Hardware - November 2007

2007-11-26 05:22:42 · 4 answers · asked by james j 3 in Desktops

I start my pc, everything is fine the windows xp logo comes up and shows that it is loading, but then the monitor goes black and the pc fan starts going fast, and ithe screen stays black, it then beeps once, then stays black forever.

2007-11-26 05:21:36 · 4 answers · asked by steviso 2 in Monitors

I reinstalled Windows XP Home Edition on my ASUS P4P800S-X and now have no sound. When I troubleshoot everything it says that it is working correctly, apparently not if I have no audio. Can someone help me?

2007-11-26 05:15:46 · 4 answers · asked by ? 2 in Desktops

What can I do?

2007-11-26 05:08:55 · 2 answers · asked by steviso 2 in Desktops

I have a great computer with 2.5g of good ram, a good hard drive, an amd64 processor, and a shot video card. Whats out there that would give me good performance under load, and keep up with my ram preferably without breaking my bank account??

thanks

2007-11-26 04:44:16 · 2 answers · asked by Nate 6 in Desktops

I am getting a laptop soon and I wasnt sure whether to get an dell inspiron or a white macbook. I would use it for college work, music, and just general use. Good points and bad points ?

2007-11-26 04:39:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-26 04:35:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I did. I went to Best Buy because they had a Sony Vaio, wireless mouse, and case waiting for me for $499.00, $575.00 instant savings, I couldn't believe it. I usually never go but this was something I couldn't refuse. I started camping out at Best Buy at 8PM on Thanksgiving to make sure I was first as they were only having 5 per store of this deal. OMG, as the line grew, it was rediculous. It looped around the store and the parking was rediculous. Best Buy had great costumer service. They gave us Coco and had a TV out. I also knew I would get my laptop because they had reserve tickits for the laptops, so once I got my ticket, I was good.

Now I'm typing on my new Sony Vaio and I couldn't be any more happy. I know it was crowded, but it was well worth it.

2007-11-26 04:28:38 · 10 answers · asked by Tim James 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

If I hooked up any new dvd burner to my computer will it work with Ubuntu 7.10. If so how would I go about setting it up,
would i have to download the software for it online and run it through wine or something?

2007-11-26 04:16:25 · 4 answers · asked by Bennie 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-11-26 04:08:10 · 5 answers · asked by txstargzer 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have a couple problems with the mouse on my computer. do any of you have an idea what might be causing this problem? i'm not entirely sure it's just the mouse. here are the problems:

1.) my mouse will sometimes double click when i just click it 1 time or do a click and hold to drag items into another folder causing whatever the mouse is over to open.

2.) sometimes the mouse will not highlight a window i am want to view. i click on it and the mouse will not open the start menu, or select any item on my screen. this happens several times a day, restarting does nothing and i don't have any viruses that i know of. the only solution i've found is to alt tab and then it works fine for a while until it happens again.

3.) finally, there are times i'm trying to drag a group of mp3's into windows media player and when i let go of the files to drop them into the players playlist, they won't go into the player. it's like nothing has happened.

any thoughts? thanks!

2007-11-26 03:35:16 · 2 answers · asked by Jesus Quintana 5 in Other - Hardware

When you have 2 monitors operating from 1 computer, what software (if any) is required to operate them separately?

2007-11-26 03:34:58 · 6 answers · asked by d.fox60 1 in Monitors

2007-11-26 03:13:44 · 2 answers · asked by djstickylee 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I went to best buy on black friday and bought the toshiba laptop and printer for $230. I wanted to know if it actually was a good deal. I know the computer was originally $600 and the printer was $80. Yes I know I saved money but is the computer worth it. I only need it for internet and homework stuff so I don't need an amazing computer. It just seems a little slow.

I've also heard horrible things about Windows Vista. Is there any way to install Xp on my computer. I heard that it is hard to get Xp to work on Toshiba's.

2007-11-26 03:10:23 · 11 answers · asked by 11:28 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi!
I was just wondering if anyone had a problem with being able to install printer drivers with Vista? I know that I have tried 4 times to install my mine and keeps giving different error messages? Has anyone got any ideas has to what I can do to fix this? I have tried uninstalling a few times and that hasn't worked either! Any ideas would very much appreciated. I have HP labtop, and the printer is a Lenmark 75.
Thanks :)

2007-11-26 03:08:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

It came with Pentium M 1.6 (420) Vista HB It is just too slow, I had to downgrade to XP Pro, it helped but still too slow.
Thanks

2007-11-26 03:03:50 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

i have a wireless router ,and a wireless laptop,how to connected the internet to another laptop, wich have no wireless card?

2007-11-26 02:59:29 · 4 answers · asked by diana 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-26 02:51:48 · 6 answers · asked by mou 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-11-26 02:38:41 · 11 answers · asked by sharath k 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a desktop eMachine that now won't start. The last couple of times I've used it when I go to log off of the interenet it stills seems to be connected. I turned the computer off last time and it started up but this time it won't start up at all. I get nothing out of it. Monitor still works. Everything else thats hooked up to that power surge still works.

2007-11-26 02:37:50 · 4 answers · asked by Love_me_n_a_special_way 2 in Desktops

I shut down my laptop last night, before going to bed. When I switched it on this morning, it loads up until it comes to my wallpaper (which is a windows one) no task bar or icons come up.

What can I do to try and fix this? It loads up in safe mode, but not really sure what I'm looking for in there.

2007-11-26 02:30:05 · 3 answers · asked by sparkle 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

Can one drive write one thing and can the other drive write something completly different?

2007-11-26 02:18:03 · 8 answers · asked by kevsully2000 1 in Other - Hardware

i got the new acer extensa 5620 at bestbuy.com and I want to put another gig of ram. The only problem is that no where on the internet is EXTENSA5620 ram available, only ACER ASPIRE 5620.

Can i just buy the acer aspire ram? It's just weird that bestbuy has it listed as EXTENSA but the only laptop with model number 5620 is the aspire?

2007-11-26 02:09:28 · 5 answers · asked by Acer1014 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I needed a bigger monitor both for desk space reasons and deteriorating eyesight, so I got a nice 22" Samsung SyncMaster 22wm monitor. After plugging in the machine and installing the default driver, the images on the screen are stretched laterally. I'm working off an older machine, a Compaq Presario 6000 apparently with a graphics element from S3, their registry name S3 Graphics PRoSavageDDR. After running a utility to view further details on its graphics capability, I take it that this device supports AGP v.2.0, 4x speeds, 66 MHz PCI. The GPU ID is 5333 8D04 (for what that's worth). Anyway, I'm wondering if buying some fancy graphics card or something will solve the problem. Do I have to junk the older computer? (I'm in the process of getting new RAM memory for this one, and have everything installed on it, and it runs XP okay, so I'm reluctant to have to start over again.) Any thoughts on what my strategies might best be at this point? Thanks in advance, you savants!

2007-11-26 01:55:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

2007-11-26 01:35:18 · 4 answers · asked by Muneeb A 1 in Other - Hardware

I have Modem But I Don't Have Modem Driver CD And I don't know who is Manufacturer of modem so how i can install or Find my modem driver

2007-11-26 01:23:26 · 3 answers · asked by ? 2 in Add-ons

I would like to add another hard drive to my system. Is there a hard drive encloseure that I can place an extra hard drive into and run it thru my usb 2.0 ports? My motherboard doesn't support a floppy drive. Could I do this the same way?

2007-11-26 01:15:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Last night I noticed that the red light that say faulty wiring is on my uninterruptible power service, it is all plugged in properly does anyone know why this light is on and won't go off. I have tried unplugging certain things, but it still stays on. I don't have anything else plugged into it besides stuff for the computer. Thanks.

2007-11-26 01:08:42 · 4 answers · asked by Stuck in the middle of nowhere 7 in Add-ons

i tried installing it usin the add hardware at the control panel but it says cannot install hardware,i just cant find the right driver for it,is there anywhere i can find the PCI memory controller driver?

2007-11-26 01:04:48 · 2 answers · asked by Suria Raaj S 1 in Other - Hardware

a simple to do task? For instance is it just a matter of popping in the cd and going from there? Currently my computer is unable to start up windows.

2007-11-26 00:17:51 · 1 answers · asked by SimplyHappy 4 in Laptops & Notebooks