Hardware - February 2007

2007-02-21 08:39:50 · 6 answers · asked by Brian S 2 in Add-ons

My old monitor did not have that bad of quality but it was only a 15" oldstyle television looking thing that you see in an old office.I upgraded to a flat panel 19" LCD Hanns-G but it seems my picture quality is worse.Nothin looks as smooth especially text.It all looks alittle more "Blocky".Do flat panels just have worse quality than non flat panels?Is it maybe the size increase?Or maybe just the old 24 bit video card.I cant even set my quality to over 24 bit in Display Properties. Thanks

2007-02-21 08:39:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

on my pc.. please help!

2007-02-21 08:37:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

i have a dell inspiron e1505 and something happend to the laptop im not sure what but the only sound i can get is a realla annoying beep when i go to control panel it says there is no audio device i dont have the disk or anything and i have used systen restore but i can only go back to a certain date and if i go as far back as the date it still wont work and when i turn on the computer and the main page comes up it says hardware id is missing idk what to do if anybody could help me i would deeply apperciate it i havent had sound on this computer for 2 months and it is driving me crazy
thanks

2007-02-21 08:33:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I know it's not the power supply because I've opened it up and the LED inside the computer is coming on, It's also not any of the connections or the moniter. I'm guessing I got some sort of virus off of Limewire is there anything I can do?

2007-02-21 08:33:29 · 4 answers · asked by Jon L 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-02-21 08:31:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

when I put it in the printer the display on my printer says the ink cartridge is empty. Why is this??

Furthermore, when I print it is not printing properly. Some parts print fine and others print faded - It is basically streaky. I cleaned the printer head of the cartridge using the solution provided and I have run the "fix horizintal streaks" on my printer, and have also run some other maintenances but it doesn't seem to have fixed the problem. This is the first time I refilled this ink cartridge so I know the printer head is not damaged. Anyone have any suggestions??

2007-02-21 08:26:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

I was restoring my laptop to a previous date when the power lead came out and it switched off completely. Now when i try and turn it on I get a black screen with that error message saying that it is missing and that I should reinstall it. Im not sure what to do because it wont even come on properly. Please help!
Thankyou, vicky

2007-02-21 08:23:19 · 5 answers · asked by coolsexyfunky 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I know I have AGP slots cause my vid card is using one..but I'm wondering if it has PCI-Express slots as well.

I read that you can find out your make/model number of your motherboard by going to the Device Manager in the Control Panel of Windows. I tried but I saw a whole bunch of things like IEE Controller, AGP bus, etc.

Does the mother board have another name for it? What is it listed under in the Device Manager part of Windows?

thanks

2007-02-21 08:22:34 · 2 answers · asked by grymatta 1 in Other - Hardware

My computer cashed not to long ago, i know someone (who is has a drg in elect) to fix the computer, i had to put a new power supply and a new motherboard.. When i got the computer back it seem to work fine, until the next day, i went to use the keyboard and it wont register the damn thing. I have done everything you are to do, shut it down, I went in to see if he forgot to set it to ps2..I now have to buy a new one, after i just spent $200.00 rebilding it.. Just never heard of a keybord not working (the computer is only 3ys old) (emachine)

2007-02-21 08:19:12 · 6 answers · asked by TIKI 2 in Desktops

Would like to know which models (may) have panels from company called SHARP. I've checked replacement panel cross-ref lists to no avail, and the HP website specs to no avail.

2007-02-21 08:13:37 · 2 answers · asked by jbishop21us 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

.avi file, the audio is 3 seconds ahead of the video. I am using WMPlayer. What can I do?

2007-02-21 08:07:26 · 4 answers · asked by Antonio v 2 in Desktops

how do i get rid of the stuff ive downloaded ( included service packs) since i down loaded sp2 its running like an old dog!!
i'd like to get back to basics & start again, ive saved what i need to & have the xp home cd, what do do now ( apart from take it to some one who knows what they are doing)
regards

2007-02-21 08:01:42 · 9 answers · asked by R I P 2 in Other - Hardware

suppose my laptop dies on me. would i be able to take that LCD screen, take it off the laptop and use it as a secondary screen for my PC ? if so, what extra parts would it take ?
is there a website for this kind of stuff ?

2007-02-21 07:57:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

My Toshiba satellite laptop is starting to come apart. The seam where the 2 sides come together at the very bottom of my screen. It's some sort of plastic and nothing looks broken, it's just separated and now the screen is holding up a little wobbly. I tried pushing it together but it won't stay. It makes a cracking noise whenever I open or close it and I'm afraid it will break soon if it's not fixed somehow.
Any suggestions?
BTW it's a year old and is one of those tablet style laptops, but I've never used that tablet option.
Thanks for any info

2007-02-21 07:53:26 · 2 answers · asked by abbacat 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am thinking of buying the advent 8109 because my pc is to old and i am just wondering if it could play rollercoaster tycoon 3,black and white 2 and the sims 2.also i am wondering what graphics card it has and if it has a pixel shader.So if anyone has the answer please tell me.

2007-02-21 07:52:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-21 07:49:18 · 3 answers · asked by jobsy1 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Okay my computer stopped respondinsg so I did the usual Ctrl + Alt + Del and then what happened was the screen became inverted so like everything's upside down. Its freaking hard to type haha. Please helppppp I have no idea what happened.

2007-02-21 07:47:18 · 5 answers · asked by aimsnapfall 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have my hard drives hooked up correctly but the info i wanted on one i cant find i just want to use it as storage what should i do format it quick format or what i really dont care just going to put music on it

2007-02-21 07:46:45 · 2 answers · asked by duane r 1 in Desktops

2007-02-21 07:46:33 · 5 answers · asked by neubauerjoseph 2 in Other - Hardware

I have 2 hard drives, one of which is split in two. I have a 160 GB which is split into 40 + 120 (40 being my C:) and I have another drive that's 200 GB. When I format I only format my C: Partition, that way I keep all my important files. The problem is I formatted and it labeled my E: drive (200 GB) C: and vice-versa. So now my OS default drive is E:, which is annoying because everything installs on C: by default.

2007-02-21 07:42:45 · 2 answers · asked by dover1906 2 in Desktops

I have an SD card, and I have an SD card memory reader. It's built into my hard drive. I need to know either what drive the SD card would be considered after I put it in the reader, and how I would put pictures onto it. Nothing pops up when I insert the card, so I am not sure what to do. Detailed responses will be helpful. Lol. I'm a slow kid, :oP.

2007-02-21 07:40:30 · 1 answers · asked by Nickee R 1 in Add-ons

I desperately need the motion mouse pointer with the trailled with some words, please !!!

Thanks a million !

2007-02-21 07:38:09 · 4 answers · asked by Shoaib K 1 in Add-ons

Should i get a Nvidia 8800 GTS 320 MB?
- supports direct 10x
- newest video card
- 8800 series by nvidia are best graphic cards for the new windows vista currently
-supports pixel shader 4

or should i get:
ATI Radeon X1950XT 512MB VIDEO CARD
- good graphics
- supports directx 9
- has pixel shader 3
- best ati graphics card currently
-etc.

2007-02-21 07:36:28 · 8 answers · asked by IchigoFever 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-02-21 07:32:36 · 5 answers · asked by Vinnnnnncent 2 in Scanners

I recently installed a second SATA hard drive in my PC (not sure what motherboard it is...it's a recent Dell PC and I know for a fact it takes up to 3 more SATA hard drives).

I've changed the settings in the BIOS so it reads the second hard drive (I tested it without the connection, and I know I'm on the right track there) but I can't see it in 'my computer' on the desktop.

I CAN see it when I go into 'control panel' >> systems >> device manager, but I can't see it in 'My Computer'.

Also, it says the device IS working properly. So I'm not sure what the problem is - or why I can't see it next to the C drive in 'My computer'. Any thoughts? Many thanks in advance. Sham.

2007-02-21 07:24:24 · 2 answers · asked by shamirpoojara 1 in Other - Hardware

My Lexmark printer is not printing and I cannot afford to get it fixed.

2007-02-21 07:21:36 · 2 answers · asked by ** StAr_BaBy ** 2 in Printers

The Centrino is a 2 Duo processor T5600 AND THE AMD IS A 64X2 Dual Core Mobile Technology TL-56

2007-02-21 07:19:11 · 5 answers · asked by rodriguez55r 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-02-21 07:12:55 · 10 answers · asked by Dman 1 in Monitors

Jst installed a new motherboard and CPU but my old reset / on/off switch and harddisk drive front panel led plug is wrong.

The old switch is 8 pins in a row, empty, black, green(Power LED),blanked, black, Yellow(HDD LED), black, Red(power/reset switch). It was originally a HP pavilion PC.

The new Motherboard is a ASRock 775i65G and has 9pin (2 rows of 5) plug, PLED+, PLED-, PwrBtn#, blank, HDLED+, HDLED-, GND, RESET#, Dummy.

Does anyone know what sort of plug this is and where i can buy a new front panel switch/led display that will fit. Also is there a quick way to fire the pc up by shorting the PwrBtn# pin to GND just to turn the pc on. I know that the atx power supplies don't need the power button pressed in once the pc is on, they will only turn off if it is held on for 4 seconds. This means it's got to be a momentary on switch so shorting the terminals should work, i just need to be sure of the terminals.

Any help much appriciated, really want to get it working tonight

2007-02-21 07:11:33 · 3 answers · asked by jbenny1 1 in Desktops