Hardware - March 2007

Hi..

Bear with me on this..
1) I recently had a problem with my laptop, that I put down to a battery problem.
2)Sent away and replaced the battery - with a new one.
Afer a week I realised the new battery wasn't charging properely.
Checked the battery and noticed it was a different battery than the one I originally ordered.
3)Sent off for correct battery.
4)Correct battery arrived after another week (in exchange etc).
5)Correct battery didn't charge - so thought I must have developed a power supply problem - (laptop was working of the initial charge off the batttry when it new battery arrived)..
6)Bought new power supply.

7)Now nothing is working. No lights on the laptop. Laptop is just (scaringly) dead..and the new battery doesn't charge at all.

Does anyone know what could be causing this?

Thanks in advance.

2007-03-31 23:54:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

http://www.thomann.de/ie/the_tracks_tfx_256_pro.htm
im not sure if i should buy this, will i be able to connect it to a computer?? will someone tell me some stuff about it???

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its a 2 gb Olympus memory card. the lost photos are all in chronological order from one section of the memory card. there are 200 to 300 missing. thanks

2007-03-31 23:46:38 · 3 answers · asked by chloe 1 in Scanners

I have purchased a Dell Inspiron 640 m laptop. The specification says it has 8x DVD/CD Burner (DVD+/-RW).
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2007-03-31 23:45:57 · 5 answers · asked by Sumanta 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi, Would upgrading my computer memory increase the speed of it? I regulary defragment etc.

2007-03-31 23:39:41 · 14 answers · asked by tiggytwiggy01 1 in Add-ons

I have a gateway GT4016 desktop which I mostly use for games and other stuff. The computer currently has an AMD 64 Athelon 939 socket processor on a BTX motherboard (factory board), I was wondering if a 939 Dual Core AMD will work with this board. The computer has an upgraded power supply, extra RAM and an ATI video card. The current OS is Windows EX Media Center Edition. If the swap can be made what if any other changes must be made to the computer? Thanks.

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2007-03-31 23:11:53 · 4 answers · asked by John C 1 in Monitors

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2007-03-31 23:10:46 · 3 answers · asked by tony t 1 in Add-ons

I have read other responses about temperatures on the Pentium D, but I would prefer getting answers to my specific questions to my system, so here goes:

I recently built a new system including a Pentium D 820 on an nForce 570 motherboard, with a CoolerMaster CPU fan (see http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131032 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103001 ). They are all in a Raidmax Smilidon case (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156062 ) with 5 fans (4x80mm + 1x120mm).

However, I am becoming worried about the temp readings. While idling, it will drop down to around 45C, but when I get both cores running at 100%, it jumps up to a max of 56C. As soon as I lessen the load, though, it drops straight back down. Now, I realize that the Artic Silver 5 thermalpaste I used hasn't fully cured ("baked"), but should I be worried about these temps? What should I do?

2007-03-31 23:01:03 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

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Okay, so basically I was mowing... that's all you need to know <_<
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2007-03-31 22:51:28 · 6 answers · asked by Johnny Doughsworth 2 in Other - Hardware

A few weeks back my computer crashed, did a system check on my drives and then told me one of my internal hard drives could not be found (or the RAID wasn't working - I'm not entirely sure on those details). I finally got it working using an Intel Utility on my computer. Since then, the drive in my computer has been making a sound. The best way I can describe it is if you imagine the whirring sound a hard drive or a CD drive starting up - it continually sounds like it is speeding up then slowing down then speeding up etc. I would like to know if this is normal or if, for some reason, the drive is failing and being worked to hard since the crash and needs to be replaces. Thanks!

2007-03-31 22:24:10 · 7 answers · asked by jarrodmthompson@sbcglobal.net 1 in Desktops

I do once a month, is it bad for the drives health.


Thank you

2007-03-31 22:23:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i have bought a laptop but now i want to give it to my daughter will she be able to use it she has a cable telephone the laptop is a advent

2007-03-31 22:17:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

how much will it cost? in chennai? where can i buy? or can i ask some computer service people to get it done.
do we have any other operating system or software other that windows in market in chennai? thats suitable for laptop

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is this packard bell pc worth the price

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I recentlty dropped one of my harddrives and now it doesn't work. When I try to power it up all it does is play a sound like a little warning tune (which I didn't know harddrives could do) then grinds for a few seconds. I've had the cover off and the grinding appears to be the arm trying to move but not getting very far. Is there any way I can reset the arm? I'm fairly certain the actual discs aren't damaged. Can I take the discs out and put them in another harddrive? This was my backup drive and has about 200gig of data I could really do without losing.

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2007-03-31 21:37:04 · 4 answers · asked by essential 1 in Printers

I wish to install another OS onto my computer, but keep this one. I have an extra hard drive, and can NOT reformat my master (due to certain reasons I do not wish to discuss). I want to be able to choose at start up which OS to boot, how can I install an OS into my slave and do this?

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