Hardware - October 2006

It had been working fine until yesterday. Now when I hit the print button it seems to take forever for the information to get to the printer. It prints a little then pauses then prints more. I can't seem to figure out what caused this and how to fix it.

2006-10-10 09:44:13 · 7 answers · asked by La LaLa 1 in Printers

Want to get a new battery for my Dell Notebook. The one that came with the notebook only last for 3 hrs. Can i get one that will last a longer? If yes where do i get it?

2006-10-10 09:44:06 · 3 answers · asked by Can Do 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

my computer freezes up when using it allso takes a while to do opperations asked of it

2006-10-10 09:23:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I have a 64bit AMD Athon 64 processor which runs at 1.8Ghz, I really need to upgrade! plz help, I have 1 GB of memory, and a 256 MB video card. it runs great but it still skips on most games, usually shades on bf2, but i would really like to run at 3 GHz! is their a chipset available for my motherboard at that speed?

2006-10-10 09:06:51 · 2 answers · asked by g-rald 2 in Desktops

I plan to buy a camera that uses usb2 but my old computer has usb1

2006-10-10 09:00:21 · 8 answers · asked by joe gee 1 in Desktops

2006-10-10 08:41:17 · 8 answers · asked by darkdrium6 1 in Desktops

I rarely print to my Epson Stylus C86. When I do print it is as if the ink in the cartridge has started to dry up. Is there a way to keep the ink from drying in the cartridge for an infrequently used printer? Or is the issue more related to cleaning the print head?

2006-10-10 08:35:56 · 5 answers · asked by Steve P 5 in Printers

STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error}
The windows Logon Process system process terminated unexpectedly with a status f 0xc0000142 (0x00000000 0x00000000).
The system has been shut down.

2006-10-10 08:31:59 · 4 answers · asked by Jersey Girl <3 1 in Desktops

Hi guys, I need to buy a laptop within a week. Please help me decide on to something. I'm not sure of which brand to buy in terms of reliablity and after sales support. My prime requirements are excellent graphics capablities (preferably an graphics card - 128 mb), 1GB RAM, Intel dual core processor (2.0 GHz), 15' wide screen display, 60 GB HDD, multiple-card reader, bluetooth and WiFi capablity, DVD-ROM (don't need a DVD writer). My budget can go upto 70K.

2006-10-10 08:27:20 · 18 answers · asked by Raj 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i need to know how to find out which usb i have an item that requires a 2.0 is there a way to check without opening what i bought

2006-10-10 08:25:49 · 2 answers · asked by nothing 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have an Inspiron 9300. I believe it has two ram things, each equaling 256 mb. Can I just replace one with a 512 mb, or do I have to replace both?

2006-10-10 08:20:44 · 7 answers · asked by 3beed 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

okay, so i got a message that was popping up in the righthand corner of my laptop screen. It said "computer is infected!" and some other stuff about how i had a spyware infection. Well, naturally i went and downloaded all this crap like antispyware and then got this thing that only allows me to access web pages through a firewall...so anywho, my little infection went away. BUT, while i was doing all that, somehow the picture i had set as my desktop background just like disappeared. So, i went into "properties" on my desktop, and selected backgrounds trying to set a new background and blah blah...well come to find out, they don't allow me to even click on then anymore. (They're all like greyed out and non-clickable) They seem like now they're inactive or something. So now i'm mad and all that jazz. What would have made my backgrounds stop working? I didn't touch any of those settings. Or how can i get them functional again? Any input helps besides dumb pointless ****. : ) thank u much.

2006-10-10 07:52:57 · 12 answers · asked by your mom 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My toshiba sd-r5372v DVD writer acts like its reading a cd but then the green light stays on and it acts like it is done but its really just stuck? Anyone have any ideas about why it is messing up? It used to work just fine it just recently started doing this, and sometimes it still works normally only about 60% of the time does it mess up.

2006-10-10 07:41:00 · 1 answers · asked by kennyl370 1 in Desktops

Or should i get a lower end 7600 or none at all. Prices will fall presumably with the release of the 8 series

2006-10-10 07:32:01 · 3 answers · asked by G H 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-10-10 06:59:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

I was looking on the Dell website and their hard disks run at 7200 rpm. Is that not slow?

