Hardware - April 2007

Is it possible to hook up a television as an extended desktop just as a computer monitor?

2007-04-21 14:30:44 · 1 answers · asked by Guy 1 in Monitors

You may remember my previous question this week about re-installing windows on my PC. If not, you needn't know the reasons etc. I just have a few more questions about the task:

1.) I am planning on a RAM upgrade from crucial. Should I install it FIRST before I do the clean install? I would think the install would go faster and smoother with 1.25GB ram compared to my pcs original 256MB.

2.) About how long will this take? (Just the clean install of windows and typical drivers). (Getting my Apps downloaded etc. will take months)

3.) I have Verizon DSL which requires its own software and connection before you can use it. However, as soon as you install Windows and connects I was told that I would get a virus???

4.) I supposedly have a "hidden dell partition"?? Would it be advisable to use that instead?? If so, will everything be deleted? I need to totally put my computer back to factory condition.

I appreciate your assistance!

2007-04-21 14:24:40 · 3 answers · asked by lorddonk 3 in Other - Hardware

ok. so far, every person i asked that owns a mac for reason i should get one, have always qouted exactly what the commercials say. It seems that all mac users ever emphasize is its ability for media. Thats cool and all, but i want to know more reasons as to why i should make a switch. can anyone help?

2007-04-21 14:13:43 · 12 answers · asked by fveliz06 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

or do i need a biger computer,? what does the 2800+ bit mean is it GHZ or is the 1.61 GHZ MEAN MY PROCESSOR IS TO SMALL

2007-04-21 14:11:35 · 5 answers · asked by scooshy 2 in Other - Hardware

unpluged it and it still only boots to safe mode or start normal..but this keeps popping up .. problem has been detected and shuts down..

2007-04-21 14:09:36 · 6 answers · asked by Cj..Love takes us all prisoners 1 in Other - Hardware

Two out of 3 of my external FireWire Hard Drives do not work when plugging them into a different PC. Original PC is a HP d530 and all three drives work. Other (newer) PC is a HP Pavilion m7680n (Media Center). Two of the 3 drives do not work in it. Both PC's have XP SP2. Neither Drive has drivers to install, they are plug n play in XP. One of the 2 "bad" drives is seen by the PC in explorer but says it's got an i/o error. The 3rd drive is not seen at all. But when you put the drives back on the original PC they are both fine. Have been working on this for 3 hours. Help ?

2007-04-21 14:06:00 · 2 answers · asked by ignoramus 7 in Other - Hardware

I just recently saw one with these specs: Intel® Pentium® dual-core T2080(1MB Cache/1.73GHz/533MHz FSB, Genuine Windows® XP Home, 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display, 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 DIMM, 160GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive, 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability, Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950, Dell Wireless 1390 802.11b/g Mini Card (54Mbps) for $699. I'm a college student that will carry around a laptop sometimes. Is this worth my money, and is it good to carry around?

2007-04-21 14:04:46 · 2 answers · asked by Shirley 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i need help becaouse it dosnt have the card slot installed into the motherboard i just wanna know if there is any way i can install a graphic card slot lik taking out my other one which is in my other pc which iz a hp a305w please help me
??

2007-04-21 13:45:29 · 6 answers · asked by cubanodemiami_305 1 in Desktops

Well, here's the price :
- Intel T7200 (2 GHz) is about 1,395$ and,
- Intel T7600 (2,33 GHz) is about 1,750$

I'm using the notebook generally for photo - video editing, and virtualization + Folding@Home :). It'll have 2 GB of RAM though.

Considering the speed that is just 330 Mhz difference.. the price has 350$ difference too (it doesn't make sense me).. which one should i take? All the other specification are the same. Is it worth the money if i take the T7600? I mean.. is it really faster than T7200?


Thanx

2007-04-21 13:25:01 · 3 answers · asked by MarkY 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

After about an hour's use my Compaq desktop just powers down. Could it be a virus or overheating? This just started today. Never had it happen before. Any insights might be helpful. Thanks.

2007-04-21 13:08:25 · 5 answers · asked by cjones1303 4 in Desktops

Hi my laptop is Fujitsu N3530 and I'm trying to upgrade the CPU and GPU(graphic) if possible.
spec: CPU: Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz Yonah
RAM: 1gb
GPU: Mobility Radeon x1400 (16x PCI express)

I've heard many people says that they could upgrade Laptop's CPU as long as you match the spec.
So I'm trying to upgrade my Core duo 1.83 to Core 2 duo series CPU
Do you think it'll support Core 2 duo?
if it does can you tell me where I could buy CPUs for laptop?
(it'd be better if its offline store like bestbuy or Fry's)
Or is it possible to use desktop cpu for my laptop?
but if I use desktop CPU wouldn't it eat up the battery life faster?

