Hardware - November 2007

I want to upgrade my video card. Question is, how can you tell what kind of video card your PC uses. I want to make sure i buy the right one. What are the types. Thanks.

2007-11-28 05:06:10 · 5 answers · asked by mark 44 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Is there a way I can check? I'm hoping to run a certain GCard.

2007-11-28 05:04:22 · 2 answers · asked by Slinkybuff 1 in Add-ons

2007-11-28 05:01:20 · 5 answers · asked by dunno22222222222222222 1 in Other - Hardware

I accidently spilt some liquid on it could that be why it keeps bleeping at me on start up and turning on from hibernation mode
also the volume decrease key now doesn't work and i can't turn the volume down though the rest of the keyboard functions perfectly
what do i do the laptop is an acer travelmate 2000 and a few years old (so out of any warrenty)

2007-11-28 04:53:38 · 5 answers · asked by pinker80 7 in Laptops & Notebooks

Is it ok to use Nail polish remover to clean off the old thermal compound? I believe it has acetone. Thanks.

2007-11-28 04:53:15 · 6 answers · asked by Arnoldray20001 1 in Desktops

i cant find it anywhere where can i find those details

2007-11-28 04:45:13 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

If this motherboard will be suitable for a home PC -

http://microdirect.co.uk/(22029)Foxconn-K8M890M2MBRS2H-Motherboard-Skt-AM2.aspx

I bought a MB once and it must of been for a server as it had no CD drive connectors ;/

2007-11-28 04:39:05 · 9 answers · asked by GeeMail 4 in Desktops

Is there a way to make it faster
THANX IN ADVANCE

2007-11-28 03:46:56 · 1 answers · asked by elite warriror 2 in Add-ons

I'm getting the 420, can anyone tell me how to do this and what type of fan (and/or other cooling system). I want to overclock my processor and video card a little and don't want them to burn out.

Thanks!

2007-11-28 03:43:03 · 3 answers · asked by aeseeke 3 in Desktops

Tech help said that because it beeped 3 times when I powered the comupter that the RAM has failed, so I'm about to replace the RAM on my emachine. What else am I going to need to do?


Will I need to restore the operating system or will replacing the RAM fix the computer?

2007-11-28 03:42:51 · 4 answers · asked by Matt S 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

what is the price of mini computers. its size and its memory and its features

2007-11-28 03:25:03 · 1 answers · asked by none 1 in Desktops

Hi, all of a sudden my pc sound hisses. I uninstalled the audio driver and installed the audio driver again but it still remained the same. I have an onboard sound card and I also have a 5.1 surround system. What can cause the hiss? Thank you

2007-11-28 03:08:44 · 9 answers · asked by machoe 1 in Other - Hardware

I am considering purchasing an HP dv2500t laptop. The laptop will be used by both myself and my girlfriend. One of the options for the laptop is a fingerprint reader.

Will this fingerprint reader be useful if both of us are using it? Can it read two seperate fingers to login/access programs?

2007-11-28 02:28:59 · 1 answers · asked by 46220 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

the one is an intel celeron and the other is a pentium III processor. Now, the intel celeron has ms office, and the pentium III has rubbish on it, (i've been given both these pc's mind). Is it possible, by way of cable, or other, to copy ms office onto my more modern pc? also, why does the pentium crash every so often? i've jsut freed up loads of disk space...? ps, would i need to wipe the pentium clean to load on ms office?

2007-11-28 02:25:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

How do I connect a bunch of neon lights to my cpu case?Which wires?A link would help.

2007-11-28 02:18:29 · 3 answers · asked by The1UH8 2 in Desktops

I want to connect and Led to my cpu, Which colored wire should i connect it to? And how.

2007-11-28 02:15:29 · 4 answers · asked by The1UH8 2 in Other - Hardware

Is it memory? Typical of a laptop? It is only a year old.

2007-11-28 01:58:25 · 6 answers · asked by Paul P 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-28 01:32:45 · 2 answers · asked by chipset51 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

what do you do when you can start up wendows? it turns on but it comes to this black screen that says start wendows normaly or safe start and so on but no matter what you click it always brings up the blue screen. how do i get around this or fix it ?

2007-11-28 01:29:47 · 9 answers · asked by crack 1 in Monitors

Problem :I need to unstick my laptop's power button.

More info: I have completely worn of the hp logo on the power button. I can see a blue light that is directly in the center (underneath the bower button of course) Also, I see this small, round, whitish, looking pad of to the right. Can I simple pop up the button and put the round circle thingy on top of the blue light?

2007-11-28 01:14:42 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a brand new laptop with one of those friggin divided drives ( done for safety, blah blah). It runs vista, which I like fine. The drives are labled OS and Data. The problem is with the OS. When I got the unit that drive was nearly full already. I tried to install all programs that didn't come with the computer on the data drive but you still need a certain amount of space to operate the computer. I deleted some unneeded programs like Roxio disc creator which took up a lot of space and deleted and reinstalled some programs to the other drive. This seemed to help a bit. The thing is if i do the littlest thing, like install desktop weather ( which incidentally will not run properly) the free memoryt is just sucked up. Its not a big file at all. The space available went from 700mb to 32mb! WTF! Do you tink its Vista causing te trouble? Should I look into getting vista replaced wit Xp? Help!!!

2007-11-28 01:01:05 · 7 answers · asked by Tammy S 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-27 23:30:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

will my graphic card overheat or heat more if I use a not good enough motherboard? Will it eventually fry my comp? happened to someone I knew but he had a lower power supply than the requirement of the gpu.

2007-11-27 22:28:22 · 4 answers · asked by id4uuno 1 in Other - Hardware

I need to add a more powerful Graphical card for games.

2007-11-27 22:14:34 · 1 answers · asked by najeeb jeriss 1 in Add-ons

2007-11-27 22:04:28 · 24 answers · asked by Intel® Core™2 Quad 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-27 22:03:51 · 1 answers · asked by Glorz 1 in Desktops

Sony Vaio CR22 and CR23.

2007-11-27 22:03:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

OK so I got tired of doing everything I could to make my slow 768 MB Dell Inspiron 1150 fast again. I did all the stuff people told me to do. Like defrags, disk cleanup, AVG anti virus, ad-aware, ccleaner, spybot s&d, turning off the screen saver and wallpaper, changing the system settings to "adjust for best performance, reinstalling Windows, etc...you name it I did it but my pc was still slow... so I did an experiment by putting it in the freezer for 20 minutes and to my amazement it worked...now my laptop is fast again and streaming video doesn't pause every other second anymore...but then after less than an hour it gets slow and I have to repeat the process...so what could be wrong with it and why did it work?

2007-11-27 21:27:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a Toshiba Satellite A205 and I wish to play City of Heros without the excessive amount of lag. The game claims that I do not have the most updated video/graphics card and I was wondering if someone could help me find what would work best. The card that I have now is a Mobile Intel(R) 945 Chipset Family. If anyone could help that would be great. Thanks alot. -Joe

2007-11-27 21:19:31 · 2 answers · asked by Person 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

HI, I have a genuine Pentium 4 3.4mhz Processor, my problem is it runs only at 2.8mhz, why does this happen, i check my BIOS Set up and it really is at 2.8mhz, please help me with this one, I don't know how to adjust the settings to make up to 3.4mhz.
By the way my Mother Board is "ASUS P5RD1-VM", my memory is 2gig. pc400 DDR, the hyper threading on the bios set up is enabled but still it reamains on 2.8mhz.

Please help me with my problem, thank you

2007-11-27 21:14:30 · 2 answers · asked by Rodz Cadz 1 in Other - Hardware