Hardware - May 2007

2007-05-18 00:30:31 · 7 answers · asked by Rakesh S 1 in Printers

My OS is Windows Xp SE. I've tried the drivers from Nvidia but nothing works. Can anyone give other links for drivers....

2007-05-18 00:27:49 · 5 answers · asked by nathanjo 2 in Add-ons

Just thinking about my very first PC it was a 486 with 8mb of ram, i think and a 500mb hard drive. Just trying to compare this to todays computers. how would be the best way to describe this? i mean in numbers not words lol. just pictured everyone saying rubbish, slow etc
cheers

2007-05-18 00:11:53 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

This is my first time using toothpaste on scratched CDs. What I do is put a small amount of toothpaste on my CD and wipe it with a cloth (lint free?) in straight lines starting from the center to the edge of the CD. When I finished, I could already see most scratches are gone, but the toothpaste is still visible. I tried to run it on my PC (still with toothpaste on it) but it didn't read, obviously of the toothpaste.

What should I do to remove it?

2007-05-17 23:50:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

i am looking for laptops. i want least 1gb ram. with windows vista.with dvd reR. would be nice if it was not more than 500 pounds. do you think compaq good or should i pay more and get sony vaio?i have hp at the moment with 256 ram and it is useless. so slow.

2007-05-17 23:29:09 · 13 answers · asked by \ 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-05-17 23:19:10 · 6 answers · asked by Me 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-05-17 23:17:57 · 12 answers · asked by Me 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-05-17 23:16:04 · 9 answers · asked by pc 2 in Desktops

I want to get a new mid range desktop PC. I'm looking at a Core Duo (1066 FSB) (I'm open to AMD too) system with 2GB RAM running Vitsa Home Premium. My question is what motherboard and graphics card do I get?

I play a few games, mostly real time strategy / role playing (World of Warcraft, Battle for Middle Earth, CIV 4 etc) so I don't need need a top end card and board, just ones that will cope well with this type of game for the next 2 years or so. Otherwise it's just the normal movies / internet / photo editing stuff that I'll be doing so nothing that demanding.

Can anyone suggest good board and card for those specs?

2007-05-17 23:13:02 · 8 answers · asked by Cameron H 2 in Desktops

I watched a programme on UK TV last night about computer repairman, I were horrified to what length they go to :

PC were built by an expert, all this were filmed, the expert losen the graphics card so it wont display, call this cowboy firm because they had a lot of complaints, he arrived in a shinny new BMW, had a quick look and said the graphics card is gone, most likely the memory too, took the PC away,

Next day he called and said the graphics card had indeed gone, and the memory also, cost to repair ? £350 I think around that mark, next day he returned with the PC and said the cause is teh power supply, so as a goodwill, he replaced it free of charge.

After he left, the expert had a look, and found the cowboy replaced the graphics card and power supply with a cheaper model, plus he stle half the memory thats installed, total cost for these parts in value is around £200.

So a simple push back in job now cost almost £550.

Anyone else had this experience before ??

2007-05-17 22:21:01 · 6 answers · asked by Cupcake 7 in Desktops

ok if anyone can help this would be great!
yesterday my pc started to make this funny sound like a blow off valve, 5 mins after that happened my pc started to slow down, the mouse cursor would freeze but i could still select folders. shortly after that my pc crashed no blue screen nothing just dead, so i left it thinking it was over heated but it was cold so i started it up got the first beep to let me know that the mother board is ok but i get this error message now heaps of files are corrupted, so i running my avg virus protection and my spybot S & D to check for any bugs but they come up clean. now the problem get worse my pc will start up i get the beep but it will crash just after the beep the power just cuts. i cant do anything with it ive checked all cables there still all plugged in nothing is loose i cant see any problems inside. can anyone help

2007-05-17 22:15:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-05-17 22:07:22 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

A tech told me that the reason is that it wasnt physically running. So i bought another harddrive. Put that one aside.Here' the Situation.Itried to conect it again a few days ago and surprise surprise..i feel it run! But everytime i put jumper to try put it as a slave, it stops running. I trie all the Jumper settings. Put the Jumpers in and it stops working. But once u remov them it starts running again. Maybe there's a short curcuit somewhere. The motherboard doesnot see this Harddrive.Even when i disconnect the master and try to connect it as the ONLY hard drive. The system just doesnt pic it up (MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE JUMPERS.) Any ideas out there??

2007-05-17 22:03:29 · 4 answers · asked by Sam 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-05-17 21:46:57 · 7 answers · asked by suryansh b 1 in Add-ons

2007-05-17 21:17:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

We have an Xplio computer that takes DDR2 533Mhz RAM. It originally had 512MB of RAM.
We wanted to add more, and at Futureshop they told us we could use DDR2 667Mhz, so we bought 1GB of it.

Is there any possibility there will be anything negative from using these two different types of RAM?

Thanks!!

2007-05-17 20:48:02 · 13 answers · asked by Japandra 3 in Add-ons

i use AVAST ANTI VIRUS 2007 my laptop is too slow

2007-05-17 20:19:55 · 5 answers · asked by sdq18 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I use a wireless router to connect to the internet from my laptop. However, recently I haven't been able to connect and it says that there's a network cable unplugged under LAN. What does it mean and how can I fix it so I can connect to the internet from my laptop?

2007-05-17 19:41:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

my monitor has a built in vga cable and 3 of the pins are missing. is there any way of fixing this? it shows a picture but i dont know if its as good as it could be. does the missing pins make a difference? if they do can some one help me find a way to fix it...thanks.

2007-05-17 19:02:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

How do I get a video on PowerPoint?

Every single one I download, the PowerPoint says "Cannot display this type of sound or movie"

I don't get this anymore, I've been trying for over 2 hours.

Post your AIM/MSN/Yahoo here if you have time to walk me through it, if not an explanation is more than enough.

2007-05-17 18:53:09 · 2 answers · asked by Kellen 1 in Add-ons

I have an older Compaq MV720, how do I know what type of RAM to put into it to increase the speed. DDR? DDR2???

2007-05-17 18:27:51 · 4 answers · asked by Tom C 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-05-17 18:17:09 · 6 answers · asked by lanenabori69 1 in Other - Hardware

Yeah I bought a Compaq Presario C307NR from a pawnshop and it didn't a tv tuner, but I do have a built in wireless internet. I was wondering if there anyway how I could get a tv tuner for my laptop? One pertically for my laptop. I don't have a slot for some cards, but I do have two slots for usb ports. Whats a good tuner for get for my laptop? Any help would be great.

2007-05-17 18:00:04 · 6 answers · asked by ffasheepdog 3 in Add-ons

2007-05-17 17:54:40 · 0 answers · asked by Balachandran M 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I will use one slot to convert for connecting a SATA hard drive.

The other slot I'll need to get onto my home wireless network.

2007-05-17 17:39:31 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Does anyone know what this procedure is?

2007-05-17 17:14:34 · 1 answers · asked by femmenoire@sbcglobal.net 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

I want something that will last a long time and not be too harsh on the wallet. Looking to spend under $3000 for the whole computer. Please tell me all the specs. And yes I do have vista ready and waiting for install.

Thanks a bunch

2007-05-17 16:31:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

How can I overclock my AMD Athlon 64bit 3000+ to 3800+?

I want my PC run faster, Please who can help me...?

2007-05-17 16:22:08 · 7 answers · asked by Sum 1 in Desktops

I have an old Packard Bell that I would like to move photo's and stuff unto a jump drive but the PC doesn't see the port. The CD drive is shot.

2007-05-17 16:20:35 · 3 answers · asked by Smoke N. Mirrors 1 in Desktops

2007-05-17 15:38:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware