Hardware - October 2006

Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor T2250 (1.73 GHz)
or
AMD Turion(TM) 64 X2 Mobile TL-56 (1.80GHz/512KB)
Im getting a laptop, I am between those two processors. Please help :D

2006-10-03 11:09:31 · 7 answers · asked by cj.. 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I HAVE SAT CARD AND I CANT USE IT VERY WELL in my pc they told me that i can open all channal sat type sat1025

2006-10-03 11:00:56 · 2 answers · asked by dark l 1 in Other - Hardware

I dropped my Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook on the concrete floor and the display went bye bye.

What's the best way/place to replace the display regarding price, quality etc?

2006-10-03 10:43:18 · 4 answers · asked by newBusinessOwner 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Would u recomend buying one, anyone who has got one is it any good?

2006-10-03 10:31:35 · 12 answers · asked by bluewatr111 4 in Desktops

2006-10-03 10:08:03 · 10 answers · asked by Kris B 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

and if you say two monitors then you are stupid.

2006-10-03 10:03:58 · 4 answers · asked by Dirty 2 in Monitors

2006-10-03 09:57:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-10-03 08:51:13 · 5 answers · asked by supercat 2 in Desktops

Hi i have a cannon pixma MP110 and sometimes it just wont print. Sometimes it comes up with a dialogue box saying colecting printer status. It then will not allow the job to be canceled. Then once i restart or turn off and on my PC it prints off all the documents ect that i wanted to print before. How can i fix this??

2006-10-03 08:51:01 · 3 answers · asked by Helios64 1 in Printers

i cant seem to find any for my grapghics card so could u pls give me a link to download from must be from nvidia offical site

my grahics card is 512mb nvidia gefroce 7300 SE and i have 1gb of ddr2 ram cheers post the link any drivers you can finde cheers i so stupid!! :)

2006-10-03 08:46:32 · 5 answers · asked by numaan_ifthikhar 1 in Other - Hardware

I am currently using my on board sound card to run sound to my stereo receiver --> 1 quarter inch plug to the back of my pc, which splits to 2 rca plugs for the receiver.

The quality on this is terrible. It gets very distorted and crackly when I run it.

I have tried playing with most of my sound settings on the pc, and have not noticed anything that helps.

The solution that I am looking for should be cheap. I am not looking for a home entertainment system. I just want something I can play music on without distortion. I would be willing to buy a new PCI soundcard if that would be a good solution, but only if it is under $40.

2006-10-03 08:45:15 · 3 answers · asked by Josh Falter 3 in Other - Hardware

I have an epson Stylus C86

I just bought a new black ink cartridge for it. When I print a document, the color cartridges print, but the black does not. I'm not sure why. I've changed ink cartridges a hundred times in this.

The paper acts like it's printing, but then comes out blank. No error message or anything like that, and the black ink cartridge is recognized by the computer as full.

It's possible that my wife changed the settings, but she's not sure. I'm not sure what setting or where I would look if that's the issue.

I am needing to leave in about an hour for an interview and am hoping to print out a few resumes. Your help, is obviously, very needed!

Thanks in advance

2006-10-03 08:36:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

I can put slides on DVD, but I can't put music on a CD. Why would one work and not the other?

2006-10-03 08:35:31 · 4 answers · asked by startwinkle05 6 in Other - Hardware

My System Restart When It Reaches Windows XP . I Then format it and installed a new copy then system was running fine but after few days again the same problem occured . i asked my system assembler he told that the problem is in RAM . i Changed it but the same thing happened

2006-10-03 08:33:04 · 7 answers · asked by tuffel_jb 1 in Desktops

2006-10-03 08:29:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2006-10-03 08:28:47 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-10-03 08:27:15 · 6 answers · asked by Al H 2 in Add-ons

if you use ddr266(pc2100) ram modules normally i have heard you can buy modules such as ddr333 and ddr400
i read that its something to do with backward compatability,i only ask as newer memory modules are cheaper than the old ddr ones
i have 3 x 256mb ddr266 modules can i sacrifice a 256 module and add a 512mb ddr400 module to increase my overall ram to 1gb
any ideas

2006-10-03 08:14:58 · 10 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7 in Add-ons

2006-10-03 08:01:18 · 7 answers · asked by niffy 1 in Other - Hardware

I just built my computer but when i go to audio devices, it says nothing is plugged in. I have onboard sound and device manager shows all drivers are up to date. I put the speaker wire which is lime colored into the lime colored slot yet nothing. Do I have to enable/disable something in the bios?

Thanks in advance.

2006-10-03 07:43:24 · 6 answers · asked by Arif R 1 in Desktops

I have 2 computers and i want to use the same monitor, keyboard & mouse for both of them. I've seen the thing before, but i don't know what they are called. It's like a splitter that plugs in 1 keyboard mouse & monitor to 2 computers and lets you switch your diplay between the 2.

2006-10-03 07:30:41 · 4 answers · asked by alexmg2420 3 in Other - Hardware

Liteon DVD RW LDW 411s and Liteon cd rom LTN526 with updated drivers. I have justinstalled Nero 6, when trying to burn everything seems to be ok, Burn successful but nothing on Datwrite CD R disc.

2006-10-03 07:28:25 · 8 answers · asked by chopper 2 in Add-ons

I've resently got an old powermac G3 266mhz (beige type). It has mac os 10.2. I know that I can upgrade the cpu(not interested yet), ram, video, and hard drive. My question is can I remove the EIDE hard drive and just install a different EIDE Hard Drive, or do I need to invest in a controler card? If I don't need a controler card, how big of a hard drive can I install? I want to use this machine for mainly music station. I wil be doing base office work and some gamming (emulators). However, I am interested in using it as a DV(digital video) station as well. Can you tell me if this unit is good for DV as well, and will it handle a DVD burner?

2006-10-03 07:14:57 · 5 answers · asked by Briant D 2 in Add-ons

My laptop won't work unless the power cord is plugged in and it is elevated (books underneith it or something). Do I need a new laptop battery or is it something else internal?

2006-10-03 07:14:05 · 6 answers · asked by retrogamer4ever 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hey guys,
I have got a question. I have a computer, for which I just purchased a new SATA 160 gb hard drive. Now I have 2 hard drive sticking right next to each to each other, since I don't have any other space to put the new hard drive in. Anyways, it is a Western Digital WD1600JS model.
I bought the drive to save it as a backup, so that in case my other master hard drive goes out, I will have the backup of my things.
Anyways, let me get to my point. Ok, I switched on the PC went to Everest and it showed that the new SATA HD is about 68C. I was blown away by that reading, I felt the drive and it was a little warm. I downloaded another temperature reader and it stated the same. I took the drive back and I got another one of the same model. Switched it on and the same, it is getting to 68C although the book says that normal operations are at aroun 55C. I called in for their customer support and they said to do a drive analysis, I did it and it took almost 3 hours, and the analysis showed no problems.
I opened the side of the PC and put my room fan towards it and it cooled the drive back to 40C.
Now my old regular IDE drive is at 40C, while my new SATA drive is at 68C.
So I don't know if you guys could help me out on this, but what I was thinking to do is go and get a hole made on the side panel of the case, buy a new 120mm Fan and let it blow the air in. The Fan that is in the back, I will turn it around so that it would blow the hot air out.

Now my question is that I want to get a professional to make a good looking hole to put the fan on, but I don't know where. Do you have any suggestion about any shops that I could go to and ask them to make the hole.

Other than that, do you guys think that this is OK to have a SATA HD to be at 68C while the other one is at 40C?

Please consider my question about the shop to take it to first and then advice me something on this new HD.

THank you very much!!!

2006-10-03 07:04:45 · 8 answers · asked by walkingdeath 2 in Desktops

The laptop is a Dell Inspiron 12500, Model #PPO2L

Both fans in the back stopped turning and a "fan error message" appeared on the screen.

I wouldn't think the PSU is out if the screen is able to display a message.

Is this an easy or difficult job? I am handy with tools....and love to work on computers; but I've never worked on a notebook.

This is my granddaughter's notebook so I don't have it to diagnose.

Any idea what it would cost to have repaired? What about if I did it?

2006-10-03 06:59:37 · 3 answers · asked by Im2hard2please 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-03 06:43:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2006-10-03 06:36:25 · 7 answers · asked by Spaghetti MY 5 in Add-ons

My girlfriend's notebook gives a blank screen at startup even though the hardware and power supply seem to be in working order. After searching here and a few other troubleshooting forums, it appears as though reseating the RAM might help.

Are there any potential hazards to this? Any chance for data loss (we'll back up files anyway)? I'd much appreciate any advice offered.

2006-10-03 06:29:54 · 4 answers · asked by Mike 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a dell inspiron 6000, and I want to ask whether it is compatible with a Kingston ValueRAM memory - 1 GB - SO DIMM 200-pin. If not, what kind of RAM does the Inspiron 6000 work with?

2006-10-03 06:26:17 · 3 answers · asked by chicachicabobbob 4 in Laptops & Notebooks