Hardware - July 2007

what other cable ties can i use other than plastic when building a pc?

2007-07-28 11:02:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Here are my specs:
-Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600
-2x 500GB Hard Drive [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache]
-Asus Striker Extreme nForce® 680i SLI Chipset
-2x GeForce 8600GTS 512MB
-2048MB [1024MB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 RAM

I'm pretty sure I have it beat on the GPU and Hard Drive... but I'm not sure about the processor?

2007-07-28 11:00:29 · 4 answers · asked by clendn2000 2 in Desktops

i got a new ac adaptor and it work perfect for a few day's. now i hav to put in the ac plug in a few time b4 the power goes threw!! any help !!! it's a hp zv5000 !

2007-07-28 10:59:33 · 5 answers · asked by L.T BONILLA 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-07-28 10:53:37 · 0 answers · asked by Liberty R 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

does any1 hav the details of how to do it

2007-07-28 10:45:51 · 2 answers · asked by ankurbajaj_9 2 in Other - Hardware

the battery completely died after about 2 yrs and i need a new one but i dont kno how to get it and how much it would cost-any ideas? thanks, i live in silicon valley, like san jose...if thats helpful

2007-07-28 10:41:27 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-07-28 10:15:06 · 11 answers · asked by admps 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

6,7,8, or FX series?

2007-07-28 09:56:19 · 5 answers · asked by nukemobile 3 in Desktops

Radeon or GeForce?

2007-07-28 09:44:49 · 5 answers · asked by nukemobile 3 in Desktops

Hi.

Currently I have 2 hard drives installed on my machine. Both of them 7200rpm. 80gb used for storage and 20gb running windows xp pro sp2.
other specs
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz
- MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce
- EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16

My question is if I purchase the following hard drive and and install and run windows xp on that hard drive, how much performance increase can I expect?
faster booting time?
better performance in gaming?
office applications?
image editing, etc?

Windows xp currently installed on Maxtor 20gb 7200 rpm, avg. seek time 9.7ms. 2mb buffer size

Looking to purchase this one to replace 20 gb
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140

thank you for your help

2007-07-28 09:38:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

i am downloading a torrent, and i cannot turn my pc off, but i want the fans to be able to work well so it does not overheat, and i think that by putting it upside down or on its side it would be giving the fans the highest ability to mix with the air around it, but i am worried about the effects of putting a laptop on its side. help me please?!?

2007-07-28 09:35:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

can u explain how the hard drive crashes.
thanks.

2007-07-28 09:27:05 · 0 answers · asked by JIGSAW 2 in Desktops

Amd Athlon X2 6000+ processor
MSI K9N SLI Platinum motherboard
4 x 1gb OCZ Platinum DDR2 PC2 6400
160GB Western Digital HD
XFX GeForce 7600GT

2007-07-28 09:23:02 · 5 answers · asked by speedracer989 2 in Desktops

What's in a tower that means it still has to be huge? Are they becoming obsolete?

Re: physical space? A thumb drive puts a gig on a keychain.
My laptop is every bit as powerful as my PC and yet it fits in a briefcase.

I know that computers are a lot smaller than they used to be (room-sized) but they seem to have reached a plateau lately and I wonder why the tower itself isn't shrinking anymore. In spite of technology that proves we can make most things smaller including monitors, storage drives, etc, the tower remains huge...we either switch over to laptops or buy furniture to hide them in order to deal with the amount of space that they take up.

My guess is that it is in ventilation. Even expansion and power doesn't seem to need so much space.

2007-07-28 09:21:18 · 6 answers · asked by musicimprovedme 7 in Desktops

I just reformatted my sony vaio laptop its a vaio PCG-v505BX i got everything working again but not the touch pad!... and i can't find the drivers for it! please help!!

2007-07-28 09:09:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

just got the machine 2nd hand don't have instructions but think i've done everything correctly

2007-07-28 09:00:17 · 9 answers · asked by paul w 1 in Printers

Im pretty sure it can i just want other opinions..Can this computer run Half-Life 2, Counter Strike Source, Battle-Field 2, and World of Warcraft..?

2007-07-28 08:42:08 · 9 answers · asked by Aldin 2 in Other - Hardware

Which is better an AMD Athlon 64 FX or an AMD Athlon 64 X2?

2007-07-28 08:40:39 · 2 answers · asked by nukemobile 3 in Desktops

2007-07-28 08:39:56 · 6 answers · asked by Crystal 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-07-28 08:32:39 · 4 answers · asked by Chris A 1 in Desktops

http://www.BestBuy.com/

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp;jsessionid=XED4OLDBQINLVKC4D3EVAGQ?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&id=pcat17071&type=page&st=labtops&sc=Global&cp=1&nrp=15&sp=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960

click the above link to see what i mean.........

2007-07-28 08:21:38 · 14 answers · asked by Young008 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

where buy???

2007-07-28 08:19:42 · 3 answers · asked by an4 1 in Desktops

My new computer has Windows XP but I have that on my home computer and have never had it print what amounts to a "cover page" with the User Name, File Description, Queue & Server information on it before printing the job. I am assuming it has something to do with the HP Laserjet 2500 as when I print on our Konica/Minolta printer, this does not happen. Any ideas why this is happening or where I could turn off the "feature"?

2007-07-28 08:07:32 · 3 answers · asked by TishyBaby 2 in Printers

I am about to purchase a 1333 FSB motherboard to use with one of the new 1333 FSB Intel Core 2 Duo chips. I think I am a little confused, but if I have DDR2 800 ram, will this be a hindrance to the computer? In other words, since the ram is running at a slower speed than the chip and motherboard, will I see a performance hit?
Thanks

2007-07-28 07:58:05 · 1 answers · asked by Uzi900 2 in Add-ons

Wouldn't that save a lot of effort for the producers as well as the consumers?,at least i would have been able to connect my front panel audio cable.

2007-07-28 07:53:22 · 3 answers · asked by shockoshocko 3 in Other - Hardware

I have problems waking up for work any1 got any ideas i sleep normall hours but just cant get up sometimes i have trouble sleeping to this could be part of it

2007-07-28 07:39:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I have a Dell E1405 with Windows Media Center and I was wondering if it was possible to receive TV channels through my laptop?

If so, what exactly would I need to make this work?

I have a S-Video slot on my laptop, but I do not have one on my TV

2007-07-28 07:19:13 · 4 answers · asked by Chappy 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

i refilled my ink cartridges myself and i kn that i filled them both. why does it say that the color one is empty?

2007-07-28 07:03:52 · 2 answers · asked by Brandon M 2 in Printers

i dont know if they do i need to buy one can someone tell me please thank you :)

2007-07-28 07:01:18 · 11 answers · asked by jasviir@sbcglobal.net 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Could some one tell mewhat itr is please.
Also i am on windows xp and every day about tea time my pc getsa bubble in the bottom right hand side of my screen
it says something like " windows virtual memory is low windows will increase the size some operations that require virtual memory may shut down"

but nothing seems to shut down.
how can i make my memery biger to stop getting these messages is they a way?

i know very little about pc's

thank you

2007-07-28 06:41:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops