Hardware - August 2007

2007-08-17 18:46:32 · 1 answers · asked by leonardo v 1 in Add-ons

if i formate my laptop harddrive could i reinstill windows vista ?or what will happen if i do formate it

2007-08-17 17:35:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

How do u memory dump or like wipe out a compaq computer...Xp???..i have no clue so step by step or close to it would work lol

2007-08-17 17:26:25 · 6 answers · asked by aaronross2010 1 in Other - Hardware

I am a student and am thinking of getting a laptop. 1st priority is price, 2nd priority is weight - I do a lot of moving, and 3rd priority is monitor size - I want something that can be open in a lecture hall if needs be. I don't care about DVD's or burning CD's but would like to listen to music, and if possible - write on the screen like a piece of paper for my chemistry classes. I also don't care about being able to play games.

When I search on my own, I don't know the lingo, so if you have any suggestions with a specific model number that worked great for you, please provide so I can look up your identical laptop. That would be the most helpful.

I just don't know what to get! Or how much I really have to pay! Or what "accessories" I really need! Any info would be appreciated!

2007-08-17 17:24:12 · 7 answers · asked by krystle579 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

i'am looking for a hp windows xp, flat screen

2007-08-17 17:08:06 · 10 answers · asked by ladeloney 1 in Desktops

What is the best student laptop? Any brand, operating system, or whatever. Also, must have a microphone plug in.

Thank you.

2007-08-17 16:47:13 · 6 answers · asked by Love me, I am the COOKIE MONSTER 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

http://www.pcnation.com/web/details.asp?affid=305&item=M59143

It certainly seems so. I'm hoping it will run games on the Doom 3 engine at medium settings, and handle Vista smoothly on the 2GB of ram. Thoughts?

2007-08-17 16:44:19 · 13 answers · asked by Comrade Lulz 1 in Desktops

is it possible to run 1stick of 1gb of pc4200 on the gateway gt5220 and not enable dual channel?

2007-08-17 16:38:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

But When I bought my old laptop it was very expensive becuase i made sure i upgraded the ram upto 512 MB for the computer to last for a very long time! And i bought it back in January of 1999 and due to customizing my computer to be fast for a very long time it cost me $5,600 dollars. Back then most laptops were still build with only floppy disk drives and my laptop doesn't have cd rom!

I remember that i can install windows 98 through 6 floppy disks! is there a website that let's me download windows XP and extracted to bottable floppy disks to install windows xp!!! I HEARD IT DOES EXIST BUT I HAVE DIFICULTY FINDING IT!!!

Ofcourse I know that this windows will not be completely full as other windows XP's in General!!! But It will only be Minimally full
just with Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer and probebly just My Documents Folder! And then all I am supposed to do is simply download Service Pack 2 to completely Fully update this windows XP! PLEASE HELP ME IF YOU CAN!!!

2007-08-17 16:31:18 · 10 answers · asked by dabedatiludlisi 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a HP Compaq, pre-made and such.
I have one really annoying question, I have a 24pin socket on the motherboard for power but it came with a 20pin connector in that socket when I got it, it does work, so it obviously is doing its job.
I have a better psu than the one that came with it on order, and that has a "20+4pin" connection for both types of motherboards.
When it comes and I install it should I use the 24pin connection or should I just plugin the 20pin connector.

And what do the extra 4 pins do in these motherboard power sockets anyway?

Thanks,

Daniel

2007-08-17 16:24:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

ok i have like a really old tv, well not that old, but its a tube tv. well i tried to turn it on, and it made a shock niose, and turned back off. well at the same time i had windows media player playing some music. and for no reason the music had cut off. i went back to my pc, and i had seen that the music was still playing, just not producing any sound. so i was wondering if anyone knew what had went wrong. my sound does not work at all now. and it only happened after my tv zapped somehow. can anyone help? by the way according to my software files, my sound card is still installed, and so is the driver. hmmm?

2007-08-17 15:39:49 · 3 answers · asked by lizardsting111 1 in Other - Hardware

Hi, i have an old Hewlett Packard Pavilion 6545C with a 300mhz processor, 192mb of ram, and a 13gig hdd and i was wondering i would be able to put windows xp professional student edition on it without any problems.

2007-08-17 15:36:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

im running it in an aptiva e3u computer windows 98

2007-08-17 15:17:56 · 4 answers · asked by bigdog 1 in Desktops

dose anyone know how to build a computer better then an alienware or if you do a voodoo

2007-08-17 15:16:50 · 6 answers · asked by antonio294 1 in Desktops

which one is better

2007-08-17 14:54:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i have my wireless network that usually works (obviously when its on) and now when i turn the box on it's not showing as one of the opitional wireless to connect to on my laptop...this has happend to me before but the people didnt tell me anything except that the WPA key was incorrect but i didnt change it. ive tried to fix it but i just cant seem to get it. please help me! :[

2007-08-17 14:47:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

i just got my notebook and i dont know for how much i ave to let it charge for the first tme before i use it? its a hp pavilion tx1000

2007-08-17 14:24:27 · 3 answers · asked by amievae 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i can get but with a basic printer, i print mostly documents...recently i said the hell with new ink cartridges, i can can a new decent printer for the same price...suppose i'm screwing the enviroment putting so many printers in the trash, eh?

2007-08-17 14:19:43 · 6 answers · asked by jstrmbill 3 in Printers

2007-08-17 14:15:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Sony VAIO VGC RC-210G
Pentium D 3.0 GHz, 800 FSB, Liquid Cooling System
2GB Ram, 533 MHz
Genuine Windows XP Media Center Edition
ATI Radeon X1300 Pro, 256 MB Dedicated Memory, PCI-e
320 GB Hard Drive (RAID 0, 160GB x2)
400 GB Hard Drive
Sony and Pioneer CD/DVD Burner (both with a lot of burning features)
15 in 1 card Reader
S video slot, A/V plugs
Sound Blasted Live Soundcard, PCI

2007-08-17 14:07:39 · 4 answers · asked by MuRcIElaGo 5 in Desktops

2007-08-17 14:01:31 · 5 answers · asked by Spooky 1 in Desktops

I found these instructions:

1) Right click on your desktop and click properties
2) Click settings and then click on the "Advanced" button
3) Now click on monitor and under screen refresh rate,choose a higher refresh rate.

It was supposed to help your eyes from hurting but my screen became blurry. So I set it back to the lower refresh rate.

2007-08-17 14:00:01 · 3 answers · asked by ♥Celebrity Hotline♥ (Thumbs up!) 7 in Monitors

i don't know where to find or how to install the decoder code if i could find it,i would appreciate all the help that i could get,trying to find a site that i can download the code from

2007-08-17 13:47:58 · 1 answers · asked by thomasl 6 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-08-17 13:29:41 · 3 answers · asked by Artur 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I recently got a new video card: HIS Radeon X1950 Pro IceQ3 Turbo 512MB/256MB AGP for my computer and i am getting screen artifacts when i am playing 3d games (e.g. little colored dots all over the screen and polygons stretching and tearing...) and the only way to get rid of them is to reboot. I've tried both drivers from the ATI website and hisdigital and it still happens. According to the software tool, the temperature runs pretty low (it usually stays below 50 C), so maybe it isnt an overheating problem? Keeping my case open with a room fan blowing into it seems to reduce the occurance though. Also, my power supply is 350W, a bit lower than recommanded i believe - maybe that is the problem? If so, will underclocking my card help? If so, how?

2007-08-17 13:26:33 · 4 answers · asked by tzz1985 2 in Other - Hardware

Besides the mobo, cpu, graphics card, harddrive, psu, RAM, is there an extra component you need to gain internet access? I am sorry, I am a big newbbie, do the new mobo's just grant internet access? Thanks for helping a new guy.

2007-08-17 12:19:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

ive just bought a mac and i love it, i think its so much better than a pc and i would never go back to a pc, a mac is just so much more convinient and user friendly. mac or pc?

2007-08-17 12:16:22 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-08-17 10:58:55 · 8 answers · asked by Lewis W 3 in Desktops

Yeah...I know you use a scanner but I'm not sure what to do after. It won't copy onto my computer.

2007-08-17 10:15:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Scanners

I am starting up a little store, and I need to know what would be the cheapest barcode scanner I can get. I would also like a magnetic stripe reader to attach to my computer.

2007-08-17 10:02:24 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Scanners