Hardware - February 2007

I've installed one giga bite of new memory but the problem is when the computer boots up everything loads, then when you go to open a program the computer automatically reboots. Is this a problem with the new memory?. The computer recognises the new memory and I have tried it in the other free bays but to no avail. I've taken the old memory out as this is a different size but eventually put it back in and removed the one gig. Any advice would be great, Thanks P.S. win xp, 120gb hard drive, 2500gb athlon processor.

2007-02-23 08:12:15 · 3 answers · asked by Ilene M 2 in Other - Hardware

i use an asus mother board. i already downloaded the update and saved the file. but how can it be installed on my mother board

2007-02-23 08:11:11 · 1 answers · asked by mrwarren_76 1 in Add-ons

I,ve removed CD/rw and replaced it with DVD/RW, it will recognise on start then then completly lose.

2007-02-23 08:09:27 · 6 answers · asked by steve k 1 in Other - Hardware

I bent the USB bit of my memory stick the other day and now it doesn't work. Does anybody who knows about the technical side of computers know if this sort of thing can be fixed? I can't see anything that appears damaged on it when I take it out of its shell.

Thanks for any help you can give

Jo

2007-02-23 08:06:22 · 6 answers · asked by Jostar 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-02-23 08:06:00 · 2 answers · asked by akash 1 in Add-ons

the mouse is cordless.this makes playing quick response games impossible,can anybody help.

2007-02-23 08:04:52 · 5 answers · asked by moz 1 in Add-ons

other my concern is did i do the right thing or i am doing wrong.. pls. tell me what is the right thing to do, do i need to replace the other memory or not is it o.k to use both memory card with diffirent brand? thanks... hope that you will provide me the right answers for my concern...

2007-02-23 08:04:41 · 1 answers · asked by ariel d 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-02-23 08:00:13 · 1 answers · asked by Doyle L 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hello
I have 2 say this is about the 7th time i've had a problem with my laptop.I've only had it for a year and i get serious errors every 2 months and i've been through 2 different hard drives already. im about done with laptop's if i have 2 get another hard drive. I have alot of info on it this time. Including stuff for my job. Anyways to the point. When i start it up it goes to screen where it says enter thru safe mode,regularly or last time settings were correct. I tried all three and after i do it shows a blue screen that says alot of words and it restarts by itself in like 2 seconds. Then when i try safe mode it just goes on and on with a list about various files in system 32 and then it just restarts the computer. I wanna do a system recovery but it is not giving me the option to save at least some folders. it says it wants to just erase everything but i cant afford 2 do that :-/
plzzze help
any help will be greatly appreciated

2007-02-23 07:57:14 · 7 answers · asked by tommy7691 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

for a macbook. can't find a description that states the length of the cable. All the photos make it look real short.

2007-02-23 07:55:42 · 2 answers · asked by Stick 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

We're trying to install a new HD into my brother's PC, but there is a problem. The wires that connected his old HD to the computer itself look like this:

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6497/dsc02469xe8.jpg

... but the HD output is this:

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1272/dsc02478qp6.jpg

In case you can't see it, it basically is a rectangle.

The old one had an output like this:

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8180/dsc02476el7.jpg

And in case you can't see that, it's basically a load of pins in 2 rows.

How can I fit the new one?

2007-02-23 07:49:33 · 6 answers · asked by Chris Down 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-02-23 07:43:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-02-23 07:41:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a 2 and a half year old Apple emac and lately it has begun to randomly freeze, the mouse cursor will move but nothing will work. I had a look on the Apple website and it seemed that others had experienced the same problem with their emacs and the problem was with leaky capacitors on the logic board, there was a list of serial numbers that were recalled but mine didn't feature. I had a look in the back of mine and also found there to be brown gunk on one of my capacitors as specified on the website. I took the mac to my local Apple store who told me the logic board needs replacing at a cost of over £300. As my emac is not one of the serial numbers recalled we are not covered for the repairs.
The emac cost me £650 when I bought it and a new mac now would cost me about the same. Surely this is the fault of Apple and therefore replacing the logic board should lie with them? You would hope your emac would last longer than 2 and a half years! Has anyone else had a similar experience?

2007-02-23 07:35:31 · 7 answers · asked by orange sox 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

So, the situation is like this. I had this very, very dysfunctional mouse, and I had kept on forgetting (or being too lazy) to buy a new one for a long, loooong time. After the said long, loooong sufferance, today I have finally convinced myself that I DO NEED ANOTHER MOUSE (again, it's a device with buttons I'm talking about, not a living creature), and I got myself a new one. The thing is, what horrible revenge should I take for the misery caused by that old wicked mouse? Give me some distructive ideas, please.
("it wasn't the mouse's fault!" won't do. *It was* precisely the mouse's fault, and it deserves to be punished!!)

2007-02-23 07:31:51 · 9 answers · asked by jlb 2 in Other - Hardware

I have seen programs that erease the entir hard drive but is there a way to save the operating system and delete everything else?

2007-02-23 07:24:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

a 160 gb hard drive 3 ghz whatever and a cd/rw drive 512 mb of memory and it was $598 IS THIS A GOOD DEAL? my old pc is a windows me and its locking up and running slow I started to get this PC today oh yeah it has vista basic home anygood? how about it?

2007-02-23 07:21:11 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

My CPU is an Intel Pentium 4 Celeron and is 2.4 Ghz. And my motherboard is an Abit Max2-IT7. I play games like Midnight club 2 , Juiced, and Sim City. Will these games run good when i get this graphics card?

2007-02-23 07:20:58 · 7 answers · asked by Jase 4 in Add-ons

There are 12 computers in a classroom, but only 2 electric outlets. Can we connect an extension cord to another extension cord? Thank you.

2007-02-23 07:14:45 · 5 answers · asked by rema 2 in Add-ons

2007-02-23 07:12:27 · 4 answers · asked by andrei10_zidane a 2 in Add-ons

it falls out of the back REALLY easy. Do I just need to get a new cord, is it supposed to be this loose or is there something w/ the hole where it goes in?

2007-02-23 06:54:47 · 1 answers · asked by nickelback726 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-23 06:54:24 · 5 answers · asked by jonnu 1 in Desktops

Does it mean one need not restart computer for a newly connected device to work? which windows version supports plug n play?

2007-02-23 06:49:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I have a Compaq Presario 5000, I found a hard drive, and pluged it in. this hard drive was more recent and the whole system went very slow. I decided to use the Quick Restore With the new hard drive and the origianal hard drive connected. I took the new one from a broken computer w/ a malfuntioning power supply.

When I used the Quick restore, the computer still went unnaturaly slow. So, When i said to put in the second disk, I just shut the whole thing down, and undid the new hard drive.

After this, everything has gone wring, I think I've tried every combonation of plugong in one hard drive, ect. I also used the floppy Emergengy disk and states that is an error. I belive that I erased the sytem, or what ever it is, on the origonal Hard Drive

I retryed the CD restore, nothing works

PLEESE HELP!

2007-02-23 06:48:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I bought a HP Pavilion zd800 back in 2005. I also bought a 10hr battery extention thing, but the back of the computer "in-let" is not compatable with the extender. So i need fitting to go over the end of it to adapt it to my lapto, or my batttery extension will go to waste. When i bought the laptop, the salesman said it was the new kind of inlet because HP had changed and most all others will be this way as well, but i have yet to see any adapters.

2007-02-23 06:46:14 · 1 answers · asked by Brandon K 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I bought songs from itunes. Trying to burn a disk. It keeps telling me to insert a disk. I have tried multiple blank ones. I also go to my computer and double click on the drive, which also tells me to insert a disk. I am using windows xp home wtih a gateway 500

2007-02-23 06:45:52 · 1 answers · asked by april_hwth 4 in Desktops

i am using web-page maker V2. i want to design my web-pages as per 1024x768. i have 14'' monitor and 800 x 600 resolution and can't go to 1024x768. becoz its not supported.

i just wan't to know whether 1024x768 means 1024 pixels in width by 768 pixels in height. Please explain in detail.

2007-02-23 06:44:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

My g/f has so many songs on here 120 GB harddrive so I want to know if I buy a external 1 TB hard drive (1000 GB) and hook it up by USB and then delete all the songs on the PC's harddrive will it be faster. I know 1 TB is a lot but it will set my up for life and it is $500. That comes down to 50 cents per GB which is a way better deal. Thanks.

2007-02-23 06:43:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I am building a computer. I need to buy the components. I want to build around an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Processor, 1GB dual channel memory and 160GB of hard drive. I plan on using Windows XP or possibly upgrade to Vista Premium. What brand of hardware components will work best with this set up, but will also be cost effective?

2007-02-23 06:39:12 · 6 answers · asked by rochambeau 1 in Desktops

I took out a Mitsumi Model 359M3D drive from a computer and want to use it with my Toshiba Satellite externally. What do I need and how or is it not possible

2007-02-23 06:35:06 · 2 answers · asked by mountainmeadow2000 1 in Other - Hardware