Hardware - July 2007

I have a Dell Dimension E521. I also Have itunes. Can I burn a Cd with this or do I have to buy a CD burner. Thanks for any help you can give

2007-07-09 12:35:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I bought a nivida eforce 7100 gs graphic card and it said that it has 256mb but can support 512MB when it has 1 gb of ram or more. I have about 1.75 GB of RAM in my computer does it automatically switch 512mb or what can someone please explain...

2007-07-09 12:14:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I was planning to get a Core 2 Duo E6600 by 2008. With Quad Core now, I just may get that, however, I really dont want to resort to that level. And THEN, knowing the Penryn processors are soon to come out, I dont know if I should get a processor from their group. Which processor(E6600,Quad,Penryn) would be best as of right now, and give decent "mileage"?
Also, what motherboards are compatible with the new gen Penryn?

My next question is concerning nVidia and their GPUs. Im content with getting the GeForce 8800GTX, but again, the 8900 series is on its way. I feel the 8800GTX may be best answer.

Thanks a lot in advance.

2007-07-09 12:06:36 · 3 answers · asked by Computer User 2 in Desktops

what i need to know is there a pci wifi card for desk tops that will let me pick up wifi from eny router from other homes or coffe shops the same wifi that laptops have

2007-07-09 11:51:36 · 3 answers · asked by akaskriller 1 in Add-ons

At the moment I have an Nvidia Geforce 4 MX4000 64mb....yeah I know. I wasted money. The thing is, it works quite nicely with my pc. I recently tried to upgrade to an Nvidia GeForce 6200 256mb. It ran WoW beautifully, but when I tried to run yahoo messenger, firefox, simple applications it would freeze, flash, or just plain crash. One of my friends bought the same gfx card for his shitty Compaq and it works better than mine. What is the cheapest solution to the problem? Are there any better gfx cards I should try?

2007-07-09 11:43:54 · 2 answers · asked by Taylor 1 in Add-ons

2007-07-09 11:32:30 · 9 answers · asked by ? 1 in Desktops

I have an laptop with an LCD screen, and I was wondering what's the proper way to clean it. I don't want to damage the screen.

2007-07-09 11:31:54 · 8 answers · asked by Ace 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

my computer slows down when running like even two windows and things are sluggish and i want to customize my desktop with a dock and make it look better but i want it to run perfectly smooth with no glitches and i wanted to know if ram is the problem???? thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-07-09 11:23:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-07-09 11:22:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

i have a Window98 laptop

2007-07-09 10:24:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I need it for a game i just got... Guild wars to be exact

2007-07-09 10:22:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

im planning to save up and buy the 8600 gt and i wondered if this power supply is good enough im not planning to spend lots of money on this im not a extreme game i just want a good priced one and this is one....http://rosewill.com/product/product.aspx?productId=483

please tell me if its enough and if it isint tell me what would be good for like under 30-40$ and im not planning on adding anything els in the future just this. thanks

2007-07-09 10:16:38 · 5 answers · asked by wudup 2 in Other - Hardware

has anybody heard of Contra Virus because i went on my computer yesterday to find it on my computer it said that they found 31 virus but when I used SpyWare to scan the computer they didn't find any virus and evey time I click the Icon about the virus it brings me to the website and they won't me to buy something I don't know if it's real or did they just put it on there so I could buy it [p.s. the next day when I got on it was 28 now it's 29 and when I uninstall it and turn the computer off the next time I log on it's there again]

2007-07-09 10:16:28 · 8 answers · asked by simsgyrl 2 in Desktops

I buy a new computer every three years and spend about $4,000 each time. I just bought a Dell XPS 720 and I don't know what to do with my old computer. It runs a Pentium 4 3.4GHz and has 2.00 GB of RAM. Runs Windows XP Professional and everything works great on it. Is there anything I can use this for still? Or should I just toss it? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thank you.

2007-07-09 10:00:43 · 6 answers · asked by Y Knot 2 in Desktops

2007-07-09 09:54:11 · 4 answers · asked by MICHELLE R 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

not just the screen, the WHOLE thing
average

2007-07-09 09:51:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

2007-07-09 09:51:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-07-09 09:49:34 · 7 answers · asked by Henry B. 3 in Other - Hardware

I saw some option of "4 GB4 using two soDIMM modules (dual-channel support)" But not sure if it's possible in my laptop.

2007-07-09 09:49:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-07-09 09:38:47 · 7 answers · asked by nmehra18 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I was thinking of getting the Geforce 7300GT or something around that price.
But i was wondering wat the ATI equivalnt is and who is cheaper Nvidia or ATI or are they simular.

Please dont tell me that i should get a much better one as i dont play that many games, but i just want a card that can play games say a few times a week if i wanna play any.

2007-07-09 09:30:57 · 2 answers · asked by ChrisW 3 in Add-ons

I am searching for ways to connect my laptop to the internet and my current network is through an ethernet router. When I try to connect my laptop to it the ethernet cable is slightly too large. The laptop comes with packed in wireless which is of no use to me and an as of yet unidentified port. I would like help in identifing it. The symbol next to the port is a line with 3 boxes below it and 2 above it. I am starting to feel like an idiot now and I may have even been wrong about the size.

2007-07-09 09:29:42 · 7 answers · asked by patent_consumer 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My motherboard is a Asus m2n-sli deluxe. It said in the manual that I must plug the heatsink/fan into the CPU fan recepticle for system monitoring. The manual said that a 3 pin fan is backward compatible. Does that mean that I plug it in to the recepticle, allowing one pin on the mobo to stick out beside the heatsink/fan plug and wires? So, should I go ahead and plug it into the the CPU fan recepticle in the only way that it can?

2007-07-09 09:25:54 · 3 answers · asked by Henry B. 3 in Other - Hardware

I have a laptop with Windows XP and I want to remove everything and start all over. I have the Windows program to load but don't know where to start

2007-07-09 09:25:10 · 2 answers · asked by Suzie Q 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

is the AGP plugs for the graphics cards being discontinued?

2007-07-09 09:06:07 · 4 answers · asked by milion dollar man 3 in Add-ons

i downloaded the cd and snd it won't work

2007-07-09 09:04:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

i am thinking about buying a external hard drive. i have 2 computers, i want to copy the hard drive of one computer (windows file and everything) onto the external drive. if i did this, would i be able to use the external drive, plug it into my other computer, and boot windows from the external drive? i want to put all my computer games from both pc's on the external drive, that way i can play the game on both pc's. will this work? if so are there any special things i need to do?

2007-07-09 08:54:36 · 6 answers · asked by ? 2 in Add-ons

WHEN I PRINT ANYTHING OUT ABOUT 1 INCH OF THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE DOCUMENT IS ALWAYS MISSING ,I'VE TRIED PAGE SET UP BUT IT DOES NOT HELP AT ALL. I KNOW SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM .

2007-07-09 08:44:37 · 10 answers · asked by oddjob 2 in Printers

AMD vs. Intel processors, which is better to have?

2007-07-09 08:41:23 · 9 answers · asked by Chris 1 in Desktops

My computer has been very uncooperative the last few days and last night I looked and the CPU usage was at 100%! I tried to run virus scan but the computer was too bogged down to slog through it. Anybody have any recommendations for what this is likely to be and how I should try to fix it?

2007-07-09 08:37:36 · 6 answers · asked by Emily H 4 in Other - Hardware