Hardware - September 2006

My Dell was made in the fall of 2001.
Could this be a motherboard issue?

2006-09-30 12:25:42 · 5 answers · asked by Darren 1 in Desktops

2006-09-30 12:25:40 · 5 answers · asked by Whacker 1 in Other - Hardware

I have a dell inspiron 1200 laptop computer. My restart disk are in another state. Is there a way to restore my computer without them? Also when i download games from the internet and actually install them and play them..the screen flickers black alot of the time, what is that caused by? Also when i first got the computer it used to have a log in user screen..now its completly gone and when i try to set it back up it says its missing the .exe for it. Can someone please guide me on how to restore my computer..or where i can get some new restart disk.

2006-09-30 12:25:29 · 3 answers · asked by mtsoccerx 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-30 12:22:49 · 3 answers · asked by Koy 2 in Desktops

for the high voltage to discharge?

2006-09-30 11:53:12 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

It happens only once or twice a week sometimes twice in the same day , My monitor suddenly switches off n i m unable to use the keyboard also or the power button on my tower to switch it off, and my speakers too go off , but the tower light keeps on and hard disks r still working as i can see the red light blinking. My PC is an year old n running on XP .

2006-09-30 11:49:10 · 1 answers · asked by Aqua 4 in Desktops

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2006-09-30 11:34:04 · 5 answers · asked by FAB FOX 5 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

its the thing on the windows task manager. it shows processes 37 and cpu usage 0 and sometimes up to 40. Ive deleted alot of junk and cleaned up a bunch of things and it is still zero cpu usage.

2006-09-30 11:28:52 · 5 answers · asked by piratepete 2 in Desktops

will it work on any pc? i find liquid cooling systems to be "hot" THANK YOU SO MUCH

2006-09-30 11:26:30 · 6 answers · asked by ashrafny2004 3 in Add-ons

Need Large Ammounts Will Pay in Cash

2006-09-30 11:11:27 · 3 answers · asked by erick s 1 in Other - Hardware

Someone told me that i need to get a new cordless phone w/ different frequency. Isnt there a fix without having to do that?

2006-09-30 10:47:43 · 7 answers · asked by JAMES C 1 in Other - Hardware

I know there's lots written about graphics cards but it's hard to tell if they are passively cooled or not. Anything half decent these days makes a lot of noise and I'd rather have the quiet end of the spectrum - but then I don't want a naff card either.

2006-09-30 10:44:09 · 3 answers · asked by Richard Bickers 1 in Add-ons

If my motherboard has 6 sata drive sockets do these have to be used solely for hard drives or can sata cd/dvd drives be used?

2006-09-30 10:33:57 · 7 answers · asked by ts950sdx01 1 in Desktops

Its a Umax Astra Slim SE ,System is not detecting it , when i connect the USB that ticnk sound is coming but the installation always fails there not installing anything from internet ,eve though the ask so . the funny thing is that if a restore my system to and earlier stage it will work but when i come back to this current stage it wont work . but i cant restore the system to an earlier date coz the current settings are very im important for me

pls do help

2006-09-30 10:17:44 · 4 answers · asked by Mr George 2 in Scanners

Alright here we go:
I just replaced the motherbard and ram and processor on my HP comp, but i kept the same harddrive.. At this point I know I can't get all my files back.. matter of fact i can't get any back but the thing is I just bought a new XP cd for it.. So I wanna install it.. I haven't tried it yet but the problem is the comp just keeps restarting over and over so if I do insert the windows xp cd will it recognize the cd r what should i do?? any answers will help.. thanx.. no stupid answers will get 10 points.. but its always good to have a laugh so stupid answers are appreciated too.. serious ones r better yet..

2006-09-30 10:09:39 · 6 answers · asked by sesh48 3 in Desktops

I have a router and a wireless card, but i don't know how to connect to the internet. Right now I'm using dail-up. Please give me instructions on how to connect to the internet by using my wireless card and my router?
And anything extra I need.

