Hardware - January 2007

Gigabyte 3D Aurora full tower case

Apevia 600W power supply

MSI 975X v2 Platinum motherboard

c2d E6600

Titan Venessa S-type cpu cooler

PNY 8800 GTS

2GB Kingston HyperX ddr2-800

320GB sata2 Western Digital hard drive

Creative SB X-Fi fatal1ty

samsung dvdrw + liteon combo drive

thanks again

2007-01-13 03:40:34 · 5 answers · asked by gr1m 2 in Add-ons

my old computer has only 128megabytes of memory can i add another 128megabytes card to double up my memory or do i have to take out the old one and then install a new one with more memory

2007-01-13 03:40:25 · 7 answers · asked by moses1 1 in Desktops

drive 1 is 180gb sata. drive 2 is 400gb sata. drive 1 had a crash and i recovered. however there is data that i can access from before the crash, but i cannot remove it. i want to reformat the drive to be for just the xp and programs. can i preserve my settings and programs without having to reinstall everything? would it be easier to just transfer important data to drive 2 and keep drive one the way it is?

2007-01-13 03:38:34 · 4 answers · asked by paperart 1 in Add-ons

2007-01-13 03:37:31 · 4 answers · asked by Jess 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

just recieved my XFX Geforce 6800 XT AGP 8X DDR3 Video Card. I tried inserting it into my Pentium Processor 4 Dimension 4500.

What I believe the problem is the IDE Cable where it hooks into the motherboard is right in the way! Apparantly, there are more than one size of AGP video cards.

i was weighing was grinding the corner of the card. I'm sure no circuitry is in the way and i only need about 1/8 inch. It's not much, it's just a little bit i need cut off. Won't this deem the warranty void if I do such a thing though? I just bought it a few days ago so I don't see how the warranty would be void since I bought it from www.newegg.com.
What do you suggest I do?

2007-01-13 03:35:30 · 3 answers · asked by tenacious_d2008 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-01-13 03:31:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I'm building a program, and I need somebody to do the following:
1. Open "Terminal" from Applications/Utilities
2. Type in "sysctl -n hw.machine" into the window that pops up
3. Hit enter
4. Post the results here

Please help contribute to an excellentpeice of Mac freeware, there is absolute ZERO chance that doing this will mess up your computer.

2007-01-13 03:29:02 · 3 answers · asked by igul222 2 in Desktops

I wanted to do this with a real hard drive (external) that I have set up. I have a new computer that says it boots from USB, but when I take an old windows HD (that works if put in the IDE slot) it won't boot via USB. Thanks!

2007-01-13 03:25:47 · 4 answers · asked by Kevin 2 in Desktops

The old Mac games are dual platform and typically say Macintosh/Windows 95 or even Windows 3.1. I can't get a read on what, if any, level of Macintosh these are.

The Mac we have does read the disc, shows the game icon, but with a NO symbol over icon, and clicking on .exe will produce the message 'this application is not supported.' It will then ask me to choose an application, but I can't see any in the list they provide that would work to let the games run.

We're very happy with this gift of a Mac from mom, and we'd like to be able to keep playing some of our old games. Thanks so much for your time and ideas.

Here's the specs for our computer:
Machine Name:iMac
Machine Model:iMac5,1
Processor Name:Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:2 GHz
Number Of Processors:1
Total Number Of Cores:2
L2 Cache (per processor):4 MB
Memory:1 GB
Bus Speed:667 MHz
Boot ROM Version:IM51.0090.B03
SMC Version:1.8f2

2007-01-13 03:25:35 · 5 answers · asked by t jefferson 3 in Desktops

I am going to be designing and maintaining a web page and I am also going to be on the road alot. What is the best laptop for this and why?

2007-01-13 03:14:31 · 3 answers · asked by smbarz80 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

my pc keeps saying that my copy of windows xp isnt genuine and that i have to buy and download it from microsoft...how can i resolve this as i thought i had bought the pc in good faith and cant take it back??

2007-01-13 03:01:34 · 7 answers · asked by babe 1 in Other - Hardware

What's the difference between a Wireless Desktop Card , and a Wireless Notebook Card? What are their functions, and are both needed, or are they one in the same? Thanks

2007-01-13 02:55:48 · 4 answers · asked by Thomas M 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

do i find that?

2007-01-13 02:46:11 · 3 answers · asked by lucky1188 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

can i fix it? its meant to be black!!

2007-01-13 02:44:57 · 6 answers · asked by keeley 4 in Other - Hardware

How can I transfer files from old PC to new PC,old PC has no USB connector or Internet connection

2007-01-13 02:38:08 · 8 answers · asked by bavis 2 in Desktops

My friend has a laptop and i have my desktop how can we use ip addresses to play the game together

2007-01-13 02:33:26 · 1 answers · asked by David R 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

How can i hook my friends laptop up to my computer.

2007-01-13 02:31:51 · 4 answers · asked by David R 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

how to learn redhat linux on online?any sites are there and wantto learn the advanced features of linux also. in company many are using linux. so i want to learn it.

2007-01-13 02:30:31 · 4 answers · asked by karthik r 1 in Desktops

what is better hp or dell. i want to buy a computer so i need to know.

2007-01-13 02:21:38 · 4 answers · asked by michael_khizgilov 2 in Desktops

hi, my friend recently gave me an usb webcam but w/o its driver. i tried looking for the driver on the internet but was fruitless. if anyone knows where to get the driver, please help. thanks. the webcam looks like this: http://www.haimei.com/digital_camera/images/usb-digital-pc-camera-upc310.jpg

2007-01-13 02:20:38 · 3 answers · asked by Lee K 2 in Other - Hardware

what are GB MB and all those things about memory capacity...can someone explain the terms and how many MB are in GB and stuff like that.......

also i want to get a computer thats less than 1000 dollars. I would prefer an HP with microsoft 2007 in it. i would use it for storing a lot of pictures and music. i would be installing a printer, scanner, camera software, ipod software and probably a lot more along the way. how much memory would you reccomend should be in it?

i know these are a lot of question but i really wanna know what the best options are. thank you!

2007-01-13 02:13:20 · 8 answers · asked by cherrysnowcone08 4 in Desktops

Computer shows it has a code 10 problem. Do I need this program or delete it?

2007-01-13 02:12:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

can you help me step by step

2007-01-13 02:04:51 · 3 answers · asked by karthik r 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-01-13 02:02:54 · 4 answers · asked by tloi35 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I just some info, is there a source better then WIkipedia?

2007-01-13 01:37:07 · 1 answers · asked by Beyond_The_LAKE 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-01-13 01:22:53 · 19 answers · asked by william b 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-01-13 01:07:45 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-01-13 00:57:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-01-13 00:39:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Apple/Mac Emac (with 1GB RAM, 1.25 CPU, running Tiger)

Start button not working (pegs are bent). Is there a way to either find a button and corresponding parts online or start the machine without having to press the start button?

2007-01-13 00:37:04 · 1 answers · asked by J C 1 in Laptops & Notebooks