Hardware - February 2007

In my hp total care advisor it tells me my pc health check needs installed,i have broused hp and cannot find any install for hp health check ? "help"

2007-02-09 22:58:44 · 4 answers · asked by krazyjeff46571 1 in Printers

i.e. I am buying a computer and do not know if I should worry about getting a "super" processor or lots of RAM?

2007-02-09 22:48:36 · 7 answers · asked by eltouro 2 in Desktops

I have just bought a creative 5.1 Inspire P580 surround sound system and a Creative Sound Blaster Live Digital 5.1 sound card (SB0100) and, eventually got it to work!!1 But I cannot get the centre speaker to work. I did a test on all the speakers and the centre one was fine. But if i play music it wont work, or play music direct from the internet (youtube) it wont work then either!!

I have been into speaker setting and adjusted it to 5.1 surround sound, but still the centre speaker will not work.

2007-02-09 22:38:10 · 3 answers · asked by Paul C 6 in Add-ons

sometimes the pc restarts by itself and on restart it just HANGS on the intel screen (where the bios settings shortcut is) and i have to reset it to b able to start up again!
and when it DOES start.. it gives me a microsoft error tht windows encountered a problem and such..!
whts up with tht!
is it a software/driver conflict! or a hardware problem!

2007-02-09 22:35:59 · 10 answers · asked by SilentScream 2 in Desktops

I have a DDR RAM PC266 and I want to upgrade into DDR RAM PC532 is it possible to do without changing my motherboard.

2007-02-09 22:35:41 · 2 answers · asked by psych_erotica 1 in Add-ons

2007-02-09 22:35:05 · 4 answers · asked by D_t_M 2 in Other - Hardware

I've canon mp160, recently i refill the color cartidge, but my printer still showing low color?
Thanks in advance :)

2007-02-09 22:17:12 · 1 answers · asked by Tarzan P 2 in Printers

If I purchase a Motherboard with the DDR2 533 Standard, will I be able to Utilize DDR2 677 Ram? Or will I need to purchase the DDR2 533? The processor involved would be a Pentium D 2.8 Presler, and a Biostar Motherboard Socket 775.

2007-02-09 22:14:54 · 2 answers · asked by thepoet01 2 in Desktops

This is also the same for the Windows98 boot disk. I usually have to get my ps/2 keyboard and run around between computers. However the USB keyboard works just fine for getting into BIOS and the WindowsXP boot from CD.

2007-02-09 21:54:52 · 3 answers · asked by iamdaroot 2 in Other - Hardware

I unfortunately need to install windows 98 on a new 80gb sata drive due to outdated (and very expensive) software that won't run on any O/S above win89. I was trying for a dual boot win98/Win XP Pro ... the problem is that windows 98 installs, but when complete it won't boot into normal windows, only safe mode and no CD Rom detected... any ideas? When it does try to lod windows normally, it freezes. The new hard drive is good as it installs and runs win XP just fine.

2007-02-09 21:39:48 · 1 answers · asked by Daz 5 in Other - Hardware

I have a 1GB RAM chip installed. I think its 667MHz. Is there any software that'll verify that for me? I have a Core 2 Duo E6300 processor and an Asus P5B motherboard.

2007-02-09 21:34:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I decided to add some more ram to my dell computer. Its a pentium 4. 2400 series. Found what I thought was appropriate ram card on e-bay, and put in a bid. After I placed bid, seller added more information...saying it was a low density ram. Can you tell me what low density means? ( Yep u r right..I am comp. hardware ignorant!) I really need to know if it will still be compatible.

2007-02-09 21:34:06 · 3 answers · asked by linda501910 2 in Desktops

Please help me to speed up my xp pc using 256 mb memory

2007-02-09 21:25:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

ive got 1GB of ddr ram memory in my pc- what would happen if i put the old 512mb back in the empty slot.? it proberbly would, work but would it be safe? would one out run the other because its dual channel

2007-02-09 21:23:24 · 6 answers · asked by Daedalus 4 in Other - Hardware

or is it slow.

2007-02-09 21:21:42 · 5 answers · asked by jack jack 7 in Laptops & Notebooks

There are two computers I have seen which look good, either:

1. Dell Dimension E520, with AMD Athlon 64 X" Dual-Core Processor 5000+ and 256MB ATI RADEON X1300 Pro Graphics Card for €929

or

2. Dell Dimension E520 with Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6300(1.86GHz, 2mb Cache, 1066 MHz FSB) and 256MB nVidia GeForce 7300LE Turbocache graphics card for €1064

Everything else is exactly the same, so which one is better?

2007-02-09 20:52:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I have 512 MB of memory now on my laptop and I run XP pro just fine. If I upgraded to Vista Home, would my computer run terribly slow? Would applications run like a snail as well? Should I just stay with XP until I get at least 1 Gb of memory installed?

2007-02-09 20:52:06 · 10 answers · asked by Jay S 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-09 20:37:35 · 4 answers · asked by lorie v 7 in Add-ons

how do I know if I need them or not?

2007-02-09 20:04:07 · 11 answers · asked by spencer 2 in Desktops

USB-VideoCard

2007-02-09 19:54:48 · 1 answers · asked by GSXIII 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-09 19:54:11 · 2 answers · asked by tapati g 2 in Printers

I just finished transferring everything inside my old customize pc into a new case, when i turned it on in just 10secs it turns itself off? i perfectly assembled it as it was.. why? anybody?

2007-02-09 19:39:35 · 8 answers · asked by aen 2 in Desktops

Currently, 2 minutes, till windows is loaded and I stop getting the wait cursor.

I want to know what most people say they'd put up with for a boot time on this kind of system?

I've heard some say that 45 sec is too long.

2007-02-09 19:20:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Will letters look bigger on the PS3 when i browse the web on a monitor ?

2007-02-09 19:18:29 · 2 answers · asked by Pedro S 1 in Monitors

I am using Windows Vista. The headphone part of my headset works, but my computer doesnt recognize the mic. Do i need to buy 1 adaptor for both jacks?

2007-02-09 19:13:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I have an HP pavillion laptop, and we're trying to get pictures off of this picture chip from an Oympus camera. We have gotten the chip inside of a drive (It's a "digital media drive"), and it seems like it fits well. However, we cannot get them displayed on the computer. How can I get them to show up? I've checked under my computer, and no extra drives pop up.

2007-02-09 19:08:15 · 1 answers · asked by Usagi-chan! 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have 2 use this lcd for watch tv also .........thanx

2007-02-09 19:06:02 · 6 answers · asked by jbrar007 1 in Monitors

on the front of my computer, i have slots to put in memory cards. the card that i have is the smallest (physical) card available, it's the micro sd transflash 2gb. it came with an adapter, the adapter fits into the mmc/sd slot on my computer. it's not recognizing it though (when i look in "my computer", it doesn't show up) the small card works in my tmobile dash but i've decided that for editing purposes, it would be easier for me to just put the card directly into the computer (i'm being very picky about how my music is displayed and i'm sure i want to do it this way...let's leave it at that)...so it's not working. i think the problem is that the driver associated with that slot is for the mmc card. i'm just wanting to know who agrees with me so i can finally give up until i get the driver. and if you do agree, where could i get that driver? please don't just guess, i know a lot about this stuff but i haven't been in a situation where i needed an adapter like that before. thank you.

2007-02-09 19:04:44 · 6 answers · asked by ? 2 in Add-ons

how long can i leave my laptop on?

2007-02-09 19:02:19 · 4 answers · asked by Aziz @ 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I'm looking into possibly getting a new laptop and Dell offers comparable systems configured with the following CPU options:

Intel® Core™ Duo T2250
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5200
AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-50
AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile Technology MK-36
Mobile AMD Sempron™ 3500+

I've read plenty of stuff on why the Core 2 Duo blows everything else out of the water in terms of performance and I'm not interested in reading biased opinions from Intel/AMD fanboys. All I'm concerned about is power consumption. Which of those choices will allow for the longest battery life in a notebook computer?

2007-02-09 19:01:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks