Hardware - August 2007

What is not working at all is the sound. I tried to play the sample music and got this message: "Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There may not be a sound device installed on your computer, it may be in use by another program, or it may not be functioning properly". When I get to the "sounds and audio devices" in the control panel I get the following message: "No audio device". The device volume section is greyed out so I cant make any changes. I need help please.

Just to mention that I have only two cd's 1. The system restore cd and 2. The Operating System cd. These are the cd's I used.

2007-08-28 15:56:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

HP nc8000, locks up when doing the system check in dos/ basic mode... windows does not even open. AVG is the virus protection. Any easy options?

2007-08-28 15:43:24 · 4 answers · asked by elbarkorox 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I understand the basic concept, but not much more. I have only used dial-up, so I am stumped. I am about to purchase a laptop. If I take it to a place that has a wireless connection (and the laptop is wireless) then how do I get online? (I may not be using correct terms...) Wouldn't I have to get a username and password that works in the place that I am trying to connect at? Or does it just work automatically? How does the laptop know how to get me online at that particular location? Can I still use dial-up if that is my only internet option? How much more expensive is being wireless?

2007-08-28 15:41:41 · 5 answers · asked by dabblin 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-08-28 15:41:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

2007-08-28 15:39:59 · 11 answers · asked by alicat 2 in Add-ons

2007-08-28 15:36:06 · 3 answers · asked by Lauren b 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a Dell Dimension 4600, with a intel pentium 4 processor.

2007-08-28 15:35:00 · 3 answers · asked by nickmydog 1 in Desktops

2007-08-28 15:31:08 · 2 answers · asked by REZ M 1 in Monitors

Hello,
Another of my not so easily answered questions.. How do you get into hardware design? I'm nearly out of highschool and want to figure out if I want to work in the hardware or software aspect of computing. So my question is where would the DIY hardware engineer start out learning? I'm sure there's books but what would you recommend and what would be some cool stuff to start out with?
Thanks

2007-08-28 15:12:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Hello,
I have recently started to get into the actual hardware-driven sciences of computers (what makes them tick). One of the most basic and well known theories of binary. I do have a basic understanding and know that binary is just base 2 numbering (didn't word that too well.. But you get it) and that a computer is limited of the number it may use by the bit size in use (most commonly 32 bits even though 64 bit processing does exist). Why not use trinary or an even higher number base to allow the easy calculation of larger numbers and in turn more data. Would it clog the processor? Is this far from possible and I just need to learn my stuff?
This is probably a real beginners question and most likely not possible but I'd like to know why. Thanks.

2007-08-28 15:07:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

What is the name of the paper, that works best with the A940, I understand the printer paper, should be slick on one side. As people have had trouble with the paperfeed sticking.

2007-08-28 14:43:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anne2 7 in Scanners

when i turn my computer on, and reaches the point where it say "windows XP" and there's some sort of a bar below it that says its loading ... after that my screen goes blank and then nothing happens. but my cpu is still running. then it shuts down.

i dont know whats wrong with it. that's how it is everytime i switch it on ...

2007-08-28 14:41:35 · 8 answers · asked by john_doe_jr25 1 in Desktops

2007-08-28 14:39:41 · 3 answers · asked by williamsona69 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I'm trying to enable my laptop to act as a monitor and keyboard for my desktop computer. Can it be done? And if so, what cables and configurations would I need? I found a site where someone had accomplished it using a PCMICA card with video input, but I don't know the specifics on those cards and which I need, so if you have an answer for that dilemma I'd be very grateful.

Either one would help me out greatly!

2007-08-28 14:13:29 · 4 answers · asked by William K 1 in Monitors

Okay I had purchased a laptop awhile back ago and I have had this kind of problem with the monitor every once in awhile and I was wondering if anyone had any answers that could help me out to make it stop.

Okay my question is mostly, I have this problem with the monitor screen. It seems to happen when I am mostly on the internet. Also I use wireless connection that I am using through a flash drive which came from our desktop computer in the basement.

And here is my problem, every once in awhile when im on the internet or just on the computer d when im in the middle of something the entire screen will like go into a screensaver type of mode just mostly the whole screen goes black but you can still see the light that is being projected and the power light is still blue so its on.

I try hitting the start button still nothing will happen I just have to eventually crash the entire computer.

And my battery settings are set to balanced and are all set to never.

2007-08-28 13:35:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

2007-08-28 12:49:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

how do you get magnet color marks off quick, or if not, how long do you have to wait

2007-08-28 12:46:17 · 3 answers · asked by sammy 2 in Monitors

I want to hook up my older hard drive to my new computer, so I can put an OS on it. I don't have a cd or boot disk to install an operating system on my old disc... I want to add windows 98 onto my old disk by using my new computer and using my old HD as a slave... Is this possible???

2007-08-28 12:28:22 · 2 answers · asked by BuuCity 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-08-28 12:10:46 · 6 answers · asked by xxshawnc1233xx 1 in Monitors

i have a E4400 overclocked to 3ghz using 1.37 vcore but including the vcore drop the load vcore is 1.29-1.3

My load temp from TAT is 62
from core temp 0.95 is 65-66

stress testing is fro orthos

Can you guys estimate how long my core2 will last.
and do you guys kno which one is more accurate tat or core temp.

2007-08-28 11:29:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-08-28 11:24:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

2007-08-28 10:33:36 · 4 answers · asked by lmjohnson07 1 in Desktops

My question how, how can i tell that i've recieved a led screen rather than the lcd screen? Is there something i can search for on my computer? because just comparing the thickness is not convincing enough for me?
thank you!

2007-08-28 10:18:07 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

I have a new monitor capable of 1680x1050, but when I plugged to VGA port of my dell 700m, with video intel 852/855GM, I cannot get the native resolution to work! so frustrating... I tried among others, refresh force, the IEGD drivers but so far no success.
Does anybody can please help!
Thanks

2007-08-28 10:17:06 · 4 answers · asked by ja 2 in Monitors

Dell Inspiron Mobile PC has a limit of 512 MB of RAM. I was told that if I install more than that, the PC just won't see anything bigger than that. So does that mean if I put in 1 GIG of RAM, the PC will run as if it has 512 MB of RAM and not 1 GIG of RAM? Or won't the PC work at all.

2007-08-28 08:32:51 · 3 answers · asked by rinda_and_henry 1 in Add-ons

2007-08-28 08:15:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I know and my freinds told me that the Intel Celeron is the worst product I have ever seen because if you got with it 2.8 means half of them which is 1.4 and you can't use it for high video games also you cant use with photoshop, flah, especially with ""maya program and 3D max program"" so what I want to is AMD Athlon like Intel Celeron and please explain thanks alot

2007-08-28 07:18:45 · 4 answers · asked by Mahdi 2 in Desktops

2007-08-28 07:17:28 · 7 answers · asked by Salim G 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

if i used an apple keyboard but not the wireless one [just one that goes into the usb] on my dell?

2007-08-28 07:16:20 · 2 answers · asked by beautifully broken 5 in Desktops

I will be involed on a game or some other activity on my computer and suddenly my cursor is somewhere else. is there something that can be done about this? If so what? thanks

2007-08-28 07:00:31 · 4 answers · asked by your name here 3 in Desktops