Hardware - October 2007

Pretty much the question. From my understanding, 65nm refers to the process to create it which makes it cheaper to produce. But with people claiming the Xbox 360 will run "cooler" because of it I'm beginning to wonder if thats true.

2007-10-06 06:30:56 · 3 answers · asked by Rhonk 2 in Other - Hardware

Want to upgrade my Celeron M 430 processor 1.73Ghz to something like 2 to 2.20Ghz can I upgrade the cpu or am I stuck with this slow thing. Thank ahead of time for answers

2007-10-06 06:13:29 · 1 answers · asked by Sanguinaire Knight 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-10-06 05:07:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I have windows xp home edition. The brightness bar is constantly showing when I turn on the computer, and it won't go away for long. Like I tried pressing the button with an [X] on it and it makes the brightness bar go away as long as I keep on pressing it, when I dont eventually it will come back. I tried lowering the brightness as an experiment and it is really hard to lower, and when it does, after I stop pressing that button it slowly makes it go back to 100. When I turn off the power button on the monitor it goes away for a few seconds. Sometimes it just goes away on its own for a while, but then comes back. It is really annoying since it is in the middle of screen. I also tried the auto adjust button but with no luck. Please help.

2007-10-06 05:03:03 · 2 answers · asked by B C 1 in Monitors

How do I tell how big my hard drive is?

In start, accessories, drive space, it says it is 2G with 0G used, although a few years back when this process actually worked, the disk was almost totally filled.

In, my computer, C, properties, it tells me I have a 6 gig drive with 3.7 used and 2.5 available.

I know I have one drive and I thought it was a 2 gig drive.

I think I need to download a firewall and I don't know how much space I have to work with.

2007-10-06 04:06:48 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

When I first turned my laptop on, It said there was an error in my Windows and it had to shut down (internally). I was thinking along the lines of I kept the hard drive running for too long.

2007-10-06 04:05:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

This is an excerpt from "Microsoft Windows Movie Maker - A Visual Guide"
I'm assuming you have a FireWire connector or card installed in your computer. If you don"t, start there, and make sure it is up and running. Don't spend too much money on the connector; for your purposes, virtually all cards will serve equally well, from the $19.00 variety on up, and they all plug into an available PCI card slot inside your PC. Choosing one with at least two ports will allow you to connect both your camcorder and a FireWire hard drive, if you need additional storage space for your captured video."
Is FireWire a hard drive or a PCI card or a actual wire?
I am trying to learn how to transfer video from my DV video camera to the computer to edit it, then to possible youtube or DVD. Please help.

2007-10-06 03:44:41 · 2 answers · asked by nightbt 2 in Add-ons

2007-10-06 03:40:01 · 3 answers · asked by djrnno1957 1 in Desktops

I have a old dell gx100 when i turn it on it sends me to the setup where it says my hard drive and my cd roms are not installed i checked all the cables and everything is hooked up right does anyone know what the problam might be? do i need to download a driver for the hard drive and install it on the computer?

2007-10-06 03:19:23 · 2 answers · asked by jenne55 2 in Other - Hardware

I want to use Outlook in my desktop and laptop. But both must reflect the same information and the emails that are saved in either of them. I first configured the desktop outlook and now when I configured the emails on my laptop it does not show all the current emails which are saved on my outlook on the desktop. How can I view both at the same time which reflect the same information?

Thanks.

2007-10-06 03:06:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I hve a HP t430i PC it has a chipset motherboard i wanna replace it with a normal one so will the normal one fit in the cabinet wihch has a chipset motherboard????

2007-10-06 02:42:15 · 3 answers · asked by namit 2 in Desktops

2007-10-06 02:29:10 · 8 answers · asked by BAGOFSWAGS 5 in Desktops

Hi, I just bought the components to build a new PC. My MB is a K9N Neo running a AMD X2 6000. When i run the system BIOs, it could detech my WD 250 GB in the BIOS, but when i put the Windows Xp in to install, it could only read 130GB. Now worst still, i accidentally partition it to 80GB for C drive and the other 50GB for the other drive. How can i unpartitioned it? And how can i make the system read 250GB? At the moment i am formatting both drive. Can anyone help?

Thank You

2007-10-06 02:07:32 · 2 answers · asked by TK 1 in Desktops

Well, urm , I got my comp new in 03 for 2 grand..(Dumb choice , I know. ) And I need to check my hardware specifications..I mean..like..EVERY detail..like the graphics chipset, the ram type.... etc (Plan on updating comp soon... And I need to check what I can upgrade..)

PS: I'm using WinXP standard.

2007-10-06 02:05:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I go to a cyber charter school and my old printer broke and they sent me a new one. When it came after a week I opened the box and there was no direction or cd installation. I hust want to get my printer to work.
thank you
icy2311@yahoo.com

2007-10-06 02:04:22 · 3 answers · asked by munnyme 1 in Printers

My computer was working just great until i detected a keylogger and decided to format it. now my computer is so slow that it needs at least 5 mins to start up completely. and also i realise that some of my system configuration is not alright. i have a 1GB of RAM but it shows 512 on my computer(it's one piece by the way).also i have a 200Gb of HDD but it shows 186GB after the format. and i cannot load some of the games i used to play before.what's wrong with my computer?

2007-10-06 02:01:46 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

is the dell inspiron 1100 enough to play battle for middle eath 2
like the skirmish? please help!

2007-10-06 02:00:48 · 2 answers · asked by Chad E 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi, i am looking for a new motherboard but i need one which i can use all of my old things such as my gfx card, CPU etc, so could someone help me find the cheapest motherboard, specifically from www.amazon.co.uk that has:
LGA 775 socket for CPU
3 or more PCI express slots
SATA slots
4 memory slots that are
dual-channel 533- or 667-MHz DDR2
support for 5 or more USB.
Thankyou so much for anyone who helps! any suggestions will be much appreciated.

2007-10-06 01:32:03 · 2 answers · asked by abhik_262 3 in Desktops

System Properties

Microsoft Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pak 2



Registered to

Jack Nicholas

54000000000000


Computer
Intel (R)
Celeron(R) CPU 2.53GHz
2.53GHz 760 MB of RAM

My computer is so slow. It takes forever to start up. Does this have anything to do with the computer configuration? Please breakdown.

2007-10-06 01:25:55 · 4 answers · asked by Al 3 in Desktops

what other features is it compatible with?

2007-10-06 01:05:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

i have just changed my 256 ram to 1gb ram. but how come my laptop is still so slow...lagging and lagging

2007-10-06 01:01:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-10-06 00:53:25 · 4 answers · asked by namit 2 in Desktops

It doesnt have to be good at gaming as thats not what i need it for. I need wi-fi capability and i need it to be reasonably quick on the internet (taking the price into account).

Thanks for any help you can provide

2007-10-06 00:26:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Currenty have 2 Dell Inspiron 1550 notebooks with XP. We're considering getting a desktop and network the notebooks. So much negative about Vista...should I get a desktop with XP or Vista? Will my XP notebooks work with a Vista desktop?

2007-10-06 00:16:57 · 10 answers · asked by Toni M 2 in Desktops

A BIOS password was added and I need to remove it to Ghost the laptop.

2007-10-05 23:05:04 · 4 answers · asked by Sugar Bear 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I will want to upgrade my graphics card at some point in the near future and I just wanted to know which card would be the better to get comparing any of the nvidia and ATI cards from here :

Nvidia cards :

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=411

ATI Cards :

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=403

Unless you know of a better card , I did see a physics card or something of the like that it supposed to help so a recomendation of which one of them to get would be helpful as well as letting me know what type of slot they require.

Thanks

2007-10-05 22:02:08 · 6 answers · asked by gecko_au2003 5 in Other - Hardware

When I went to plug in my speakers I had no sound on my pc. This is strange because I had sound before and all of a sudden I have nothing. I connected other speakers to check if the speakers are faulty but still I dont have any sound. What can I do? Thank you

2007-10-05 21:59:18 · 4 answers · asked by machoe 1 in Other - Hardware

nec versa e400 laptop.
im not sure of the spec.dunno how to check.if sumeone cud also add this in their answer i cud add more details after.

so everything was fine until i accidentally cut off the power supply to the laptop(battery doesnt work anymore).
when i put the power supply back on, window started loading forever!
i manually shutdown by pressing the shutdown button for a few seconds.
i started again using safe mode.
it can only start using safe mode.
i tried defragmenting but still wouldnt start windows on normal mode.
help!!
i dont like running on safe mode because now i cant use the sound card.
=(

2007-10-05 21:57:48 · 4 answers · asked by pplcallmeibs 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

You see I have moved to a different location and with movers picking my stuff up the XP CD has disappeared. Bad timing because when I hooked up my PC my wife was no longer able to utilize the multi language typing. So I had to borrow a XP CD from a friend. Now leaving me without sound. Help please!!!!!!!

2007-10-05 21:30:33 · 3 answers · asked by michael g 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-10-05 21:20:50 · 2 answers · asked by Gary 1 in Laptops & Notebooks