Hardware - October 2006

I have just required a second hand pc and i was told that it has a dvd re-writer on it, how do i burn cd`s etc, i have no manuals with it.

2006-10-29 08:08:25 · 3 answers · asked by BEVERLEY O 1 in Add-ons

Processor - AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile ML-30 Processor
Memory - 2048MB DDR RAM
Hard Disk - 100GB Hard Disk
Graphics - ATI Radeon 128MB Integrated Graphics
Optical drive - Double Layer 16x Multiformat (+/-) DVD-Rewiter Drive
Display - 17" Wide Screen

I know the processor is like 1.6 ghz probs wont even run music but wont the ram make up for this.

I only want it for-
Msn messenger
Music
online poker
runescape
and few online games... ---- don't need go graphics..

Good enough for me is it plzz??? will it be as good as a dell £1000 laptop with a dual core processor but with only 1 gb ram?

2006-10-29 07:57:56 · 8 answers · asked by Ryan M 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-29 07:47:05 · 5 answers · asked by Patrick Lu 1 in Add-ons

2006-10-29 07:45:52 · 2 answers · asked by Big T 1 in Desktops

I have a gateway laptop. Please can someone help please!!!

2006-10-29 07:37:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi! I was never interested in any accelarators but now when I donload this "Medieval 2 - Total war" game I've got pissed off that I couldn't play it, the message is: The program requires graphic card with picsel shades 1.1 or better. These are they requirements below. Anyway -are these requirements for most of games nowdays? Where to get good graphic card and how much it cost? Which one is the best? Thanks a lot for your help!
Requirements:
-128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 1 support
and the latest drivers. Must be 100% DirectX® 9.0c
compatible*. Nvidia® GeForce 4 Ti 4400 or ATI Radeon® 9800
are the recommended minimum hardware.

2006-10-29 07:25:11 · 4 answers · asked by Josephine 1 in Add-ons

Vert lines through the display, pulsating. This happens after the laptop is warm. It is a known issue, I just can not remember the part name to replace, or where I can order it. If any one can help thanks!

2006-10-29 07:25:08 · 1 answers · asked by dogglife 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-29 07:25:08 · 4 answers · asked by Uncle Sam 1 in Printers

I was given a pretty old Mac (Apple) Laptop. A Macintosh Powerbook 1400 Series. When it was used by my relative (who purchased and previously owned it) she used AOL on it. I do not use AOL. I use Comcast High Speed DSL, so I wanted to know the procedure for hooking up wireless internet to the laptop. Is it possible to use wireless on it even though it's old? Do I need an ethernet card? And if it's not wireless internet capable can I atleast use DSL that's not wireless? Help.

2006-10-29 07:24:03 · 1 answers · asked by DiVenanzo™ 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

went into recycle bin and wife deleted

2006-10-29 07:23:53 · 8 answers · asked by nicholas w 1 in Scanners

seagate ex h-d fell over just on to its side now doesn't work. is it possible to fix without great expence

2006-10-29 07:23:46 · 10 answers · asked by 23x23 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-10-29 07:19:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

do laptops mind pop being spilt on them as i accidently spilt half a glass of coke on it?its working ok, but will the buttons start sticking?

2006-10-29 07:11:34 · 10 answers · asked by romancer 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a new Compaq Presario and I love it excpet it has poor sound quality. Can i adjust it or buy other speakers to hook up to it? Can I hook desktop speakers up to it?

2006-10-29 07:09:14 · 2 answers · asked by do you know me? 5 in Add-ons

I bought a new cord which goes from serial to USB. It's not working.
Should I be looking for a driver or something? Any advce would be appreciated.

2006-10-29 07:09:14 · 2 answers · asked by messier 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

PLEASE can someone help me . I crashed a while back with Aol and i got my modem back with gateway but i never got my sound back. There has to be a way to get my sound without going out and buying another card.

2006-10-29 07:03:22 · 3 answers · asked by dlg_1256 1 in Desktops

I have a Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz processor. My computer is a Toshiba Satellite P15-S479 Laptop. Also how can I over clock my graphics card? I have a NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 with 32MB of VRAM.

2006-10-29 07:00:34 · 3 answers · asked by Levi H 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-29 06:53:12 · 5 answers · asked by Brian n 1 in Add-ons

Trying to transfer my digital pictures from my computer on to a cd is there a standard programe. I am using a del dimension

2006-10-29 06:46:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

My computer does not have any sound at all, it seems like it's playing sound but no sound is coming from my system or computer. It has the built in speakers, but I connected speakers to see if ithat would work but it doesn't. I've checked for conflicts and it doesn't have any. I've uninstalled and reinstalled my software and it still doesn't work. Could it be that I need a new soundcard, even though it shows everything is OK.

2006-10-29 06:44:43 · 2 answers · asked by Jack 1 in Add-ons

i bought a game which needs 384 mb ram but my pc only has 256 mb . would a ram stick help

2006-10-29 06:40:07 · 9 answers · asked by not very smart 1 in Other - Hardware

I opened my floppy drive and the disk didn't come out, I can hear it inside my hp pavilion laptop , how do i get it out????

2006-10-29 06:08:13 · 2 answers · asked by Willa W 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-29 06:04:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I have a Dell Inspiron 5160, and recently the battery light keeps flickering amber, even if I have it on mains, why is this?

2006-10-29 06:03:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-29 06:01:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

ok i got a sony vaio pcg-r505, its the style that came w/ a docking station and i misplaced it...my father made the mistake of installing xp on top of 2000 pro so we had to start all over w/ it. now, i gotta upgrade my bios to support the upgraded drivers and i dont have a floppy to finish up the operation. any ideas on how i can override this step? the driver that i need is for the graphics control cause rite now my xp runs in a small box and the rest of my screen is blank. any help would be great as i think ive thought of all my possibilities.

2006-10-29 05:58:54 · 1 answers · asked by wizzpack 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

ok i got a sony vaio pcg-r505, its the style that came w/ a docking station and i misplaced it...my father made the mistake of installing xp on top of 2000 pro so we had to start all over w/ it. now, i gotta upgrade my bios to support the upgraded drivers and i dont have a floppy to finish up the operation. any ideas on how i can override this step? the driver that i need is for the graphics control cause rite now my xp runs in a small box and the rest of my screen is blank. any help would be great as i think ive thought of all my possibilities.

2006-10-29 05:55:18 · 1 answers · asked by wizzpack 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

its not the amount of RAM but its speed that im lookin for .. in terms of MHz ..

i got 256MB ram .. of which 32 MB is for graphics (geforce 2 integrated )..

cpu : amd athlon 2000+ ( 1.67 GHz)

not quite sure if its 266 MHz or 333 MHz ...
kindly lemme know .. coz im looin for an upgrade ..

also does ASUS A7N266 - VM motherboard support upto 1GB of ram ???????? as 2 * 512 MB ??????

thanx in advance ....

2006-10-29 05:45:12 · 4 answers · asked by rave23 2 in Other - Hardware

Every time I turn my computer on, it either freezes before loading Windows, or it loads Windows and restarts right away. When it restarts I get a blue screen that says a problem was detected and Windows was shut off to prevent damages in the computer, then it says "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA". It tells me to deactivate the BIOS memory options - what the hell is that and how do I do it? Still in the blue screen it says "Technical Information: ***STOP: 0x00000050 (0xD7536008, 0x00000000, 0x80576FDF, 0x00000000)"
What should I do? Please help, it's really annoying that this happens every damn time, sometimes it takes a loooong time before I can actually turn the computer on.

2006-10-29 05:39:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

windows xp

2006-10-29 05:38:21 · 6 answers · asked by shogonzo 2 in Other - Hardware