Hardware - February 2007

like a said, my computer is about 2 years old and it is running slow. it has a pentium 4 with HT which runs at 2.8 GHz. it has windows xp home on it with 512Mb of ram which is probably part of the problem. it has a lot of crap installed on it and it crashes alot. would it be easier to just reinstall xp, or to upgrade the ram, or a combination of the both. i really don't want to buy a new computer, or spend too much money on this one. maybe after vista has all the bugs worked out we'll upgrade, but for now i want to stick with this one. any help will be appreciated.

2007-02-06 00:53:04 · 2 answers · asked by thecormister@sbcglobal.net 1 in Desktops

i use computer almost daily for more than 5hr's without using any aye protection i.e ANTI GLARE NOR GLASSES

THANX

2007-02-06 00:45:23 · 4 answers · asked by zoom85 2 in Monitors

I realize you get what you pay for but for Apple to become the computer giant that Microsoft is they will have to become cheaper. Its a little hard to justify spending 1800.00 bucks compared to 800.00 when shopping for a computer.

2007-02-06 00:38:11 · 6 answers · asked by howaboutya1979 2 in Desktops

i have compaq presario v2000 notebook.my sys config,
compaq presario v2000
xp sp2,
mobile pentium processor,
256 mb ram
40 gb hard disk space.
now i got another 256 mb ddr ram in my hand.so i wanna add memory in my system in 256+256=512 basis.i can open system memory pay,i can view just one memory slot.but in my system manual,it has 2 memory slot.
i can run belarch advisor ,to view my system config,it also shows my system have 2 memory slots.one is full(256),another one is empty.but i can't identify my system 2nd memory slot.already i can view my friends notebook(dell),there is 2 memory slot to view clearely.but in my compaq presario v2000,i can't view my 2nd memory slot.
plz help, to view 2nd memory slot in my system & how to add another 256 mb ram in my system. plz explain step by step.
my mail id
anu201175@yahoo.com

2007-02-06 00:33:39 · 5 answers · asked by anu201175 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

The screen just blinks on and off. Sometimes I have to open and close several times until I get a good position and it remains on.
Why!?
How can I fix that?!
The model is an Acer 5102.

2007-02-06 00:07:29 · 4 answers · asked by ricardo.villela 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Already tried this: rebooting, reinstalling the mouse specific drivers, bought a new ps/2 mouse (wouldn't work), checked the internet forums, etc, e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g. At the end I simply formatted and reinstalled Windows XP PRO SP2. Guess what...both mice still not detected....buaaaaaa!!!.... hardware problem probably?? I appreciate in advance your interest and guru-like answers ;-)

2007-02-06 00:04:18 · 5 answers · asked by Chuck 1 in Desktops

I want to buy a Scanner and as well as documents I have lots of old 35mm slides which I want to digitize.

The new Epson V350 scanner sounds good but one review said it took ages to scan 35mm slides and another said it was very fast?

Has anyone performed this function on the V350 and which review was correct?
Or should I go for the Epson Perfection 3590 (a "Which" best buy) it has been discontinued but still available?

2007-02-05 23:35:55 · 2 answers · asked by Letty 1 in Scanners

For example core 2 duo E6400 overlocked to 3.0Ghz?

2007-02-05 23:26:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

Recently bought a laptop and transfered all my photos from my old pc onto my mp3 player and installed onto laptop. Unfortunately they dont open automatically, have to click on to windows photo & fax viewer everytime i want to view photo and it dosen't give me the option of using that programme evry time(tick box not lightened)Cannot get the infomation as to what type of file they are now, it dosen't state it anywhere. Have used paint to change to jpeg but can only do 1 at a time(have lots of photos!). Do not have my old pc anymore. Does anyone have any ideas?

2007-02-05 23:24:14 · 2 answers · asked by babzy75 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-02-05 23:20:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Bought my Pc about a month ago, but seem to be having priblems with various bits, I would like to go back to the beginning and start again. Also can I run NTL netguard and Norton at the same time as I thnk this may be the problem?

2007-02-05 23:06:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i have a philips ls1400 ( http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0255132296.1170763289@@@@&BV_EngineID=cceiaddkdffdiffcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&fm=17&sm=0&tm=undefined&sku=535205&category_oid=-28485 and want to add an extra 1gig of ram but am unable to determin what ram i need, pc world after some searching suggested that i needed DDR PC3200 but were unable to say for sure but pointed me to www.crucial.com/uk for an online scan but their suggestion was DDR2 PC2-5100 http://www.crucial.com/uk/systemscanner/viewscanbyid.aspx?id=1932653A31D926C3&tabid=&pagename= but couldn't offer any recommendations as it didn't have enough information about my system so i'm at a lost to know what ram to buy as i can't get a definitive answer so could someone please help me figure out what it is i need

2007-02-05 23:04:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-02-05 22:59:51 · 4 answers · asked by prabin p 2 in Monitors

2007-02-05 22:44:05 · 2 answers · asked by lilwuteva 2 in Printers

The monitor has built in speakers it is also an Hp. Sound was working fine the day before then it just stopped. Volume button and mute button still work.

2007-02-05 22:34:20 · 2 answers · asked by Tony F 1 in Monitors

my sound card and my cd drive have both corrupted how can i fix them both?

2007-02-05 22:14:16 · 3 answers · asked by COUNTRYMAN 3 in Other - Hardware

Okay, we all know that in order to make colours darker, we add a darker colour, but my printer has a RED colour cartridge, so my 9 year old daughter, bless her, said as there is no white to make it lighter, how does it make it pink????? (pass me another beer, PLEASE!!!!)

2007-02-05 22:10:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

2007-02-05 22:08:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

pls answer this ques. i have to upgrade my PC for Vista

2007-02-05 21:57:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I am about to upgrade my graphics card. On the specification of my motherboard MSI kt6v LSR doesn't say anything about if it will take DDR graphics cards.
My question is, would a DDR graphics run on my motherboard?

2007-02-05 21:45:20 · 2 answers · asked by cynical 1 in Add-ons

I know, it's probably a very basic question... but when you don't know the answer... thanks in advance if anyone can tell me this.

2007-02-05 21:44:37 · 7 answers · asked by hecarte_1 2 in Monitors

someone left the following answer to me:
C:Windows/Web/Wallpaper
What does that mean? And how do I delete the wallpaper that I donwloaded from the wallpaper list??

2007-02-05 21:26:34 · 4 answers · asked by FairGround 3 in Desktops

Online and store. Thanks again.

2007-02-05 21:21:26 · 2 answers · asked by yahooanswers 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-05 21:18:14 · 1 answers · asked by siva 1 in Printers

ok, my pc is amd athlon xp 2600 1.91ghz 480mb of ram. i currently have a 80gb st 3800234, and a slave 40gb maxtor 5t040h4, video card via/s3g km400/kn400

i want to know what is best way to format my system so i can install windows at the correct disk ,so my counter strike game will stop freezing. also i have about 9gb of music, can someone give me some advise on this.

thanks in advance.

2007-02-05 21:12:27 · 3 answers · asked by Beeny 1 in Other - Hardware

Is there a reason, other then keeping the clock current while it's powered off, that a desktop computer would need a battery? I'm getting indications that my battery is running low, but when the clock started getting slow, I downloaded an atomic clock that corrects the time every hour. Since my desktop computer is always plugged in, do I really need to buy another battery?

2007-02-05 21:11:20 · 8 answers · asked by Barry R 1 in Desktops

both of them have much the same price. So, I was just wondering which one is faster and has a better performance

2007-02-05 21:04:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-02-05 21:03:52 · 6 answers · asked by tasha 1 in Other - Hardware

i own a toshiba and am not sure whether a free upgrade is available, i brought it in novemeber 06 at currys. and am with bt broadband.

2007-02-05 21:01:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I have been doing it for ages but are they actually damaging my cds in any way?

2007-02-05 20:44:17 · 10 answers · asked by Adelle 1 in Other - Hardware