Hardware - May 2007

The cheap laminate on my computer desk is starting to show signs of wear from the mouse sliding on it. Any suggestions on what makes a good mouse pad for a laser mouse? I was thinking of getting another thick sheet of laminate or formica and put on top of the worn one.

2007-05-31 13:46:18 · 2 answers · asked by pissedoffcoonass 1 in Add-ons

I am going into high school and am looking to spend 1,000 dollars from graduation/b-day/christmas $$$

2007-05-31 13:32:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

trying to use windows media player but results say unsupported mdia files

2007-05-31 13:27:26 · 2 answers · asked by Thelma G 1 in Add-ons

Are they messed up(she cant use them anymore),can you fix them?

2007-05-31 13:20:31 · 16 answers · asked by kcmblm19 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have tried several cooling pads and none will fit my 17" wide screen laptop.The base gets very hot and uncomfortable any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.10 points to the person that helps me order one that fits.

2007-05-31 13:18:34 · 1 answers · asked by Ron Burgundy 6 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-05-31 13:11:11 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

okay, so i used to have a laptop, and it stopped working but the hard drive was perfectly fine. Recently my dad took out the hard drive and is now using it on his laptop because his hard drive crashed. Since he is using my old hard drive right out of my old computer, would everything still be on it? documents and pictures and such?
PLEASE HELP.
no stupid answers either please..

2007-05-31 12:48:13 · 8 answers · asked by Kate 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I'm trying to fix up my computer, to boost it's performance but here are my current specs. and the specs. I hope to have on my computer when finished.

Currently:

-Pentium 4 running @ 2.8GHz
-Intel Extreme Graphics [yeah, on-board graphics sadly]
-512 MB of RAM [I'd like to know whats compatible for my system so I can upgrade to 1GB]
-40GB Hard Drive

Here are the things I want to upgrade, any help would be nice!

-some sort of PCI [I don't have AGP or PCIe] graphics card with NVIDIA that gives good quality gaming for the Sims 2 and GTA San Andreas
-1 GB of DDR RAM [512MB x2]
-160 GB ATA Hard Drive [since my motherboard dosen't have SATA]

***If anybody can help me find hardware for me that is compatible with the Dell Dimension 3000 and try to stay within a $170 budget [at the most, I can get the graphics card and hard drive, the RAM could wait] I'd greatly appreciate that!***

2007-05-31 12:45:55 · 4 answers · asked by panicaddiction 1 in Add-ons

My printer is printing everything in code and I cant figure out how to get it to print documents or webpages regularly. Help??

2007-05-31 12:39:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

If so do you like the computer?

2007-05-31 12:18:47 · 12 answers · asked by lostjohn 1 in Add-ons

I have a dell optiplex gx 240 motherboard with a 1.5 cpu and a optiplex gx 260 motherboard with a 2.4 cpu. Can I take the bigger cpu and switch out the older smaller cpu without any problems?

2007-05-31 11:50:54 · 8 answers · asked by fatman92 1 in Desktops

2007-05-31 11:47:49 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Just shuts off, leaves no error message

2007-05-31 11:40:14 · 5 answers · asked by Terrie H 1 in Desktops

or if theres any suggestions if not possible

2007-05-31 11:19:06 · 5 answers · asked by maydwe2 1 in Other - Hardware

Hello This Q is for my moms pc. I am not a know it all but I know a few things about computers. But there is always somthing new they do so thats why im here. Her computer is a 3 1/2 years old HP Pavilion a3o5w. Within the last few days her computer will randomly shut off and on occation it will turn its self back on a few moments latter. Some times it will shut off and wont turn on if the power switch is pressed and it will have to sit a few minutes befor turning on. The pc has been virus scaned, spyware scaned, clean disk, Defragment and scan disk. I am guessing its the power supply. I would greatly like some feedback on this. Thanks everyone :)

2007-05-31 11:04:49 · 5 answers · asked by Mike T 1 in Desktops

i was looking at some adult sites earlier today, but now my keyboard is a sticky mess. this our family computer so my parents and grandparents have to use it too. how should i clean it? need answer ASAP thx!

2007-05-31 11:00:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Lookin to buy either the ASUS G1, or G2...or possibly an alienware. Before everyone goes "oooo alienware...leetsauce best gaming laptop ever" ....please go look at specs. Im spending no more then 2,000 , and the asus G1 is about equally equipped, if not more equipped then the 2,000 dollar alienware (only the alienware has a 7900, compared to a 7700....but only has 1 gig of ram....)

So basically, any thoughts? Any others i should look at?

2007-05-31 10:55:52 · 7 answers · asked by santeyclause 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a compaq s5000nx running as a media box, its sporting a 2.5 celeron processor that desperately needs upgrading. According to everything that I can find, the motherboard has a bus speed of 400Mhz, the processor that I am looking at is a 3.0 P4 Prescott, in the 478 socket. Will this processor support the bus speed at 50% of what its used to?
And as a follow up, what kind of performance difference is there between a 400 and 800mhz system bus and is it worth upgrading motherboards?

2007-05-31 10:41:27 · 2 answers · asked by romeohsdrumline 3 in Desktops

I spilled water on the top front above the keyboard(about a half glass) and when I went to pick the laptop up and un-plug/take out battry, the screen went grey and black then I turned it off.
I was wondering if I dryed it out will it work?
ALSO-
When I spelled it to see if fryed it smelled like burning plastic.
Any help would be wonderfull.

2007-05-31 10:31:13 · 10 answers · asked by SRO_Neo 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I'm looking for a way to link multiple HDDs together to work as one large drive in windows.

Example: Three 500GB drives working together to make a 1.5TB "F:\" drive.

Is there a way to do it in the windows OS without buying any hardware besides the hard drives?

2007-05-31 10:22:47 · 2 answers · asked by Sethb. 1 in Other - Hardware

I know you get what you pay for, but what is a good low price internet connection company that dosent suck!?

2007-05-31 10:20:27 · 10 answers · asked by vrc 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

where can i buy a computer with 512 for how much

2007-05-31 10:17:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

Does anyone own a DX10 enabled nvidia card, and if so what do you think? Furthermore, does anyone have any knowledge of ati's dx10 videocard or when we may see it?

2007-05-31 10:17:42 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I have a laser mouse, and my mousemat just keeps getting all ruffled up and sliding off my desk. Should I just put it in the bin? Are mousemats just relics of a bygone age of computing?

2007-05-31 10:14:56 · 16 answers · asked by Voight-Kampff 3 in Other - Hardware

I can't install my printer because when i put in my cd for it, nothing pops up! I tried to go on "My Computer" and typing it in on "Run" but those didn't work either. Someone plz help!

2007-05-31 10:04:16 · 3 answers · asked by francis p 2 in Printers

I don't want Windows 2000, XP, or Vista! But I do have a PC. Why can't Mac OS X run on an intel computer instead of a PowerPC?

2007-05-31 09:56:03 · 7 answers · asked by deth 4 in Desktops

i got rid of all of it on my new HP and did a spyware scan, am i still better off just doing a clean install of XP just to make sure i get the best experience?

2007-05-31 09:51:26 · 3 answers · asked by tehmazing 3 in Other - Hardware

I accidently forgot to plug it into the PCI-e power. So i shutdown and i powered it, any chance it caused damage?

2007-05-31 09:50:39 · 3 answers · asked by tehmazing 3 in Other - Hardware

I have an HP pavilion zt3000 laptop with an SD slot in the front.

2007-05-31 09:50:03 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I bought a computer microphone a couple of months ago from best buy for like 10 bucks, and when i plug it in the red slot on the back, i hear the microphone, but other people cant hear it, no matter what. i checked the settings for the program i use, and there fine, so im assuming its my mic. any ideas?

2007-05-31 09:48:51 · 3 answers · asked by Nick F 2 in Add-ons