Hardware - July 2007

Until recently I was able to get a signal from my video card. But after a recent shutdown, I can't get a signal from my video card. I bought a new video cable but that didn't work. There are two DVI-I ports on my video card, which is an ATI Radeon x1900 XT. So far I can't get a signal from either port. Any ideas or suggestions on what I should do??

2007-07-01 09:02:19 · 2 answers · asked by kfw9257 2 in Monitors

Hi i have a macbook 1.83 ghz 512 ram and cd/burner dvd player (in other words, the first version of the white macbook). I wanted to burn some pictures onto a cd and suddenly the cd started spinning so fast it made a sound like a car going at 120mph.. Suddenly it shutdown and when i restarted it, a folder with a question mark showed up on the screen.. Obviously i think that the system brokje down.. but i inserted the OSX installation disks and the installation thing came up but NO DRIVE to install it to shows up.. u think my HD broke down?
I have the protection plan...
However, the cd always makes that noise..u think its a computer problem or a drive problem and all im gonna get is like a repair of both drives? im really pissed

2007-07-01 09:00:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I am using an SVideo connection. It wont clone the display over to my TV.

2007-07-01 08:54:45 · 1 answers · asked by blackwing873 3 in Other - Hardware

I will start using my classroom PC for my multimedia needs.

2007-07-01 08:54:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Whats better MB or GB

2007-07-01 08:52:48 · 22 answers · asked by JM 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I need to know where I can download a verson of
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Full Version for PC i want to burn it on a cd for my dad his computer has windows 98 but he need a windows 98 cd and i was wondering if there were any web site to download and burn on a cd so he can reinstall it!!

2007-07-01 08:52:36 · 4 answers · asked by americanhousewife 1 in Add-ons

Thanks.

2007-07-01 08:44:58 · 3 answers · asked by bloo 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-07-01 08:44:39 · 12 answers · asked by mindyworlow 1 in Other - Hardware

I bought a new computer and am not satisfied with the speed, I want to take RAM out of my old computer ( I think it had a virus ), and put it into my new one, I don't need to know if they're compatible yet but i need to know if there could be a virus inside the RAM, The old one was very slow so maybe the virus was eating up RAM.

2007-07-01 08:44:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

when i try to install the disc its telling me i need 1gb of ram ?
my computor has 446mb memory (ram), is my pc to small to take the programme ? or do i need to change anything ?

2007-07-01 08:42:21 · 5 answers · asked by Tony a 2 in Add-ons

2007-07-01 08:41:32 · 3 answers · asked by Benelli A 1 in Other - Hardware

Can someone help me find a good deal under $500 for a Windows XP Laptop???

2007-07-01 08:40:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-07-01 08:33:09 · 1 answers · asked by Jeff P 1 in Desktops

i went to Dell.com

2007-07-01 08:29:39 · 8 answers · asked by kissy_love_me 1 in Desktops

why does it do this wen it is new? it has never happened to any of the other computers ive gotten until months later (my fault)..is it bcuz i have 2 update things? i dont have internet on it yet

2007-07-01 08:21:58 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I have two different monitors one is HP, and the other is a widescreen westinghouse.

I use the widescreen, because its newer, but I guess cheaper.

But earlier when I was on it, I noticed that words and stuff and like a shadow to them and it was kind of fuzzy so I went to see if maybe the settings got messed up and when I went to properties, settings.
A message pops up and says.

Invalid Display Settings:
The current selected graphics driver can not be used. It was written for a previous version of Windows, and is no longer compatible with this version of Windows.

The system has been started using the default VGA driver.

Please contact your hardware manufacturer to get an upgraded driver, or select one of the Microsoft provided drivers.

When I went to that and tried to change the settings it shut off, when i turned it back on, it would stay on for about 5 seconds then shut off again.
I have a ATI Radeon Series 9200 graphics card.
I just got it like 2 months ago.

2007-07-01 08:20:32 · 3 answers · asked by PAYlURTACK* 2 in Monitors

I have a hp pavilion a6057c tv pc and i need to know without actually having to open up my computer.

If i do have to open it, can someone give me any steps on how to tell what kind of ports i have?

2007-07-01 08:14:16 · 2 answers · asked by SomeUnkownDude 1 in Desktops

2007-07-01 08:07:16 · 1 answers · asked by ghhc1959 1 in Add-ons

2007-07-01 08:06:08 · 2 answers · asked by Jeff P 1 in Desktops

2007-07-01 07:56:54 · 5 answers · asked by judylishious 2 in Desktops

im building a new computer

2007-07-01 07:43:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Just about to buy a laptop and i have been given the option of Windows Vista or Windows XP, am not sure which one to choose, need advice

2007-07-01 07:43:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

My computer will not turn on... The power went out this afternoon and my computer is the only thing in the house effected, besides all the clocks being reset. My laptop still works, but it wasn't plugged in to the outlet. I also have a plasma in the same room as the computer, but it is uneffected as well. Any ideas?

2007-07-01 07:26:03 · 6 answers · asked by clnheart 2 in Desktops

It would take at least 50 floppy disks to save them all. Is there something else out there that can save a lot of capacity?

2007-07-01 07:25:43 · 4 answers · asked by Jax 2 in Other - Hardware

What is the difference between the 3?

2007-07-01 07:23:57 · 3 answers · asked by dirtautoracer3 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I got a spare 21" CRT monitor from my landlord, and it worked great, but then the next day I was messing with the OSD's settings and saw one called "Quality". Not knowing what it was, I decided to see what it did. I turned it down some and the display started to turn more and more snowy. That's when the status light in the corner (where it is normally either green for OK or amber for No Signal) turned magenta, or red. I decided to leave it unplugged for a week and see if it reverted to factory default settings. I just plugged it in and it didn't.

But one thing that worries me about it is that the OSD doesn't even come up now. I really hope I didn't fry this monitor 24 hours after I got it. But now I'm starting to think maybe I did :(

Has anyone ever heard of the magenta light on a CRT? I haven't been able to find anything about it on the web, and a friend said that in his experience magenta means "input out of range" but I'm starting to think it means "BROKEN".

2007-07-01 07:23:42 · 4 answers · asked by macrolifecs 1 in Monitors

Right now my hard drive has windows 2000 on it and I am trin to upgrade to windows xp and I have the disc but its not lettin me it says that its not a supported upgrade path how can i get past this?

2007-07-01 07:20:30 · 6 answers · asked by okiejr136 1 in Other - Hardware

On starting up my PC (Windows XP) before I could log in the following was display

Checking file system on c: The type of file system is NTFS. The volume is dirty. It then started a clean uo starting at 26% all the way to 100%. Some of the files stating "Recover of orphan file". Well what does this mean, trouble? The PC seems ok now.

2007-07-01 07:08:14 · 7 answers · asked by des c 4 in Desktops

2007-07-01 07:07:44 · 1 answers · asked by nicole C 1 in Add-ons

I am getting rid of the computer to someone I don't know and want to make sure that they cannot retrieve any of my files, however, I do want them to be able to use the computer and the programs I have.

2007-07-01 07:04:42 · 1 answers · asked by Lulu 1 in Desktops