Hardware - June 2007

I just bought Ghost recons advanced warfighter 1 and installed it it installed and all but when i go to open it it says it crashed so i went on the web and found the see if my computer can run this game feature and it said that my cpu speed is 1.5ghz I need 2ghz and my video card has 96mb i need 128mb and it doesnt have Video HW Transform & Lighting and Vertex Shader Ver which seem minor is there any way i can still play all i want to do is play the campaign i dont care if the multiplayer doesnt work or the graphics arent great please please help i want to play it sooo bad haha

2007-06-20 17:09:02 · 5 answers · asked by devon b 1 in Add-ons

do you have to use windows xp 64 bit to use some of the graphics cards out there like the nvidia geforce 8800 gts ?

2007-06-20 16:40:00 · 3 answers · asked by drumerboy2014 1 in Add-ons

So yesterday I reinstalled everything on my computer with a disk "Windows XP" so it deleted everything. So now, my speakers aren`t working. Like sound ain`t coming out. I can`t change my screen resolution, it stays 640x480 pixels. and the color quality stays Medium (16 bit)

2007-06-20 16:26:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-06-20 16:00:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

i have my home pc hooked up to the printer. there is a linksys wireless router and the charter modem in series. i have 3 other laptops that hook up to the internet wirelessly. there has to be a way to print to that printer wirelessly going through the router without going and buying a wireless printer router

2007-06-20 15:51:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

My speakers on my PC wont play any sound aside from system sounds.I have the correct drivers. my problem is that my speakers are not showing up in my sound and audio devices.
i dont think my sound card is out, because i can still hear system sounds. so does anyone know what is wrong, and what i can do to fix this?

2007-06-20 15:34:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

i need to know what i would have to buy to make it wireless and to be able to use anywhere i am at.... any suggestions would be great........ thanks

2007-06-20 14:35:01 · 7 answers · asked by gadsdencpl2005 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-06-20 14:21:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Hi,

I have an assignment in which a question is about how a low-power CPU (those in laptops) further reduces its power requirement when its idle. Does anyone know? Any internet sources?

Thanks in advance.

- Slim

2007-06-20 14:17:39 · 2 answers · asked by Slim 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I pretty much only run IE and MS Word. I am planning to buy a system with an Intel Pentium dual-core processor T2080 operating at 1.73GHz and 512 MB of RAM running WindowVista. Will that be enough so that it runs smoothly?

2007-06-20 13:58:48 · 8 answers · asked by ebillar 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I've just bought an LG 19" monitor and it has no built-inn speakers, nor sockets other than mains power and blue PC connection.

I have Creative Labs Speakers (I-Trigue 3300 2.1) but no guide booklet, and there is nowhere to plug the green and blue wires that come from the speakers, at the back of the monitor. My old monitor had two sockets for the purpose!?

Can I plug the speakers at the back of the PC? How do I get sound out of the dang thing?

2007-06-20 13:40:15 · 5 answers · asked by milk 2 in Monitors

Ive got an ECS nforce 570 SLIt motherboard and I want to know if a core 2 quad (q6600) will work in it

2007-06-20 13:31:04 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

hello im having trouoble with my PC, i got this black screen which have option for safe mode and others but i cant get in into windows it will boot again and again and back to that black screen.And i tried to reformat but can't do anything it keeps going on black screen and reboot my system again and again...PLS HELP

2007-06-20 13:16:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i have a h/p a6009n desktop putting a graphics card in it so i need a more wattage psu i have a 250watt im getting this one.will this be compadble with my mobo and i couldnt find the mesurements on it so i hope it will fit.

2007-06-20 13:09:35 · 4 answers · asked by paradoxxxboxxx 2 in Add-ons

So my dad has a PC, its from HP. what button do i need to press in the beggining to change the booting sequence?

2007-06-20 12:57:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

now i asked on what would be a good gaming prossesor for the money i had they said its more videocard than prossesor and i know that but what is better a 3.2 P4 dual core or a 2.0 C2D they both have 2 cores right so which is better

2007-06-20 12:56:22 · 3 answers · asked by Zeros T 1 in Desktops

I bought a Mushkin hp-550 550watt power supply and I am using an EVGA Nforce 680i SE mobo. When I turn on the PSU, One LED light turns on on the Mobo. Thats all. There are supposed to 3 LEDs lighting up. When I press the power button ont the motherboard (yes, the motherboard), nothing happens. Is the PSU DOA or the mobo? Also, the PSU has an LED fan.

2007-06-20 12:55:16 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I offered the idea to my grandmother to get a new computer monitor because it takes up too much space. So I went to BestBuy.ca (since she is a Canadian Resident) and found a monitor. Then I went to see how much it would cost for a Geek Squad person to do it. WAYY too much.
I am the computer techie in the family and everyone asks me to do stuff to the computers. Is it possible for me, a 13 year old girl, to hook up a new monitor? I am very good with computers and done many things but not this. I usually have a little help from my parents but my dad is in Napa Valley on his honeymoon and mom is back at home.

Can I do it? Or is it just best to pay up the money to get it done for us?

2007-06-20 12:55:06 · 16 answers · asked by nat-tuh-lee.[♥]™ 2 in Monitors

I need to clean my registry key.
my laptop is now going very slow i have done these things to try and help speed it up

1) Scaned my laptop
2) Done a Disk Defragmenter
3) disk clean
4) deleted all the thing from programs to picture that i dont need.
5) and i have also cleaned my internet history as i was told that could make my computer slower.

right i have used CCleaner but that keeps sayin that there is the same amount of problems with my reg key even when i have just scaned it with the CCleaner

so is there any good free reg cleaners out there about from CCleaner.

thanks

2007-06-20 12:51:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I think they are both the worst ever. HP trick you, Dell is said to be bad too.

which one is worst for you?

2007-06-20 12:50:49 · 6 answers · asked by geeks_gadgets 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am getting a laptop and are wondoring what graphics card i should get

2007-06-20 12:28:25 · 1 answers · asked by Scotty H 1 in Add-ons

I am a looking for a cheep graphics card that still plays decent games

2007-06-20 12:22:42 · 5 answers · asked by Scotty H 1 in Add-ons

I bought a case and it came with only 8 standoffs. My motherboard has 9 spots. Is it relatively safe to install my motherboard anyways?

2007-06-20 12:14:24 · 2 answers · asked by bloodkite2000 1 in Add-ons

What from your experience is the best matched component set for a new Intel-based desktop or tower based PC, and why? I'll need to get a hold of a new CPU / Motherboard / Memory / Hardisk and want the best modern components, but at a part-way sensible price.

(I don't want to get a branded machine coz I enjoy the challenge of building my own machine).

2007-06-20 12:03:44 · 2 answers · asked by cornflake#1 7 in Other - Hardware

Will there be any difference in performance if I will run ATI 1900GT in PCI-E 8X mode vs 16X? I dont really think there will be any difference at all but I want to be sure. I am looking for cheap motherboard and I found one but its PCI-E slot runs in 8X mode. I will be using this with AMD 64 X2 3800+ CPU.

2007-06-20 10:48:41 · 3 answers · asked by vetal_2007 2 in Other - Hardware

I fried my motherboard and am ordering a new one. Will I need to reinstall XP with all my old componenets or can I just plug all my old components (CPU, video card, RAM) into the motherboard and boot from my hard drives as before. If I am going to need to reinstall xp, please tell me why.

2007-06-20 10:45:18 · 7 answers · asked by clipjammer 1 in Desktops

It goes from like 0-5% up to 30-40% then back down to 0-5% etc.

2007-06-20 10:34:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I just purchased a wireless router and was wondering if I have to contact my phone company to get a separate phone line for just the computer or can I use my existing phone line (same one as my home phone)?

2007-06-20 10:13:08 · 10 answers · asked by mgallon2 1 in Other - Hardware

My laptop gets overheated. I wanna make an external laptop cooler using fans and the cooler shall get its energy via USB from the laptop. Does anyone know how to do that?
(How many fans I may use, how to connect the fans to the USB etc.)

2007-06-20 09:49:12 · 7 answers · asked by kisse_kat 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

When Apple comes out with it's new operating system, will Leopard be included in all Mac Book Pro products.. like will it come preinstalled? Thanks

2007-06-20 09:37:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks