Hardware - February 2007

2007-02-25 20:15:16 · 13 answers · asked by peterphillips.php@btinternet.com 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-25 19:59:52 · 7 answers · asked by as 2 in Desktops

in terms of speed and high end graphics.which is better.............

2007-02-25 19:46:57 · 8 answers · asked by jim west 1 in Desktops

AMD X2 4000+ with 512mb ddr2 with geforce 7300gs 250gb SATA II
or
Intel Celeron D 3.3ghz 512mb ddr2 with ATI 1950xt 160gb SATA II
They are already made computers and i will upgrade the video card.Than Ram.The video card i will upgrade to is the one listed.Will have atleast 1GB of ram when get more money.
To answer this before i get asked i play games online and offline.I love to play TDR2000 and FEAR.

2007-02-25 19:15:45 · 2 answers · asked by U can't B like me 5 in Desktops

"core.hp.main/application.xml".

2007-02-25 18:42:07 · 3 answers · asked by theresa swindle 1 in Printers

When I say "on" I mean NOT hibernation and NOT standy-by. Also, it's a Dell PC about 8 years old. That's the first part of my question. The second part is this: Would it draw more electricity to turn the computer on and off twice per day than to just leave it running? Thanks!

2007-02-25 18:37:10 · 5 answers · asked by jsjproject 1 in Desktops

Few days back, I bought 1 GB iBall Pen Drive. After that I made two partitions and given a password to teh protected area. By mistake, I have executed Windows FORMAT command in the public area of pen drive. Now when I try to execute Format.exe (i.e. file provided by iball CD), it says "Flash Disk Not Inserted", whereas the flash disk is plugged in. I would like to format the pen drive and get back 1 GB of storage area. Please help.

2007-02-25 18:30:14 · 1 answers · asked by shanky_andy 5 in Other - Hardware

I am putting a computer in my van because I am going to try and live/camp out in it. The only concern I have is with the LCD display. I live in Tennessee and am not sure how sensitive to heat LCD Monitors are. I'm not as concerned about the operating temperature range as I am the storage temperature range. If I need to warm it up or cool it off before turning it on, that is fine. I just don't know how hot or cold they can stand to be during storage before they break.

I know that hard drives are sensitive to temperature and have decided to use a drive bay that allows it to be removed easily for that.

Where I live it usually doesn't get less than 0 degrees or more than 130 F. in my van during the year.

If anyone has any suggestions, ideas, answers, etc. I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

2007-02-25 18:16:03 · 2 answers · asked by robertsteeleiii 1 in Monitors

one of my hard drive is Maxtor 500G on the Raid SATA card and the other one is IDE Maxtor 80G.

I want to copy AVI movies from 80g one to 500g one, every files which are smaller than somewhat 7 - 8 G are copied perfectly, however files are bigger than that particular size can't go thru.

WinXP gave a message that says "there is not enough space on drive J:, please clean up ..."

Does anyone know the solution for this? Thank you.

2007-02-25 18:13:34 · 2 answers · asked by wondering 2 in Other - Hardware

The sound In skipping and none of the special features are working.

2007-02-25 18:11:44 · 1 answers · asked by LAUGHING MAGPIE 6 in Laptops & Notebooks

I had a 256mb memory (DDR) to put in my computer but it doesnt seem like its working... I already had a DDR400 512mb memory inside on of the slots and i placed it next to that.. but my computer isnt registering the new card i dont think, still says in Properties of My Computer that ive only got 512mb.. shouldnt it say 786 now?

2007-02-25 17:54:28 · 8 answers · asked by Bethayn 1 in Other - Hardware

costing £400- £600.
To be used for the internet, emailing, some word processing, etc.
15.4 or above screen.
reasonable battery time.
wireless, connection capable.
Thanks

2007-02-25 17:53:58 · 8 answers · asked by JOFROG 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

micro advantage is no more.

2007-02-25 17:53:01 · 1 answers · asked by oreohenry1@sbcglobal.net 1 in Add-ons

I'm looking at a Dell XPS 410 with VIsta. Anyone have that? Any other recommendations would be helpful as well.

2007-02-25 17:49:58 · 3 answers · asked by JD 4 in Desktops

wht does this abbrevation in messaging mean?
"D...A....D"?

2007-02-25 17:40:18 · 3 answers · asked by Diva 2 in Other - Hardware

I know there are adapters to put a laptop cd drive in a desktop, but what about the other way around? Is there an adapter that will let me hook a desktop Cd player to a laptop? Basically, I need to install windows on my laptop which has allready been formatted and has no OS., and my cd drive is not working for some reason. Unless there is another way I can do it, like can I boot from a USB drive? OR.....is there a way to hook a laptop hard drive up to a desktop PC, so I can install windows on it that way??

2007-02-25 17:17:18 · 2 answers · asked by clone17 3 in Other - Hardware

I have a laptop and I want to upgrade to a faster hard drive. Is it easy for me to do it myself? I wouldn't like to take it in to have it done if it's actually a simple procedure.

2007-02-25 17:09:27 · 4 answers · asked by Jalisciense 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

im looking at cpu coolers from asus and some of them say "VR guard" what does this mean?

2007-02-25 17:08:04 · 1 answers · asked by nlween 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-02-25 17:06:44 · 10 answers · asked by xmxbust3r 1 in Other - Hardware

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB)
1.
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
1.
17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
1.
1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHZ, 2 DIMM
1.

80GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
1.
8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
1.
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS
1.
Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™HD Software Edition

80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

Dell Wireless 1390b/g (54Mbps

The price is $2,500 USD.

Is it a rip off?

2007-02-25 16:54:00 · 3 answers · asked by Disabled 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

When formating an NTFS HD is there any reason, why I should not choose "quick format"? I will be using this to store audio files and audio projects. Thanks.

2007-02-25 16:51:26 · 7 answers · asked by whitestratmusic 1 in Desktops

I am getting this computer http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8206309&st=acer&lp=4&type=product&cp=1&id=1165610667494
Would this video card be faster than onboard?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=14-125-033
How much better would it be?

2007-02-25 16:33:42 · 2 answers · asked by U can't B like me 5 in Add-ons

2007-02-25 16:30:01 · 7 answers · asked by steel 1 in Add-ons

ok, my mother board comes with a vga out, but it shuts off when i put an agp video card in. why can't i use both? if I had a pci video card instead could I get dual monitor with my motherboard's output? or will I need to have both my agp card and pci card in for dual monitor? It seems foolish that since my motherboard has a video (processer?) output, and i also have a video card with an output, that I can't use both of these with 2 monitors. can't I change the fact that that port shuts off when an agp card is inserted?

2007-02-25 16:17:28 · 8 answers · asked by smokesha 3 in Monitors

i am doing a project about what a mac is and what a macintosh is and which one is better. could you please explain both and tell me the difference. thank you

2007-02-25 16:14:04 · 2 answers · asked by strike 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-25 16:11:30 · 3 answers · asked by smokesha 3 in Other - Hardware

2007-02-25 16:03:53 · 2 answers · asked by Inferno 2 in Desktops

hello i have two hard drives on my comp, i just finished formating it but for some reason second hard drive is gone off list in my comp any ideas

2007-02-25 16:02:44 · 4 answers · asked by yula d 3 in Desktops

Is it possible the computer could be overheating due to the power supply ?

I turn it on and it boots to winxp but shut off.I turn it back on and i get an alert about it overheating and it had to be turned off.

It's a dell p4..It has everything it was built with but the power supply was switched before the overheating (could it be this psu?).
btw, this computer has been sitting in a room and hasn't been used for a while.

2007-02-25 15:58:59 · 8 answers · asked by firefly 2 in Desktops

Because I have vista windows basic and I went to the website lexamark and all I found was information on that, was they did not have it available at this time.......But, I was wondering if anyone have Windows Vista and if they do can they tell me where I can go to get the driver download for this model

2007-02-25 15:52:41 · 2 answers · asked by cherries_4_ever33 1 in Printers