Hardware - November 2006

My old cd-rom drive has crapped out and I'm looking into buying a new one (fairly cheap, if possible). Any suggestions?

2006-11-18 14:31:30 · 1 answers · asked by opjames 4 in Desktops

My Dell laptop Inspiron 1000 was switched off during a system restore to an earlier date. Now when attempting to load Windows XP, a blue screen appears: "Bad Image Checksum. The image comctl32.dll is possibly corrupt." I can get into various menus by pressing F12 or F2 during startup but can't figure out how to reload my system disks. I've tried reconfiguring to an earlier known good configuration, loading system defaults, etc & now feel as a last resort I have to reload using disks. I guess it will erase all personal files? Please help---and thanks in advance for your time & advice.

2006-11-18 14:21:17 · 4 answers · asked by Jake A. 2 in Other - Hardware

The PC is a 2003 desktop HP, with 128 meg of ram, and I think a 64 meg video card. I like to be able to do more gaming.

2006-11-18 14:03:26 · 7 answers · asked by opjames 4 in Desktops

2006-11-18 13:36:41 · 16 answers · asked by sharky69 2 in Desktops

I just acquired an old Apple. and after turning it off, when I tried to re-boot, a pic of a floppy disc w/a flashing question mark is as far as it'll get. I can't go anywhere else and I don't know how to bypass this. I am Apple-ignorant.
It's a Power Macintosh 6500/250 Home Edition. 250 MHz, 256K Level 2 Cache, 32MB RAM, 2MB SGRAM vid memory, 4GB hard drive, floppy disc drive and 24x CD-ROM.

2006-11-18 13:33:02 · 3 answers · asked by sharnon007 2 in Other - Hardware

my kids' grandma gave them a hp about 2 years ago.it only had 128 memory and had started to run so slow that a lot of the time they forgot what they were supposely doing.some body told me to try adding memory so following the manual
and the instructions included with the memory stick i called myself adding 256.worth of memory. after reassembling the computer and plugging it back in when i cut the power button on nothing happens.some how i have killed the whole thing.naturally we don't have the recovery disk and even if we did would it help? should i take it to the shop or just let it go to computer heaven

2006-11-18 13:21:27 · 9 answers · asked by eri's ma 2 in Add-ons

2006-11-18 13:21:25 · 2 answers · asked by ICE 1 in Add-ons

2006-11-18 13:14:49 · 6 answers · asked by punk bitch piece of shit 3 in Other - Hardware

2006-11-18 13:01:48 · 4 answers · asked by A&R 1 in Add-ons

I bought an old ibook G3, but for some reason smells really bad, I am not sure if is BO or some component inside the ibook, maybe something to hot inside ? or I don`t know, does anybody have seen something like this? and I can`t get rid of the smell, I tried cleaning it, and some cologne, but it does not work, any advice?

2006-11-18 12:59:09 · 2 answers · asked by arred98 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i installed vista on my 40gig hdd and when i rebooted my pc i had the choice to boot from win xp(on my 200gig hdd) or vista then i installed winxp on my 200gig hdd and it now boots straight into winxp i looked at the boot in msconfig all it has there is "[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect" how do i boot my vista answers are greatly greatly apreciated thanks,

2006-11-18 12:54:56 · 3 answers · asked by Nick E 1 in Other - Hardware

Hi everyone

Samsung is making a monstrous 19" laptop M70 with the detachable screen. Can anyone explain me in plain english how the lcd monitor is drawing power when it is detached from the base. I understand how it is getting the video signal. However confused about the power. Does it have to be connected with another cable to electrical outlet or it has a rechargeable batery? Or anyhting else?

Any input is appreciated.

Thanks in advance

2006-11-18 12:47:31 · 1 answers · asked by petchi 1 in Monitors

doesthe hard drive have anything to do with it?

2006-11-18 12:38:19 · 21 answers · asked by juliesan 3 in Other - Hardware

2006-11-18 12:28:02 · 3 answers · asked by glo 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-11-18 12:17:23 · 2 answers · asked by silver j 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My laptop is a 1999 Toshiba Tecra 500CDT w/ Intel Pentium processor, 512 MB RAM, 1 PS/2 port, 2 IR ports, 1 Serial port, 15 inch LCD, Windows 98 OS, Microsoft office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint.

2006-11-18 12:15:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

It will go from like red to green to blue...then it will also change in brightness as well. It's basically new...not even a year old yet and it's a flat panel monitor. It shouldn't be going out on me already >_< What can I do??

2006-11-18 12:12:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

www.epson has loads of free downloads but none seem to help ,
Any suggestions would be appreciated .

2006-11-18 12:06:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

Are there any case mods I could perform with a spare heatsink?

2006-11-18 12:03:40 · 3 answers · asked by xyz123 1 in Other - Hardware

computers

2006-11-18 11:54:55 · 1 answers · asked by phil c 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My laptop shut off by it self . Screen just went black, I turned it back on, then all these windows started opening up., each time I moved my mouse another program would open up it was so wild, so I shut down then rebooted, now my clock in the lower rt corner is gone. How do I get it back on

2006-11-18 11:48:06 · 6 answers · asked by notfrompenn 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

When i turn my computer monitor on, the power button on the monitor turns a bright red and won't go on, then the light gets dimmer and dimmer then disappears, i was wondering if anyone knows what is wrong with it, and how to fix it. I tried unplugging everything and checking to see if everything was plugged in already. the monitor just won't go on. If this helps the monitor brand is Cornea.

2006-11-18 11:45:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

2006-11-18 11:37:44 · 3 answers · asked by Merlin 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

my screen is all messed up. there are two black bars on the sides causing the screen to be very small. how do i resize it back to normal?

2006-11-18 11:35:48 · 8 answers · asked by your wonderwall 5 in Monitors

i know that it is from leaving an image on the screen to long without changing it but why does that happen. what goes on to make it burn in?

2006-11-18 11:29:28 · 3 answers · asked by Major Tom 3 in Monitors

maximum price should be $700. Toatal, not just for the laptop, but for all the little accesories and stuff.

2006-11-18 11:29:06 · 5 answers · asked by jackieamandas 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-11-18 11:26:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I am using Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2. I am also on a laptop instead of a desktop. When I am in the middle of something my laptop screen just turns black and is off. When I turn on my laptop I get no error message saying that my computer crashed and/or it has recovered from a serious error.

2006-11-18 11:23:43 · 8 answers · asked by Matt 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-11-18 11:22:09 · 14 answers · asked by missy 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-11-18 11:20:06 · 5 answers · asked by jodi 1 in Other - Hardware