Hardware - September 2006

It's worked fine since I got it in November, but for some reason recently the DVD burner won't burn onto DVD rw or CD rw. It'll start out just fine, but about 10% into the process, it'll say there was a read error. The only suggestion it gives is to try a different disc.

The laptop is a Toshiba.

2006-09-19 14:40:20 · 6 answers · asked by Fitz 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-19 14:30:22 · 2 answers · asked by ngmw 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-09-19 14:16:34 · 8 answers · asked by gvlnrao69 2 in Desktops

i built a new computer ( i also have a dell) it has a biostar motherboard intle pentium d processor 1gb of ram lite on dvd burner and western digital 250gb hard drive, i have ran linux on it so i know it works but why i try to install windows xp home OEM when it goes to the blue windows setup screen ans loads the things at the bottom it always freezes on one and its never the same one, i tried a different cd samething and a different cd drive samething. i called microsoft and paid 35$ for them to help and they counldnt figure it out and said take it to a tech shop. PLEASE help if you need more info just let me know and i will post it u can email me. also sometimes when im working with it my dell keyboard that is attatched to it will stop responding help on that to!!

HELP PLEAse

2006-09-19 14:08:11 · 10 answers · asked by baller awesome dude 2 in Desktops

I want to purchase a large-format inkjet from Epson, but I have stacks of photo-grade tabloid-size paper that someone gave me. Literally, hundreds of sheets. I want to make sure that the Epson will take paper other than the recommended Epson brand. I have had no response from the manufacturer, other than to lead me on a wild goose-chase from tech email to customer email to pre-sale email. Yuk.

2006-09-19 13:57:10 · 6 answers · asked by jstephenthrall 1 in Printers

like a 42 or larger panisonic flat panel tv/monitor? Does it perform as well as a crt, or noticeably more blurry in-game?

2006-09-19 13:46:52 · 1 answers · asked by martin h 6 in Monitors

I'm going to university and want to buy a laptop or a notebook but i dont know the diference could you plz tell me o wise people of yahoo answers! I bow to you all.

2006-09-19 13:44:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I installed a Pioneer DVD-burner into my PC, but the PC won't find the drive. I understand, I need a driver, right? But I did not get any cds with the burner. Where can I find the driver, and which one I need? Or is there another way to make my computer recognize the burner? Thanks a lot for your help.

2006-09-19 13:36:57 · 7 answers · asked by masteronan 2 in Add-ons

all right i accidentaly added a hard disk drive on a computer and i want to erase it... and i can't seem to figure out how to... (and yes i right clicked on it and try clicking delete, but there's no delete thingy)

2006-09-19 13:31:19 · 11 answers · asked by pba_ams_eahb 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I heard on the news this morning that some 300,000 Toshiba laptops were being recalled due to batteries catching fire.
Does anyone know what models are being recalled?

2006-09-19 13:18:40 · 2 answers · asked by nazihalo_x 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-19 13:10:04 · 4 answers · asked by Il Senatore 1 in Printers

I signed up for the bt total package and when i received my home hub it worked fantasticaly. for about a week!! I rang the help line and it was answered by an Indian man who spoke very heavily accented english that i struggled to understand, and i had to keep repeating myself all the time. i explained that I couldn't connect to the internet and he put me on hold, 7 minutes later the line went dead. i phoned back, got another indian gentleman who after i had explained the problem hung up on me.

I was not snappy or funny with the helpline but they just didn't know what to do. I have emailed BT 6 times and still i can not use ny home hub, 2 months later. This is not customer service.

2006-09-19 12:44:55 · 15 answers · asked by flibertyjib 3 in Other - Hardware

i have a windows me with 128 mb of ram a 850mhz amd athelon cpu and 64 mb tmi2 viato agp graphics card if i increase the ram by 232 mb making it 360 will it speed up my computer i have also debugged,disk scanned, got rid of unwanted and unused programs, cleared my cache,cleared my recycle bin and everything else to make it faster. if i do add the ram (yes my motherboard supports it) will it increase the speed

2006-09-19 12:23:43 · 9 answers · asked by susuz@sbcglobal.net 2 in Add-ons

i'm a tech person and just got 200 or so moolah for my birthday. what should i get? i'm thinkin about a <100 dollar graphics card or something about 100 bucks for my computer. i got a best buy gift card so thats most likely where i will buy it.

2006-09-19 12:20:08 · 13 answers · asked by hw4ng_m 3 in Add-ons

If yes the do you always keep it on for charge even if the PC is turned off? Don't it gets over charged and damaged?

2006-09-19 12:16:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Ive burned dvds before and my drive is a HL-DT-ST dvd + - RW gwa4164b. I looked in hardware settings and it says everything is working fine. Ive tried dvd-rw and dvd+rw blank disks.

2006-09-19 12:09:45 · 8 answers · asked by dalesgirl2005 1 in Desktops

One projector in two screens. Is that possible?

2006-09-19 11:59:58 · 2 answers · asked by purr_q_pine 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-09-19 11:58:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

does the 1099 dollar white macbook have garageband? and what kind of virus protection does it have

2006-09-19 11:48:57 · 3 answers · asked by yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-19 11:34:19 · 2 answers · asked by jonto1983 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-09-19 11:33:28 · 2 answers · asked by mehrdad s 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-19 11:05:51 · 3 answers · asked by Joel D 2 in Monitors

The computer (not mine) hasn't been turned on in over 3 months. It is old and a student built it with a mix match of pieces. Any idea as to how I can figure out what is going on and how can I fix it?

2006-09-19 10:56:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I cannot find this on the Lexmark page, and am trying to help a person who does not know what a usb is.

2006-09-19 10:53:47 · 1 answers · asked by anteater 69 2 in Printers

I seem having problem with my camcorder. I have connected a new firewire Pci card and bought a firewire cable. I have connected the camcorder but nothing is happening on the screen of the pc. I went to the device manager to check if the firewire card is shown but i don't know how will it appear help please

2006-09-19 10:51:45 · 4 answers · asked by Peddy 3 in Desktops

I need a new video card that can play some of the newest games out. I have a 2.4GHz processer and 2gb of RAM I just need a good video card cheap.

2006-09-19 10:49:50 · 5 answers · asked by raglandchris 1 in Add-ons

I live in San Jose

2006-09-19 10:47:59 · 10 answers · asked by Riz 1 in Printers

I have some tapes we would like to convert to DVD's, and I am wondering if it is possible to do this with an iMac? Are there any extra accessories needed?

2006-09-19 10:47:32 · 5 answers · asked by pianoman.jeremy 4 in Desktops

I'm getting the new 24" iMac. I was just wondering when to buy it. I know that Leopard is coming out in spring 2007. My question is whether apple usually comes out with new iMacs when they come out with a new OS. If not, I would buy sooner than later. But if they did, then I'd probably wait. Thanks in advance.

2006-09-19 10:46:25 · 5 answers · asked by trettsem 2 in Desktops

2006-09-19 10:44:49 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers