Hardware - June 2007

I just purchased the MBP 2.2 Ghz but am wondering if I should have chosen the 2.4 Ghz model. All the benchmarks I have seen so far just so a seconds difference between the models and that honestly is not enough for me to cash out 500 euros extras for it. Do any of you have a more concrete opinion on this?

2007-06-14 05:08:13 · 1 answers · asked by wycleff2 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

32-bit. I know how to connect the components, I need to know how I would boot up to Windows VIsta after the upgrade takes place. I upgraded my dad's computer but when BIOS was searching for the BOOT.INI file it was unable to. Do I have to reinstall windows vista after the upgrade or what?

Thanks. The upgrade is shipping to my house tomorrow - Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 + 2GB DDR2 RAM.

2007-06-14 05:07:32 · 4 answers · asked by Scott 1 in Desktops

i've gotten an email bout copyright blah blah blah
wen u download peerguardian do you have to do anything with the program or do you just download it and thats it?
thx!

2007-06-14 05:04:07 · 2 answers · asked by CoReAnMaMa 2 in Other - Hardware

I bought an older system on eBay last year, and when you try to boot it up, you get a screen that says: SYSTEM DISABLED".
How do I correct that? I'd like to slug the
jerk who sold it to me, but it's too late now.

2007-06-14 05:03:57 · 1 answers · asked by Road Trip 3 in Desktops

When I boot up the system, some of the lettering on the Dell logo screen looks jumbled (like hieroglyphics or something).
What's going on here?

2007-06-14 04:50:06 · 2 answers · asked by Road Trip 3 in Other - Hardware

i have an apple macbook and recently it will turn itself off after a couple of minutes of me switching it on, it is not because the battery is low and i have also tried it with it plugged into the mains, i dont know whether it has anything to do with it but i can sumtimes hear the fan thing inside it wen it happens, i will keep switching itself off for a while but then i will be back to normal
help anyone??

2007-06-14 04:47:33 · 4 answers · asked by hoodiewearer 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

My laptop is the Compaq 2580US. I can extend the laptop screen via the s-video port to my Vizio LCD HDTV screen, but I can't clone (duplicate) the laptop screen onto the TV, so that the TV would show a larger version of the laptop screen.

2007-06-14 04:18:40 · 3 answers · asked by bergeler 1 in Monitors

please tell me why you would or wouldn't

2007-06-14 03:48:56 · 17 answers · asked by Amy LB 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have windows xp already with 256 RAM n 80 GB HDD, will intel be a better option than windows

2007-06-14 03:48:32 · 22 answers · asked by waheed_aurum 1 in Desktops

My sound isn't working right is sounds like a out of range radio station. I don't think I have the right driver for the sound card. The computer is a acer aspire 7100. Can anyone help or tell me where to look to figure out what kind of sound card I have?

2007-06-14 03:37:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

My school is selling the following for $25.

Pentium III 1 GHZ processor
256MB of RAM
20 GB Hard Drive
Windows 2000 Professional

I also have a question on setting it up for a wireless internet connection. I have a wireless router set up on my desktop at home. Is it possible to set this computer up so it has wireless capability and if so, what needs to be done?

2007-06-14 03:28:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I have(or had) an external HDD - Samsung - 100 GB, that is basically notebook HDD + external casing.
Yesterday it accidentally fell.
Now my laptop no longer detects it.
Is there anyway to recover the data? Any professional service that can do that?

2007-06-14 02:59:45 · 4 answers · asked by Kris Kringle 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-06-14 02:58:24 · 6 answers · asked by raj 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-06-14 02:57:49 · 4 answers · asked by freetowitnis2002 2 in Add-ons

Now that school is over with, I have time to upgrade my PC with a new video card so I can play more games. But I have never done this before and I need some help!

Here's what my PC already has:
Windows XP Home Edition
2.7 Ghz Celeron processor
512 MB RAM
25 GB of HD space left (out of 60 GB)
64 MB Intel Extreme 3D Graphics card (integrated, it sucks)

My PC has 2 or 3 PCI slots availble, so I need a PCI card.
I was planning on getting just a 256 MB PCI video card. I really only want it to get the games that I already have to run smoother and so I can actually get the newer games to run. Also I have about $80 in gift cards for Best Buy (from my birthday a couple months ago) and not much cash in my wallet, so I would like to get one around $80-$120. I would also like something thats easy to install, but if it's not I can always get my computer game geek Uncle to help me out :-)

Thanks!

2007-06-14 02:57:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Hi, yesterday I experienced a problem with my computer. It would turn on but I oculdnt get into the log in screen, instead a black screen would show. Not all the files for safe mode would load so I couldnt log on Safe Mode either. I tried running the drivers test and it said failed. Is that it? Isn't there anything I can do to save the hardrive?

2007-06-14 02:55:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

i want to install the fastest windows xp installer.

2007-06-14 02:51:16 · 6 answers · asked by doctor_jackal 1 in Desktops

i bought hp deskjet 5440 ? as you guys told me?
it has a 5ml cartridge , iam ruuning out of ink , is there any way i can save ink ,. any print settings . what should i do.
also
whenever i print i find ink on the foams under the cartridge (normal position ) is this a leak

2007-06-14 02:40:12 · 1 answers · asked by ade a 1 in Other - Hardware

my computer has had a virus for 3 years and it's time to wipe it clean and start all over because it's bogging down my computer speed. what do i do?

2007-06-14 02:36:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

IM LOOKING TO BUY A LOOPALIT NVIDIA GEFORCE 8500GT 512MB PCI-EXPRESS DDRIII $ 130 IT SUPPORTS DIREXTX10 BUT DOES THIS MEAN IT WILL SUPPORT DIREXTX9 AS WELL OR ONLY 10 THANKS...
ALSO THE MEMORY ON THE GRAPHICS CARD IS DDRlll & MY MOTHERBOARD TAKES DDR2 RAM DOES THIS THIS MEAN ANYTHINK OR IS THE GRAPHICS CARD MEMORY A HOLE DIFF.. THINK & DOSNT MATTER ,THANKS

2007-06-14 02:34:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2007-06-14 02:27:14 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I want to buy something computery for my dad this father's day, but I know nothing about computers, and I am on a budget. I was thinking about buying he an external harddrive so when he travels(he does that alot), he can carry some of his files with him. I saw this item on ebay but I wonder if its any good. This is the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-2-5-EXTERNAL-HARD-DRIVE-ENCLOSURE-CASE-NEW_W0QQitemZ120130964375QQihZ002QQcategoryZ74949QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem. If this is not somethign good can you please tell me and also give me some suggestions, Please.

Thank You for your Help :)

2007-06-14 02:19:17 · 11 answers · asked by Mimi 3 in Other - Hardware

Bought a new computer, as my old one died rather sudden (Major motherboard fault cheaper for new system than to fix) Now I want to get information off my old hard drive if I plug it into my new system and set it to slave. Will it register as another hard drive in “My Computer” next to the C: drive and will I pick what I want off it like when you attach a recoverable hub, Camera Etc…. Or will there be major personality clashes between the two as there will be two windows operating systems one on each and both hard disks will be named C: Drive will that cause a clash too?
Any help or advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated. 14/06/07 14:15

2007-06-14 02:16:34 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

i recently bought a pc with windows vista it was extremly slow so i added 1 gig worth of ram it is slightly faster but still the same as an xp with 512mb is it possible to add at least another gig on a 32bit operating system

2007-06-14 02:16:09 · 4 answers · asked by ganges 3 in Desktops

I am kind of unfamiliar with computers, but am in the market for a laptop. But really all I wanted to know was if 1 GB RAM and a 160 GB hard drive was decent or not. If you could put into perspective how much that holds/allows to happen that would be great.
-Also, I'm looking at the new macbook..If you own one, feel free to leave any comments, pros/cons.

2007-06-14 01:54:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

just wondering when it says for the core 2 duo cpu speed that it is 2.4ghz goes that mean its 2.4ghz times 2 or just 2.4ghz because i always thought that core 2 duo meant the it was 2.4ghz x 2 = 4.8ghz

2007-06-14 01:42:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i have a left handed wireless keyboard for my PC, obtained from from anything left handed, so far no laptops found L/H

2007-06-14 01:40:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-06-14 01:39:19 · 3 answers · asked by purform 1 in Add-ons

It's a Canon scanner.

CanoScan 8400F

It has 4 buttons.

1st one says COPY

2nd one says SCAN

3rd one says PDF

and 4th one says E-MAIL

I click on scan but it won't work. What's wrong with it? I've never used it befor.

2007-06-14 01:31:55 · 4 answers · asked by ? 6 in Scanners

I've heard all about the dangers of placing sensitive electrical components near magnetically unsheilded devices.

I am building a PC soon and I need a place to set my tower casing. I dont want my investment to be screwed up by rogue magnetic waves. I've checked and my satellites for the speaker system is sheilded but the subwoofer is not.

So can I place the tower by the subwoofer? If not what is the minimum distance?

2007-06-14 01:24:17 · 3 answers · asked by GEN Gamer 4 in Desktops