Hardware - October 2007

so i was cleaning the inside of my computer from dust. i took out the heat sink. cleaned out the fan on it and the heat sink itself. and when i put it back in i bentthe little gold prongs on the bottom of it. now my computer dosent come on at all. what do i need to do to fix this!!!! the other fans come on but no connection to moniter and the front light dosent come on either!!!! AGGHHHHH!!!!!! someone please help me and tell me what to do!

2007-10-14 13:39:09 · 8 answers · asked by joe j 1 in Desktops

2007-10-14 13:38:35 · 8 answers · asked by Teachergirl 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have some useless music CD's that i want to use for storage.

2007-10-14 13:25:37 · 8 answers · asked by Mr. Dog 4 in Add-ons

Hello,
I recently bought a new Samsung 906BW LCD monitor and I just cannot get it to display the proper resolution (1280*1024).
I try going to the setting of the display but the max I can get is 1280*768. any ideas?

Thanks,
Lior

2007-10-14 13:21:14 · 3 answers · asked by liorlew 1 in Monitors

I've been thinking about getting a macbook for awhile. What are the advantages and disadvantages compared to a pc?

2007-10-14 12:27:08 · 9 answers · asked by LAgetaway 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

My Laptop is getting really hot and makes alot of noise... like the fan is on overdrive or something... it sounds like it about to take off. Any suggestions in what wrong or anything i can do?

2007-10-14 12:14:03 · 29 answers · asked by Napoleon 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

when i click the turn off button or the shut down button,,the pc only restart...what is the problem?? need help what am i supposed to do??

2007-10-14 11:56:42 · 18 answers · asked by ugat_puno 1 in Desktops

Want to build a gaming PC from scrath with $800 budget. What would you do?

What parts would you use?

Processor?
Motherboard?
RAM?
Video Card?
Monitor?
Sound?
Everything down to the mouse, keyboard, etc.

What parts would you use and where would you get them?

Thanks.

2007-10-14 11:37:37 · 3 answers · asked by American Citizen 3 in Desktops

Hey!
I am in the process of picking pieces to build a Custom Comp with and I was wondering if an EVGA nForce 680i SE SLI Motherboard
[http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3089879]

Would fit into an Aluminus ATX Full-Tower Case
[http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2486991]

Any help?

2007-10-14 11:35:26 · 1 answers · asked by The Dark Lord 2 in Desktops

I will be traveling to the Middle East with my Dell in a week and am unsure of what kind of adaptor to take with me. My dell has a 3 prong plug and i know that they use 2 prong outlets there.

any help? please?

2007-10-14 11:28:56 · 2 answers · asked by Von M 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

if you know what that setting is and what it doe's
where could i go to learn a bit about the basics of the bios

2007-10-14 11:24:14 · 15 answers · asked by carlito 1 in Other - Hardware

Hi! I have decided to build my own computer. I have no experience with the internal parts, but am very good with the outside parts such as adaptors ect. I also know a little more than the basics. Like what a mother board is and all that stuff. But it gets down to the point where i dont want to buy something and not need it. So what im looking for is to build a computer based on media. I make videos, so its gunna need a lot of RAM. Im looking for about 60gb of hard drive. But i just have no idea how to decide on the mother board and they type of video card. So if you could let me in on this i would really appreciate it. =]

2007-10-14 11:10:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I have windows XP, and my computer's about 3 years old. I'm usually just a console gamer so I have no idea what any of the specs mean. Gamespot says the specs for this game are: "We're told that the minimum system requirements are a 2GHz AMD or a 2.4GHz Intel single-core processor, 1GB of RAM, and an Nvidia 6600 or ATI X700 video card." I have no clue what they're talking about. We're can I check what stuff my comouter has? Are these parts expensive and high tech, or am I likely to have them?

2007-10-14 10:46:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

i have a crap hardrive in this computer But i have a better one in my other computer im wondering can i go on my other computer and take out that hardrive and place it in the computer that im on right now

2007-10-14 10:40:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Its a Compaq Presario SR2050NX

2007-10-14 10:40:48 · 4 answers · asked by Travis! 2 in Desktops

I heard my sources that AMD was releasing it, but I can't find it anywhere. I wanted to ask AMD, but I can't find out how to contact for free my email? So does it work? I know it works on Socket AM2, but does it work on 939? If does, please give me a website that proves it. Thanks!

2007-10-14 10:32:32 · 4 answers · asked by nVerro 3 in Add-ons

The case has a side fan to have air blow to the cpu fan. i was gunna have the back fan blow out and there is a fan that blows in from the front. i was wondering should the top of the case fan blow in or out? Also i was getting a pci fan for VGA card

2007-10-14 10:17:24 · 8 answers · asked by dude 1 in Desktops

While removing my fan to clean the mountain of crap under it, the whole assembly came out (Fan, Heatsink and CPU)
The CPU can not be reinstalled.
Because the heatsink goop has turned to cement, making the two pieces into one,
the heatsink is now in the way of the lockdown arm
Any ideas how to remove or dissolve the goop and seperate the two

2007-10-14 10:10:28 · 4 answers · asked by rvsreno 4 in Other - Hardware

By default, primary disk (bootable) on IBM Z PRO computer is SCSI disk.

I do have one SCSI-ultra3 disk (18Gb, 10 000RPM), one DVD burner (dual layer) & one CD-ROM

2007-10-14 10:07:35 · 2 answers · asked by vnvstudio 1 in Desktops

Purchased an external 120gig freecom h/drive for laptop 3 days ago - needed for my university work - backed up all my data and was working fine then suddenly just stopped working. the power is running through it but none of my pc's will pick it up at all- any way at all please of rescuing my data stored on there its all my years uni work im desperate but cant afford the £100 pcworld techguys want to charge for data recovery

2007-10-14 09:59:55 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2007-10-14 09:55:24 · 2 answers · asked by Tohid 1 in Desktops

2007-10-14 09:37:29 · 2 answers · asked by Pichka 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-10-14 09:34:03 · 3 answers · asked by Joe and Thelma L 1 in Desktops

i use a dell dimension 3100c pc.
i want to find it out to see if i can upgrade it or somethin..

2007-10-14 09:29:20 · 2 answers · asked by lilhomeyt 3 in Add-ons

I bought my PC 4 years ago, It's a packard bell, yes i know.. crap. it's been upgraded since then.. but i want to buy some new RAM and I was wondering if

http://microdirect.co.uk/(11668)OCZ-1GB-Value-Pro-DDR2-Memory-PC5400-667Mhz.aspx

would work.. I havn't changed the Motherboard from the original so i'm wondering if this is too fast maybe?

2007-10-14 09:20:28 · 7 answers · asked by GeeMail 4 in Other - Hardware

Ive been hearing alot of successful overclocking stories about using a E2140 @ 3 ghz, are the temps stable using air cooling or are they high?

also how well would a p4 2.6 northwood overclock on air cooling ?

2007-10-14 09:12:54 · 3 answers · asked by ???? 5 in Desktops

Please help everytime i use my computer now it keeps disconnecting. My isp provider is PIPEX has been working ok since i started with them.Just since last month this has been happening.I phoned them up and they said it could be my usb port and i would need to purchase another modem for £35.They then said it must be my laptop and to get in touch with sony to get this fixed inside the usb port. I contacted sony and they said i would need to restore my computer but i really think it's simpler than that. Please anyone help me through this step by step as it's really annoying having to connect every 10mins or so.

2007-10-14 08:56:39 · 4 answers · asked by trishab352003 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

Every time I try to turn my computer off, instead of turning off automatically, the following message comes up: " It is now safe to turn off your computer" and it keeps on until I manually press hold the power button...Is there any way to override this annoying step? Please

2007-10-14 08:53:24 · 2 answers · asked by Lester S 1 in Desktops

How come they are only sensitive to bodily parts (skin) and not anything else(at least that i have tried)

2007-10-14 08:49:11 · 3 answers · asked by Kome E 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I've bought a wired optical mouse and I've tried to install it on my laptop, but I keep getting a message saying 'device not recognised' and that it's malfunctioned. In the instruction booklet it says I should uninstall my previous mouse, but I'm using the touchpad mouse that's already on my laptop (if that makes sense). I'm a bit worried as to whether I should uninstall the touchpad one, cos if I do, how am I gonna be able to install the new one? And what if I wanna revert back to the touchpad one in the future...?

2007-10-14 08:46:40 · 3 answers · asked by angel_of_thought 4 in Laptops & Notebooks