Hardware - October 2006

Staples say they will pay $3 if you recycle your old ink cartridges. But it cost over $50 to buy a new one. I heard it is better to refill them that cost half the price of buying a new one. What do you think?

2006-10-31 08:40:49 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

2006-10-31 08:38:44 · 5 answers · asked by Susan H 2 in Desktops

on how to speed it up without adding more RAM?

2006-10-31 08:26:57 · 9 answers · asked by lascivious 1 in Desktops

most of the lcd screens on my laptop, on my work screens and on my home screens seem to have 1 or 2 dead pixels on them, what is causing them to appear, and can they be fixed with out replacing the lcd screen

2006-10-31 08:18:09 · 7 answers · asked by rick 1 in Monitors

ummm...i'm computer illiterate and i'm thinking of buying a laptop. i've done my research and i know what i want. my question is, do all laptops comes with wireless capabilities? i want to buy a laptop that's complete because i wouldn't know how to add or not add with anything. pls. help. thanx in advance.

2006-10-31 08:17:49 · 14 answers · asked by Christy 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

when i play the music back on my ipod. What could thsi be. A dirty laser or something more fundemental?

2006-10-31 08:01:36 · 4 answers · asked by lascivious 1 in Desktops

ATHLON 64 FX-57 1 MB CHACHE 939-PIN PROSSESSOR
2 GB MEMORY PC DDR 3200LL
16X DVD-ROM REV.2 PRIMARY CD ROM/DVD ROM
2 BARRACUDA 80 GB 8 MB CACHE SERIAL ATA 150 ULTRA RAID 2 WITH NCQ HD SYSTEM DRIVE
1.44MB FLOPPY DRIVE BLACK FLOPPY DRIVE
ASUS A8N-SLI REALTEK ALC850 ON BOARD AUDIO SOUND CARD
NVIDIA GEFORCE 7800 GT 256MB PCIE GRAPHICS PROCESSOR
PURE VIDEO NVIDIA
MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP HOME COA OPERATING SYSTEM
CYBERLINK POWER DVD 8 CHANNEL 7.1 XP OPERATING SYSTEM
ALIENGUISE INVADER CHASSIS
OWNER IDENTIFATION CARD OPERATING SYSTE
650 WATT ATX2.0 POWER SUPPLY WITH ACTIVE PFC POWER SUPPLY
ALIENICE INTAKE BLUE FAN CHASSIS UPGRADES
DUAL COLD CATHODE BLUE LIGHT KIT CHASSIS UPGRADES
BLUE LED ALIENHEAD CHASSIS UPGRADES
AMD FX DUAL CORE HSF CL-P0075 CHASSIS UPGRADES
GFX CK03-1225 DUAL SLOT CARD KEEPER GRAPHICS PROCESSOR
CABLE MANAGEMENT CABLE MANAGEMENT
RAID 0 STRIPING FOR PERFORMANCE
its got xp vista capable and a deluxe motherboard for dual video cards

2006-10-31 07:39:35 · 7 answers · asked by analspawn 1 in Desktops

ande will it run battlefront 2 with no issues?

2006-10-31 07:33:33 · 2 answers · asked by ish00kuptheworld 1 in Add-ons

2006-10-31 07:32:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i just wanted to know before I downloaded it to my MacBook laptop, because I was told that it can be bad for your computer period. But the Limewire Pro is suppose to be better for your computers if you wanted to download that.

2006-10-31 07:20:00 · 4 answers · asked by clbell 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-31 07:14:48 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I have a two year old Emachine that won't start. It was working perfect, all security up to date. Well I shut it down one noght and everything was fine. When I turned it on the next morning, all that was going was the fan. It would not boot up or show anything on the monitor. Any ideas? XP SP2

2006-10-31 06:59:25 · 10 answers · asked by ? 3 in Desktops

I currently have a Radeon 7500 video card, and a new game requires rafdeon x1300 or better, can i play the game with the video card i have?
Thanks for any help.

2006-10-31 06:54:25 · 6 answers · asked by student0007 3 in Other - Hardware

My computer broke and i dont know how to fix the dam cd player. Does anyone knows how to fix it?

2006-10-31 06:40:18 · 3 answers · asked by trncbeard 2 in Other - Hardware

2006-10-31 06:37:38 · 3 answers · asked by michaeljames 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Got a Pentium D dual core sytem on the way (Motherboard with a PCI Express X 16 slot) will my ATI Radeon x550 be compatible? its a 256 MB GDDR 2 128Bit? any will be appreciated.

2006-10-31 06:12:49 · 3 answers · asked by yorkylad_uk 1 in Desktops

My Sony laptop will not boot up. The battery still full and I plug the power cord in, but nothing happen. There were no sign of light, sound or anything at all. I think it might be the power generator, but I’m not sure. What could cause that?

2006-10-31 06:10:39 · 4 answers · asked by JumboJess 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-31 06:09:30 · 2 answers · asked by ROBERT S 1 in Monitors

2006-10-31 06:00:42 · 10 answers · asked by syed razakh 1 in Desktops

The PC in question has an HDD of 37GB (25GB free space), 1.73 GHz Processor and 128MB Ram. On Startup , it doesn't give me any icons, and I have to make them appear throughthe task manager. It also takes an inordinate amount of time to boot up completely. I have seen something called a Sony Picture Package that seems to be causing the problem. Also the HDD is not FAT formatted, but NTFS. When closing down, the PC gets to a level where it tells me it is shutting down, but immediately begings starting up again. In contrast, I have another PC which only has a 20GB HDD (13 in use), 144MB RAM and a 1GHz Processor which works faster than the one mentioned above. Can anyone help me out?

2006-10-31 05:49:10 · 9 answers · asked by CitizenK 1 in Desktops

2006-10-31 05:29:50 · 1 answers · asked by robver@sbcglobal.net 1 in Add-ons

i would like to buy a wireless keyboard and mouse , but i need the mouse to work very good in games , right know are so many on the market , which one is the best for gaming ????? help

2006-10-31 05:25:13 · 4 answers · asked by bebelino44 2 in Add-ons

Ok, =D hey
alright then what exactly is the difference if the ghz are the same in each of the models
Example :
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor T5500 (1.66 GHz)
vs
AMD Turion(TM) 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-52(1.6GHz/512KB)

they are both 1.6GHz but what is really the difference??
thanks :D

2006-10-31 05:22:52 · 4 answers · asked by kurojigoku2 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Ok, =D hey
alright then what exactly is the difference if the ghz are the same in each of the models
Example :
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor T5500 (1.66 GHz)
vs
AMD Turion(TM) 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-52(1.6GHz/512KB)

they are both 1.6GHz but what is really the difference??
thanks :D

2006-10-31 05:22:37 · 4 answers · asked by kurojigoku2 1 in Desktops

What graphics card I've got?

2006-10-31 05:22:28 · 12 answers · asked by Ah! 5 in Add-ons

the weather, I have no heater in my room and it got down to 28 degrees last night? So I am worried that this will freeze my computer........

2006-10-31 05:10:25 · 5 answers · asked by mysticideas 6 in Desktops

its a dell laptop inspiron 1100

2006-10-31 04:52:28 · 15 answers · asked by karrot_2003 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

10 points to anyone who finds a good step by step way to format a harddrive im in bious and cant log on the pc so now downloadable links this is a diferent pc im trying to format

2006-10-31 04:46:27 · 7 answers · asked by kingjoey66 3 in Other - Hardware

2006-10-31 04:43:12 · 8 answers · asked by Katie 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I was given this laptop and I have no clue what is needed to go wireless. I have a cable modem and I know that I'll need a wireless router. My question is, what hardware will I need for the laptop? Also, does this unit have a built-in antenna, or do I have to supply one?

Thanks!

2006-10-31 04:42:40 · 4 answers · asked by critzi 2 in Laptops & Notebooks