Hardware - April 2007

Ok
i have an amd athon 64 3700+ (socket 754)
it has a heat sink and a fan attached to it
i took it out no problem to clean under it and the fan ect....

now i cant get it back in
i cant lift the lever to loosen it.
do i have to loosen the lever first?
if so how would i go about doing so as the heatsink and fan are attached to the cpu
also do i have to remove the heatsing and fan?


HURRY NEED ANSWERS ASAP!!!

2007-04-23 13:19:54 · 4 answers · asked by Cute W O the E 7 2 in Desktops

my toshiba satellite m65-s809 is dead after 1.5 years.

i am thinking about installing a desktop computer. is it ideal to use the hard drive from the laptop and use it as the desktop's main hard drive?

2007-04-23 12:59:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I am looking to build a new PC for gaming. I am not sure on what chipset to get. Give me some educated suggestions.

2007-04-23 12:59:21 · 2 answers · asked by krazy_coconut_82 1 in Desktops

2007-04-23 12:52:05 · 3 answers · asked by DJ 1 in Scanners

My laptop is not getting any power through the ac adaptor. I have 2 different ac power supplies. One is the original and the other is a universal one. Both don't work but the universal one has a blue light turned on whenever power is going through it. The blue light turns on but the light on my laptop that shows you when its being charged isn't on. The jack is kind of loose but thats how its always been and its worked before. Also my battery is new and works fine but its running out of power and i cant recharge it for abvious reasons. Any know how to fix this problem?

2007-04-23 12:51:25 · 4 answers · asked by My Answers are always right. 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Desk-tops with their CPU's are easier to repair, upgraid, lalala... Lap-tops with nice 3-4 year guarantee period is hard to find, and I need advice of a pro. I have all SW I need.
IISSIF, but I want it to last. TY

2007-04-23 12:38:40 · 3 answers · asked by Kat 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

from 2 GB Windows 98 to a 4 GB Windows Me hard drive and am having resolution problems on display. I have tryed to change the adapter, but the system insists on using only the S3 adapter. Can't get it to 800 X 600 without it showing "4" images in line. Got a solution?

2007-04-23 12:35:06 · 5 answers · asked by Theban 5 in Other - Hardware

2007-04-23 12:32:39 · 3 answers · asked by ramona m 1 in Printers

2007-04-23 12:30:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Not the actual CPU but the socket. Some TIM got onto the pins in the socket. Now it won't POST, is there a way to clean it off without making it worse?

2007-04-23 12:28:18 · 4 answers · asked by prejudged_fire 3 in Other - Hardware

I have an old creaky dos app that we still use in business. We run windows xp. Today our printer (brother 1440) dropped dead. We can order a cheap drum. In the meantime we have several printers that can run on parallel port to the system. Cant get the DOS app to print as the printer seems to be more windows based than the old one. Is there any possible workaround to get the DOS app to print in windows to this "windows" printer. Appreciate any ideas.

2007-04-23 12:28:16 · 1 answers · asked by robert w 2 in Printers

Can i put a partition on my hard drive without partition magic? It says it's not compatible with Vista. I have about 2 gigs of audio that i want to keep before I reformat my hard drive and i don't want to separate them and put on 29 disks. is their a way to zip them to fit onto 1 disk? thats actually 2 questions. sorry.

2007-04-23 12:27:48 · 4 answers · asked by brobrahbro 1 in Desktops

I want to take my parents slides from the 70's and transform them to something digital so I can store them on a disc. Any quick thoughts?

2007-04-23 12:16:52 · 7 answers · asked by confusednurse 1 in Scanners

The set up I'm building is:
-Intel C2D E6600
-Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) Motherboard
-GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz DDR2
-BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 320MB GDDR3
-Antec P180 case


I have no idea where to begin cooling this thing as, despite getting generic fans and heat sinks with the components, I'm wondering if its not going to be sufficient?I do want to avoid water cooling though.

any help will be REALLY appreciated.
even anything derogatory you may have to say about the choice of components...

2007-04-23 11:52:44 · 7 answers · asked by j_conway_j 1 in Other - Hardware

I am going to buy an external hard drive because my PC only has a 40 GB drive and it is nearly full...are their any things I should look for or watch out for? What is a good brand.

2007-04-23 11:45:10 · 6 answers · asked by seanynanay 2 in Add-ons

2007-04-23 11:14:51 · 7 answers · asked by hasanti_29 2 in Desktops

2007-04-23 11:11:05 · 12 answers · asked by Borat 1 in Desktops

About six years ago my evil sister-in-law bought a HP computer and I set it up for her. Now she is getting a windows drivers pci sys error, windows won't open, so I told her to run the recovery system on her computer, which is to press the F10 button upon startup and go through the system recovery process. She said it was starting the recovery process but she never let me know what happened. I don't know what's going on (she won't let me look at the computer itself), but now she is driving me nuts looking for a recovery disk, which I never took. She's calling me a thief and that I stole it from her. I recall that the computer never came with a recovery disk, that you had the option to make one but no one ever did it. I think that there is partition of the computer that takes over the recovery if there ever is a problem with windows. She is going berserk over this, someone (her ex-husband) told her that all computers come with recovery disks, and that I hid it somewhere on purpose!!!

2007-04-23 11:06:38 · 13 answers · asked by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 in Desktops

I'm in search of a new PC so please advise for my best choice.

What is the difference between:
Intel Celebron D 360
Intel Pentium 4 HT
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Intel Pentium D 820

My 7 yr old computer is a Gateway Pentium 4 but since I upgraded to Win XP Profesional its really slow due to the memory. Since mine use a very expensive memory then I rather buy a new one with the new Win Vista.

I will only be using this new PC for basic needs like burning CD's, DVD's and surfing the web. My son will use it for some web games. Since I come from a pentium 4 and never really used it to the max do I really need another pentium? For my needs what pc would you remcomend and why?
Thanks for your advise!

P.S. I went to my local frys store and the rep could not help me with this questions (it seemed like I new more than him) so I decided to take a shot here.

2007-04-23 10:51:28 · 4 answers · asked by jesse w 2 in Desktops

I want an application, or a trick to unlock my front side bus. I want to raise it. I have an emachines etower 566 ir. My motherboard is from trigem and my BIOS is from pheonex technologies LTD. I would prefer a program.

2007-04-23 10:38:39 · 5 answers · asked by Angel 4 in Desktops

2007-04-23 10:26:08 · 9 answers · asked by robert c 1 in Desktops

ok i want your opinions i am so annoyed with my stupid pc. i had to repair it a million times and still there is something wrong with it and i cant get a new one. what do you think i do wrong???

2007-04-23 10:13:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

You guys went dell support here's what you do, take your computer Put it on concrete, pick up closest tool, sledge hammer perfered, slam that thing to 1000 pieces, and buy a real system. I've been trying to get information for my father in law to get his dell computer reformated, the windows xp disc say it's updated, it won't do the f11 thing, which mean it's full of errors and all. contacting support I learned not only that they claim my computer was not bought in the states ( Indiana is in the states last time I checked ) and the certificate that came with it they claim is not valid so they won't help you. Security my EYE ! I've had better chats with teenagers who had their fingers in their ears. Dell is the saddest tech support I've ever seen. I'm going out and getting my father in law a new computer IT will not be a dell. the other 6 that has will all be replaced today as well. Marshmellows anyone, we are setting them all on fire. they are worthless.

2007-04-23 09:59:23 · 6 answers · asked by misty46514 1 in Desktops

where can I find the model of my PC? so I can download the drivers after I format my computer

2007-04-23 09:37:55 · 4 answers · asked by E. Nigma 2 in Desktops

2007-04-23 09:27:15 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Or do you leave everything open so you can immediately pick up where you left off?

2007-04-23 09:16:02 · 6 answers · asked by ♥Ashley K. 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

When you are using it at home and you plug it in, do you unplug and drain the battery and then plug it up over and over?

2007-04-23 09:12:40 · 11 answers · asked by ♥Ashley K. 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-04-23 08:55:46 · 7 answers · asked by hi▒ 1 in Add-ons

I'm not sure if it is safe to give out your Visa # over the web.

2007-04-23 08:31:34 · 3 answers · asked by vic 1 in Printers

right now i have a 950GMA
what can i up it to?
I have vista premium and it keeps saying display driver igfx crash.
would the graphics card fx it or is it something else?

2007-04-23 08:29:45 · 3 answers · asked by Sean D 1 in Add-ons