Hardware - December 2006

E6400

2006-12-27 10:41:40 · 4 answers · asked by bluevoltagex@sbcglobal.net 1 in Desktops

With flash drives becoming bigger and bigger. Crashing hard disk are the Nr. 1 threat to a computer as far as I am concerned.

At least in a Notebook this would make sense, as one really doesn't want to have moving parts in that, no?

2006-12-27 10:41:32 · 4 answers · asked by Ejsenstejn 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

have been to time but all i can get is sale items and other crap anyone have any intelligence cos I AM BLONDE

2006-12-27 10:34:17 · 5 answers · asked by victoria r 2 in Desktops

My printer keeps saying I need to change the waste ink. I have so far found out that it is a sponge somewhere in the cartridge holder. I cannot figure out for the life of me how to get at it to rinse it or change it or whatever I have to do. Also, if you could provide the instructions to reset the printer so it stops flashing waste in full at me. Thank you!

2006-12-27 10:28:10 · 1 answers · asked by kristenlball 3 in Printers

I am having problems with my pc and think its my motherboard but i dont want to waist lots of cash of a expensive one and have found a cheap socket 939 crossfire motherboard. its only £30 and if it fixes my pc then good i dont want to use sli or crossfire. I just want to know are crossfire boards ok to use with nvidia 7900gt. If it fixes the problem ill invest in an expensive board but if it doesnt then ive only lost £30 not £££.

Thanks

Mark

2006-12-27 10:25:30 · 5 answers · asked by ? 3 in Other - Hardware

Ram= 768mb
video card=radeon 9250
1.7 ghz
windows xp

2006-12-27 10:24:00 · 7 answers · asked by inessa_jonny@rogers.com 1 in Add-ons

I need more memory for my computer & I called Office Depot & that's what they said I needed, but I can't find it..

2006-12-27 10:23:31 · 3 answers · asked by lilpricey2008 1 in Desktops

I want a FAST computer for digital photo and video editing. What are the differences in AMD, Pentium Duo, etc. etc. etc? There are SO many choices, I don't know which one is best. I'm looking for highest compatability and don't want to spend more than I need to, however, I don't mind spending 2500 dollars. Help me choose!

2006-12-27 10:19:35 · 6 answers · asked by LastGnerve 1 in Desktops

2006-12-27 10:18:33 · 2 answers · asked by stephenjlb 3 in Other - Hardware

I press the paper up to the monitor and then push the print screen function. But when I remove the paper it is still blank. Help!

2006-12-27 10:17:05 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I immediately flipped it over to drain. It shut off and won't turn back on.....please tell me this thing has some fuse that I blew.

2006-12-27 10:16:25 · 4 answers · asked by questionable reality 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

like for a External Zip Drive

2006-12-27 10:16:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-12-27 10:09:45 · 8 answers · asked by hdog5603 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Everytime I try to shut off (or restart) my Dell pc running win xp home ed. it goes to a shut down screen and just stays there (like all nite)...I have to manually hold down the power button a few secs for my pc to shut down...this happens every time...any answers??

2006-12-27 10:07:08 · 4 answers · asked by jazcomania 2 in Desktops

I have windows 2000 professional.it seems like when I added a printer before I was able to bring up a list of printers,point to the one I have and it added it to my computor. I recently had to reinstall windows 2000. this time the wizard asked if the printer was hooked up right now. When I hooked it up it brought up that I have the HP 610c. I have HP612C. when it prompted me to do a test page I said yes and it printed it perfect but when I tryed to print one of my e-mails all it did was print a couple letters and symbols. how can I bring up the list of printers like I did before?

2006-12-27 10:03:45 · 3 answers · asked by MARTY A 2 in Printers

Trying to download music to a friend's MP3....Thank you!

2006-12-27 10:01:42 · 7 answers · asked by Ducky 2 in Add-ons

Ok, so I get this stupid idea to insert my old PC's processor to see if it truely was any faster, so I take off the fan, take out the processor, and find out the old one dosn't fit. Now I put the fan back on, machine starts normally, then WHOOSH! My fan reaches top speeds and won't slow down (only ocassionally).

Can anyone help me? I've secured the fan, processor, plugged it in the right way... It's like I never did anything, except it's now making noises. PLEASE HELP!

2006-12-27 09:51:46 · 5 answers · asked by XenephobicToaster 3 in Other - Hardware

I just bought a laptop to work on a thesis while I have free time at work. To my dismay, I can not pick up anyone's wireless connection and subscriptions are expensive. The average amount is $85.00. Are there any other options?

2006-12-27 09:51:04 · 5 answers · asked by laurienolan76 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-12-27 09:47:26 · 9 answers · asked by Patty O 1 in Monitors

2006-12-27 09:34:37 · 2 answers · asked by yoyoshortaay 1 in Add-ons

My laptop's HDD has been failing, and im going to replace it..I going to buy a new one. The Original hard drive was an 'ULTRA ATA' drive...do I have to buy and ultra ATA drive? Will an SATA, PATA, or EIDE drive work instead?..they are less expensive..

2006-12-27 09:23:53 · 3 answers · asked by murphjames@sbcglobal.net 2 in Other - Hardware

have a laptop Dell L400 and the old drive died. I bought a 60 GB HD (Seagate) and put it into my laptop along with the Windows XP (full version). I configured the BIOS so it boots from the CD drive. However, it will not boot from the CD-ROM drive.

Thus, I tried the floppy drive (note I needed to unhook the external cd-rom and plug the cable into the external floppy drive since my laptop has one slot for this type of cable connection) and I get to disc 6 and then I am asked if i want to install xp. I hit enter and it tells me it can not find the cd-rom drive.

Again, please note i am using the same cable for the external floppy drive and CD-ROM DRIVE. I then retried loading the floppies this time unplugging the floppy and plugging in the cd-rom drive after the completion of disc 6 and priot to hitting enter for Winndows Install. I got the same response; "No CD-Rom drive found"

2006-12-27 09:22:34 · 1 answers · asked by IlliniGeek 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

heres the inside:

http://www.freewebs.com/kuucherrygirl/is%20that%20it.JPG
(the picture is the link above!)

Okay I want to change my graphic card!

But, I'm not sure if this is the graphic card, I took a picture of the inside of my computer, and I circled the thing that I thought was the "graphic card"
is it??
And are those white plastic thingies PCI slot??
Sorry i'm kinda slow when it comes down to this kinda
stuffs :]

Thanxx so much!!
<3Xcstasy

2006-12-27 09:19:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

This is my first post here and I hope someone can help me. I bought and installed the p965t-a and got the computer to power up and even to the point where it starts loading the OS on the hard drive. But I can't get more than one IDE device to work at the same time, and the BIOS doesn't recognize anything as IDE master or slave. It finds the hard drive, but only in the "boot sequence" menus of the BIOS (and there, oddly, as SCSI). I'd like to have a hard drive work and also my CD-ROM drive so that I can install an operating system (since my old one was spread out over several HDs). Can anyone help me? Sorry for being inept.

Stephan

2006-12-27 09:15:53 · 5 answers · asked by stephan370@gmail.com 1 in Add-ons

Does anyone know of ANYTHING that is free that I could get to resize images to a certain inch, and print AT THAT INCH?

I have a photo that I want to fit a CD case, the case is 4.75 IN. Square, and I can get it to 4.75 inches high, but not 4.75 IN high...need some help here. I got it to be 4.75 inches square, but when I go to print it, it prints something ENTIRELY different from the dimensions that I plugged in.

2006-12-27 09:13:46 · 1 answers · asked by Hank Ferris 2 in Printers

2006-12-27 09:11:34 · 5 answers · asked by wats up man2 1 in Add-ons

What do I use Express card slot for? Can anybody help answer this?

2006-12-27 09:10:30 · 3 answers · asked by Tammy 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Im going away to college soon


i dont know if i should get a dell or a macbook

2006-12-27 09:07:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

i have an optical mouse this is the secound one have have of the same kind but the problem is that after a while of using the optical mouse it starts clicking two times instead of one time so it drives me crazy because i try to go back to a recent page but it goes back two pages back so i try to go foward but it goes two page foward so i dont dont know how to fix this problem can some one tell me how i can fix this problem instead of me buying another mouse

2006-12-27 09:00:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I watch DVDs on my computer just off the computer screen, without connecting it to the tv. I'm thinking about ordering this DVD from New Zealand that's only in PAL format, and I wanna know if I'd be able to watch it on my Dell Inspiron without connecting it to the television.

2006-12-27 08:47:33 · 3 answers · asked by adia 2 in Laptops & Notebooks