Hardware - February 2007

2007-02-27 09:28:54 · 1 answers · asked by Osama E 1 in Desktops

I'm looking for a good laptop at a reasonable price. Preferrably something with a payment plan.

2007-02-27 09:27:04 · 5 answers · asked by Janice P 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi. I bought an EVGA 512-P2-N637-AR GeForce 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP KO Superclocked Video Card. But its not working. My screen just says no video signal. I took out my other video card, and all, but nothing. Is it possible that its not getting enough power. I have ALOT of things plugged into my supply. Please let me know.

2007-02-27 09:10:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

Because I just bought the sims 2 and but the video card i have isnt good enough.

2007-02-27 09:05:23 · 4 answers · asked by Claudia 5 in Add-ons

I have a Sony Vaio PCG-K415B laptop which I've had for 2 years. I have 4GB out of 14Gb free space on my C Drive and 7GB out of 16GB free on my D Drive yet the laptop runs exceptionally slowly. I hardly have any large programmes on it like Photoshop or anything...

Any suggestions as to how I can speed things up? Thank you.

2007-02-27 09:04:35 · 9 answers · asked by Meeyamo 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Can anyone explain the relationship between the FSB speed and the ram speed? I'm getting a motherboard with 1066MHz speed. The board supports 533, 667, 800 speeds of DDR2. I was wondering if the 800MHz ram would have a much better performance than the other two. Someone told me that the processor I'm getting (Core2Duo 1066MHz) runs as 266MHz x4 and the ram runs as 266 x2. He told me I would only need the 533MHz ram. Is this true? Any info on the subject is welcome. Thank you!

2007-02-27 09:04:25 · 2 answers · asked by askewmew 2 in Other - Hardware

HI,
some letters on my notebook's keyboard won't type and I don't know how to fix this problem!

Most keypad will type but some letters just won't typeand this happened recently. I pulled out the faulty keoboard letters and tried to put it back but still won't type!

So if you know how to fix this problem, Pls tell me how to fix this.
Tell me steps by steps in simple and easy words to fix it.
thanks

2007-02-27 09:02:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

So I know am 100% capable of getting Windows Vista free upgrade. So whats the site or phone number I can go to get me free Window Vista upgrade. Which HP promise... I know the deadline is March 31,2007 to get it. PLease help thanks

2007-02-27 08:46:34 · 5 answers · asked by Miami Heat Baby!!! 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

have re booted from a disc but cant get it off safe mode

2007-02-27 08:46:23 · 11 answers · asked by hard to know 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi i've had this happen before, but i've forgotten how to sort it, basically i remember them telling me it was on American style and i need to change it in control panel, any help?

2007-02-27 08:44:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

My price limit is $700 and I will be mainly using it for school...but I also want to know if this HP laptop would be a decent gaming machine. For games like Sims 2 and Elder Scrolls Oblivion (two games I currently cannot play on my old dell). Thanks

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/HP-Pavilion-15-4-Widescreen-Notebook-PC-DV6226US/sem/rpsm/oid/169875/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do#tabs

2007-02-27 08:41:37 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

the "ctrl/alt/delete"prest @ the same time , I can "end" it. But this time I had to unplug it. Why.

2007-02-27 08:39:04 · 11 answers · asked by Am I Lucky 1 in Desktops

2007-02-27 08:37:49 · 2 answers · asked by frankdriven 1 in Other - Hardware

On my computer I can't have all sounds on my headphone! i.e. You Tube,sounds from video clips play on speakers but not on headphone!anybody knows what's wrong?or is it a common problem?

2007-02-27 08:30:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2007-02-27 08:26:52 · 3 answers · asked by kjshas9200 1 in Desktops

Its from a Phillips Freeline LS220, socket 775,

2007-02-27 08:26:19 · 7 answers · asked by quinny5114 1 in Other - Hardware

Can I find in the registry or elsewhere the date of the first use?Can't this date be delited should the drives be formatted?

2007-02-27 08:21:05 · 2 answers · asked by sean z 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My 1 year old daughter stuck a metal nail clipper into the PCMCIA slot on my computer, now it won't turn on...how can I fix it?

2007-02-27 08:19:17 · 7 answers · asked by Foxtrot 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i am trying to get the computer URL/ location of a picture i have so i can load it onto my myspace but i have no proper picture viewer and this is an old model so how can i get the URL?

2007-02-27 08:15:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I have the logitech wireless and the X button is starting to stick.

2007-02-27 08:14:48 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

All of a sudden, my laptop will only run on battery power and stopped taking power from the wall outlet cable. I checked Dell's website and the first thing that came up was a thread from their forum saying that the motherboards needed to be recalled for this same problem and that Dell refused to admit any problem. Does anyone know if such a recall is pending or if there's an existing recall which I could get this fixed under? Or if not, then does anyone know a quick fix for this problem?

2007-02-27 08:12:17 · 5 answers · asked by shadowcaster187 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i clicked a link on yahoo. The link brought w/ it an ad popup, when i clicked the x button to close it, it opened repetively. I tried to keep up with it by closing as many asi could, but it just kept going. finnaly it basically locked up my computer so i turned it off and restarted it to fix it in safe mode.
i brought it to the screen in which i can select which mode i want to start the computer up. the problem was that either mode i selected (safe mode, normal mode, blah blah blah mode) it would hten began to act like it was working, but it would suddenly flash to a blue screen (so quick that u couldnt read it) and then it would start over. My computer was in a startup loop.
therefore, realizing my computer was unaccessible, i decided to hook the hard drive up to another computer and make a slave out of my infected hard drive. When i tried to access it safely through a host computer, it said it was inaccessible and there was an error reading the material or whatever. is it done for?

2007-02-27 08:07:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Ok, so I don't know what happened to it, it just won't turn on?? Its an Advent 3214 and as long as I've had it I could hear the fan, but then recently it sounded different, and now it has just given up

The screen and stuff itself still work but the knowledge that I have of computers only goes as far as a GNVQ in ICT and a soon A Level in Media Studies which doesn't really help

Does anyone know if there's an online manual for this PC that I can download as I have no idea what happened to the orginal, also is there anything that I can do to identify what has happened before phoning a helpline or getting a professional a I have a lot of college work on there, that I'm not so much bothered about, but I fear I have lost all my pictures of holidays, family, friends etc which is what annoys me the most out of the situation

Please when answering be specific, I have already checked all the connections and replaced the fuses of the plugs...

Thanks in advance for all the help guys!!

2007-02-27 08:05:20 · 9 answers · asked by Im_Liverpool_Til_I_Die!! 4 in Desktops

I have a low but decent pwr supply. I have lots of demands on it, I figure that it may cause lag. Kinda like a dimming light blub. I am very computer savvy and am aware of other factors that create lag. I am using a 400wt pwr supply, but I have everything hooked up to it...usb, awsome graphics card, high end digital monitor, loud speakers, etc. I push my computer to do a lot at one time, I want to push it further! I haven't overclocked my system yet nor do I care too. My concern is the computer, not my wall outlet.

2007-02-27 08:02:55 · 3 answers · asked by jrchairez 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-02-27 08:01:45 · 6 answers · asked by Glendon 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i need to find one for my friend, any good website offers? i want to get 2gb

2007-02-27 08:01:30 · 6 answers · asked by Jack H 2 in Add-ons

I have a game on a disc and It won't let me open it because bass.dll was not found.

2007-02-27 07:57:17 · 1 answers · asked by kelleynia 1 in Desktops

The number pad will not work. The NUM lock is not the problem. I moved this keyboard to a different computer and it worked fine. What's a reason why it won't work on this computer?

2007-02-27 07:56:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-02-27 07:51:19 · 5 answers · asked by ? 2 in Desktops

I have a Dell XP laptop with a Intel 945GM 256mb graphics card and till recently all my video games used to work just fine. I used to play Flight Simulator 2004, Age of Empires 3 etc. without any problems. But just last week I upgraded my laptop to Vista and since then my games performance has gone horribly bad. In Flight Simulator for example, I can't get more than 1-2 fps. Age of Empires 3 actually says "You have a 32mb graphics card so game won't work, sorry" or something like that when I'm quite sure I have a 256mb graphics card! Some other game said the same thing. Anyone know why this is happening? Is there some problem in Vista that is causing my games not to "detect" my graphics card or something? Incidentally, the Aero thing on Vista works fine so I'm not sure what exactly is going on

2007-02-27 07:50:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware