Hardware - January 2007

2007-01-17 20:46:11 · 1 answers · asked by kingshuk_poddar 1 in Add-ons

2007-01-17 20:27:22 · 3 answers · asked by shay 1 in Desktops

i bought a new keyboard and it has a USB port in it. i have 2 pen drives. when i insert one of them it works fine,but when i insert the other one it says 'Hub power exceeded'..and i have to put it in the back of my CPU(which it works fine). but i want it to wrok on the keyboard..is there anything i can do to fix this problem??

2007-01-17 20:14:48 · 2 answers · asked by kenny7399 1 in Add-ons

I have tried system restore it won't work and i have tested all the usb ports, are there any free programs i can download like registry clean or anything i can try to get my printer to work

2007-01-17 20:14:12 · 2 answers · asked by Tianie W 1 in Printers

I Have to format my computer because of technical reasons. I have a 1.0GB flash Drive, and i was wondering if there was a way to copy them to it, or any other way I could recover them after I format?

2007-01-17 19:55:13 · 7 answers · asked by tystyck82 2 in Add-ons

I have a Seagate 300 Gb drive which I am considering setting up in a mirrored RAID array. Do I need a drive of the same capacity or can I get away with a smaller drive as long as I don't exceed the capacity of the smaller drive?

2007-01-17 19:47:04 · 7 answers · asked by taualphac 2 in Desktops

2007-01-17 19:46:04 · 6 answers · asked by balans_99 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

hi
i like to buy pc from 3d working but i dont know wich once are beter from my work
i can pay 6000$us for this pc
if any body know best detail for hardware that i request plz tell me
thanks

2007-01-17 18:12:07 · 1 answers · asked by xeovoex 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-01-17 17:45:32 · 5 answers · asked by ? 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Want to spend about $1600-1700 NZ . Quite like toshibas. Would like something i can game on, but mainly just email and surfing.

2007-01-17 17:43:28 · 15 answers · asked by mal 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-01-17 17:40:03 · 3 answers · asked by cristopher d 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-01-17 17:37:49 · 2 answers · asked by ashish 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

For a laptop...freeware or shareware

I just need it to keep my computer from going into standby

2007-01-17 17:32:42 · 2 answers · asked by Skull M 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Seem to remember a pie-chart sort of thing showing memory used and memory left. How do I access this please?

Thankyou.

2007-01-17 17:28:14 · 15 answers · asked by Innocuous pen... 4 in Desktops

2007-01-17 17:28:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I have 512Mb and am considering adding another 512Mb, but I was talking to a friend who has 1024Mb on his equipment, and using Task Manager we compared both and found out his machine was not using the extra memory (although we were running MS Messenger, using webcam and he had some other windows opened. Do you have to set XP so that it uses the extra memory?

2007-01-17 17:11:44 · 7 answers · asked by leblongeezer 5 in Desktops

i have the following system configuration:
AGP PCI IMB USB i2c/SMBus model MS6570 AGP
AMD ATHLON XP
NVIDEA 42302e31 bios
NVIDEA NFORCE MCP networking controller
i am trying to find a SMBus controller driver.
anyone know what i am looking for? is it the above mentioned AGP PCI that i'm looking for the driver for?
need to install a driver for the smbus controller.
i have a sound blaster card and just found the drivers for it, but i still need the smbus controller driver.
my c-media ac97 audio device and via ac97 audio controller have drivers installed but cannot start. i only lack the bus controller drivers and i should get full sound working again. anyone know the source for these drivers that will do an auto install as i can't download to a cd and going to the desktop won't work.

2007-01-17 17:10:47 · 1 answers · asked by de bossy one 6 in Desktops

What are the audio and video cables needed to connect my Dell laptop to my dell Flat Screen?

I would like to watch my dvds on the flat screen, playing them through my laptop.

2007-01-17 17:08:09 · 6 answers · asked by Mike_nyc 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have been troubleshooting this for days. I have connected my tape deck directly to my soundcard correctly. I purchased a good audio editing software (roxio). The sound that comes from my computer when playing the tape sounds great, but after recording, the playback quality is poor. Sounds low and more like mono than stereo. I have adjusted everything I can think of on my volume controls. Could it be my soundcard? I have a new HP pavillion a1640n desktop. I would think the soundcard could handle this analog to digital process fine.
I have been doing a lot of research about this. It sems many people are converting their CDs and LPs with no problem as long as you have the software to do it. I don't know why it's not working for me. I have used my DAZZLE device to record audio through my video editing software and it actually sounds great! But I can't convert to MP3 nor seperate the tracks with the video software. Why does my soundcard work fine doing it that way? Please help! thanks!

2007-01-17 17:06:14 · 4 answers · asked by msdawnie320 1 in Desktops

Well....I've had problem with a change of master Drives....

I doubt it(actually I don't remember) but....If a HardDrive that for some reason isn't available and claims it needs to be formatted....Would it matter if the new Master is NTFS when the old one was FAT32?? would it affect the (probably ntfs) slave drive???

It's weird because even if i switch the old Master back in there....the slave drive still isn't available...


any ideas???

2007-01-17 17:04:09 · 4 answers · asked by AA 1 in Other - Hardware

I just bought a viewsonic lcd, which I chose because it is a good brand, and when the screen is supposed to be black it just seems dark grey. I don't notice it unless there is a large black area on screen. Otherwise it has good color and sharpness. turning the brightness and contrast down doesn't create a true black.

I miss the true black of my crt, but the lcd is sexy and it creates a lot of space on my desk.

So is there a way to get true black, or are all LCDs like that?

2007-01-17 17:00:09 · 10 answers · asked by martin h 6 in Monitors

Will Far Cry run on an ATI Radeon x300 graphics card with 128 mb of video ram? My PC meets all of the other "Recomended Requirements" as far as cpu speed, amount of ram, etc. I just hope it plays okay on the graphics card I have....

2007-01-17 16:59:49 · 1 answers · asked by darylshook 2 in Other - Hardware

Ive seen power supplies with only vents in the back by the power switch, and some with fans..Do you need a special case for the fan on top?....lol im confused..

2007-01-17 16:53:10 · 3 answers · asked by Dylan K 1 in Add-ons

do laptops have power supplies? because i have a toshiba laptop..and the battery life is pretty much zero on it. even when its plugged into power...the battery life drops instead of rising. i got a new toshiba battery, but it didnt help. its notthe power cable because ive tried other ones. i was thinking its from the power supply....but do laptops have seperate power supplies or soemthing? or is it integrated with the motherboard? or what?

2007-01-17 16:43:37 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

What is the best 128mb / AGP x8 graphic card? I currently have a radeon 9550, and will like a better card.

2007-01-17 16:40:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I currently have a Pentium III (hey, it came with the house!)Is it better to just buy a brand new computer or just a new motherboard with a more current processor?

2007-01-17 16:36:36 · 4 answers · asked by Porteño76 2 in Other - Hardware

What can I do to increase it so the computer will run better?

2007-01-17 16:34:00 · 7 answers · asked by Porteño76 2 in Other - Hardware

ok, my week old comp is gotten so slow, it using up resources for nothing, i reformated and it was still slow.....i used spybot/ad-aware/windows defender, and they cleaned out what they could like cookies and w.e, its still slow; now i've decided to give it to futureshop to somehow fix it(store i bought it from,in Canada), so taht it'll be as fast when it was on the first day........

you think thats a good idea? will they be able to fix the problem?

2007-01-17 16:25:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-01-17 16:15:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

the mother is SoyoP4VGM
heres the site, but i dont quite get it: http://www.soyo.com/products/proddesc.php?t=d&id=273

2007-01-17 16:13:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons