Hardware - October 2006

2006-10-14 19:48:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I dont know much about crossfire and wanted to know if you would get the same results as if you were running the same vid cards (2 XFX Geforce 7950GX2 PCI Express x16) Running SLI

2006-10-14 19:31:22 · 2 answers · asked by coolslamma 1 in Desktops

It worked fine until he boxed it up and now when he hooked it back up, it is VERY dim, you can BARELY make things out and Ive tinkered with the brightness and everything, nothing seems to work. Ive even tested it on other computers. Same results, how do I fix this?

2006-10-14 19:19:18 · 3 answers · asked by Kane 3 in Monitors

The sound card has 24-bit advanced HD sound, my motherboard audio is just HD audio. Which is better to use?

2006-10-14 19:17:47 · 3 answers · asked by sactowndarkness06 2 in Desktops

Im a gamer....I play Battlefield 2, Fear, Doom 3 and Want to Play Upcoming games (example Crysis)

Whats a Better Deal E6400 or E6600?

is it worth the extra $100 for E6600

2006-10-14 18:52:15 · 5 answers · asked by shizdan 2 in Add-ons

My HP that I got in 2002 isnt working well. Its infested with ads and viruses and we had adware and stuff. also the virtual memory was full and then it started being funky. Anything better would be great, I heard Dell suckz

2006-10-14 18:47:14 · 13 answers · asked by mel 3 in Monitors

Sometimes I get text files that appear in my C:/ after i download something. They say things like "installer debug" and yserver and things like that. Is It safe for me to delete them or leave them alone?

2006-10-14 18:45:47 · 2 answers · asked by greyshadowfox 2 in Desktops

2006-10-14 18:35:02 · 11 answers · asked by silver_black_17 2 in Desktops

I have a Toshiba M400 Tablet PC and it's fan always runs at the highest speed without any reason and it's noise annoys me(it seems this problem is it's design)

Is there any program that I can control the fan's speed ?

2006-10-14 18:34:31 · 6 answers · asked by Ali 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

My Canon S450 color bubble jet printer quit printing. The ink tanks all have ink in them. It has a light flashing ,6 yellows flashes followed by 1 green. Anybody have any idea's. Thanks.

2006-10-14 18:29:23 · 3 answers · asked by luther 4 in Printers

Im looking to by a nice gaming laptop. I want one with a good graphics card and wireless card. I want a laptop so i can easily go to my friends houses and do lan partys. I was looking into a Alien ware but the price just seems to add up fast when costumizing.

What are some good graphics ranges and such that will give me the edge on gaming. I probably will use it to write papers but thats i dont need to spend spendy software money on microsoft word or anything.

Looking around the 1000-2000 dollar range

Any tips/tricks ect that will help me out is appreciated

2006-10-14 18:25:57 · 3 answers · asked by jaktricky 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

The guy told me that I had to partition the hardrive into different drives because the old school harddrives read only up to 137 gb. is that true? do i have to partition it into 3 different drives or can i keep it as one and have the c: drive as a 400 gb drive?

2006-10-14 18:12:31 · 3 answers · asked by kkwong5 2 in Other - Hardware

can this system see a drive this large?

2006-10-14 18:06:32 · 1 answers · asked by nightwing0071a 1 in Other - Hardware

I have an Athlon 64 3200 processor, Radeon 9600 128mb video card, and 512 ram. I was wondering if it's worth upgrading my video card to a Gforce 7600gs 256mb card or would I need the ram to back it up?
I'm mostly using it for gaming and I was wondering if it would let me up the graphics on BF2, right now I have to run at pretty much the lowest settings and I would like to be able to up the resolution from 800x600.

Would the video card do this for me or do I need the ram to back it up, I'm asking because I'm getting a pretty good price on this card.

2006-10-14 18:04:56 · 5 answers · asked by Matt 2 in Add-ons

I'm not much of a computer person

I know for a fact my graphics card isn't good I'll be upgrading soon.

I have

-AMD athlon 64x2

- dual core processor 3800+

- Nvidia Geforce 6200 256MB ( going to upgrade soon )


I Doubt that's much information ,

( Not much of a computer person =\ )

I'll be getting a geforce 7300 GS , graphics card..is that a good one? from what I've heard it is..

2006-10-14 18:03:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I don't to salvage the old parts onto my new one, since I want everything to be new tech.

2006-10-14 17:53:22 · 19 answers · asked by Koy 2 in Desktops

I put in 2 new batteries and the indicator is red, and the cursor starts shaking all over the screen. Also, the problem began when I pulled out 2 very, slippery batteries, could the batteries have caused it?

2006-10-14 17:49:22 · 4 answers · asked by Koy 2 in Add-ons

Also, my laptop isn't reading any CD i put in it. It acts like there is no CD at all. I tried cleaning it w/ a cleaning CD and it still didnt work. Then someone said that cleaning CD's aren't good for computers and they might screw it up. I don't know whats going on. Help appreciated. thanks

2006-10-14 17:46:21 · 1 answers · asked by Major Tom 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I'm trying to understand what the fastest burning speed is and what the slowest would be. I can't seem to figure it out. Thanks for the help!

2006-10-14 17:32:02 · 8 answers · asked by Mandy 1 in Other - Hardware

I have an ACER Aspire 5002 wLMi Laptop. It's just about a year old and I bought it new for $899 from Staples. I have looked on the web for newer laptops with all the bells and whistles and I have boiled it down to 2 choices: buy a laptop from iBuy for $1800 which would be dual core system or upgrade my ACER for about $500. If it were you and you had the cash, which would you do? If I buy the new laptop, what do I do with the ACER?

2006-10-14 17:30:34 · 5 answers · asked by ghowriter 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

Because I am burning dvds and it will get to where i put the blank disc in and i start burning and I get an error that says "Burning process failed, buffer too large" how can i correct this problem?

2006-10-14 17:28:18 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I received this card from my internet provider so i can have wireless interent in my house. The problems is that i live in japan so the insttallltion cd is in japanese and so i can't configure it properly. any ideas? model number sc-32ne

2006-10-14 17:15:35 · 3 answers · asked by sparky_english 2 in Other - Hardware

2006-10-14 17:09:51 · 4 answers · asked by plum737 1 in Other - Hardware

I'm borrowing a friend's lap top, an hp pavillion with h/k speakers built in. Nice but hmmm...no sound but the one 'error' beep, for everything including incoming e.mail.

Under settings/control panel/sound + audio devices, it confirms 'no audio device', (wha? the h/k speakers are fake?).

Can I fix this? Is some driver somewhere not switched on? Where? What?

Thanks in advance.

2006-10-14 17:06:21 · 3 answers · asked by topdog_design 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My HP printer is taking forever to print and then displaying a message that says "unable to print" after it does! What should I do?

2006-10-14 16:43:09 · 4 answers · asked by Debbie T 1 in Printers

what is the best motherboard for then AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Toledo 2.6GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor?

i think the best is the DFI Lanparty UT CFX3200-DR Socket 939 ATI CrossFire Radeon XPRESS 3200 ATX AMD Motherboard.

please tell me if im rght or wrong and tell me whats the best

2006-10-14 16:38:14 · 4 answers · asked by coolslamma 1 in Desktops

When my computer comes on it displayes the Gateway screen, then proceeds to another screen that says, "the hard drive was not found, referer to your user's guide." I gat the computer used I don't have a guide. I do have a operating system disk and a drivers disk. I was trying to delete the files on my hard drive, but I still think that I deleted my hard drive. I put in diskpart [/delete] [\device\harddisk0\partition1] [8063MB]. I thought it didn't take affect. But I guess it did. I need help. I know I can do this, but I don't know how. I've tried both of my disks, and I'm a dead end. Another thing I can't get back into my DOS menu. Dose anyone know a way to restore my drive? To create a new one? I tried looking on the web site, but I don't even see my model on it. It's around a 2001 model. Please, Please, Please, there has to be a way out of my mess.

2006-10-14 15:50:35 · 7 answers · asked by Nikki B 2 in Desktops

it has been on since about 1pm and its almost 11pm....is this why?
is it bad?

2006-10-14 15:43:11 · 10 answers · asked by um yea hi 4 in Other - Hardware

2006-10-14 15:09:20 · 3 answers · asked by Soccer_Fan_1111 1 in Add-ons

im looking to change my processor, motherboard, and graphics card because my computer just can't withstand 2days video games. this is what i dream (not to actually buy) but im wondering, how much would be the cost of a dual core around 2.2 ghz with hyper threading. Remember, i need a motherboard to support this.

2006-10-14 15:03:34 · 11 answers · asked by Soccer_Fan_1111 1 in Add-ons