Hardware - October 2006

2006-10-18 23:22:33 · 3 answers · asked by salisha 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Are there any notebooks dedicated for programming?

2006-10-18 23:18:57 · 5 answers · asked by wengus 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

iam confused of processors i dont know which one to buy say me whether PENTIUM D or CORE 2 DUO,will PENTIUM D (3.4 ghz) will be faster than CORE 2 DUO(1.86)

2006-10-18 23:09:17 · 8 answers · asked by aswath 1 in Desktops

2006-10-18 22:55:44 · 5 answers · asked by jo t 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Does this spec "80 GB, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache" make sense?

2006-10-18 22:46:23 · 7 answers · asked by x_squared 4 in Desktops

Hi,
I have a Packard Bell notebook. It came with 512mb RAM but i removed that and inserted two 1gb sticks. Total ram is now 2gb which is the maximum.
UNfortunately programs still take way to long to open, and boot time is also slow.
Two main qsts:

1. Does it matter that i replaced the original RAM with new Kingston RAM?
2. If i try to speed up my bootup time, what are the essential programs required. Basically, what do i HAVE to keep in the msconfig startup box?

Thanks! :)

2006-10-18 22:45:17 · 7 answers · asked by Shahveer81 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-18 22:42:33 · 22 answers · asked by Aashu g 1 in Desktops

my cd writer pc donesnt work. but it work like cd rom. so if you know what was the problem is please write me back

2006-10-18 22:36:17 · 8 answers · asked by menbina2000 2 in Other - Hardware

2006-10-18 22:22:07 · 2 answers · asked by x_squared 4 in Desktops

2006-10-18 21:59:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

What else is safe to tick on disk clean up? I usually just tick temp internet files, recycle bin, temp files, compress old files and catalog thingy at the bottom?

2006-10-18 21:06:02 · 10 answers · asked by Floweroscotland76 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-10-18 20:36:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

My mother has a Dell computer with a speed of (I'm guessing) 1 gigahz. It is about 4 to 5 years old. Is this good enough for viewing video conferencing with a broadband IP? She can't travel and I am undergoing chemo treatments. This and other factors has resulted in a 2 years since I have seen her. I suspect it doesn't have much of a video card and probably 250 to 500 meg memory. So where is it best to optimize the video conferencing components: memory, or video card, or cpu speed? I don't have much money to spend on it being upgraded.

2006-10-18 20:09:24 · 4 answers · asked by grandview55 1 in Desktops

2006-10-18 20:01:24 · 5 answers · asked by michael_jay@sbcglobal.net 1 in Other - Hardware

I currently have an AGP-based motherboard and I'm planning on upgrading my ATI 9700 Pro to one of those two cards. (I won't upgrade my PC to PCI-E until Windows Vista is released and stable drivers have been finalized. I don't want a repeat of what happened when I first got WinXP Pro...) Anyway, I'm kind of stuck. According to WikiPedia, the X1600 XT has a core clock of 590Mhz and memory clocked at 1380 Mhz 128-bit GDDR3. It has 12 pixel pipelines and a max fillrate of 7080M Texels/sec. The 7800 GS, however, has a core clocked in at 375 Mhz and memory clocked at 1200 Mhz 256-bit GDDR3. It has 16 pixel pipelines and a max fillrate of 6000M Texels/sec. That makes me a bit confused on which of the two are better cards. The ATI is clocked faster but only has 12 pipes but higher fillrate. The nVidia is clocked slower and has 16 pipes but lower fillrate. One has 128-bit memory, the other 256-bit. Both have 256 MB GDDR3. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

2006-10-18 19:53:40 · 8 answers · asked by october_asian 1 in Add-ons

2006-10-18 19:36:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

my laptop=hp ZE5155

2006-10-18 19:07:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-18 18:51:14 · 4 answers · asked by santi b 1 in Desktops

I have a Dell latitude D500 which crashed sometime back. The problem is that now when I turn it on, the caps lock light flashes 10 times, there is no display and the laptop shuts down. I tried seraching for this and found this
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/...
I tried the solutions given on that link but it didnt help.
I had 2 questions:
1) Has anyone faced the same problem and has a solution u think might work?
2) If not, does anyone know of a reliable place where I can get it repaired (Out of warranty, so Dell is out of question as they are too expensive). I would prefer a shop in the bay area though a reliable online retailer would be OK too..

I found this site

http://www.laptoponcall.com

Does anyone have experience with them? are they reliable?

2006-10-18 17:08:54 · 2 answers · asked by AlphaGeek 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

quantity vs. quality dual vs single

2006-10-18 16:53:32 · 4 answers · asked by ? 1 in Desktops

On apples website i downloaded the different icons for like the hd, apps. How do i put the image as the icon for it.

2006-10-18 16:50:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i was reading somewhere that a guy moded a ps1 lcd for a car to run off a computer and i was wondering if anyone knows if you can do the same with a ps2 lcd. and if the wiring is the same or does anyone know where to get the pinouts for both lcd screens help.

2006-10-18 16:18:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

Does it do this to just piss me off? I know I can reset it differently, but why does it do it as a default in the first place?

2006-10-18 16:17:53 · 9 answers · asked by Ilooklikemyavatar..exactly 3 in Printers

please compare power consumption to any typical appliance in the house

2006-10-18 16:00:44 · 4 answers · asked by G 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a Compaq Presario SR1950NX PC, it came with 1GB of ram and 250GB of hard drive, I want to up the ram to 2GBs, I want to add the memory cards myself but am having a hard time finding instructions, do the cards come with good instructions or could someone supply me with a link with a step by step install. Any help is appreciated, Thanks Joe

2006-10-18 15:50:02 · 3 answers · asked by Papajo 2 in Add-ons

Can anyone help me figure out what the numbers in CPUs are for? What exactly they mean and what each one really does. This will help me a lot in figuring out which processor I buy.
A core Duo, or a core 2 duo.. AMD perhaps?
I heard something about getting a low voltage since they generate less heat (for notebooks). Is this worth the sacrifice?

Thanks for everyone who'll respond.

2006-10-18 15:48:02 · 4 answers · asked by __@__ 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I'm looking for large storage device alternatives which are portable - easy to plug in and out, has the same capacity or larger than hard disk, and last long - longer/almost aroung a harddisk lifespan. Need your suggestions/recomenddations.. Thanks...

2006-10-18 15:24:32 · 6 answers · asked by mawila 2 in Other - Hardware

I have Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router (WRT54G v.3) 2.4 GHz. I lost the installation disk. Is there any place on the net to download the drive or the installation setup?

2006-10-18 15:21:24 · 5 answers · asked by llbeam22 1 in Other - Hardware

Programs cannot be installed pop-up is saying another installation is already in progress. What can I do about this?

2006-10-18 15:21:14 · 3 answers · asked by Roy H 1 in Desktops

Need to know of a program or method whereby I can move some of the avavilable space over to another side of the hard drive. This is a 60 gb harddrive, split with a partition,designating C and D as drives, I need to move space from D to C, due to too small of a partition. If it matters I am running windows 200 pro. on an asus board. with a western digital hard drive.

2006-10-18 15:15:11 · 7 answers · asked by thugtwin1@sbcglobal.net 3 in Desktops