Hardware - January 2007

2007-01-17 11:14:37 · 58 answers · asked by Kenster102.5 6 in Other - Hardware

Sometimes, my computer won't boot up. It ALWAYS turns on but sometimes nothing comes on the screen, its just black, even though its on. I ran full tests of PC Pitstop and it says that both my processor and memory are performing very poorly and indeed my computer does perform slow. Also, there is a message that the timings are too tight when the computer does boot up and gives me the option to enter the bios or continue but if I loosen the timings, the computer never boots. The computer has never been overclocked or anything and does not have any viruses or any malicious programs. The computer is only about 1 years old.The computer used to work fine but I think some hardware might be failing, any ideas?

2007-01-17 11:12:03 · 11 answers · asked by Dre D 2 in Other - Hardware

I have a Toshiba laptop... less than a year old and I recently dropped it by accident. Now it does nothing.... no sounds, no picture... just a blank screen. Is it worth it to try to get it fixed or should I just chalk it up as a loss? Any tips for ways I can at least try to see what's wrong with it?

2007-01-17 11:00:48 · 8 answers · asked by teepee0821 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-01-17 10:56:00 · 5 answers · asked by shaam 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-01-17 10:53:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I have 2 regular computer speakers and a subwoofer -- for some reason the subwoofer has stopped working. It's been not working for about a year but keep forgetting to buy a new one
It's weird because i listen to music on my computer pretty much everyday without the subwoofer working but every now and then it will decide to make noise for about a minute and then, nothing!
Any one who can help me with this problem will be my saviour! lol

2007-01-17 10:51:03 · 8 answers · asked by blondeglamourgirl86 1 in Add-ons

eVGA,XFX or BFG? ( or others if you know ). I am planning to buy a GeForce 7950 GT 512mb graphic card.

2007-01-17 10:50:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

The fans all start to spin but barely complete 2 rotations before they stop. If I hit the start switch repeatedly it does the same thing. I have moved the power on jumpers and the reset jumpers and even tried a different swith all with the same results. I know this is something simple I just don't have any experience with new motherboards.

2007-01-17 10:45:41 · 3 answers · asked by trade00 1 in Desktops

I'm very biased toward PC. For the following reasons:

1. Upgrade Possibilities
2. Gaming
3. Variety of Products
4. Software

Is there any specific reason I should give MAC a second look? I would like to know, by looking at each computers over all capabilities which would you consider "best"? and why?

2007-01-17 10:45:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-01-17 10:41:03 · 3 answers · asked by king_art_thegreat 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

HelP !! my daughter's computer keeps restarting itself. I will stay on for few minutes, and then shuts off, and restarts and shuts off..... what's wrong?

2007-01-17 10:39:41 · 7 answers · asked by Franny G 1 in Desktops

Ok my computer recently crashed and I lost all of my saved settings and files and everything that was on my computer so I am now trying to get everything up and running. Before my computer crashed I had a cable modem (Toshiba RNDIS Adapter PCX2600) I am trying to install it and I need the Found New Hardware wizard to pop up because in the instructions that I downloaded along with the driver for it I need that wizard to pop up in order for me to install it corectly. The instructions say to go to the device manager and uninstall the adapter then to go to "action" at the top of the screen and scan for hardware changes and then the Found New Hardware Wizard is supposed to pop up this way I can manually put in where the driver for this device is located. Please Help- I also can't figure out what is wrong with my sound. I have no sound coming out of my speakers. I tried to download the driver for it but I keep getting some error message that the file is corrupt. Please Help!!!!! Thanks

2007-01-17 10:32:50 · 4 answers · asked by erinfitz831 3 in Other - Hardware

2007-01-17 10:32:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

A place where they fix computers and also built them. Im hoping they might built me one. A computer for gaming. In San Jose, CA.

2007-01-17 10:31:05 · 2 answers · asked by BlazinLatino 2 in Other - Hardware

I need to find the Owner's Manual so I can start my computer over, I think it has several viruses....

2007-01-17 10:26:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-01-17 10:14:03 · 3 answers · asked by JeffAV 6 in Other - Hardware

2007-01-17 10:05:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-01-17 10:04:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Motherboard Gigabyte K8NMF-9,s939,nForce,SATA,LAN,mATX
does it support
CPU INTEL 3,2 MHz/800 FSB, BOX,LGA 775, ,EM64T or core2duo or dualcore
first one
albatros 7600gt or nvidia 8800gtx

2007-01-17 09:30:23 · 3 answers · asked by max_total_t 1 in Desktops

i had put some money on my key.then put it in the meter and it wouldnt except it .it came up error.so i then put more money on key as i thought i might not of put enough on.then i relised i had used my old key from another electricity company.would i get a refund of the £8 that i had put on if i ring them and explain what i have done???i still have the receipts.

2007-01-17 09:14:23 · 2 answers · asked by bigbaps 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I want to build my own computer for the 1st time, Ihave done a lot of changes to my old desktop, I have changed the HDD, cdrom, RAM, everthing but the motherboard and processor.. i feel I dont have enough understanding about the motherboard settings.
If I have to build my computer, is it hard to do the motherboard settings as well as the processor? I know how to attach the bits and pieces of it but I lack understanding on the bios settings and/or any switches on the motherboard itself.... is it hard? can you recommend a website or video explaining this?

2007-01-17 09:12:04 · 9 answers · asked by notorious_xx 1 in Desktops

i bought a new atx case today and tried to transfer my old components to it. i connected everything (it seemed) but after switching it on it gets stuck at the "tab for post bios" motherboard screen. anyone know how to fis this?

2007-01-17 08:53:20 · 6 answers · asked by El Lobo 4 in Desktops

2007-01-17 08:53:16 · 2 answers · asked by RaveN the knife freak 2 in Add-ons

2007-01-17 08:48:57 · 5 answers · asked by paula 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-01-17 08:44:10 · 4 answers · asked by blueridgedr97 1 in Desktops

i use laptop

2007-01-17 08:39:51 · 2 answers · asked by sk001_h8r 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

The letters on a keyboard are soo randomly placed, why???

2007-01-17 08:39:32 · 11 answers · asked by Charles 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have a standard CD Rom Drive on my laptop and instead of buying a new drive, i was wondering if i could format it into a r/rw drive?

2007-01-17 08:37:42 · 5 answers · asked by Chris E 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I stiII have no success burning DVD-Rs, even though I have successfully burned a DVD-RW (a movie). Burning CD-Rs and CD-RWs, along with the DVD-RW mentioned, has been fine. I keep getting a “media write error” when I burn DVD-Rs (early in the process and up to 98%). I have done all the usual troubleshooting (i.e. different media, lower burn speed, diff. software, uninstall/reinstall, etc…). I have tried copying DVD to DVD (uncopyrighted material) and burning from my hard drive – nothing works.


These are my laptop specs:
- AMD Athlon 1600+ (1.4GHz) processor,
- 256 MB RAM,
- 20GB hard drive with 5GB hard drive space (on C drive) to work with (I am able to copy a DVD to my hard drive with no problems).

Are these specs just not enough to work with to burn a DVD? (these are the minimum requirements listed for my external DVD burner). Does anyone know what the error message means? Is there anything left to try before I give up? Thanks :)

2007-01-17 08:34:49 · 5 answers · asked by TechNewbie 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-01-17 08:27:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks