Hardware - November 2007

Is there a way - or should I get the hammer out?

2007-11-24 14:04:58 · 9 answers · asked by Gatekeeper 4 in Desktops

I am pretty sure that I finally want to make the switch over from the 'all-windows' PCs to the world of Macs. I have my eyes on a macbook. The only questions is, when should I buy it. Pre-christmas; post-christmas; or give it a couple of months. I have read around the internet about apparent patents that apple has placed recently; that could potentially revolutionize computing as a whole. Something to do with touchscreen/keyboard size touchpads. But I do also know that Macbooks just recently got a hardware upgrade as well.

Why does Apple have to be so intuitive?

2007-11-24 13:58:11 · 2 answers · asked by Atax 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-24 13:42:48 · 3 answers · asked by sonyyyy 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-24 13:40:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

"This laptop gets you up and keeps you running with simple step-by-step setup using preinstalled Advisor. And simple entertainment is at your fingertips, too. You can watch DVD movies on the widescreen using HP DVD Play's simple media controls. Burn audio CDs with integrated Roxio CD Creator and make movies with muvee autoProducer. You can also edit, store and share photos with Photosmart Premier. "
Source:
www.walmart.com

when it says "Burn audio CDs with integrated Roxio CD Creator and make movies with muvee autoProducer."
does that mean it can write CDRW & CDR.

I'm planning to use this for a personal recording studio so i need it to be able to write CDs and DVDs saw i can distribute music and Mixtapes/ Music Videos and Tours can it do that for me by putting music on CDs and videos on DVDs.

www.myspace.com/mrcleanmusik

www.webstarts.com/mrcleanmusik

2007-11-24 13:26:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

the wrighting is so small on my laptop i don know what to do

2007-11-24 13:11:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

the type you might use for your computer, or does anyone know another way. also, what program do i need to do this, does my computer already have what program it needs?? thanks-

2007-11-24 13:11:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I have a Dell P4 2.4 ghz that has (2) 256 mb 333 mhz PC 2700 ram cards. Can I safely replace them with (2) 512 mb 333 mhz PC3200 ram cards?

2007-11-24 12:52:21 · 6 answers · asked by rlanconjr 2 in Desktops

No nudity!!!!!!

2007-11-24 12:46:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

As in question, is the NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE with TurboCache with128MB (dedicated); up to 623MB (allocated by Windows Vista) good for gaming? I'm talking about big games like World of Warcraft, Halo, MapleStory, Counterstrike, Unreal Tournament, etc..... Big Multiplayer games. So is the graphics card any good for it?

2007-11-24 12:42:58 · 4 answers · asked by gojeta25 1 in Desktops

2007-11-24 12:27:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I just got a gateway gt5628, here are the system specs http://www.gateway.com/retail/gt5628.php
When i try to play it nothing happens. It won't even go to the loading screen. I went to www.systemrequirementslab.com and it says i pass the recommended requirements but on the rb6 requirement tool it doesn't detect the CPU frequency (GHz) so i don't pass the minimum requirements.

2007-11-24 11:54:43 · 1 answers · asked by clueless 2 in Desktops

I have 127 GB of free space on my hard disk. Is that a lot of space for general computing? (using internet broswer and rading E-mail and creating word documents)

2007-11-24 11:50:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2007-11-24 11:18:24 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-11-24 11:09:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I have a computer that ramdomly locks up and blue screens, and sometimes randomly restarts. The weird thing is that after a few restarts from the crashes, the computer work normally again.

It could possibly be a problem with my ram because it fails Windows Memory Diagnostic on the MATS test with the cache off, but it passes memtest86+.

That's what I thought at first, but when I checked my computer voltages, the 12V line is at 10.45V, and the 5V line is at 4.28V.

My PSU is an Enermax 270W, and I don't thinks it's enough to power my system:
Intel Pentium D 805
PC CHIPS P13G+ mobo
512MB RAM
2 Hard Drives:250GB,40GB
1DVD Burner

Is 270W enough for this system? If not, what is the MINIMUM amount of watts needed?

If you have any questions, please ask me. I am planning to buy a new power supply and/or a new mobo with a core 2 quad.

2007-11-24 10:50:27 · 6 answers · asked by guy 3 in Desktops

i already uninstalled my previous one, why wount this one install when i press install in the website???

2007-11-24 10:48:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-24 10:47:17 · 13 answers · asked by cosmos 2 in Add-ons

2007-11-24 10:13:18 · 2 answers · asked by lucuzade 1 in Other - Hardware

I have an emachines laptop computer. It has an AMD Athlon processor. It says the processor is X86 Family 6 Model 8 stepping 1 whatever the heck that means. I'm running Windows XP and have 512 MB of memory. I tried installing the AVerTVHD Volar, but it crashes my computer.

2007-11-24 09:54:03 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

i just ordered a new computer and upgraded to the 256MB Radeon ATI HD 2600 XT video card. I was wondering if this was a good choice and how recent of games i will be able to play with it?

2007-11-24 09:52:55 · 3 answers · asked by strait nasty 1 in Add-ons

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5470 (1.6GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
for burning dvds and cds and downloading music fast and haveing fast interent??? i have road runner i just dont know if this a good proccessor for what i wanna do with my laptop that i get..

2007-11-24 09:50:48 · 3 answers · asked by kornfrk2727 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

My CPU usage shows 100% even without any applications opened. It takes several minutes to exit out of a screen saver.
Under processes theres a process "agent.exe" that shows constant usage of CPU between 38 & 60 percent and "ISUSPM.exe" shows 30 to high 40s.
I've run spybot, virus scan & have defragged which is about the extent of my IT abilities.
Any ideas?

2007-11-24 09:50:04 · 5 answers · asked by Mike L 1 in Desktops

when i turn on my windows vista lap top computer
it reads a need a higher screen resolution. i am new
to computers, any assistance is greatly appreciated. thank you.

2007-11-24 09:49:31 · 1 answers · asked by Jerry S 7 in Monitors

Bought an intel motherboard D910GLDW, this the 6 th computer i've built, i put the MOBO in, and went ta boot it up, and got the black screen, i went over the instructions very carefully, to make sure I put it in the right way, i took the battery out, and i tried switching the jumper, but neither one worked. The board has an intel graphics media accelerator 900, and i'm thinking, it has to do with the video htich up, because right off the bat, i didn't get anything, any help would be a ppreciated. Oh I have 2 computers, this one works, I just up graded it, from a Shuttle to a Biostar MOBO, had know problems, the other one, everything is new, starting from scratch, you would think it would be easier.

2007-11-24 09:38:13 · 3 answers · asked by Tom P 1 in Desktops

i was planning to buy the new intel processors that were just released.
would a intel e5420 xeon processor socket 771 fit on a motherboad that is socket 775?

2007-11-24 09:31:34 · 5 answers · asked by guy wit questions 1 in Other - Hardware

I'm getting a new computer.

Hopefully I could profit a little from my old one, the new one is expensive.

Not likely since it has a busted dirty keyboard, and I opened it up a few times. Some of those little clicking thingys that hold the flat wire thingy to the board, I broke them. They still hold though cause I wedged them in.

2007-11-24 09:29:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I am building a computer, all from scratch, all I need to know is if I will be able to put a MAC OS on it or not.

2007-11-24 09:28:45 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

the computer is about 15 months old so its over the warranty. it wont play ANY disc, music, games, software, NOTHING. everytime i put something in the drive the green light flashes then it stops. i did the whole device manager thing and theres an exclamation mark and something about windows not loading and something about code 39. I also uninstalled and reinstalled and the same problem occured. Do I need a new hard drive? or do I need a new cd dics drive? what do I need in order to fix the problem? its an emachines. windows xp

2007-11-24 09:25:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

My laptop won't play new games. I want to upgrade but need a site to do so. I dont want a site that lists their pcs or parts...just info on building.

2007-11-24 09:22:59 · 2 answers · asked by WriterMom 6 in Laptops & Notebooks