Hardware - October 2006

2006-10-17 09:09:29 · 4 answers · asked by Jake 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I was having to do some hardware work on my Toshiba laptop (I believe it's a 1400 series) and found two broken/disconnected wires. They are white and black and it looks like they run from the monitor to the bottom side of the motherboard. The white wire has some sort of round metal connector on it, the black one looks like it stripped off. I can't find anywhere on the top or bottom of the motherboard where it looks like these came from. When I try and restart the computer, it says there is a CMOS error and to press F1 to continue. Is it safe for me to do this and see what the error is? Thanks!

2006-10-17 08:51:38 · 3 answers · asked by Jeremy C 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a desktop PC running Windows XP. I have a firewall, virus protection and Spyware cleaner. Until recently the computer was working fine. For several weeks now it seems to run out of memory soon after I start using it. I am speaking here of RAM (I think that's the correct term) - - - - what the computer uses to function, not hard disc space which is fine. In order to continue using the computer I must turn it off and reboot. Then the same thing happens again after about 30 minutes or so. I empty the temporary Internet files at least once a day so that's not the problem. Any Ideas?

2006-10-17 08:35:07 · 7 answers · asked by Seeker 4 in Desktops

i am wondering how big of a processor my hp xt923 will support.On the hp website they list how big of processor most of their compyters will support,but not the xt923.I am fixing to replace the cpu with the fastest one i can get.please help me.

2006-10-17 08:23:33 · 2 answers · asked by kvnc2 1 in Desktops

I want to study along the lines of business information technology, eCommerce, internet business, enterprise and i need a laptop that will help me make websites and caluculate all sort os business things. I dont know what is better. If you cant answer my question, which one is better in general?

2006-10-17 08:08:25 · 5 answers · asked by juballistics 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

the chespest i could find is from www.dabs.com gbp1,149.00, do you know anywhere else who can give me a better deal? what do you think of its key board, specifications, speaker and TV tuner? is the TV tuner good & usefull enough for digital TV and cable TV? what is the best (in terms of "coolness", style, protection and price) 17" laptop backpack and how much? thanks in advance for anybody who could help me before I buy!

2006-10-17 07:49:49 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-17 07:38:48 · 5 answers · asked by karen 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-10-17 07:17:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

in "my videos" folder i have two folders, one video_ts and audio_ts. this has a movie which i can play no probs. but i want to select all and copy to my dvd in the drive (just place them on to the disc). the file size is 7.9gb and the disc size is a dvd+rw standard 4.7gb. how do i get round this problem? is there a way i can turn my 4.7gb disc 4x speed in to long play for it to all fit on. i do have a program that can transfer these on but there is no option in the program to put the disc in long play. any way around all this please. thank you in advance

2006-10-17 07:15:37 · 2 answers · asked by anon2008 2 in Other - Hardware

I have just bought a Toshiba Satellite A110-A1160 with a Intel Celeron M 370 Proccessor (1.47GHz Clock Speed) and It came with a ATI Raedon 200M graphics with 128MB.
Now all the other feautures of my laptop except the graphics card will work with Microsoft Windows Vista Basic Home Edition.
Is there anyway to replace the Graphics Card? And how much would it cost?

2006-10-17 06:46:46 · 1 answers · asked by sbraidley 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-17 06:42:30 · 13 answers · asked by remigio_castaldini 2 in Desktops

i recently reformatted my computer and upon installing my graphic card(Nvidia Tnt2 Model 64 Pro), there is a warning saying about not passing the window logo test but i continue installing it anyway... however after installing the driver and restarted my computer, my windows seems to hang frequently and then will state about an error occuring due to my graphic card... so does that mean my graphic card cannot be used anymore since this never happen before i reformat my computer. really need help on this... thanks

2006-10-17 06:29:11 · 3 answers · asked by tander 2 in Other - Hardware

good tips would help..

