Hardware - October 2007

I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 with Windows XP. I always have to shut it down (Ctrl+Alt+Delete). Any suggestions?

2007-10-07 10:31:49 · 8 answers · asked by rougelatete 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am running windows vista ultimate.

How do I make it so in sleep mode by account is left alone?

2007-10-07 10:29:18 · 1 answers · asked by Nick 2 in Monitors

I have an emachines pc that needs a new mobo. The mobo is a socket 478 and supports ddr 300 also in the specs is the chipset which is Intel 865. My question is, does the motherboard that I buy have to meet all of these exactly? I found a couple that are both 478 but ones chipset is Intel 865G and the other is VIA P4M900. Does it matter what chipset it is?

They both have onboard video and because my memory is ddr 300 does it have to support only ddr300 or can it support something higher?

2007-10-07 10:22:13 · 1 answers · asked by B 1 in Desktops

2007-10-07 10:03:44 · 2 answers · asked by thomas p 1 in Desktops

I bought it from Aarons so im paying 142$ a month for 12 months which add up to like 1700$ I get free servicing, and a warranty. I think im paying way too much for such a mediocre laptop. it has 60 GB HD. im not heavy on gaming. am I payin too much for this laptop? Let me know what you think.

2007-10-07 10:01:06 · 4 answers · asked by h20_theghost 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-10-07 09:57:13 · 3 answers · asked by Harold C 1 in Add-ons

2007-10-07 09:33:06 · 2 answers · asked by Larry B 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-10-07 09:31:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

If I successfully install Windows XP on an external hard drive on one machine, can I hook that external hard drive to another machine and run Windows XP on it from the external drive? Don't ask why I would do that.

2007-10-07 09:06:34 · 1 answers · asked by Bozie Bear 1 in Add-ons

i don't need somthing high tech..
just for a 8th grader
which is stronger
apple laptops are too expensive for me so not those.

2007-10-07 08:56:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Well I have a Stock HP motherboard shown here... http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00783637&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=3245034&dlc=en&lang=en
And I want to upgrade my processor to this one show here... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2643933&CatId=2758
The Motherboard compadability does not state it works with quad cores but the FSB is the same...I think the specs table might be out of date but I want to know if they are really compadable.

Help Please.

2007-10-07 08:30:01 · 2 answers · asked by ajohnson13245 1 in Desktops

or do you have to buy a new cpu?

2007-10-07 08:26:19 · 7 answers · asked by Nemo the geek 7 in Add-ons

Hi everybody.. i need your help because i downgraded to xp from vista( well the way vista works, XP is an upgrade) anyway i just cant find out the driver for my laptop!!! it is a acer aspire 5610Z... i need any driver from any aspire for the DVD RAM (HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T10N )... please dont tell me to google it because you really think i didnt already do so already?

if you can't find it then go to c,windows,drivers, and then somewhere i dont know!!! please upload it to some hosting website like mega upload or something and I REALLY APPRECIATE IT..

Thank you!

2007-10-07 08:00:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-10-07 07:46:02 · 4 answers · asked by stav 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

How does a person go about outputting a DVD player to a Dell Inspiron Notebook?

2007-10-07 07:45:16 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Is there a way to install u3 on my sony flash drive?Any ideas? Please don't answer to say no. If you have any ideas, tell me. Thanks........................

2007-10-07 07:40:30 · 2 answers · asked by danny 1 in Add-ons

2007-10-07 07:34:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-10-07 07:33:04 · 2 answers · asked by Panzo Pafi Henriques P 1 in Other - Hardware

Will a mini-usb to 3.5 mm headphone adapter work, or do i have to have some bluetooth headphones to work. I bought one of the adapters off ebay, but it wouldn't work. It transmitted a loud screechy sound when plugged in.

2007-10-07 07:26:48 · 1 answers · asked by scorpion14 2 in Add-ons

I have a Benq Joybook R55 laptop . At the moment I have a 60 gb HDD ( SATA 5400 rpm ) , and 512 RAM . I had ordered already 2 1 GB RAM stick , that are compatible with my laptop , and I have a decent laptop graphics card : NVIDIA GeForce 7400 , with 256 mb of memory .

Now , the problem is that my CPU has only 1.6 ghz speed ( Intel Celeron M ) . I overclock it , and it runs at 1.9 GHZ with no heat issues .

My question is : can I upgrade my CPU to a 2.8-3.2 GHZ speed , or not ?

2007-10-07 07:24:44 · 3 answers · asked by i111alien 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

OK so i have a built in SD port, but when i put the sd in i cant find it on my hard drive list and nothing pops up. I dont think i have used the SD port on this computer yet...

anyone have any ideas??

by the way i dont know if it matters but its for my phone. its one of the realllly tiny ones that u have to put into a bigger one so it fits in ur comp. thanksss

2007-10-07 07:24:19 · 3 answers · asked by Jen 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i want printer service

2007-10-07 07:23:23 · 1 answers · asked by saravanan s 1 in Printers

When I turn on my computer the screen shows "partial memory error"? Do I need to replace the RAM? I'm a computer dummy, please help.

2007-10-07 07:20:29 · 6 answers · asked by ? 1 in Desktops

I am thinking about purchasing a wireless keyboard and mouse but was wondering how secure these are??

I am on a wireless network for my internet already.

2007-10-07 07:14:45 · 13 answers · asked by Steve 1 in Add-ons

when it turns off a red light stays on my tower and i have to unplug it then plug it back in for it to work

2007-10-07 06:36:12 · 2 answers · asked by V G 1 in Other - Hardware

When I close my laptop and come back to it in maybe, 10-15 minutes, the screen will resume but it'll take its time in the process. If i leave it closed for the night and come for it in the morning sometimes the screen will resume, most of the time it wont. When it wont, I usually turn the computer off with the power button and turn it back on without a problem. How do I get my screen back without shutting down my computer each time it decides to not appear? Is it a sleep mode, or a bad video drive?

2007-10-07 06:34:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I'm about to purchase a 1GB RAM drive (or w/e the 2nd part of the name is) and I'd like to know how to change it. I have a basic outlook on how to, because my tech teacher told me how without opening a computer to actually.. show me. Now, he said it's easy, it seems easy, I'd just like to know what to look for so I don't pull out the wrong thing, heh. I mean buying a 1GB for my Dell (standard) 2400 desktop? I've had it for 4 or 5 years now, so I mean the guy at Best Buy told me which one to get. I know which one. But yeah, I'd just like to know what to look for and all. If you can help, thank you.

2007-10-07 06:27:19 · 5 answers · asked by stephen h 1 in Desktops

i liek AMD, but what would u prefer, which is better!

mines has a socket A for AMD Athlon XP 2600+

now if i change it to an intel chip, would it be any difference??

2007-10-07 06:23:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I have a dell dimension 9200 with a gforce 7300 (yep, it sux i know QQ) so i was planning to get a new card, either a gforce 8600 or 8800 so i was trying to check wether i need to change my power supply (no idea what supply I do have) and if so, what would I need? and besides, i think i would need some new cooling fan. All help is appreciated.

2007-10-07 06:20:04 · 3 answers · asked by jfabele 2 in Desktops

2007-10-07 06:18:43 · 4 answers · asked by V G 1 in Other - Hardware