Hardware - December 2006

i am getting good deal on toshiba Toshiba M115-S1061 but its not intel core duo its celeron M. so my question is: how good is core duo comparing to celeron. and how good is laptop with celeron? i am getting this laptop for $425 brand new. should i look for one that comes with core duo or should i go for celeron type? following is the specification of toshiba M115-S1061

Processor Type Celeron® M
Processor Number 420
Processor Speed 1.60GHz
Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
Memory Size 512MB I am including the extra 512mb to get to 1.0GB
Display Size 14.1"
Display Type Widescreen XGA with TruBrite™ Technology
Display Resolution 1280x800
Graphics Chipset Radeon® Xpress 200M
Graphics Memory 64MB of Shared Memory
Hard Drive Size 80GB
Optical DVD-Rom/CD-Writer
Networking 10/100 Ethernet and Wirless 802.11B

2006-12-23 14:37:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I want to play movies off my external hard drive. These movies would be in clips and may be changed rapidly throughout a playlist. Would the hard drive lag? My regular one does not at all i can switch movies without a delay. Please give me your input

2006-12-23 14:19:50 · 9 answers · asked by jwurm99 3 in Other - Hardware

I want to test a laptop power cord using my multimeter. Can anyone recommend which voltage level I should set my meter to and and what it should read. Also, How would I use the positive and negative leads to get a proper measurement?

2006-12-23 14:19:26 · 5 answers · asked by ericcoz 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Intel laptops always have crappy graphics on its pre-made laptops.

2006-12-23 14:13:06 · 2 answers · asked by bluevoltagex@sbcglobal.net 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I need to know i if should buy one, or see if I have one and I'm doing something wrong. I'm a step-by-step kind of guy, so be detailed

2006-12-23 14:11:13 · 3 answers · asked by Atrain 2 in Other - Hardware

Its ACER

2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo
1 GB RAM
256 MB nvidia card
Wi-Fi ,,,Bluetooth
15"
FSB 667 MHz
120 GB Hard Drive

i got it for just US $ 1180....

Is it a good deal or i may get smthing better ??

2006-12-23 14:08:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Sincerely. Euge.

2006-12-23 14:05:27 · 4 answers · asked by E u g e 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813186067
Thats my motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141164
Thats my ram. I have 2 512 sticks

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819104245
Thats my processor.

The processor is rated at 1.6 Ghz. I can overclock it to 1.8Ghz, but anything greater than that my computer doesn't turn on. I have heard that semprons can be overclocked to 2.0Ghz and beyond! I there something I am not doing. Please list all the steps I should be doing, or is my hardware preventing me from overclocking further.

2006-12-23 14:01:03 · 4 answers · asked by Jeremy J 3 in Other - Hardware

ok. my bf was "cleanin my computer deleting programs i dont use and whatever. he uninstalled c-media ac97 audio device. now i dont have any sound and i am gettin very agrivated!! can some1 please please help me!! how to get it back

2006-12-23 13:53:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Need a good laptop ! loadsa mem ! but nice and cheap ! well a good deal ! anyway !

like the Sony Vaio

any sugestions !

2006-12-23 13:52:47 · 9 answers · asked by Darren M 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

It seems like Toshiba laptops are cheaper then other brands when they have the same specs.

2006-12-23 13:48:42 · 4 answers · asked by bluevoltagex@sbcglobal.net 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-12-23 13:40:16 · 2 answers · asked by Robert B 1 in Printers

the other day my computer went haywire.it started making a whining sound and the mouse would not work.so i turned it off and back on same noise .turned it off again and now nothing.the fans just run and nothing else.its a amd proscessor.

2006-12-23 13:39:05 · 3 answers · asked by kmc24z 1 in Desktops

I have Roxio easy media creator 9 and ive just created a movie out of my home movies. ALl i have laeft to do is burn it, but when ii press burn it says the drive is empty,even though i have a blank DVD+RW in it. What do i do to change this? Do i put the blank DVD in the CDRW drive, opr the DVD Drive. Or if i dont have a dvd burner, what to i do to get a DVD Burner. I have a CD Burner so i dont know whats wrong.

2006-12-23 13:36:44 · 2 answers · asked by Atrain 2 in Other - Hardware

2006-12-23 13:34:53 · 5 answers · asked by Jerry P 1 in Add-ons

2006-12-23 13:33:47 · 5 answers · asked by gruuvin2001 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I really don't feel like upgrading my motherboard/CPU/ram quite yet. I am interested in the conroe, but if I wait a year or two, I know the prices will go down and something new will be out. Anyway, I have a sempron 2800+ and it was fine for gaming until the beast that we call oblivion came around. So I was wondering what is better suited for oblivion but still socket 754?
I would also prefer if it was close to $100

2006-12-23 13:27:30 · 4 answers · asked by Jeremy J 3 in Other - Hardware

2006-12-23 13:25:37 · 3 answers · asked by Peter N 2 in Monitors

Is (Graphics Club-3D ATi Radeon 9600 TD-256MB TD) better than (GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8X)

2006-12-23 13:23:42 · 4 answers · asked by Stathis R 1 in Add-ons

2006-12-23 13:11:03 · 15 answers · asked by siva k 1 in Desktops

I know it's almost Christmas and you may be too busy to comment but any help would be greatly appreciated! I'm having issues adding RAM to my desktop computer (Dell OptiPlex GX110) and I use a Windows XP Platform. I have checked numerous help websites including crucial.com and howitworks.com but to no avail.
My problem is: I inserted the memory (256MB card) into the slot in my computer beside the old memory...no problem. Then I turned my computer on and went into Setup-->BIOS. In blue writing the memory was listed as 5_6MB (I think it was 556 or 536). Then I started Windows and went into My Computer and clicked on "Properties" in the C:/ Drive. It was listed as 1.06GB; same as before I installed the memory. How do I get my system to recoginze the memory and use it?
I need help ASAP as I'm trying to create a dvd for my dad for Christmas by transferring a video from when I was younger onto my computer via USB Streaming and need more memory to complete it.
Thanks for your help :-)

2006-12-23 12:59:54 · 8 answers · asked by Princess Smiley 2 in Desktops

2006-12-23 12:50:01 · 7 answers · asked by Mark R 1 in Other - Hardware

Or if they are going to change their os version they include with their Macbook Pro's?

2006-12-23 12:45:21 · 4 answers · asked by chaos 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

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2006-12-23 12:34:23 · 5 answers · asked by chevy_arenivas 2 in Desktops

2006-12-23 12:28:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

The bi-directional box is checked and there is communication between the computer and the printer. It will say, printing started, and printing complete but nothing prints. Yes I do have paper and cartridges in the printer too. Is there another setting I may have gotten off, it always worked before this week.

2006-12-23 12:22:36 · 7 answers · asked by dee 2 in Printers

I have a dell Latitude d600

2006-12-23 12:16:39 · 13 answers · asked by That Guy 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-12-23 12:11:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

my laptop keeps asking for a password when windows boots up.
I just got through clearing the bios password......
PLEASE help if you can.
Thanks iimmy

2006-12-23 12:09:30 · 3 answers · asked by Jimmy M 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-12-23 11:58:39 · 1 answers · asked by emptypocketsmw 2 in Add-ons