Hardware - January 2007

My PC is a few years old. just one processor, two fans, and an old but awesome graphics card. I just put a new power supply in. a 400W one, but i highly doubt I'm using that much. I have 3 hard drives and a dvdr

2007-01-27 14:33:19 · 2 answers · asked by JizZ E. Jizzy 2 in Other - Hardware

Should I buy a cheaper motherboard and get another graphics card or get a more expensive motherboards with its integrated graphics?

2007-01-27 14:28:17 · 5 answers · asked by bluevoltagex@sbcglobal.net 1 in Add-ons

what can i do?

2007-01-27 14:22:29 · 8 answers · asked by bigturkeyme 6 in Add-ons

I am trying to put my computer back together after having some work done on it. When I hook it all up and try to start it the monitor display light comes on in green but switches to orange while the screen stays black.
What is the problem? Any suggestions? I tried another monitor .. the same problem ...

2007-01-27 14:22:09 · 9 answers · asked by karin w 1 in Monitors

just wondering

2007-01-27 14:20:38 · 3 answers · asked by YOYO 2 in Add-ons

I am buying a laptop from Hp for myself and the operating system available is Windows Vista...my mom bought a laptop from Hp just a few weeks ago and she got Windows XP on hers which is what I was wanting. I've never heard of Windows Vista before and that's making me leary of getting an HP laptop now because I have no clue what it is...is it just an improvement on XP or what?

2007-01-27 14:09:32 · 6 answers · asked by Nicky 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

200mhz to 233mhz

2007-01-27 13:54:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-01-27 13:53:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

2007-01-27 13:50:18 · 4 answers · asked by louay5nl 1 in Printers

I am using Win 98SEe.

2007-01-27 13:42:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Scanners

of course memory would increase speed, but it was running okay until I downloaded this virus scan. It was still fine for a few days but then just bottomed out. I don't have a lot of music of images, and I tried deleting out like a kids program that downloaded from D drive, but it says there's not enough room to delete it from 'add/delete' programs, which doesn't have many things. I just wondered what suddenly hogged all my disk space and drug my computer down-any ideas? thanks for your time and answers

2007-01-27 13:42:31 · 3 answers · asked by amanda c 1 in Desktops

2007-01-27 13:39:35 · 6 answers · asked by Mag1527 3 in Desktops

computer goes into hibernation and then will restart itself after 3 minutes

2007-01-27 13:29:16 · 5 answers · asked by hp desktop 1 in Desktops

Dell laptops have a new operating system, right?.. but the thing is, i ordered the latest which says Centrino Core 2 Duo but the sticker on the laptop says Centrino Duo.. so did they install the wrong system for me, or is it supposed to be that way.
Also, my hard drive which was upgraded to 80GB, when i checked, is actually only 67GB or lower.. so should i launch a complaint, or just let it be??

2007-01-27 13:27:11 · 2 answers · asked by funky.friday 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Motherboard - P5GD1-VM
HD - Western Digital WD800 - SATA

When I try to install Windows XP Home Edition on the drive it gets to a point and gives me an error that says I need to run a AV check or CHKDSK/F. It is a new drive nothing on it. Any help would be appreciated

2007-01-27 13:21:26 · 7 answers · asked by Dark Knight 3 in Add-ons

2007-01-27 13:17:31 · 9 answers · asked by miizzcrazziiee! 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have to open windows task manger

2007-01-27 13:15:51 · 1 answers · asked by zhala 2 in Monitors

2007-01-27 12:53:39 · 6 answers · asked by maged a 1 in Other - Hardware

I was just sitting here on my computer and a blue screen popped up. I couldn't read what it said and then it rebooted. I typed in my username/pass and when I got back into windows ALL of my files (pictures, music, school papers, etc.) were gone. All of my programs are still installed but all of the files are gone. This happened maybe 15 minutes ago...

I have a new (less than a year old) Compaq laptop with Windows XP Home Edition...

Can anyone help?

2007-01-27 12:52:29 · 3 answers · asked by southerner4life22 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My Dell computer screen came on and it is sideways??? The icons are on the left side and the task bar is on the right hand side. The wallpaper picture is sideways?? I have NEVER seen this

How can I fix this?? It's laptop with Windows XP.

2007-01-27 12:45:46 · 6 answers · asked by mopargirl 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I need to buy a optical drive and theres so many and I can't get a straight answer from any of the ones that have been reviewed. Its going on a nforce based MB with a Athlon 3000 as a processor it has a dewcent graphics cards.

I don't want nothing too expensive but at the same time nothing too slow with faults/issues/incapabilities left right and centre.

Suppose I'm looking to spend upto £30, whats a good make and model suggestions would be good.

Thanx.

2007-01-27 12:20:34 · 4 answers · asked by vik 4 in Other - Hardware

i have a sony viao notebook (model pcg-sr33) and i was wondering if it is possible to reimage it useing my dell Pc. its a notebook and it doesnt have any cd drives of any kind but it has a usb port, now i cant use my pc rom drive as a slave cause the problem is windows wont load normaly. It will only work in safe mode, but the usd driver doesnt load in safe mode so i wanted to know if theres a way around this that i can do that i havent thought of maybe, thanks

2007-01-27 12:17:44 · 2 answers · asked by rompe 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

ok, i have 2.53gh proc 512mb ram and an onboard VGA card which takes it memory from the ram. My computer runs slow when playing games. Does this mean that i should get a stand alone graphics card or should i just upgrade the ram?

2007-01-27 12:13:23 · 3 answers · asked by simon.leigh 1 in Add-ons

I accidently uninstalled my nvidia adapter driver. How do I get it back? Everything is bigger and all the icons won't fit in my screen anymore. The driver adapter was a Nvidia Geforce4 Mx 440 with AGP8X (Microsoft Corporation).
Help please?

2007-01-27 12:11:37 · 7 answers · asked by droppedby 1 in Monitors

My computer is making these strange static-y noises and I have no idea why. I don't think it's a virus or anything.

2007-01-27 12:11:03 · 3 answers · asked by ♣ 1 in Other - Hardware

When you click your mouse button on your desktop, you can make a blank box but once you let go, it goes away. Whats the purpose of it? You cant really do anything with it. Ive always wondered this.

2007-01-27 12:08:55 · 3 answers · asked by Koozie 5 in Desktops

i'm thinking of getting a mac. but i know that it won't have features such as word, excel or powerpoint. and that's what i usually use for school and stuff. so should i just stick with a windows laptop?

2007-01-27 12:01:50 · 4 answers · asked by chocolateicekim 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-01-27 12:01:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-01-27 12:00:16 · 1 answers · asked by pjw 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-01-27 11:48:18 · 5 answers · asked by Princess Jasmine 2 in Laptops & Notebooks