Hardware - February 2007

Well I was trying to fix a broken dc jack on my laptop and I broke the touch pad cable clip where it attaches onto the system board. I tried to get it to clip back up and added a drop of super glue to it and the mouse pad doesnt work at all. Did the glue mess up the motherboard connection? Is the cable easily removable from the touch pad ? Any other ideas? Thanks John

2007-02-15 10:40:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Please don't assume anything, like the case has USB Ports in it.

Thanks!

2007-02-15 10:38:51 · 14 answers · asked by ferrariman610 2 in Desktops

2007-02-15 10:37:52 · 4 answers · asked by Lightly_212 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

This isn't an advertisement, this is a survey I'm taking for a project of mine. Please answer the following 3 questions.

1. Do you have more than one sound system used with any computer (i.e. speaker system & headphones, speaker system a & speaker system b, etc)?

2. Would you be interested in being able to toggle between the primary sound system and secondary sound system on your computer at the click of a button or key?

3. Would you be interested in merging two sound systems into one on your computer (i.e. 5.1+5.1 = 10.2) with little effort?

4. Any feedback?

Please list answers as:
1. Yes or No
2. Yes or No
3. Yes or No
4. Comments/questions...

2007-02-15 10:35:24 · 6 answers · asked by Rush_Informer01 2 in Other - Hardware

Well..Looking to sell my pc and get an everyday laptop..My current pc specs are:

-AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Processor
-DFI Infinity Motherboard
-2 GB of Kingston RAM (4 sticks of 512MB)
-Sapphire Radeon 256MB PCI-Express Graphics Card With TV-Out & DVI(x1300)
-120.0GB Western Digital SATA Hard Drive
-LG Super Multi Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer
-SIIG CyberPro PCI-Express Com Card
-470 WATT Silencer Power Supply
-1.44M Floppy
-Windows XP Professional OEM Version Installed
-Apevia X-Cruiser Thermally Advantaged Case - Silver
-On Board AC97 Sound {not including monitor}

Any help would be appreciated!

2007-02-15 10:29:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

my school give each student's a laptop, and some of us use to put game in them trough the usb stick cause the download is slow. so this year they blocked the usb drive when i put the usb stick in the drive it dont work and it dont show in the my computer thing. So i went to device manager and check the usb root, all of them i think (5) has a red mark on it i when in properties to enable them but its enable button is grayed out.


Q. is there any other way i can enable the usb drive whit out using an admin account since am the student at the school we don't get one?

2007-02-15 10:29:07 · 3 answers · asked by Daryl D 1 in Other - Hardware

If so is a microphone or web cam better

2007-02-15 10:28:28 · 8 answers · asked by brian i 1 in Add-ons

2007-02-15 10:19:22 · 10 answers · asked by lily t 1 in Printers

I'm trying to install World Of Warcraft on my computer. All the disks read in the cd rom except disk 3. I bought the game today so there are no scratches on the disks. The computer doesnt read the disk at all.

I'm running on Windows Vista

2007-02-15 10:18:37 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I have a portable USB hard drive which works every where on other computers, but just not on my USB on my computer. It did work before, but just suddenly refused to work properly. It just seems to never stop reading the thing as the red light is on permanently when I plug it onto my computer. Does anyone have any solutions?

Thanks in advance.

2007-02-15 10:16:14 · 9 answers · asked by Barrister Wannabe 2 in Other - Hardware

I have been doing research and I have found lots saying refurbished desktops are good and lots saying no. I have also been looking on sites for Refubished computers. I have found www.refurbdepot.com
And from what little i know the desktops seem ok but Im not a computer expert lol. So i just want to know if buying a computer from this site be worth it or just a waste money?

2007-02-15 10:16:08 · 16 answers · asked by eastcoastgurl87 2 in Desktops

I'm planning on buying a Toshiba Qosmio G15-Av501, and I would like to know if it would be possible to hook it up to a printer?

2007-02-15 10:14:15 · 6 answers · asked by Oppna to tal 3 in Printers

1st the PC would restart on it's own and had alot of error messages. Changed the hard drive, starts to screen where you choose the start up method (safe mode, regular start, ect) then restarts no matter what you choose. Changed the power supply, no change. removed every part and replaced it one by one - no change. Checked the CPU, connected well, no apparent problems. Capacitors are not buldging. Please help

2007-02-15 10:02:28 · 3 answers · asked by TeeCrochet 3 in Other - Hardware

does any one know of any free anti trojan software and scanners. please would be appreciated.....thank you

2007-02-15 09:56:27 · 9 answers · asked by blueboy2blueboy 1 in Scanners

I have heard with Vista's first release it will have a lot of bugs. After the service pack comes out to fix those is the service pack1 free? How much (estimated) will it cost?

2007-02-15 09:54:28 · 5 answers · asked by random girl 1 in Desktops

It completely died. Wouldn't boot up anymore, all I got was a "Load Error - Press any key to restart" message, and even after I ran the restore disk, got the same message when I tried to boot up afterward.

Took it to the repair shop last year when this happened and they had to put in a new hard drive because they said the drive was no longer recognizable. Won't waste money on that again...

Anyways, now I want to sell it on craigslist for parts, but I'm wondering if there was still a way for people to pull up personal information form the hard drive, even though I ran the restore disk (does that wipe out the hard drive?).

And I never stored personal information on it, I just viewed webpages that had personal information, like online banking and e-mail, so I don't know if it was stored in the internet cache or anything.

But would it even be accessible anymore if the hard drive is fugged? Is it safe to sell for parts?

2007-02-15 09:45:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

why does my computer freeze when i,m in the middle of something? i,ve de-fraged it, done a disk clean up, among other things.

2007-02-15 09:44:13 · 6 answers · asked by jo w 4 in Desktops

i recently got a new computer and i like to play games on it like world of warcraft. the specs of my computer are 512mb 3200mhz ram, 80gb drive, sempron procesor 1.8ghz, geforce fx 5200 series 256mb video card. my prosessor is a bit slow and im getting new ram soon so i can play battlefield 2142 but i hear that i need a whole new motherboard for a processor. is there a place i can take my new pentium processor to so they can install it? will it make my computer run faster then just buying another 512mb ram to equal 1gb?

2007-02-15 09:37:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I want to know why there is a internal USB port. I know what the 4 external USB ports are used for.
The PCI card i am talking about is here
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815108001

2007-02-15 09:33:32 · 4 answers · asked by Jeremy 1 in Add-ons

My laptop turned itself off and it wont turn back on, I don't know why it would have crashed because I recently scanned for viruses...It shouldn't be a battery problem because it was plugged into the wall, could the battery still have broken somehow? I can't think of why else it did this.

2007-02-15 09:33:31 · 3 answers · asked by c'est moi 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

By pre-made, I mean a pre-configured one from HP or Dell or a big computer company like them.

By custom, I mean you pick your own case, prossesor, RAM, etc.

2007-02-15 09:32:20 · 5 answers · asked by ferrariman610 2 in Other - Hardware

The space bar on my laptop is very stiff and therefore doesn't work unless I hit it really hard. The control key is the same too although the space bar is more annoying because I can't touch type properly any more. It isn't 'springy' anymore. What can I do?

2007-02-15 09:32:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

how do i formatt my hard drive to the fatory settings

2007-02-15 09:22:27 · 3 answers · asked by aidan.1000 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-02-15 09:21:39 · 1 answers · asked by watermelonwine_2006 2 in Add-ons

I'm buying a new computer today from Dell. It comes with the new Windows Vista. Is there a lot of bugs? Is this a bad time to buy a new computer?

2007-02-15 09:21:13 · 7 answers · asked by random girl 1 in Desktops

I need to print up to 100-200 custom envelopes at a time. I'm using labels, but I think they look a little clunky. I'd love to print directly onto my nice envelopes. I can't find a printer at a reasonable home-pc price which even is a maybe. They all have the instructions in the books, but none of them will actually FEED even a small stack, from what I can read and learn. If anyone can suggest from experience a solution that actually works, I would be deeply in your debt. Thanks

2007-02-15 09:18:35 · 3 answers · asked by bill r 1 in Printers

I know there is one out there, but forget what it is

2007-02-15 09:17:46 · 4 answers · asked by martin_pc_maintenance 3 in Other - Hardware

this is the product i am talking about http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815108001

2007-02-15 09:13:45 · 5 answers · asked by Jeremy 1 in Add-ons

There are times when I want to use the computer that the keyboard and mouse just will not work. I am using the Microsoft Wireless comfort edition keyboard and wireless optical mouse 2.0... help!!!

2007-02-15 09:10:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-02-15 09:09:17 · 2 answers · asked by Freakgirl 7 in Printers