about? Well the Sony Timer enables Sony's products to conveniently time out either when the warranty runs out or when Sony brings out a new line of that product. Now this is probably not common knowledge - a search for "Sony Timer" in English a while ago brought up no results - but have a look now on Google and Yahoo! (you get more useful results for this on Yahoo)You will start to realize the scary truth when you do a search for "Sony Timer" in Japanese on Google - 350,000 results! You can even find a full explanation of Sony timer in Wikipedia in Japanese and English.　

2006-09-02 21:47:54 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

i wana buy a pc for genrel use, Playing games (not So) and graphics related softwarewhich confgiration i have to make pc for that? (sorry 4 bad english)

2006-09-02 21:06:16 · 10 answers · asked by HabibU 1 in Desktops

i want to get HP wireless optical mouse, but dont know if it works on PCs? Do wireless mouse work on PC coms in general or r they just for laptops?

2006-09-02 20:56:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I would like to know the cons & pros of this product...

2006-09-02 20:49:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-02 20:00:56 · 6 answers · asked by jorge2garduno 2 in Desktops

Do I have to attach a different drive ( like DVD-drive ) to make it work? What is its standard capacity? How much does a good pen-drive cost(in India) ? Does it have any advantage ? Are they writable?Please answer . I know nothing about pen-drives.

2006-09-02 19:46:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

And its not because I have a slow comp. I have a Pentium D processor with 2 gigs of RAM. Isn't a 16X burner suppose to burn at 16X the regular rate?

2006-09-02 19:05:26 · 4 answers · asked by Cops 1 in Other - Hardware

I'm thinking of upgrading my notebook's ram. But I don't know if I should get 1x1gb + current 1 existing piece of 256mb so that makes 1.25gb of ram for the macbook or 2x512mb which makes 1gb? Which is better? Does different amount of ram space affects the performance of the macbook?

2006-09-02 19:03:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

my display has no red in it! I can't stand it much longer!!!!!!!!!!!! absolutely no idea why it suddenly messed up but I do know I have found lil information on what to do about it. It is a E17T4 TFT LCD Flat Panel Monitor

2006-09-02 18:59:17 · 6 answers · asked by angel 1 in Monitors

Is it still necessary for me to burn in a new athlon 64 bit 3200+ computer

2006-09-02 18:57:17 · 3 answers · asked by fatguy_poolshark 1 in Desktops

I turn on my computer and everything is fine, but i hear a weird noise from my computer, its not loud, but different from usual. I think that its because of the dust, so i turn it off (windows and the computer itself)
I clean it all and even took the cpu fan off and cleaned that to.
When i finished i turned on my pc and it worked until windows began to load, then it shut down, but the Power button was still green, nothing happened when i pressed it. I turned it off from the back and moved some hardware. I did this a few time, nothing

Then i remembered that my cpu was a bit different from when i first bought it. I did not have the silver stuff on it now. So i remembered i got that when i bought the CPU, and put some around like i rememberd it. Now my computer works, but i dont know if for long since this is the first thing i did (ask this question)
Please tell me if i did it right and if i put enought of the coolent
Also, can you tell me more about how that works and why its required?

2006-09-02 18:46:17 · 3 answers · asked by stepanstas 2 in Desktops

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2006-09-02 18:40:32 · 5 answers · asked by Lover23 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I replaced my cpu cooler because it was too loud, after i replaced it and plug everything in (CHECKED 3 TIMES) the cpu cooler just kept running but my computer did not start up. Nothing came up on the monitor nor did the start up light. I think I might have done something wrong to the Socket or something. PLZ help me! I'm in so much trouble right now

2006-09-02 18:40:16 · 5 answers · asked by Brian 1 in Desktops

2006-09-02 18:12:01 · 10 answers · asked by Wayne loves ava 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-02 17:44:51 · 2 answers · asked by Nancy B 1 in Printers

I'm trying to scan old black and white family photos that date back to the beginning of the last century. I have a Canonscan LIDE 500 F scanner that I don't really care for and I have Photoshop--the full-blown version-- but I don't think I'm computer literate enough to get the pictures properly touched up. I guess what I'm looking for is the best scanner that will be easy to understand. And is there a scanner whose software could do what I am having problems doing with PhotoShop? In other words, I'm probably taking on a job that I don't have the technical knowledge to do, but I want to do it myself.

2006-09-02 17:42:18 · 2 answers · asked by cbn 1 in Scanners

My desktop, when I boot, stops at a black screen and asks to insert the ADAPI Cd//Rom disk. I have no idea what this means. My computerwill no longer open up windows. What can I do with out erasing my drives?

2006-09-02 17:15:56 · 4 answers · asked by Ruff_and_stuff 2 in Desktops

I went into bios settings and set the voltage to +1. I have heared of overclocking by using techniques with the power supply. Are there any Comp. wizzes out there?

2006-09-02 17:04:47 · 2 answers · asked by tigerbaby99 3 in Other - Hardware

Im not sure what to do because my other old compter had the same problem and i had to get it erased but i need to kno if that is necessary because on my new computer i havent saved the things already on it and have a lot of stuff that will be lost someone help plzzzz

2006-09-02 16:55:30 · 14 answers · asked by vennie 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-02 16:51:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=0&model=1181&modelmenu=1

^ here is a link to the mother board I am thinking of getting.

I don't know what other mother boards are I can get at the shop that is going to build my PC. I am going with 2GB 800MHz of standard ram no high performance ram.

I am not going to use any special hard drive things like Raid 0 or what ever its called. I'm also not going to overclock anything. The rest of the PC's hardware has not been 100% conformed either.

I know I am going to get the x1600 Pro video card or a card that is a little better. I got a nice real aluminium case to go with it.

Question one? I heard this mobo has a bad rap but then if its this troublesome why does the tech at the shop recommend it?

Question two? Whats the deal with that weird Orange tube that looks like liquid cooling on the board?

Question three? I'm going with dual AMD64 4200+
Processors where do they go on the board?

More info to come asap. probably 2 mins or so

2006-09-02 16:44:43 · 3 answers · asked by cam 1 in Other - Hardware

I want to buy a maxtor one touch mini hard drive but i can't buy it's power adaptor.i don't know if my usb port suppplies the power needed for it? how can i understand?

2006-09-02 16:36:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

What are things that an Apple cannot do which a PC can...

2006-09-02 16:34:58 · 9 answers · asked by signsden 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have tried everything! I have updated the drivers, researched the burner online and installed the software intended for it (nero). I t can read a cd but not burn, my whole computer freezes and I have to reboot. Any suggestions?

2006-09-02 16:32:29 · 11 answers · asked by ccyntti14 2 in Desktops

I am Balakumar. am using windows xp home edition 2.0. my computer has default of 40gb samsung hard disk it is primary but i connected another 40 gb seagate hard disk as slave i partitioned it into 3drive. i had installed windows xp in primary hard disk.

yesterday i formatted my primary hard disk but i didnt
format another hard disk i.e. seagate i kept my important data's inside the slave hard disk. finally i formatted my primary hard disk and again i installed xp home edition. after installing the drivers i saw the slave hard disk was not displayed in my computer but the primary hard disk was alright.
Please help me to get my data which are inside the slave hard disk. i need those datas. please help me

2006-09-02 16:28:40 · 3 answers · asked by Balakumar 1 in Other - Hardware