Hardware - February 2007

I am going to make a media center.
What is the best way to do it?
Thank you.

2007-02-28 10:15:57 · 3 answers · asked by YAHOO SUCKS ASS 3 in Add-ons

i have a hp pavalion d4100e with 1.5 gig of ram and i'm in the market for a new dvd/cd drive and i don't know where to start. any ideas is greatly appreciated.

2007-02-28 10:10:32 · 5 answers · asked by brutus 1 in Other - Hardware

I am wanting to make a media center with my PC.

Can you hook up Direct TV to converter cards?

Do you need a certain monitor?

Please give me any information.

Thank you.

2007-02-28 10:04:33 · 3 answers · asked by YAHOO SUCKS ASS 3 in Add-ons

Nothing is shown on the screen.
Tested Graphics card & monitor - both work
Any ideas?

2007-02-28 10:04:16 · 2 answers · asked by Rek 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-02-28 10:01:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Scanners

2007-02-28 10:00:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

My screen is a 15.4'' WXGS Acer Crystalbrite LCD(16ms) if that helps anyone please let me know.

2007-02-28 09:54:50 · 2 answers · asked by lil_50p 1 in Monitors

In the process of buying a notebook but I don't know what brand and type is the best. I have a Dell computer and I know that the brand is wonderful but, I really didn't want a Dell notebook. I've been told that the Hewitt Packard is good and that the Toshiba is too. But, that the Toshiba is more durable than the HP. Anyways, I'm considering all three, but, I need help on choosing and on, what's the best and on any other brands that I should consider.

2007-02-28 09:53:29 · 2 answers · asked by Jenny 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

my computer and priter are all connected to the vista software. so now where do i locate the downloaded program?

2007-02-28 09:48:08 · 2 answers · asked by fatzz 1 in Scanners

should i gete a PC laptop or a Mac, i'm 15 and i have a ton of english h/w all of the time, what kind of comp. under 600 dollars should i get...thanks

2007-02-28 09:45:42 · 4 answers · asked by David O 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I had a cheap Brother model that won't register that I've changed my black ink,it won't do anything now.I figure since I only paid about 70 bucks for it there is no point spending half its value to get repaired

2007-02-28 09:43:49 · 2 answers · asked by Fire Marshall Bill 2 in Printers

can you give me some websights to program my scaner

2007-02-28 09:39:17 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Scanners

TheTV Out port of your display card is not working properly. i would just like to watch a movie on powerdvd 5. help please

2007-02-28 09:28:11 · 2 answers · asked by darren121362 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a Toshiba Laptop with Windows XP. However, when i turn it on, it works perfectly but the screen is extremely dark and I can barely see my desktop. Why is it doing this?

2007-02-28 09:19:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I just got a new wireless keyboard and was wondering if anyone could help me to get all the buttons to do what I want. I have gone to Control Panel and done it through there but still can't get the volume buttons(mainly) to change the volume for my computer, it's like it doesn't change the volume for anything.

2007-02-28 09:14:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-02-28 09:12:27 · 5 answers · asked by chrispaulhendrickson 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-28 09:09:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2007-02-28 09:03:30 · 4 answers · asked by B 2 in Desktops

I want to know which PCIe GPU is better before I buy one of the two. Please help!

2007-02-28 08:59:08 · 4 answers · asked by LG Kaks 2 in Add-ons

2007-02-28 08:58:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I have XP PRO SP2 / hard drive space is about 76 GB. with 90% free.also i have 127MB of RAM.
do i have to install more memory? or do i have to change a setting.
Thank You.
also is virtual the same as RAM?

2007-02-28 08:54:58 · 6 answers · asked by vance w 2 in Other - Hardware

I know my System can support Vista ultimate in terms of RAM (768mb) space (37.6 GB) speed ( 2.0 ghz ) AMD athlon, but I'm worried about my intergrated graphics card. It is only 64mb (x64 bit) nVidia Gforce4... will this support Vista ultimate aero or not?

2007-02-28 08:52:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I purchased a USB 2.0/Firewire Combo Card for my computer. My computer is over 5 years old but was custom built with high specifications for the time (perhaps why it's lasted so long).

After installing the Card I've noticed that any time I plug in a device the entire computer slows down to a sluggish speed. Generally when I plug in my external DVD-Rewriter or iPod via USB 2.0.

Let me state clearly that it's not the transfer speed I'm worried about, it's the fact that the entire system grinds to a halt when something is connected. I'm looking to buy an external hard-drive but considering it'll be permanently attached the computer will be largely useless with my current problem.

Any ideas on what might be causing the problem or how I may go about fixing the issue would be greatly appreciated.

2007-02-28 08:44:10 · 1 answers · asked by Hummy 1 in Add-ons

2007-02-28 08:41:58 · 9 answers · asked by jorga 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I just got a new PC:
- ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor
- CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
- EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

And I want to transfer a RAID1 array (2 250GB WD Caviars) from my old pc (running an AMD athlon XP 32-bit chip on an Asus a7n8x-e deluxe motherboard).
I just want to transfer the drives and use them as data drives, not OS drives.
Would it be possible to transfer the hard drives without breaking the RAID array and losing all the data?

2007-02-28 08:40:55 · 1 answers · asked by freddlock 1 in Other - Hardware

GEFORCE 7300 256/VGA/DVI/TV-O/PCIe
is this video card good for "Civilization IV"
IS THIS GUDDDDD!!!!

2007-02-28 08:33:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-02-28 08:31:20 · 2 answers · asked by snooksy 1 in Monitors

if so how can i enable it?

2007-02-28 08:30:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2007-02-28 08:29:57 · 6 answers · asked by mohawkwarrior19672000 1 in Desktops

My pc lately is locking up, a LOT! i'm not sure if it is power related, or irq sharing related, because I checking in device manager, and my videocard, sound,usb,nic are all on IRQ 11 for some strange alien reason! I have Win2k with ALL patches installed! how the heck do I get all this into the recommended irq's? I am a computer whiz, but now I'm stumped!

2007-02-28 08:28:32 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops