Hardware - August 2007

They must have a huge cluster of servers and hard drives. Is it possible that the servers are located in different parts of the globe, yet networked together?

I was in a warehouse of major college, doing service work (on a Liebert Unit, cooling system for DATA rooms) and noticed tons of racks on storage shelves, each rack must have had a hundred hard drives installed. They looked like they'd slide in (like trays) into a large housing somewhere.


All of those hard drives collecting dust, doing nothing, and becoming obselete each day.....

2007-08-24 13:59:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

My monitor, system unit, & back of the keyboard have current when touched. There must be something wrong. Please help me.
Thanks a lot - Kath

2007-08-24 13:56:51 · 2 answers · asked by toolbox_kath 1 in Other - Hardware

Look I just need to know since im buying a mac this coming christmas. Witch ma should i get. Im going to use it partly for school and partly for the the "fun stuff" (like internet pictures movies music ichat ect.). I have heard alot about all of the macs (macbook, imac, mac mini, macbook pro) and they are all mixed. Some say "this is a great product and i highly reccomend it, ive had no problems with it". Others say, "im very dissapointed the apple OS crashed on me and its a very unsatisfying product." WHO SHOULD I BELEIVE?

2007-08-24 12:57:00 · 6 answers · asked by Jkool 3 in Desktops

dose anyone know where i can get one brampton or in toronto

2007-08-24 12:45:03 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I am trying to show a web feed from the pc to the lcd tv. I have the correct cable and I went into display properties and i can get the lcd tv to just show the desktop background shot only. It will not allow me to use the lcd as the primary monitor. Any ideas?

2007-08-24 12:30:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

With my Desktop PC, I was using WindowsXP BACKUP, making a backup copy of a seperate small hard drive (for a laptop), and I burned the image file onto a DVD.

So I wanted to test it, by unpacking all of the files into a temporary folder on my desktop PC. Everything worked out fine, until I wanted to delete the temporary folder.

A folder called "System Volume Information" is there, and it will not allow me to remove it. It is just in a temporary folder that I created from scratch.

I tried safe mode, I tried NTSF DOS software, and anything similar to that. No luck. I am screwed!

Any help out there is appreciated.

2007-08-24 12:29:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I wanna buy not expensive laptop for basic needs. What do you think about Acers? Or should I pick better known brands?

2007-08-24 12:22:43 · 4 answers · asked by evaj 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

im wondering which of these cards are the best for gaming and which are more reliable and have the best preformance. Foxconn GeForce 7900GS 256MB PCI-Express Graphics Card, PNY Verto GeForce 8600GTS 256MB PCI-Express Graphics Card, PNY Verto GeForce 7600GS 512MB AGP Graphics Card, ATI Radeon HD 2900XT PCI-E 512MB Graphics Card. please i would really like the hardcore nerds (if that is not what you prefer to be called then please do correct me i do not mean to hurt anyone) thank you for your time.

2007-08-24 12:17:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

okay i need real answers no this is better or not without explaining... so let me know what you think any reviews or sites with bechmarks for this two cpu coolers

Thermaltake V1
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3071635&CatId=1588

Vigor Monsoon II
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835702002

check it out and let me know price is not a question here just what best results will i get with each one

and im talking about sli system with intel core 2 duo e6850 with 2gb of ram pc8500 1066mhz
on a antec p180 case, motherboard evga 680i a1

2007-08-24 12:15:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I love playing online games. Especially the 3d ones. But, to make this not be a humongous post, ill just say any 3d game i try to play now is choppy. I have an Emachines T5082 ( i know, it sucks ) with pretty basic stuff ( 512 mb ram, 3.0 GHz cpu, and a ATI Radeon Xpress 200 graphics card) also, i have a 32-bit windows vista OS. ive done all the anti virus and spyware stuff so i know that's not it, and ive freed up a ton of space on my hard drive by doing some tweaks. Now i need to know what is THE BEST graphics card or whatever i need to get 3d games to run smoothly? Also, i want to DOWNLOAD it. Either post downloads or send me money. Please be specific on what i need to do. Thanx in advance! Crap, this is a humongous post...

2007-08-24 12:11:38 · 6 answers · asked by EdibleTire 2 in Other - Hardware

Currently I have a system consisting of an Athlon 64 3000+ processor, with 1gb RAM and a Radeon 9600 series graphics card.

For a budget of around £1000, what processor, motherboard, ram and gfx card combo would you recommend upgrading to, that would make gaming much more fun to play, without having to lower all the graphical settings, resolution, and use scripts to remove certain things in order to ensure the smooth running of it?

2007-08-24 12:03:45 · 5 answers · asked by Tru 2 in Add-ons

2007-08-24 11:58:41 · 5 answers · asked by baller1491 1 in Add-ons

My Dell laptop works alright off of the battery ,which is dying out
I t will not work off of the AC power converter

I tried another known good Dell power converter and still no luck
Dell website offers very little help

Can the power port behind the laptop be bad?

Any known websites?

Thank you

2007-08-24 11:52:12 · 1 answers · asked by toms r 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have nvidia geforce 6800 GPU. What series is it?

2007-08-24 11:51:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2007-08-24 11:32:37 · 6 answers · asked by arr1953 2 in Add-ons

I have a Tecra 8200 from Toshiba. It's been a pretty good laptop since I have had it. Almost had it a year and a half. About 7 months into ownership, I noticed that the monitor starts to flicker and then become dim. This happens when I run it from the battery or plugged in. I can close the top and re-open it and everything will be bright again for about 30 to 45 minutes then it goes dim again. If I turn it off and let it set (or gently tap the side of the computer top) the screen will brighten back up like no problems. Any idea what's causing this? If the monitor goes out, can you replace them? Need serious answers. Thanks

2007-08-24 11:21:37 · 4 answers · asked by Just Wonderin' 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

They're calling for thunder storms where i live,could that desroy my pc being it's not a surge powerstip?Should i shut down.

2007-08-24 11:20:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

My Hardware:-
-Processor intel Dual Core 2.81 GHZ
-RAM DDR2 1GB
-HDD 160 GB
-VGA GForce 4 128MB etc....
any one could advice me ?

2007-08-24 11:15:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I can only see a grey screen on start up with a square window with a happy face in it. Nothing is responding. I put my start up disc/boot up and it askes questions, but the computer won't let me answer them. What to do?

2007-08-24 11:14:47 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

i have an inspiron e1501 from dell.
i bought the laptop at about $800 dollars in january, and my father dropped it by accident. now the screen is destroyed.
i called the dell people and the woman said it would cost about 500 dollars (without tax) for the repairs and would take about 10 days for me to get it back.
after checking online, i see that my laptop is now for $499.
should i just buy a new one?

2007-08-24 11:11:10 · 7 answers · asked by ♥ 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i was wondering if it was worth spending 40$ for something i might not use..

2007-08-24 11:01:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I have recently bought an imation usb 2.0 clip flash drive. I can't wait to use it, but I cannot because I need a driver for it to work on my Windows 98SE. Please help if you know what and where to get his driver for my flash drive. Thanks!

2007-08-24 10:58:45 · 3 answers · asked by booiscaredu428 2 in Other - Hardware

I've never overclocked before. How would I overclock an AMD Athlon 64 X2 AM2 3800+ for gaming? I have a gigabyte nForce4 SLi motherboard and 2gb of ddr 800 ram? I have an 8600GTS MSI video card

2007-08-24 10:58:22 · 1 answers · asked by v3tman 1 in Add-ons

hi i have windows XP SP2, my motherboard is Asus M2R-FVM and right now i have a radeon xpress 1150 (is those which u cant pick up from the motherboard) and i have bought a PowerColor Radeon X1650 256MB DDR2 PCI-Express, 2xDVI-I/Tv-Out and want to install....

so how to do it? should i uninstall my oroginal radeon first and shut the pc down, put the new graphic card to the slot and then start the pc? or is it better way to do it?

i would be pleased if u could tell me step by step.

2007-08-24 10:38:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

When I turn on my computer, the monitor stays blank. It will flash green for a few seconds then red, blue, white then black, over and over. There is no display, only colors. Before that happened it was just blank (black). Could this be the monitor or is it the connection between hard drive and monitor? Also,
when I turn it off and on it displays "monitor going to sleep"
for a few seconds. If anyone could give advise, it would gladly be accepted.

2007-08-24 10:37:01 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

2007-08-24 10:33:50 · 3 answers · asked by maya khan 1 in Add-ons

2007-08-24 10:20:08 · 2 answers · asked by elmaouch 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have a "motion eye" on my new laptop and im not sure what it does?
does it take pics?
if so, please give me instructions on how to use it
=]

2007-08-24 10:15:36 · 3 answers · asked by LipLicker 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a Dell Dimension E510 that won't go into sleep mode. I have tried different times for monitor to shut off plus rebooted computer but still no good?

2007-08-24 10:14:39 · 1 answers · asked by slyone36 2 in Monitors

I've tried to create partitions of several sizes, including the entirety of the drive. Nothing works. I've used Windows XP's Computer Management, and I've used Partition Magic. Nothing works.

I really don't want to spend more money on an external hard drive, so any guidance would be most appreciated.

And, just to be clear, the drive no longer is under warranty. But I used it maybe once before this happened.

Thanks for your help.

2007-08-24 09:59:25 · 5 answers · asked by Django 1 in Other - Hardware