Hardware - October 2006

dear friends ,i nd to upgrade ..could someone pls recommend a good motherboard if can wif pci-E.hope can core 2duo cpu.i nd mainly to surf n play games..a budget but gd graphics card for playing battle for middle earth 2.the dvd drive n hdd i can use back ,thks pls help..im in singapore...can email me aso,kenbu38@yahoo.com ,thanks!and no nd monitor ...

2006-10-11 04:58:50 · 1 answers · asked by drunkdriver38 2 in Desktops

2006-10-11 04:42:40 · 6 answers · asked by suriaslesha s 1 in Other - Hardware

it has to do with computers

2006-10-11 04:32:28 · 11 answers · asked by kandy_red07 1 in Other - Hardware

2 of my computers have been shutting down in the mist of working on them- no warning- just a complete black screen. After going through the start-up process the main computer would black-out and reboot and the other computer would reboot and stay up for a hour or so. I took the main computer to a repair shop and replaced the hard drive and memory. At the computer shop for 1 week, the computer did not shut down-AT ALL. After returning the main computer home during the starting up process the computer continued to shut down. I ever took the main computer room to room in my apartment and it continued to do that same thing. I brought a new computer and the new computer also continued to shut down as well. I took the computers to a friend's home and both of the computers booted up with no problems. I live in an apartment for 9 years and has never had a problem with electrical power. The TV’s, stereos and clock are not affected, how is this possible?

2006-10-11 04:12:31 · 5 answers · asked by P P 1 in Desktops

I am looking for computers both real world, and online, as well as the worth of my own computer. I'm thinking breaking it down to parts, and adding it up. New a little higher than new parts, used a little less.

I wish there was like and appraise-Bay (play on eBay) where people could say what they'd pay, and then average it out or something.

2006-10-11 04:06:59 · 3 answers · asked by Benjamin W 3 in Desktops

Somehow when he tried to hook it back it, the computer overheated or something as some of the wires inside melted, they are ones that plug into the back of the hard drive I think, now we can not get the computer to work without overheating, is there anyone on here who knows much about computers and maybe can tell me what happened and if there is a way to fix it. It worked great other than being slow before this now it won't do anything.

2006-10-11 04:04:45 · 8 answers · asked by countrygrl278 6 in Desktops

I have a motherboard with 24 pines of power cord but my power supply has only 20. In despite of that i made the connection (4 pines not connected) and it worked. I wonder if this may be the cause of these failures on booting the system some times. Also one time a blue screen appeared saying something with my hardware or software could be wrong.

2006-10-11 03:57:05 · 4 answers · asked by gabriel 2 in Desktops

im using a inter celron 2.5 proceesor ,, and wasgoing to buy a pc with this processor its a Sempron 64 3400+ processor is this a one good as i dont no much about amd processors.just want to know if which one is better senable answers only please as im on limeted funds

2006-10-11 03:52:11 · 10 answers · asked by daps don 2 in Desktops

Error message is The ordinal 3171 could not be located in the
dynamic link library LIBEAY32.dll. Have tried reinstalling Acer enet management but error still persists.

2006-10-11 03:37:35 · 3 answers · asked by ed p 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I just bought new ink cartridges and printer will not print in color, the type of printer cartridges is the recycled staples brand for this type printer and the black cartridge is working. I have the setting on automatic color. Any Ideas?

2006-10-11 03:33:28 · 3 answers · asked by SarJen64 2 in Printers

Sometimes the dvd burner will read discs some times it won't. Most times it doesn't want to burn so any help would be great?!!?

2006-10-11 03:26:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2006-10-11 03:25:21 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

PROBLEM:
I may have partially friend a secondary IDE channel interface on a x86 machine, possibly by static or plugging/unplugging the ribbon cable while the motherboard was partly powered.

SYMPTOMS:
At boot, the BIOS (Phoenix, circa 2002) can't recognize anything on that channel, but sees "something" and tries for about 90 second per device - three minutes if two drives are attached.
After boot, I can open/close the tray, and dmesg reports the drive ID, but it remains inaccessible.

GOAL
I would like to see if it's really hardware-gone or if there's some strange firmware setting somewhere that can be fixed. I'd prefer to save this IDE channel to any alternative I can think of, such as putting CD and HD on primary, or getting a PCI IDE/PATA interface card.

2006-10-11 02:33:37 · 1 answers · asked by Nomore Replies 2 in Desktops

I wonder if this could be possible. Answers of people who know about that, please.

2006-10-11 02:20:54 · 2 answers · asked by anfclwin05 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-11 02:18:27 · 1 answers · asked by sarjonbanak 1 in Printers

2006-10-11 02:15:46 · 12 answers · asked by jhovelpinote 1 in Add-ons

How come my laptop battery goes flat when it has been switched off for a few days? This doesn't happen to my mobile phone when that's switched off. Have I got a faulty battery?

2006-10-11 02:04:54 · 13 answers · asked by Richard C 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I just fully chared my laptop but when I took out the adapter it shows 1:20 mins of battery remaining but if i restart it it will show the full 3 hours remaining...
I have just got it yesterday so I am a fresh user....

2006-10-11 02:03:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I need a Hp Pavillion notebook with dual core processor. Specs include (minimum)
1.8 GHz Processor
100 GB HD
1 GB RAM
Webcam
TV Tuner Card
Wi-fi, Bluetooth, LAN
DVD RW Multilayer
17 " screen
Graphics Card, 5.1 Channel surround card

Which is the best model to match the above specs for graphics and multimedia work and how much would it go for?
Any reviews, recommendations?

2006-10-11 01:43:44 · 4 answers · asked by fzee 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i think it is a hordware problem.i did nt find it slow whenever it is having beep sounds at booting.

2006-10-11 01:40:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2006-10-11 01:09:52 · 22 answers · asked by Mark P 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I've had it a little over a month, and it's worked beautifully for me. As of this morning, 10/11/06, the scroll feature won't scroll anymore. Any suggestions on how to get it working again?

2006-10-11 01:04:36 · 4 answers · asked by kellygirlaj 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-11 01:01:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-10-11 01:00:00 · 15 answers · asked by Tracy Love 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I was using DVD Decrypter to burn an ISO and realised that I had picked the wrong one. I used the abort function and Decrypter continued to run for a while after acknowldging the abort. I then had a quick powercut causing the computer to reboot.

Now the DVD drive won't read any DVDs and is scratching any I put in while making a clicking noise (technical I know!). It appears it is trying to finish off whatever Decrypter was doing when I'd asked it to abort.

I can get CDs to work but only after the drive has clicked a few times and scratched the disks. If I close the disk tray without a disk in it it still makes the clicking noise for a minute as if it is looking for a disk to maul.

How do I stop the drive thinking it has something to finish off (I have rebooted a couple of times)??

2006-10-11 00:57:44 · 2 answers · asked by Ork1927 2 in Other - Hardware

I want to buy a sony laptop and misco have a good deal but i haven't heard of them and was wondering if anyone else had and if they had any problems. A company called technoworld also have a deal but again I've never heard of them. If anyone knows of any other good websites to buy cheap laptops from then i'd love to hear from you, cheers.

2006-10-11 00:54:45 · 5 answers · asked by jessica 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I just bought a new LCD monitor and want to know if it is better to turn it off when not in use or leave it on and let it go to screen saver and stand by.

2006-10-11 00:54:33 · 6 answers · asked by Kent L 1 in Monitors

My laptop doesn't support dvd writting.
and my movies size are almost 730MB...whereas the cd's allow 700mb storage. Flash drives are pricy, external dvd writers are soo expensive. What can i do to reduce my movies size...

2006-10-11 00:52:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-11 00:30:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

Is there any website which actually teach you how to do data recovery yourself (DIY)???

2006-10-11 00:29:52 · 4 answers · asked by RZ 2 in Other - Hardware