Hardware - September 2007

2007-09-22 16:31:01 · 6 answers · asked by foxtrot 2 in Add-ons

i have a 250w psu right now but i have a atx400 Vp power watt psu which came with my p4 which i sold.

2007-09-22 16:23:33 · 2 answers · asked by Fullmetal 1 in Add-ons

This is not my laptop...but the person's kid spilled soda or something on it, and the keyboard doesn't work. I took it off and sprayed it with warm water, then blew it out with compressed air. Still didn't work.

I disabled the onboard keyboard, and plugged in a USB keyboard. That didn't work either.

Might the problem be something else besides the keyboard?

EVERYTHING else works. Touch pad, connecting to the internet, video, everything. Except the keyboard.

Any ideas?

2007-09-22 16:21:12 · 2 answers · asked by powhound 7 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a hp pavilion 1000 12.1" touchscreen with 2gb (2 x 1 i think) of ram. I want to add 2gb. What should i add? Any suggestions would be appericated. thak you

2007-09-22 16:13:38 · 3 answers · asked by Golfnut 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/2074/09220722381zg8.jpg

I think it's an IDE, but the edges are curved, not like others I see on google and stuff.

2007-09-22 16:10:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-09-22 16:04:34 · 6 answers · asked by quiksilver23 3 in Add-ons

reinstalled os xp and have no sound laptop beeps but that th only sound
i have tried to turn volume up but no active mixer devices available
can some one please help me

2007-09-22 15:54:07 · 1 answers · asked by jose zman 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i had a amd turion 64x2 hp pavilion dv 9000 but i just sold it to buy a newer moder, now i don't know wich one to decide, i have currently a desk top i build with intel pentium extreme edition 3.20 GHZ, i had a p4, and works great, and my laptop (the one i sold) is amd turion 64x2, and works great, but i want a more expert advice if possible, the model i want is HP PAVILION DV9500 and they offer amd and intel, so there is the dilema. thanks

2007-09-22 15:52:52 · 6 answers · asked by ramses 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-09-22 15:43:47 · 6 answers · asked by Winston 1 in Monitors

I have a Spartan PC and The sound basically sucks...my grandson wants to be able to watch DVDs on it so I bought USB Powered Speaker System But I can't get it to work...I can hear a sound....if My ear is up to it But not the noise from the video...just nothing! Is there a trick?? something on my computer I need to turn on?? I am so confused...I plugged it all in correctly! HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!

2007-09-22 15:32:03 · 2 answers · asked by Mary Alice 2 in Add-ons

I have a hp slimline s3100y and it only takes low profile video cards. Hp says use a card that takes 30 watts or around. I heard the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127301
uses around 40 watts. I only have 160w powersupply. Would it be dumb to put that video card in?

2007-09-22 15:30:47 · 3 answers · asked by madeline queen 2 in Add-ons

2007-09-22 15:30:14 · 2 answers · asked by civic21 1 in Add-ons

this computer seems pretty nice but i've seen alot of bad remarks about gateway, so here's the link to the computer, its a M5478.
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10089891&catid=10607

tell me the goods and bads
like is it good for watching tv and playing video games? i play games like battlefield

2007-09-22 15:28:17 · 15 answers · asked by (Ω)Wayne Top Contributor 5 in Desktops

my cursor was moving all over the screen an i had no control over it so i downloaded the drivers for the touch pad on my dell an now i cant highlight text to copy.

2007-09-22 15:11:23 · 3 answers · asked by car45869 1 in Other - Hardware

here is the storie. i got a sata hard drive 250 gig. i then discovered that it needed a card to inerface with MY computer. i got a sata card that accepts 2 sata drives. i guess they copie one another. well i put the win 98 disk into the cd drive and it started to format the sata drive. it then went into theinstallation mode and copied the first set of files onto the sata drive. then it rebooted and when it came back on it displayed the win 98 logo and that is all, nothing further and it acts like the computer is locked up, no keboard action works.
i will put xp pro on it as soon as i get win98 to boot up completely. i don't have the xp boot cd at this time only the upgrade. don't want to go out and get a new mother board or computer for this if i don't have to i will just get a different drive. again thanks.

