Hardware - January 2007

2007-01-22 09:19:35 · 12 answers · asked by Sweet like Sees Candy's!!! 2 in Desktops

Ok, i recently did like 2 system restores, thinking that they meant no harm. A few days later, i noticed a small increase of used GB in my hard drive. So i tested it out, thinking it was the System restore. And it was, so every time i did a system restore, more data was added to my computer. I tried undoing my restores but that didn't work either. Im not sure what to do now, my laptop has more than 3/4 of its GB taken u =( i dont kno how to delete the files i dont want or nething because the files i dont want, i cant find since i undid my system restore. What should i do??? I was thinking of formatting....

2007-01-22 09:15:24 · 5 answers · asked by Zeke 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

How do I reinstall it?

2007-01-22 09:14:17 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

After I installed the USB modem, the pics are downloaded in such low resolution. I need to press ctrl+f% for every page to restore the original picture clarity..what should i do?!

2007-01-22 09:12:35 · 5 answers · asked by Mimi 3 in Monitors

I have a radeon 9800 pro 128 and an Athlon64 3200 and 1gb of pc3200 ram but I still can't run even empire earth 2 at the lowest settings. I get these triangular opaque artifacts mucking up the screen and after a while they take over the whole screen. I am not sure if this is a configuration problem or if my hardware is obsolete. If it is obsolete, what upgrade would make this go away aside from the 400 dollar video card upgrade route? Processor upgrade? Memory?
Note: I did try updating the video card drivers to the latest set but still have the graphics problem.
Any help is appreciated, thanks.

2007-01-22 08:49:21 · 2 answers · asked by Brandon H 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-01-22 08:49:13 · 9 answers · asked by emal 1 in Add-ons

I have a Sony Viao Laptop with dvd/cd write combo

2007-01-22 08:44:45 · 5 answers · asked by Asif S 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

If you do is it a good notebook? how long have you had it? pro and cons please

2007-01-22 08:43:59 · 1 answers · asked by superstes88 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-01-22 08:29:55 · 7 answers · asked by emal 1 in Add-ons

When i power it up. Sometimes it gets recognized and I can access it in windows, sometimes it does not. Sometimes it gets recognized out of the blue as a removable drive (exp. Memory stick) Then works for a while then just vanishes off windows. I checked the warranty off Western Digital's site and it has no warranty, which is a joke because it is a 160 Gigabyte SATA hard drive that I have not even had for 2 years. I would like to try to get it to work , what are my options ?
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1 hour ago
PS. Im never gonna by a WD product again!

1 hour ago
Yeah, thats what sets apart Hard Drive makers...Their warranty support ( or lack there of) when one of their drives go bad. I usually buy Maxtor Hard Drives , just because their warranty is around 4 years.

1 hour ago
Since its going to go in the trash anyways, is there anyway I can try to do (take it apart ? ) to save it?

1 hour ago
Nope, never dropped it.

I just turned it on its side standing up and it started working.....I have access to it right now.. Its not clicking , running very quiet. Maybe a stablizer inside is not working right.

47 minutes ago
I get some "cycle redundancy errors" on some of the files on the Hard drive when I try to move them off.
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2007-01-22 08:28:42 · 9 answers · asked by Matthew K 2 in Other - Hardware

i was trying to print these facts off the internet and my printer was stupid and printed something old out.than i deleted that file and still prints it out (>.<) and its driving me crazy because i ned these facts printed out for school now!

2007-01-22 08:26:08 · 7 answers · asked by mage_women@verizon.net 1 in Printers

Has anyone ever had a disk brake/explode in their CD/DVD drive? I was in the middle of installing a printer driver, out of nowhere "Boom" (Same sound as when you bend a CD in half) My first thought was that one of my fans broke but they were all fine. Realizing it was my drive, I took it out, opened it up, shook out the peaces and put it all back together. Works fine again. How did it happen? I've had it for about 10 months with no problems, then all of a sudden, POW! The drive is a PLEXTOR 16X DVD±R DVD Burner. I was thinking maybe a bad CD?

2007-01-22 08:20:22 · 7 answers · asked by reedysm 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-01-22 08:19:25 · 11 answers · asked by Sara M 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-01-22 08:18:44 · 5 answers · asked by mkanza 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

The PSU fan on my computer has packed in and I have to thump it every so often to make it work, how easy is it to replace ? I have a gigabyte motherboard with athlon 1800

2007-01-22 08:09:39 · 12 answers · asked by Chris 2 in Desktops

The right mouse button on my laptop seems to be sticking, what can i do to fix it besides compressed air?

2007-01-22 07:54:54 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

screen size is 30x35cm,.
three koss small single speakers

2007-01-22 07:54:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Please I want to get the Dance Ejay 6 but I have Only 224mb RAM And it says 256mb RAM!!!

Will this matter if I get it and also please help me by telling me what RAM is thanks turnre04!!

P.S. I am very thank full 2 any answers!

2007-01-22 07:46:50 · 8 answers · asked by turnre04 2 in Other - Hardware

new 2 this just recently got a cam

2007-01-22 07:42:48 · 2 answers · asked by country boy 1 in Add-ons

I need an XP genius...
Suddenly my laptop crashed and will not boot up, it keeps resetting to protect it's self...

I know a bit about computers so I ran in safe mode, no change
I pressed F8 and ran Debug Mode - failed
I pressed F8 and did System Windows Restore and I acctually got it on to the log in pge before it crashed again.
I did system configuration adn it crashed.

The error is:

File: Ntfs.sys
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

I need to disable the BIOS memory Chaching and Shadowing but how do I do this?

2007-01-22 07:41:23 · 3 answers · asked by Chεεrs [uk] 7 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a 60GB macbook, it has a SATA hard drive

I Recently bought a brand new 160GB SATA HARD DRIVE

when i put it in my machine to install it - my macbook didnt reconize it.

could this be because it hasnt been formatted for mac use?

if so my next question would be how do i format it??? it doesnt give me the option to.

i thought if i had a external USB enclosure for it, i could format it using disk utility. but i do not have a usb enclosure

is there any other way to format? can i burn a program to a bootable cd to format it? if so, what program?

kind regards.

mark

2007-01-22 07:39:52 · 3 answers · asked by mama 2 in Add-ons

Okay now after I add the memory is there anything special I need to do?

2007-01-22 07:34:10 · 6 answers · asked by mjhjzepp 1 in Other - Hardware

which card, 7900GTO or X1950 Pro 512mb?

2007-01-22 07:28:44 · 5 answers · asked by gr1m 2 in Desktops

I know that by installing a graphics card it relieves all the video onto the card which improves performance of gameplay, but does installing a sound card do the same(relieve stress off of the computer for faster performance?)/

2007-01-22 07:21:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Whenever I play a game it runs just fine for a while, but then the sound just stops. I have a Phillips sound card that I used. After I disabled it and went back to the factory sound it seemed to work ok for a while, but then it did it again. Is there a way to fix it so that the sound doesn't 'drop' out?

2007-01-22 07:19:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

hibernation , it then shut down and will not even turn on or show a charging light when plugged in anyone know why

2007-01-22 07:18:45 · 5 answers · asked by nessieneedsfinding 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-01-22 07:15:41 · 9 answers · asked by bishopk1982 1 in Desktops

i have a hp nx6320 laptop. i need to know about it.

2007-01-22 07:07:31 · 3 answers · asked by chathura_c2 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am looking for an "All-In-One" printer.It can be any brand at any price. Although, it needs to have these specifications:

1. Inkjet
2. Color Printer
3. Color Copier
4. Color Scanner
5. Fax (Color and/or black & white)
6. Networking Capabilities (Wired and/or wireless)

Any suggestions?

2007-01-22 07:03:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

2007-01-22 06:47:53 · 4 answers · asked by Barbara P 1 in Scanners