Hardware - April 2007

I am using a 3ghz Pentium 4 but looking to build a new computer. Most of the 3ghz chips now are too expensive for me and I don't want to change if its going to be slower. My question is, since the new chips are dual core, are they faster at lower ghz than my current one? (for photoshop work and gaming) What would I need to at least match my current speed?
Thanks

2007-04-20 20:01:44 · 5 answers · asked by Bulldogg 3 in Desktops

I'm looking to build my second computer. In my last one I used a 3ghz Intel P4, but now want to go to AMD. Preferably under $200, I use my computer for photoshop and games, photoshop being the most important. What are your suggestions for an AMD for me?
Thanks

2007-04-20 19:56:18 · 4 answers · asked by Bulldogg 3 in Desktops

Its one of my pet pives! I cant stand the fact that the letters are not in order on the keyboard. The Keyboard is part of the reason why I still do not know my alphabet.

2007-04-20 17:28:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

im running a AMD sepron 3000+ processor and my core speed is only running at like 2000 is there a way to speed it back up to what it should be

2007-04-20 16:04:13 · 8 answers · asked by sc2linkfan2k5 1 in Other - Hardware

Early last year, I bought a Liteon 16x dual layer dvd burner, which came with CyberLink PowerDVD 5.0 (oem) dvd decoder software....I just built a new PC, installed the drive....now DVD's don't play, PowerDVD and Windows MediaPlayer 11 both crash when I click "Play"...I can play DVD-based games like Battlefield 2, Gun, GTA San Andreas...Windows Media Player knows exactly what movie I want to play, it shows the title, chapters, etc...PowerDVD knows if its a dvd movie or dvd video game is in the drive.
I am running WinXP Pro, 2 gb of ram, Core 2 Duo e6600, Liteon SHW-160P6S dual layer dvd burner....My software appears to be up-to-date....
The latest patch of PowerDVD...well, half way through the update process, I get an error message, "Catastrophic failure"

I am clueless on how to solve this. The FAQs pages on Cyberlink's page stink.....

2007-04-20 14:34:29 · 4 answers · asked by weinberg57 2 in Other - Hardware

Its the correct type for my computer but every time I try to boot it up I hear the annoying beep.

2007-04-20 14:22:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Compaq Deskpro EN series Desktop.
Intel Pentium III 1GHz Processor
512MiB of RAM
120GB ATA100 Seagate Hard drive with 8MB cache
20GB ATA100 Secondary Hard Drive with 2MB cache
32MiB Riva TNT2 video card
15 inch CRT monitor 1280 x 1024 MAX pixel resolution
Internal Speakers.
Logitech wireless Keyboard
Logitech wireless Mouse.

Price $239.99

2007-04-20 14:03:36 · 6 answers · asked by Ricky M 1 in Add-ons

I have an emachines W340UA laptop that i have had for about a month and a half. I want to sell it and try and get $1000 so I can get a different laptop. Do you think I can get that? I have listed my item on ebay and trying to get $1250 and I have offered a free 160 GB External Hard Drive. Do you think it will sell?

2007-04-20 13:40:10 · 6 answers · asked by Justine 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have an HP zd7000 laptop and when I plug it into my ethernet port nothing happens. My network connection is enabled. My roommates dell desktop works and recognizes it. Do I need a router or a modem of some sort?

2007-04-20 13:28:15 · 2 answers · asked by tigerette1005 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I did some system tunning using nTune for my desktop com. Then I noticed that it did not change the raw settings for the system like BIOS. Computer restarts just fine so far. I entered BIOS to overclock the system and I only changed the voltage by 0.2+ (CPU, SATA, PCI-E) It only had three options: 0.1+, 0.2+, 0.3+. I never thought that this kind of change would be much at all because I previously overclocked 680i motherboard with no problem. When the Vista Ultimate rebooted, some loud spark was caused. I saw blue lightningin side the casing becase I had it open then. The blue lightning was right below the dvd driver where nothing was mounted. I don't find burn marks but some burning smell. I don't understand why the little voltage change could cause this kind of eletric sparks. or was it a big change? (0.2+ v). Did it burn my whole computer or is it just the motherboard or the power supplier. Does anyone know something like this? Ga-8n-sli(gigabyte), 4g 667ram, pentiumD, geforce7800gt

2007-04-20 13:17:16 · 6 answers · asked by Jeff M 1 in Other - Hardware

My daughter dropped my computer, and now everything is froze. Are there any programs I can download to make it work again?

2007-04-20 13:09:52 · 3 answers · asked by kialavalamp 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Does anyone know what is the plural of mouse? The computer type. I say it is Mouse but the guys at work say mice.
How's correct?

2007-04-20 10:54:57 · 24 answers · asked by Julie 1 in Other - Hardware

My cdrom drive is missing from my computer and HCL in device manager, its also disabled when i check bios.i have tried many things to fix it without success. when put a disc in it sounds like its loading. i just had it replaced not long ago. is my cdrom drive broke again? anyone any ideas how to fix? thanks.
packard bell easynote laptop

2007-04-20 10:45:26 · 9 answers · asked by wailive2002 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-04-20 10:09:57 · 14 answers · asked by jason1984 1 in Printers

2007-04-20 09:39:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

on an apple laptop?

2007-04-20 09:38:26 · 6 answers · asked by --; cookie. 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

does anyone know a good web site where i can custumize a computer for myself to buy

2007-04-20 09:37:57 · 8 answers · asked by Jay-rod S 1 in Desktops

when it is in sleep mode it goes off. i am waiting for my daughter to come on msn but ican't see it as the screen goes to sleep.

2007-04-20 09:32:00 · 4 answers · asked by Sheila S 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

For example MSI, Abit, PCchips, Asus motherboards
Thanks and greetings from Argentina

2007-04-20 09:27:44 · 1 answers · asked by raul p 3 in Add-ons

... a PC or a Mac?

Anyone got any good arguments for or against either one?

I am deliberately leaving this vague in he hope of hearing as many arguments as possible,

2007-04-20 09:23:32 · 9 answers · asked by footynutguy 4 in Other - Hardware

I'm trying to copy my old albums to CD's. I can only get maybe 4 songs to copy. Help says it may be I'm using CD's too slow for my CD drive. I can't find out what speed my HP Laptop Pavillion ZD8000 CD speed is. Can anyone help?

2007-04-20 07:44:55 · 4 answers · asked by debijs 7 in Laptops & Notebooks

got a small budget wanna get a laptop,,trouble is no one i know owns one,,,,i would want to use it to surf the net,,,watch films,,,use as stereo (i imagine i woulod have to buy some after market speakers for it),,,,not interested in playing games,,,,oh and any advice on wireless routers,,,thx

2007-04-20 07:37:54 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

i tried to install my lexmark printer with my disc and followed the printer install wizard but says it cant connect to printer everything works usb cable is ok as well.im using windows xp.when i think its installed it says starting to print then says printing complete but there was no paper in the printer and the printer was switched off.ive tried everything.my mate tried it on his computer an it reconised the printer cause it said no black ink but it wont do that on mine.if anyone figures it out and it works you will b a brilliant genious .please HELP im going nuts trying everything.im using a usb lead for my internet connection through my bt hub as i cant use an ethernet cable as i dont have the connector on my base unit again PLEASE HELP

2007-04-20 07:36:25 · 3 answers · asked by pricky@btinternet.com 1 in Printers

I am planning on selling my laptop computer for a new one. It is two years old, and I would like to restore everything to its original "out of the box" settings how do i go about doing this?

2007-04-20 07:30:17 · 5 answers · asked by LLH 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

What are the fastest, cheapest combos out there?

2007-04-20 07:28:30 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I have an HP 6980. When the new cartridge was installed it didn't print an alignment test page and now it looks like it prints only every other line.

2007-04-20 07:24:27 · 2 answers · asked by Miss Bethany 2 in Printers

2007-04-20 07:11:35 · 1 answers · asked by aldoskipl 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

How much faster do I need to get? What
about the RAM?

I have a fish screen saver a Nautica. It works
best if I minimize performance characteristics,
just bare bones SS without enhancing graphics a
lot.

Now, someday I may be able to use my favorite
player again(Winamp), and I like to watch
visualization.

I don't play any games, unless they are graphically
primitive online games.

Thanks for any enlightenment. I have a
Compaq Presario.

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2007-04-20 07:06:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-04-20 06:39:21 · 3 answers · asked by lewi982 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am trying to set up a new server, and I'm having a problem. When I tried to install Windows Server 2003, it said there were no hard drives detected. There are actually two SATA hard drives set up in a mirror. Our origional IT Manager put the computer together and set up the raid, but we never installed an OS on it, and now he's in Iraq and I'm the newbie. I did figure out that I needed to install the SATA RAID drivers from the gigabyte website to the motherboard...so I downloaded the driver, put it on a floppy, inserted the floppy, and tried to boot the server to install the drivers. It didn't work, it just keeps asking me to remove the disk and reboot the computer. Can anyone tell me how to get this driver installed on the motherboard so I can get this OS loaded and the new server running???

2007-04-20 06:00:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware