Hardware - January 2007

I use the side of my CPU to stick some notes in it with button magnets to keep them up there, but some of my officemates mentioned its bad for the computer. is it true?

2007-01-10 21:14:15 · 8 answers · asked by rinkumi 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-01-10 21:00:59 · 12 answers · asked by edward s 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i love graphics, i use photoshop alot but mainly 3d animation maya. so i need something not too pricy but offers fast high power rendering. i recently bought nvidia 7600gs 256mb but i took it back as was faulty, a friend tells me that was probably the best one to go for. but are ati radeons better and anyone know where i can get a decent 512mb either nvidia or radeon for £100 ish???

2007-01-10 20:55:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

one week ago, when i was at the office, i wanted to print an excel document... and it didnt work saying something about printer setup. and it used to work fine one month ago...
but, on the other hand when i wanted to print a word document it worked without any problems
HOW CAN IT BE POSSIBLE, FOR A LAPTOP TO PRINT IN WORD BUT NOT IN EXCEL? it is illogical... pls answer good

2007-01-10 20:37:04 · 3 answers · asked by Toaster o' Death 3 in Printers

2007-01-10 20:33:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2007-01-10 20:18:33 · 1 answers · asked by Bottomup4u 1 in Add-ons

i moved a few months ago and i have a pc with a micorphone. before i moved a friend connected the microphone, speakers,etc. he moved somewhere and didnt teach me how to do it. when i moved my mom connected everything & the microphone stopped working. i was wondering if anyone knows where the cord goes or if i just need a new one? [by the way: it does not record & you cant hear anything from it] hoping for an answer a.s.a.p if possible. thanks!

2007-01-10 20:15:13 · 3 answers · asked by ellieecstasy<3 1 in Other - Hardware

that has P975 chipset?

2007-01-10 20:12:23 · 1 answers · asked by ericapipe 1 in Desktops

i was plugging in my headphones while distracted and accidentally hit the USB port instead... pulled it out straight away, i swear it barely touched it... screen went black... won't turn on... laptop no longer even lights up the "plugged in" symbol... what did i do!? did i somehow short circuit or something?? can this be fixed? or am a totalled screewed, like i think?

2007-01-10 19:58:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I Rebooted My Computer And Now My Speakers Wont Work and i really need them ive had soo much trouble help me please

2007-01-10 19:46:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I HAVE A HDD THAT IS SERIOUSLY CORRUPTED DUE TO BAD SECTORS, CAN ANYBODY HELP ME IN RECOVERING IT'S DATA OR CAN U GIVE ME ANY SOFTWARE TO RECOVER ITS DATA.

2007-01-10 19:38:41 · 2 answers · asked by jameer mulla 1 in Desktops

2007-01-10 19:28:38 · 4 answers · asked by sbmsixtwo 1 in Monitors

Hello.

I'm currently looking for a new AM2 motherboard and I am also looking for DDR2 RAM to go with it. Now, my problem is, is that is the motherboard picky about the voltage of the RAM at all?

2007-01-10 19:21:32 · 4 answers · asked by Will 1 in Desktops

Hello! The sound on my computer has been acting up lately. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, but I have found that if I apply pressure to the area near the headphone jack, the sound comes back. When I use headphones, I have to position the headphones in the jack just the right way for the sound to come out equally from both sides, and usually when I take my fingers away it goes back. I don't know anything about computers, so I am wondering what everything thinks the problem is? Might it be the sound card? If so, how do I repair it? Thank you very very much everybody! My computer is a Gateway laptop and I have had it for a little over a year. ciao -K

2007-01-10 19:19:39 · 3 answers · asked by the_sweet_things 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have a dell computer and i need new ink. can i go and pick up any type of ink or does it have to a dell product

2007-01-10 19:16:24 · 2 answers · asked by orange_crush_05 6 in Printers

I afraid if the new hard disk will encounter some uncompatibility issues with the old version of SD RAM instead of DD RAM. What do you think?

2007-01-10 18:55:38 · 2 answers · asked by saiful a 1 in Other - Hardware

I'm looking for something or some advice because I haven't really been able to find anything around yet.

2007-01-10 18:24:07 · 2 answers · asked by LLaRo 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a old 10Gb PATA harddisk. I wish to assemble a new computer and want to go for SATA harddisk. So can both be installed on the same motherboard without any problems, I mean that do currenr mother boards support both IDE and SATA. Which one will give me faster performance?

2007-01-10 18:16:02 · 3 answers · asked by Sa Kar Car Mar Kar 1 in Desktops

I do not know the make of my sound card. I have a very old PC P3 600 Mhz with intel 810 motherboard. After I reinstalled windows Xp the soundcard is not showing in the device manager and windows media player cannot play anything. I have tried to auto detect the hardware from "Add new hardware" option but it is unable to install the driver automatically. Is there any universal sound card driver available?

2007-01-10 18:10:57 · 4 answers · asked by Sa Kar Car Mar Kar 1 in Other - Hardware

I have a four year old Presario 2100 and replaced the battery 18 months ago. Since then it has hardly been used, the battery is flat and will not charge despite being actually new i.e. unused.

Any ideas if I might get it working? Another battery is almost the value of the computer :-(

2007-01-10 18:10:25 · 3 answers · asked by Redceo 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have it plugged in. I know my power cord works. I plugged it into this computer.(I have 2 laptops) The only way I can get it on is by battery. I ran a health system scan,and all it said was the a/c adapter was unplugged. (not true) Can someone please help me??? Im not sure where to go from here. Also, it did shut down yesterday from the battery dying and it said it was going into hibernation. It has done that several times, and wont turn back on with a new battery.
Thanks!

2007-01-10 17:56:05 · 3 answers · asked by beelah 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

for example
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820211148

2007-01-10 17:42:13 · 1 answers · asked by GonZo 2 in Add-ons

2007-01-10 17:21:06 · 8 answers · asked by bigabadabill 3 in Desktops

do any of u know of any laptop PC (cheaper is better) wich has a screen that faces out so u ca see it when its closed (or of any flat mobile PC) that i can use like a clipboard with the pictures showing ect - what i want is somthing i can hold up that people can see the images or text that is on the screen - i must be able to hold the unit and it must be battery operated

2007-01-10 17:01:34 · 5 answers · asked by EXZODIER 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have windows XP and a CTL flatscreen monitor. I have recently re-installed windows xp due to an unforuntate crash over holiday break. But I noticed there is no sound at all. Whether I play something on windows media or go to youtube...anything that should have a sound DOES NOT. i have gone through ALL the "sound troubleshoot" steps, twice now. I still have NO sound. My dad says I should buy a pair of speakers to see if that works (currently the speakers i DO have are IN my monitor) as an alternate way to hear audio. But would that work? If i dont have any sound NO MATTER what I do, why would a pair of speakers work? Did I plug the monitor into the wrong slot on my motherboard?(it says LCD next to it??) Does anyone have any helpful suggestions? I appreciate any and all help I really do. Thanks for your trouble...I truly hate being computer illiterate. I'm not even illiterate I'm just a plain BLACK HOLE of computer awareness. Alright, big thanks for your time in advanced! ;)

2007-01-10 17:00:21 · 4 answers · asked by atilla the honey 1 in Monitors

By the way, my headset is the A4tech Headset AH510 w/mic

2007-01-10 16:42:11 · 3 answers · asked by cadet soeur 3 in Other - Hardware

2007-01-10 16:26:42 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

what temperature ranges is it safe to run a video card at, i have a Nvidia 7300 w 256mb, heat sink cooling, no fan for it.

2007-01-10 16:11:59 · 12 answers · asked by craer1 1 in Desktops

my san cruzer micro u3 capable 1 gig flash drive won't eject!!!

the littler gray thing with the green arrow won't show up in the bottom left.
when i try to eject it in my computer by right clicking on the drive it says an error occured while trying to unmount removable dish H, and that i should check to see if there are any open files or windows from that volume (so i closed all my windows, and processes besides norton, norton ghost, and necessary ones)
and i can access the drive and remove/store things on it!

so why won't it eject?!?!

2007-01-10 15:57:50 · 5 answers · asked by neojonako 2 in Add-ons

I need to learn MAYA. What I need to know is D102 processor provides any internal graphic support....

2007-01-10 15:41:10 · 2 answers · asked by abhi_vispute 1 in Desktops