Hardware - March 2007

The printer is a OKI B4100. I'm concerned about the labels coming off the page when it turns on the drum. I don't really want to risk it unless I know it'll be ok. Ideas?

2007-03-29 21:21:00 · 5 answers · asked by Handofmercy 1 in Printers

Im living in japan and i want to buy a japanese laptop and install vista or xp. But from what i heard its not as simple as it seems that you cant just install a english version into the laptop. Problems occur with sound and other functions. Is this true?

2007-03-29 20:29:52 · 3 answers · asked by rfah n 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

so if you got any information in how to fix it please lat me know

2007-03-29 19:20:38 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2007-03-29 18:06:09 · 15 answers · asked by santiranjan 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I need some recomendation with buying a new printer. My main purpose is only for printing black and white document.

Main concern is the cost of the ink cartridge - as low as possible
and if it's refillable

2007-03-29 18:06:05 · 11 answers · asked by danielpsw 5 in Printers

I have a 5000 qc pro.
Installed the software, followed the directions (many times) and I still cant get it to work.
I amnow told I need the following inf files on my computer, and I do not have them (Xp Pro)
usb.inf
wdmaudio.inf
wdma_usb.inf

I need to know where they go.

2007-03-29 18:05:31 · 3 answers · asked by eddie9551 5 in Add-ons

I currently have a NVIDIA 128 MB GDDR3 6600 GPU and am looking at getting a NVIDIA 512 MB GDDR3 GEForce 7950 GT card. I'm wondering how much of an effect the graphics card has on video editing. Most of these cards are most for fast FPS for games, which is not what I need. Thanks.

2007-03-29 17:39:20 · 2 answers · asked by ougner 2 in Desktops

I hear a clicking sound when turning on my pc. After turning it off and on again a few times it usually stops and all will resume as normal. lately I've been getting the message dells disk monitoring system has detected that drive 0 on the primary EIDE controls is operating outside of normal specifications. I don't know if it is related to the fact that the UPS has stopped.

2007-03-29 16:49:03 · 5 answers · asked by Faramir 1 in Add-ons

My PC crashes regularly when pushed with 3D, the gfx card is brand new and has the latest drivers. (tried official his driver, and ati x1950 driver)
It cannot complete 'Video Card Stability Test' without rebooting. The faq for that recommended checking power supply and cpu temp.
The 550w PSU is new, but a cheap £20 one, maybe too unstable a supply? (sumvision/sumevision?)
CPU temp is 45-50°C idle, is this a little hot?

Tried running the stability test offline with no other programs running, yet it still crashes.

p4 3ghz
asrock 775vm800 mobo
1.5gb ram
his ati x1950pro agp 512mb
trust soundcard
kworld dvb-t100 digi tv tuner
sony dvd burner
sweex card reader
120gb + 80gb hd
case fan + psu fan

Ohhhh the frustration!
Can anyone help?

2007-03-29 16:28:52 · 3 answers · asked by Chenier 2 in Other - Hardware

I just got old 64bit Dell PERC2/QC 4 channel Adaptec AAC-364 RAID card for my old computer. My motherboard is intel L440GX dual PIII board which has one 64 bit PCI slot. But I realize that raid card doesnt fit 64bit slot. gap between 32bit PCI pins section and extended pins section is 2mm smaller than board slot has. Normal 32bit section fits well. If I put in a 32bit PCI slot card works well. But I want to use as 64bit. How many different type 64bit PCI exist and also are PCIExpress slots different than old 64bit PCI slots ?

2007-03-29 16:24:12 · 2 answers · asked by Newestbie 2 in Other - Hardware

my USB port stop working and they told me to...


Open the Registry on the offending computer and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E980-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}.

Delete any values with the name UpperFilters or LowerFilters within this key.

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}. (This is within the same general area of the Registry, but note the slightly different CLSID.)

Also delete any values with the name UpperFilters or LowerFilters within this key.

Reboot the computer.



What does that mean?

2007-03-29 16:18:03 · 3 answers · asked by x_x_lozer_x_x 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-03-29 16:15:42 · 9 answers · asked by Mi 3 in Add-ons

I have a 70 gb hard drive and before vista, i had 54 gb left. now I only have 38.2 gbs left, thanks to vista. I have been looking for some good hard drives and found a good sized one. Is it okay to replace the old one with a new internal one for drive C or is the only option to use an external one? thanks

2007-03-29 16:08:25 · 3 answers · asked by Alex 1 in Desktops

I just ordered it and waiting for it to arrive. I need you who have seen or heard of this laptop to tell me what you think of it. Thanks.

2007-03-29 16:04:02 · 2 answers · asked by cardo11 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I could print envelopes ok until this week.

2007-03-29 16:01:59 · 3 answers · asked by Darrell H 1 in Printers

ive added 512 mb of RAM and it still freezes up if not more...

2007-03-29 15:58:07 · 5 answers · asked by Gabriel C 1 in Other - Hardware

mine is a Samsung laptop.

2007-03-29 15:56:29 · 6 answers · asked by health y 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

my sound device doesn't work....
i have no sound after i upgraded for xp to vista

2007-03-29 15:53:02 · 4 answers · asked by caio100gt 3 in Other - Hardware

In Win XP, in the Screensaver option, under the Power option. They allow you to turn off your monitor and hard disk after a period of time. I wonder how is it different from the standby mode? I have tried setting the hard disk to be turned off after a period and downloading still can resume. Let say if you are downloading a file from a website.

I also read from wikipedia that turning off the LCD monitor instead of putting it into screensaver could prolong the life of the LCD. Is it true?

2007-03-29 15:44:52 · 3 answers · asked by YX 2 in Desktops

i was looking at PCI graphics cards( not PCI express) and i noticed that there were two kinds. one had three things, and the other only two. the PCI port only has two things, so does the one with three work? o looked at one of the ones with three and it said that it worked with the PCI port and was compatable with all computers. is that true? and i know it wasnt AGP! thanks!!!

2007-03-29 15:44:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2007-03-29 15:37:20 · 3 answers · asked by Jackie G 1 in Add-ons

I updated my pc to windows vista and the speakers don't work, not even head phones... it says "no audio output device is installed"
But the microphone works fine...

Could someone help me!!

2007-03-29 15:31:25 · 3 answers · asked by caio100gt 3 in Other - Hardware

I am trying to use a USB bluetooth dongle with my phone (SE) and it says my computer doesnt support Native Bluetooth, so I only have serial access. What does this mean? How do I get Native Bluetooth?

2007-03-29 15:16:22 · 2 answers · asked by xtaticlyme 2 in Add-ons

i just bought this real expenseve stereo that supposedly i can connect a usb mass storage divice to it but that just dont make sense how that would work without the computer hooked up to it its a philips dvd micro theatre iv read the instuctions but there not to clear as to how it works can anyone tell me how the heck this thing works

2007-03-29 15:15:29 · 1 answers · asked by threat 2 in Add-ons

I have an additional 12V fan cooling the bottom part of my hard disk circuit board but I don't know if I am doing the right thing, because hard disk could get quite hot. Or should I place it to cool the motherboard or the ram? CPU and graphic card has its own fan.

I also realised that the top metal surface of the hard disk is used for emitting heat if I am not wrong? Should my fan cool it there instead?

2007-03-29 15:11:10 · 6 answers · asked by YX 2 in Desktops

i would like to know first
is motherboard's specification really important in overall system's performance.
i am buying
Core 2 duo 1.8
2 GB DDR2 667
19" Wide screen TFT
250 GB Sata
sony writer etc
as i dont want to use SLI or i dont want to over clock at all.
i am thinking to buy basic series board which is
intel D945GCL which supports everything.
should i consider this and will this board minimize my computer's performance ?

2007-03-29 15:07:18 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

dell xps m1210:
-Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB)
-Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
-2GB Dual Shared Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
-120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
-24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
-256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 TurboCache™

2007-03-29 14:44:47 · 3 answers · asked by Patrick M 1 in Add-ons

Well when I go on on webpages the pointer blinks and its really annoying hard to see what I'm clicking on but when I exit webpages its fine! I've even changed nouses! wth is wrong???

2007-03-29 14:30:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

i have 4 partision but (C, D, E, F)
but i only wantt to format (C) without lossing other partisions

2007-03-29 14:22:22 · 2 answers · asked by knowledgeable2 2 in Add-ons

Mice or mouses

2007-03-29 14:11:39 · 20 answers · asked by luicidal 1 in Add-ons