Hardware - August 2007

i want to know of how to protect my usb flash drive against viruses. the best anti-virus scanner fitted for flash drives

2007-08-06 03:31:51 · 5 answers · asked by doctor_jackal 1 in Add-ons

2007-08-06 03:31:13 · 5 answers · asked by Sp@rsh 1 in Desktops

hi, im going away to college in a week, and i just got my new laptop for school. its a hp pavilion dv6000. i play a few games for the pc, but my laptop has an integrated video card so it dosnt run games well at all. the reason i cant bring my pc to school is because it will take up to much room in my small dorm. (monitor, mouse, keyboard, ect...) i was curious if there was a way where i could just bring my pc box, and hook it up to my laptop so that it just uses my laptop screen and keyboard?

2007-08-06 03:30:27 · 6 answers · asked by mcperson2k 3 in Other - Hardware

The button is stuck and when I finally manage to pull it out and press it again it doesnt work. What else can I do besides paying for some1 to fix it. It's an old computer and the only reason i want it on is to get some important stuff from the hard drive.

2007-08-06 02:55:19 · 4 answers · asked by mikey78747 1 in Desktops

I got a new computer, but i was so anxious to hook it up I just took down the old one and packed it up. Now I want to sell it, but I never cleaned it before packing it away. Can I just plug it in and try to clean the disk or whatever before I sell it, or do I have to hook it back to the internet? It will be soooo hard to reattach it, because I would have to completely move and take apart the new one...if there is a simpler way please someone let me know. I know i was stupid for not doing it right from the beginning, but I honestly didnt know. Also, what do i do to clean it, I have all of the disk it came with. It is a 2003 dell desktop, nothing fancy, with windows XP.

2007-08-06 02:51:07 · 11 answers · asked by sweet_thickness72 1 in Desktops

it there any way ti make it as 240 hardrive when go in to menary it just say only have 80gb

2007-08-06 02:49:49 · 7 answers · asked by glynn T 1 in Add-ons

2007-08-06 02:17:26 · 11 answers · asked by james_jones761 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Should i go for it, or shouldn't i. Thanks to whoever spends a few moments answering. Cheers!

2007-08-06 02:04:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-08-06 01:04:23 · 16 answers · asked by joeinjeaddah 1 in Desktops

2007-08-06 00:54:09 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-08-06 00:41:12 · 1 answers · asked by bryan c 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I recently got a new widescreen laptop. However when viewing movies and videos in fullscreen the entire screen is not used. The left and right sides of the display screen is not covered. The problem is same in Windows Media Player, PowerDVD, VLC player and other media players. Wht do I do????

2007-08-06 00:17:32 · 7 answers · asked by Samy D 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-08-05 23:41:28 · 2 answers · asked by elizabeth d 1 in Desktops

I m especially preferring Sony or HP.I have also selected some models VGN CR-120 &VGN FZ-140 of Sony & DV-6565 of Hp.Which one is better?Or should i prefer of any other brand??If u know any of the best tell me Upto 1100$......IM CONFUSED!!!!!!!!

2007-08-05 22:55:47 · 13 answers · asked by abhi 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i heard that intel will bring out in processors in august? whar processots are they and will the current intel core 2 duo prices will drop?

2007-08-05 22:53:11 · 3 answers · asked by . 1 in Desktops

Is it reasonable and safe to get a refurbished laptop? Who sells them? I've had good luck with other refurb products. Once I got a reject and sent it right back for full refund. I wouldn't buy one without that option.
Rinafay

2007-08-05 22:51:35 · 4 answers · asked by rinafay 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi guys,
i plan to buy a digitizer card with PCI interface.
i need to connect that to my laptop using USB port,
can any one suggest any adapter to plug my PCI card externally and then connect that to the laptop using USB?

2007-08-05 19:48:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi,

Recently I purchased Digital Camera, Mobile Phone & MP3 Player,all these comes with USB2 & my computer is USB1 hence iam unable to connect these devices or trasfer datas to my computer.

OS: Windows 2000

I need to trasfer datas into my PC from these devices. Please help if you know any solution :)

2007-08-05 19:05:27 · 10 answers · asked by Jedi 1 in Other - Hardware

I've got the gamecube plugged to the laptop right now. Both the red and white audio cables are connected into one that allows me to plug them both to the "Audio-in connector". And I've got the yellow one plugged into another cable which allows me to plug it into the "S-Video In Connector". The gamecube is on, so is the laptop. Now. What is the next step into using my laptop as a monitor, or is there just no way to do it?

2007-08-05 19:01:35 · 3 answers · asked by Dox197 1 in Monitors

This is a little hard to explain.

I got a computer with 2 GB of RAM, but when I run a big application, like a video game, the computer ends the game when 1.5 GB of RAM is used, saying that to much physical memory was being used.

Now I've experimented and right before the error message appears to close the game, and the game is still running, I open the task manager and under the performance tab, only 1.48GB of RAM is being used.


So my question is, how can I make my computer use more RAM, maybe like 1.75GB, before it shuts down the program?

2007-08-05 18:32:28 · 7 answers · asked by nerris121 4 in Desktops

i need a laptop and i was wondering if this is good

its a vostro 1000

PROCESSOR AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core processor TK-53 (1.7GHz/512KB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Home edit
LCD PANEL 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Anti-Glare Display edit
MEMORY 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 Dimm edit
HARD DRIVE 80G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 8X DVD+/-RW with double-layer DVD+R write capability, Cyberlink Power DVD edit
VIDEO CARD ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 256MB HyperMemory™ (integrated) edit
WI-FI WIRELESS CARD Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Wi-Fi Mini Card

would this be good enoufgh to surf the web download music mess and mess with my ipod
,also will it be a good multitasker

and sence its a vostro and it says small business will it make a defrence or should i get an insprion

2007-08-05 18:27:56 · 5 answers · asked by Nosduh21 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

At first my computer wont start up so i decided to rewire everything (which usually works and did this time too) but when i plugged the printer to the AVR the wires started to spark the it turned off again. Nothing smelled but when i tried to open the power on CPU again it wont open. Please help i had all my files, projects and reports on it. PLEASE!!!

2007-08-05 18:25:09 · 5 answers · asked by Halcyon 2 in Other - Hardware

So I just bought a laptop with a Core 2 Duo (Merom) which runs at speed of 1.73 Ghz. But my own Pentium 4 (Prescott) runs at 2 something Ghz. Isn't a Core 2 Duo suppose to be faster than Pentium 4?

2007-08-05 18:08:48 · 4 answers · asked by trafficer21 4 in Other - Hardware

I'm a computer tech and I can build computers up with new parts or I can just buy one. Which one should I do? and in your opinion which way would be cheaper?

2007-08-05 17:48:41 · 14 answers · asked by EILISHA 3 in Desktops

any suggestions on a new computer?
mostly for gaming...

2007-08-05 17:40:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

at least need active antivirus, winjip

2007-08-05 17:31:04 · 17 answers · asked by Mr. R 1 in Desktops

2007-08-05 17:26:59 · 3 answers · asked by King Tripoli 2 in Other - Hardware

Every time I watch an animated movie on my laptop the lighter images leave long lasting shadows on the darker areas of the animation.

Why does this happen? It gets annoying and it's hard to ignore. Is there something I can do to make it stop?

2007-08-05 17:18:10 · 3 answers · asked by Katara 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am wanting to display a video project on the wall like a picture frame, and would like to buy lcd screens outside of casing that can easily be hooked up to a computer and/or dvd player in a cabinet away from the display. Any ideas where I can find screens like this?

2007-08-05 17:14:44 · 2 answers · asked by pablo 1 in Monitors

my z23 printer is not made by lexmark anymore so i can't find it on the lexmark web site

2007-08-05 17:12:19 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers