Hardware - March 2007

Please provide clear instructions (as I am inexperienced at this kind of thing), as well as the exact type of hardware/software that will be needed. If you have a link to a site that provides easy to understand instructions, you could provide that as well.
As a bonus, could you also tell me what the key difference is when recording to CD to play on a regular CD player vs. recording to play on a computer only. Thank you.

2007-03-20 15:30:15 · 3 answers · asked by Christian 1 in Other - Hardware

I have a Dell Deminsion 2400 and i'm not sure if i can upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium or if i have to get another computer. Help!!!

2007-03-20 15:24:49 · 11 answers · asked by Rock... 2 in Desktops

I need a laptop for $2000 Canadian including tax and a three year warranty. I want a 15 screen What is the best laptop I can get ? I've seen alot online If you dont know what one I should get then please answer this , out of the following brands which would you choose ? LG,HP,toshiba.
Also I really would like a tablet laptop but cant find one with a 15 inch sreen that has vista,dvd burner,webcam and good stats. Thanks to everyone who responds.

2007-03-20 15:07:14 · 4 answers · asked by Glen 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

Just about each key will type in 2 letters as opposed to just the one designated character. Is there an easy way to fix this that I'm missing or is it useless now? Sorry if this doesn't come out very legible, I am using the laptop and have to go through and delete about 70% of the letters that are automatically put in.

For Example: If I were to type "Hi everyone, I hope that you are having a good evening" it would come out like this...

Hik edvedrfyolned, IK holp;ed thqat yoluj qarfed hqavikng qa gololed edvednikng.

Ugh... any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

2007-03-20 15:06:31 · 3 answers · asked by jd 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

If somebody could help me with any of these 2 questions, I'd really appreciate it... The first and the last one.

Consider a single-platter disk with the following parameters: rotation speed: 7200 rpm; number of tracks on one side of platter: 30000; number of sectors per track: 600; seek time: one ms for every hundred tracks traversed. Let the disk receive a request to access a random sector on a random track and assume the head starts at track 0.

a. What is the average seek time?

b. What is the average rotational latency?
4.17 ms

c. What is the transfer time for a sector?
T=512/(7200)(307200)=2.31 ms or .00231 s

d. What is the total average time to satisfy a request?

2007-03-20 14:52:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I am looking for a battery for an older notebook of my dads. The brand of notebook is Sager and the model number is 5100S and it is part of the NP series. This is really important to me, could someone help me please?

2007-03-20 14:49:41 · 7 answers · asked by Crystal 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Like a sphere, or a face, maybe a skull. Would you buy a computer from someone/company making computers in these types of cases. Would you just buy the case?

2007-03-20 14:42:29 · 9 answers · asked by Raistlin H 3 in Desktops

Just a lil more infomation. ive basicly tried everything. takeing everything off the mb and putting it back in one by one. plus its got a a new 500 w ps a new 256mb video card. new memory a new 500 gb hard drive and to top it off a new case fan. the cpu is a amd athlon xp. and the mother board is a giga-byte 7vt600-RZ. no post no windows logon. nothing. no beeps ethier. can anyone please help me out with this.

2007-03-20 14:40:18 · 12 answers · asked by Josh W 1 in Desktops

I have a lot of free space on my hard drive and I do not have a lot of programs starting when I it on, so why is it slow?

2007-03-20 14:38:33 · 20 answers · asked by Nelly J 3 in Other - Hardware

I have about 20 gigs of space used up on a 40 gig hard drive, i just want to copy the stuff onto a drive and then have the computer re formatted. I think this may be the fastest way, but give me your thoughts.

2007-03-20 14:34:04 · 5 answers · asked by larapdab 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-03-20 14:32:32 · 8 answers · asked by billyxc729 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a old IBM that use to have windows 98 OS I have upgraded to a 80 GB hard drive and added 512 sram memeory then put the XP OS in now I want to change from fat32 filing to NTSF I heard it was better can someone in the know help me?

2007-03-20 14:30:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I've noticed twice that my laptop rebooted for no reason, though the 2nd time MAY have been due to overheating (accidentally blocked the fan).

I'm asking because the hard drive has been making noise if the laptop is tilted (makes the noise while it is being tilted). Related? Thanks.

2007-03-20 14:27:28 · 4 answers · asked by Ryan P 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-03-20 14:24:02 · 10 answers · asked by karan j 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have an HP laptop. Its about 6 months old. When I play music or a video off the internet, the audio has been skipping and/or echoing. What could be the problem? Any good answers would be appreciated!!

2007-03-20 14:22:03 · 6 answers · asked by Annieo 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-03-20 14:20:34 · 8 answers · asked by nita n 1 in Add-ons

2007-03-20 14:17:19 · 1 answers · asked by snowriver 7 in Laptops & Notebooks

my fax machine is a brother MFC-3220 c

2007-03-20 14:16:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

I have a dell dimension 2400, I know it has PCI slots and they suck but it's all I have to work with. I bought a Nvidia Geforce FX 5200. I've tried to install it about 5 times each time trying different ways that I've read on the net. Everytime after disabling the onboard card and installing the new one I plug the monitor into the card but the screen is black, I try the other slot then plug it into the normal slot on the tower and it's fine (except for preception issues from disabling the onboard). I go to install the drivers on the CD that came with the card but it says "No hardware found". Please help.

2007-03-20 14:14:58 · 2 answers · asked by Omar B 1 in Add-ons

2007-03-20 14:13:41 · 7 answers · asked by sexyjay1962 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

It gets dirty quite fast, id like to know a way of cleaning it without having to buy a special product for computer screens...

2007-03-20 13:50:33 · 7 answers · asked by cneary 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

When i turn on the power to my computer, everything come to life... except the case power lights. Not that terrible of a problem, but there is no output from the computer!
i talked to multiple people.. they say " O Emachines... its your motherboard!" and "i replace those all the time"
so i went and tracked down an Socket 462 motherboard.. (not an easy feat here) and installed it.
SAME RESULTS!!!
i dont know what else? Processor? i have never overclocked it, and all i use the computer for is gaming and email.
im tempted to put the original mobo back in and return the 90 dollar one.
any suggestions? ... and yes.. the vid card fires up.. the power sup is on... fans are spinning .. hard drive and cd roms are working... ?? could only be the Processor left right?

2007-03-20 13:48:19 · 5 answers · asked by Joe 1 in Other - Hardware

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8227689&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat103700050030&id=1167444907899

2007-03-20 13:46:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I made a video that I need to get onto DVD. I have a Windows Media Center PC, but whenever I try to burn a DVD with it, it says the files aren't compatible. Could you either tell me a format it is compatable with, as well as the kind of DVD (+ or - R) or if there is a free/cheap DVD burning program. My computer has a DVD burner. I just want to make DVDs and be able to play them in a DVD player

2007-03-20 13:43:19 · 3 answers · asked by Jeff S. 1 in Other - Hardware

Its an LG
Cd-R-W 52X32X52
I have Win 2000
and the computer does not detect it.
Please help
thanks
-A

2007-03-20 13:38:55 · 6 answers · asked by amnon w 1 in Printers

My computer will not turn on with the graphics card in it.....Is it a possibility that its the fan? Or is it definitely the card is completely fried? I dont wanna go through the trouble to change fans if its not even a possibility.

To clarify, the computer clicks on for a split second then off. Then after that it wont even attempt to power on.(with vid card in).

So, do I attempt to switch fans? If you answer you better have a good reason or some statistics why. Don't just say "yes, or no because i say so".

Later and thanks.

2007-03-20 13:30:25 · 2 answers · asked by J M 2 in Other - Hardware

okay ..now that i know for sure that my gateway GT5242E is compatible for mini SD ( thanks for answering before! ) ..it won't work ..i plugged the mini SD into the adaptor and that into the SD card slot on the computer and nothing?

i tried restarting it and nothing happens. when i insert a regular SD card into the adapter then into the slot on the computer it works but not the mini SD..

any suggestions on what to do? or what the problem is?

2007-03-20 13:18:49 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Anybody know what went wrong?
Used to run XP, just recently got Vista.

2007-03-20 13:13:11 · 6 answers · asked by Sean F. 1 in Other - Hardware

I am trying to transfer data from my old computers hard drive (via external enclosure connected with usb) to my new one, but when it comes down to transferring the files I get a message ‘Access denied’. I’ve tried to find a way around this but was not able to do so. Any ideas on this?
Thanks

2007-03-20 13:08:49 · 7 answers · asked by Elena N 1 in Add-ons

2007-03-20 13:08:37 · 10 answers · asked by mrsir7000 2 in Desktops