Hardware - October 2006

My defragmentation will only go up to 2 or 3 % at the most and i kept on for 7 hours. Can someone tell me how to fix it or if i need a professional to fix it

2006-10-07 02:40:02 · 9 answers · asked by Diana K 1 in Monitors

asus p5b mortherboard, 2 250gb hardrives, 2 asus ati x1900 xt grphic cards, themaltake watercooling and a dvd rewriter.

thanks peps

2006-10-07 02:33:25 · 5 answers · asked by skiaaron 2 in Other - Hardware

It won't go into sleep mode. When I put it in sleep mode the drives rev up and just sit there. I have to hold the power button down to get it to stop. In order to start it back up I have to unplug it from the wall for ten seconds.

2006-10-07 02:33:22 · 6 answers · asked by mrknositall 6 in Desktops

If someone sits at my computer and goes into screen properties, they can change the time setting effectively preventing my computer from logging off. Does anybody know of a method to prevent people from changing my screen settings with password protection?

2006-10-07 02:12:28 · 3 answers · asked by fla_dan 3 in Desktops

My laptop drive is acting up lately- I put a cd in there which was playing fine all week-now the drive sounds like its struggling to read any info from any media at all- got a lens cleaner and the sound has dissipated, checked drivers etc, all intact, anyone got an ounce of a clue what it could be??

2006-10-07 02:00:25 · 2 answers · asked by ppd81 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?

Someone prints something to a printer.
They get a message saying the print job failed.
About 10 minutes later the item is printed.
This doesn’t happen all the time.

2006-10-07 01:35:12 · 4 answers · asked by It's me 1 in Printers

machine within my budget to learn other languages from all over the world

2006-10-07 01:34:39 · 3 answers · asked by kitten4u2_1999 1 in Other - Hardware

monitor's red colors disappear, then goes very dark (black and white) but still visible, what could be wrong?

2006-10-07 00:33:49 · 12 answers · asked by blue.07 2 in Monitors

when you close windows XP you can put it into Hibernate mode does this use any power ??

2006-10-06 23:52:51 · 12 answers · asked by lamebrain 2 in Desktops

Is the NVidia Quadro FX 4500 good for games as well CAD systems?

2006-10-06 23:35:00 · 2 answers · asked by LC 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-10-06 23:21:18 · 9 answers · asked by DS 4 in Other - Hardware

A proper keyboard

2006-10-06 23:04:32 · 2 answers · asked by Alex G 6 in Other - Hardware

I have tried everything, reg. cleaner, spyware detector, memory tests and removed suspect programes. All to no avail. Help.

2006-10-06 23:01:33 · 26 answers · asked by Will S 1 in Desktops

2006-10-06 22:55:15 · 8 answers · asked by beccalou19 1 in Desktops

I have tried Dell and they were only able to offer an external drive connected by USB. I would really like a replacement for my internal combo drive that has broken.

Any ideas?!

2006-10-06 22:20:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Id like to be able to move my computer to any room of my house. I feel confined to one space. Any one out there with laptops and how do they like it?

2006-10-06 22:11:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

We already have a monitor, just need the tower mainly... Any suggestions?

2006-10-06 22:08:24 · 6 answers · asked by shardf 5 in Other - Hardware

what must be the configuration if i'm to buy an assembled computer ,range(Rs:26000)
>>must be fast,powerful.

2006-10-06 22:05:26 · 6 answers · asked by vinkh 1 in Desktops

I have 915 GAV motherboard and Pentium 4 processor speed is 3 GHZ in bios Temperature shows 94 to 100 centigrade , how i decresed the temperature ,please give me a solution

2006-10-06 21:02:27 · 5 answers · asked by chandrakant k 1 in Desktops

2006-10-06 21:02:09 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

if i do ctrl-alt-del it doesn't do anything so i unplugged it and turned it back on. windows won't load, instead i get a blue screen saying "disk read error"... my friend checked it and says my hard disk is broken, coz it's not even recognized when hooked up as slave on his computer. so he replaced that broken hdd with my old 20g hdd... it worked for 3 days. i tried to open the homework i saved in email and the pc froze again and won't do anything to turn off so i unplugged it, it goes to the window that asks if you want to go to safe mode or last known good configuration and anything i choose on there goes to a blue screen that says stop c000023a or something like that and to contact tech support. i am not in america so i can't call dell... what can i do to fix my pc? what could be wrong? i'm just scared to go to a shop being clueless and all. thanks.

2006-10-06 21:01:13 · 5 answers · asked by ethannadinemariel 2 in Desktops

In bios auto detecting hardware, pc hangs immediately on the detecting secondary master. Anyone knows why?

2006-10-06 20:50:57 · 3 answers · asked by bore_tired 2 in Desktops

when I click the restore button on the top right the display doesn't get bigger, and everything has shifted to the left.You see the display of the internet and a bit of black in the background. Can someone please help me?

2006-10-06 20:46:23 · 2 answers · asked by Deavious999 3 in Monitors

2006-10-06 20:40:05 · 4 answers · asked by puppetmasturbater 1 in Desktops

should i upgrade my processor also? which is only about 750mhz and would it help my computer any? also about how much does it cost..

2006-10-06 20:36:10 · 5 answers · asked by Big-Tony 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

i seen some answers taht to format hard drive , but i want my computer to have windows still without having to go get a cd. soo is tehr a way? i hope its free.. i am doing this because lately my computer has been responding very slowly . i think i have a virus because of this keygen .. i did the norton virus scan and i think i removed it but computer is still slow.. and i need to know how to make my computer teh way wen i bought it! please help!!!

2006-10-06 20:16:41 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2006-10-06 20:02:16 · 17 answers · asked by Thava 2 in Other - Hardware

anyone seen the performance difference between a geforce vanilla 6800 vs. a 7600gt both on a pcie x16 bus same system otherwise? What you think?

2006-10-06 19:39:12 · 7 answers · asked by timvansickel 4 in Add-ons

I would like to transfer some data from a PC to a Mac. I'm thinking of buying an external HDD, and thought this might be the solution I need.

Can format the HDD once, transfer data off my PC then onto the MAC via this kind of device?

2006-10-06 19:30:07 · 7 answers · asked by Daniel 1 in Other - Hardware

I asked my brother to build a computer for me for college. I told him I wanted a very fast computer that wouldn't be obsolete in a year.
This is what he came back with. Tell me if it's worth it.

Computer Specs are as follows:

RaidMax Mustang ATX 420Watt Computer Case

Rosewill 19" LCD TFT Monitor

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 1GB 16X PCI Express Video Card

(2) Seagate Barracuda 10000RPM 160GB Hard Drives (SATA)

LITE-ON Combo DVD-RW / CD-RW

Patriot 2.5GB DDR PC3200 RAM

DIAMOND xtremesound xs71 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2.0ghz Dual Core Proc.

Logitech z-5500 5.1 Speaker System (505 Watts)

BenQ Wireless Keyboard and Mouse (Red, to match the case.)

Windows XP

Total cost: $1251.31

2006-10-06 19:27:16 · 6 answers · asked by humancandyball 3 in Desktops