Hardware - September 2006

I already have 1G PC3200 on my machine. I have a great video card, and i want to upgrade my system memory for better gaming now.

I can add another G of PC3200 for about the same price as PC4200... so what would you prefer? More slower memory or less faster memory?

2006-09-06 14:32:43 · 7 answers · asked by davedave01 3 in Other - Hardware

I want to know the answer to htis question. don't waste my time. oh yeah is a laptop with a 350 mhz processor capable of windows xp?

2006-09-06 14:31:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2006-09-06 14:24:49 · 2 answers · asked by chass23978 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-06 14:13:44 · 6 answers · asked by G P S 1 in Monitors

2006-09-06 14:06:09 · 14 answers · asked by mom 1 in Printers

My family wants to get an iMac, and now that they're cheaper and better as of the last day or two, I'm getting really excited! We'll probably get the 17" w/SuperDrive, upgrade to 2GB's of RAM, and pre-install iWork- it comes to about $1600 Canadian. We'll also wait until Leopard comes out (this spring at the latest), so we get the new OS.
But before we jump into this, I want to hear your opinion: give me the pros and cons of the iMac.

2006-09-06 13:06:33 · 5 answers · asked by pianoman.jeremy 4 in Desktops

I have a home built Pentium 4 2.8ghz machine with 1gb of ram, running windows XP. Whenever I try to play a video file (most often an XVID file), the computer locks up and freezes. This occurs in windows media player, VLC, PowerDVD, and any other player I've tried. I've tried updating my codecs and my video card driver (ATI Radeon 7500) but that hasn't helped.

2006-09-06 12:49:33 · 6 answers · asked by blahzayb 1 in Desktops

my laptop is dead, no lights, no fans, the power supply is fine (tested) ............does this mean a new motherboard?.........what else could it be?

2006-09-06 12:47:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I'm wondering if there is any pvr software, linux or windows xp (preferably xp) that will work with a Sabrent SBT-TVFM with the Phillips SAA7130 chip.

2006-09-06 12:43:01 · 1 answers · asked by Bamnet 1 in Other - Hardware

What computer would be the best one for me to buy?? Include brand and model. Under $800 also.

2006-09-06 11:52:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

My pc show in device manager to reinstal pci management bus it is shown with quastion mark sign what is it how can i fix/install it
1000MHZ intel selaron
intel815 board
256 Ram
80+40 HDD
win98
ac97 audion driver
only pci management bus remain who show with yallow question mark other drivers are installed and working

2006-09-06 11:31:52 · 2 answers · asked by W3B mast3r 2 in Other - Hardware

Hello. My Name Is ...........

How Much Is The Normal % Of CPU That My PC Should Use When It Is Running. I Have Only Firefox, Zone Alarm, Kaspersky Antivirus And TuneUp MemOptimizer Running.

Take Care And Good Bye For Now

2006-09-06 11:30:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

The top of tower overheats and fan is completley broke.


Computer Specs On Front Of Tower
Compaq Presario S5000CL
2600+(2.13GHz)AMD Athlon XP Processor
512MB DDR SDRAM Memory
80 GB Ultra DMA Hard Drive
Windows XP Home Edition

2006-09-06 11:20:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I am trying to build a computer. Still trying to chose between an AMD Athlon X2 5000 and an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600. The AMD runs at 2.6 Ghz with a 2000 Mhz FSB and only costs $325. The Intel runs at 2.4 Ghz with a 1066 Mhz FSB and costs $350. Which one is a better choice? I heard that the Intel takes less energy. Is that the only benefit? I don't need less power, I need more speed? Which one has more speed and reliability?

2006-09-06 11:07:15 · 5 answers · asked by crazyromo 3 in Desktops

I have a 60 GB Western Digital Scorpio in my Dell Latitude C600. After a reformat and losing 20% of the data for my music website, now I'm getting BSODs off the charts and random reboots, programs exiting by itself constantly. Usually it's because of something with the ntfs.sys, pci.sys thing.


The diagnostic utility for WD drives always detects errors and bad sectors in the complete scan and chkdsk reveals more...now I may have to use the WD utility to zero my hard drive...but what exactly is zeroing a hard drive and will I be able to clean install Windows XP after writing zeros to the drive because now its getting ridiculous.

2006-09-06 11:04:41 · 5 answers · asked by cubsfan72001 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-06 10:49:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-09-06 10:44:19 · 10 answers · asked by kevster 2 in Other - Hardware

I'm looking to purchase the D820 and am comparing it to the inspiron 9400. The 9400 is gaming capable, but since the D820 is more of a business laptop, I wanted to know if I can play games like Half-Life 2, Doom 3 and some new games with the 512MB NVIDIA® Quadro NVS 120M TurboCache. The 9400 comes with a 7900GS which is built for gaming, but will the Nvidia Quadro handle some light gaming tasks?

2006-09-06 10:32:19 · 4 answers · asked by bigd 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a compaq presario nb....

(raising my hand) computer idiot here....

2006-09-06 10:09:31 · 5 answers · asked by Linnygirl 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-06 10:09:02 · 8 answers · asked by The Bad Sector 1 in Other - Hardware

I do not need to print in color, I don't need something that faxes/copies/etc., I don't want to spend a ton on the printer itself and I REALLY don't want to pay for the printer 10 times over in the cost of print cartridges every month. I know that ink/toner is expensive and to a certain extent theres no getting around that but what printer has good efficiency of use on toner and lower cost catridges?
I'm thinking about a laser printer but I don't know how expensive they are to maintain.
Thanks!

2006-09-06 09:59:46 · 7 answers · asked by MayMay 3 in Printers

2006-09-06 09:58:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I want to upgrade to a bigger hard drive, from a 40g to a 120g .
Is it an easy process? I have a Dell Demension 8200, 512 ram,
it has a 40g hard drive ( western digital wd400 caviar enhanced IDE hard drive) .

2006-09-06 09:56:19 · 20 answers · asked by itleed 1 in Desktops

Last year we thought the hard drive crashed, but after months of not being used, it booted up and ran fine. The only problem is, it will not run unless it is plugged into AC power. It will charge the battery, and it shows that the battery is fully charged, but as soon as the AC power is disconnected, the computer shuts itself off. I have checked all my settings and they are all set to switch to battery power when disconnected. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

2006-09-06 09:52:29 · 4 answers · asked by iceprincess_12_04 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

OK. My pc shut down on me constantly. I asked a question on here last week about what i should do and i was told to find out the temperature of the pc after it shuts down on me. It turns out that it is 100 degrees centigrade. They also told me to start my pc in safe mode and run the virus scan becuase if i try to run it in regular mode, it shuts down on me... Well... When i try to start the pc in safe mode, it shuts down on me before it even logs on. Is it time for me to go to the Shop NBC headquarters, where i got the PC from for too much money, and toss this piece of crap off the roof? If there is a fix for this problem, please let me know. I dont want to lose the140 gig worth of crap i have on here.

2006-09-06 09:40:22 · 9 answers · asked by smok_e_mon1 1 in Desktops

ok, so I'm thinking about buying a new pc and i think I found an awesome deal I know some about computers b/c I work at an electronic store and my manager is crazy about the new duo core processors, he keeps telling me how fast they are, I am looking for a powerful pc that can be upgraded and wont be out of date for a while, also I need it to be really powerful b/c im a student taking graphic design and we use alot of adobe products, photoshop etc. and I want to play games on it but i'm also on a budget would like to keep it around $700 the computer im looking at is at
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=APS285-U-P8201-DT&cat=SYS
I was wondering if someone that knows about computers can look at that and tell me if its a good deal and if it's what im looking for also any other comments or suggestions would be appreciated thanks

2006-09-06 09:39:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Ok i am upgrading my pc2700 to a 1gb memory(internal)- if o remove the chip will i lose everything on my computer- our can i just pull the chip out and still not lose anything???

2006-09-06 09:18:23 · 4 answers · asked by mitt w 3 in Desktops

2. whats copy n paste? how to copy n paste?

3. how to download from internet?

4. how to download video clips from youtube?

5. why my windows xp windows media not working at all?
mine is original, not pirated windows xp home edition

6. whats the difference bw windows xp home edition n professional?

7. what is back up?how to back up files?

8. how to back up files onto a blank CD?

9. why my winzip not working at all?i m using windows xp home edition original

10. my PC running very slow also,wat shld i do?

11. my PC full of pop ups advertisements,wat to do?

12. how to check if my PC got virus?

13. where to get free anti virus?

14. my yahoo email alphabets letters size very small,how to increase the size?

15. how to back up files onto an external hard disk?

16. how to connect n install an external hard disk to my PC?

17. what is notepad?how to use notepad?

18. how, where to learn computer programmings?

any websites2 refer?
thanks

2006-09-06 09:16:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2006-09-06 09:10:43 · 11 answers · asked by work4more 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-09-06 09:04:37 · 2 answers · asked by Robbie 1 in Other - Hardware