Hardware - November 2006

Maybe I sound silly, but my friend just told me tonight about something he called a "thumb" driver, which is basically an external USB flash drive that you can use to store data. It simply hooks up to your CPU via your USB port, and you are good to go.

What I am wondering is if I can use one to store music on. I know it is not a music player, but I am in the process of changing my WMA files to MP3 files to conserve room on my hard drive, and I was thinking this would be an excellent place to store music.

Also, I was wondering if I buy one of these tiny drives, can I play files directly from them? So if I had a bunch of MP3 files stored on one, could I just open it up with the help of my Windows Media Player and access the music from the external flash drive and listen to it on my computer while I do other things? That would be really convenient, as I wouldn't have to have a disc in the disc drive when I was doing something else.

Any help or information is appreciated.

2006-11-13 21:34:41 · 7 answers · asked by Bronwen 7 in Add-ons

p.c memory says- CPU 2.66GHz, 2.66GHz, 0.99 GBof RAM.

If any1 can tell me how much memory space dowloading movies takes up 2 that would be most helpful!

2006-11-13 21:16:11 · 10 answers · asked by zoe h 2 in Other - Hardware

i wonder if one of these strategies is better for extending the life of my battery.

2006-11-13 21:08:22 · 4 answers · asked by domangelo 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-11-13 20:58:50 · 12 answers · asked by alise56 1 in Desktops

I'm having a headache on this project and i need your help.Can you please give me some hardwares that are used in graphics or architecture?thanks so much.

2006-11-13 20:54:05 · 2 answers · asked by auleep 1 in Other - Hardware

I have 2 computers

one is AMD 32bit 2500MHz with 256MB Ram and 64MB GForce 2 AGP Graphic Card. Motherboard Brand Gigabyte AMD K7

Other one is P4 2400MHz with 256MB Ram and 128MB Radeon 9200 SE Graphic Card. Motherboard Brand is MSI Neo2.

Both PCs are installed same OS (From Same CD With Same Key) Windows XP Servise Pack 2. And Both MotherBoards are USB 2.0 rated.

But When I connect my Flash Drive which is USB 2.0 rated to my AMD machine, I got a ballon message from system menu saying that "This Device Can Perform Faster" heading. I think this is a common problem.


But when I connect the same flash drive into P4 machine, I dont get such a message.

When I get that Message, Speed of my flash drive is less than 2.0 So it takes more than 20min to copy 1GB of data. Its a terible case.

Can anyone Help me to get the advantages of USB 2.0 speed.
Any help appreciated.
Thnx in advanced.

2006-11-13 20:49:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2006-11-13 20:30:22 · 3 answers · asked by pitel 2 in Printers

All users have the exact same premissions. The printer is shared for everybody and security setting allows everyone to print on it. For some users when they print, the print job appears on the printer queue and disppears without any error message, but nothing is printed on the printer. I am using Windows server 2003. Please help.

2006-11-13 19:34:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

Does it makes sense to buy a higher clock speed RAM module for a lower FSB rated processor (for e.g. a 667Mhz RAM for Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology featuring Intel® Core™ Duo
processor T2050 (1.6 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB))?

Also, is it possible to have 2 RAM modules of different ratings on the same laptop? like one 512MB (667Mhz) and another 1Gb (533Mhz) ? How will it affect the system performance?

2006-11-13 19:10:47 · 4 answers · asked by Qwerty 2 in Other - Hardware

2006-11-13 19:09:40 · 7 answers · asked by lil_miz_devil19 2 in Other - Hardware

and cursor is not moving as I ask. How do I do?

2006-11-13 19:06:25 · 6 answers · asked by Steven A 1 in Add-ons

I am an american studying martial arts in china for a year and i brought my sony vaio laptop model PCG-591L that i bought 3 years ago. it is my only connection with people back home. Now my AC adaptor doesnt want to charge my computer anymore therefore i cant use it for more than 15 minutes. when i check the battery signal it says charging not charging back and forth. i dont have money to ship it back home and i still got a few months before i go back home. i dont think its my adaptor cause the light turns on. why doesnt my computer charge? please people what should i do? is it the battery? what is it? please people i need help to solve this problem my computer is my only communication with people back home. HELP!

