Hardware - August 2007

Alright, where to begin. My computer is a couple months old but purchased on a budget. I plan to upgrade my computer piece by piece. I want to firs upgrade my motherboard. I bought 2GB of RAM (3200) and don't want that to go to waste so I need the motherboard to be compatible with that. Also Have a PCIe Slot, support AMD Athlon (socket 939 or AM2). Basically find a motherboard that has the following for under $150.

2007-08-02 18:44:22 · 7 answers · asked by Drunknmunki3 2 in Desktops

Laptop got fried and I have lots of pictures and homework saved on it so I need to know if I can get the saved stuff out of there or if it lost forever.

2007-08-02 18:24:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Where can I buy an adapter for my microSD card. I had originally gotten one along with my card, but have since lost it. Can I buy the adapter separate?

2007-08-02 18:02:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-08-02 17:42:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Windows could not start becasue the following file is missing or corrupt

\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

ok it said to put in the setup cd and press R to start repair
I put in the setup cd and it didnt make any difference...
HELP!!!!!

2007-08-02 17:38:55 · 17 answers · asked by someone 2 in Other - Hardware

Ok can anyone help by suggesting a good CHEAP laptop with wireless for gaming? that would be great, thanks

2007-08-02 17:37:11 · 2 answers · asked by burninfireball 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

OK, I have read enough in the past couple of months to make my head explode! But I would like a few experinced opinions. I am doing my first PC build, and I'm kind of stumped on a motherboard. I'm going with an E6600 Core 2 duo CPU, a 300GB Seagate HD, and I intend to run Windows XP. I am just not ready to deal with all the bugs I have read about with Vista yet. I may upgrade later. I am not a hard core gamer, so overclocking is not REAL important to me, but I wouldn't mind having the option if I choose to do so. I plan on going with 2GB of DDR2 ram, maybe more in the future. I mainly just want a reliable MB, with a little 'wiggle room' if I decide to make some tweaks later on. I should also note, I have already purchased a 550W power supply. Is that enough? I will run 2 DVD drives, and a mid level video card. Gaming is not important, so no SLI. All of my drives will be SATA. I will also be running 3-4 fans, and most likley a fan controller and a couple of cold cathode lights. Thanks!

2007-08-02 17:35:43 · 5 answers · asked by Bill 2 in Other - Hardware

tried reinstalling windows xp but it says there s no hard drive grrrrrr

2007-08-02 17:34:14 · 5 answers · asked by clemcaron996 1 in Desktops

I have a Toshiba Satallite A105 series( bought it in January) and the battery level isn't all that great but it's okay enough for me to get by. Whenever i would charge my laptop, i of course, take the charger off my laptop, BUT about 2 weeks ago I've noticed that my battery has significantly declined faster than it should. For instance, every time i would take the charger off my laptop, about 15-20 mins later the battery level would decline, i mean to make the long story short, it lasts roughly around 30 and sometimes 20 mins. So my question is do i need a new battery? Oh by the way my battery is lithium. Or could i make some previsions to try to preserve my battery's energy? Please help Thanks :)

2007-08-02 17:26:59 · 4 answers · asked by Letrise 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

even if the cd has been used for something else? (assuming the cd isn't scratched) what am I doing wrong? cant get it to work

2007-08-02 17:26:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

Ok I recently bought a pc at a yard sale with no cd's....it only had the product key used for that pc so I used my windows xp cd and rebooted the whole thing. It's running good. Problem the DVD player have no software and won't work? I put a DvD in and it keeps giving me error messages saying that I need to install the software that came with the player....is there anyway to do this without knowing what kind of Dvd player it is.....? Thanks for help in advance!

2007-08-02 17:22:18 · 8 answers · asked by earthdweller 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-08-02 17:17:32 · 3 answers · asked by AintItFunny 2 in Printers

I want to be able to run two screens the second with karaoke but i dont know what kind of dual graphics card goes with my laptop.Does anybody no the specifics on graphics cards and which one i need.

2007-08-02 17:16:56 · 1 answers · asked by Jackie W 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-08-02 17:09:11 · 6 answers · asked by Icey_bytch 1 in Other - Hardware

I currently got a new computer and I just tried to download the DSL download CD onto my computer. It says my desktops needs an ethernet adapter. I really need help because I am the most computer illiterate person in the world. My desktop is an HP A6130N. I bought it at CompUSA. My question is that should my desktop have come with an ethernet adapter? If not, what type of broadband internet can I use without an ethernet adapter because looking on amazon, they're quite expensive. PLEASE HELP!

2007-08-02 17:02:31 · 5 answers · asked by pokilover 1 in Desktops

2007-08-02 15:46:50 · 1 answers · asked by Nick W 2 in Add-ons

can you post links to it i dont want to spend more than $200
the processor is amd fx-62 im on stock cooling and i want to break the 3.0GHZ barrier so anyone know of any good coolers im new to this so please help and additional details for overclocking it would be appreciated, thanks

2007-08-02 15:29:46 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

i want it to be around 1000$ with tax, warranty, and wireless box
know any good ones?

plz try to post a pic link or tell me where u can get it. futureshop/bestbuy/thesource/etc

2007-08-02 14:56:20 · 11 answers · asked by ? 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a Dell Latitude D600 Series Laptop and whenever I turn it on, It says "primary hard disk drive 0 not found no bootable devices--strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility

does anyone know what is wrong and how to fix it?

2007-08-02 14:51:48 · 4 answers · asked by mrs.somerhalder 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I want to play BattleField 2 but i only have 65 out of 128 Display Memory. If you know of a graphic card that has more tha 128 display memory please post the link here or tell me whatever you can THANKS SO MUCH!!

2007-08-02 14:51:06 · 3 answers · asked by longhi93 2 in Other - Hardware

so if i got an external hard drive, when plugged into the computer, it would act like a really big flash drive right?
for example, all of my media (movies, music...) that i use with itunes is taking up too much space on my hard drive. i could get an external hard drive, save it all to that, delete the media from the internal hard drive, and still be able to access and use it with itunes when the external hard drive is plugged in. right?

2007-08-02 14:43:14 · 5 answers · asked by orangeman315 3 in Add-ons

I own a Sony Vaio PCG-K45 laptop, and I recently broke it. I need to remove the hardrive. How can i recover the data on it? Is there also some type of equipment I can purchase to recover the data?

2007-08-02 14:39:40 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I want to know my vedio card properties how and from where in the laptop

2007-08-02 14:30:18 · 1 answers · asked by jo n jo 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

(Please Check URLs)
PC Case/Chassis: NZXT LEXA BLACKLINE Classic Series (http://www.xcase.co.uk/p/356644/nzxt-lexa-blackline-classic-series---no-psu.html)
Motherboard: NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI LT Motherboard (http://www.nvidia.com/object/designed_by_nvidia_680i_lt_sli.html)
CPU/Processor: (Comes with motherboard? Please tell me if it doesn't)
Video/Graphics Card: XFX GeForce 8800 Ultra / 768MB DDR3 / SLI Ready / PCI Express / Dual Link Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3094314&sku=P450-8800)
CPU Cooler/Heat Sink: Intel Socket 775 Heatsink with Fan (http://misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=278459&sku=110757)
Hard Drive: 500GB Western Digital Caviar RE 2 (http://www.povonline.co.uk/product.php?xProd=6686&xSec=545)
RAM: eXtreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820220144)

Also have; sound card, dvd writer & dvd drive.

2007-08-02 14:16:15 · 3 answers · asked by Dom D 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-08-02 13:39:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

or do u have any other suggestions?
my ram is 256
cpu 2400

2007-08-02 13:37:53 · 5 answers · asked by mehdi 4 in Other - Hardware

2007-08-02 13:31:28 · 17 answers · asked by highspeedkid 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi,

I play World of Warcraft and I noticed that even though on my computer (AMD Sempron 2200+ 1.667 ghz, 1 gb Ram, 256 MB 9600 Radeon AGP Video card) it handles the game really good. I have all graphics and sounds tuned up to the maximum except occassionally it seems to lag quite a bit in places where there's a lot of action. Recently I've been doing research to see what would be the best upgrade for the buck. I'd like to keep the price on this new CPU in the $50.00 area. Which CPU can I upgrade to if my motherboard is a older type, A7V600-X with Socket A? I was considering a 64Bit processor but I'm not sure if it would be compatible with my motherboard. Any help is appreciated, thank you!

2007-08-02 13:07:08 · 7 answers · asked by ZHypotheticalQuestion 2 in Add-ons

when checked it went on internet but would,nt allow me on certain page,s could anyone help??

2007-08-02 12:53:00 · 6 answers · asked by dfer90210 2 in Desktops

Which is better for lots of graphics and for digicam

2007-08-02 12:46:21 · 2 answers · asked by Nik M 1 in Other - Hardware