Hardware - June 2007

its an hp pavilion dv6338se or the same as an hp pavilion dv6000. It has NVIDIA GeForce 6150 graphics card, 896MB RAM ,150MB VRAM, a 1.8 GHZ AMD Turion 64x2 TL-56 processor. Yet the game's fps are very sluggish and the game freezes every now an then. Is it my laptop or is it the RAM or Graphics card. can someone please tell me what to do because it has me very frustrated and the game is so very SLOW. Halo 2 vista's requiremnets are 2.0 GHZ processor 1GB RAM and NVIDIA 6100 or higher, but processor minumum is 1.5 GHZ. Should I install more RAM or have gek squad look at it from bestbuy because its still under its 2 year warranty.
P.S it's only 2 months old and was priced $1000 when i bought it would they let me exchange it for another laptop(bought from Bestbuy under their warranty) or what because its crashed 6 times fatally and i'vehad to use recovery manager to fix it this is the longest it hasn't crashed yet 1.5 months. Is it a total loss?

2007-06-07 18:08:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-06-07 17:59:07 · 7 answers · asked by pednekar16 1 in Add-ons

EVGA 512-P2-N548-TX GeForce 7600GS 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 or EVGA 256-P2-N624-AR GeForce 7900GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO or EVGA 256-P2-N550 -T2 GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 i play ccs,fear,stalker,silenthill 4,command and conquer 3 wars

2007-06-07 17:56:42 · 3 answers · asked by Zeros T 1 in Add-ons

My hardrive is making a clicking noise when i try to boot my PC up.I am also not able to boot up to windows any longer.Is my Hardrive fried?

2007-06-07 17:13:48 · 6 answers · asked by Russell 2 in Add-ons

2007-06-07 16:57:45 · 5 answers · asked by Trina O 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

When I press on the "ON" button, the light just blink once...and no action... before this happened, my desktop was switch on for about a long 4 hrs.. then it suddenly shut down itself.. and cannot turn on liao....

2007-06-07 16:44:42 · 3 answers · asked by Sylvia C 2 in Desktops

2007-06-07 16:21:16 · 6 answers · asked by Not_a_Techie 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am looking into buying a laptop, but I do not really understand all of the new technology and what would fit me best. I would be using it for school as well as work, so lots of memory, speed, and the ability to work on multiple tasks is very important.
Any advice or information is greatly appreciated!

2007-06-07 16:17:40 · 8 answers · asked by t jo 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Ok. So I just built a computer (specs below) running windows vista ultimate 32 bit. All has seemed well for my build until recently, when my computer started to "freeze"/hang. I wouldn't call it a crash because the screen freezes at random moments. At any rate, I have had a fear that my power supply is poor quality and that it is causing all my problems. However, at the same time, my videocard has an idle temperature of about 57 degrees celsius which concerns me because that is HOT. I have narrowed down the parts of my machine that could be causing these problems to the videocard, psu, and motherboard. I suppose it could also be a result of using Vista (YaY! Microsoft!).

Specs:
EVGA 680i A1 mobo
Intel Q6600 quad core
Asus 8800 gts
Hiper 580 watt psu
2gb 1066mhz corsair memory
Thermaltake Tsunami Case
74gb WD 10000 rpm drive (sata)
400gb Seagate 7200 rpm drive (sata)

2007-06-07 16:10:19 · 8 answers · asked by BLARG 1 in Other - Hardware

I'm completely clueless when it comes to video cards, but I think I need a new one so that I can play some of the newer games available and/or eventually make the switch to Windows Vista.

My computer is a 3 GHz hyper-threaded P4 with 1.5 gigs of RAM. The video card is an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 that came with the computer, and I believe it's a PCI card. I don't want to spend much money, so what card would give me the best bang for my buck? And will a new video card generally speed up games?

2007-06-07 15:17:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

AMD or Intel

2007-06-07 14:48:29 · 6 answers · asked by lilmansbb2000 1 in Desktops

drive is in the device manger list and is supposedly working. but when i put a data disk in it won't read it. same with an audio disk. any help will be appreciated.

2007-06-07 14:15:28 · 5 answers · asked by thecormister@sbcglobal.net 1 in Add-ons

i have a asustek k8s-mx motherboard and i currently have a amd sempron processor 3000, i want to upgrade to a better amd processor like the athlon 64, how can i tell what processor will work on my motherboard, i went to asus web site and no help there, please help me

2007-06-07 14:14:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i bought a local webcam that's supposed to be plug-n-play. it works for my dad's laptop. but when i tried it on my laptop, it can't work. when it is detected by my computer when i plugged it in, it's still looking for a driver.

2007-06-07 13:58:18 · 2 answers · asked by raaalphs 2 in Add-ons

describe instances of computer error with which they are personally familiar.

2007-06-07 13:56:40 · 3 answers · asked by Joharvey 1 in Desktops

How many songs?

Assumer songs are around 3 mins each.

Hours of video?

2007-06-07 13:49:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I can watch a yahoo video on my laptop, but I have no sound to
listen to it, What buttons do I Push, or what program do I need
to install to listen to what I am watching.

2007-06-07 13:47:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-06-07 13:46:37 · 7 answers · asked by washerwoman 3 in Desktops

Like online and cd games from a store

2007-06-07 13:44:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Okay, so I have a used Dell Latitude D600 laptop. It crashed and I forgot to back-up the files and I need to get some files off of it. So, when I turn it on, it go to the Dell loading screen, then to the Microsoft Windows XP loading screen. After that, it goes black and then turns blue. The blue screen says this:
"STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error}
The windows Logon Process system process terminated unexpectaedly with a status of 0xc0000006 (0x00000000 0x00000000).
The system has been shut down."
Okay, is it official done or can it be fixed?
Thanks!!

2007-06-07 13:34:56 · 14 answers · asked by Dreams ~ 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I'm on PC running Win XP. Only since yesterday my screen has flickered off (not my monitor) to totally black and back on again. It does this periodically. What does this mean? Could there be something wrong with my hard drive or OS? My virus protection and all are up to date...

thanks

2007-06-07 13:06:12 · 4 answers · asked by curious cat 3 in Desktops

Last night I spilled soda on my laptop keyboard, and I quickly rushed to get paper towels. When I looked at the screen again, it said HARDWARE MALFUNCTION, SYSTEM HALTED. Now, all it does is boot for 5 seconds with no display and turn off. Is my laptop dead for good? Or can I still fix it somehow? Please answer, this is a very horrible situation for me.

2007-06-07 12:52:15 · 8 answers · asked by diaox3 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

im in the works of building a new computer i will be using ati crossfire technology and im trying to decide between what 2 ati cards i will use with crossfire so i will have 2 cards running what of these 2 cards should i get. 2 Sapphire x1650Pro 512M TV-Out/2DVI which has 12pixel shade processers or 2 Sapphire X1650XT 256M TV-Out/2DVI which has 24 pixel shade processers what cards would run better what kind of difference would i notice and what would perform better/ look better?

2007-06-07 12:39:50 · 1 answers · asked by Brandon 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-06-07 12:26:37 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

My motherboard manual says it support PC1600/2100 DIMMs. but when i pulled out my ram it is labeled as PC266.

2007-06-07 12:16:44 · 5 answers · asked by ryan g 1 in Desktops

What would perform better: One GeForce 8800GTX 768MB or Two SLI'd GeForce 8600GTS 256MB? I know the price difference I'd just like to know which performs better and by how much. Also if you have any suggestions for other GPU's that are in the neighboring price range with good performance please let me know.

2007-06-07 12:15:57 · 4 answers · asked by Cecil 2 in Add-ons

2007-06-07 12:02:04 · 12 answers · asked by Zorro 1 in Desktops

My goodness it felt more like 4 days than 40 but I suppose thats what money does for you!!!

2007-06-07 11:58:54 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

It even stops, and I have to restart it. Any suggestions???

2007-06-07 11:30:57 · 21 answers · asked by ? 5 in Desktops

I have a Compaq C555NR and I have a PS/2 mouse attached via USB port, and it is not recognizing it so far. (Vista which I am not used to yet) (XP user prior)

Thanks in advance,

Kevin

2007-06-07 11:15:31 · 7 answers · asked by Kevin n Ga 2 in Laptops & Notebooks