Hardware - September 2006

im building a conputer and it turns on and the fans work but the cd drive and floppy drive (posibley other suff to but i cant tell right now) wont work when it is connected to the motherboard but it does work when it is only connected to the power (when i unplug it from the mother board) and the monitor says there is no signal when it is pluged in. Is something boken or incompatable or did i plug something in wrong

2006-09-02 09:49:23 · 4 answers · asked by nitemare1134 2 in Other - Hardware

2006-09-02 09:48:19 · 4 answers · asked by gil 2 in Other - Hardware

2006-09-02 09:36:52 · 3 answers · asked by andrew e 1 in Monitors

I'm tired of borrowing my kid's computers which are probably riddled with who knows what type of threat. They will be happy to have me off their machines, too, as I have a nasty habit of removing their Limewire. For my computer, I need to feel secure with on-line banking, have lots of room for photo editing SW, photos, movie files, etc. Verizon FIOS is going in next week. I'm thinking HP or Compaq. Suggestions?

2006-09-02 09:23:25 · 13 answers · asked by Alice Chaos 6 in Desktops

I have a Presario 5000, yes its kinda old >.< but I found it has 512 RAM I beleive it has SDRAM, if that means anything..

I am sorta computer savy but not when it comes to this type of stuff, well I recently got DSL and my computers slow.. I would like to upgrade more ram, I heard sometimes you have to have the same brand of ram for it to work. Can anyone please explain ram to me and what brand and type I would be looking for. Im at a loss here..
I have the pentium 4 if that makes any difference :)
Thanks!

2006-09-02 09:23:20 · 10 answers · asked by White Trash Beautiful 4 in Add-ons

Is there some type of safe liquid to put on the ball so that the mouse glides smoothly like it was when it was new? All ideas are welcome!!

2006-09-02 09:11:03 · 10 answers · asked by illinipower 2 in Add-ons

Now they want me to purchase full version to clean. THAT MEANS THIS IS NOT TOTALLY FREE. Where Can I Get a FREE Adware/Spy cleaner?

2006-09-02 08:51:51 · 7 answers · asked by Liz R 2 in Desktops

Is there something i can download that will let my see gamecube files when i put a disk in the CD Drive.

2006-09-02 08:41:31 · 6 answers · asked by Parker M 3 in Other - Hardware

I have a Dell computer with 2 disc drives. The second one will open but not the one with the CD I just played. What to do?

2006-09-02 08:39:24 · 4 answers · asked by nursienurse 3 in Other - Hardware

2006-09-02 08:17:49 · 13 answers · asked by michael w 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Im having problem finding the best drivers right now im using the 5.5 catalyst but im getting VPU error when using games like World of Warcraft.

2006-09-02 08:16:27 · 4 answers · asked by jose_601 1 in Other - Hardware

doesn't have to be a bundle or anything just want the motherboard. I cannot find it at newegg

2006-09-02 08:02:02 · 4 answers · asked by jskier89 1 in Desktops

is sempron 64 but equalante to P4,,

2006-09-02 08:01:16 · 6 answers · asked by pvskc c 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-02 07:51:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2006-09-02 07:50:47 · 10 answers · asked by Goldenheart 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have an Epson Perfection 3490 its never failed me until now, windows has stopped reconising it, i've tried uninstalling & reinstalling even using system restore, upon reinstalling windows give me the message unable to installed due to code 019 missing or corrupted registry. im completely stuck any help appreciated

2006-09-02 07:44:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Scanners

I have a laptop, but it's pretty old. It has a PS2 port instead of a USB but most of the things I use, use USB... flashdrives, calculator stuff, mouse..

I bought a USB 2 PS2 adapter but it doesn't seem to work. And I was wondering what else I do. Please assist.

2006-09-02 07:28:53 · 12 answers · asked by Jess 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Ok i bought a DLP Samsung Monitor it has two modes the digital mode and analong mode what is the difference also how can i use the digital mode because only analong will play if i switch it to digital it shows a black screen then goes back to analong ...what is that...?

2006-09-02 07:24:40 · 1 answers · asked by Fritz J 3 in Monitors

The bluetooth sign is right above the key pad where u also have those caps lock and scroll lock lights. Pls help

2006-09-02 07:16:18 · 1 answers · asked by Mink 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-02 07:14:58 · 5 answers · asked by CATWEAZLE242 2 in Printers

I have an EPSON Stylus Photo printer R300 and until I reinstalled the software on my new laptop it was great. Since installing it onto the new laptop, any photos I print are coming out really dark - much darker than the actual photos on the screen. However, if I insert my memory card directly into the printer and print that way, the photos are fine and are the correct colour.
I've tried re-installing the software again, but nothing seems to make a difference. Can someone please advise me on how to get brighter pictures?

2006-09-02 07:08:54 · 4 answers · asked by Pat C 1 in Printers

Since I only used black, wondering if you must buy cartige that has both black and color in one unit with his model.

2006-09-02 07:08:40 · 7 answers · asked by Mister2-15-2 7 in Printers

Like VIVO AX 190G

2006-09-02 07:03:28 · 4 answers · asked by Sameera D 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I don't know what happened but when I try toturn on my laptop it won't turn on. It was working just fine yesterday. I have a Dell xps and it is 2 yrs old. I have heard about this battery recall but not sure if that is the cause. Please help, I tried using my power adpter too and it doesnt have power.

2006-09-02 06:46:07 · 8 answers · asked by mrsfcsn 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-02 06:25:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-02 06:07:42 · 2 answers · asked by geeuukay1 1 in Other - Hardware

drive work ? or what are some other options?

2006-09-02 06:04:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I just want to dispose of the few I have at my community's electronics drop off day and prefer not to have to do too much work. I have been told to just get the hard drive out and smash it, but where is it an how small must I smash it?

2006-09-02 05:50:58 · 7 answers · asked by Q!?! 2 in Desktops

I have a spare computer, but it has a CRT monitor I want to replace it with some type of flat screen. Can anyone tell me what is the best type to get ( pro con's ) . I only want to use it as a monitor for basic computer stuff ( not video games).
Also anyone know what is a cheap price or where to shop?
Thanks

2006-09-02 05:39:22 · 2 answers · asked by pj2024 3 in Monitors

i have a computer with 2 hard drives but the master is starting to act up and i want to switch them (make what is now the slave into master and viceversa) without losing any data on the drive. how do i configure it to accept the new hardware config. ? please help

2006-09-02 05:37:01 · 9 answers · asked by mihneaghinescu 2 in Desktops