Hardware - August 2007

hello i want to format c drive through cammand prompt, what the cammand line please help me

2007-08-29 19:27:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

can i use SLi mode on the motherboard? i've only heard about cross firing using ATI cards on the mobo..

2007-08-29 19:20:52 · 3 answers · asked by thecarlover 1 in Add-ons

2007-08-29 19:19:47 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

Can some one help me with a good configuration? Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which is the better in durability between PC and LAPTOP?

2007-08-29 19:18:14 · 4 answers · asked by Nishu621 2 in Other - Hardware

does it mean it gives the computer 133mhz, or it needs 133mhz to run? or what?

2007-08-29 19:09:28 · 4 answers · asked by lilhomeyt 3 in Other - Hardware

Will direct sunlight 9 hours a day damage my portable DVD players LCD screen, and would an LCD screen even be viewable in direct sunlight?

2007-08-29 18:26:45 · 2 answers · asked by unknown 2 in Monitors

What are some of the things I can do to make it boot faster and run faster without spending any cash?

2007-08-29 18:01:53 · 6 answers · asked by Flying Spagetti Monster 7 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have an IBM Thinkpad with window XP on it. My video card is an ATI Radeon 7500 but i want to have either ATI Radeon 8500 64MB or Nvida Geforce 3 64 MB install. Are either one of the hardware ok for my laptop ? How much are either one of them ? Its there anyone that can install the hardware ?

2007-08-29 18:00:02 · 2 answers · asked by Ming P 5 in Add-ons

rig 2.2ghz amd opteron 148..takes all new fancy duel core.
3 hardrives 500 gig.1 gig of corsair drr 400 3200 takes 4 gigs. ..550wpsu.nice atx case.dvdrw.ati radeon x800gto2 16x pci express..rocket cpu cooler..runs half life 2 like a dream..but i know my card is old so i was gonna upgrade 2 a geforce 8800gts 200 bucks all i can afford card wise unless someone can suggest a better 1 for that price..and can someone suggest a better duel core cpu 2 use thanks.mainly 2 run bioshock..i ran bioshock demo with a shader patch someone made on the net it was a shader 2 patch the comp ran the demo fine...i know bioshock is a shader 3 game...i mainly used that patch i mentioned 2 see if my pc could handle the game...my card is direct x9 but can only handle shader 2..
i got this pc for 280.00 think it was a bargain let me know

2007-08-29 17:34:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I have 6 NexLink computers, and none will power up with their current power supply. (I will assume all the power supplies are bad because none will even spin their own fan.) I have tried another power supply with the same wattage on these machines and they power on however I do not get video out of any of them. The power supply that gets the machine to power on does not have a microprocessor power connector that the previous power supply has. Is it possible that this could be the reason I cannot get them to boot? Or possibly any other ideas? Thanks!

2007-08-29 17:29:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Any ideas out there? I have a dell laptop, trying to print to a networked dell printer. I can see the printer from the list, choose the printer, but then I get a message that it can't find the driver. Went to Dells website and downloaded the driver, but there was no file that it recognized when adding the printer. I got the exact same message again. I don't get this with every Vista laptop, just a few of them. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

2007-08-29 17:23:35 · 1 answers · asked by Derek J 2 in Printers

I recently upgraded my video card and, like an idiot, I didn't check my display settings before doing so. Now everything looks . . . strange, and it seems no matter what I set the resolution to or how change my monitor's settings, the picture looks too stretched, to convex, or the icons, menus, and text look wrong. Is there any way I can check my monitor's old settings?

2007-08-29 17:19:08 · 6 answers · asked by Dragon 5 in Monitors

It says something about dvd region but how come i can play it on my 2 laptops?
*the 2 laptops were purchased in the same region as my dektop.
*the 2 disk is region 4 and i have checked all 3 computers,and all were the same region.


Can anyone help me?

2007-08-29 17:16:06 · 2 answers · asked by luxator26 1 in Desktops

2007-08-29 17:05:54 · 3 answers · asked by kiim_16 1 in Add-ons

2007-08-29 16:52:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

My computer does not automatically restart itself when I click on the restart computer button after installing a new program? I have to do it manually through the start menu. I have ZoneAlarm Security Suite(did scan and nothing), Spy-Bot Search&Destroy(scan and nothing), WinPatrol Plus, SpyWare Blaster, and SpyWare Guard...So I have no virus or spyware problems. Anyone have any ideas or solutions to why and how to fix my issue? It would be greatly appreciated.

