Hardware - February 2007

i am planing to buy this motherbrother tomorrow just want know is this good just for gaming....

2007-02-07 08:52:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-02-07 08:52:16 · 3 answers · asked by tim c 1 in Desktops

It beeps even when the sound is muted and headphones are plugged in. The charger is plugged in so it should not be beeping because it is running out of battery. This has become quite distracting especially when studying in a quiet library. How do I stop it from beeping?

2007-02-07 08:51:30 · 3 answers · asked by bokimble 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-07 08:50:43 · 2 answers · asked by Mansur 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

What dos it mean? What purpose does it serve? When I click or double-click on it nothing happens. Nothing. Should I just delete it or what?

2007-02-07 08:50:19 · 3 answers · asked by syrious 5 in Desktops

when ever i try to play a song on windows media player is says "it might be used by another program" i looked at my taskbar and it shows nothin that might use the sound...

also when I games i cant hear the sound either....


i know it isnt my speakers because i already checked it about a zillion times...

i can hear the system sounds like "beep" and stuff but thats pretty much all...

all help apreciated...

2007-02-07 08:47:13 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Some of the icons of my desktop won't do anything when I click it. When I download a file, if I click on it, nothing happens. Should I reboot my computer? How do I Reboot my computer? Is there anyway to check what viruses I have? If anyone has the time, what happens when you reboot your computer? Thanks.

2007-02-07 08:44:14 · 2 answers · asked by Lying from you 4 in Desktops

The drive is not making any strange sounds and when it is connected to pc disk management is not recognizing the drive.

2007-02-07 08:39:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

Will and American HDTV Ready monitor without a tuner work in the UK if connected to an HD source.

I know someone will hove tons to say about PAL and NTSC and maybe even voltage being 220-240 in UK, but HD has nothing to do with PAL or NTSC and most monitors (computer) are dual voltage. It is a digital source and not analog like PAL and NTSC.

Someone suggested that HDTV source in Europe operate at 25 fps and in the USA it is 30 fps.

Anyway will and HDTV ready monitor (eg. a 40" computer monitor) work in the UK.

Do you have any links with this information?

2007-02-07 08:39:00 · 1 answers · asked by sedaine 2 in Monitors

My friend got this computer for free. When he went to play and burn CD's on his CD writer, it opened it, but it came up with a blank screen, like there is nothing in there. He can eject the drive from the desktop. He has another CD drive that works perfectly fine. What is the problem? It says that the device is working properly. Could it be the driver?

2007-02-07 08:28:14 · 3 answers · asked by Slider 3 in Desktops

My macbook has an underlying disk problem I can't fix using the disk utility or Norton. Any suggestions?

2007-02-07 08:19:14 · 1 answers · asked by webbrew 4 in Other - Hardware

2007-02-07 08:19:01 · 4 answers · asked by Frank 1 in Desktops

Some times it works, some times it doesn't. If I restart it, it usually works again.

2007-02-07 08:16:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I'd like to use my tv as a computer monitor. My Gateway media center desktop has an S-Video out jack, but TV is only coax in. Is a plug made for this conversion?

2007-02-07 08:11:41 · 4 answers · asked by wallaroo w 2 in Other - Hardware

I know that last year people got Windows XP to dual-boot with it, but what about the new 'Vista'?

2007-02-07 08:11:13 · 2 answers · asked by h2 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I'm moving and do not have access to a place like cartridge world or a refill center that I know of. I use alot of ink and need to find away to refill ink cartridges myself. Any advice would be great, thanks.

2007-02-07 08:06:43 · 5 answers · asked by jt6341 3 in Printers

I just got a new laptop (Dell Latitude D620, it has bluetooth capabilities) and I was wondering what kind of mouse everyone recommends. I don't like those real tiny mice, and I definitely prefer an optical mouse. I will use it frequently, so battery life is pretty important. I also do not want with any big, bulky connector to the computer, those tiny USB transmitters are what I really want. I don't need a whole lot of buttons on it, but if there's one you want to recommend that has a bunch do not hold back! I have been shopping between the common Microsoft, Logitech, Targus, and others, and they all seem to have several bad reviews. What should I get??

2007-02-07 08:02:13 · 6 answers · asked by dbonedge116 1 in Add-ons

Were a small business in a small town in Michigan but were big enough to need a laserjet... Im not talking Dell, or a "check your credit and well think about it" account. Where can I get a buy now, send us a invoice?

2007-02-07 08:01:41 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

2007-02-07 07:48:22 · 4 answers · asked by michaelbaz2009 1 in Add-ons

2007-02-07 07:41:35 · 6 answers · asked by Nichola B 1 in Printers

I have files on a hard drive in a USB caddy which comes from my own computer and has two user profiles which are password protected. I have just moved in with my girlfriend and plugged the USB caddy into her PC. Now whenever I try opening the documents folder it reads 'unable to open f:// etc etc access is denied. Any ideas appreciated!!

2007-02-07 07:39:09 · 2 answers · asked by vdv_desantnik 6 in Other - Hardware

I BOUGHT A USED LAP TOP, AND I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ALL IT TAKES TO MAKE IT WORK. I WAS TOLD THAT I NEED A DOGGLE TO CLIP INTO MY PC CARD CAN ANYONE HELP ME???

2007-02-07 07:37:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-07 07:29:34 · 2 answers · asked by VERN C 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I just bought an Iomega external hard drive for my laptop, which is a Dell Inspiron. It allows me to transfer files to the external hard drive, but when I try to transfer a large file to the external hard drive, it tells me I do not have enough space. I have 300GB of space on the external hard drive open right now.

The files I am trying to transfer are recorded television shows I recorded using microsoft windows media edition. They range from 4GB - 6GB in size. Can anyone tell me why this will not let me transfer these files from my C: to me E:? Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

2007-02-07 07:26:55 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

please help /recently aquired my fist computer laptop at 54. I now find that i need a printer/scanner that will also do my photos . Any advice would be apreciated.

2007-02-07 07:26:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

I started having trouble with my curser moving around the page by itself a couple weeks ago and thought the mouse went bad, so I bought a new one. It's a GE optical mouse. Today, it's really bad. It moves all over the page, highlights things, etc. It looks almost like someone else has control, but i know this isn't the case. Can anyone tell me what might be going on and how I could fix it? I'm running Win XP 2002 Professional SP2.
Thanks in advance!
Joan

2007-02-07 07:13:55 · 11 answers · asked by ltstangel59 1 in Other - Hardware

when I connected the usb cord to the computer it was fine, when i hooked it up to the printer it sparked. It was only unplugged for one day.

2007-02-07 06:56:02 · 4 answers · asked by cassandracorrao 3 in Printers

I bought a new computer recently and it is supposed to have 1GB of RAM. When I view Properties in My Computer, the RAM is stated as being 768MB. Inside the machine are two sticks of 512MB PC2-4300 CL4 memory, which should in theory total 1024MB. I tried each stick individually without the other, and in Properties they were both listed as being 448MB of RAM. Even though they should be 512MB each, the total of two 448MBs is 896MB, yet together they're totalling 768MB. I'm a bit stumped by this.

My machine is an Acer Aspire T180. There are four slots for memory; two are brown and two are orange. The sticks are beside each other in the two brown slots. Does anybody have any ideas what's wrong?

2007-02-07 06:55:04 · 7 answers · asked by the_cluck 1 in Other - Hardware

I found an eBay shop http://stores.ebay.co.uk/PC-Tech-UK-LTD with gaming PC's which I could probably afford but they won't respond to my questions so have given up hope on getting one from them so could anyone recommend a somewhere, I ideally would like a Intel processor 4 3.0GHz or greater, 2gigs of ram with a NVIDIA 7900GTX 512MB graphics card but can only get about £700-£800 to buy one, is there anywhere I could get a set close to this for no more then £800? the game i am trying to play is Vanguard http://help.station.sony.com/cgi-bin/soe.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=16425&p_created=1155332518&p_sid=JVCWJFti&p_accessibility=0&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PWRmbHQmcF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTYmcF9wcm9kcz03MDMmcF9jYXRzPSAmcF9wdj0xLjcwMyZwX2N2PSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9cmVjb21tZW5kZWQgc2V0dGluZ3M*&p_li=&p_topview=1 and would like to get as close to the recommended settings as possible, thanks in advance:o)

2007-02-07 06:50:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-02-07 06:48:20 · 3 answers · asked by Steven 2 in Other - Hardware