Hardware - September 2007

witch one is better. I no they bot suck but witch one is better. And is the amd one any good AT ALL?

2007-09-10 11:36:34 · 5 answers · asked by Pushtostart 1 in Desktops

are pci slots the same as pci express slots? there seems to be a lot of graphic cards for pci express, and not too many for pci, my motherboard has 2 pci slots, wut's a good one i could get?

2007-09-10 11:27:40 · 4 answers · asked by brite 1 in Add-ons

processor: amd athlon 3200+ xp processor 2.2 ghz

if u say nvidia geforce 5200 fx series i already have it!

2007-09-10 11:24:04 · 2 answers · asked by Lawlrus 2 in Add-ons

2007-09-10 11:21:51 · 2 answers · asked by QuiteNewHere 7 in Desktops

i bought a 7600 gt and my motherboard is A7V8X-X ,however i found no where to plug this videocard in .....sigh,anyone can help

2007-09-10 10:58:10 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

At work, we're moving from offices to cubicles, and I'm worried that my flat screen monitor might get stolen. Here's why: There are still construction workers all over the place, and little to no security. Someone could walk out with it very easily. I bought a kensington lock for my computer... is there anything comparable out there that I could use to secure my monitor?

2007-09-10 10:37:05 · 2 answers · asked by sleepy_grrl 3 in Monitors

After installing iTunes 7.4.1 and being told to restart I did (I'm not saying iTunes has anything to do with this). Rather than rebooting my PC just shutdown, went past the dell POST screen and then just sat there with a flashing cursor.

I thought there must be a boot problem, so I started the Windows XP recovery console (I have WinXP Pro SP2) and chose to FIXBOOT and FIXMBR, as well as running BOOTCFG and checking all was well.

Restarted and still no luck. I went into BartPE (a version of WinXP you can boot from CD-ROM) and find that my drive C is still perfectly accessible. I've swapped the hard drive now for an old one I had lying around that had WinXP on and this is how I'm using it now - what can I do to check what's wrong, and what can I do to fix things?

2007-09-10 09:52:49 · 4 answers · asked by tompagenet 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

its a hp pavilion zd8000 and like i have a micro sd card with an sd adaptor but when i go on my computer it wont show please help

2007-09-10 09:47:33 · 4 answers · asked by djfreaky 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I know it has to do with ram memory and I know a lot of it is needed to run vista right? How much DDR2 is best?
One more question would yall go with an HP desktop for $549 or an acer aspire for 599? HP has athlon 64x2 dual-core 4400+,lightscribe DVD burner ,2048 MB DDR2 ,320 gig HD, 15 in 1 media card reader, and Vista OS. Acer has 1 gig DDR2,Intel pent dual-core processor T2080 with DVD burner ,160 GB HD ,5 in 1 reader card, vista OS ,and a wireless 802.11b/g whatever that is?Will that wireless thinga majig need something extra to run it? like a station and a subscription? Thanking you in advance.

2007-09-10 09:23:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

My cousin is purchasing a new desktop PC and I'm thinking about getting a tv tuner for one of the PCI slots (or getting a USB/external box with video capture capability) as a present. Now, she doesn't have cable, so I am wondering if one needs to have cable to use a tv tuner?

2007-09-10 09:15:39 · 3 answers · asked by Kairi 3 in Add-ons

I have windows vista, and I am sick of it...can i put xp back on without losing all my information?

2007-09-10 09:08:48 · 4 answers · asked by grrrrrr. 2 in Desktops

It's for a friend and I don't have the manuel or the key if the tower came with one...

2007-09-10 08:45:15 · 6 answers · asked by Stik 1 in Desktops

I might get 4 Gb of RAM with this. If I only get 2Gb of RAM, will I still benefit from a 64-Bit O.S.?

2007-09-10 08:40:39 · 11 answers · asked by rezster0900 4 in Desktops

Here are the specs ..

Windows Vista Home Premium
Intel Pentuim D CPU 2.80GHZ
1014MB Ram
DirectX 10
300GB Hard Drive
Intel 82945G Express Chipset Family Internal 224MB Video Card.

Is my computer okay? for like ..everyday tasks ..and games tha taren't like hell on requirements ..like 256MB games that need 64MB video cards.

and like space wise? and operating system?

2007-09-10 08:38:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

on the 15th aug, my computer went down, had to take it back to factory settings, unfortunately i cannot read my 1555 emails, i have forgot my password, this computer was won on a tv programme and BT installed it , after 1 year i changed to tesco, since my computer has started running again, my epson cx3200 scanner wont work , i installed the disc several times , printer ok but scanner wont scan, at my wits end, i need it for ebay.

2007-09-10 07:47:01 · 2 answers · asked by andyj251 on ebay 1 in Scanners

Hey just wondering if you can play any games on either 64Bit XP/ Vista?

Especially new games, not so much old ones.

The world is gonna eventually move fully to 64Bit so i am wondering if i should prepare.

2007-09-10 07:36:18 · 5 answers · asked by Madrox 2 in Desktops

The computer will still boot up, and I am using it to get on the internet, but when I try to use my word processor, the hard drive starts to make a grinding sound and the computer locks up. What should I do? Should I try to reinstall the word processor/office software--I know I will probably have to replace the drive eventually--but will unstalling/reinstalling the software help anything? What should I do?

2007-09-10 06:45:23 · 6 answers · asked by blue nickel 2 in Desktops

2007-09-10 06:11:26 · 4 answers · asked by Orion M 1 in Desktops

I have a D600, and had to re-format the hard drive. After I loaded all of my drivers back in, I can't seem to get my wireless to work. It still has the question mark under device manager for that network controller.

I know it has a built in mini pci card, but all of the drivers I have downloaded from dell (Intel Prolink, etc) for this machine will not work. Do I need to look for a specific driver, or should I just give up and buy another wireless adapter.

It used to work great. Also the driver for the wireless isn't on my utilities disk.

Thanks!!

2007-09-10 06:02:41 · 2 answers · asked by Me 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

which would be better, leave the plug plugged in the outlet or unplug it we're not using for the day? why is it though?

2007-09-10 05:57:36 · 5 answers · asked by ruby 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a laptop Dell D600 and i has 256mb ram. I want to upgrage to the allowed limit of 1gb. They say i can go to 2gb but whatever. Some said that i should not get so much memory if i only have a 40gb hard drive. What to do?

2007-09-10 05:56:17 · 6 answers · asked by daddyof4 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Is laptop computer really used on lap? I can't bear the heat and weight on my laps. What about you? I've tried two different latest laptop brands of hp pavilion & siemens fujitsu.

2007-09-10 05:19:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I want to upgrade my motherboard and CPU but I saw in someone else's question about changing out motherboards that they were told that they might have to re-format or re-install windows. Is there any way around having to do that? I want to be able to use my old hard drive and keep all of the data I have on it. I don't know anything about fixing computers and I don't know where to look for power supply information or anything like that.

2007-09-10 05:10:44 · 10 answers · asked by asus2424 2 in Desktops

I've mentioned it around here before, but I need a way to be able to get into a hard drive of mine that has a virus or something (it keeps restarting itself before getting to the desktop), but whenever I hook up the bad drive with the good one I am currently using (as a temporary), it loads both hard drives and I run into the same problem. Someone else mentioned something about hooking it to the slave deal. Anyways, can someone give me a simple, dumbed down version on how to hook my hard drive up to where I can pick and choose what to take from the bad drive and put on the good one?

2007-09-10 05:00:56 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I have a small corner desk for my PC as I am quite limited for space in my house, I also have a printer but nowhere to store it.
Does anyone know if it would be ok to store the tower on it's side so that I can place the printer on top of it?

2007-09-10 04:53:36 · 5 answers · asked by DAWN D 2 in Desktops

2007-09-10 04:51:25 · 4 answers · asked by Rob 1 in Monitors

I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 with 2GB of memory and the ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 video card. I know it probably wont play perfect but it is stuttering to much and I was wondering if I can improve that? It played one day pretty good but I dont know what I did to it so I know it can play somewhat on my computer. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

2007-09-10 04:27:39 · 4 answers · asked by AK 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Does the one before that just came out....do they also have 2.4 gb and the 2.8 like the new ones that came out?

2007-09-10 03:51:32 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I'm looking to buy a laptop for no more than £300-£400, where's the best place to go online?

2007-09-10 03:35:55 · 3 answers · asked by lovebollox 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My hard drive was blown out by my internal power supply going out. Also did a job on my mouse. I have always had a green light on the front of my computer but nobody seems to know what the red light is. It just appeared after I got my computer back from the shop.

2007-09-10 02:45:01 · 11 answers · asked by RT 1 in Desktops