2007-08-29 16:36:03 · 5 answers · asked by Alex J 1 in Other - Hardware

Hi all!

I got this new Western Digital 120 gb external harddrive last week. Everything was working fine. the drive was working on vista.

last night i went to my friends place and removed the drive directly without selecting the safely remove option. From that point of time the drive doesnt work in vista nor xp. it says usb device malfunctioned. USB device not recongnized!

Please someone help me with this because I had alot of backup in this drive.

2007-08-29 16:36:00 · 3 answers · asked by Murtaza Z 1 in Other - Hardware

Recently, my computer's been acting up. The screen began freezing. Now, the monitor won't get past the initial black screen and the hard disk light doesn't blink, even though I can hear the hard drive spinning. In fact, the monitor power light goes orange, indicating that it's not receiving any signal.
My bro says the montior went (I went and bought a new cheap one, still doesn't work). Other sites I've read say that it could be the power supply. My local computer store says the mother board has gone. Staples says the video card has gone. I personally think it's the motherboard. Which, if any is it?
I've already paid over $100 on useless diagnostics, so please help me if you can! I can't afford a whole new computer right now :).

2007-08-29 16:33:44 · 3 answers · asked by joecoolug 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-08-29 16:24:53 · 9 answers · asked by seanobriennyc 1 in Desktops

Ok i have a major problem. When i plug anything in a usb port on my pc it doesn't pickup at all not even my printer. its like there turned off or something. Please help!!!

2007-08-29 16:10:39 · 9 answers · asked by J.T. 2 in Other - Hardware

i have a toshiba satellite m55 thats almost exactly 2yrs old. it has has an intel celeron m processor 1.50 ghz
502mb of ram
windows xp home 2003
plug and play monitor
any help s appreciated.

2007-08-29 16:08:50 · 5 answers · asked by lilmama24 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

dot pitch, LCD, pixels, or CRT

2007-08-29 15:52:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

What does the cable on it look like? I cant figure it out, is it power supply fan? Where does the black and white cable hook into

2007-08-29 15:48:07 · 3 answers · asked by Purtee56 3 in Other - Hardware

2007-08-29 15:43:42 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I've been looking to buy a new, very nice laptop that comes with XP instead of stupid Vista, and I *finally* found one. But its an Alienware, and I've heard that Alienware's are overpriced. So I'm wondering if this is a good one for the price.

It's got an Nvidia GeForce 9700 GS video card, 2gb of memory, 1.8 ghz processor (could choose a better one, but I want to keep down the price), Windows XP, and a 100gb hard drive at 7200 rpm. It'll cost me $1800. Is this good or bad?

I'm planning on using it for lots of college stuff and semi-serious gaming. Will a 1.8ghz processor be too slow if I'm gonna use it for this?

2007-08-29 15:40:14 · 11 answers · asked by Your Highness 7 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-08-29 15:30:05 · 4 answers · asked by DBLtake 3 in Other - Hardware

The computer needs the hard drive to be reformatted and the recovery disks installed but I have pictures that I need to back up. The computer will not start up or go into safe mode. It was suggested by HP to use the hard drive as a secondary HD on another computer. Have no idea of how to do that but if I had instructions for that my father could probably do that using his computer. Thanks for any info that will help me save my pics. I also was told that there are places to take my computer and that they have a way to copy the hard drive ???? Thanks again.

2007-08-29 15:27:14 · 7 answers · asked by Tami C 2 in Other - Hardware

It seems to have good specs and I am not a techi and I want to buy one for my regular research, email, music and sometimes DVD playing purposes. I don't play games so I don't care about that. Right now I have a Dell Latitude C 600 which I really liked but I need an upgrade now. Please guide me if Inspiron 1501 would be a good option.

2007-08-29 15:18:08 · 5 answers · asked by whisper 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i just bought a macbook and does it come with the package? i heard its inside the charger. Im not shure. Just asking

2007-08-29 14:55:45 · 3 answers · asked by Joshua H 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Ok. My laptop (i didnt know) has 256 mb of memory internal or something like that, and i have vista (not installed yet on my computer) and when i went to put in the disk it said i need 512 memory.. is there anything i can do without upgrading my pc so i can put vista on there?

2007-08-29 14:50:27 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops