Hardware - August 2007

I have a computer that keeps getting BSOD while I'm using the computer. Sometimes while I'm watching youtube videos, my computer crashes to the blue screen forcing me to hit the reset button my computer. This has been happening for about two years now and it's very frustrating because it takes very long for my computer to restart. The message of the blue screen of death is KERNEL DATA INPAGE ERROR. That's all I have written down but I'll post details as soon as I can.

Pentium 4 3.0 GHz with HT
Nvidia Geforce 6800
768 MB RAM
300 GB hard drive and 80 GB hard drive

2007-08-23 18:07:46 · 4 answers · asked by chaos405 2 in Desktops

I recenlty purchased a Vista notebook, that has a widescreen display. Most of my older programs run, but naturally, some of the especially old ones, have no resolution setting for widescreen displays, so everything is stretched, and I cannot adjust the ratio.

I have a theory, of getting a hex editor and screwing around with the tags and fudging the display so that when I check the highest resolution, it will display in the one i manually entered in the codes--

Before I risk corrupting something, however, I was wondering if there were a way to get my widescreen monitor to display a smaller, standard ratio (with some black on the sides) in order to make my stretched applications, appear normal?

~Just to clarify, for example what i am thinking, if any of you have a portable DVD player, there is usually a button that will switch the little monitor between display modes, like 16:9/4:3... now of course there is no switch on my laptop, but I was wondering if i could mimic the effect.

2007-08-23 18:05:05 · 2 answers · asked by Soylent.Hero 2 in Monitors

mouse you can right click. How do i do it on my mac?? I am trying to save it on my laptop from a kodak show and i want the pictures!! Please help!!

2007-08-23 17:38:45 · 5 answers · asked by jkb_shep 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I got the laptop a few months ago, and the wireless was working fine, then I lost my connection ( happens once and a while ) but I could not connect back into. Any idea whats wrong ? Or tips on what I can do? It's a toshiba, with the wireless switch, and the switch is on, I'm always running on Windows XP. I've tried system restore and the repair button none have worked so far. Any help would be greatful : )

2007-08-23 17:22:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-08-23 17:17:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-08-23 17:11:58 · 4 answers · asked by dharsh 1 in Monitors

when people have illigal files on their computer that could get them aressted, whay do people always tell them to destroy the computer? couldent they just destroy the hard drive and then replace it with a new hard drive? Wouldent that just destroy the files? Is there a problem with this?? (Don't worry i am just curiouse i don't have any illigal files)

2007-08-23 17:11:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a device which has a USB port; now I wanna connec it wirelessly to the computer ; and don't want to use bluetooth ( which is in 2.45GHZ freq)
I wanna use something which is using around 900MHz ...
any suggestion
something like bluetooth working in different range of freq?
so i can have one board connected to mydevice and one to the usb port of my computer

2007-08-23 17:07:55 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I have hard which was previously running as a master drive. I hooked it up as a slave and now I can only read it in safe mode. When I try to format the slave drive from Disk Management it goes upto 99% and then say 'hard was not formatted' I can't access in normal mode. I keep getting errors. I disabled all background software....even anti-virus. Nothing doing.
My OS is windows XP. P4. Can someone help me. I want to know why this is happening. If any more information about my computer is needed let me know.

2007-08-23 16:53:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

these are some more numbers that followed the top numbers{0xc000000e 0x00000000,ox00000000,ox00000000.
Please help me clear this computer out so i can work with it.

2007-08-23 16:46:42 · 3 answers · asked by sands462515 1 in Other - Hardware

I am thinking of buying 2 x HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro IceQ3 Turbo 512MB video cards. Will ATI CrossFire work with both PCI Express and AGP, or just PCI Express?

2007-08-23 16:39:30 · 6 answers · asked by thedementedman 3 in Add-ons

TV TROUBLE S >>??WHEN EVER ANY VEHICLE PASSES BY MY HOME RASTERS APPEAR ON MY TV SCREEN? AND IT LOOKS LIKE TV AX CABLE IS REMOVED AND YOU HAVE TO GO TO NEXT CHANNEL AND COME BACK TO SAME CHANNEL IN ORDER TO CONTINUE WATCHING TELE , THIS DOES NOT HAPPENS WITH MY OTHER TV??
WHY TROUBLE SHOOT

2007-08-23 16:21:50 · 3 answers · asked by ade a 1 in Monitors

2007-08-23 16:11:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

How good of a graphics card is it? I found that it's a 256 mb video card, is that decent? I've run Call of Duty 2 on it, it was slightly laggy, but still playable

2007-08-23 15:28:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

need to know what to do and how to do it so that the dvd can play on home dvd player?

2007-08-23 15:27:29 · 1 answers · asked by thomasl 6 in Laptops & Notebooks

which is newer,cheaper?

2007-08-23 14:22:04 · 3 answers · asked by thecarlover 1 in Add-ons

I have an eMachines T3958 computer. It's low end and only has PCI slots so, should I get an ATI 9250 or a BFG with GeForce 6200 OC. Also does the 9250 overheat and if so badly? I had wanted a 9250 but saw about the possible overheating problem and looked for an Nvidia card.

2007-08-23 13:58:49 · 5 answers · asked by Charles W 2 in Add-ons

I have a pchips p13g+ and pentium extreme edition 840 and i know how to physically install it but the motherboard wont detect the change. help the compatability list on the boards website says they are compatable,

2007-08-23 13:37:01 · 6 answers · asked by hewhosleepsatnight2006 1 in Desktops

I read the same questions and answers, but everyone says something different. Like Toshibas are bad, then others say they are the best???
I just need a cheap good laptop that I won't have to replace all the parts and won't crash or anything. Just need it for portable internet use.
I was thinking to go with Dell or HP, but which one is better for my needs.
Want one that has a longer battery life and won't get hot really fast. Internet does not need to be the fastest, but not the slowest either.
So whats the best laptop for my needs?

2007-08-23 13:30:17 · 11 answers · asked by ... 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-08-23 13:15:52 · 9 answers · asked by Tenisha W 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am unable to view my desktop. The taskbar isn't on the desktop either. I am also unable to right click on the desktop.
I am using task manager to access the internet. Does anyone know how I can get the desktop back?? Also, does anyone know the filepath to system restore? I have windows xp.


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2007-08-23 13:15:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I need a good and reliable portable hard drive. I need at least 120 GB of space and it has to have USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 or 800 capability. I also need it to be able to work on Mac OS X and I don't want anything too cumbersome or anything that looks stupid. Oh, and, I want to be able to buy it in a store as well, preferably in a price range of $100-$200 0_o. Please help!!

2007-08-23 13:13:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Do I need to clean out my computer totally and use my backup discs? If so, how do I do that? It's not my ethernet cable because I even used my wireless router and it still won't go online. A friend told me that it could be my windows. Please help....I'm having withdrawal and my fall semester is starting in a little over a week.

2007-08-23 13:11:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Well, it's not wierd but it acts dumb, fist of all the graphic cards specs are this on my laptop, 64 dedicated memory and 287 shared memory, supporst dx9..Anyways, the wierdness in all this is that when run the game Fable i can play it until the scene where i go to the school, most people wont know what that is so its like a video, in the game. When it gets to that part, the screen goes black, all i hear is the voices, and the game is supposed to work on it! Well it doesnt...Now the wierd part, the game lost planet, which is new and requires a really good graphics card, works on mine! wierd right? Lost planet runs even at a pace of 12fps but it runs!!

My POINT why doesn't Fable work but Lost Planet does?
Oh and Titan quest doesnt work either...for some more wierd reasons, Titan Quest doesnt even open..

Oh by the way the pixel shader is 3.0 on the graphics card

Please help and thank you..

2007-08-23 13:05:59 · 4 answers · asked by _kish_ 3 in Add-ons

I want to install linux redhat has a second operating system. On my pc that runs Xp I have alot room in
my harddrive, but no idea how to partition a hard drive.

2007-08-23 12:53:27 · 5 answers · asked by eew5w5 2 in Desktops

I ordered the pc on 23 august 07 and i found out the same day that i forgot to add speakers. So would they be able to add the speakers for me next day or do i have to place another order.
please help.

thanks.

2007-08-23 12:48:36 · 8 answers · asked by (A.a.K) 4 in Desktops

2007-08-23 12:40:04 · 2 answers · asked by Patrick 3 in Add-ons

i am going to build a gaming computer and i am not to sure what to get for a video card. I have about a 400 dollar budget. Should i get a more expensive 512 or should i get 2 cheaper 512 and bridge them. processor is going to be duo core intel.
any help would be appreciated THANKS

2007-08-23 12:37:15 · 4 answers · asked by nathan m 1 in Other - Hardware

ok, i just took out my graphics card to give it a clean by blowing off the dust and then slotted it back in again. now when i turn my computer on, it asks me wether to boot in safe or normal mode, so i hit normal, it just loops and restarts again, same if i hit safe mode, please help.

2007-08-23 12:35:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i mean can i open it up and remove the usb 1.1 plug from the curcuit board and put a usb 2.0 in there instead

2007-08-23 12:22:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons