Hardware - January 2007

System boots but XP freezes. Different Video Card eliminates problem. Somtimes it will run for half hour before lock up.

2007-01-19 19:09:29 · 2 answers · asked by Red 5 in Add-ons

plz gimme the directions, i dunno what im doing....

2007-01-19 18:59:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-01-19 18:51:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

want a good laptop whose features contains windows xp or professional or vista or media center edition,pentium4or pentium M or centrinomobile technology or duo core,256or 512 MB of Ram, 2.00ghz,60 GB or 80 GBfloppy disk drive. I want combo drive & DVD writer in it. It should has atleast 3 USB ports so I can run mouse or camera or internet or printer speakers in it price must be in b/w 30000-37000 . PLZ mention companies in increasing order to their efficiency & reliability

2007-01-19 18:47:44 · 8 answers · asked by tomato 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My old one burned out so i dont want to burn my new one

2007-01-19 18:24:33 · 16 answers · asked by fat bastard 2 in Desktops

2007-01-19 18:24:28 · 5 answers · asked by ? 1 in Other - Hardware

Now and again I notice the time thats set on my computer changes to like an hour ahead than what it should be. And I havent made any changes. Why does this happen?

2007-01-19 18:16:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

hi all, due to space constraints i have my questions on another forum -> http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showthread.php?t=1515866 , i just want to know is there any way i can save my data on the old hdd, if i were to get a new motherboard?
any replies here or there will be much appreciated, thanks

2007-01-19 18:04:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

How do i duplicate HDVD and DVD-9 cds? what kind of writers do i need and what kind of CDs?

2007-01-19 18:01:30 · 2 answers · asked by GYY 2 in Add-ons

2007-01-19 17:55:01 · 4 answers · asked by ajax 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-01-19 17:54:00 · 1 answers · asked by David M 1 in Add-ons

i want to recover my data , my hard drive at first it was in fat 32 i formated and converted it in to ntfs and loaded xp on it now i want to recover data which was in fat 32 , kindly help me

2007-01-19 17:52:01 · 4 answers · asked by krish 1 in Desktops

Or will I need a drive that plays and a drive that burns?

2007-01-19 17:31:56 · 3 answers · asked by ahottmess 4 in Other - Hardware

i have a 305 watt power supply with 2 hdd, 2 dvd drives,the basic stuff, and a graphics card inside my dell5150? Could i fry anything not having a big enough psu? what could happen if its not big enough?

2007-01-19 17:24:28 · 3 answers · asked by p8ntballkid2008 3 in Desktops

What do i need to buy..apparently i need more memory on my computer so can i just go buy more memory or does it have to be by the same manufactor and the same kind that is in there? My comp has 512 MB DDR SD RAM. Do i need to buy the same size memory (512).Also when i do get another do i just put it in with the other memory stick ..sorry i know nothing about this.

2007-01-19 17:22:18 · 10 answers · asked by coconuts 2 in Desktops

I just uninstall a game which is still beta.. then after that.. my interent explorer cant be display.. it say lost some add on component.. it also affect msn messenger.... beside that my computere component seem to be lost.. like i cant run "search" and "system restore" what should i do now? should i reformat my whole computer? i need my computer urgently... every component of my file seem lost regarding to the windows...

2007-01-19 17:06:36 · 7 answers · asked by GolemStone 1 in Desktops

Mine melted where the metal connector and the wire meets. The light doesn't come on; it's dead. Will the genius bar replace my charger for a new one?

2007-01-19 17:03:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

its one of my 3pc's and the slowest my otrher 2 are a 2.4ghz p4 and a 3.4ghz p4 but I like this one 2!
It has
A Intel D815efv board
933mhz CPU coppermine 256kb L2 high speed
512mb PC133
128mb Radeon 9600se
DVD burner
100gb
Its about 6 1/2 years old and havent really matinaced it Never changed the theraml grease just added a few things never really cleaned it thourhoughly I play good games on it like Underground etc that it can run and it gets pretty hot but I have never chnaged a fan on reapplied the grease its it has a cpu fan,case fan,Motherboard fan,PSU fan whihc is 500watts if i countinue using ti this way no cleaning etc no reapplying the theraml grease how long will the cpu last how many years?

2007-01-19 17:01:46 · 4 answers · asked by dazzi_4 1 in Desktops

Basically, which brand is better to burn pictures and the such on?

2007-01-19 16:59:25 · 4 answers · asked by Racin Girl 3 in Other - Hardware

ok i bought a NETGEAR wireless card for my laptop and it installed fine and everything but it says "connected to router" and it wont let me get on the internet i have already typed in the WEP code and everything and even tried re-installing and it still says it .... but i do have a excellent signal ...and the labtop does work on LAN thats what im on right now.. and i do have my desktop right next to me and it is on wireless and it works fine so ....help?

2007-01-19 16:58:07 · 2 answers · asked by Brad 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i was looking at a 1 BFG7900gt ($289) then starterd thinking about getting 2 XFX 7600gx XXX ($109) and SLI them. would 2 of the XFX cards SLI'ed work better and be faster then 1 BGF7900gt.

2007-01-19 16:54:17 · 3 answers · asked by sassy04011 1 in Add-ons

whats the best way to clean germs off a keyboard on a dailly basis???

2007-01-19 16:52:23 · 8 answers · asked by baconbobdude 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a laptop I'm going to put 2gb of ram in it and I have a ATI Radon Xpress 200 video card.I have the same video card on in my desktop and it has more memory directed to it. (So better Graphics) Is there a way i can give my video card 64mb of memory instead of 32mb?

2007-01-19 16:43:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Bought a new GPU and Now it won't fit there is a motherboard power connector blocking the way. Can i trim the corner of the GPU to clear the connector? What do i do?

2007-01-19 16:39:42 · 3 answers · asked by Chad A 1 in Desktops

I have 4 slots and I have:
2 - 1 GB DDR2 PC2 5100 Installed right now. According to crucial.com

If I add 1 - 512mb DDR2 PC2 5100
and
If I add 1 - 256mb DDR2 PC2 3200

Then all the ram will only run at PC2 3200?

And that is slower right?

So I should only add the 512mb right?

Thanks in advance

2007-01-19 16:39:25 · 7 answers · asked by krazy_4_speed 2 in Desktops

Printer prints slow but continues to print only faster after I close every thing out?

2007-01-19 16:26:40 · 4 answers · asked by Florence B 1 in Printers

2007-01-19 16:17:48 · 9 answers · asked by PH 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-01-19 16:12:53 · 10 answers · asked by jaison_000_jaison 1 in Other - Hardware

I live in Edmonton, so I guess the closer the better, and the more choices the better.


Thanks!

2007-01-19 16:12:06 · 4 answers · asked by Léon 1 in Other - Hardware

I just got a new HDTV(with PC input)
My Laptop is a Dell Inspiron 700.

Anyway I can set up the HDTV AS MY Laptop Monitor?
Thanks alot !

2007-01-19 16:09:53 · 4 answers · asked by Pattie 1 in Monitors