Hardware - December 2006

I have a gateway laptop model MX6121, the screen isnt working buto on the front the batery and power light are on. But usually when the power is on the light around the power button is on but that isnt working either,

2006-12-30 05:07:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

If i have an old system, e.g. a system with one of the first celeron processors, would an ATA hard drive work on it? or do i need to specifically look for a drive that says IDE? or is IDE the same as ATA? Confused?

2006-12-30 05:07:35 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Where can you buy RAMs?

2006-12-30 05:04:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I use Real player and some times the sound is like flapping wings. .

2006-12-30 04:59:46 · 6 answers · asked by chris s 1 in Other - Hardware

more memory can they give you, and whats the price range?

2006-12-30 04:56:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

i am buying a notebook
pls suggest one of these

1) amd turion 64x2 1.6 ghz 533 / 667 MHz FSB
2) intel core 2 duo 1.6 GHz 667 MHz FSB

and also mention which processor is better for what field like gaming, startup shutdown, etc

2006-12-30 04:55:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I am about to donate a computer to someone & want to make sure there is nothing on my hard drive that I have deleted be "accidently" found by them.

2006-12-30 04:52:58 · 7 answers · asked by Doug P 1 in Desktops

its only a kids juice box ( something like a mpe player )
xxx

2006-12-30 04:52:19 · 8 answers · asked by pink 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have 2 Dell Latitude LM laptops that have inoperative LCD displays, any testing or parts suggestions??

2006-12-30 04:30:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

My "future CPU" has 320 MB. Do you think it is good? Thanks.

2006-12-30 04:25:57 · 19 answers · asked by aksgeh 2 in Desktops

what are the ms dos commands?
I have tried everything...

thanx

2006-12-30 04:22:50 · 7 answers · asked by Swanny 1 in Desktops

My windows system has crashed (partial hard-drive falure), and the only way I can think of to get the files off the system is to use my USB Flash sticks (some parts of the hard drive still work just fine). Any suggestions would be very helpfull at the moment.

2006-12-30 04:19:01 · 6 answers · asked by Joseph 2 in Other - Hardware

i have a new external hard drive which i need to partition, when i go via disk management, select the drive and right cliick i don't get the option to partition ( the manual with the drive tells me this will happen) is this because i use windows xp and the external drive is fat32. one option is to format the drive is this what i need to do first? please keep any answers simple i am computer dum dum - thanks happy new year

2006-12-30 04:11:38 · 2 answers · asked by edenburb 2 in Other - Hardware

Is there any way to edit or add a value to the device paremeters for Synaptics Touchpad so it can't be diabled by another mouse. Please give me the title of the deword, the type, and value. Whatever it is, any suggestions will be helpful.

2006-12-30 04:04:30 · 1 answers · asked by dustinh456 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

another words taking both objects away from the desktop.

2006-12-30 04:03:48 · 8 answers · asked by boo 1 in Add-ons

I recently purchased a dassle dvd recorded that connects to your computer via. USB, when I plugged in the device and installed the software I recieved a message saying that I couldn't use it on my USB and that I needed "hi-speed" USB.

2006-12-30 03:53:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2006-12-30 03:48:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I know you are thinking SeSe you are at school but no I am at home using it and we have 4 people in my household that use our own computer so getting a laptop for me is great. So if you could please tell me how to access myspace for my home use anyway. besides why would i get on it at school thats kinda dumb then i wouldnt have a laptop anymore so if u would please and thank you it uses firefox as the internet browser

2006-12-30 03:47:00 · 3 answers · asked by SeSe 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Whats a better way to go when installing memory? I would like to upgrade my memory to about 1GB. My question is should I get a 1GB memory stick or 2 512MB sticks? Thanks

2006-12-30 03:42:02 · 2 answers · asked by 2ndSquad 2 in Desktops

2006-12-30 03:33:45 · 5 answers · asked by gillian f 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

My husband and I are wanting to get more hard drive space for our computer at home. We would like to know which is better, and internal hard drive or an external. Let me know your most professional opinion with this matter.

2006-12-30 03:31:15 · 10 answers · asked by leah_bass 2 in Add-ons

2006-12-30 03:21:32 · 13 answers · asked by volleychickee 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i use my own lap top.

2006-12-30 03:14:28 · 11 answers · asked by $$$~!MiLliOn~$!DoLLaR !*BabY!~$$$ 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

for example watching a 640x480 movie, does it have a good quality when it is viewed on the TV

2006-12-30 03:05:58 · 3 answers · asked by X 2 in Other - Hardware

i want to buy a new laptop but all the cheap ones are brands i've never heard of... does it make a difference when compared to the well known makes like sony, toshiba, dell etc? x

2006-12-30 03:05:31 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-12-30 02:47:26 · 7 answers · asked by Okey Dokey 1 in Add-ons

2006-12-30 02:43:15 · 4 answers · asked by meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 2 in Desktops

2006-12-30 02:40:52 · 7 answers · asked by puh-lease 3 in Desktops

Heya, i was wondering, is there any way to program your desktop to change its own background? Like a timeline?

2006-12-30 02:39:21 · 7 answers · asked by Seanio 2 in Desktops

2006-12-30 02:34:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors