Hardware - June 2007

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2007-06-24 06:17:45 · 14 answers · asked by Haaaz 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-06-24 06:10:14 · 7 answers · asked by hellocharlieb 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I'm building a new PC desktop and I don't know which processor to go with. I'm trying to decide between the two following processors:

AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+

or

AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 4400+

The price difference is $50 to upgrade to 4400+. Also, please give me a brief reason as to why I should go with your choice? Thanks a lot!

2007-06-24 05:45:48 · 5 answers · asked by BlueNWhiteFan10 1 in Desktops

I have found a laptop that I want. It is a Toshiba Satellite laptop. The only thing that I don't know about is if it will run Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic...since that is what it comes with. I wanted it to be an XP home..but i couldn't find one. This laptop has 512mb of RAM, 1.86GHz of speed, Celeron M processor, ATI Radeon Xpress 200m graphic card, 60GB hard drive (5400rpm).
Is this enough to run Windows Vista Home Basic well? or should I add 512 mb of RAM more..because I know Home Basic isn't as big as Premium or anything.
Is there also a way I can switch to XP Home or something so i dont have to upgrade?
If you have Windows Vista Home Basic...it would be appreciated to tell me how yours works and tell me the specifications on your laptop you have.

You can also give me suggestions of what specifications on a laptop that would run Home Basic good..not SLOW!

Thanks for your answers

2007-06-24 05:42:05 · 11 answers · asked by Video Game Freak 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i wanted to know whether the laptop hard disk be extended as of the desktop computers

2007-06-24 05:26:20 · 4 answers · asked by d_d_steve 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a 200gb sata hard drive & the problem is that even aftar a fresh format windows reconizes the hard drive as capacity 187gb which is normal, But it says it only has 120gb free space left & windows does not use that much space !!
The bios reconizes the hard drive as 200gb ,When i installed windows i used a raid driver by pressing F6 & inserting the floppy the raid driver was on the motherboard cd , & alls i have done is plugged the sata hard drive in.. plug & play .... please help thanks.

2007-06-24 05:14:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

The stats I would like to have on my computer are:
Intel Pentium IV Processor 2 Ghz +
512 to 1000MB of System Ram
8x DVD - Rom Drive
ATI x600 series +, ATI Radeon 9500 series +, NVIDIA GeForce FX series or NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series +
That is what I need.
For the Video Card I would like ATI X800 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series, or higher video card.

I need a Computer that i can play the new good RPG's, Strategy games and MMORPG's - any advice about which games i should get with the computer you recommend would be appreciated. Check the minimum required stats for Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion ifyou are unsure about what i need. I would love it if you could find something in the $300 - $400 range. That's what i got to work with.

2007-06-24 04:51:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-06-24 04:49:34 · 13 answers · asked by MaeSalgo 6 in Desktops

I need a Computer that i can play the new good RPG's, Strategy games and MMORPG's - any advice about which games i should get with the computer you recommend would be appreciated. Check the minimum required stats for Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion ifyou are unsure about what i need. I would love it if you could find something in the $300 - $400 range. That's what i got to work with.

2007-06-24 04:30:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

amd athlon x2 6000+ 3.0 ghz or intel core duo?

2007-06-24 04:26:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Ok I killed my cpu and motherboard and have to get new ones. I have the rest of the system ok.
Sata hard drive.
Pci
Ddr2 184 pin memory
Original dell PC 2.4 ghz Intel
No video card, but want to get one.
I don't want to spend to much. Prob <300.
With all the core duo out there? Should I get one?
I don't want it for gaming but I wacht a lot of movies on it.

Thanks for the help.

2007-06-24 04:15:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I want to know what is the most important for puality video editing. Graphics card or Editing software ?

2007-06-24 04:12:23 · 10 answers · asked by jadumani h 1 in Add-ons

what is wrong with my computer if it just randomly shuts off?

2007-06-24 04:02:09 · 9 answers · asked by lillain 2 in Monitors

hi guys!
i need a little guidance here.

i have an hcl branded desktop computer 2.66 ghz intel processor with gigabyte(8I865GVMK-775)

motherboard with onboard intel graphics engine and on board sound.
i want to put a tv tuner card in my system, to see all the channels that comes in to my tv, in my

pc. i have a cable tv connection in my house.

But the problem is that i dont know a bit about these tv tuner cards and their technology. so need

a little guidance here because i want to sure that i should be able to see all cable tv channels

in my pc.

1) So i want to know what kind of things i need to check in a tv tuner card so that i can and must

see all my cable tv channels like what technical specifications or kind of signalling i need to

check that it supports,i dont know that cable tv signal is an analogue or digital?

2)Do i need to ask anything from my cable tv provider like any tech details etc. or i can simply

go to the market buy any latest card ,insert it in system,hook my cable tv wire and it will work?

3)As i little know about them ,should i go for external or internal tv card,which one is better?

4)plzzz suggest me some brands and their model nos. of cards to choose from which are cheap n best

ie value for money.

so brothers plzz educate me anything and everything that i need to check before buying the card to

make sure that it will let me see all my cable channels.

plzz educate me about this.
looking forward for response

punet

2007-06-24 03:57:48 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-06-24 03:57:21 · 4 answers · asked by ram k 1 in Desktops

I have a computer thats about 5 1/2 years old how long can i expect it to last without anytype of upgrades

2007-06-24 03:46:59 · 14 answers · asked by Andreu 2 in Desktops

Well i downloaded the newest driver for my video card and all the stuff like control centre, i found out it now wouldnt let me change it to 1440,900 resolution that is NEEDED becuz im using a widescreen monitor which without that looks like crap and all stretched. So then i fixed it in properties by unchecking (hide refresh rates this monitor cant display or w/e) and i put sum 47 interlaced, it now let me change my resolution to 1440,900, good but now my refresh rate is 35 (INTERLACED) and res is 1440,900, any way to improve my refresh rate by not changing resolution? And what is interlaced?

2007-06-24 03:46:25 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

I'm looking at 2 laptops right now. They are definetly worth for the price but I am stuck with which one to get. I want a laptop that can run graphic games very nice and be very fast too. I play games such as counter strike source and day of defeat source and I want the laptop to play these games with no lag and very well. I am looking at a Compaq Presario laptop and a Gateway MT3707.

Compaq Presario: 100GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 rpm), NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 (UMA) graphics with up to 288MB shared video memory, AMD Turion(TM) 64 X2, 1.6GHz of speed, 1GB of RAM, and has Windows Vista Home Premium preloaded.

Gateway MT3707: 160GB Parallel ATA hard drive (5400 rpm), ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M graphics with up to 256MB HyperMemory (total of local and shared system memory used by GPU), 1GB of RAM, 1.6GHz of speed, Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core, and Windows Vista Home Premium preloaded.

Which one will run my games a lot better and be very fast?
If you have one of the comps. please tell

2007-06-24 03:46:10 · 6 answers · asked by Video Game Freak 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuJ23.Z7QU.ekU2PEsXG6Bnsy6IX?qid=20070623132339AAAUgoP
(this one also now has blue tooth capatability and Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N wireless card and now totals $1,049.35 with everything included)

OR

http://www.comet.co.uk/cometbrowse/product.do?sku=391921&tab=specification

Mostly using it for average gaming (nothing too crazy), music, pictures, net and email stuff

feel free to give me your reasons for whichever one you pick and any suggestions to make them better or any better deals you know of, however please no suggestions for macs, nothing personal against mac users, but i just dont care for them, or for computers that are like $1500 +

Thanks!

2007-06-24 03:42:29 · 4 answers · asked by n_d_metcalf 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

My budget goes up to £700 and nothing over that !!!! i also want it for storing photographs on but thats it really
please help also give me the internet adresses. no american sites and no ebay i want proper sites and good value for money !!!! thank you very much

2007-06-24 03:39:58 · 4 answers · asked by Haaaz 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

pc upgrade graphics card

can anyone tell me anything about performance increase i will get from my old duel 6600gt to say a 8800gt will it be ok on my 3500amd

many thx lee

2007-06-24 03:15:43 · 3 answers · asked by honky 3 in Other - Hardware

i havea 2gb flashdrive its working but now it showing this drive is writeprotected ther is no any swiches howi can format my flash drive i tried to format in dos mode alsow but same message comig

2007-06-24 03:14:07 · 8 answers · asked by shajahanapsara 1 in Add-ons

my pc keep saying that windows explorer has stop working---------window is checking for solution on this problem. I can get into the websites, but it takes me a while because that msw sign is blinking like crazy. I can not delect any programs off my pc, because stupid sign is blinking. It has taken over the pc like cancer. We do not have a back up because we had just gotten the pc not long ago. The sign is still blinking. It is slowing down ever program.. Is there any comp savory persons on yahooie? I need help and I need bad. I'm not asking for myself, but I am asking for help!!! help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-06-24 03:12:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-06-24 03:09:34 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

im trying to play desperate house wives but it isnt working on my pc

2007-06-24 03:09:14 · 1 answers · asked by mj83192 3 in Add-ons

If I need to buy a new computer and I want it to run WindowsXP, what is my choice if computers with Vista are no longer compatible with the programs that work with my XP? (I'd like to buy stock in that company, lol)

2007-06-24 02:42:10 · 4 answers · asked by PattyB 2 in Desktops

For some reason they say .ogg file and it takes forever to download to even just open.

http://www.scansandiego.net/Scanner/ that is the site again

2007-06-24 01:55:42 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Scanners

How can I make an external hard disk(you now, with any kind of materials and all that)

I will appreciate also if you go to my other question: Google Brain problems, and answer it also, anyone please, I need that information, anyway, please answer this question.

Thank you very much for your help!

2007-06-24 01:55:30 · 1 answers · asked by simplejack 5 in Add-ons

2007-06-24 01:36:14 · 4 answers · asked by ctc 1 in Add-ons

Microphones and I just don't get along. I've got my microphone attached to the computer's pink microphone jack which I'm certain is the right one for microphones. It's a CM300. It's not a bad microphone, I don't think it's anything mega-fantastic though. Anyway, when I record into it I can only just hear myself - it sounds really distant. The sound settings have the microphone unmuted and the sound at max. I know that the sound card is not faulty because I actually just had it working about 10 minutes ago for a few minutes and then when I tried to start a conversation on MSN and it went to test the mic sound levels and went back down to inaudible! It's really frustrating because I mostly use this computer for film editing so I actually need the microphone sometimes for more than just fun. My microphone thingy is REALTEK Audio Input. I have tested with other mics to the same effect and this mic works with other things. 5.1 surround sound as well. (sound cancellation/suppression not on)

2007-06-24 01:35:03 · 2 answers · asked by Sabooru 1 in Add-ons