Hardware - January 2007

i want to know if a dell laptop for $449.95 is it worth it or is too much. the laptop processor is intel pentium 4 1.6 ghz windows xp, hard drive 20.0gb, system memory 128 mb, graphics 14.1 tft color screen, cd rom included, communications 56 fax/ data/modem, slots i,ii,iii, battery rechargeable li-ion battery, dimensions 1.5''h*12.5''w*10d power ac adapter included.

2007-01-25 08:52:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-01-25 08:50:08 · 4 answers · asked by at_the_beach33 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Because i have an Gx 270 dell desktop computer..This is what my computer has just to give you an idea..when i go to view system information on my computer its say it has Intel R Pentium 4 2.80 ghz and 512 mb ram.. I was thinking of upgrading my computer... specially harddrive... because i ranout of the hardrive in my other comp.. I see the price differnce with the SATA AND ATA hardrives..because i know all the new computer come with SATA hard drive.. can somone explain to me the differnce between them besides the speed and also do you need to have sata plugin your motherboard to install the SATA harddrive if not should i be better off with ata?

2007-01-25 08:46:36 · 6 answers · asked by Baller S 1 in Desktops

what would make a sony vaios fn comands stop working?

it is as if the whole keyboard has been mixed up.

2007-01-25 08:46:00 · 7 answers · asked by AARON D 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

The song is either 'I do believe' or 'Believe' sung by Yolanda Adams and featured on the movie 'Honey'.

But im looking for the techno/Club version! Anyone know it or know where i can track it down.

Thank you!!! ; )

2007-01-25 08:45:32 · 1 answers · asked by charylie1981 1 in Monitors

Where can I download one?
Windows XP Home Edition SP2

2007-01-25 08:44:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-01-25 08:41:03 · 4 answers · asked by Sidhartha 2 in Other - Hardware

I've partitioned my hard drive and the letters F and G have been assigned by default as D and E are used for my DVD/RW and CD-ROM respectively.
I'd prefer to have D and E for my new partitions, how do I change the letters assigned to the optical drives so that they become available to assign to the partitions?

2007-01-25 08:39:08 · 5 answers · asked by MPatrinos 3 in Desktops

2007-01-25 08:37:44 · 5 answers · asked by wasimgasim 2 in Add-ons

2007-01-25 08:34:26 · 5 answers · asked by Plotey 1 in Other - Hardware

i need to know what kind of cable i need to supply power to my internal dvd player. I ALREADY HAVE AN IDE CABLE

2007-01-25 08:33:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

i did virus checks with zone alarm and it said it found the viruses and worms and deleted the files. but i am still having a problem. when i went to play bonnie"s bookstore game. it said note; i needed windows and internet to use it. i thought i had both. can someone please explain to me what is going on.

2007-01-25 08:31:01 · 3 answers · asked by foxy_lady695 1 in Other - Hardware

how do i do a full system restore

2007-01-25 08:18:53 · 7 answers · asked by foxy_lady695 1 in Other - Hardware

it fell off and i dont know how to put it back on. I have a laptop. i dont know if that makes any difference

2007-01-25 08:17:21 · 10 answers · asked by jp 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-01-25 08:16:02 · 7 answers · asked by donna_cicero@sbcglobal.net 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

In the market for an LCD monitor. I like my desktop to be at 1280x1024 but I like to play games at 1600x1200. I know that it is bad to get a native res LCD monitor that is 1600x1200 and play a lower res but does that pixelation happen if you get a 1280x1024 and play on 1600x1200? Are you just stuck with the native resolution for best picture?

2007-01-25 08:11:42 · 3 answers · asked by Little anionyx 3 in Monitors

hi, i have a ps2 and i want to know what types of cds will it play if i burn them, i want to buy dvd disks. so if i burn a movie and then play them onto the ps2, which one should i buy? dvd+r or dvd-r? which programm should i use? NERO? thanks in advance, bye

2007-01-25 08:07:38 · 2 answers · asked by Sohaib ahmad 1 in Other - Hardware

I have a notebook computer with an "S" video jack. I have a few movies downloaded and need to know if I can plug the pc into my TV set and watch the video on the TV screen directly off the hard drive. I've fiddled around a bit with no luck. Any suggestions?

2007-01-25 08:07:15 · 8 answers · asked by Mid-Island- Marc 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

My lexmark X-75 printer dos not connect

2007-01-25 08:03:39 · 3 answers · asked by ehemmer@rogers.com 1 in Printers

I have a Quasar(m56786)km400a ver 2.0 mother board with an amd 3000+ processor.On a Packard Bell i media 1504.A while a go my pc started blepping then freezing and/or shutting down.I eventually worked it out to be overheating.(I had a house fan blowing in the open side).
I have just carefully put some thermal paste on the processor and this did the trick .however,I am running speed fan and it says temp 1 - cpu o.k. temp 2 - (unknown) 50c. temp 3 hard drive o.k. temp 4(unknown) 50c.I would like to know what temp 2 and 4 are, I think one is outside case,I would also like to get these temps down.i would also like to know of any good motherboard temp monitor programs. Also, What is that square heatsink (3cm x 3cm) with two pegs on it just underneath the main processor? (how do you remove the heatsink? does it require thermal paste) I think it is one of the high temp readings (temp 2 maybe)
Many Thanks

2007-01-25 07:55:37 · 4 answers · asked by NICK J 2 in Desktops

I have a dell xps 400 and only have 512mb memory, i am looking to upgrade to 1 maybe 2 gb and was wondering if anyone knew what kind of memory stick i should get like sddr or what??? Thanks a lot - Mitch.

2007-01-25 07:51:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

My computer used to burn/copy items on CDs and read photos from CDs but now it will not open my photos CDs anymore. What's wrong? Please, help! What should I do about this issues?!

2007-01-25 07:45:46 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I went to turn on my Mac G4 and instead of the operating system loading normally, a small flashing symbol appreared in the middle of the screen. It did nothing more...just kept flashing. The symbol was a folder icon with a question mark in the middle. It would flash to the same folder icon with a face in the middle. If an illustration helps copy & paste the link below:

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/gingerbear2731/?change_count=0

Nothing I tried made any difference. What do you think this means? Is my computer dead or having serious problems? Before this problem occurred, the computer would freeze alot and I'd have to restart it to continue. But Í've never seen this before. Any help is appreciated.

2007-01-25 07:40:20 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I dont have alot of money im hoping i can get a new one less then $500 but i dont want to use ebay or any other online store but i would like infomation that tells about it. i would like it to b small and thin so i can carry it like a notebook under my arm but have all the best thing like burners and xp i know if i wait till feb i prolly will get window vista which is the newest please help

2007-01-25 07:38:56 · 19 answers · asked by superstar112087 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

The laptop does not work anymore and I would like to transfer the files to a different computter

2007-01-25 07:36:55 · 1 answers · asked by naru_09881 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-01-25 07:36:45 · 4 answers · asked by Jim R 1 in Scanners

I just got this laptop and I am looking for easy way to put the internet on it. But I want a good internet company. Any ideas?

2007-01-25 07:36:26 · 4 answers · asked by Bina 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have Dell Dimension 4100 :
Memory : 386 MB SD
CPU : Intel Pentium III 933MHz

I want install XP SP2 on it ..
is it ok ?

2007-01-25 07:31:41 · 8 answers · asked by Simon 1 in Add-ons

How can i get a driver for my sound card on a Dell Inspiron 700m with Windows XP? What is the sound card and the driver fr it called?

2007-01-25 07:29:20 · 5 answers · asked by Holli 1 in Other - Hardware

It still reads DVDs, and it reads chosen CDroms, although not always. When it doesn't work, it simply doesn't acknowledge that there is a CDrom in the drive. Any clues as to what I should do?

2007-01-25 07:28:12 · 3 answers · asked by Gertrude G. 2 in Other - Hardware