Hardware - October 2007

Does anyone out there know how to disable the orange light on a SanDisk micro Cruzer USB device?

2007-10-23 01:43:31 · 2 answers · asked by charles lamb 1 in Add-ons

2007-10-23 01:35:25 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

I need to type up and print out a cv on my laptop but i dont have office or word installed, does anyone have any advice of ideas? Any help would be gratefully received

2007-10-23 01:32:53 · 7 answers · asked by MJ77 3 in Printers

I have an old computer with a Celeron 1700 Socket 478 type CPU. I wanted to see if I could upgrade it to a Pentium4 3.0GHZ since they are soo cheap second hand these days. So I borrowed a friend's Pentium4 Socket 478 CPU, plugged it into my motherboard, and the computer didn't turn on. Nothing at all on the screen. Only the fans start when the computer is turned on. I took the P4 out put my old Celeron 1700 back in and everything works fine. Now doing some research on the web I realize there are many compatibility issues out there and not every motherboard will work with every CPU even when the CPU socket type is right. So my question is:

By plugging in a Pentium 4 3.0Ghz Presscott CPU into an older socket 478 motherboard that didn't support it, did I electrically damage anything ? In other words, my computer seems to work fine with the old CPU back in there but did I damage my good friend's P4?

2007-10-23 00:44:48 · 2 answers · asked by oralm2 2 in Desktops

Hi,
I just bought a 2-port KVM Switch. Model: DD 202. The problem I`m having is: One of my computers is Windows XP and the other is Vista. When I set it up, the mouse and keyboard will only work with the XP computer. When I press the button, I can then switch to Vista mode. It is all there on the screen, except the mouse and keyboard don`t work. The System requirements reads: DOS; Windows3.X/95/98/9SE/2000/ME/XP/NT;Netware;Unix;Linux.
My wife says this may not be compatible with Vista, probably because it was made before Vista was introduced. But when I press the button, there I have Windows Vista on my screen. If it was`nt compatible, would it just not work at all, or would there be a message appearing on screen saying that it does not meet the requirements?
I am pretty sure that it does work and that I am just doing something wrong. The user manual is very basic, with the instructions consisting of just 4 lines.
Could anyone please give me some advice?
Thanks.
Tony.

2007-10-23 00:09:10 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

2007-10-22 23:44:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Is it really true or just theories?
Does frequent use of UPS degrades its performance and quality?

2007-10-22 23:42:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-10-22 23:05:28 · 4 answers · asked by Sarah L 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

regular 400 mghz pc 3200 memory? My new mobo uses that kind of memory (ddr). It is going on a gigabyte mobo with a Sempron 1.80 processor socket 754. It can handle 3 gigs. At least thats what the mobo schematics say. I bought this mobo 3 years ago but kept it in the box.

2007-10-22 22:26:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I often have problems with power interruptions here in Israel which is harmful for home electronics.

I have laptop and would like to know if UPS can help me to avoid this and which UPS i should consider buying.Will UPS also help me to avoid power instabilities on stormy weather?

Thanks.

2007-10-22 21:01:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I was wondering if an external hard drive can be used like an internal hard drive. For instance if I had no internal hard drive can I buy a external hard drive like this one http://e3wwwtest.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136059 that only powers up using a usb cable and expect it to work the same as an inernal hard drive. Like can I use it to play games and surf the net or is an external hard drive only used for storage.

2007-10-22 20:58:47 · 6 answers · asked by Wally West 4 in Desktops

i heard 250watts is that right?

2007-10-22 20:17:23 · 2 answers · asked by taco bob 1 in Desktops

is lenovo or ibm computer thesame and can i that buy in cebu? and where because dell is difficult for buy in cebu!!!

2007-10-22 19:31:25 · 4 answers · asked by pauw_merel 1 in Desktops

2007-10-22 19:21:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

i recently involved myself in a computer beta (nda and all) but i cant load up the game because it says i need 500 megs of physical memory, can someone tell me how i check that, and if there is a way i can increase it without cracking open my cpu?

2007-10-22 18:12:19 · 14 answers · asked by mweatherkid 1 in Desktops

2007-10-22 17:04:56 · 1 answers · asked by Kimber 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have found a couple of x1650 cards but I want to know which is the best that will not give me hassle(drivers). And I think the most common problem in Radeon I see is they have HOT cards, bad drivers(picky), pretty much I'm concerned of the heat. So I want to ask which card is the BEST in terms of Heat, Drivers, ect.? Remember under $100!!!

2007-10-22 17:04:44 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

my laptop gets extremely hot after a while.. anyway to prevent that?

2007-10-22 17:02:17 · 6 answers · asked by waka96708 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I don't use it to play game. I use it in the share market to see and trade online. So i just need to focus on the speed, right?

2007-10-22 16:53:56 · 2 answers · asked by leow 1 in Desktops

I bought a dell 700m in Dec 2005.

My hard drive recently failed and my boyfriend took it to fix it but he lost it.

Now I don't know what kind of hard drive to buy and replace!! I tried a ATA-6 but that didn't work. I tried an Ultra ATA100 but that didn't work either.

Do I have to buy it from Dell? They don't have any on their website.

Please help i really need my laptop to work!!!

2007-10-22 16:51:50 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Extreme QX6850 (8MB,3.67GHz Factory overclocked)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs
HARD DRIVE 2TB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 1TB Hitachi SATA 3Gb/s 7200 RPM HDDs)
ADDITIONAL HARD DRIVE 1TB - Hitachi 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 32MB Cache
OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: Blu-ray Disc Drive (BD/DVD/CD burner w/double layer BD write
MONITOR 24 inch UltraSharp™ 2407WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
VIDEO CARD Dual 768MB Nvidia GeForce 8800 Ultra
PHYSICS ACCELERATOR AGEIA® PhysX® physics accelerator
SOUND CARD Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeGamer (D) Sound Card
KEYBOARD Saitek 104-Key Eclipse Backlit Gaming Keyboard (ships separately)
MOUSE Razer Copperhead Tempest Blue Gaming Mouse (ships separately)
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER 19 in 1 Media Card Reader

2007-10-22 16:45:20 · 3 answers · asked by jack 5 in Desktops

What is a good med cost card for doing 3D modeling? The Quadros and FireGLs and 3DLabs cards are too expensive, and the GeForce and Raedon cards are for gaming and such. I'm thinking $150-$200 for the card, what should I be getting? I know a few things about computers, so don't act like I'm an idiot. Thanks.

There are FireGLs and Quadros in that price range, but are those the way to go? They are very low-end FireGLs and Quadros.

Infact, I can get used 3D Labs cards from ebay in my price range, still though, is that the way to go with this?

2007-10-22 16:36:38 · 4 answers · asked by William E. Roberts 5 in Add-ons

i just bought my sony laptop from best buy yesterday. i got the geek squad people to take out all the anti virus demos and all the junk. they installed anti-virus and spysweeper on my laptop. i downloaded aim and yahoo messanger thats it. and then the blue screen of death pops up when i just bought this yestersday!! what do yall think it could be.. please help

2007-10-22 16:33:23 · 8 answers · asked by brittany lynn 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I need some help -- the cup holder on my computer is broken -- it was so handy having it there -- kept me from accidently spilling on my desk and everything. It's below the place where I put in my disc for the computer to read - in fact, it looks almost the same.

2007-10-22 16:27:55 · 3 answers · asked by Karen 4 in Other - Hardware

OK so there is tons of games, like KOTOR and jedi knoght 3 i wanna play but i cant, why?

I am running vista with Radeon Xpress 1150 video card, does it support openGL, if it does, why dont some games work, if it dosent, how can i get openGL?

2007-10-22 16:23:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I asked how to correct this. I took my computer to Best Buy and they checked it for free. Then they informed me my computer had a virus, in fact two. They removed them and now my computer works fine. I had to leave it there for about a week and it cost me about $200 bucks. So this particular Geek squad did help. Thanks all of you guys for your advise.

2007-10-22 16:22:12 · 3 answers · asked by Modern Man 4 in Desktops

I really like all of the multimedia effects on the mac book what kind of laptop can i get that has most of the same capability's. I also like the sleek design, it comes with ready to use wireless internet, the batteries las a long time, i can make and watch cd's and dvd's. the os x lepard, how easy it seams to use and etc. Again what kind of laptop can i get for a lot less (in cost) and have the same capability's.

2007-10-22 15:44:20 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a windows Vista laptop but I got locked out of it. Is there any way around the password? It is a Toshiba. I have no clue what the password is and i have no restore disk.

2007-10-22 15:30:34 · 4 answers · asked by Braedyn is due 5/8/08! 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-10-22 15:27:58 · 1 answers · asked by Hector M 1 in Desktops

i tried to do a back up and accidentally sent it to d drive.

2007-10-22 14:55:50 · 2 answers · asked by Ron K 1 in Desktops