Hardware - February 2007

I just got it this week it is a gateway dual-core processor, 100 gigs, 1gig ram. and if i listen to my windows media player at the same time that i go online. everything goes blue and the computer restarts. then when it starts back up it says windows not shut down properly..problem: blue screen. so what does this mean? my first assumption was that it has overheated. is there a way to tell what temp. my comp is at so i know when to stop running so many things at once? please help e-mail me if needed

2007-02-04 06:04:52 · 10 answers · asked by Desire` 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

Are their different OS versions of XP for desktop and laptop? Will I run into problems loading my desktop version of xp onto my laptop? Thanks for your help!

2007-02-04 06:00:05 · 6 answers · asked by ahtma03 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

is there a program for installing windows 98 and millenuim on a p.c(or notebook) without a bootable cd-rom,similar to the one avalible for windows xp
i need this as i have a compaq amarda notebook with a pcmcia cd-rom and when trying to install 98 or m.e it dosent recognize the pcmcia device
alternetively,is there a driver in floppy disc format that you can instal in dos so that you can use the pcmcia cd-rw( teac cd-r224e)
any advice would be helpfull
thanks

2007-02-04 05:59:29 · 3 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7 in Add-ons

2007-02-04 05:45:52 · 3 answers · asked by dazrryl 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi have a SanDisk micro cruzer 1gb flash drive and I am uable to install it onto my laptop. When I put it into the flash drive my computer freezes. When i take it out the computer is fine. Please help me if you can. What can I do to make it work right?

2007-02-04 05:45:12 · 5 answers · asked by krissyloulou 1 in Add-ons

Occasionallly I get a message : Virtual memory low

2007-02-04 05:44:27 · 4 answers · asked by coolzadar 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

not from a digital camera but that i just got developed from a throw away camera? im kinda dumb so be very specific. please and thank you.

2007-02-04 05:44:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Scanners

I had my printer disconnected. I put new ink in it connected it, turned it on and it will not print anything. what is wrong? its a lexmark X5250 all in one if that helps. thanks anybody.

2007-02-04 05:42:39 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

I had one of those windows error messages (the yellow boxes down in right hand corner) that said "windows was unable to backup the file E:\\***\***\whatever. This could be caused by a network or hardware failure" or something similar.

I then went to "My Computer" and the entire E drive is gone. It's not even listed with my other drives.

I've never received that error before, and I have not copied, moved or saved anything to that drive in weeks. I've only had the drive for about 10 months, and this is the first error I've ever received. This came out of nowhere.

Anyone know why I would get this error, and is the drive gone forever?

2007-02-04 05:41:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-02-04 05:36:55 · 4 answers · asked by winslow 3 in Monitors

CPU : Intel Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz 2 MB Cache
Mainboard : ASUS
Ram : 2 x 1 GB 533 Mhz DDR2
VGA : XFX GeForce 6200 PCI-E 16X 256 MB
H.D.D : Maxtor 250 GB 7200 Rpm
DVD-RW : ASUS 16X16
DVD-Rom : Sony 16X

I usually use computer for writing DVD's and surf the internet, and sometimes I play games like NFS Most Wanted, The Sims 2, NFS Carbon, Battlefield 2 and 2142, ...
How is it? Can it be used like a gaming PC? Can you give me some advices? Thanx

2007-02-04 05:26:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Im wanting to know if the laptops are new out of the box..... Please let me know

2007-02-04 05:24:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-04 05:23:44 · 2 answers · asked by pismoru500 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-02-04 05:12:31 · 8 answers · asked by Brian S 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-04 05:12:00 · 9 answers · asked by TheSilverBeetles 4 in Printers

2007-02-04 05:10:10 · 2 answers · asked by Brian S 2 in Printers

It starts to boot up, goes to the Windows XP screen that has the scrolling, wait thing and then shuts off. Then I have to wait at least 5 minutes to start up again, then it starts right away. But it will not restart if I hit Start, Turn off computer, Restart. It also won't restart if I install new programs and have to restart after. How can I fix this?

2007-02-04 05:07:00 · 9 answers · asked by weswirebaugh 1 in Desktops

My DVD drive on my laptop can play DVDs, but the video and audio is slow and choppy. The audio skips and repeats itself. This only happens with DVDs; other CDs play normally. The drive played DVDs fine until I used a DVD decrypter program that can copy the movie from a DVD onto the hard drive. Any idea how to fix this?

2007-02-04 04:56:57 · 2 answers · asked by Phillip M 1 in Other - Hardware

I recently aquired the new windows vista and now I cant find drivers for my onboard video card.My motherboard is an ECS k8m800-m2 version 2.0.If anyone can help me find these drivers so that i can again play my games i would be very greatfull.

2007-02-04 04:51:21 · 2 answers · asked by chad_a_1980 1 in Add-ons

2007-02-04 04:49:09 · 4 answers · asked by jimi v 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-04 04:48:34 · 3 answers · asked by JOHN H 1 in Printers

it says it has successfully printed,but it hasnt printed my pics

2007-02-04 04:47:50 · 2 answers · asked by penny e 1 in Scanners

i have a lexmark z605 and i am trying to install it manually on my computer because i dont have the disk, and I am wondering what printer will be compatible because the z 605 isnt available to me on my list of printers to choose from.

2007-02-04 04:42:35 · 3 answers · asked by ryan p 1 in Printers

it also takes about 5 or 10 mins until i can turn it back on....what up with this...it works great other than that.

2007-02-04 04:40:41 · 6 answers · asked by tammy_deer 1 in Desktops

cant find drivers for my hp 2210 printer to work or lg dvd/cd rewriter any1 got any clues,keeps say code 39 driver error,its going out the window soo gggrrrrrrhhh

2007-02-04 04:31:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-02-04 04:19:26 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I have a choice of the following:
1
1.73 GHz intel coreDuo T2250 (32 bit) with 2GB or ram
or:
2
CoreDuo2 T5500 ( simliar Ghz) with 1GB or ram

1's max memory is 2gb while 2 can be upgraded to 2gb ( but it would cost nearly $250 alot for me ontop of the price)

So which is better, i will be getting vista preinstalled on it and plan on upgradeding in about 2 years time. I want a machine that will be fast and not be "old" in 6 months. I currently own an amd64 bit 3400+ 512ram.

Thanks:

2007-02-04 04:14:02 · 4 answers · asked by pj2024 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-04 03:52:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

ok so i just put a new mobo in a dell computer w/ upgrades because the old one was faulty
well it all worked well until i instauled avg (antivirus) then it reboted and now every time i boot up i get no desktop or start bar/taskbar and i go into the task manager and open/run explorer.exe but it says i don't have permission or it isn't available (im the admin) how can i get it to work

things i have tried:
explorer.exe (won't even show up in the list of prosseses)
reinstauling (won't work with disk, not sure if drives are instauled yet)

things i added recently:
mobo
dvd-rw drive
250gb HD
avg

help please?

2007-02-04 03:51:46 · 2 answers · asked by me 4 in Other - Hardware

i bought a game for my son and when i tried to install it it said I dont have enough video memorie and then i read the booklet it said I need to update but I went to microsoft I didnt need it an upgrade on it I dont get it

2007-02-04 03:50:43 · 5 answers · asked by mcrvenom80 1 in Add-ons