Hardware - September 2007

After playing for 2 hours the game crashed!!! I restarted and it is not crashing anymore but it is so slow specially once the battle group have increased in size and activity. Specs are 2 Duo Core 2.20 GHZ, 586 Nvidia 8400, 160GB HDD. Please help!!!

2007-09-17 05:15:38 · 4 answers · asked by Bryan O 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I had '3s' USB modem, but got no signal - so it is on its' way back to them.
I have asked most of the mobile ISPs this question, but they seem unable to aswer in plain English!
Can anyone advise me?

2007-09-17 04:46:56 · 2 answers · asked by Aye. Right! 6 in Add-ons

My computer speakers just stopped working. Should I try and buy new connecter cables, or just accept the fact that over 16 years is a good life?

2007-09-17 04:39:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I may have mislead person in previous question,I want to dump old computer .

2007-09-17 04:16:58 · 15 answers · asked by JOHN G 1 in Desktops

i need theses requirements in order to play land of the dread for pc.

2007-09-17 04:05:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Can you watch dvd movie using something like this??
Hewlett Packard DVD1040e 20x Super Multi DVD Writer, External
on the description, it said it was compatible with both desktop and notebook and i have a notebook.

2007-09-17 03:43:23 · 4 answers · asked by bio c 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i got an intergrated one at the moment so was looking for a new one.
Alienware offer top spec ones, but once they've made it for you theres no way to upgrade it.

I was looking to get one then buy my own bits for it.

2007-09-17 03:38:16 · 2 answers · asked by Player 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

hi can anyone help i put a cd in to my drive today to play a cd but it does not show up on the pc. it was ok yesterday and i have not altered anything. normaly i put a disc in and it asks what i want to do .but today nothing. i have gone in to start my computer .but nothing is showing on drive e. any help please. thanh you.

2007-09-17 03:38:03 · 9 answers · asked by meandean 5 in Desktops

2007-09-17 03:11:41 · 2 answers · asked by dad1dukez 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have the photo cardridge on the right and the black cartridge on the left. I have checked the setting quality and made sure the printer is on photo and am using quality photo paper. I dont understand what the problem is!

2007-09-17 03:11:24 · 7 answers · asked by L 4 in Printers

2007-09-17 02:36:00 · 5 answers · asked by Haley 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My comp has an 80 GB hard drive. It's almost all used up. It was suggested that I get and external hard drive.

How do they work?
Do I just plug it in through a USB?
Can I store pictures and music on it?

~thank you~

2007-09-17 02:04:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Hi, I have a zillion sewing patterns I'd like to sell on ebay and it appears the best pics of sewing patterns are scanned. If I go to a friend's house who has a scanner, can I scan and send them to my puter or is it like huge files just like photos ? thanks

2007-09-17 02:01:30 · 3 answers · asked by I Love Jesus 5 in Scanners

2007-09-17 01:18:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

it will read cds but it won't read dvds ive tryed dvd-rs and dvd+rs can anyone help

2007-09-17 00:57:38 · 1 answers · asked by F K 1 in Add-ons

2007-09-17 00:54:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

i have put up my custom pc for sale twice on ebay. the first time was for £510 and second time round was £300 wwhich ended with no bids at all. any reasons why?

Here is my specification of my current build:

Intel Core Duo E6600 @ 2.4HGz
2GB RAM
MSI 975X Platinum Power Up Edition: Dual DDR2, SATA2, 2 x PCI-Ex, 2 x
PCI slots
Windows Vista Home Premium
80GB Serial ATA II Hard drive
Samsung LightScribe 18xDVD+/-RW/R
Sapphire Radeon X1550 Series
7.1 Channel HD Audio
1.44MB Floppy Drive
Tsunami Dream Case with Window
Hiper 350 WATT 18DB Silent PSU

the total cost of the components cost me £500.

what shall i do? where else can i sell it?

2007-09-16 23:44:36 · 14 answers · asked by . 1 in Desktops

i have two pcs one xp and one windows me can i swap xp hard drive to work in windows me pc is it just the case of taking widows me out and putting xp in or do i have to do anything else to pc. i dont have any disc for xp or me thanks for you help

2007-09-16 22:53:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

What does it mean when your computer just stops working u can see everything that u were doing before it quit however nothing is responging and u can't even move the mouse. everything is frozzen sometimes with a repeating sound. please help my computer keeps doing this every so often.

2007-09-16 22:49:31 · 4 answers · asked by jefferylovesashley4eva692009 2 in Desktops

I need to carry out the initial Back-Up of my Vista Home Premium OS from my new laptop the 'Advent 8117'. Installed on the laptop is a DVD +/-RW, therefore I imagine that I can use either RW DVD + or -, am I right?

When my system pops up the message to insert a DVD for back up purposes it asks for a DVD -R disc to be inserted, do I have to use the format of disc as specified when my system has a DVD +/- RW?

2007-09-16 21:43:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-09-16 21:41:12 · 2 answers · asked by LeoRski 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i was thinking micro fiber would be ok as far as what to wipe it with but what liquid cleaning product could i use that isnt going to damage the screen?

2007-09-16 21:29:34 · 4 answers · asked by love_him_villevalo 2 in Monitors

preferably under $1800 or $1500.....what do you suggest?

2007-09-16 20:59:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

sorry...didn't wanna close the first thread... but i still need more opinions on the motherboard stated above.. cos i may wanna buy it.. so those hu have used this mobo.. could u kindly give me ur opinions.. and what are some of the points that is good or bad bout this mobo... thanks a million

or should i go for Intel P35 Chipsets motherboards?

would appreciate ur responses very much..

2007-09-16 20:33:52 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I'm building a computer, but I'm quickly running out of money. I need to find a good deal on some memory that is compatible with an EVGA 680i A1 motherboard. I would at least like to start with two sticks of matched 512mb (1gb) to start out with, but if I can do better for not much more, I'll buy it.

I can upgrade to better memory down the road, but I want something so that I can get my computer up and running now.

Below is my motherboard.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188013

I thank you for your help.

2007-09-16 20:23:16 · 3 answers · asked by rec4lms 6 in Desktops

thinking of changing to AOL from current ISP, your verdicts are most welcome?

2007-09-16 19:54:13 · 10 answers · asked by weeman1971 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

We recently moved and just got our internet hooked up today. We have 3 computers in the house. One up stairs, one in the family room downstairs and one in a bedroom downstairs on the other side of the house.

The one upstairs has the actual connection. We're using a wireless router for the other 2.

The one upstairs works great! The other 2 ... not so good. The one in the family room works, but it's slow. The one in the bedroom works sometimes, loses it's connection, freezes up and it's extremely slow.

Is this normal when using a wireless router? Could it be the brand (NetGear)? Is it the cable company (Knology)?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

2007-09-16 18:57:50 · 2 answers · asked by tgfann 3 in Other - Hardware

I am trying to hook my computer to my t.v. so it will act as a large monitor is there any cable or anything like that, that will allow me to do that.

2007-09-16 18:29:43 · 7 answers · asked by Logan A 2 in Add-ons

i loss my Cd for the belkin wireless G Note card so i cant use the card anymore, where can i download or what can i do?

2007-09-16 18:23:49 · 2 answers · asked by suki 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I tired to reinstall Windows, but according to them my HDD is damaged and needs formatting. Is there any way I can bypass the O/S and transfer the files to my USB backup drive or another slave drive?

2007-09-16 18:23:40 · 6 answers · asked by A M 1 in Other - Hardware