2006-10-17 06:24:14 · 7 answers · asked by remigio_castaldini 2 in Desktops

2006-10-17 06:14:21 · 4 answers · asked by spike03 2 in Other - Hardware

Hi I have put in my old sound card from my old pc that died on me, this pc was homemade i cannot get hold of the guy that made it for me , anyway i have a new pc and i want to put the soundcard in it but. I cannot see what make it is and in the device manage it tells me its just a unimodem half duplex modem .... i disabled the realtek that the new pc has and used this one as my default but my pc is not regognizing that i have a sound card,..... and i cannot download the drivers cause i dont know what make it is... so far i have found some writingon the card one is sunhold and 2 small black flat chips that say intel on it

2006-10-17 06:08:39 · 5 answers · asked by shaarii 1 in Desktops

i changed my old motherboard to a new one and it hasnt got the connection for my cd and dvd drive. and i need to reinstall win xp.
u can see the motherboard here, click on the image to see it
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?CategoryID=1&TypeID=32&DetailID=526&MenuID=16&LanID=9

thanks

2006-10-17 06:07:21 · 7 answers · asked by ibit02000 2 in Desktops

2006-10-17 05:53:50 · 4 answers · asked by rockynorthants 1 in Add-ons

I want to buy a DVB tuner for my laptop,I was wondering if it provides me access to normal TV channels as well as Digital ones?

2006-10-17 05:46:12 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

i have just bought a geforce 6200(256mb) and i have managed to install them in vista but how do i see some aero effects ,these things that everyone is going on about
i have also upgraded my ram from 768mb to 1gb ram so i am wondering how i can see "aero effects"
any ideas folks

2006-10-17 05:46:08 · 2 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7 in Add-ons

it takes ages to shut down and close pages and stuff like that, i dont have much stuff on it for my memory to be full can any1 help??

2006-10-17 05:38:13 · 3 answers · asked by east london 1 in Desktops

Last week I upgraded my computer. The problem now is I need a new PSU you handle the power side. I am just wondering though whether a a computer PSU uses its full quota of watts all of the time or simply when it is needed. I don't mean when it is turned off obviously I am just wondering whether if I got a 500W PSU it would draw all that electricity all the time the machine was on. If this is the case I may have to give up with the upgrade due to my living in a student flat with an electricity meter.

2006-10-17 05:33:10 · 1 answers · asked by jonners99 1 in Desktops

I found a card that seems to be pretty good

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814103005

It's a Radeonx1600PRO

the price isn't to ba neither

What's your opinion on it , Have you used it before?

The specs seem to be good , Is their anything that tend to be wrong with this type of card if so , whats usually wrong?

Also is their a better card then this? in the same price range ?


Can you play in the highest settings in most games , like WoW

and Planetside?


Also Does more RAM = Better game play or no?

Because i barely have 1GB of RAM , and i wanted to try out a game which you need about 1GB+ to play

Could i still play?

Thank you.

2006-10-17 05:16:43 · 1 answers · asked by D.O... 3 in Desktops

2006-10-17 05:13:59 · 2 answers · asked by Art-Eng 2 in Add-ons

From virtually 50% of hardspace I am down to 10g! All I have done differently is to disconnect broadband modem and attach a wireless router so daughter can use laptop and suddenly my c drive is critically low on space.
I do all the correct stuff: defrag, remove old programs etc, but still critical!

Any ideas please?

2006-10-17 05:10:48 · 4 answers · asked by paula m 1 in Add-ons

2006-10-17 05:07:51 · 2 answers · asked by leo 1 in Other - Hardware

It got stuck like three times in a row, so i had to take out the battery to start working again...the third time i managed to shut it down whith proper shut down button. Do you have any idea why it suddenly froze? It does not have any virus according to scanning I did afterwards...please help...what should I do, if it repeats?

2006-10-17 04:45:52 · 25 answers · asked by Anna K 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Can someone advice if Acer, Dell is a good brand? Budget is only S$1.5K.

2006-10-17 04:35:14 · 17 answers · asked by Wen Hwee 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-17 04:34:12 · 1 answers · asked by kmspradling 1 in Monitors

2006-10-17 04:10:41 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-10-17 04:08:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons