Hardware - May 2007

Ok, i have a AMD processor and a ASUS motherboard, I built the computer myself, so i know alot about compuers, but i am more of a software guy then hardware.

My question is that my processis is capable of being a 64 bit processor, but at the moment it displayes as 32 bit in windows. How would i get it to work at 64 bit, my motherboard supports it.

I know that I would have to reinstall a windows OS that supports a 64 bit processor.

2007-05-23 15:28:36 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Hi, this will finally tell me whether the folks at yahoo answers are "all that"!

I have a notebook from hp pavilion with Vista. My cd/dvd worked fine up until the last week. Now, it will not "see" anything there. I checked it out with the device manager. It said that there was a problem. I tried everything...nothing worked. I finally deleted the driver and fully expected to be able to download a new driver. But, I cant find it anywhere.

So, Yahoo Answer Folks...tell me how or, where I can get this driver. If you can't....I will tell all that you folks are not worth the cyber time you take from us. And that your site should be deleted. Thus, if you cant answer this and provide me with the drivers....then, why should you be even available to answer anything. I say this only because I have been told that you can answer almost anything.

We will see...

J

2007-05-23 15:24:07 · 9 answers · asked by jerkyg 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am looking to buy a laptop and I would like to know who are the laptop brands that dont have any type of problems with their laptop?

2007-05-23 15:17:38 · 10 answers · asked by Guy 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

im trying to program my uniden bearcat and need the codes please give me a website(s)! thank u!

2007-05-23 15:16:37 · 2 answers · asked by Rodney G 2 in Scanners

I installed a new MSI P6N SLI Platinum motherboard with Muskin memory and a E6600 Intel CPU. I dropped in the harddrive from my old machine with a working copy of Windows XP Pro, but it won't get past the Windows loading splash screen. It comes up as loading, for about 1 second, and then reboots the computer to the black and white screen where you choose "Last Known Config". Safe Mode doesn't work, LKC doesn't work, nothing will get Windows to load.

I put the drive back into my old machine and it works/boots windows fine.

BIOS sees the CPU and memory, so what is it? I've heard something about Windows not booting if it notices a different CPU/BIOS.... true?

2007-05-23 15:03:47 · 5 answers · asked by Trixie D 4 in Desktops

2007-05-23 14:59:33 · 2 answers · asked by Wise@ss 4 in Monitors

speed.

2007-05-23 14:47:27 · 5 answers · asked by roopali b 3 in Add-ons

what a difference, its like nite and day, I usually use my computer to do word,excel and surf the net, now i feel everything is working twice as fast, is this possible or is it just my imagination. Before my connection was VGA.Comments/suggestions shallbe highly appreciated

2007-05-23 14:41:38 · 4 answers · asked by roopali b 3 in Monitors

im looking at this video card i want to buy.. and it says the memory is 1G(512MB on Board) what exactly does that mean.
and also.. what exactly should i be looking for in a graphics card, i play alot of games and would like to be able to play them with the settings up high. thanks alot

2007-05-23 14:34:10 · 2 answers · asked by rodney 1 in Add-ons

Right now just surfing the internet its running at 41 degrees Celsius. I just installed a brand new (Really nice) cooler for my CPU. I was gaming (Oblivion) for about 5 minutes, and the CPU got up to 45 degrees Celsius. Im thinking this is a bit too hot just for gaming for only 5 minutes.

Oh by the way Im running a AMD 3800 X2. The cooler I just installed is this one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134). I just wanna make sure that everything will remain stable.

2007-05-23 14:15:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I am trying to make my own home web server/FTP. In order to do this I need to port forward on my router to my computer. To do this, I must go into the routers control panel. The only problem is, the default username and password doesn't work (and I haven't changed it...?). So I think I need to reset my router, but I already have it configured and everything. I wondered if it just reset the username and password and cleared all open ports but I have no clue. Just in case you need to know, I have a Netgear WGR614v6.

2007-05-23 14:13:43 · 4 answers · asked by cuulcars101 2 in Other - Hardware

CPU -Intel Core 2 Duo Conroe E6600 2.4GHz FSB 1066, 4MB CPU
Memory -2048 MB DDR II 667 Memory 240 Pin (Kingston) (1024 x 2) (special)
Mother Board - ASUS P5N-E SLI Motherboard
Hard Drive 1 - Western Digital 320GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA II
Optical Drive 1 - LG 18X DVD RW w/ Lightscribe +- Dual Layer
Video - ATI ASUS Radeon EAX1950 Pro, PCI Express, 256MB, HTDP
Audio - Onboard Audio
Network Card - Onboard Network Card
Case - NZXT Apopllo Classic Steel Case (silver)
Neon Light - Sunbeam Cold Cathod Neon Light (blue)
Power Supply - 550 Watt Thermaltake Pure Power Supply W0101RU
Warranty - 1 Years Parts & 3 Years Labor Warranty
Btw I did not choose to buy an operating system because i have the windows xp pro cd with me.And I am not planning to buy vista.This pc is brand new it will cost me around 1200$CAD which is around 1050$US with taxes,shipping and all.I chose these components and I can change if i would like to obviously so let me know your opinion,suggestions and comments.

2007-05-23 14:00:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

Just a thought i had since my PC makes too much noise when playing games. Thanks

2007-05-23 13:52:33 · 4 answers · asked by Sat1 1 in Desktops

2007-05-23 13:07:48 · 7 answers · asked by babydoll_y2g 2 in Desktops

whats up..how can I make my cpu run abit faster w/o buying sh*t? n wasteing $$ any ideas?

2007-05-23 12:48:23 · 10 answers · asked by Jeff 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-05-23 12:37:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

When I bought my Compaq 4 years ago it didn't come with an XP CD but you just turned it on and began installation. Its far too late now to get one but is that odd?

2007-05-23 12:36:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

At the moment, I use the adf (auto document feeder) for this, but when they are OCR'd and transferred to word, each page shows up as a separate document. Id prefer to use the software I have if it can be done, made into one document.

2007-05-23 11:49:18 · 1 answers · asked by lynx6201 3 in Scanners

I made a film on my digital camera, put memory card into card reader, cut & pasted onto my laptop and when I play it, there is no sound. I have done this 3 times and every time no sound. Could it be anything to do with my laptop being Windows Vista?

2007-05-23 11:23:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a Pentium 4, AMD Athalon 1700+, 256MB DDR PC2100, 80GB IDE Hard Drive, GeForce 2, with Windows XP Pro SP2. Is there anything I can add to it to make it faster? I dont realy know much about computers, so I dont know what I can do to it?

2007-05-23 11:17:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

The audio from my laptop started sounding like crap and clicking a lot to bass. I thought maybe I damaged my laptop speakers, so I tried playing music through two different sets of external speakers, and the clicking was still there. I've also tried playing different audio files, and I've tried playing streaming music- same problem.

So I'm thinking that the problem lies with my sound card. I don't know if it would be an issue with the settings or the actual hardware itself. :(

2007-05-23 11:17:01 · 2 answers · asked by frostwizrd 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-05-23 11:08:22 · 2 answers · asked by khamis a 1 in Desktops

I was trying to upgrade my new pc vista certified but i can't, My pc has all the necessary hardware to run vista , but during the installation process my pc tends to bee so slow and the steps fon the installation takes and average of 30 minutes.
I spent 2 hours only to get to the installation process, and now is taking more than three hours for the pc to expand the files before the installation can starts. i don't know the reason of this problem, could it be DVD Drive i'm using?? well i don't know but i have two DVD Drives and in both the process is the same. please help me i'm already spending 6 Hours and nothing

2007-05-23 11:05:44 · 4 answers · asked by jorgegzc 1 in Desktops

I've had this laptop for almost 3 years now, and yesterday it seemed to be running fine when the screen suddenly went blank (black). I waited for it to come back but was eventually forced it to turn off (though I know it's bad for the comp), then tried turning it on again. It seemed to start fine and went to the login screen, but the screen went blank again while I was typing in my password. I continued typing it in anyway and when I hit enter, the logon chime sounded, so it seems (to someone technology illiterate like me) that my computer is turning on and logging on correctly, but the screen decided to shut itself off? I've tried it at least once more, and the same thing happened.

Thanks in advance for any help :).

2007-05-23 11:03:54 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

It's not in any of the PCI slots??

I press start, run and type in DXDIAG and under the display tab it says: Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family?

and for sound it says: Realtek Audio Rear Output?

Type: WDM?

Please can you tell me what this means?

2007-05-23 10:59:10 · 16 answers · asked by Puma Academy 3 in Desktops

Becuase i was trying to purchase a cake walk home rerding studio but its vista compatable do i really need vista ?
can i get it for free?
if not so how much does it cost?

2007-05-23 10:35:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a computer, and my daughter has a laptop. It is difficult to keep constantly switching the internet connection back and forth. Is there anyway to have the internet at both machines at the same time?

2007-05-23 10:19:05 · 5 answers · asked by ELIOZABETH S 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I've looked at Newegg and Tigerdirect and they only have retail...reasons is i dont want to pay for the stock fan because everyone says it gets really hot (sometime shuts off) so I wanted to buy another fan. If anyone can convince me otherwise please do so

2007-05-23 10:14:05 · 5 answers · asked by thybeliever 1 in Desktops

can ya use any type mic for a Dell computer.

2007-05-23 10:13:17 · 5 answers · asked by Jan H 2 in Desktops

2007-05-23 10:13:11 · 5 answers · asked by Puma Academy 3 in Other - Hardware