2007-09-22 15:05:40 · 5 answers · asked by corvairbob65 3 in Desktops

Previously I had millions of colors. I've reverted everything, the monitor drivers are fine (and unchanged). I used windows system restore more than once and set it to a sooner date. I've obviously tried desktop settings-->resolution, but still 32 bit and 16 bit are my only choices. There are no update drivers for my monitor (though it's just a plug and play, so I'm sure there is no problem there).
Using Windows XP, with >100 gb of free space.
Integrated ATI radeon express 200
3500+ amd athlon 64 processor

Anyways, colors are weird and it's bothering me.
Thanks a bunch pplz

2007-09-22 14:38:55 · 6 answers · asked by Maziar S 3 in Other - Hardware

I'm talkin about the desktop ones, not the portable. Thank you

2007-09-22 14:36:18 · 8 answers · asked by smilest_16_2002 2 in Add-ons

hey I have windows xp on my laptop, and its about a year old and had alot of stuff on it, and its starting toact a little slugish, i was wondering how i could remove some of the stuff i dont need on here, i know about disk clean up and stuff but i dident know if there was some thing a little more advanced that you can do, but i dont want to mess anything up, so if you could explain in detail what all to do i would greatly appriciate it..thanks

2007-09-22 14:30:35 · 14 answers · asked by stephen L 2 in Desktops

I have an older model monitor. Its nota flatscreen or any of the newer kind. It is a "Tangent" 16 inch. It works good until I am watching DVD`s on it. If I am watching a black and white movie after awhile it will get really dark. So dark it just ruins the movie watching. I have tried to find a way to lighten it but have failed to do so. I have looked everywhere on it, but there is nowhere to lighten it. No contrast or anything. Would anyone have any help please. Any ideas at all would be welcome.
Thank you very much.

2007-09-22 14:10:32 · 2 answers · asked by satch 1 in Monitors

2007-09-22 14:08:24 · 2 answers · asked by Book Lover 1 in Add-ons

I'm thinking about buying a one-terabyte hard drive, but I would like to know more about them before I buy.

2007-09-22 13:34:24 · 5 answers · asked by gabe 1 in Other - Hardware

i am getting ssssssssssssoooo many pop ups and its
slowing my computer down

2007-09-22 13:30:46 · 5 answers · asked by chocolatelover 1 in Monitors

Hi. i've Ordered Crysis (the game) and ive just found the Specs for it and found out they are Very Demanding.

They are, *QUOTE*:

Recommended Requirements
CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)
Graphics: Nvidia 7800GTX/ATI X1800XT (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalent
RAM: 1.5Gb
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX10 with Windows Vista

I have:
Intel Pentium D 950 (3.4ghz x2)
2GB DDR2 Patriot RAM
Nvidia 8600GT
Windows Vista Home Premium With DirectX10

Will my pc run this smoothly?
and
Is there a demo coming so i can try it out ?

Cheers!

2007-09-22 12:22:37 · 5 answers · asked by The_Figlet 3 in Desktops

I use a canon ip1800 printer.

I recently had it refilled, about 2 weeks ago, didn't print enough for it to run out of ink.

Now it says it won't recognize the ink, I'm not sure if I should just go buy new printer cartridges or not.

2007-09-22 12:09:53 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

well basically when eve ri want to record or voice chat the mic not only reocrd my voice but also the speakers and so when i talk or make a nise it echos uncontrolably until it makes an crazy high picth sound! ahh im frustraded

2007-09-22 11:34:57 · 3 answers · asked by blagh 2 in Other - Hardware

here is the storie. i got a sata hard drive 250 gig. i then discovered that it needed a card to inerface with MY computer. i got a sata card that accepts 2 sata drives. i guess they copie one another. well i put the win 98 disk into the cd drive and it started to format the sata drive. it then went into theinstallation mode and copied the first set of files onto the sata drive. then it rebooted and when it came back on it displayed the win 98 logo and that is all, nothing further and it acts like the computer is locked up, no keboard action works. if anyone has a helpfull suggestion please send it along. if all you can do is submit a smart answer then just move on. thanks

2007-09-22 11:31:52 · 3 answers · asked by corvairbob65 3 in Desktops

I bought a Toshiba laptop last week from Best Buy. I am experiencing a strange problem with the internet screens minimizing constantly. I took it in to BB and they reinstalled the internet 7.0, thinking it was the internet. Well, I am still experiencing this problem and it is terrible. The screens are minimizing constantly. Maybe I am not using the mouse correctly? It doesn't seem to matter if I am clicking on the scroll bar or even a link in the middle of the page. The whole page closes, and is on the bottom. What is going on here???? I can't get any work done, it is so bad. PLEASE any suggestions?????????????????

2007-09-22 10:32:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

- bought from a guy in hong kong named finger city
- memory says disk not inserted

2007-09-22 10:11:08 · 2 answers · asked by unyo27 1 in Add-ons

2007-09-22 10:06:02 · 2 answers · asked by TheOne 2 in Monitors

2007-09-22 09:25:29 · 5 answers · asked by Spartan L 5 in Desktops