2006-10-10 06:46:21 · 5 answers · asked by Siu02rk 3 in Desktops

When the paper comes out of the copier the print just wipes off.

2006-10-10 06:34:31 · 1 answers · asked by cherish_ferguson 2 in Other - Hardware

Iam still looking for the best pc for around £600! I have been told to use an intel processor & now im trying to work out which graphics card to buy. Do i choose a 512mb(256sma) or just a 256mb with a high power resolution? Im not a big pc gamer but would maybe like to try some of the latest e.g call of duty3, FiFFA 07. champ manager.

2006-10-10 06:29:50 · 6 answers · asked by Neilio 1 in Other - Hardware

I have a 40g hard drive and looking to upgrade, i looked on the dell website for upgrades but all they have were external hard drives. I have an external hard drive already. I am looking for internal, could i find any dell internal hard drives somewhere else? I looked on ebay, and that was no help.

2006-10-10 06:15:51 · 9 answers · asked by luda_girl_stl 2 in Desktops

I have a 40g hard drive and looking to upgrade, i looked on the dell website for upgrades but all they have were external hard drives. I have an external hard drive already. I am looking for internal, could i find any dell internal hard drives somewhere else? I looked on ebay, and that was no help.

2006-10-10 06:15:31 · 6 answers · asked by luda_girl_stl 2 in Desktops

I'm looking at both these printers. Both list at the same price. One has a scanner, the other has a touchscreen. The only thing I'm concerned about is whether the do photos as well. Is one better than the other? Thanks for any help.

2006-10-10 06:14:41 · 1 answers · asked by lucasbuckteacher 1 in Printers

i bought a optical logitech mouse and a couple of months later
it stopped working and i have tried to reinstall it.
but i think it is the mouse receiver.

2006-10-10 06:09:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

When I bought my PC the guy told me it didn't have a game card. I want to play the new SimCity game, but I think I will need this card. When I search though nothing comes up for a game card, is it a graphics card that I need? or a video card maybe? And is it something I can install myself?

2006-10-10 05:48:52 · 7 answers · asked by Christy928 1 in Desktops

I have Microsoft media keyboard and the keys are noisy, no matter how gently I press them. Plus, the design of the keyboard being hollow, causes creaking sounds when my hand rest on it, Overall it is a noisy keyboard! I don't want the expense of a wireless and I have/want the ergo style with the keys separated in the middle, and set at an angle from each other. Does anyone have a good keyboard that they would recommend to me?

2006-10-10 05:46:45 · 4 answers · asked by youknowkennio 3 in Other - Hardware

So I need to take out the original memory, put the new memory in that slot, then put the old memory in the other slot (slot 2). I tried this but it only registers 512MB and not 768MB it should be.

2006-10-10 05:41:20 · 8 answers · asked by jerseyjoe2425 2 in Desktops

I am trying to remove the battery that will erase the administrators password

2006-10-10 04:46:57 · 6 answers · asked by nasbas03 2 in Desktops

I need to take a typing test soon and am unable to type quickly because the "e" on my computer keybord only works sometimes. I have to hit it over and over and then it works. Sorry if this question is dumb, but is there a way that can take my computer keybord off in an attempt to fix it myself without damaging the interior hardware. I am not a computer wiz, as you can tell....lol.. I already used the electronic dust spray and it didn't help. Please someone....HELP! I have to take a typing test in a few days at a temporary job agency. I appreciate your time to read this. Thanks so much.

-K

2006-10-10 04:40:30 · 4 answers · asked by peaceseeker 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Switching it off and on or leaving it on for about a 5 hour period? Thanks

2006-10-10 04:37:58 · 11 answers · asked by Bella Donna 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

I ask this becuase if i get a HDTV Computer card, should i get a CRT monitor to display at full potential?

2006-10-10 04:37:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

my windows xp os is in italian, i'd like to reformat it in english, will all the files i have saved thus far be deleted and never to resurface once the reformatting is done?

2006-10-10 04:33:03 · 9 answers · asked by Nelson M 2 in Laptops & Notebooks