2006-09-30 10:06:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

i dont have a mouse wheel
i have a logitech marble mouse
it hase 4 buttin and a trackball but no mouse wheel
a game im playing says that before i can play i have to finish a tutorial quest and it says i have to lurn the controles... but it says that i have to use a mouse weel to finish the quest... eny ideas

2006-09-30 09:59:28 · 6 answers · asked by robby 2 in Other - Hardware

i'm using a friend's computer to import my CD collection but he's very memory-concious and will only let me import, say, ten albums at a time. So after loading them on to my iPod I deleted them from iTunes and imported more CDs. When it was time to load these onto the iPod it rubbed the original ten albums.
Is there anyway to stop this happening?

2006-09-30 09:40:52 · 12 answers · asked by Darren C 2 in Other - Hardware

Just in case, it is an AGL and 4 gigabytes. It lets me access it on my computer, just when I go to my music folder (its a PDA) there are two folders with files and they dont let me delete them. I cant put videos or music or anything because of them. What should I do. Oh and by the way, it doesnt format, when its finished formatting it says that it was unable to format.

2006-09-30 09:37:26 · 5 answers · asked by Pimpalicous 2 in Other - Hardware

(redo of previos question. meant to say desktop.) i need a desktop that is powerful in every aspect. (hardware, software, specs, look, speed, etc., etc.)

2006-09-30 09:18:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2006-09-30 09:14:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

it goes into sleep mode, screen is blank but even in the am after not being used for 10 or so hours, it sounds like stuff is happening. e.g. like a churning noise. is this bad, and if so, what do I do to stop it; or should I shut down at night?

2006-09-30 08:53:42 · 10 answers · asked by bayfourshack 2 in Desktops

I just want to know whats the point of having 2 video cards? besides running two monitors. Does it improve game performance, and does it actually improve anything... The reason i ask this is i accidentally bought two of the same kind of video cards from ebay so i paid for them now i have two.... I was wondering if it would be beneficial to run both of them or just sell one of them. Do they need to be any special kind of video card to run two? They are both 256MB pci (not express) video cards... Same model, same brand. I got it so i can play games on my piece of crap computer.

2006-09-30 08:47:34 · 5 answers · asked by Jason H 1 in Other - Hardware

im building a computer a wondering which ones better

2006-09-30 08:43:25 · 9 answers · asked by wetbackofdeath 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-09-30 07:57:29 · 5 answers · asked by bobigeorge 1 in Other - Hardware

Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz 2MB Cache 1066MHz FSB
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Service Pack 2
Chassis: Alienware® P2 Chassis - Space Black
Chassis Upgrades: Alienware® AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling + AlienFX™ System Lighting + High-Performance Liquid Cooling - Astral Blue
Power Supply: Alienware® 700 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
Motherboard: Alienware® Approved NVIDIA nForce 4 SLI Motherboard
Memory: 4GB DDR2 Performance SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 x 1024MB
System Drive: Extreme Performance (RAID 0) - 1TB (2 x 500GB) Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ 2 x 16MB Cache
Storage Drive: Additional Storage Drive - 1.5TB (2 x 750GB) Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ 32MB Cache

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Is only the main part i didn't incluude the CD and everything else because of lack of space. But would this be a good computer for gaming and such? I think it would.

2006-09-30 07:51:39 · 11 answers · asked by Elite117 3 in Other - Hardware

When wordprocessing. The white background gives me eyestrain with the glare

2006-09-30 07:44:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

DVD and CD roms not detected at start-up,they were until today.Tried detecting new hardware once started but it can't find them..........HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-09-30 07:37:30 · 3 answers · asked by abitofchange23 3 in Other - Hardware

I have an older laptop. It is a Dell Inspiron 1150. For some reason I hear a strange yet somewhat faint high-pitched noise in the system. It gets really loud sometimes. Although, when ever I am scrolling the noise stops, and right when I stop scrolling it starts up again. It is driving me crazy, do you know if this is normal and what causes that noise?

2006-09-30 07:33:38 · 5 answers · asked by kcdude 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-30 07:24:29 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops