Hardware - May 2007

2007-05-11 08:51:04 · 6 answers · asked by scooter 1 in Desktops

manufacturer who i bought my computer from as the disk has the makers logo on it

2007-05-11 08:35:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-05-11 08:32:55 · 2 answers · asked by Jeff 2 in Add-ons

It won't print. It acts like it's printing. The paper feeds just fine, it makes all the cool "printer" sounds, etc. But it lays down no ink on the paper, although I have plenty of ink, all colors and black. I ran the head cleaning, nozzle check and head alignment utility. Does anyone have any idea why my printer worked great one day and then, suddenly, it lies about the fact that it's actually printing? :o\

2007-05-11 08:23:50 · 4 answers · asked by tdtdedrummer 1 in Printers

Hi my friend has just text me for help with their PC. My friend said that when he turns the PC on it loads up to the windows logo then the screen goes blue with loads of weird letters and numbers on the screen. He has tried it in safe mode but it wont work. He thinks it is a hardware problem. He hasn't downloaded or deleted anything. It was working fine yesterday. Anyone got any suggestions?

2007-05-11 08:20:41 · 19 answers · asked by Vixx 2 in Other - Hardware

Hi.
I need some help ASAP.
Can i install a PCI-E graphics card onto my board without any PCI-E slots?
I have 4 free PCI slots. ( Are they compatible?)

2007-05-11 08:12:27 · 6 answers · asked by emanzit 3 in Add-ons

2007-05-11 08:11:16 · 6 answers · asked by polyte 1 in Scanners

Had my computer guy *clean* and debug my hard drive and now I have no sound at all. All volume setting are on and so are the speakers. If you can help, speak really slow and simple. I am totally techically challenged. Computer guy mentioned drivers but what is that?

2007-05-11 07:43:43 · 5 answers · asked by dobesnme 1 in Desktops

2007-05-11 07:14:06 · 15 answers · asked by blessen m 2 in Monitors

A folder got deleted and it goes to the recycle bin but the computers have deep freeze on them and they got turned off.

2007-05-11 07:10:04 · 3 answers · asked by A to the T 2 in Desktops

How to convert internal floppy/zip drives into external floppy drive?
My desktop motherboard failed but my laptop doesn't have floppy/zip drives

2007-05-11 07:07:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I love PC gaming, but I know little about graphic cards, I litterally just did the research to find out that my PC most likely cant accept a PCI-E card, since there are very few motherboards that have an AGP slot, and a PCI-E, im using a Ge-force fx 5200 or something like that, its been awhile since I looked at it, heh..
Anyways though was wondering if I should just get a new comp alltogether, or buy a PCI-E motherboard for my current PC, im not overly knowledgable on PC's but I have installed/swapped out a few pieces of hardware between several PC's on my own.

2007-05-11 06:59:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

My parents are buying me a laptop for a graduation present and though I've always wanted a mac and think it might be most helpful while I'm in college I'm really only familiar with PCs. I don't want to get to college and not have a presentation ready or something else like that because of some stupid mistake I could make by not being familiar with a mac. Which do you think will be better for college? A PC or a Mac? And should I go with what I'm familiar with or with the mac because it might be better for me?

2007-05-11 06:37:59 · 17 answers · asked by Bethany 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-05-11 06:37:15 · 6 answers · asked by gary b 1 in Other - Hardware

I just purchased a new Mac Pro Quad 2.66 with the following specs:

2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
1GB 667 DDR2 FB DIMM ECC-2x512
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB
250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s drive
500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s drive
16x SuperDrive DL
Airprt Extrm & BT 2.0+EDR

The additional memory from Apple is so expensive. I'm looking at other suppliers and I'm wondering if there are any pitfalls I should watch out for.

I'm currently looking at 2GB (2x1GB) Mac Pro DDR2-667 Fully Buffered Memory from Memoryx.net.

Thanks in advance.

2007-05-11 06:20:07 · 5 answers · asked by Editor Will 2 in Add-ons

I have two hard drives from an XP computer and am trying to transfer files to a new Vista PC. The files are generally large media files. Vista chokes on it every time -- I get the window that says Vista is calculating the transfer time, and it just hangs forever!

2007-05-11 06:17:02 · 6 answers · asked by Ico Jones 2 in Other - Hardware

My Viewsonic UltraBrite A90f+ is blinking out on me, and I paid to fix it once before. I just don't think it's worth keeping. So, I'm looking for suggestions on a flat screen LCD with comparable clarity and color accuracy, as I am a digital photography hobbyest. I'd like to get out for around $400 or better. Any suggestions

2007-05-11 05:55:55 · 1 answers · asked by waahooo 2 in Monitors

Recently purchased a Dell Inspiron E1505 with 1.6G Core Duo, 2mb L2 Cache, 1G Ram.. Wanted to know if when 64bit Os/Programs replace 32bit -will this system support the core 2 duo cpu upgrade... and heard quad 4 coming in future

2007-05-11 05:52:12 · 4 answers · asked by magicman791 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

my pc cant find the hardware from webcam..i was take out for 5 min usb from webcam..and when i put it back..was find now hardware from cam..i dont remember what if i instal or not...i remove my cam and install again..still dont work when i insert usb from webcam..this cam was work before..can someone help me?plsssss

2007-05-11 05:27:00 · 1 answers · asked by ana maria p 1 in Add-ons

I bought the lap top 7 days ago. The line appeared this morning and it changes colour with the background, sometimes it is red and sometimes blue . It's windows vista basic.. i don't know how to get rid of it Help!

2007-05-11 05:18:23 · 3 answers · asked by natasha l 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-05-11 05:18:07 · 5 answers · asked by eeyore5391 1 in Add-ons

is there a way to make an external USB video capture card that is made for PC, compatible with a macbook? These cards cost 10 bucks for a PC, but 100 for macs.

2007-05-11 05:03:59 · 1 answers · asked by David R 1 in Add-ons

im having trouble with the wrong machine error and i was told to do this:

1. Insert your cd.
2. Boot system using cd (here is where you will get the W R O N G M A C H I N E error).
3. Change to the drive letter of the cd... mine was q: yours may be something else.
4. Go to the 'base' folder by typing "cd base" and press enter.
5. Type "os.bat" and this will start the ghosting process.

Your system should now be ghosting your computer to factory settings

i dont get how to change the drive letter. someone please explain to me how to do this because when i get the wrong machine error it stays on that screen unless i click exit, and when i click exit it shut's down the laptop. if anyone could post a video of someone showing me or to have someone just explain how to do this would be great. someone also told me to look for the drive letter when going throught the process but i dont see it. please help. thx to any feedback in advance

2007-05-11 05:03:45 · 2 answers · asked by jordan 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My Compaq Persario 6120, keeps crashing! After about 10 minutes of use, it goes to a blue screen with "Hard drive error" on it. Anyway, My question is Where should I go for tech support? I have one friend who says to go to Circit city (where I bought it) and another friend says to talk to HP (who owns Compaq) Which should I contact?

2007-05-11 04:59:14 · 6 answers · asked by cal_katman 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Laptop is just over a year old and has recently began shutting down at random. Running Windows XP Home. No restarts, no windows shut down process, just turning off. No hardware changes.

AVG Anti-Virus runs at start up and updates daily. Firewall in place and behind router. Windows Defender runs in background, I also run Spybot, Ad-Aware, and Spyware Blaster monthly. I booted with Ultimate Boot CD 4.10 and ran the included anti-virus apps and was clean.

I can run in safe mode all day long with no shut down, either in the Admin profile or the main profile. I created a limited profile to see if it could be a setting in the main profile, but same problem happened in new profile.

There are only 8 processes running on start up, per msconfig, and all are known.

I can't even decide if it is a hardware or software problem. I thought hardware, but then why no issue in safe mode? What other tools can I use to find the issue? Anyone had a similar problem? Help!!

2007-05-11 04:55:11 · 8 answers · asked by feeblegoat 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

My hard disk 80GB and 256MB ram.

2007-05-11 04:49:37 · 14 answers · asked by muhammad w 1 in Desktops

x300se 128 mb ati radeon

2007-05-11 04:41:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

does dvd rom comes with cd writer or alone now a days
or is there a dvd writer.

2007-05-11 04:29:00 · 5 answers · asked by karthik r 1 in Desktops

OK, here`s my problem. Occasionally, my PC turns off and then for some time doesn`t want to turn on. When I hit the power button ,the fan makes a single round and then everything stops. I have to try several times before the PC finally turns on. Any suggestions what the problem might be ?

2007-05-11 04:25:57 · 3 answers · asked by nigel 2 in Other - Hardware

Gawd! I LOVE my MacBook Pro - running OSX 10.4.9 - but I hate the startup BONG!!!!!!!!!! noise. How do I mute or change it?

Do not send me here.....

http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/StartupSound/support.en.html

Been there, installed that, doesn't open when I go into System Prefs. Says the program won't open on this computer!

One for Mr. Jobbs, I think. Buggered if I can work this one out!

2007-05-11 03:52:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks