Hardware - March 2007

i have Xp and every time i shut down the pc. Switch off the power supply , the time and date goes back to 12:00 and 02,june,2002. resatarting the computer does cause any change to the time. please help.

2007-03-28 02:49:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-03-28 02:45:44 · 13 answers · asked by randall p 1 in Desktops

My processor began to smoke, after a minute it stopped, there is no video output, I tested the monitor with my laptop, it was fine? What happened?

2007-03-28 02:45:19 · 5 answers · asked by The One and Only Fez 1 in Other - Hardware

My computer has slowed down significantly because of junk and viruses I have gotten over time. I have pictures and music on my computer I that I would like to keep. Is it possible to partition those files off from the rest of the hard drive and then do a system restore to make my computer preform like it was new again?

2007-03-28 02:41:56 · 6 answers · asked by m_obrien35 1 in Desktops

2007-03-28 02:39:06 · 2 answers · asked by mac blac 1 in Add-ons

I have a laptop which was given to me by a company I used to work for (I left last year) I want to wipe everything off it and start again as when I log on I dont have previlages to do anything! Is there a way I can wipe everything and re-install things that I want like word etc? Thanks x

2007-03-28 02:38:48 · 7 answers · asked by leonardsmummy 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Anyone knows if this is possible? Is it dangerous for the computer? Thanks for the help!

2007-03-28 02:38:48 · 7 answers · asked by Jorge C 1 in Monitors

2007-03-28 02:36:25 · 3 answers · asked by mac blac 1 in Add-ons

Hi.I had just bought a new laptop.Then i transfer some of my favourite links into my new laptop.so i delete some of the links that i think i don't need.But after i reboot the laptop, one of the chinese website link reappear.Everytime i delete, it will reappear after reboot.Can someone help me please?

Thanks and pardon my english.

2007-03-28 02:31:51 · 5 answers · asked by Emily 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Okay. My friend's computer just died, so I want to give her a new one. I have a case with everything in it except a hard drive. I have a working computer upstairs with almost the same specifications as the case. Is it possible to make an exact copy of the hard drive that's in the upstairs computer? Can I just drag-and-drop the entire C:\ drive or do I have to format it first?

2007-03-28 02:30:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i have tried the majority of things like defrag, clearing all un needed stuff from comp, then i press ctrl alt and del to see what is running. i then find that there are only 33 things running on startup and 6 of them are called (svghost.exe).this takes up 95,000 kb of processor each and if i end process on 1 of them my sound compleatly vanishes : (. i cant run my game which is a easy game to play, only 1.4gh pentium 3 processor required. and i also have to wait 50 mins before i can even bring up ctrl alt and del. please help me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-03-28 02:28:13 · 12 answers · asked by chris349349 1 in Other - Hardware

when i load up my computer, i have to press delete to continue, cause its a mouse error, it says 8602 ps/2 mouse error or no ps/2 mouse present. i uninstalled it and then put it back on and it still comes up as that error, what can i do about it?

2007-03-28 02:27:52 · 1 answers · asked by MOVIE BUFF 1 in Add-ons

Happens to alot of games. The bottom or top seems to get chopped off and i can get to the next screen. Have a whole lotta games but cant seem to get them properly installed.

2007-03-28 02:22:35 · 1 answers · asked by kopioh2000 2 in Other - Hardware

Hi.
I believe that my USB ports may not be working. I can no longer get my printer to work (altho I have tested it, it still works but I can't get my computer to recongnize that the printer is plugged in), also my computer doesn't seem to recongnize that I have plugged in my digital camera.
Is this normal for USB ports to wear out? Could it be a software prob? Any suggestions or testing I can run myself?
I am still running Windows 98.
I thank everyone who answers in advance. Thanks!

2007-03-28 02:19:51 · 7 answers · asked by mustanggrrrl2001 2 in Other - Hardware

I just bought a brand new HP computer with Vista installed and a brand new HP all-in-one printer, as well. I can get the fax, copy and printing to all work, but the darn thing refuses to scan a picture into my computer. I've already gone to the manufacturer's website and uploaded the patch to make the "printer" to work with Vista, restarted my system about a billion and a half times, and made sure all of the programming was correct, but the scan function still refuses to do its job. Anyone out there have any ideas?

2007-03-28 02:13:55 · 2 answers · asked by Kat 1 in Scanners

Ok so I gotta do some team work over the net for uni. I get a cheap litle $14 microphone, load up sound recorder or audacity and can't get the damn thing to record. the package came with no instructions since you should just plug it in.

I've checked the sound volumes and everything is up what else could it be? or did I just get stuck with a broken mic

2007-03-28 02:11:34 · 4 answers · asked by normthesamurai 2 in Other - Hardware

what is the easiest way without installing windows from scatch?
i use win xp professional

2007-03-28 02:08:29 · 5 answers · asked by stuart l 2 in Other - Hardware

I was curious if it's possible to by a DVD Burner for a laptop that didn't have one built in already? I know you can for Desktops and just install it yourself but I didnt know if it's the same for laptops. If so, what's the price range and model I should be considering?

2007-03-28 02:06:52 · 6 answers · asked by sunfir26 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-03-28 01:59:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2007-03-28 01:57:22 · 4 answers · asked by pring 1 in Add-ons

What is the best PCI-E graphics card for Video Editing? I have plenty of RAM and space but when editing on pinnacle 10 my screen often freezes, i think this is due to my onboard graphics card.

2007-03-28 01:57:06 · 3 answers · asked by spdury72 1 in Add-ons

2007-03-28 01:40:09 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

my scanner has been acting kinda funny in the last few weeks, until bam, the original adaptor burned. i checked to see if it was my scanner alone that was broken too, but i tried it with my friend's scanner adaptor (she had the same identical one) and it worked perfectly fine. so i ordered a new one of the correct model and such.

i just tried and boom it did something funny, so anyways, it worked for a couple of min. then i turned it off when i came back to use to it again it didnt make any noise as how the old one did, it simply did not work anymore. but i noticed that aroudn the edges of it it was getting all liquidy. yellowish liquidy....what is that?????

do adaptors carry some type of liquid inside of each one?? does that mean that its burnt AGAIN??? what is this liquid???

2007-03-28 01:39:01 · 1 answers · asked by sueet2b 4 in Other - Hardware

2007-03-28 01:36:43 · 4 answers · asked by charity p 1 in Printers

i am getting messages that my hard drive is low in space. what is the recomended blank space i should keep on my drive.

2007-03-28 01:34:49 · 9 answers · asked by healthy life 2 in Other - Hardware

when i try to boot-up i get this message checksum invalid and the clock has to be reset everytime does anyone out there know the cause?

2007-03-28 01:29:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-03-28 01:26:34 · 10 answers · asked by karthic R 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-03-28 01:21:35 · 4 answers · asked by Johnson 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

hi
i just want to akk dat which ram is going to work on sis741 and how do i know that how many pins should it have, i dont have much knowledge about what ram i need and how to install them.
plz do reply
thankyou

2007-03-28 01:19:09 · 8 answers · asked by cooldudechand 1 in Desktops

what computer is better for video games......gateway, dell, or alienware?

2007-03-28 01:16:01 · 7 answers · asked by crystal p 1 in Desktops