Hardware - August 2007

I have a iomega 500gb external hard drive that is no longer being recognized by my system,and from what ive read the interface is usually the culprit.If i buy one of these external hard drive cases can i just move the drive into it and make it work?and can i salvage all the data on it or do i have to start over reformatting it.please advise.

2007-08-25 15:20:37 · 2 answers · asked by evilfreaktoo 2 in Add-ons

how good will the BFG geForce 7300 GS OC work with the Flight Simulator X game? how good is this compared to the radeon 9200 (original PCI?)

2007-08-25 15:16:03 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I am building a PC and when I turn it on, I get no video and any case fan plugged into the 3 pin socket on the mobo won't spin. The monitor will receive a video signal for a split second and then the signal dies. My mobo uses LED lights instead of beeps so I don't get any beeps to troubleshoot with. I can't get to the POST screen or BIOS because the video signal isn't active long enough to get this far. The CPU fan will continue to spin and so does the gfx card fan until I hold the power button for 5 seconds to turn the computer off. I have tried removing everything except the CPU/Heatsink, ram, and gfx card. I have plugged in the power to the graphics card and the 8 pin cable to the cpu socket on the motherboard as well as the 24pin ATX connector. I have tried removing the mobo from the case as well to make sure the case wasn't shorting it and it still didn't work. I have also tried with a different stick of ram. Mobo is a p6n-sli fi, CPU is a e6750, ram is 2gb of 2.1v ddr2 corsair

2007-08-25 15:10:25 · 5 answers · asked by basebll824 2 in Other - Hardware

bought a video board that supports pci. I fired it up and it didn't work. small print in manual states pci 2.0 required. I know there's a pci express and I know that I don't have that. I thought PCI was PCI.

2007-08-25 14:11:45 · 2 answers · asked by Darryn M 1 in Add-ons

my C drive says it has a total of 143 gigs of space. this cant be right. i could have swore it had 160 gigs of total space.

2007-08-25 14:07:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I have a 80GB Hard Drive With two partions one ( C:\\) and Backup (D:\\). However I am thinkink of getting an external Hard Drive to backup and add the D:\\ part to the C:\\ drive.
Is there a way to do this without deleting any info on the C:\\ Drive. ( I Just don't want the D:\\ , i just want to transfer the space to the C:\\ Drive.)

2007-08-25 14:01:59 · 6 answers · asked by Ricky B 6 in Other - Hardware

Ok I have a pent 4 3.2ghz pc and I just upgraded the RAM from 512 to 2 gig today. However I still find that programs are opening up slow or are slow to start. Any other ideas what else I can do to get this to work better?

2007-08-25 13:57:59 · 7 answers · asked by Debs 3 in Other - Hardware

Is it worth getting over the 8800gtx for games
dose it go sli?
and i heard that you cant play games with it is that ture

2007-08-25 13:48:56 · 4 answers · asked by F23 1 in Add-ons

2007-08-25 13:26:59 · 6 answers · asked by Yahoo User 3 in Other - Hardware

2007-08-25 13:09:30 · 12 answers · asked by tittiestrangler 1 in Desktops

hey i just got a laptop and im not geekish into knowing what type its just a hp laptop like 2 years old and i want to know what would be the distance i would have to be to pick up a wireless frequency

2007-08-25 13:01:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I need a new computer.A fast working one.Any suggestions?

2007-08-25 12:35:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I am searching for bootable media, capable of thoroughly testing an optical drive. I would prefer it to be independent of drive manufacture, and operating system.

2007-08-25 11:56:22 · 2 answers · asked by Larry 4 in Other - Hardware

would this 7800 be a faster card because it has 64 bit texture filtering. or does that not really matter. i think the 7900gs would be faster but i just wanted to check . thanks

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2991791&CatId=318

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1786748&CatId=318

2007-08-25 11:50:35 · 4 answers · asked by michael k 1 in Add-ons

is this a good card? like what kinda games will it run. I have a p4 3.2 ht, 1 gb of ram, 160 gb sata hdd, 420 watt ps, and this card. Thanks

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2991791&CatId=318

2007-08-25 11:43:44 · 3 answers · asked by michael k 1 in Add-ons

I was wondering if anyone could tell me the best device to solve this problem.

2007-08-25 11:27:13 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

My other computer is a couple years old and my mouse was working fine until today after I turned it on the mouse on the computer is frozen. I changed the batteries to the mouse and still wouldn't work. On computer you can type the keys on the keyboard and it works, but the mouse won't move.

2007-08-25 11:21:23 · 12 answers · asked by fox_girl 1 in Add-ons

my computer says 300 w on the sticker inside and the card i got says min of 350 can i put it in? or will it mess up the computer or card?

2007-08-25 11:18:03 · 7 answers · asked by denise d 1 in Add-ons

I accidentally left a USB memory stick in a pants pocket and I just found it in the bottom of the washer after going through a whole wash cycle. Should I dare stick it in the computer?

2007-08-25 11:15:14 · 3 answers · asked by periwinkle135 3 in Add-ons

2007-08-25 11:03:20 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

yeah so i got it today and it is going so frekin slow that im like pissed off and i am wondering how i can make it better does anyone know hot to make it better

2007-08-25 11:00:11 · 1 answers · asked by Adam D Toney T 1 in Add-ons

I know the 8800 is a big boy and the M8100N Series by HP looks pretty cramped in there. I am just wondering if anybody has done it or know if it will fit in there.

2007-08-25 10:52:14 · 4 answers · asked by blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah 2 in Add-ons

Please help or if your a technician look at my last question. TIA

2007-08-25 10:33:00 · 1 answers · asked by rybo510 4 in Monitors

I have 2 DDR RAM Modules that actually say DDR on the label, and I have 2 that dont say DDR, they just say Kingston KVR something something, and they say SDRAM. They fit and work in the same slots that the DDR was in. Does that mean they are DDR also.? In other words, does each type of RAM have its own identifyable slot configuration??

2007-08-25 10:21:59 · 6 answers · asked by clone17 3 in Add-ons

I had installed Windows Vista Ultimate Edition on my HP dv5000 laptop some time ago. When i did, everything was working in order, and I was able to automatically plug and play usb devices and automatically install drivers. However about a week back, I had a virus, and I simply reformatted my OS, and reinstalled Vista. However since ive done that Ive been having problems with USB Devices. Everytime I plug in a device (lets say ext. hardrive) it will automatically search for the driver, but will fail to find it. Then Windows will look for a solution, but it wont find it, hence resulting into a failure. Hence I cannot use my USB device, and now days most devices dont release drivers since windows usually detects it. Is this a common problem? Is there any way to fix this? My Vista is up-to-date upgrade wise, so I know it cannot be that. What do you suggest?

2007-08-25 10:06:51 · 4 answers · asked by neemai108 1 in Other - Hardware

I hate wear and tear on my machines, so I have external versions of everything, USB extenders, mice, keyboards. Though the external things also take a beating, and I want something to use at the school, because they don't clean the keyboards or mice there after so many people have used it.

That's why I'm looking for a keyboard with either a mouse touchpad in it or a nub that is USB attached so all I have to do is plug and play. That way I'll be able to use school computers without touching the nasty input devices there. And I'll be able to use it seemlessly here at home without putting much wear and tear on my machines.

Long story short, where can I find a keyboard and mouse in one that is USB connected?
Like this except wired:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8197685&st=keyboard+and+mouse&lp=7&type=product&cp=4&id=1165610666055

Anyone know where I can find a wired keyboard that is much like this one?

2007-08-25 10:00:20 · 2 answers · asked by BH 2 in Add-ons

Printer Ink Cheap Good Quality

2007-08-25 09:55:00 · 2 answers · asked by rick v 2 in Printers

i have been having this problem for over 6 months. it goes away somtimes n works fast other times it is snail speed slow n it gets me really mad
i was thinkin about completely erasing the hardrive n reinstalling windows?

i tried using avast n it found one infected file n i moved it to the chest. i than ran spy bot search n destroy n fixed everything and what not

i then did disk clean up, n am in the process of doing my first defragmentation (im only using 31 gbs about froma 150Gb hardrive) so this seems to be something that will take some time

anyway

what can i do to make my computer faster?

and is it a good idea to reformat the harddrive n reinstall windows

last time i installed windows n accidently made it a diff folder not installing over the 1st one

so now i ahev two layers of windows on my hardrive i guess?

and plus when i reinstalled something happened n my windows media center wnt work

n this is a windows xp media center lol

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2007-08-25 09:54:44 · 4 answers · asked by ..... 1 in Desktops

I still have my old hard drive. but I need files off of it. I'm even considering sticking it into an older computer and see if it will work. I have a flash drive that I can plug into a usb and copy the files from that. I'm just not sure it my hard drive will work in the other computer. So if it doesn't, am I screwed?

2007-08-25 09:20:30 · 7 answers · asked by blutoadmirer 2 in Other - Hardware

Everytime i connect a ps2 port keyboard to this computer, the "w" key doesn't function. (I've doen this with multiple keyboards) The only way i can use the letter is by pasting it whenever i need to type the key. Does anyone know what might be causing this problem, or how to fix it?

2007-08-25 09:16:12 · 5 answers · asked by hulio_jones 1 in Other - Hardware