Hardware - October 2007

It used to be great, untill I installed a newer version of McAfee. Now it is slow and stalls a lot. Would more memory work? I have 192 MB of RAM now. Can I do this myself? Or would a higher processor be better? I have a AMD 2800. What does that cost and can I do it myself?

2007-10-28 16:03:31 · 7 answers · asked by MG 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am looking at pantone charts online....(those are universal color charts)
Is there anyway to know that my monitor is showing the same as the chart?

2007-10-28 15:58:16 · 1 answers · asked by freshbliss 6 in Monitors

2007-10-28 14:29:55 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I had a problem with my Dell Latitude 510 and my HD was completely erased. I don't have a disk to restore the system so I can't even load Linux for example.....

2007-10-28 13:51:17 · 3 answers · asked by Rafael A 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

One of my kids either threw something at it or jabbed something into it and I was wondering if it could be repaired.

2007-10-28 13:33:39 · 5 answers · asked by hollym23 2 in Monitors

When I run "Heroes V" it closes with a error, so I check this site to see if I can even run it on my laptop.
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest
_______________________________________________
Video Card : FAILED
You Have: Mobile Intel(R) 945GM/GU Express Chipset Family (Intel(R) GMA 950) Sorry, your video card does not meet this minimum requirement.
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required
Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 1.1 , You have - 0.0
_______________________________________________

What should I do? Should I update something, if so..how?
Any help would be appreciated! :)

2007-10-28 13:21:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

A friend of mine got a computer cheap from a library for $15, and she can't complain about the hardware, she just wants to use it for writting up papers for her classes. It came with windows 98 second edition, but she has the CDs for windows 2000.

Anyway, she wanted to know why her blank CD-RW was being displayed as full when it was completely empty. It has been a long time since I used windows 98, so I was wondering, are RWs compatible with Windows 98 Second Edition? For now she can use a floppy drive, but soon they will be completely taken out of school and library computers, so she would like to be able to save to a CD.

Is this something with Windows 98, or could it be a hardware issue? When she has the internet connection, I am going to install windows 2000 for her for and get updates.

2007-10-28 13:03:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I have a HP Pavilion a6000n and on the specification, it says, 'NVIDIA GeFoce 6150 SE Graphics with TurboCache with 128MB dedicated graphics memory'. When they say '128MB dedicated graphics memory, do they mean that 128MB of my memory from the RAM stick is all dedicated to my on-board(yes, it is on-board) graphics port? If I buy a seperate NOT on-board video card that is 128MB or 256MB, how much different will that make to my PC's performance?

2007-10-28 12:59:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-10-28 12:48:08 · 3 answers · asked by Charles L 2 in Desktops

Currently I have a Mac OS X verison 10.3.9 on a 500 MHz PowerPC G3. I want to upgrade to a Mac OS X Leopard, but for that to happen, Leopard requires a computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or a PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster). What the best and least expensive way to get this update? Thank You SO much! Your advice is greatly appreciated!

2007-10-28 12:44:01 · 3 answers · asked by fairyfairy 2 in Desktops

i have installed a new windows version and i can't redcored any thing by the mic. when i try to test the hard ware device it give me that masseage error code num 0*80004005 and it tell me to install dpvsetup.exe what shall i do

2007-10-28 12:34:13 · 3 answers · asked by esz 2 in Desktops

2007-10-28 12:32:19 · 7 answers · asked by Eric L 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

In March I took my computer in(virus etc) That was when the time changed. We brought it back and it didn't change it. I left it there for a long time. Then I changed it. Now it keeps goin back an hour. It's not even November 4th yet. It did it the first time, like a month ago or something. What the hell is goin on? I changed it once, never touched it. It does it on it's own. I see it stays the same for a while, then I barely notice and it changes!

2007-10-28 11:43:27 · 2 answers · asked by samantha wilson 2 in Monitors

Recently my computer deleted about 25GB of random things off my computer. The biggest being about 5GBs of music including half of albums. Is there any way of recovering these things and does anyone know what went wrong. I searched for virus' and found nothing.

2007-10-28 11:35:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I have no problem scrolling through my music on my laptop with the touch pad scrolling device, but my mouse wheel is not working at all. Both work on all other pages, just not iTunes. I have the latest version of iTunes and I can't find anything about this problem on apple.com. Could someone please help?

2007-10-28 11:31:51 · 1 answers · asked by Gabriel S 2 in Add-ons

the rating that it says that I need for my new graphics card states
A minimum 400W system power supply (with 12V current rating of 20A or more)
what does the 12v current rating of 20a or more mean? and should I even worry about it?

2007-10-28 11:25:50 · 2 answers · asked by dudenell 3 in Other - Hardware

if i buy a brand new harddrive and then use the restore cd that cem with my coputer will my windows xp an all the original stuff be added to that harddrive or will i have to buy a whole new windows xp? cuz i heard the recovery cd will bring it back is this true?

2007-10-28 11:24:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I need someone to confrim things. If I buy a s video cord, and plug it into my laptop and my tv, will it show video on my tv (Not sound :P). Also if it WILL work, what is the procedure to make it appear on my tv

Thanks!

2007-10-28 11:07:00 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I would like to know how to enter in a police frequency into the bc200xlt and also can someone help me out by finding police frequencies for pepper pike.......orange village......and moreland hills ohio? Thanks.

2007-10-28 11:01:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Scanners

ok i have a question i have everset and speedfan for reading computer temps, and in everest i have Aux and cpu and motherboard and on speedfan i got cpu internal and remote.
igot a couple of questions whats aux mean in everset and what do internal temp and remote temp mean in speed fan and aux and Cpu in both of progarms are the same temp.

2007-10-28 10:49:20 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

It is a used aftermarket copper heatsink, I know heatsinks can reused on same grade CPUs, what was the one cleaning out used and harden thermal paste?

2007-10-28 10:38:14 · 5 answers · asked by Andy T 7 in Desktops

i want to know how to make the graphics eaven better after i install it.

2007-10-28 10:29:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

i was thinkin about buying a new gfx card and i was wondering wot the difference is between a "pci" and a "pci-e" card can some1 pls help

2007-10-28 10:23:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

While I was playing The Sims 2, my computer froze and restarted. This has happened many times and at first I thought it was because of the Windows update. Then I received this error:
SYMPTOMS
You may receive one of the following Stop error messages:
STOP 0x000000EA THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER

CAUSE
This issue might occur if the display driver is caught in an infinite loop while it waits for the video hardware to become idle. This issue typically indicates a problem with the video hardware or that the display driver cannot program the hardware correctly.

Does this mean I need a new graphics card? If so, what is a good one that I can buy for not a lot of money? Btw.. I currently have nvidia GeForce 6100

2007-10-28 09:31:07 · 1 answers · asked by Live_laugh_love 2 in Add-ons

ok so today is my birthday and so my parants got me a nvidia 8800gts 320mb. after spending an hour thinking how sick my games are gona look i finally got round to fitting it on my motherboard. then i was attaching all the cables then it hit me

MY MONITOR IS NOT DVI
so now iv got a 8800 whitch i can't use and tomorrow after skool iv got to go to pcworld and buy an adapter (now i read the box ican see that there should have been an adapter in the box but there wernt) so i am really cheazed off

has anyone else had an experience like this

2007-10-28 09:19:24 · 6 answers · asked by washable mist 4 in Add-ons

yes, i need a new one. I have a dead pixel. i've tried all the ways to fix it myself. i tried screen flashing videos, rubbing the screen and all that. I already know how to take off the Glass Plate, i use a toilet plunger (don't worry, it's clean). I was planning on going to the apple store (again. i already went there once, and they didn't want to exchange it for me) and i'll ask them to simply swap out the screen with one of the 'flawless' ones they have on display. it doesn't void the warranty, and if i know what I'm doing they should let me do it.

2007-10-28 09:02:54 · 1 answers · asked by Josh H 1 in Monitors

help me plz. im trying to speed up my computer and i dont know what to add: memory, hard drive, or RAM.

2007-10-28 08:27:25 · 8 answers · asked by CBK 1 in Desktops

Hi I am looking for a speaker for my MAC, preferably within $100. Please let me know what are my best options for this.

2007-10-28 08:13:24 · 2 answers · asked by abs 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i'm trying to buy a new laptop and i'm not really sure what i'm looking for. do i want windows vista? i've heard it's not so great and not really compatible with some programs. all i'm really using this thing for is the internet, playing music, burning cds and watching movies. should i get vista or xp and what other aspects are important?

2007-10-28 06:08:48 · 15 answers · asked by pete54409 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I bought the Leopard OS X for my Mac, but the CD drive doesn't seem to load it. It also fails to read (no error messages) certain DVDs -- but not others. Is it my drive? Is there anything I can do?

2007-10-28 05:52:32 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops