Hardware - July 2007

My internet provider offered me a faster service but everything takes a longer amount of time now. Just want to keep them honest.

2007-07-11 09:12:18 · 1 answers · asked by sf_lester 1 in Other - Hardware

hi. i have an xp acer aspire 5610 laptop and today the keyboard stopped working. its so weird as i didnt actually lock it or do anything. no keys have a responce and im having to use on screen keyboard.

ive tried these things;
- do virus/spyware scans in safe mod
- system restore to a good date

in the past week its also done an odd thing; when i turn it on sometimes it says preparing to shutdown, logging off....

PLEAAASE HELP!!! thanks very much

2007-07-11 09:07:16 · 7 answers · asked by ღ♥ღ latoya 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

Alright well first i want to no if i can run such a card. I no my computer has a PCI and AGP slot so im ok there. First..wat does it mean when it says PCI Express X16 and would that work with my computer?...

1 Gig ram
Intel Pentium 4
CPU 2.80 GHz
WIndows xp home edition.

Im not all that impressive with computers. So all the help would be nice.Thanks!

2007-07-11 08:58:31 · 2 answers · asked by Dan 2 in Add-ons

K so i got this program called imvu,I love to make pictures but the point is that i cant really make big ones,when i press alt+printscreen,doesent work,printscreen,doesent work and i dono what to do,i made a research on google but that didint help,alsow I have this button delete and under it,it says prt sc...which is print screen,im not sure but can someone at least help me,thanks ^^

2007-07-11 08:56:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-07-11 08:44:09 · 4 answers · asked by Trebor Wyn R 3 in Desktops

ok well the X1950PRO i was going to get is not selling at newegg anymore so i wanted it for counter strike becuz i heard it got over 200FPS so these are the new cards i am thinking about which is best
Radeon HD 2600XT 256MB 128-bit GDDR4 PCI Express x16
Radeon X1950GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP
GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP
and i was not looking for a DX10 card i know that the first and last cards are DX10 so dont go by if it is DX10 go by best for CSS

2007-07-11 08:31:12 · 3 answers · asked by Zeros T 1 in Add-ons

my windows had just updated and restarted the notebook by itself- i went to restart and log on- i got to the desktop and then shortly therafter- the blue screen of death as my computer friends call it- popped up and told me it was going to dump my physical memmory- i have tried everything to fix this including clearing the hardrive and my notebook is still finding problems- anyone want to take a stab at this?

2007-07-11 07:57:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I go to BIOS, it says its disabled, I save and power down. I power back on and get the lock requiring a power on password, my old one works. Whats up?

2007-07-11 07:50:33 · 1 answers · asked by lillilou 7 in Laptops & Notebooks

when i push the button on the bottom it's jammeb and i have tried pulling on it, but it;s to hard. any suggestions, thanks

2007-07-11 07:50:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I press my print screen button, but nothing happens..is there another way to take a screen shot, and why would my print screen button not work?

2007-07-11 07:37:14 · 6 answers · asked by Hunter's*Mommy 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have a samsung digital camcorder sc-d353 and i have a dell inspiron b130. please dumb it up for me because these electronics give me fits.

2007-07-11 07:34:08 · 3 answers · asked by david s 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I want to reformat my computer. I have the windows xp disc and i put it into my computer and restarted. i press f12 when it's booting and choose to boot from the IDE cd-rom. Nothing happens and it says press f1 to retry boot. I cannot get the computer to boot from the disk. What should i do?

2007-07-11 07:27:49 · 3 answers · asked by Flaming Werewolf 2 in Other - Hardware

Want to buy a new home computer for a friend of mine. What is considered the best to buy? Where is the best store to buy it. I want it loaded and I want extented warranty, thanks for info. guys, HELP. I don't know much about computers

2007-07-11 07:18:16 · 6 answers · asked by fletcher h 2 in Desktops

Which cords do I need to buy for it specifically? (I'm buying them online, so I need the specific USB name and the other cord, no idea what it's called. So..the USB cord that connects to the printer to the computer, and the black cord that connects to the printer to the outlet.) Please help!

2007-07-11 07:08:51 · 3 answers · asked by tara lynn 2 in Printers

Also what is recommaed for solo.

2007-07-11 06:55:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

And which one is better ?

2007-07-11 06:52:45 · 3 answers · asked by sndbad 1 in Other - Hardware

hi
I've recently bought a computer . my cpu temperature is 60 c and my motherboard temperature is 40 c when I start my computer . I think this temperature is not normal . it is toooooo high! my CPU normal temperature is 38 c and the max temperature it can handle is 61 c according to http://users.erols.com/chare/elec.htm .
may room temperature is about 33 c .and I have an " intel E6420 CORE 2 DUO 4M " CPU and an " ASUS P5B " motherboard and a " NX73G256D-RH GIGABYTE VHA " graphic card and and a " 800 OCZ PLATNIUM 102 DUAL RAM " and a green EPS power (530 w and 380 w real ) . what should I do ? is this temperature ok ? if not how can I decrease it ?

2007-07-11 06:51:34 · 8 answers · asked by A.B 1 in Other - Hardware

So lets say you have close to 500,000 small files (2-4Kb image thumbnails) on a server. You have a website that will display 200 or so thumbnails on one page and approximately 10,000 views of these pages on any given day. So if you can do the math you likely have several people at any one moment trying to load 200+ thumbnails.

Would moving these thumbnails to a usb memory key offer a speed increase? Seek times on these flash memory sticks are incredibly fast compared to SATA drives but then you're confined by the USB bus speed.

Opinions and experiences?

2007-07-11 06:39:42 · 3 answers · asked by ibuyoptions 1 in Other - Hardware

I got this problem when one day electricity went of when i was busy working with my laptop. After i restarted the computer, i found that when i try to open some programes, the system suddenly crashes, sometimes, freeze, and sometimes shows a blue screen with some information(ofcourse i cannot read it because it vanishes within few seconds). This problem recalls again and again everytime i turn on the computer. First it works for about 5-10 minutes, and freezes. When i give a second try, it crashes in the middle of the loading of windows, and third time, at the boot menu!!!! I tried safe mode and other boot options, none of them worked. So i tried formating, and even there it crashes in the middle of nowhere.
So what is the cause for all this?? is that due to any damge to hardware due to a sudden power loss, is it a problem with the software???? Can any body please give me some ideas, how to try ot correct the problem without going for hardware repairing???

2007-07-11 06:20:34 · 5 answers · asked by Samy 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-07-11 06:19:29 · 4 answers · asked by bsxfn 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-07-11 06:16:25 · 1 answers · asked by Stephanie K 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

my cuestion is, i need to reformat all my ibook g4 of mac, and i have an ipod video of the 5th generation... my real cuestion is:

the music i storage on my ipod, after erase all my music of my laptop, can i upload the music from the ipod to the computer again???? please help!

2007-07-11 06:13:08 · 3 answers · asked by kike_mustaine 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

There is this laptop that im interested in buying. the guy says that the computer wont post when not plugged in but when he plugs it in then only the battery and harddrive light comes on. he didnt list much else but could this problem be fixable.

2007-07-11 05:55:16 · 3 answers · asked by tim0384 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

My printer is a hp color laserjet 2550L.

2007-07-11 05:51:21 · 4 answers · asked by мαяιαмஐ 3 in Printers

i need some tips and tricks for my mac

2007-07-11 05:49:21 · 2 answers · asked by jcoinster 2 in Desktops

2007-07-11 05:39:43 · 7 answers · asked by Reg D 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-07-11 05:29:33 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

Are they printers with ink cartridges moving from left to right or are they something completely different?

I tried to print photos with the best quality paper I can buy and used the highest possible setting on my HP printer. But the ones from the shops still looks tons better...

2007-07-11 05:26:44 · 5 answers · asked by Cougie 2 in Printers

2007-07-11 05:18:47 · 3 answers · asked by alyssamarri 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Its just general dust about the keyboard area. Vacume cleaner????

2007-07-11 05:10:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks