Hardware - October 2007

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2007-10-25 00:34:42 · 2 answers · asked by Bruce W 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I recently bought a laptop in a firesale for $50, the power supply the guy gave me to power this Panasonic is Dell in origin (19volt), and the PS unit is of higher voltage than the notebook yet I was not aware of this and the notebook (Pana Toughbook old P3, 15.6volt) runs fine for days and continue to do so, was there some tweak before hand or am I missing something? I thought voltages must match.

My bigger question is can I somehow do the same tweaking and use a mismatching PS to power an LCD I bought from a junk dealer? The $10 junk computer/composite LCD is working I verified that with a PS needed for another LCD so can't just use that.

2007-10-25 00:06:46 · 2 answers · asked by Andy T 7 in Monitors

in my PC i connected to seagate HDD 120 &40 Gb master & slave, every thing was working fine,last week HDD stoped responding with a message no bootable drive insert boot disk, when i opened and restarted i heard some noise coming from both HDD,and BIOs unable to detect HDD's, lot of imp data is inside ,can any one tell me how to recover data????????, i had windows xp home and professional OS installed

2007-10-25 00:00:15 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

can anyone tell me where the c- mos battery is located in an iridium starbook 200

2007-10-24 23:08:52 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

i want to upgrade my video card... to improve my gaming here is my system

OS: Windows XP
System Manufacturer: ECS
System Model: P4M800-M7
BIOS: Default system Bios
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.66Ghz
Memory: 768 mb ram
Direct X: 9.0c
DDR 400mhz

2007-10-24 23:02:15 · 4 answers · asked by dranzer_a2 2 in Desktops

Hey first of all thanks for your help, I will be needing it lol :P
Here are my computer's specifications:

-Intel Pentium 4 Processor 3.2ghz
-1.5gb DDR Ram
-250gb IDE Hard Drive
-128mb ATI Radion graphics card

I do a lot of video editing and special effects. I need to upgrade my computers CPU the MOST. I have pentium 4 and need core 2 duo but my motherboard won't take it.

So basically first I need to get a new motherboard which takes DDR2 Ram and Core 2 Duo. Have you got any cheap places to get them and which motherboard to get?

For video editing what ghz do you recomment in the core 2 duo, and how much DDR 2 Ram should I get?
For video editing what kind on graphics card would I need? Is a 512mb too much just for video editing because i am short on cash and i'm trying to find the cheapest way to upgrade.

So what should I upgrade? When I use adobe after effects it lags a bit and takes a while to load and stuff and the rendering takes AGES!
U Dont have to answers all q's, THANKS!!

2007-10-24 22:56:09 · 6 answers · asked by Dillonp23 2 in Add-ons

I have a asusu P4VP-MX motherboard and i recently formated ( i had it before formatting) i would just like to know if theres anything i need to install like a cd or something cause i dont have a cd of it?

2007-10-24 22:39:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I have an Advent K200 with vista installed on it it has a built in camera and I would like to know what software I would have to use on my computer to make a video using the built in camera?

2007-10-24 22:38:50 · 1 answers · asked by Danielle 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Are you willing to buy the OLPC laptop? Why?

2007-10-24 22:07:50 · 2 answers · asked by biohazard 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

i did the classic start menu but is there anything else i can do to get rid of this annoying vista look...Thanks

ps i dont like xp look much either..

2007-10-24 19:02:03 · 2 answers · asked by fox250r 2 in Desktops

i remember doing something where it asked about hibernate mode but i dont know what it was, when i go to click hibernate mode its not even a option all thats there is sleep, shut down, restart, log off, switch user. How can i get hibernate mode back? THANKS

2007-10-24 18:05:05 · 4 answers · asked by Ph2kr3w 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have an HP laptop that I want to rebuild. Its older, runs like crap, and I want to refurbish it so to speak to make it better. I am not sure what model it is, all I do know is its old enough to be running Windows 98. Anyways I was wondering if anyone could tell me what to look for when buying things for it. I dont need some fancy gaming machine, but something thats relatively fast that can handle a game if I choose to play one. So is this possible? I know some of you are going to say why dont you just buy a refurbished computer. Well I want to take pride in rebuilding one and also it will give me knowledge into something like that. So what kind of processor should I get and any other pieces and parts that would be helpful as I have never undertaken something like this before. Thanks for the help.

2007-10-24 17:59:51 · 4 answers · asked by woodchipper890 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

So im building a pc right now, i was wondering if i should get a SATA optical drive or just stick with my old IED im pullin out of my old pc.

2007-10-24 17:53:53 · 4 answers · asked by eaglesucka 3 in Add-ons

I previosuly had a geforce 5200 pci, all games worked fine.. This card is a radeon 9800 pro 128 AGP. Before i installed the radeon i uninstalled the nvidia drivers then installed the new card. then i installed drivers from the ATI site.. when i went to play my game error came up saying: were sorry for the incoveniance this program must close. so then i just ininstalled the game and when i try to reinstall i get same error. so i tried a different game and get the same thing. please help.

I was told by someone i may need to get Driver Cleaner and clean all the old nvidia and ATI drivers even though i removed them. so i did and still nothing.

Im pretty sure my motherboard supports AGP because i can do everyuthing else just not play games.. and when i go to hardware it says the radeon 9800 pro is working properly.

2007-10-24 17:37:50 · 5 answers · asked by mike ? 1 in Desktops

I have a celeron 2.2 Ghz processor (i know it isn't the best) with one Gig of ram and a Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 256 Mb graphics card.
I try to play warcraft 3 and it always seems to freeze up or my mouse will start to jump around the screen when playing. Anything that might help me make my computer run better while playing this game?

2007-10-24 17:26:13 · 5 answers · asked by talonfreek 2 in Desktops

If i make the HP recovery CDS/DVDS on my computer as of this point. Is it going to make a backup of the present state of the computer or when I first got it because I want to do a reformat of the computer but keep all the HP stuff that it came with. Thanks.

2007-10-24 17:19:47 · 5 answers · asked by ammaryusuf 3 in Desktops

ok here it goes. i built my computer over a year ago and just recently it crashed. it had been just suddenly dying but would reboot. then about 2 weeks ago it crashed and i saw the blue screen as windows was trying to reboot, now my computer is in a cycle. so i bought a new power supply. and it still happens. any other ideas? think my ram died or mother board? is it even possible that its a virus? i had determined that it had been my power supply was faulty because sometimes it would shut off if the TV that is on the same power strip was turned on then the computer would shut off.

2007-10-24 17:18:17 · 6 answers · asked by Ashen 1 in Desktops

Since i heard i cant use a geForce go 7900 GTX can the 6800 do it or can anyone give me a video card that will work with my laptop.

2007-10-24 16:28:39 · 2 answers · asked by Alex V 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i am planning to reformat my pc because of a virus...
but the problem is there are some files in my C: that i want to retrieve some files first before reformating... another

prob is i cant access the pc cause the virus stops windows startup...
a window says that it can be resolved by inserting the windows cd and attempt a repair...
will it work....?
so you have any suggestions on how to retrieve my files...
one more thing, i misplaced my windows cd... so i bought a new one with sp2, will it work?
my former windows doesnt contain sp2 in the cd...
thanks...

2007-10-24 16:19:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

i have a dell P4 2.8ghz, 1 gb hd, its just over a year old and the fan is on and eventually gets extremely loud, why? can i replace the fan? should i ?

2007-10-24 14:55:00 · 3 answers · asked by mailliwbu 1 in Desktops

when i try to change the background i go to the display settings and all it will let me change is the color. The other things are a blur and won't even let me click on... HELP? anyone know what to do.

2007-10-24 14:45:38 · 5 answers · asked by leilani 1 in Monitors

I have to type backwards! Details later! It randomly keeps scrolling to the left; please help!

2007-10-24 14:41:00 · 5 answers · asked by Leafy 6 in Other - Hardware

I just bought this vid card and right now my power supply is 425W. I have 2 optical drives, 1 hard drive and a P4 processor. When I play a game like Battlefield 2, I can smell my computer overheating, I think its the power supply, but I'm not sure. Do I need more wattage on my power supply or is it something else?

2007-10-24 14:39:26 · 3 answers · asked by D3n1772c 2 in Add-ons

I currently have two stick of ram in my system; 1 256mb pc2100 and 1 256mb of pc2700. I have ordered a stick of 512mb pc3200. My machine has 2 slots for ram and will accept up to 2 gb of PC 3200. Would it be better to install the 512mb pc3200 by itself or would it be better to install it with the 256mb pc2700?

2007-10-24 14:09:20 · 2 answers · asked by Matt B 1 in Desktops

2007-10-24 14:01:24 · 4 answers · asked by isidro_rosa 1 in Other - Hardware

I just bought I gaming computer on ebay. I pay about $500 including shipping. I am not sure am I am paying too much for this computer? Is it good enough to play games? Is it worth. Let me know so I can have the chance to returns it. Thanks. here are the specs:
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 550 3.40GHz 800MHz 1MB Socket 775 CPU
CPU Fan: Foxconn CMI-775-14B Socket 775 Heat Sink and Fan
Motherboard: Asus P5LD2 LGA 775 Motherboard RAID/Sound/Net 945P Dual Core
Memory: G.SKILL 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel (Up to 4GB supported)
Optical Drives: SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD +/- RW DL
Hard Drive: 250GB Maxtor Sata Maxline Plus II 8MB Cache
Floppy Drive/Card Reader: Not Included
Graphics Card (SLI): MSI NX 6600GT 128MB DDR3 TV-OUT (Core Speed 500MHz, Ram Speed 1000MHz)
Sound: Realtek ALC882 8-ch High-Definition Audio CODEC (onboard)
Network: Marvell 88E8053 PCI-E Gb LAN controller 10/100/1000 Mb/s (Ethernet, cable or DSL)
Case: XMan 11-Bay 20+4-Pin ATX Window Case w/480W PSU

2007-10-24 13:42:06 · 5 answers · asked by nga_t_truong 2 in Desktops

I asked this question before but forgot to mention some details. I do not have an OS installed. I don't have any partitions. I have formatted my drive and it now says this.

Size 149.05GB

Used 0.00GB

Unused 149.05GB



And there is a sticker on the front of my computer that says 160GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive.

2007-10-24 13:23:15 · 12 answers · asked by jack 5 in Desktops

is there a way i can connect my laptop to my other computer and use the keyboard from my laptop instead of the one on my computer because it doesnt work?

2007-10-24 12:50:36 · 5 answers · asked by shina_ma_booboo 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-10-24 12:50:31 · 2 answers · asked by ups asker 2 in Add-ons

I am planing on buying a evga Nforce 680i SE sli at only $139. It has a 775 socket so I can put a core2 duo or pentium D. It has 2 pci slots 3 pcie16 slots and 1 pci1 slot. It comes with a 7.1 channel HD and supports 8gb ddr2 ram.I was wondering if this is good. You guys should check it out on www.nvidia.com

2007-10-24 12:42:12 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons