Hardware - January 2007

I have a Dell XPS laptop, which has an insanely loud fan, especially if I'm doing anything draining. Can anyone suggest a good liquid coolant system, and at what price range am I looking at? Also, if you know any affordable non-pci video cards, would be appreciated. Thanks...

2007-01-07 07:43:36 · 2 answers · asked by clone630271 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am no wiz so be gentle with me on this.

2007-01-07 07:40:47 · 11 answers · asked by Brainiac 3 in Add-ons

dell sucks. i try to install my dell 720 printer and it says "specified print monitor uknown" what the hell do i do!?!?!?!?!

2007-01-07 07:36:37 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

My hard drive is making unnecessary noises even when I'm not using it?

2007-01-07 07:33:01 · 15 answers · asked by Limeboy 1 in Other - Hardware

I have a Compaq Presario.

2007-01-07 07:32:05 · 13 answers · asked by Curious Mind wants to know 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

My daughter broke the lcd on her laptop and they want $300 to fix it. I can get a new laptop for $500 but I wanted to know if I can swap out the 40gb in the new one for the 80gb in her old one? Thanks alot John

2007-01-07 07:25:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Micro soft logan is lost and I can not e-mail photos

2007-01-07 07:22:16 · 1 answers · asked by denimchin 1 in Printers

vivera hp inks hp deskjet d4160 printer .how do i get it going its pluged in. piease answer asap.

2007-01-07 07:21:56 · 3 answers · asked by grandma sanchez 1 in Printers

my pc is 8months old and the screen saver has stopped working I know how to change it and reset the time delay.

2007-01-07 07:12:51 · 2 answers · asked by noodledooddle 1 in Desktops

i have a 10gig h.d.in my laptop & a 80gig external h.d. i want my laptop to recognize the 80gigger as the systems main unit. i want to have my media files & iTunes installed on the external hard drive so the internal h.d. doesn't overload. as it is now, i am constantly having problems with programs such as i.e. "not responding"

2007-01-07 07:11:09 · 5 answers · asked by sugarkane 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

The system I'm ordering has 2 gigs of RAM. I didn't know if the processor would be much different. Gaming machine.

2007-01-07 07:08:10 · 7 answers · asked by lucasbuckteacher 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Last week I attached an external DVD Re-Writer that wants 9GB free space (to dub DL DVD's I think), but my recently acquired decrepit system from the late 20th Century only has 8GB space maximum and about 3.5GB free.

I can't buy a new system for over a year, but can afford an 80GB external HDD.

I'm thinking that I download directly to the HDD, bypassing my 3.5GB then copy to DVD. Or is that not possible, and I really am as stupid as everyone claims?

I call this 'the learning process', and don't want to pay (my very limited) hard cash for a hard-drive if it wont do what I need it to do.

Please advise in truly idiot-proof terms. And any helpful suggestions (that don't involve buying a new computer) would be MUCH appreciated.

In addition to the installation software CD for the Writer I've downloaded the Nero Suite that also came on CD, but (to save HD space) haven't yet downloaded the "CyberLink PowerDVD 6 2CH" as I'm not sure what that's for.

Please turn my boohoo into woohooooo

2007-01-07 07:06:30 · 9 answers · asked by ♥Robin♥ (Scot,UK) 4 in Add-ons

I HAVE A H P DESK TOP PRINTER. D4160 I CAN;T SEEM TO GET IT GOING. ITS NEW . PLEASE HELP ME TO CONNECT IT. THANK YOU.

2007-01-07 07:04:00 · 3 answers · asked by grandma sanchez 1 in Printers

2007-01-07 07:00:31 · 3 answers · asked by Jared 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have an Apple G5 with dual 2ghz processors. I just upgraded to 2gigs of ram, and I am still using the original ati 9600. I do a lot of video editing, and as of now FCP 5.0 seems to work fine but when I use Motion, it seems very laggy and takes an extensive period of time to do anything, even if it's only a short clip. I have a spare radeon 9800 pro for a PC and was wondering if it would work? is the video card the weakest link here? would upgrading the video card make Motion run smoother? Thanks

2007-01-07 06:52:19 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Where can I go to get it?

2007-01-07 06:52:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

i used to be able click by pressing o the touch pad but his has stoped working can you give me some help please?

2007-01-07 06:51:56 · 8 answers · asked by jdgribbon 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have done a disc clen and defrag and its not making any diff. so i think hard frive must be full thank you .x

2007-01-07 06:49:21 · 11 answers · asked by bartonbabe200 1 in Other - Hardware

Im trying to get Geforce 7600gt.. but would this install on my computer??

Pros
Includes 17" CRT Monitor
Uses Faster PC3200 DDR

Cons
No AGP/PCI-E Expansion Slot <---- :(
Lacks FireWire Ports
CD Burning Software Extra

Description
Intel Celeron D 330 (2.66GHz) Processor
512MB PC3200 DDR Memory
80GB 7,200rpm Hard Drive
48x CD-RW Combo Optical Drive
AC'97 Audio with Dell A215 Stereo Speakers
Intel Extreme 2 Integrated Graphics with 64MB Shared Memory
v.92 56Kbps Modem and 10/100 Ethernet
Six USB 2.0 Ports and Three PCI Slots
Dell E773c 17" CRT Monitor
Windows XP Home, Word Perfect Productivity Pack, MS Money 2004 and McAfee Security Center

what is that mean?? I have no AGP or PCI-E slot... but can I still install Geforce 7600Gt and make WoW run smoother??

2007-01-07 06:46:11 · 4 answers · asked by Koodo B 1 in Add-ons

2007-01-07 06:41:27 · 4 answers · asked by HIGHWAYSTAR 2 in Add-ons

I would like to put an older picture of myself on my buddy list, I have no digetal cam. can I put a pic. of me on mt computer from a printer, scanner If so , how?

2007-01-07 06:38:21 · 5 answers · asked by fergi-vagirl w 1 in Scanners

2007-01-07 06:26:00 · 1 answers · asked by linda m 1 in Printers

tell me how

2007-01-07 06:20:23 · 5 answers · asked by yolandita_diaz 1 in Scanners

2007-01-07 06:17:50 · 5 answers · asked by Everitt T 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My computer only has sound on one application which is some game with a big fish in it. Everything else has no sound. Music cds will not play. How can I fix this.

2007-01-07 06:16:01 · 16 answers · asked by ANGELA D 1 in Other - Hardware

Whenever I right click something in windows explorer, the hourglass pointer comes up for about a minute or more and then goes away, then the right click menu pops up. Why does it take so long? I'm in Win XP SP2, and when I booted in safe mode, everything went fine. But I don't want to run in safe mode! Does anyone know what's wrong with my computer? It just happened all of a sudden. And now it won't work properly

2007-01-07 06:10:53 · 1 answers · asked by MLBfreek35 5 in Other - Hardware

I purchased some software to clean up the computer, called RegCure. It did improve the speed somewhat for the computer, but its still really SLOW in comparison to others that I've used. Unfortunately I dont know the first thing about computers and am trying to figure out what I can do in order to get this thing moving faster for me.
I delete all the cookies and temporary files on a regular basis as well as that Delete History Option. I found out how to check the properties of the computer and was wondering if the following might have anything to do with its slowness:
Intel Pentium III Processor
930 MHZ
128MB of RAM

Says the hard drive has 18.6 GB with 14.5 GB used at this point in time.

I'm not sure what most computers have concerning all that.

If there is a kind, computer educated soul out there that might be able to help me out I would truly appreciate it.

I was thinking I could delete some things off the hard drive, but am not sure what is okay to delete. Thank you

2007-01-07 06:06:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anne E 2 in Desktops

I have threee peices of RAM. One is 128MB of RAM 333Mhz, another 256MB 333Mhz, but then I have 512MB 400Mhz. Could I mix the 256MB with the 512MB?

2007-01-07 06:03:45 · 6 answers · asked by Tom 2 in Other - Hardware

The wizard pops and and ask for software?

2007-01-07 06:02:55 · 3 answers · asked by Lolly 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-01-07 06:01:46 · 3 answers · asked by patrick w 1 in Printers