Hardware - May 2007

I know I know, Dells suck for upgrades, but any help would be appreciated. My diminsion 3000 has a motherboard that supports a regular PCI graphics card ONLY. And the only way to get a better card is upgrade the motherboard correct? But I am in the dark as far as motherboards go. I have an Intel processor. Any pointers as to what the best motherboard is if I want to run PCIe or AGP along w/ 1gig of RAM so I can run World of Warcraft and other games smooth as silk?

2007-05-26 05:38:54 · 2 answers · asked by gibsonaddict 1 in Add-ons

2007-05-26 05:24:51 · 2 answers · asked by Scott C 1 in Monitors

i dont like vista and want to change to xp but i dont have xp.i only want to do this because my vista wont let me play games or can i re install vista...

2007-05-26 04:46:29 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-05-26 04:29:07 · 3 answers · asked by sportnut_66 1 in Other - Hardware

I have:
eMac 1.25 GHz PPC G4
512 MB Ram
ATI Radeon 9200
1024 x 768

I have had this computer for some time and i would like to know which upgrades i may/will need for gaming

2007-05-26 04:23:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-05-26 04:20:23 · 7 answers · asked by Kreega 1 in Other - Hardware

In the manual of the tv, it says that it can be used as a pc monitor, but it doesn't come with the lead to connect them.

It says to connect a VGA cable to the tv, and a 15 pin connector to the pc.

Where can i get the wire and connectors to do this?
Do i need anything else?

Thanks

2007-05-26 04:10:29 · 5 answers · asked by L B 4 in Add-ons

but it was nestling in the cocoon of the laptop case. It is working as per normal but is it possible if there's any damage to it?

2007-05-26 04:09:51 · 4 answers · asked by xxon_23 7 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-05-26 04:07:15 · 4 answers · asked by Tom U 1 in Desktops

I was on it and then the screen went black, I held down the on button for 10 seconds the it went "BEEP" I pressed start again and "ACER" came up but then the screen went black, I did it again and the same thing happened, We got the computer just after christmas, I'm really scared I broke it.

2007-05-26 03:54:05 · 3 answers · asked by Blue Rain 6 in Monitors

I'm going to college next year, and I'm going to be studying music and journalism, which means I'm always constantly listening to music, and I need to typ a lot of papers. I hate slow computers, and one that doesn't have any viruses either. help?

2007-05-26 03:53:06 · 8 answers · asked by muzyckre8r 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

and it still just does nothing. When i loaded it on wwith the print driver it was working fine and i printed a test page !! Help!! Thanks

2007-05-26 03:52:45 · 5 answers · asked by navster01 2 in Printers

I have a video camera that connects only through a firewire cable and my computer only has USB 2.0 ports, and I was wondering if their is a cable or adapter that I can use to connect the camera to one of the USB 2.0 ports.

2007-05-26 03:45:05 · 5 answers · asked by ghetoaid 2 in Add-ons

I have a MacBook, with 512 MB of memory. Since I started doing intense AutoCAD and Photoshop work, I've noticed the computer lagging behind a bit. If I do not want my computer to lag as much, and have the fan running very fast, what do I need to increase? Is it the memory or the RAM? Or is RAM and memory the same thing? Can someone tell me what I need to increase and what memory and RAM are?
If you dont know what you're talking about, dont answer.
Thanks to all.

2007-05-26 03:40:49 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

How do you recycle a document without clicking on the recycle bin? It can be done. This is a computer test question at ivy tech.

2007-05-26 03:35:52 · 7 answers · asked by dodge 3 in Desktops

I was thinking of having a relative ship a computor to me and other than the power cable of course, what componets would I need to change? Also what about import/export duties or taxes?

2007-05-26 03:34:49 · 5 answers · asked by zzzz4646 1 in Other - Hardware

Looking at purchasing this video card..

PNY GeForce 7600GS Video Card, 8x AGP, 512MB DDR

http://reviews.compusa.com/2795/1165067/reviews.htm?pageNumber=2&ascending=false&format=standalone


Do you own one? If so can I get your opinion of it and some of the games you play with it?

Thanks1

2007-05-26 03:28:34 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I want to burn some tracks on to a cd but when i put windows media player on it dosent detect my blank cd, my computer wont detect any cds or disks at all so its not just media player, does anyone know how to solve this?

Please can you try to explain what I need to do in as much detail as you can because im not very good with computers, thanks!

2007-05-26 02:46:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anony-mouse 3 in Add-ons

I am trying to print out a picture from a email on photo paper Please help

2007-05-26 02:16:09 · 7 answers · asked by singscale 2 in Printers

I guess I have too many programs installed. How can I have certain programs installed on one user and not on the others. I cannot upgrade the RAM so please give me some other ideas. I need it to startup quickly.

2007-05-26 02:15:39 · 5 answers · asked by lovelylongrana 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have an ASUS G1, here are the specs

OS: Vista Ultimate
Processor: ASUS G1 Intel® Core™2 Duo T7200 (2.0GHz)
Screen: 15.4" WSXGA+ (1680x1050) ColorShine
RAM: 2048M DDR2 667
Hard Disk: 120GB HD 5400 RPM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForceGo 7700 GPU 512 MB

I was wondering my computer seems to run slow for such a powerful laptop (for its size and price).
I was thinking could it be Vista hogging up 800mb of ram or is it because of my avarage harddrive speed?

2007-05-26 02:11:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

i checked that the microphone is not on mute and everything but still it doesn't work properly

2007-05-26 02:07:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-05-26 01:58:05 · 5 answers · asked by sage n 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Is one more imprtant than the other?
Thanks.

2007-05-26 01:11:20 · 8 answers · asked by Alice K 7 in Other - Hardware

2007-05-26 00:57:56 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

software to download to make lexmark printer X1185 compatible

2007-05-25 23:15:17 · 4 answers · asked by titherington t 1 in Printers

My laptop: HP Pavilion dv6000

Processor: Intel Centrino Duo
Graphics Card: Geforce Go 7400
1 GB DDR RAM
Windows XP

2007-05-25 23:03:33 · 5 answers · asked by Vikram K 2 in Add-ons

Is it true that during reinstallation the C drive is formatted automatically?

2007-05-25 22:30:04 · 5 answers · asked by Raja 7 in Other - Hardware

I used to just go off the size of the memory they came with eg. 128mb is better than 64mb, but now am told this isn't the case. Also anyone have any average recommendations for a reasonably priced one?

2007-05-25 22:16:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2007-05-25 22:13:04 · 3 answers · asked by KRYPTONITE 3 in Laptops & Notebooks