Hardware - September 2007

Can someone tell me what kind of cpu upgrades can i get with this mother board? (currently i have a 1.6ghz cpu - with 2 gb ram)

http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/K7S41GX.htm

2007-09-14 05:23:54 · 5 answers · asked by Darren L 1 in Add-ons

Can someone tell me what kind of cpu upgrades can i get with this mother board? (currently i have a 1.6ghz cpu - with 2 gb ram)

http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/K7S41GX.htm

2007-09-14 05:23:39 · 2 answers · asked by Darren L 1 in Desktops

Can someone tell me what kind of cpu upgrades can i get with this mother board? (currently i have a 1.6ghz cpu - with 2 gb ram)

http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/K7S41GX.htm

2007-09-14 05:23:32 · 3 answers · asked by Darren L 1 in Other - Hardware

Can someone tell me what kind of cpu upgrades can i get with this mother board? (currently i have a 1.6ghz cpu - with 2 gb ram)

http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/K7S41GX.htm

2007-09-14 05:23:25 · 1 answers · asked by Darren L 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-09-14 05:19:00 · 7 answers · asked by phill322 1 in Desktops

local area connection a network cable is unplugged..

it says that at the bottom of my screen , however i am still able to connect to the intrnet, and all the cables are pugged in correctly and everything is in the right 'ports' or whatever. i am on win xp os and i am connected through a modem from bright house
only every now and then does it say
cannot display webpage

2007-09-14 05:13:34 · 8 answers · asked by spindymindi 3 in Desktops

2007-09-14 05:12:37 · 9 answers · asked by Billys girl 3 in Add-ons

its been 2 days out of nowhere horizontal lines appeared on my LCD acer AL1717 17" monitor, what can i do to make them go away?

2007-09-14 05:10:38 · 5 answers · asked by zee-zuzpenz 2 in Monitors

I have been given a laptop and I would like to restore it to factory settings as there is so much junk on there from the previous user.

Unfortunately, there is no booklet or discs with it, just the laptop itself.

Can anyone tell me, step-by-step, how I go about wiping all the junk off it and also how to make it run smoothly once that's done?

It's a Varga Visionary.

Thanks everyone.

2007-09-14 05:08:40 · 4 answers · asked by Gordon64322 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

it keeps saying that there is no input and then it goes to sleep. Is there anything i can do make it turn on. I'm going crazy here.

2007-09-14 05:08:21 · 3 answers · asked by Rosali O. 2 in Monitors

I have a 4 year old external hard drive that just started acting up. When I start it up, Windows XP appears to recognize it and sometimes I can see it in "Disk Management." However I can not get on the hard drive as "My Computer" doesn't show it as a drive and I can't locate it by entering it in the search bar of Windows Explorer. Once in maybe every 20 tries it will work, but only for a couple minutes. It sounds like it's running ok, but it rarely shows up as a drive in "My Computer." I'm wondering if my computer or the hard drive has a virus. Or maybe the hard drive is dieing. I have tried adding it as a slave drive in a desktop computer with the same results. Any ideas?

I regularly use the free versions of AVG antivirus, Spybot Search & Destroy, and Lavasoft Adaware.

2007-09-14 04:54:52 · 11 answers · asked by Me 4 in Other - Hardware

my flat mointer is a proview i boght it a year ago. when i try to turn it on it show the welcome screen window , the small window just of one second and then it disapper.i see the power light gree on but the yellow light for stand doesnt show every thing is plug is the mointer the problem because i put another moniter and my computer works. any technichens with a good advice. ohh the warrenten has just expire.

2007-09-14 04:40:54 · 4 answers · asked by Zenaida R 1 in Monitors

I believe I need a new mouse for my computer. This one does not move the cursor around like it is suppose to do. I checked to see if everything was connected. It was so I don't know what else to do. Can some one help?

2007-09-14 04:28:55 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

My labtop is about five years old and it's very used because it's the only computer that I ever use. I want to replace the keyboard because it's fading. Can I do that?

2007-09-14 04:21:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

For some reason my computer (HP Notebook) crashed and I had to re-install Windows XP Home Edition on the computer. When the product key screen comes up I enter in the product key and a message comes up saying invalid product key. I called Microsoft and they said that Service Pack one is no longer supported by Microsoft. So now I have a computer that I can not use because the operating system I once had is no longer supported by Microsoft. There has to be a way that I can get the computer back running without spending any money. Or do I have to purchase a whole new operating system?

2007-09-14 04:07:18 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

The orange light stays on when I try to start it up, the monitor works fine but when I try to start the modem the light stays orange and nothing happens? The monitor has a message that reads "self check test the monitor is working properly" But the modem will not start? Do I need a new hard drive? Or could it be I just need a new modem? Everything is plugged in and hooked up properly but I think the modem is dead. The green light never comes on...Any ideas on what the problem may be?

2007-09-14 04:02:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

the warranty has been expired..I need a recovery disk...but the hp won't let me have it unless i have credit card/debit card..what if i ask the bestbuy to order it for me so i can buy yet from them? will they?...I can't order the disk because don't have credit or debit.

2007-09-14 03:59:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

a blu-ray disc is and input device to an computer

2007-09-14 03:41:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

Which monitor is better ?

http://www.amazon.com/E193FP-19-inch-Panel-Color-Monitor/dp/B00076S35G/ref=dp_return_1/102-8886081-9280126?ie=UTF8&n=172282&s=electronics

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254023

2007-09-14 03:37:10 · 2 answers · asked by ???? 5 in Monitors

when i install my dvd-rw it makes a bleeping noise twice at the boot up screen and then doesnt work, also the the current dvd drive installed in the first bay also stops working. i am installing my dvd-rw the same way i used to have my previous dvd-rw installed and also my previous cd-rw, but this one for some reason isnt workin (btw the dvd-rw am trying to install is brand new)

2007-09-14 03:33:19 · 3 answers · asked by Clueless 2 in Other - Hardware

If so, would you have any good sites for Maine?

2007-09-14 02:28:21 · 5 answers · asked by rukkus31 2 in Desktops

I am selling a personal computer that holds finances and home business info. Can I get a wiper that will destroy everything and never be brought up again? Is this a decent way to clean up computers that I already have so I can start them from scratch as if they were new? Thanks for the help!

2007-09-14 02:26:14 · 7 answers · asked by rukkus31 2 in Desktops

my specs are -
Pentium D820
1024 DDR1 RAM
NVidia 6200 LE 256 MB DDR2 graphics unit ( 263 million vertices / sec )
when would this have been a really desirable gaming machine ? to make people drool ....

2007-09-14 02:12:36 · 4 answers · asked by atmaram 1 in Desktops

i have a 80 GB hard drive & its divided into 5 partitions ....and 4 of them have 12 % free space.....and they are heavily fragmented
...so what do u recommend doing ???? shall i reduce the number of partitions ???? so that defragging could be more easy ....or what ?!

2007-09-14 02:03:53 · 7 answers · asked by KURTANGLE 4 in Other - Hardware

Hey I just bought a laptop called vostro 1500 it has santa rosa platform in it.

While customizing I noticed that the highest I could choose was the t7700 which was like 2.4ghz I want the extreme core 2 duo for the laptop that just came out called the x7900 can my laptop handle it and is it compatible?

and I wanted to add 8700m graphic card but the highest they would let me pick is 8600m gt. Can it handle it.

Is dell giving me these limits just so I can buy a more expensive model of vostro or because vostro 1500 can't handle it?

2007-09-14 01:48:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

where do you get them? how do you get them? Im in the process of building a new pc and would like to know were yu get the bagdes? any help would be aprecieated!

2007-09-14 01:18:49 · 6 answers · asked by Ali 1 in Add-ons

I am a games modder and so need to edit .dds files, I do this all the time at home on my desktop PC but need to buy a laptop because I am spending less and less time at home, I know that .dds files are to some degree linked to the graphics card and rely on that rather than software to render them. Any help would be most appreciated. Thank you..

2007-09-14 01:09:31 · 1 answers · asked by TheStorm 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Need inputs on Acer laptops as compared to Dell, HP or Compaq laptop.

2007-09-14 01:09:27 · 13 answers · asked by Mohan K 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-09-14 01:00:53 · 5 answers · asked by jorge z 1 in Desktops

I built a computer and I put it together taking all ESD precautions. It turns on (all fans spin, hd spins up, cd-rom spins up) but the hard drive status light stays lit solid even though you can hear that the hard drive isn't under load. About a second after everything starts up it resets itself (like you pressed the reset button) and it will do that continously as long as it is powered on. Nothing shows up on the monitor and it doesnt give any POST beep codes. I checked everything to make sure it was compatible and it is. Here is a list of the things I have in it

Ecs PT890T-A Main Board
Intel Pentuim 4 630 Processor 3.0ghz with HT technology
4gb Kingston pc3200 DDR2 ram (max capacity)
320gb Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 16 mb cache HD
ATI Radeon x550 PCI Express VGA Card
500w Switching PSU

I have tried different psu's, different cpu's, different hd's, unhooking the reset switch, reseating the ram, vga, cpu....nothing seems to work. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

2007-09-14 00:30:46 · 7 answers · asked by jesus184089 1 in Desktops