Hardware - September 2006

2006-09-18 04:30:50 · 1 answers · asked by nudistcple106960 1 in Desktops

Looking to purchase a color wide carriage printer(min. 11") and considering both laser and inkjet, but do not want inkjet if they smear if wet.

2006-09-18 04:07:04 · 9 answers · asked by Ronald E 1 in Printers

My laptop battery can only hold for 2-3 mins.It is a li-ion battery, is there anything I can do to improve the performance?

2006-09-18 03:47:13 · 14 answers · asked by joe l 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a laptop with wlan and my pc also has a usb wlan card..
The problem is i dont know how to establish a connection between them and how to share an internet connection that is already there on the pc through a broadband modem..

2006-09-18 03:42:08 · 2 answers · asked by K_D 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

It's more than just one printer I am having problems with

2006-09-18 03:32:11 · 4 answers · asked by lvs2gin 1 in Printers

2006-09-18 03:29:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

What is the name of the card which you plug all peripherals (monitor, mouse,keyboard etc) into?

2006-09-18 03:29:33 · 13 answers · asked by moya 4 in Desktops

When I try to switch it on, the power led blinks 3 times in succession, waits for a while and blinks 3 times in succession again, and so on.

Fan doesn't come on, harddisk doesn't come on, nothing comes on. Only thing is the blinking power led.

I know that my cmos battery was dying before, but surely even if it dies, the desktop would at least go to the bios screen/fan at least come on???

Any ideas?

2006-09-18 03:24:22 · 3 answers · asked by argggh 1 in Other - Hardware

I installed a media card reader in my computer tower. Since I have only one mother board USB header to use, I disconnected my front USB cable, thus deactivating my front USBs and connected my media card reader. When I powered up my computer the media card reader worked fine, however I discovered that my optical mouse was disabled. Why did I loose power in my optical mouse? How can I restore my optical mouse? HELP!

2006-09-18 03:24:12 · 3 answers · asked by snets73 1 in Desktops

I have managed to remove all my other shortcuts to the start menu but I can't remove the Recycle Bin Icon, eventhough there is one pinned to the start menu. Is there a way of doing this?

2006-09-18 03:14:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Here are the mp3 players I'm choosing from...which would best fit my lifestyle? I want to use the mp3 player while exercising...which is the best buy and I also want to choose flash memory based mp3 player? Many thanks

http://www.cdrking.com/local/products/index.php?action=mnu&temp=2&typeno=p&prod=MP3%20Players

2006-09-18 03:05:30 · 2 answers · asked by Eefa 2 in Other - Hardware

I have to choose from the following producers: Asus, LG, Philips, Plextor and Teac. I could really use a little help.

The model doesn't really matter, but the producer. I'll take care of the details when I'll go buy it :D.

2006-09-18 02:56:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anunia 1 in Other - Hardware

My BIOS didn't booted eventhough I tried to remove the battery cel for a while,is there someone who could visualize me on how they short the RTC ram of an old p3v133 mobo, it does not have a jumper pin..

2006-09-18 02:49:09 · 1 answers · asked by HeatTech 1 in Desktops

2006-09-18 02:48:29 · 7 answers · asked by lorisknight121904 1 in Other - Hardware

I already formatted my hard drive b/c I had a trojan. I also thought if I backed up most of my files maybe my computer would stop overheating because I was using 70 GB of an 80GB laptop. It continues to get overly hot and I haven't even installed my programs yet. Is there anyway to keep it from overheating or to cool it down? I've tried laptop coolers and all they do is make the computer get hotter - right now I have it sitting on top of an old weight scale that has a lot of space under it. But it sucks because I cannot even put my computer on my lap or on a table without it being on top of something. Please help.

2006-09-18 02:22:48 · 4 answers · asked by actresscye 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-18 01:59:28 · 5 answers · asked by mark!!001 2 in Other - Hardware

My pc is really old, its still a pentium 1, windows 98 and 60mb ram..... and it doesnt even say how much Mhz its cpu has:s plus I dont know much about these things

I was thinkign of getting it to pentium 4, 516mb ram, 3GHz cpu, a very good norton anti-virus, a good cam and mic, GeForce Graphics card, a tft monitor, a new keyboard.

How much do u think that will cost me in dollars..... and would I be better off buying a brand new pc? oh and tell me what sound card should I be getting for intense sound.... if u can even buy those!

2006-09-18 01:46:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

got a possibly infected western digital hard drive i want to install as slave. slave has win 98/me on it . will virus contaminate my current system [xp]. feel free to expound & thanx.

2006-09-18 01:41:03 · 3 answers · asked by enord 5 in Desktops

a. is limited only to 16-bit operation
b. features the NTFS files format
c. allows plug-and-play use of devices
d. is based on NT technology

2006-09-18 01:30:14 · 8 answers · asked by gehadhanna 2 in Other - Hardware

2006-09-18 00:54:32 · 8 answers · asked by jcraze1 3 in Monitors

2006-09-18 00:13:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

emachines [amd athlon xp processor]1640 tower doesnt power up at all! looked inside for fuse to replace but dont see anything i recognize as a fuse. no light on power button /thing is dead. any clues? powerless condition happened suddenly=after shutooff next time i turned on-no power.can this be result of virus?

2006-09-18 00:03:35 · 8 answers · asked by enord 5 in Desktops

2006-09-17 23:59:24 · 4 answers · asked by CK1 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

a. Extensive multi-tasking
b. a text based menu system
c. A change in the way we interact with applications

2006-09-17 23:43:46 · 7 answers · asked by gehadhanna 2 in Other - Hardware

wat kind o cd do i want to transfer vhs to cd

2006-09-17 23:32:00 · 2 answers · asked by sailor2663 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-09-17 23:13:53 · 13 answers · asked by smartfem_18 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I know, I know(!) this is a simple question and one often asked, but I'm coming more from the angle of is anyone going to do anything about it.

I realise on a Windows PC that drivers and programs are loaded with the start-up routine, but surely it doesn't have to be this way. Why can't the computer just switch-on and then load what it needs on a demand basis.

You wouldn't accept it if your car took 3-5 mins to start would you? Not to mention the environmental consequences of everyone leaving their computers on because of the broadband revolution to take phone calls and video messaging.

What I want to know is anyone able or working on an instant-computer and will this ever be released. Surely the market is huge, especially as we're heading towards a thin-client scenario.

2006-09-17 22:35:36 · 16 answers · asked by daveymcpea 1 in Desktops

2006-09-17 22:29:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-09-17 21:32:44 · 8 answers · asked by Kate 1 in Other - Hardware

every time when i refresh on the desktop it takes so much of time.
why!????

2006-09-17 21:21:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops