Hardware - March 2007

I have software (On a CD) for my DVR security camera system, personal weather system, computer Scanner, printer, etc.. Also can I still download stuff such as Mozilla Firefox, print screen, AIM, etc. And can I still use real player... Thanks

2007-03-25 15:17:39 · 2 answers · asked by Bill Hart Electric 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have a mac mini, and its worked fine. But i bought a cd and tried putting it in the slot. When i did it either would not eject or spit ti back out the second i put it in. this has happened with other cds and movies too. Whats wrong with it?

2007-03-25 15:16:33 · 1 answers · asked by person 1 in Desktops

FIRST SYSMBOL: It had a sine wave (a complete cycle) that start from the peak. At the bottom of the mount (of the first half cycle) there's a dot.

SECOND SYSMBOL: I or 1

THIRD SYSMBOL: O or zero

I often found this in laptop cover. I just don't know what trademark this is. Do you know?
O thank you so much.

2007-03-25 15:08:59 · 7 answers · asked by Ugly Pig 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-03-25 15:07:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-03-25 15:05:47 · 3 answers · asked by said g 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Sims 2 needs DirectX 9.0 sound and Video Card. How can I tell what I have?

2007-03-25 14:57:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I am trying to copy all my files on my old HD to my new HD, and the new one already has Windows on it. I've tried using a well-known migrate/transfer utility, but it says the receiving disk (the new one) has to be formatted! There's no way I'm formatting it after all I've installed on it already. When I try to just open the old one under My Computer and copy and paste the contents, it gives me a stupid error msg. saying that disk is not formatted and do I want to format it. LOL Umm no, because if I do I lose everything on there & won't be able to transfer anything! Grrr this is getting very frustrating. :-)

2007-03-25 14:53:32 · 4 answers · asked by brook_k2000 1 in Other - Hardware

Often, the drive opens on its own, without having to press the button (although never when a disc is in it). At first I thought it was because I might have put pressure on it, and it just popped open because some clasp released.

However, it is very finnicky with DVD's. They tend to overheat after 45 minutes, and it will stop reading the disc. It will cause my computer to stall, and then I will press the button, but the drive will not open. Usually restarting fixed the problem. Then it started not opening at random times, when it hadn't just been reading a DVD.

Then it stopped reading some of my audio CD's, and now it won't read DVD's or audio CD's without skipping (I tried it on a brand new CD that had no scratches, and it still skipped).

I was just wondering if anybody knew how to fix this, or if anybody else has had similar issues?

2007-03-25 14:50:15 · 2 answers · asked by Lint 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I bought this camara a few months ago and the fist time i conected it was in my work desk with yahoo mesenger, now if i want to conected with yahoo in my house I cant and i've been trying in meny computers with the same results. Does anyone have this problems?

2007-03-25 14:46:59 · 1 answers · asked by Miriam R 2 in Add-ons

2007-03-25 14:46:55 · 3 answers · asked by rodsparkway 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i lost my disc on installing my dell printer. my computer is too slow to download for the program directly... how else can i install my printer without it??? i have lots of ink cartridges, help...

2007-03-25 14:45:05 · 13 answers · asked by Lil 1 in Printers

what is Discover as boot the computer I see the word Discover
with blue color and middle I see the DISCOVER.
help anyone

2007-03-25 14:41:09 · 2 answers · asked by GAV 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

PCI only

2007-03-25 14:37:04 · 3 answers · asked by dsblocky 1 in Desktops

i need to get it back what do i do.

2007-03-25 14:33:26 · 12 answers · asked by tiny 1 in Scanners

Whenever I change the desktop background color, the monitor goes black and white as it loads. Is there away to simply set everyhing as black and white?

2007-03-25 14:26:35 · 4 answers · asked by George M 2 in Monitors

like is there any way i can boot from the external hard drive when i got to put windows on it says it cant acess it and list a number or reasons

2007-03-25 14:24:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

A Dell Dimension E310 Used for 1 year.

2.8 gig CPU
1 gig RAM
70 gig Hard Drive
Radeon 9250 PCI Bus Video Card

Looking to sell because it has PCIex16 slot so its very limited to gaming capability.

2007-03-25 14:21:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I was given an old computer which I want to use as a backup computer.

It has two drives in it (diff. models), C drive is FAT32 formatted and has XP installed, and almost completely full (even without any programs). E drive is empty and larger, its NTFS formatted.

I want to migrate XP from C to E drive. Can you tell me which is the easiest way to do? I have little computer knowledge, and cannot reinstall XP since I have no XP on CD.

I have thought about doing this, will it work?

1. Install Norton Ghost or Acronis TrueImage onto C drive, image the entire C drive, and restore it onto the empty E drive.

2. Open the computer and physically switch the two drive cables.

3. Boot up the computer. If it works, then it means the previously E drive will be now the C drive.

I'm worried about two things though:
- The two drives are not identical models.
- The original XP was installed on FAT32, the new drive is NTFS.

Will this work? Do you have a better suggestion?

Thanks.

2007-03-25 14:17:03 · 1 answers · asked by C1N2G8 1 in Other - Hardware

I've tried troubleshooting it and testing and rolling back to previous time and still nothing...I've had this computer for 7 years...Could somebody help me..? Will I need to put it out of its misery and buy another cd-writer? I have space for a dvd.. oh, by the way My computer is a Windows XP..

2007-03-25 14:16:52 · 4 answers · asked by Sharon K 1 in Desktops

I have a dell dimension e510 with an ATA-150 hard drive interface.

2007-03-25 14:16:26 · 3 answers · asked by glowskull03 2 in Add-ons

I have the 3 CD's that came when I bought the computer.
When I insert it, its just a bunch of files and folders...
I'm just about tired of this computer, I had it for 3 years and it just plainly gets me so frustrated!!!

Please help!

2007-03-25 14:14:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anthony 2 in Desktops

Please don't tell me to copy and paste, or nortron ghost.
Thanks!

2007-03-25 14:10:31 · 4 answers · asked by Mylo 2 in Other - Hardware

how does that work when i order online? how much would i pay monthly if for example i do installments of $30 a month with the interest?

2007-03-25 14:04:58 · 2 answers · asked by sh8dybrady120 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-03-25 14:00:53 · 1 answers · asked by conspiracygirl 1 in Monitors

i had a virus or something on my laptop so i reformatted it the only thing is i accidently re-installed windows vista on my second hard drive not my first and i need to move all the files to the first hard drive how do i do that and will i have to format or anything? Thanks

2007-03-25 13:51:04 · 1 answers · asked by freded_124 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

it wont come out when i press the external button. and it wont come out when i try to press eject on my computer.

2007-03-25 13:48:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-03-25 13:47:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

2007-03-25 13:42:52 · 9 answers · asked by MJR 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i partitioned my hard drive during my installion of ubuntu 6.10 in didnt work and i lost 120 gb on my external harddrive and i would like it back is there a free was to do this i tried to reformat but it didnt work so.......

2007-03-25 13:42:06 · 3 answers · asked by Just Another Staind Fan 2 in Other - Hardware

last month, i bought a new HP computer from FutureShop with windows VISTA. After a month, my computer got some problems, i gave it back to FutureShop, they couldn't fix it, so they gave me an new desktop, just last week.

Right NOW, i got some problems with this NEW computer.
1. i press CTRL+F, nothing appears
2. i click on File, Edit, ect. on Internet Explorer, nothing opens
3. i click on desktop icon, the desktop doesn't open
4. i click on my friend's icon on Yahoo Messenger, but no window opens
5. i click to open a new tab, but no new tab opens
6. nothing opens except the Start Menu and ...

QUESTION ===> Why this NEW computer have these problems? Is it because of Windows VISTA or the hardware?

(I think the previous computer which FutureShop couldn't fix, had some physical (hardware) problems)

2007-03-25 13:41:28 · 3 answers · asked by ___ 4 in Desktops