Hardware - October 2006

what is the fast 939 cpu out and where can i get it for cheep. I would like AMD I real do not like intel also what is the fast video card that nvida makes? and fast cpu AMD makes? that is out to buy now? any configeration is fine

2006-10-30 16:57:36 · 2 answers · asked by martyself 2 in Other - Hardware

I have a Compaq Presario SR1901WM.
256MB Memory, 80GB Hard Drive, Use phoneline for the Internet.

I was wondering, how can I increase the speed at which I download clips and movies. Like on Youtube, it takes almost 15 minutes to download a 4 minute clip. Same thing when downloading clips or songs from other sites. They load up fast and play fine after the initial download, its just the first time that takes forever.

NOTE I have no plans of getting high speed from Yahoo or anyone else, or going with a cable line. So give me any and all other solutions.

2006-10-30 16:52:58 · 8 answers · asked by mtlmike 3 in Desktops

the cpus below are all in my price range and will work with my mobo.
1.Intel Pentium D 805 2.66GHz
2.Intel Pentium 4 531 3.0GHz
3. Intel Celeron 355 3.33GHz
4.Intel Pentium 4 541 3.20GHz
now i need to know what one is best for games DON'T tell me to get AMD i just got my intel board.order them in order from best to worst.

2006-10-30 16:27:19 · 13 answers · asked by n/a 1 in Desktops

If you were to hypothetically have a 1.8GHz processor with a game that requires 1.7GHz could you still be able to run the game on high if you added a whole bunch of RAM?

2006-10-30 16:17:57 · 8 answers · asked by g-rald 2 in Desktops

I tried using xp installation disk to reformat a virus/spyware infected hd but the dos exe file refuse to execute clean install or reformating the hard disk.

Pre win98 there is a disk manager utility we use to reformat hard disk. Can we find a utility that can still do this function? Erasing installed xp?

Where can it be downloaded from the net?

2006-10-30 15:50:55 · 11 answers · asked by ed g 1 in Other - Hardware

I've searched multiple websites with no luck, can anyone point me to a driver for a TSST TS-H192C cd drive? My driver file is corrupted and the disc obviously won't load because the cd rom is fried... I need to be able to download it to fix the drive.
Thanks!!!

2006-10-30 15:49:52 · 3 answers · asked by caitlindoe 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

actually where is this hard drive of a computer kept?( totally ignorant abt computers so pls bear with me) is it in the CPU ? is some one takes my CPU for their computer will he be able to see de files i have deleted even frm my recycle bin?

2006-10-30 15:39:25 · 12 answers · asked by ivyblue 1 in Desktops

I have a Compaq Presario with a AMD Sempron Processor 3200+ that runs at a speed of 1.8GHz and i have 768MB of RAM with a ATI Radeon X200 series card with top memory of 256MB. My Star Wars Battlefront seems to be acting retarded.


req.///(mystats)

DirectX9.0///(9.0)

OS 98,ME,2k,XP///(XP)

Intel P3/AMD Athlon 1GHz///(1.8GHz)

Memory 256///(768)

64MB 3D card///(256 MB 3D)

8x Speed CD-ROM///(32x Speed)

2.7GB of free space///(120.6GB free space)


And the disk is in top shape! Soooooooooo, wtf? i tried it on low, works fast, turn it up to high and it somewhat is kinda irritating after awhile. So, why is it that a somewhat nice computer which can run Battlefield 2 on Medium settings, not play a older game on high? Please help!

2006-10-30 15:22:55 · 6 answers · asked by g-rald 2 in Desktops

when i turn off the power for my computer my usb mouse stays on. (the optical sensor and lights stay on) it happens with my one computer (soyo mobo) but not on my other one (asus). what can i do without unplugging it all the time. also is it bad to have the mouse on 24/7? thx

2006-10-30 15:18:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

My laptop started crashing continunously about 2 wks ago. I have done a clean-up, did a registry check and even reinstalled the driver, but it still crashes after about 20 min watching a DVD/CD.

2006-10-30 15:16:26 · 2 answers · asked by trvm3957 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-10-30 15:02:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

0x000000D1: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

The system attempted to access pageable memory using a kernel process IRQL that was too high. The most typical cause is a bad device driver (one that uses improper addresses). It can also be caused by faulty or mismatched RAM, or a damaged pagefile.

Everytime I plug in a certain device, it goes into a blue screen saying page default thing. And then when I restart, the sound drivers sometimes go bad too.

2006-10-30 14:38:39 · 2 answers · asked by xtreme1053 1 in Desktops

I have a USB hard drive which works perfectly well in XP (just literally plug and play, and it's on My Computer, which I access like a normal drive).

I have another computer with ME, but I can't find the USB hard drive on the my computer section. Any ideas why, or what I might need to do to get the USB Hard drive working in both ME and XP?

Thanks a lot guys.

2006-10-30 14:28:28 · 7 answers · asked by Barrister Wannabe 2 in Add-ons

it seems to have gotten dirty, maybe from oil, so now my wireless optical mouse is having problems. I replace the battery.....still seems to have difficulty.
Any way to clean this slightly porous mouse pad ?

2006-10-30 14:00:46 · 5 answers · asked by JustPeachy !!! 5 in Monitors

my pcmakes alot of noise , n i cant turn it off for some reason . this bother me while sleepin . so plz help me .let me know if thr iz a way to reduce the volume . thx

2006-10-30 13:56:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-10-30 13:52:04 · 2 answers · asked by nudellbushgranny 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My System Specifications
Processor Intel Pentium 4 2793MHz
Display Card Intel(R) 82865G
Memory 512MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 12.97GB
Display Card Memory 64MB
Display Driver Version 6.14.10.4396
DirectX Version 9.0c
Optical Drive CD/DVD
Sound Card SoundMAX Digital Audio

I Bought The Game "Titan Quest" and It didn't work how do I get It to run along with other games I'd love to play lots of cool poer games

Titan Quest Minimum System Requirements:

•Windows® 2000 or XP
•1.8 Ghz Intel Pentium IV or equivalent or AMD Athlon XP or equivalent
•512 MB RAM
•5 GB free hard drive space
•64 MB NVIDIA GeForce 3 or equivalent or ATI Radeon 8500 series with Pixel Shader 1.1 support or equivalent
•DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card
•8x or faster CD-ROM drive
•Keyboard, Mouse

2006-10-30 13:42:47 · 7 answers · asked by zachdamaster 1 in Other - Hardware

I'm looking to build a Home Theater cpu; bare with me, I don't know much about computers. I have an AMD Athlon XP 3200 2.2 Ghz 400FSB 512K XP3200 processor, which I believe is a Socket A. I've been told this should be plenty for anything I want to do, but I don't know what else I should try to get? This is my idea of what I'd like to do (and feel free to offer suggestions that might be better)

- Plenty of hard drive space, I was looking at a tower with 6 3.5 internal drive bays (that's where the hard drives go right?)
- I want to be able to record TV (as well as having the option of pausing live TV)
- Eventually, I plan to hook this computer up to a projector and a receiver for surround sound capabillities
- IMy music collection will be on there, but I'm not as concerned with the quality in that area, I plan on focusing on video quality (playback and recording)

I'm saving up the money to buy the computer, so I'm buying it in pieces... where do I start? Where should I alter my goals?

2006-10-30 13:39:50 · 2 answers · asked by Dave S 1 in Desktops

My System Specifications
Processor Intel Pentium 4 2793MHz
Display Card Intel(R) 82865G
Memory 512MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 12.97GB
Display Card Memory 64MB
Display Driver Version 6.14.10.4396
DirectX Version 9.0c
Optical Drive CD/DVD
Sound Card SoundMAX Digital Audio

I Bought The Game "Titan Quest" and It didn't work how do I get It to run along with other games I'd love to play lots of cool poer games

Titan Quest Minimum System Requirements:

•Windows® 2000 or XP
•1.8 Ghz Intel Pentium IV or equivalent or AMD Athlon XP or equivalent
•512 MB RAM
•5 GB free hard drive space
•64 MB NVIDIA GeForce 3 or equivalent or ATI Radeon 8500 series with Pixel Shader 1.1 support or equivalent
•DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card
•8x or faster CD-ROM drive
•Keyboard, Mouse

2006-10-30 13:38:43 · 3 answers · asked by zachdamaster 1 in Other - Hardware

My friend says you can hook up a third hard drive to the A-drive. I already have 2 harddrives connected. Is that possible?

2006-10-30 13:22:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

My uncle is taking MY CPU for his computer, will he b able to see de files n folders which i have deletedd even frm my recycle bin?
or the web pages i have visited?

2006-10-30 13:10:14 · 14 answers · asked by ivyblue 1 in Desktops

I use my laptop with GPS to find real estate properties in Memphis Tn, I need something that will swing out of the way and back easily. Thanks for your help in this matter.

2006-10-30 13:09:11 · 5 answers · asked by jeff_murren 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I've heard that somebody said that apple mac notebooks is designed for multimedia purpose but i just want to know if there are ones suited for software developer.

2006-10-30 12:56:55 · 4 answers · asked by m_Fariz 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

computer issue

2006-10-30 12:56:49 · 4 answers · asked by yogaroots 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My computer speakers are not even that old. Like maybe a month. And suddenly today they wont work. I do not have the CD to re-install or anything. They are plugged in and everything is on and working, just the wont wont go.

2006-10-30 11:56:07 · 5 answers · asked by Amanda W 2 in Add-ons

It has £ and $, but no 'euro' thing.

2006-10-30 11:54:23 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Last year I bought a new 128 mb card ,the Nvidia GeForce Mx 4000 (if that acctually means anything to you)but it wasn't powerful enough for Black and White 2 and even slowed down playing Civilization 4. So I figure I probably need a 256 mb card right? If that's the case what's a good card that will run most any games but is aslo fairly inexpenssive?

P.S. Please don't just refer me to tiger eletronics or best buy.

2006-10-30 11:33:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

also AMD or INTEL going to buy a new puter but don,t know alot about them.

2006-10-30 11:25:43 · 16 answers · asked by woo 2 in Desktops

I'm looking to upgrade my PC's Video which has an AGPx2 port on it - which means it does not support any of the modern AGP or PCI-Express video cards. Without considering ripping out the motherboard, the only upgrade path I have is to use a PCI Video Card. Is the performance increase I will gain by upgrading my GPU enough of a benefit to moving my video processing onto the (shared) PCI bus? Has anyone else ever done this?

Thanks!

2006-10-30 11:11:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Battery life hasn't been all that great ever since I fell asleep and inadvertently let it over charge.
It's a macbook
Is there a portable battery extender (like they have for ipods and cell phones) that I can buy instead of spending $129.00 on a spare battery?
I need it for college, so it has to be something...

2006-10-30 11:11:22 · 5 answers · asked by Artemiseos 4 in Laptops & Notebooks