One last question.. is it possible to change gpu? because when I opened up my laptop once it looked like I was able to take out the gpu chip. If I can where can I buy it?

2007-04-21 13:04:19 · 2 answers · asked by blckcat 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-04-21 12:55:29 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Thanks and peace-

2007-04-21 12:42:39 · 5 answers · asked by mjasfvpld 2 in Other - Hardware

Like the time it takes from the menu to the actually game

2007-04-21 12:26:00 · 4 answers · asked by lilkoolaznboy89 1 in Add-ons

Consider a CPU that operates at 1.5 GHz. How long does it take to perform
the average ma-chine cycle?

A. 1.5 picoseconds
B. 0.67 nanoseconds
C. 1.5 nanoseconds
D. 30 nanoseconds

2007-04-21 10:48:39 · 3 answers · asked by spyhunter 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

look for as far as RM, GB, MHZ, WINDOWS? FOR THAT KIND OF PRICE . You will save me a little time trying to compare them, for that price off the e-bay site or if you know somewhere else that might be better to get one? Thank you Kim

2007-04-21 10:33:18 · 5 answers · asked by sunnydays 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

will i have to buy new kit eventually with vista in it or can i continue to use xp and will there still be updates for xp or will they also be dicontinued.i have been told that my kit is not powerful enough to run vista.

what should i do-----please!

2007-04-21 10:30:35 · 17 answers · asked by kevin757685 1 in Desktops

2007-04-21 10:29:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-04-21 10:16:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

it's to the point where it says computer shuting off but it never does
i don't have a virus and i dont have spyware cuz i already checked my system is clean a the dam thing just wont shut off

2007-04-21 10:02:50 · 4 answers · asked by c_run123 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a Emachines W340UA Laptop. I know that there are better brands out there but wanted to see if this is a good computer. I use it for reserch, downloading music, music videos, and movies. I also have an external hard drive so I can store my media files on that instead of my computer itself. With the info I have given, can anyone tell me if this is a good computer to use? I was thinking about selling this one so I can buy a better one but I probably can't get more than $500 for this and I need about $700 for a new one and don't have the money. Thanks for all your help. If you know of any ways of making my computer better or making it run better please let me know. I do defrag my computer once a week and I have ad-aware downloaded and spybot downloaded to keep my computer clean. I also have Advanced windows care downloaded and CCleaner. I hope this info helps.

2007-04-21 09:42:13 · 11 answers · asked by Justine 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

LEXMARK Z645, not working, new Vista PC... Please advise!

2007-04-21 09:29:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

can you help me please im a novice when it comes to laptops. have brought a advent 8109 and have a bt home hub wireless router how do i make the laptop wireless.

2007-04-21 09:12:35 · 4 answers · asked by monkey 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

Just exchanged this for a dead one, this don't work either... What am I doing wrong, please? New PC with Windows Vista Home Premium, follow all the instructions, the PC recognises the device, I load the driver from Lexmarks' website, I pick a picture to print, load the paper, the PC says 'printing page 1 of 1', but it doesn't... :-(( Your advice please!

2007-04-21 09:10:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

2007-04-21 09:00:59 · 6 answers · asked by Ryan G 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Ok, I needed to word this question differently. We know the core 2 duo is faster than the dual core cpu's. But I can get a dual core at 3.4GHz, for the same money as ONLY a 1.86GHz in the core 2 duo. So which of THESE two are faster than the other... I guess here we're comparing dollar for dollar... better worded now...

2007-04-21 08:02:50 · 4 answers · asked by Knowledge 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

whats the procedure---all advice gratefully received.

2007-04-21 07:21:50 · 5 answers · asked by kevin757685 1 in Scanners

2007-04-21 07:11:02 · 8 answers · asked by rjhamuk 2 in Desktops

I have lost disc for my printer epson stylus photo425 where can I download it from

2007-04-21 07:07:11 · 3 answers · asked by dunn_222 1 in Printers

intel core 2 duo 1.86ghz 1066 fsb 2mb
intel pentium d dual core 2.8ghz 800mhz fsb 2 x 2mb cache

the core 2 duo adds up to 3.6 right and 2.8 goes up to 3.2

these chipsets come with this machine that currys are selling

here is the spec

ms vista prem

what i wanna know is! which machine should i get, cos there is one with more usb connections a better chipset and a bigger hdd. apart from that there the same machine

by the way the pc is a compaq
1gb ddr2 ram
160gb hdd or 250gb hdd
dual layer dvd rw
512 nvidia geforce 7500le
9 in 1 card reader
5 or 7 usb connections
17" philips tft monitor

2007-04-21 06:53:20 · 4 answers · asked by rjhamuk 2 in Desktops