Hardware - July 2007

My computer has a 250w power supply so i am having a really hard time finding something that will work with that, i do not have AGP, and i am also using vista. Does anyone know something that will work for me? I do not game, just enjoy movies and such on my LCD...please helllp!

2007-07-29 13:22:49 · 4 answers · asked by stevovans 1 in Add-ons

I have a ac adapter that has too many less watts.What will happen if I use it?

2007-07-29 13:11:00 · 6 answers · asked by cory p 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Im getting a new notebook and have no clue what the 1.6 GHz vs 1.80 GHz vs 2.0 GHz means. I am not going to do gaming or anything like that, just take notes in class, surf the net, upload pictures etc maybe some editing and creating movies. also listen to music etc. which speed is the best to have for stuff like that. is there one thats better to have when you have windows vista home premium and say 120-160 GB hard drive and either 1 or 2GB memory. thanks

2007-07-29 13:07:20 · 3 answers · asked by Jackie H 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My family has 3 printers and the one we where using broke down so we tried to hook up another. We couldn't tho because we lost the installation CD's. So i was wondering is there any way I can do it without the Cd. The printer is a Lexmark515

2007-07-29 13:04:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

It's only a 8MB and i could really do with a 32MB video RAM for my CPX or if it's not avalible a laptop with 32MB Video RAM for under £400.

2007-07-29 13:03:57 · 7 answers · asked by Angel F 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have a 2 year old windows laptop and itunes won't work all of a sudden. it says there's an audio problem. and also, CDs won't play, like I can't listen to a CD or even play a DVD. what is wrong? what can i do to fix it?

2007-07-29 13:03:16 · 1 answers · asked by Sam 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

While it has 3 cords.

2007-07-29 13:02:47 · 1 answers · asked by I-like-U 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Im getting a new motherboard and case and just wondering how i make sure it will all fit, here is the mother board

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=560972

Here is the case

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=452016

Thanks for help

2007-07-29 12:58:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I am going away very soon and so my laptop will not be used for a while. The battery is a Lithium ion battery. How are these best left? Fully charged, empty or sort of in the middle?

2007-07-29 12:57:00 · 11 answers · asked by Rick G 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

my aunts HP computer, which is pretty old (designed for 98), is hanging after it shows the Hewlett Packard BIOS screen.

the funny thing is, it was working five minutes ago, then i removed all the cords in the back, took off the side of the tower, then put everything back.

any body have any ideas?

2007-07-29 12:56:44 · 3 answers · asked by I AM ROBIN 1 in Desktops

Is there a way to set up your computer to were it switches from battery power to AC power automatically when battery gets low??

2007-07-29 12:55:01 · 6 answers · asked by mrtimprather 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

When i close my laptop, it's suppose to go to sleep mode. Sometimes it does, but most of the time it doesn't! How can i make it always go to sleep mode when i close it?

2007-07-29 12:54:59 · 2 answers · asked by packman 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

will my WHOLE computer change to the leopard experience? like we i install it, wen u start it up, it wont ask u to goto leopard or tiger, will it intirely replace my tiger experience leaving no trace of it?

2007-07-29 12:49:38 · 2 answers · asked by Ahmedinne 2 in Desktops

I want something with about a 12'' screen. Good fast performance, and durable (non plastic material). The price should be under $1000.

Right now I have a dell inspiron 6000. But its falling apart and i never abused it in any way. Its also getting slow, not starting up fast, and sometimes has trouble turning off. It has a 15.4'' screen which is too big for me.

2007-07-29 12:43:08 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

We had the parts from our other PC: hard drives. motherboard, etc. Worked great. They sat in boxes for about a year. We bought a new tower casing to put the stuff in and the computer would not work. Bought a new power supply. No good. Bought a new motherboard. Still no good, but better. New processor. Now it works but Windows will still not boot up. It shows an error message and offers a few different options for Safe Mode, Last Good Configuration and Start Windows Normally but no matter what you pick, it just comes up the error message on a black screen with the safe mode options. I've tried holding F5 or F8 while it's booting to get into the other options but no matter what you choose, it still does the same thing. We then bought a repair and diagnostics kit that says the start-up files for Windows are missing. What in the world could have caused this and is it fixable without wiping the hard drives and reinstalling Windows? There is stuff on them we want, if we can possibly save it.

2007-07-29 12:35:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Is there such thing as a pink, wireless, new (not used) apple laptop?

If there is: Where can I get it for the lowest price?

If there isnt: Where can I get a WHITE, wireless, new apple laptop for the lowest price?

Thank you soo much for your help!

2007-07-29 12:34:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-07-29 12:25:25 · 9 answers · asked by quangdoan@sbcglobal.net 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-07-29 12:12:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-07-29 12:10:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Computer crashed will not reboot only restore says i will lose all files (including family photos not yet backed up!!!) i hooked harddrive to another computer and it will not let me do anything with it the only message i get is "drive is corrupt and unreadable" thanks so much!

2007-07-29 11:36:37 · 3 answers · asked by rubawaytheday 2 in Desktops

2007-07-29 11:35:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Also, What type of slots are there. I heard it was AGP, PCI+ and another, can you tell me what they stand for?

2007-07-29 11:27:47 · 1 answers · asked by J Z 1 in Add-ons

Is the following good for stragey games like company of heroes and the sims and video editing if not can you please reccormend a computer that is in the price range or 1000-1600


DELL INSPIRON 531

PROCESSOR AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 5600+
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
MONITOR 19 inch SE198WFP Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 4DIMMs
HARD DRIVE 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD+/-RW Drive
VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT-DDR3
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
TV TUNER AND REMOTE ATI Theater 650 PRO Combo Analog/Digital TV Tuner with Remote Control
KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell USB Keyboard and Dell Optical USB Mouse
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER 13 in 1 Media Card Reader
MODEM & WIRELESS Internal PCI 802.11g Wireless Network Card
OPTIONAL PORTS IEEE 1394a Adapter

2007-07-29 11:24:20 · 2 answers · asked by reaper9292 2 in Desktops

I currently have a Sony Vaio that is four years old and I am finding the processor isn't running as well as it used to with all the new programs I have been adding. I use it heavily for media including pictures and music, as well as video editing. I play games such as Sims 2, which I believe needs a high processor. What brand/model should I go with?

2007-07-29 11:14:40 · 4 answers · asked by queenmab1013 1 in Desktops

2007-07-29 11:05:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Basically could a 1.8ghz core 2 duo run a game that requires at least 2.0 ghz processor w/o the need to overclock?

2007-07-29 10:55:48 · 4 answers · asked by scopetu 2 in Other - Hardware

Will compressing my hard drive and files\folders etc srcew up my machine. I am running out of disk space. Win XP Sp2.

2007-07-29 10:43:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-07-29 10:25:35 · 4 answers · asked by KiraYammi 2 in Desktops

when it says Intel® Core™2 Duo Processors 1.66Ghz does that mean the over all processing power is 1.66 x 2 (=3.222) ?? since core duo?

2007-07-29 10:09:34 · 8 answers · asked by Mr B 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

How do I get the toolbar back to the bottom of the screen?

2007-07-29 10:02:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops