Hardware - August 2007

I was thinking that buying a TV tuner and using it with my laptop would be a cheaper alternative to buying a television for college. If I have a TV tuner, do I still have to pay a monthly bill for cable or digital cable or whatever? Or do I just install the tuner and I can automatically watch TV?

2007-08-12 22:08:45 · 8 answers · asked by J C 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi, i dont have one yet so cant tell you what type, but i will be buying a laptop (most likely a cheap old kind). I want to use wireless internet with it. If i buy a laptop without the network card, would i be able to easily install it. I have a little bit of computer knowlegde but not much. Is it easy to insert/install? Do all laptops have a hole for it to easily go in. Can you use them with laptops that have a low processor speed (eg.500mhz)? Do you have to buy specific cards for specific brands? What are some good features it has to have when i buy one. For example what does 54Mbps mean? Is that good? Thanks

2007-08-12 21:46:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

my laptop will not charge up.It did before,but not now,I went to the powerup settings and changed a few things,but now I can't get it to charge the battery,Its running off the powercord.How can I get it to charge back up?

2007-08-12 21:14:40 · 3 answers · asked by jiggajonzee 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

The PC works with CD rom but not with CD writer.

2007-08-12 21:06:33 · 11 answers · asked by Basit J 1 in Add-ons

I need to re-boot my laptop and loose all the data that I've put on it. I've done this before but it comes with all that other software that I dont really want. How can I re-boot my system and only have the OS on the system when I'm done? And maybe the Norton stuff too. Thanks!

2007-08-12 19:43:06 · 3 answers · asked by Mic 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

This is for my friend, it shows on here P.C. that she still has lots of ink, but when she printed something it came up blotchy, someone said you can put your ink cartdge in water & that would help activate it again, is this true, or are there other ways to get more use of the ink that,s in there, thanks.

2007-08-12 19:35:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

I built a brand new computer for a client. Before I sending the computer to the client, everything worked.

Client is now complaining his monitor is not detecting any signal once he power up his computer. He has a 19' LCD screen, using a VGA connection running directly to the video card.

2007-08-12 18:57:29 · 5 answers · asked by CeleroSolutions 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-08-12 18:53:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

OK, I bought my machine four years ago, and in computer terms it is prolly out of date. but it has a fast 2.12 processor, 1 .5 gigs of ram and 80 gig hard drive. The only problem I may have is my video card. When I bought the machine it said I had this 82845 intergrated video card, which sounded awesome at the time, but at the time I had trouble playing any games on it all that used graphics. Is there some website or list that shows the graphics card of various companies and shows the relative power in order so I can judge just how out of date my chips is or maybe it's not out of date and works fine.

I just bought neverwinter nights 2 and it had a list on the website of the video cards its supports.. then it had a short list of all the video cards it does not support and all of em were the various intel chips.. Is there something wrong with the intel chips in regards to games etc? Why dont they seem to work?

2007-08-12 18:50:09 · 4 answers · asked by toasteetoastee 1 in Desktops

win xp recognizes it but no drivers are found.

2007-08-12 18:47:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

In May 2006 I bought a Compaq Presario, AMD Athlon with 512MB, 160GB, and the processing speed isn't that great (I think it's less than 2.0 GHz).

My computer has had problems with the Internet since day one. First I had a Linksys router. My computer would lose the Internet every two weeks or so, yet my parents computers were also hooked up and didn't have problems like mine did.

Now I have a better router (Belkin), and I don't lose the Internet as often as I used to. But the Internet tends to be very slow, and sometimes it's not very responsive. I re-start my computer when it's having problems, and when I did a scan, there were no viruses or spyware detected...yet my fiance's computer, which is a brand new, expensive Dell hasn't had any problems so far.

I don't understand, why is it that my computer can run any program fine except for the Internet, and it's been having this
problem all along? Is it because it's a Compaq? Because the processing speed is low? What do I do?

2007-08-12 18:27:29 · 12 answers · asked by Em S 1 in Desktops

I've had this gateway pentium 4 PC 500 GR for about 3 years that has had no problems with gaming, excel, or anything that I've asked of it, until now. I thought that ramping the memory with a 512 mg card would improve on the performance of the already 512 memory (2x256 mg cards) that is factory installed. I made sure that the speed matched (in this case 3200 & 400 mhz) and checked the most compatible memory for my computer on the Circuit city website. Well to make a long story short, the performance sucks and games that I had before upgrading that were not framing are suddenly preforming terribly and are locking up the computer. Is there something that I did wrong, or is there a driver that I'm missing, or what? Any suggestions?

2007-08-12 18:06:55 · 7 answers · asked by Bryan 2 in Desktops

Thinking of buying this bag http://oakley.com/pd/2306 and this case http://www.mfgdirect.com/?c=1018&source=frooglemfgd for a MacBook Pro 15" ... concerns? Better alternatives?

2007-08-12 18:01:13 · 4 answers · asked by PoisonShirt 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I'm going college freshman.
The school told me to get a laptop.
I'm architecture major.
I have 1500$ after spending all in books and fee and equipments.
which laptop would be good?
It has to be able to run AutoCAD, and all the other major architectural programs.
Also it need wireless conection

2007-08-12 17:53:50 · 18 answers · asked by jason 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-08-12 17:43:13 · 3 answers · asked by taikaka3 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have a seagate free agent desktop 250 g, how long can i keep it plugged into the comp b4 i should take it out?

2007-08-12 17:30:33 · 4 answers · asked by Donkeykong 2 in Add-ons

My laptpo was on my bed, on, and plugged in. All of a sudden, my battery charger started maing this hissing noise. Then my computer screen turned white. I unplugged my charger from my computer when I started to smell burning plastic, or something that smells like it. I'm not sure if it came from my laptop or my battery charger. I just this charger too. Roughly a couple of months ago.
My laptop wasn't on my bed for that long, either. Possibly 10 minutes, or a little more. And I've had my computer on bed for alot longer than that before too in the past.
Now, about my charger...I plug it into the wall and everything seems to be working. A little green light comes on, to let me now it's powered up, but when I plug it into my computer, the green light dims and starts to flicker, and it starts making that noise again. Plus that burning smell comes back.
This happened about an hour ago, and I haven't been on my computer since. It's off. Does anyone know what's happening? Any ideas?

2007-08-12 17:15:01 · 7 answers · asked by Aisu_Kisaki 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a Dell Dimension E510, which came with 256 megs of ram, a Radeon x300 SE 128 meg graphics card, Intel Pentium 4 processor, and a 305 Watt power supply. The components I'd like to buy for 3D gaming are: a 400 watt power supply, a GeForce 8800 GTS 320 meg graphics card, and 2 gigs of RAM.
Does anyone suggest this setup for a 3D gamer? Also, I'd like more sites to purchase a 400 watt power supply for my E510.

2007-08-12 17:10:34 · 2 answers · asked by fredrick s 2 in Add-ons

I hav tried to overclock my CPU by adjusting the multiplier, the frequency, and my CPU voltage (to stablize it all) but every little change i do causes my computer to crash and give me a blue screen that says that the chages cannot be applied. I tried making the smallest changes possible but it still crashes. I even tried using the "AI overclocking" feature which is supposed to be set to how the comp sees fit., it still didnt work.
plz help

2007-08-12 17:04:46 · 5 answers · asked by gufffaa88 2 in Desktops

I recently tried to repair my pc, but accidentally installed a second os on my hard drive. Now I can't figure out how to delete it with out paying for it. Could anyone help me?

2007-08-12 16:59:55 · 8 answers · asked by joaquin D 2 in Desktops

i have a NIVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

2007-08-12 16:36:54 · 11 answers · asked by shane d 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-08-12 16:36:33 · 5 answers · asked by blackmuddy 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I can't get my mini to startup at all, not even in safe mode. The gray screen shows up and the spinning wheel, but it continues to do that till I get frustrated and turn it off. Apple has a few support articles on this, but they are way too confusing for the average user.....and Applecare is closed as usual....any help would be appreciated!!

Its only 7 months old.....thanks!

2007-08-12 16:36:04 · 3 answers · asked by nikkisekstal 2 in Desktops

I got a new computer today and I can't seem to change the font size to be a bit bigger. Its so small that I have to look closer to the screen and my eyes hurt lol I tried to change it but nothing is working.

2007-08-12 16:31:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

Good day! my problem was how to remove the beeping noise that come from the laptop and it always log up every time i click on something? i already reformat it and there are two partition the c & d. c is the one I reformat and i thought it will be remove after its finish, then it is back again? what is something wrong with the laptop? hoping for your answers. tnx.

2007-08-12 16:11:46 · 3 answers · asked by rj s 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

what is a good laptop to buy a good and not expesive one,i need internet and software on it,im a college student/t-shirt designer so i need a good laptop that wont leave me broke?anybody?

2007-08-12 16:10:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

About a year ago, a lot of people were complaining about their new macbooks turning yellowish around the wrist rests, and peeling also. Do you know if this discolorationg problem has since been resolved by Apple in their newer macbooks?

2007-08-12 15:50:43 · 3 answers · asked by Jess 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

The computer was working fine last night no noises or anything, and this morning our whole town block had a black out and the lights went out for about 2 minutes. When we turned it back on the buzzing noise started. I checked the back fans, they are working fine. I spoke to a person who works with comps and he said from hearing the noise that he thought maybe it was the front fan. My uncle thought maybe the harddrive was messed up. If the hard drive is messed up wouldn't the comp not work properly? Do you have any idea what this noise could be?

2007-08-12 15:44:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i have a dell dimension e310 i hate the integrated graphics card so i want to grade the one i have in mind is the EVGA e-GeForce 7600 GS (PCI-E, 512MB) i know i would have to upgrade the power supply but other then that do i have a match
if i dont have a match can someone reccomend a graphics card thanks

2007-08-12 15:41:46 · 5 answers · asked by gman 1 in Add-ons

My computer is three and half years old, is it time for me to upgrade my computer or buy a new one?

2007-08-12 15:38:23 · 11 answers · asked by curious 1 in Desktops