Hardware - June 2007

If anyone can help me out please, I would be extremely grateful. I'm getting really fed up now either having to leave the comp running or turning it right off.
In 'easy talk' would be appreciated aswell as im not very good at these things.
Thanks in advance

2007-06-11 08:00:09 · 4 answers · asked by Snuffy 4 in Desktops

I have a Pentium II Gateway computer with 400 MHz and 128-258 MB of DIMM RAM Memory for Windows XP Professional Edition. I noticed that when I run photo editor it takes time to startup, and it edits pictures so slow. I also noticed that windows cannot multitask. Do I need more memory if so what would you suggest?

2007-06-11 07:53:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

So the other day I defraged my H drive, and it was working fine untill I opened up a folder that had a virus or something in it. and now every time I click on the H Drive none of my folders come up and it asked if I want to re format my hard drive. What do I do because I have a lot of stuff on that drive and I dont want to re format it. Help!

2007-06-11 07:46:52 · 2 answers · asked by mildjack 2 in Other - Hardware

Ok i want a laptop thats less than $800. (Actually i really want a mac but since i need to buy a car too this will save money)

What is the best pc laptop that will not crash every 3 months like my dell one did.

2007-06-11 07:43:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I got a computer from a friend. When I put in a disk in the D drive, a bubble pops up and tells me of an I/O error for the D drive. What is an I/O error for the D drive and can it easliy be fixed or should I just get a new CD drive?

2007-06-11 07:27:17 · 3 answers · asked by Spring loaded horsie 5 in Other - Hardware

so, i have installed an english windows xp on my pc but i have a german keyboard...i.e. the normal keyboards have the "qwerty" sequence and my keyboard has the "qwertz", so when i press "Z" then it will come out "Y" on the screen. this goes the same when i press other keys. Can someone please help me how can i use a german format keyboard with an english type operating system..

many thanks
ken
from Austria

2007-06-11 07:26:59 · 6 answers · asked by Commandot 1 in Other - Hardware

I always install and uninstall game demos, and my friend is telling me that is bad for my computer. Is that true?

2007-06-11 07:26:09 · 10 answers · asked by james 2 in Desktops

please help i need to take it apart to fix it thanks

2007-06-11 07:24:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

need some computer to start some bussines. so im opened for any help.

2007-06-11 07:24:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

This is my motherboard:

Legend QDI KuDoz 7 V1.XX update

I have found the manufacters website but do not know what file to download to update my BIOS. The site says it has USB 1.1, can I update it so it will use a USB 2.0 PCI card?

2007-06-11 07:22:04 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I am trying to hook a SHARP AL-1041 copier to my PC at work to use as the printer. The copier has ONLY a LPT connector. There is no place for a USB. My PC has NO LPT port to connect it to. Is there anyway that this can be done? We are trying to use the copier to save on the number of ink cartidges that we use with the printer. Thanks for anybody that can offer any help to me.

2007-06-11 07:21:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

Fpr offices they invented paper shredders for documents with data you'd prefer not be read by anyone in the future. What do I do to my old Cd's and DVD's that I no longer need but want make sure they are unreadable by potential snoops?

Break them up into pieces? Scratch the face?
or is there another way that a business handles these old hunks of plastic?

2007-06-11 07:17:47 · 11 answers · asked by Forreal 2 in Add-ons

I have two computers that are probably ten years old. One doesn't have an OS. I was wondering if I could use parts to plug it into my new computer and use it as a external hard drive or maybe a USB flash drive type of thing. Or perhaps i could plug the whole thing into my laptop and I don't know. Have any ideas what i could do with these two computers would be great.

2007-06-11 07:11:04 · 10 answers · asked by LLH 2 in Other - Hardware

It is around 5 years old with a Athlon 1800 processor. I get a blue screen with a bad pool caller message and at the bottom a great long technical message. I have changed the hard disc and also the power supply unit but it is better but still not right - the cpu tempeature is 55 degress which should be fine so has anyone any ideas how I can narrow down what the problem might be, remember it seems to be worse when it is warmer?

2007-06-11 07:10:32 · 10 answers · asked by Rob 2 in Other - Hardware

Hmm?

2007-06-11 07:07:53 · 2 answers · asked by NeckoChan 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have recently atempted to get into PC gaming, I have a HP with about 300gig, but for some reason the games I have installed seem to run slow. Any help?

2007-06-11 07:02:37 · 3 answers · asked by Matthew F 1 in Add-ons

I have no free PCI slots, is there another way to add a firewire port?

2007-06-11 07:01:39 · 6 answers · asked by David 2 in Other - Hardware

Proper air circulation is mentained.
It's not run 4 or 5 hrs continuously, it's like 1.5 hrs three times daily.

2007-06-11 06:54:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

1024x768 look too stretched out.

2007-06-11 06:54:49 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

While shopping for a laptop how do yo tell if the grapics card is seperate or integrated on the motherboard

2007-06-11 06:49:40 · 4 answers · asked by E S 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have deleted the file 'Display.cfg' from Flight Simulator X directory to avoid the video card warning since my video card has only 16MB of memory and the game runs successfully on my PC having 256MB of RAM. Anyone please tell me whether it is safe for my video card to run the game with higher memory requirement? Can the game damage my video card? It's S3/VIA Unichrome IGP card with DirectX supported. Actually the game requires a 32MB Video Card.

2007-06-11 06:38:57 · 5 answers · asked by Abhi 2 in Other - Hardware

I know it was designed to have backwards compatibility, but I have heard that people have had trouble getting it to work.

2007-06-11 06:32:02 · 3 answers · asked by bholstege@sbcglobal.net 1 in Other - Hardware

im going to buy a laptop for the summer and i want to but a custom built one...and im going to using it mostly for gaming...can anyone suggest some decent video cards..
i was looking at the nvidia 8600m GS and 7600 go .....not sure if thos are good enuff
...and wat are some ati cards that are up to par with 8600?

2007-06-11 06:24:24 · 3 answers · asked by -{s0c}- 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-06-11 06:19:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I have a Gateway notebook and I want to reinstall Windows on it. I am not sure if i need any drivers (like for sound, video board) after the installation is complete. I have 4 cds for Recovery but i have no idea how can i use them. So do i need drivers and where can i get them from? Can the recovery cds help me?

2007-06-11 06:19:01 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-06-11 06:18:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a Windows Vista and I think it has a built-in wireless router.

2007-06-11 06:14:11 · 7 answers · asked by ツ im a guy 2 in Desktops

Can you check out these specs for a computer I'm creating for Gaming? https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.asp?ID=6363788
Any thoughts on how to change it to improve it?

2007-06-11 06:08:39 · 2 answers · asked by Garrett B 1 in Desktops

Someone gave me their old computer as a gift. It's a Compaq Presario that used to have Windows `95 before they removed it. Now it has nothing except a dos prompt. There's no homepage or start menu. It has a Pentium (1) processor. I was considering installing a newer version of Windows to use it for offline purposes only. I'm not sure if I would need a startup disc in order to install anything.

2007-06-11 05:59:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I recently bought a Leadtek 7600GT AGP 8x DDR3 256MB graphics card and installed it on a MSI K7N2 Delta - 2 LSR mainboard.

The problem is for games such as battlefield 2, the game hangs before i can start play while it's optimizing the geometry and shades, etc. The 2nd time i tried it the blue screen came up saying a screen dump.

I have changed the settings to "high" and set the resolution to 1024 x 768, but i can never seem to get the game to work under my new graphics card.

I've tried with a lower settings such as 800x600 on the new card but the game would hang again while optimizing geometry, shades, etc.

I've tried changing the AGP Aperature size back from 256MB back to 128MB on the new card but it didn't work either.

I'm also running on a AMD sempron 3000+ with 2 x 512MB of RAM.

I've already updated to the latest graphics driver from Nvidia website and my BIOS is up to date as well.

Could anyone identify the problem? Thx in advance

2007-06-11 05:57:14 · 1 answers · asked by help mi please 1 in Add-ons