Hardware - January 2007

My mother board is Asrock 775i945GZ. I know it supports Vista Premium. Kindly let me know is it also supports Vista Ultimate?

2007-01-25 14:55:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i just got the logitech cordless desktop ex 110 keyboard and mouse. i am trying to set up the email key to open up yahoo mail, and the home key to open up a different page. i put the websites in correctly, but when i press the key it wont work. it does say the title i gave it on the bottom of the screen, but it wont open up the page...help?!?!?

2007-01-25 14:52:33 · 2 answers · asked by um yea hi 4 in Add-ons

My mom lost her books/documentation for her laptop, in her move to AZ, and now it is up to me to help her find info on it so I can fix it? When I turn on the laptop, I can faintly see the desktop, but not good enough to do anything about it? How do you turn up the brightness or why is the screen so dim? She took it into a tech place in Mesa, AZ and asked them the question and they in turn added a bigger stick of RAM and a BIGGER Hard drive. But did nothing to fix the dim screen. RAM and a new HD were NOT needed. But my Mom is 72 and knows nothing about a PC except to chat on line and do email. So she paid the man $300 and took her machine home. Later she finds out that he did nothing to fix the screen. So since I was 1600 miles from her, she boxed it up and put it in the closet. She was majorly scammed. :-( Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Note: Why would she need a 30 GIG HD to chat online and do email ?

2007-01-25 14:46:28 · 8 answers · asked by rinda_and_henry 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Walt Mossberg of the WSJ is a great high-tech reviewer, and recognizes quality when he sees it. He's recommended Apple computers a lot, but I'm curious if an Apple is actually his primary work computer. Does anyone know? (Mr. Mossberg, are you here?)

2007-01-25 14:45:48 · 3 answers · asked by ssuchter 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have a great idea, and i whant to tell it to apple, but mac.com has no way to e-mail them.

2007-01-25 14:45:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i have the required coponents to run battlefield, but every game i load i am punkbustered. i am led to believe that punkbuster was only to prevent hackers, well i don't hack yet i can't pick a spawn point before i am punk bustered out. i have a compaq presario with a 335 celeron d processor, its s 2.8 ghz with cache resevred in memory, i have 512 ram, wireless keyboard and mouse, "using memory" and minimal functions running in the background. a decent sound blaster card, and an ati x1300 with 256 mb ram on board. i have dumped 300 to run this game and can't play it, help would be useful, i can buy 300 more in memory but will that make the difference, i don't know please inform me thank you. phil

2007-01-25 14:42:38 · 1 answers · asked by phildopharcyde 2 in Desktops

2007-01-25 14:38:26 · 4 answers · asked by themostwantedprince 2 in Desktops

I`ve always used a pc but I`ve recentely started to do movies and my friends have been telling me to use a mac.Are the mac computers that much better?

2007-01-25 14:37:02 · 9 answers · asked by matorkbi 1 in Desktops

This item is up for bid for $100, barely used in like new condition. I want to use it to install Microsoft word, write, save to disk or hard drive. I dont' need anything fancy. Does anyone know anything about these? I'm a little scared cause it has no bids and I'm wondering why it's being avoided.

2007-01-25 14:33:27 · 8 answers · asked by paintgirl 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-01-25 14:05:54 · 4 answers · asked by George A 1 in Add-ons

I've done the usual suspects, emptied recycling, deleted temp and internet files. I'm aggravated I can't see which directories are hogging up space on my 30g HD.

2007-01-25 14:02:56 · 33 answers · asked by bobulator 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-01-25 13:59:49 · 2 answers · asked by shellshenec 1 in Desktops

i want to play the play station games in my pc . Which software is to be installed in pc to play playstation games . i am using pentium 4 , 512 ram , intel processor 2.8 , asus motherboard .

2007-01-25 13:57:30 · 10 answers · asked by mann 1 in Other - Hardware

I need to install a new motherboard on my PC, my current one is dead.

1) How do I know which MoBo is compatible with my computer? Am I able to only buy certain kinds? What specs should I be looking for? I'm not looking for an upgrade, just something that works. And is the general price range for that? I have an emachines that's 2.5 years old.

2) Are they hard to install? I'm pretty good at figuring things out, and I know how to install everything else, like a PSU, RAM, video cards, drives, etc, but I've never tried a motherboard. Is that simple to do or is it best done by a repair shop?

3) At one place I went to the guy said that after the motherboard is installed, the computer won't just start up, he needs to fix the software too and that would be around $60. He said you either have to fix the software or install the OS (XP home edition) all over again. Is this true? I've never heard of that. The only thing wrong with the PC is that it needs a new MoBo. Has anyone heard that?

2007-01-25 13:55:43 · 10 answers · asked by Cody 3 in Desktops

I will be getting a free upgrade disc of Windows Vista Home premium in the mail soon. My computer is an eMachines T5212 running Windows XP MCE 2005, 1 GB RAM (128 MB is shared with onboard video) and a Pentium D 805 dual core processor at 2.6 GHz. I plan to get a dedicated video card and upgrade to 2 Gigs of RAM in the future but I would like to run it now.

2007-01-25 13:52:09 · 12 answers · asked by beebaugh24 2 in Desktops

My mac just worked fine yesterday. Today it is not switching on and the fan is working even without the mac been switched on. Each time i try to turn it on, the sound of the fan increases but the mac still dont come on. Can anyone tell me what to do pls

2007-01-25 13:46:27 · 11 answers · asked by Gee 1 in Desktops

My graphics card was so hot that I couldn't keep my finger on it. Right now I'm using a different card but the other one is a lot better and I want to be able to use it again. Does anyone know why it would get so hot so fast?

2007-01-25 13:43:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-01-25 13:34:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

is it a good choice? for homework and spreadsheets and web browsing. i dont want a pc because i already have one and i dont want windows anymore

2007-01-25 13:33:43 · 8 answers · asked by me 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-01-25 13:29:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I currently have a Hard drive with 5 partitions (logical drives) C through to H. My C drive is now low on memory and i want to put one of the logical drives partitioned off back onto the main C drive to create more space, preferrably my H drive. I have wiped the partitioned drive but not reformatted it.

I currently run xp pro and have partitioned the drives using the computer management facility (run/cmd/compmgmt.msc).

I have managed to delete the H drive and create free space (4.99MB) but cannot get this memory back to the C drive.

Can it be done? and if so how ...

2007-01-25 13:25:28 · 2 answers · asked by thesaxman50 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-01-25 13:22:59 · 1 answers · asked by bitzmonkey 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I currently have a 17'' (not wide) LCD monitor and I want to upgrade to a 19'' widescreen monitor without hurting my wallet too much (<$200 ish).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductCompare.asp?SrchInDesc=1916wab%20acer&Category=19&N=2010190020+1309821317+1301919996&Submit=ENE&Nty=1&SubCategory=20&CompareItemList=N82E16824001088%2CN82E16824009092
That is the website that compares the two monitors. The Samsung one is only 500:1 contrast ratio while Acer has 700:1, but more people have bought the Samsung one and it's retail price is more expensive. Samsung has a DVI input which may affect me in the future (?). Is a DVI input really important? Is the contrast ratio really important? What is the deal with the refresh rates? Which company is a better choice and which monitor would be best for gaming, watching movies, etc. I want the best bang for my buck, and I want to be extremely satisfied with my choice!! Please help me choose! Thank you.

2007-01-25 13:21:38 · 7 answers · asked by feelthebass10 1 in Monitors

My current processor is this one:

Intel Pentium 4 640 Prescott 3.2GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80547PG3200F

It's reasonably fast but it runs very hot (close to 70 C when I load it with matlab work)

I want to know if a 2.4Ghz dual core will be significantly faster and cooler when two programs are running??
That is, will this processor
(Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600) be much faster??

2007-01-25 13:11:52 · 3 answers · asked by cdmurray80 1 in Other - Hardware

When I take the hard drive and RAM out it stays on. However if either of these two components are plugged it it fails. Someone please give me some helpful ideas.

2007-01-25 13:03:05 · 2 answers · asked by Dude 2 in Desktops

Intel speed?
whats the difference between pentium d, dual core,dual 2 core?
I wan to know how to calculate the GHZ and i know which is the latest and the price.Can give example by showing the speed calculation?And what are the advantages intel has over amd and vice versa. Pls be more specific.

2007-01-25 13:01:07 · 3 answers · asked by Andrew K 1 in Desktops

i recently dropped my external hard drive.. but mind you, it wasnt that far of a drop.. about 1 ft.. but right after that i couldnt access my files anymore.. it still lights up after i plug it in but what used to be a sound that i hear every time i use the drive, seems to have intensified.. is there any way i could have it up and running again?

2007-01-25 12:52:45 · 6 answers · asked by toxic_schizm 2 in Other - Hardware

These 3 processore are 1.8 GHZ...If these 3 processore have the same ghz ,then why is core 2 duo more expensive then core duo and pentium d?Can show me the calculation of ghz for the 3 processor?

2007-01-25 12:50:43 · 2 answers · asked by Andrew K 1 in Desktops

2007-01-25 12:47:48 · 3 answers · asked by LUIS III 1 in Monitors

whats the difference between pentium d, dual core,dual 2 core?
I wan to know how to calculate the GHZ and i know which is the latest and the price.Can give example by showing the speed calculation?And what are the advantages intel has over amd and vice versa.

2007-01-25 12:43:03 · 4 answers · asked by Andrew K 1 in Desktops