Hardware - October 2007

I am trying to install The Sims 2 Deluxe, however when I insert the disk my computer won't recognize it. My computer WILL recognise other CD/DVD programs as well as normal CDs.

I have a eMachine T2341, with Windows XP. The Sims game is made for windows computers. Also, the game will work in my sister's laptop. Do you have ANY idea what the problem is, I really want this game to work.

2007-10-24 12:40:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I've tried hard drives, cameras, web cams, etc, and they all crash the operating system immediately. The display doesn't turn off, it just freezes wherever it was. Control Panel says the ports are working, and I've reinstalled windows. It's a presario v5000 Any Ideas?

2007-10-24 11:54:22 · 3 answers · asked by Pete M 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a HP Pavilion a6109n with stock mobo will i be able to use the AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 6400+ Black Edition to its full potential ? if not what is the best processor i could get that will be used at it's full potential.

2007-10-24 11:24:50 · 3 answers · asked by timmy n 1 in Other - Hardware

Hi, I am looking to see if such a cable exists. I have seen plenty of leads that convert a Molex Plug to an SATA plug but I need the other way around. My scenario is this that I got a new PC and all the power plugs coming out of the PSU have only SATA power plugs and no Molex plugs at all and I don't want to go changing the power supply unit just to get one with both. I have this perfectly good IDE DVD Writer I want to put into the case and I have found an adapter cable to convert the DATA part from IDE to SATA no problem there but what do I do about power for the IDE DVD Writer if all the power cables coming out of the PSU are SATA only?
Thanks in advance for any ideas.
Andy.

2007-10-24 11:22:16 · 2 answers · asked by Andy - from Ireland 1 in Other - Hardware

i checked my bios as my laptop now takes 30 seconds to boot the bios screen and it looks screwed up. i have an acer aspire 5600 but the bios indicated travelmate under product id. The serial number and the asset tag number are now not there and in their place is a weird character repeated. Its a phoenix bios. also there is now a uuid as FEFEFEFEFEFEFEFEFEFEFEFEFEFE if that mean anything. i have wiplash and a new bios file and could flash the bios but want a second opinion. also the laptop keyboard became funny since then, the keys sometimes dont register and the touchpad mouse is jerky and not right. thanks in advance

2007-10-24 11:02:51 · 3 answers · asked by vaughan9420 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-10-24 10:54:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I can't select a 1400x1050 resolution.
I installed the newest monitor drivers from the internet and tried the supplied CDROM. Both monitor drivers don't help.
I also just installed the newest available drivers for the 810 videochip from the intel-website. Doesn't help, the 1400x1050 resolution is not available.
The 1600x1200 resolution IS available.
But my monitor is a 1400x1050 one.
I have 2 PC's. On my P4 with Nvidia card (and WinXP), i succeeded with using PowerStrip (add 'Custom Resolution').
The other computer, is a P3 with intel 810 onboard. The 810 is NOT supported in PowerStrip: http://forums.entechtaiwan.net/viewtopic.php?t=18

So, my basic question is: is there a general method to add the 1400x1050 resolution to Windows (like with regedit)?

I don't think it will work (because i think the problem is with the VGA driver, not with the monitor driver), but does anyone know a 1400x1050 monitor which is supported by W2K per default?

2007-10-24 10:51:20 · 2 answers · asked by · 5 in Monitors

I'm getting my son a new computer. He's REALLY into gaming, and his current computer is out of date. I'm looking at the processor, and it looks like the speed is slower. I don't know much about computers, so any help would be VERY nice. So anyways, will this processor make much of a difference at ALL when it comes to his games? Here are the specs...

Current processor:
Intel Celeron D 320
90 nm
256 KB L2
2.40 GHz
533 MHz

New processor:
Intel Core2Duo E6420
4 MB L2
2.13 GHz
1066 MHz

2007-10-24 10:18:02 · 4 answers · asked by photoman9988 1 in Desktops

I want to format my hard disc and install Windows XP instead. I am trying to do it the usual way but I can't. What is the way to go? I need to do it as soon as possible.

2007-10-24 10:14:04 · 1 answers · asked by Ferrari^F 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-10-24 09:52:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

What's the proper definiton of a computer's processing speed, plz dont just say clock speed?
And what factors affect a computers processing speed??

2007-10-24 09:30:54 · 5 answers · asked by street_cred_79 3 in Desktops

2007-10-24 09:24:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-10-24 09:22:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Im currently having prolems with the ati2davg driver..n i havnt a clue wat it is..

2007-10-24 08:56:13 · 1 answers · asked by clueless 1 in Scanners

2007-10-24 08:05:23 · 5 answers · asked by Ace of Spades 5 in Other - Hardware

2007-10-24 08:00:41 · 2 answers · asked by Princess Jasmine 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am looking for a new lap top, I've checked out the Dell Inspiron 1501 and the Dell Inspiron 5121. Does any one have any suggestions or coments about these? Do you recommend these or another kind? Suggestions please...

2007-10-24 07:47:15 · 7 answers · asked by ♥chicks♥ 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

My monitor isn't working well, so I need a couple of liters for a new one.

2007-10-24 07:24:15 · 11 answers · asked by bamidélé 4 in Monitors

Hey all,

Built my first computer about a month ago and as a follow up i wanna purchase some more memory.

I'm on a tight budget (currently running 1GB DDR2 PC2-4200) and I simply want to know if I should buy another 2GB of PC2-4200 RAM and have 3GB of RAM or buy 2GB of PC2-6400 RAM and just have 2GB.

Which would best help my system run smoother.

2007-10-24 06:57:46 · 12 answers · asked by militaryaircontrol 1 in Desktops

2007-10-24 06:44:12 · 3 answers · asked by Deb D 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Earlier today when I started my computer it said that it didnt have something in it, it said could be error or you need to reinstall, I didnt know what to do so I did system recovery, after the recovery was gone all the icons in my desktop was gone and my computer started as a brand new computer. I wanted to do system restore but it said I needed a restore point which I didnt have, is there any other way I can restore my stuff back?

2007-10-24 06:06:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

OK i got this PC second hand and i didn't really know jack S*it about PCs when i got it

Now i am a keen gamer and before i buy a graphics card or the game i wanna know what my PC is capable of doing ( graphics wise ) in the first place

This is what my computer says it has: GeForce4 MX 440

This is the site with info on it. http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce4mx.html

Would this be capable of playing such games as Sims 2 and Age of empires 3??? Links to info on the games below.

Sims 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sims_2#_note-Windows_system_requirements

Age of empires 3:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sims_2#_note-Windows_system_requirements

Thanks =D

2007-10-24 05:48:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2007-10-24 05:44:50 · 1 answers · asked by Zaden W 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-10-24 05:41:24 · 1 answers · asked by Zaden W 1 in Add-ons

I just want to make sure I wont be downloading viruses.

2007-10-24 05:31:22 · 14 answers · asked by PAboy05 1 in Other - Hardware

So it goes from pump to cpu, to radiator and then back to reservior/pump. What temperature does the radiator bring the liquid down at? at average?

2007-10-24 05:13:30 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

is it possible to hook together more than 2 monitors on a pc running win xp pro i have a gigabyte nvidia geforce fx 5200 agp 8x graphics card with a dvi out, vga out and rca/ phono out but when all 3 are connected only the vga+dvi will come into action nothing from the rca/phono output if i remove the crt monitor from the vga out and restart the pc the rca/phono out comes into action again, is there a setting to change this set up or is it just the way it is on win xp ? i have seen a small device that sits externally which u can connect two monitors 2 just wondered if there was a way to do it if the graphics card already has the three out puts im looking for.

2007-10-24 05:13:09 · 3 answers · asked by SlyerFox 3 in Monitors

I have a lot of old slide pictures for use with a projector but would like to have these small pictures on my laptop. Can I scan and save them from an HP printer/photosmart/scanner?

2007-10-24 05:11:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Scanners

not too pricey though, just for surfing the web, emailling, entertainment and so on, thankyou.
Also do you know if Dell are any good.

2007-10-24 04:55:54 · 26 answers · asked by LouLou 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

I want to clean my laptop computers screen and i want to know if there is anything i shouldn't use.I want to use Windex but is that a bad idea?

2007-10-24 04:50:46 · 11 answers · asked by mdnhs01 3 in Laptops & Notebooks