Hardware - December 2006

2006-12-28 15:51:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

canon pixma ip1500 is the product

2006-12-28 15:49:17 · 1 answers · asked by Tammy l 1 in Printers

I've recently bought a Blue Radon W310 13.3" laptop, 1GB RAM, 60GB Hard Disk, with an ATI X1300 Video Card and with a 4-cell battery. It gives me roughly 2.75 hours of battery time (with low brightness settings). I intend to increase it by searching for a suitable replacement. What will be the specs of the battery I should look for?

2006-12-28 15:47:18 · 4 answers · asked by Guilar 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

It is a month old and the spokes are a little bit chipped at the end of the part you put in the socket, but I really doubt that's the problem. It is plugged in but it keeps saying that it is, and it isn't. It is switching from on and off. It keeps saying critical battery. Any ideas what I can do?

2006-12-28 15:45:27 · 2 answers · asked by *~*~*~* 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

My cd-writer is not working properly. It will play any cd you put into it but when I try to burn a cd, it tells me there is an inaccessible drive or an invalid function. I used to be able to drag and drop items to be burned onto the cd-writer drive but I had to re-install windows and now it won't work. The only software I use to copy files to cd-rom is Windows. Any information on how I can fix this would be greatly appreciated. I tried using Windows help feature but it wasn't very detailed on how to fix the problem. Thanks in advance.

2006-12-28 15:43:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anon 2 in Other - Hardware

Okay; so I've got all my parts picked out; I just need you guys to check for compatibility; and everything; also; I need you guys to give me some good suggestions as to a good Case + Psu combo.....[preferably no more than $90; cause I'm on a budget to building a 500 dollar pc....]...and you'll notice I added my own comments in parentheses as to my choices made; ....also; you'll notice that I've got a case + psu combo already listed; but I need you guys to check it out to see if you've got a better one to show me; or tell me about some errors/problems I'll have w/ the psu/case if I do end up getting it....thanks;)


CPU - AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 2.2GHz 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - Retail $74.00 (pretty sure)


Motherboard - ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $132.99 (pretty sure)


Video Card - ASUS EN7600GS SILENT/HTD/256M GeForce 7600GS 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail $102.99 (not sure; maybe rushed picking?)


Memory - CORSAIR ValueSelect 512MB (2 x 256MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail $59.99(pretty sure; check compatibility)


HDD - Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JSRTL 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Retail $59.99 (pretty sure)


Case w/ PSU - RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WBP Black SECC STEEL ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail $89.99 (pretty sure; faulty psu?)


DVD Burner - Get one locally??? ($36.00??)

2006-12-28 15:42:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

The processors are about the same price. How much better is one processor from the other and what can the better processor be compared to?

2006-12-28 15:38:17 · 4 answers · asked by bluevoltagex@sbcglobal.net 1 in Desktops

i HAD my computer over clocked by changing the FSB.now my Ethernet card isn't working could having the PCI speed raised caused that?
the pci speed was raised by about 15mhz.i got about 5 FPS more from my video card when i did that.

2006-12-28 15:35:32 · 5 answers · asked by U can't B like me 5 in Desktops

Hi, I'm selling my laptop and before I do, I wanted to clear all my personal files/information from it. Does anyone know a good software that can completely clean my laptop up? Basically I want to leave all my Programs on there, however, I want to get rid of my History for Windows files, Internet, etc. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks everyone!

2006-12-28 15:30:58 · 10 answers · asked by Power10 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a logitech keyboard with the shortcut keys on top (volume, calculator, home, media, messenger, etc). It's fairly new .. less than 2 monthes old. Before that I had the same kind, it lasted well over a year if not longer before I threw it out for cosmetic purposes.

Anyhow... I installed it properly with the setpoint disk so I would be able to use the shortcut keys on top. It was working fine for the first while, now I'm having little annoying problems. Such as ... I can't use the right shift key with the @ symbol, but I can use the left one. The right shift key works for everything else, just not with THAT key. The Z works only with the right shift key and not with the left, the reverse of the @ symbol issue. Annoying and irritating problems, but small enough.

Now I know this has nothing to do with the driver, or shouldn't .. since the keyboard default buttons work before you even put the setpoint disc in. What could be going on here? Any ideas on how to fix?

Thanks ;)

2006-12-28 15:28:45 · 8 answers · asked by Jaded 5 in Other - Hardware

she got a new gateway for christmas and just days after it stopped working. when you turned it on it did nothing. she tried restoring everything with the cd-rom that came with it but so far that has not worked. there is nothing else we can do because it wont load anything, it wont even go past the "press f11 to start system recovery". does anyone have any ideas on how we can fix it?

2006-12-28 15:20:45 · 8 answers · asked by *ilovemybabyface* 2 in Desktops

2006-12-28 15:16:59 · 4 answers · asked by natesh_91 2 in Other - Hardware

My friend wanted to help me install a graphics card on my pc, in the end he did not. Instead, he disabled my onboard intel video. I can install the game i used to play last time on this pc, but i cannot play it now. He asked me to download the driver from intel.com, but i'm not sure which is the one. Please Help.

2006-12-28 15:15:11 · 2 answers · asked by natesh_91 2 in Add-ons

When I bought my computer, it came with a rather small hard drive that is filled up with numerous programs I’ve installed. However, I store most files on, or in folders on my desktop. I recently bought a much larger hard drive and installed it, and I was wondering if there was any way store the desktop on my new hard drive. Any help would be appreciated.

2006-12-28 15:13:08 · 2 answers · asked by Me 1 in Desktops

i have a mac comp.. and i have a veo stingray web cam.but no cd-rom how do i get it to work ,,and does my mac comp .have capabilities for a web cam?

2006-12-28 15:10:34 · 2 answers · asked by maria 1 in Add-ons

2006-12-28 15:07:05 · 7 answers · asked by nova72355 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a 19" flat screen ViewSontic monitor. All the graphic are fitting accross the screen, this ok with type, etc, but photos look stupid. Please help!

2006-12-28 15:00:00 · 4 answers · asked by Jim 2 in Monitors

the scanner is a 3 in 2 printer copier and scanner... i can scan pictures onto paper but not onto the computer.. all of the software it came with is installed.. i got it do to everything else but scan to comp.. any help please????

2006-12-28 14:59:52 · 1 answers · asked by Veronica's Mommy 6 in Scanners

2006-12-28 14:55:33 · 3 answers · asked by sadynder@sbcglobal.net 1 in Add-ons

I'm looking into purchasing an old laptop just to do papers on and connect to the internet in my school's library. I've read that I can get a wireless card or a usb wireless adapter to connect to my school's wireless network. What's the difference? Thanks!

2006-12-28 14:51:50 · 7 answers · asked by infinevol 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

how do i put pictures on the computer without a scanner or a camera

2006-12-28 14:48:38 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Scanners

2006-12-28 14:46:13 · 6 answers · asked by haroonmalik16 1 in Monitors

2006-12-28 14:38:32 · 6 answers · asked by rajni g 1 in Desktops

my computer is pIII
my cd rw - crw- 5232a4

2006-12-28 14:35:11 · 2 answers · asked by Suranga C 1 in Add-ons

I started playing a game that supported my pentium 4 2.8 GHz processor. The specs on the game says it requires 500 MHz to play. When I start up the game it sucks up 99% of my processor and acts as if it is only getting a fourth of what it needs. Any idea what I need to do to correct this? It does this with most of my games now. I am running XP SP2 with everything updated via Microsoft update.

Thanks
-Simba

2006-12-28 14:29:31 · 4 answers · asked by Simba 4 in Desktops

the first time i pluged it in when i first got it it worked. but the second time i plugged it in the problem occured.

2006-12-28 14:26:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I'm not clicking the mouse, I'm not touching anything, it just clicks every now and then. There is no pattern to it. It just clicks.

2006-12-28 14:04:30 · 7 answers · asked by pottershirlene 1 in Add-ons

If I format my hard drive, that means My windows files willl be gone. And since I don't have Windows XP Media Center's CD, how will I be able to format and re-install my windows on my computer?

If you must know, I have an HP Pavilion dv9000t Notebook. Does BIOS contain your Windows so you can re-install them without the CD?

2006-12-28 13:52:11 · 7 answers · asked by Λir§trikę X³ 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

In task manager I just see one processor

2006-12-28 13:47:44 · 4 answers · asked by waterlooguy 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Here's the deal. I have a laptop and it keeps having these crazy problems and I have no idea where there are coming from. Possibly viruses I am guessing.

Anyway, I hope someone knows a bit about techincal problems like this. I was on my computer the other day and it started making loud clicking sounds and then froze. I hard shut it down, then i started it back up. The intro screen comes on but when it gets to the Windows start up screen there's nothing, it's completely black. I attempted to reboot the entire system and restore windows but when I do the black screen comes up, it saysit is connecting, and finally i get a message that says "Operating system not found." There's no disk that came with the laptop and I'm trying to not go back to the tech but I will if I have no other choice. Anyone have any tips I'd really appreciate it.

2006-12-28 13:42:36 · 6 answers · asked by citygurl8503 4 in Laptops & Notebooks