Hardware - July 2007

hey my wifes pc is on the fritz i tryed installing window but i got a error saying the kernal was missing or corrupt and it keeps restarting any one know what this is all about lol im racking my brain lol

2007-07-30 22:55:35 · 5 answers · asked by chris_clark18 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-07-30 22:21:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I have formatted my PC recently. But i forgot to take the backup of some folders. Can i get back the files/folders from that formatted PC? After formatting the PC, i have installed windows XP and loaded some files. Please help me to resolve this issue as the files are atmost important to me.

2007-07-30 22:18:26 · 4 answers · asked by soosji 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-07-30 22:09:42 · 2 answers · asked by georgeinpalli 1 in Add-ons

Say you were running out of battery life on your primary battery, and you wanted to switch it out to the secondary battery.

Can you just switch them out while the laptop is fully on? If you pull out the battery, and immediately replace it with the secondary, is this safe? Will it cause any damage to the hardware/circuitry or anything unfavorable to the notebook in any way?

Thanks in advance!

2007-07-30 22:06:30 · 7 answers · asked by james S 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a Windows XP, 80 GB Hard Drive, 736 MB of RAM, 1.39 GHz. But when it comes to editing music and videos it sucks and its so f**#ing slow. Help?

2007-07-30 21:54:11 · 6 answers · asked by Kuervo 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

"Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM)"

2007-07-30 21:43:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Looking at the back of my laptop, I can see USB connectors, a network connector and some 3.5 audio mini plugs. They are all modern and small and nifty. But there's also a massive dirty 15-pin blue thing for an external monitor! Those things are ancient! Any they have screws! Yuck!

Surely they need a better-looking and younger relative to take over?

(OK, OK, 3.5 audio mini plugs are also ancient, but you know what I mean!)

2007-07-30 21:20:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

every day when i start my computer after 3 or 2 min it become very slow.what should i do.i am using a 256 mb ram.but after 2 or 3 min it become very slow.what should i do to make my computer fast

2007-07-30 21:12:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-07-30 20:59:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I have an old laptop that still runs pretty good beside the slow (64Mb) processor and the annoying pop-up from Spyware that I never be able to get rid of....
I'm thinking of upgrade the memory and get the Spyware problem fixed so that I may be able to hang on to it for another while for doing HW and some other light work: word processing, playing music...
However, I'm afraid whether is it worth it to go through all these or not?
Secondly, later I found out that people could convert laptop hard drive as an external HD with the purchase of an enclosure. But then it doesn't seem to be a good deal at all to buy an enclosure for $30-$40 when you can get a brand new external hard drive for around $80.
What is the best way to make use of my old laptop? Upgrade? Or Chop it up?
If upgrade, what things and how much am I looking at?
If chop it up, what other things I can get beside converting hard drive as external HD?
Thanks for any suggestion/resources/ideas.

2007-07-30 20:51:11 · 7 answers · asked by nyu 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

If i get a network card will it speed up my internet and lower my ping in games? right now i have 10/100mbps i want at least 10/100/1000 will it make a difference? And i have Cable internet. But also a router and another computer slows me down.

2007-07-30 20:47:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/product/Cooler/Retail/Cl-P0401/cl-p0401.asp
or
http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/product/Cooler/Retail/Cl-P0369/cl-p0369.asp

2007-07-30 20:45:02 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

and windows vista basic 1st q is cache what is it what does it do and is 4mb good 2q if i have basic vista can i update to another OS of vista latter on 3 it only has 526 MB of ram will it be slow i no i can by more ram but what makes a quick computer hard drive is 160gbs is it a bigger hd or a better processor or more ram im on a budget and cold spend another £120 what do you recomend to add tocomputer to go quicker my main use of computer will be to down load filles of music and video

2007-07-30 20:37:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-07-30 20:35:19 · 6 answers · asked by takfai l 1 in Desktops

Nvidia GeForce 8500GT or ATI Radeon X700 Pro?

2007-07-30 20:17:16 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

Its either one or the other that goes out.
They share the same ribbon too.
I have always had this setup.
Why is this happening now?

2007-07-30 20:10:26 · 2 answers · asked by PixieStix 2 in Add-ons

I'm trying to build my own computer for the first time and I'm a bit confused about which power supply should I go for. The board and case are both ATX and my question is, will a ATX12V power supply fit in a ATX case or work with a ATX board?

2007-07-30 20:04:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Alright so I'm running Panda ActiveScan and Norton Antivirus Full System Scan, I'm wondering that if I put my computer on stand by mode (close my laptop), will they still run?

2007-07-30 19:58:18 · 2 answers · asked by Morgan 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

How can I find out what is wrong with it without going to a repair shop. Like I said the screen is white but I can make out some icons on the screen barely. The computer was bought used dirt cheap.

2007-07-30 19:57:51 · 3 answers · asked by David A 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Is there a bootcamp for windows based pcs to create the partition or some similar program?!

2007-07-30 19:55:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous 5 in Desktops

What does the whole slave, master drive thing mean?

2007-07-30 19:47:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

why don't it work when i plug in my junck drive.

2007-07-30 18:35:41 · 3 answers · asked by steven p 1 in Other - Hardware

I have an Dell Inspiron 1100 that I bought about 3 or 4 years ago. I want to be able to access WI-FI on it. Why type or brand of wireless pc card do I buy that would be compatible with this older model?

2007-07-30 17:36:01 · 3 answers · asked by Mira 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have all these Cd's that came with all my stuff I put in, What is the first thing I need to install

I have these cd's
Windows Vista
Hp Cd Drive
Motherboard Drivers for vista
a hard drive cd
probably alot more

2007-07-30 17:25:25 · 5 answers · asked by Purtee56 3 in Other - Hardware

I have a router from linkeys and how can I get wireless printing for my computer? thank you

2007-07-30 17:12:39 · 3 answers · asked by drunkendonkey49 2 in Printers

2007-07-30 16:50:34 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-07-30 16:36:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

My hunch is the ECS line of mainboards. Any other opinions?

2007-07-30 16:36:26 · 6 answers · asked by CouchPotato29 1 in Desktops

I installed WinXP and it formatted my drive. Now I have no drivers so I can't connect to the net and...?
I installed WinXP and it formatted my drive. Now I have no drivers. I can't connect to the internet, because there's no network driver, my graphics are stuck at 4 bit (no video driver) and I have no sound (no sound card driver). The moron from telus says I need to take it in, but there MUST be something I can do myself. Help! Why can't XP find the drivers that are probably there? How does anyone install this ******* program without it ruining their computer? Please help me fix this.
I bought this computer off of some guy. There are no CDs. For anything.
THERE ARE NO CDS WITH THIS COMPUTER. FOR ANYTHING. I NEED ANOTHER WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS.
There are no cards for anything. The card slots are empty. The ethernet plug, the sound cable, it all just goes into the motherboard. So I can't even look up the cards. Is there nothing I can do?

2007-07-30 16:29:00 · 7 answers · asked by Raiveran Rabbit 2 in Add-ons