2006-11-13 18:48:39 · 7 answers · asked by evalistinho 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I accidentally hit erase all on the digital camera and it erased all my photos. Is there any way to restore them? I think someone said that even though it erases it, they are not fully erased.

2006-11-13 18:47:30 · 3 answers · asked by kirr45 1 in Other - Hardware

My computer is a P3 running on Win2000.
It can only complete it's booting if I hit or shake my CPU hard enough before I switch it on, (sometimes it doesn't) if not, after switching it on it will indicate 'no signal input' on my monitor.
When I run several programs or especially programs that utilises graphics example WME files, my mouse pointer will appear as a large pixel & all other graphic will appear distorted, finally my computer will stop functioning & the screen freezed. Please advice anybody? I suspect is a hardware problem? Maybe the graphic card is faulty or one of my hardware is faulty? Or could it be loose connection.. pls help.

2006-11-13 18:37:46 · 7 answers · asked by alvineager 2 in Monitors

I have a Packard Bell Spirit 350

2006-11-13 18:37:07 · 10 answers · asked by JMAN07 1 in Add-ons

What shall be price of an 80 GB hard disk & wich is the best hard disk.

2006-11-13 18:22:44 · 7 answers · asked by Ranai 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-11-13 18:19:05 · 12 answers · asked by cantonensis 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

using 3D studio max, desktop or lap top whatever

2006-11-13 18:14:59 · 5 answers · asked by fullmetal 2 in Desktops

if wireless longer distance than 10ft
or wired

2006-11-13 18:13:28 · 3 answers · asked by GonZo 2 in Add-ons

How much power wattage does my PC's Power Supply need to run a dual-core processor (I use AMD Athlon 64 FX-62) and an ATI RADEON X1800 GTO graphics card? Please advice. Thanks!

2006-11-13 17:58:46 · 5 answers · asked by Vinayak T 1 in Other - Hardware

The requirements for the cam is a Intel Pentium 2 or AMD chip 266MHz or higher.Would it work with my Celeron 1.1GHz PC?

2006-11-13 17:09:15 · 2 answers · asked by sean 2 in Other - Hardware

I dont want to use magic partition because i can't use it on an already full disc and extend it too. Is there any software or anyway the above can be done...Please help! urgent

2006-11-13 16:41:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

Could this also be found out about my sound card also. My OS is Windows XP.

2006-11-13 16:14:56 · 3 answers · asked by sean 2 in Other - Hardware

hi i am willing to buy a pc for home please give a better
configuration of a modern pc with the companie'š name
of each component and its cost

2006-11-13 16:13:20 · 9 answers · asked by asga_87 1 in Desktops

will my pavilion ze2000 laptop play halflife 2 it has 256 RAM,ATI radeon xpress 200m,if it does play what about the framerate?

2006-11-13 15:29:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anime Lover Mike 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a Sony Viao laptop, and I believe that the C drive sorage amount is 13.6 GB. (That's what's written when I check out the stats on My Computer)

2006-11-13 15:15:55 · 11 answers · asked by callmemisscutie 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

when i hit "a" logitech quick keyboard reference guide comes up
when i hit left shift, it types q
when i hit right shift, it types z
when i hit caps lock, it does caps and tabs
when i tab it caps locks, and tabs

f*cking annoying

2006-11-13 14:41:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-11-13 14:31:28 · 11 answers · asked by bobo b 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

looking for speed with a decent battery life for a good price and good warranty

2006-11-13 14:20:13 · 1 answers · asked by brioma33 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

Thanks in advance

2006-11-13 14:17:18 · 6 answers · asked by scalertom 1 in Desktops