Hardware - October 2006

I'm seriously thinking about building my own computer from individual components bought seperately, and then assembling it all myself.

Any good sites on step by step processes on doing so, and pointers and suggestions on what type of components you need to purchase for your individual needs like motherboards, processors, etc...?

2006-10-16 16:20:42 · 6 answers · asked by Lighthawk Demon 4 in Desktops

Wondering.

2006-10-16 16:10:12 · 2 answers · asked by gclol 1 in Add-ons

That doesn't respond on bootup i have a pentium 3 MB +cpu i would like to put in to test but am not sure if the power supply of the pentium 2 will power the pentium 3MB +cpu? The server is a Procom 28 scsi cd-rom server? it powers 28 scsi cd-rom + 4 large fans to cool unit down as well as a harddrive, floppy drive? Any Help Would be Greatly appreciated..?

2006-10-16 15:52:17 · 1 answers · asked by Joseph G 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-10-16 15:51:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I am in the Chicago area. I was also wondering does Dell repair computers also? I found a few places online that I can send it to but I am very skeptical of them.

2006-10-16 15:49:40 · 16 answers · asked by uthinkso 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

Ok so when I start up the pc on the lower righthand side there's an icon that says "safely remove hardware" and if you open it up, it says "USB mass storage device." I am not sure if that has anything to do with it, but the comp is not recognizing that my camera is plugged in. Normally the camera wizard pops up. I have tried "removing" the hardware, restarting the computer, plugging into different usb ports, and nothing is working. The same usb works fine to update my ipod, but nothing for the camera. Please help, this is driving me nuts!!

2006-10-16 15:47:03 · 3 answers · asked by ♥love2havefun♥ 3 in Other - Hardware

The motherboard- http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813121052

The memory- http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820144157

Thanks

2006-10-16 15:45:15 · 4 answers · asked by misterbison13 2 in Other - Hardware

We got a printer for christmas last year and we just took it out of the box but never hooked it up, and now we have lost the CD that sets it up:( What can I do ?

2006-10-16 15:03:26 · 13 answers · asked by mistystar0003 4 in Printers

I'm not sure if my laptop has a 3-D acclerator. Is there a test that I can do to see if I have one?

2006-10-16 15:02:20 · 3 answers · asked by Oklahoman 6 in Laptops & Notebooks

Because i want this dell 24'' monitor but gray to gray response time is 6ms and thats good! but black to white is 16ms? i play tons of games and i can play at max settings and i dont want to have ghosting, etc ruin everything

2006-10-16 15:00:36 · 1 answers · asked by Jon2 1 in Monitors

Also, should I just get a whole new custom PC alltogether? Right now, I have a $600 dollar budget and rising. Also, I don't have much experience installing PC parts, so that might be another cost. So, should I get a whole new PC, or upgrade the parts one by one?

2006-10-16 14:52:18 · 7 answers · asked by martpogi 3 in Desktops

2006-10-16 14:30:13 · 12 answers · asked by the.rays 2 in Desktops

all the color lights come on, when i delete the document, and restart the computer, the green ready light is on, and the same thing happen, the color lights come on the page jammed light comes on, so, i need help and bad

2006-10-16 14:30:02 · 2 answers · asked by skddle2000 1 in Printers

Just curious. It doesn't have any sensors and yet it can adjust to medium and louder and louder.

2006-10-16 14:13:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2006-10-16 14:12:02 · 5 answers · asked by grandmother 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

currency , Canadian dollars

2006-10-16 13:41:03 · 4 answers · asked by katola 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

make pc call get a prompt menu click 1 or click 3 or what ever i punch in the number it doesn't work where or how do i punch the numbers in such as a credit card number. thanh's

2006-10-16 13:36:51 · 2 answers · asked by moonwalker 3 in Other - Hardware

Samsung SP2504C

2006-10-16 13:21:20 · 7 answers · asked by Chaz J 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-10-16 13:20:27 · 2 answers · asked by stephen f 1 in Desktops

my windows isnt genuine i guess and i cant afford to buy new windows so a friend gave me 6 disks and a burned windows pro cd... anyone know wat i should do?

2006-10-16 13:16:26 · 1 answers · asked by bozo3002 1 in Desktops

2006-10-16 13:06:22 · 6 answers · asked by Nicholas A 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

im running an AMD xp 3000+ CPU with 1.5 gigs of ram, an ATI Radeon X800 Sapphire GTO 256 Mb AGP video card with 1 IDE and 1 SATA hard drive, and 2 IDE DVD RW drives, i need a new Socket A AMD CPU, faster than what i got now, can anyone sugest anything faster than my 2.1 GHz CPU with a FSB of 200 MHz and a bus speed of 400MHz

2006-10-16 13:03:18 · 3 answers · asked by Bob7k 3 in Other - Hardware

Are there any programs you guys know of that will make it extreamly difficult to recover data off a hard drive. I've formated the drive so it seems like notthing is there. But from what I understand data can still be recovered. If I do a low level format will that make it difficult. Will a full format make it difficult as well.

2006-10-16 13:03:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

My ink is a little old (can't remember when i bought it) and i'm hoping that is the problem. First it was printing ink blots and then it stopped printing anything. If my problem is old ink, is it safe to put the cartridge in a puddle of water to rehydrate it? Thanks in advance for any help.

2006-10-16 13:01:04 · 2 answers · asked by callie 2 in Printers

I need to pay for rent next month. Where can i sell my computer real quick? (Not ebay, tried but failed)

Asus P4C800-E Deluxe AGP Motherboard
1 gigabyte lan internet connector
4 PCI slots
4 ram slots, supports 4 gigs of ram

Intel Pentium 4 3.2ghz processor
800mhz fsb 90nm (OC’ed to 3.5ghz)

PNY Geforce 7600 GS 512 mb video card
1 gigabyte RAM (2 512mb sticks)
Antec Smartpower 2.0 500w power supply
70 gigabyte WD raptor 10000 rpm harddrive
DVD Reader and CD burner
Thermaltake Gaming Tower XaserV
19" gateway crt monitor
Windows Xp Home Edition

2006-10-16 12:42:49 · 20 answers · asked by Nick D 1 in Desktops

Convince me!!!!!!! Why should I pay this much

2006-10-16 12:27:58 · 10 answers · asked by holla at my angry 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have three laptops I'm choosing from - they all have basically the same specs. The Acer is $950, the HP is $1100 and the Sony is $1150.

It's always been my experience that Acer is to laptops what McDonald's is to fine dining, but I'm putting it here just because it's there. So, of these three, which comes most highly recommended and why?

2006-10-16 12:26:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-16 12:20:39 · 10 answers · asked by jlcarethers 1 in Desktops

every once my computer makes a humming sound and then it stops and after awhile it will start again it rises in crecendo but it its not really that loud anyone who can give me a clue will get ten pts if i can get it pin pointed and find out what it is

2006-10-16 12:13:49 · 13 answers · asked by starchild1701 3 in Desktops

If I transfer an image from a web site to the flash drive by clicking, "save as" and then go to drive E, will the image inadvertantly be stored on the hard drive?

2006-10-16 12:13:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware