Hardware - February 2007

Well, my sister wants to buy a new laptop, and she has a budget of around US $1,200. Just wanted to ask some questions:

-What's are the desirable brands to go for?
-What processors are good, and what are avoidable?
-What's the deal with the new windows, should I go for one with it?
-Processing speeds: around what speeds are reasonably good for processors?

Thanks

2007-02-01 20:29:19 · 4 answers · asked by Hi, how are ya? 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Any ideas? I just bought this mouse, and installed updated drivers for it. This is very annoying lol, any help would be appreciated.

2007-02-01 20:06:03 · 4 answers · asked by AnonMale 2 in Other - Hardware

My husband replaced his hard drive on a Compaq Presario 6000. Getting "non-system disc or disc error" on startup. WE NEED A WINDOWS XP SYSTEM DISC, to re-install it onto the hard drive to operate our PC. If we could download it and burn it onto a CD to install that would be best. Can anyone help?

2007-02-01 19:57:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Can a 4.7G DVD burn with 9.++ files size?

2007-02-01 19:28:34 · 4 answers · asked by jyu_bonk 2 in Other - Hardware

What is the best CPU, considering it's performance & price. Either AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or the Intel Pentium D 3200Mhz
Is Pentium D based on 32bit architecture ???

2007-02-01 19:27:26 · 8 answers · asked by Suresh 1 in Desktops

i have a compaq presario 900, and my battery isn't charging. am i missing something?

2007-02-01 19:24:10 · 3 answers · asked by cycle_vet 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I took it to a computer tech to fix last summer and shelled out $350 to fix what he said was a Video Card problem. It worked fine for 3 months but afterwards the same problem happened again. Sadly his warranty only lasted for 3 months.

I've been getting different analysis from the video card problem to maybe screen, motherboard, or fan. I don't know if it's the screen since it works fine at first.

Is there any way to fix it or should I attempt to buy a new laptop though I'm broke right now? Thanks!

2007-02-01 19:18:25 · 1 answers · asked by KD 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-01 18:45:28 · 1 answers · asked by gaurav chugh 1 in Add-ons

2007-02-01 18:17:08 · 20 answers · asked by john d 3 in Desktops

my price range would be upto 55000.Can you suggest what would be best options from these companies?And if any particular best models are there to look for??

2007-02-01 18:10:22 · 10 answers · asked by Dhruv 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-01 18:06:50 · 1 answers · asked by malik p 1 in Add-ons

My computer DVD Rom drawer and my disk drive drawer are both stuck closed. Is it something I can do myself with a little W.D. 40 or do I need to take it in? How much do you think it will cost to get them unstuck??

2007-02-01 18:06:34 · 6 answers · asked by Carolyn T 5 in Desktops

Which printer is the best quality wise but not too expensive?
Epson, lexmark,hew pakrd???????

2007-02-01 18:00:21 · 6 answers · asked by PD 2 in Printers

I recently bought an Alienware computer, and it came with a free upgrade to Windows Vista, anyone else out there who has this same deal with Alienware or one of the other participating companies?? If so and you have already done your Vista upgrade please tell me how to do it.

2007-02-01 17:55:32 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

can any 1 tell me best way to burn it on nero,tryed last night and burnt it on nero express,took me 3 hrs,i must be doing some think wrong,must be quicker way to burn downloaded films?any 1 help me ,many thanks

2007-02-01 17:48:36 · 7 answers · asked by Jay.c 2 in Add-ons

2007-02-01 17:48:22 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2007-02-01 17:30:35 · 4 answers · asked by GURU 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

ive never had any real friends unfortunatley, and have great difficulty making any. i live on my own. and im very lonely. i fear it will always be this way. i have inner rage problems to. impules to lash out, when im havin an outburst. i really feel people and life have damaged me, i was victimised alot in my past, bullied throughout high school. i was sexually abused to as a kid. i wonder how im ever gonna find happiness, and a life. a girlfriend. a job. my own home. security. i have a destination, but i dont have a road map. i live in a small flat with not alot of possessions. my biggest problem however amoungst other distressing symptoms like racing thoughts, is my very low self worth. i dont feel capable of being loved, wanted or liked by anyone. i feel i have nothing goin for me. nothing to offer. except a mentally ill mind, and a vault load of bitterness and rage..which no girl wants. i have a criminal record to, which i feels ruined my life..how will i be able to achieve the

2007-02-01 17:20:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

ok i have an AMD sempron 3000+ and i've run programs on it and they say it's running at 1 Ghz. i'm sure this is true because i've tried to run some games and they won't run because of this. but on the box and on the AMD website, it says a sempron 3000+ is supposed to be 1.8 Ghz! what could be causing my CPU to not run as fast as it's supposed to?

2007-02-01 17:07:48 · 9 answers · asked by some_one1234 4 in Desktops

i won a sony 17" laptop on ebay with the following specs:
1. 100gb Sata hd + 100gb sata hd (raided)
2. 1gb ram
3. 128mb ati x1600 graphics
4. 2.0 Ghz T7200 Dual core 2 duo processor
5. 17" xbrite widescreen
5. bluetooth
6. dvd burner (not dual layer burner)

Battery is not included, and original box is included with the purchase. battery goes for about $50 to $100.

I won the laptop without battery for 1150.

Please let me know what you think. would you spend this much for a core 2 duo with x1600 graphics

2007-02-01 16:56:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

after booting up the pc gets to just before loading windows (xp) then crashes and sits there with a black screen. the screen goes on stand by to. After a short time it may restart.

I tried running ubuntu on it to same problem dosnt get very far before the pc dies.

Anyone got any ideas?

2007-02-01 16:51:57 · 4 answers · asked by Wonx2150 4 in Other - Hardware

I probably will upgrade to vista later this year but I just want to know what do I have to get to get a higher ram?

2007-02-01 16:51:42 · 4 answers · asked by kiki_24_cute 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I hate it that my mouse auto moves. HELP!!! PLEASE!! It moves on its own!!

2007-02-01 16:33:37 · 3 answers · asked by Vipers2000 1 in Add-ons

2007-02-01 16:33:29 · 3 answers · asked by quennie p 1 in Add-ons

I've connected to random wireless things b 4 to get onto the internet on my laptop, but can i wirelessly connect to my home computer without a router for my laptop or anything. I figure if I could connect wirelessly to another comp out there than I can connect to my home comp. My laptop doens't have anything on it like a router that I bought or anything. I just push the little blue button that lights up and I look for my options for connection. So is it possible to connect to my home comp like it did to the other comps ?

2007-02-01 16:20:49 · 3 answers · asked by Jonas 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hey,

About 3 months ago i bought a Dell Dimension e520 with a Pentium D 805 dual core processor......i know quite a bit about computers but not too much about the inside hardware in them, anyways i want to know if i can upgrade my processor to a Core 2 Duo E6300? I have asked Dell if my motherboard supports it and they said yes because my mobo supports dual core, but you know how dell is (they will just tell you anything) Are they correct? sooooo, any advice on if i can upgrade or not..............Thanx alot

2007-02-01 16:16:25 · 9 answers · asked by xxxshawn8xxx 1 in Other - Hardware

i have a DELL 8250 desktop with Windows XP.

i got 2 Kingston 512 mb, PC 2700, 333MFz, DDR. RAM.

HOWEVER! i think i got ****** because one has a green backing and the other has a black one. and the individual square things have different names. one is NANYA and the other one is ELPIDA. but they are both caragorized as the same thing! ...does the difference matter? im really pissed right now and all i want is an answer. i have been getting so screwed over about this whole thing. o yeah, and one is just slightly bigger than the other one. y did this happen to me? damn u office depot.

2007-02-01 16:16:12 · 1 answers · asked by kcbooboo6789 2 in Desktops

2007-02-01 16:16:02 · 10 answers · asked by LJ 3 in Other - Hardware

My trash can will not work at ALL. Everytime I put something in the trash can and try to empty it, I get this error message:

"Sorry, the operation could not be completed because an unexpected error occured (Error code - 8062)"

I've rebooted my computer numerous times, I've done Disk Utility and try to find as much updates for my computer as possible and it's still giving me problems.


Has anyone else expeirenced this or know what the hell is going on?


Any help will be very much appreciated,
Thank you.

2007-02-01 16:15:17 · 3 answers · asked by Nessy K 2 in Desktops

Ok I had this laptop and i was on the sofa using it with windows open. my mom was putting water in a fountain.Somehow she sprayed me and my laptop with water(she said she didn't do it on purpose but idon't believe her) I shut it down immediatly and drie it off the best i can. After it dried i boot it up to see if she killed it. the mouse won't work. I try again half an hour later and it works fine. one week later while i was using it it just died. Could these events be related.

2007-02-01 16:05:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks