Hardware - November 2007

I cant seem to find just a straight answer anywhere of how far a pc card will reach. ... say i live on a quarter acre lot and i were to put a pc card into my laptop how far would the signal reach reach.. one house over , two houses etc..

2007-11-14 17:14:29 · 3 answers · asked by Steve O 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a dell pc that plays region 2 dvds but no longer allows me to play region 1 dvds.

i used to be able to switch the setting to allow my pc to play region 1 dvds, but now i can no longer do this.

is there any sort of software that i can buy that will allow my pc to play american dvds? please can someone help me because i really dont want to go out and buy an expensive multi region dvd player

2007-11-14 16:53:39 · 2 answers · asked by hotnickels8288 1 in Desktops

I have a dell pc that plays region 2 dvds but no longer allows me to play region 1 dvds.

i used to be able to switch the setting to allow my pc to play region 1 dvds, but now i can no longer do this.

is there any sort of software that i can buy that will allow my pc to play american dvds? please can someone help me because i really dont want to go out and buy an expensive multi region dvd player

2007-11-14 16:52:52 · 5 answers · asked by hotnickels8288 1 in Desktops

2007-11-14 16:46:21 · 5 answers · asked by Keeping Watch in the Night 4 in Add-ons

I need to know standard spec for gaming and the one which not too expensive?
Help me someone please!

-Kola

2007-11-14 16:43:53 · 4 answers · asked by Kola 1 in Add-ons

The Mac commercials are the best part of a Mac. C'mon why are macs so bad??

2007-11-14 16:43:02 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

do i need to change my case me computer is hp m8000n . do i need to change my case or add more fans ? or i dont have to change nothin ???plz help thanks

2007-11-14 16:35:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

i was wondering if you can change the video card in a laptop im trying to upgrade my card and where do they sell them on the internet?
thanks

2007-11-14 16:05:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I have lost the first 5 screen savers plus 2 of my games and the message that I have been recieving is that I do not have the 3D devices in order to play or display. I had them and now They are lost. Does anyone know how I can regain them?

2007-11-14 15:36:59 · 1 answers · asked by Pamela V 7 in Other - Hardware

I have an Emachine with a Celeron D 3.2 ghz but its so slow I wanna either put a new processor or destroy this computer, its a Emachine, Desktop, W3502.

2007-11-14 15:08:22 · 4 answers · asked by Joey 818 1 in Add-ons

my system is running very slowely i thought that it was infected with virus so, i checked with anti virus like avg , avast, and semantics but they are not detecting any virus in my system . whata may be the problem
with regards....

2007-11-14 14:51:26 · 8 answers · asked by Srinivasarao B 1 in Desktops

i was told by my friend i needed to download new drivers....i wanna reformat my computer but wil i need new drivers?

2007-11-14 14:44:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Something that loads with Windows interferes with the video card, or something, any troubleshooting help, please?

2007-11-14 14:43:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

I was wonder cos i was thinking of getting a laptop, but i want to know if it have a PCMCIA slot for an exturnal modem or it is not much use of getting it.

2007-11-14 14:26:46 · 1 answers · asked by Natsirt 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

This is the card that I am referring to: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814133204

48-50° C idle
60-64° C right after or while playing Lost Planet for about 40 minutes

The reason I use those numbers are because those are the maximum and minimum values I read on the nTune monitor when Idle and under load.

I currently have 6 fan excluding processor fan installed: two on the side panel blowing in; one in the front blowing in; two on the top blowing out; and one in the back blowing out. They're all 120mm fans. I also have a PCI graphics card cooling fan.

2007-11-14 14:21:47 · 2 answers · asked by MuRcIElaGo 5 in Add-ons

When I push the green go button it prints a beautiful test page. However, when I send a job to the printer using my computer the green light blink lights it's going to print something but nothing comes out. What in the ham sandwhich is the problem???

2007-11-14 14:02:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

Will it work with my computer? I recently went shopping for a new printer and couldn't find one that listed Windows 98 as a computer that it was compatible with.

2007-11-14 13:59:56 · 5 answers · asked by golfdodger 2 in Printers

i have lenovo 3000 Y410

2007-11-14 13:53:37 · 4 answers · asked by rohan 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

my laptop takes so much time in booting means in switch on & when I click on start & I do turn off it doesn't shut down but when I press power button then laptop switch off.I don't want do install windows xp pro again & also don't want do formatting.Want to do work in normal mode not on safe mode.PLZ tell me the solution which is free of cost.

2007-11-14 13:52:29 · 6 answers · asked by yahoo 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

alrighty i got (2) 120mm fans,and a 80mm fan.my CPU does'nt have a built in fan so i just placed one of the 120mm Fans next to the cpu heatsink so that it blows air to the back of my case,where the next 120mm fan sucks the air out.i have a micro BTX case so it's small.i took off my cpu heatsink (big mistake) i know,to see if i can clean up the dust.but then it hit me,i had removed the thermal paste.my cpu normally hung around 85-95 F when idle (before i took out the heatsink).and around 100-105 F when under load.but now since i took off the heatsink the idle temp rose to 100F and under load around 115 F (max).did my cpu get hotter because of the thermal paste that was taken off?i put the heatsink back.im planning on getting a new heatsink with a built-in fan from newegg.

2007-11-14 13:48:41 · 5 answers · asked by dbsantos77 4 in Desktops

2007-11-14 13:37:59 · 2 answers · asked by windser17 1 in Add-ons

I bought this game Star Wars The Best of PC and it says PC DVD-ROM and I dont know what that is so i just wasted 40 bucks (I only have CD-ROM).when I put it in my hard drive nothing came up. can anybody tell me what is DVD-ROM?

2007-11-14 13:37:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

It is the little green light in a circular shape. It is normally just green, but mine flashes when the power is connected. Also my computer wont turn on and i think it has something to do with the light flashing, please help

2007-11-14 13:16:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

New user, windows Vista

2007-11-14 13:11:16 · 1 answers · asked by williamsona69 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have an HP LaserJet 3300 Series PCL6 printer. I am told that my PDF files will print faster if I had more memorty in my printer.

Can I add memory?
How much can I add?
Where can I find instructions on how to install the memory?

2007-11-14 12:58:56 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

2007-11-14 12:57:25 · 4 answers · asked by brijasha 1 in Other - Hardware

I was trying to figure out if there was any way to make my desktop pc more mobile, while keeping the current computer I have now.

2007-11-14 12:57:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I know for sure that it's short-circuited.
Milk was spilled on it.
It's a IBM ThinkPad T50 (i think)!
What should I do? And how much will it cost?

2007-11-14 12:53:09 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Does anyone know what could be wrong? My laptop is fairly new and the disk drive was working a few days ago. I have windows vista. Today I went to put in my Sims game cd and it won't read it. Then I put in one of my dvd's and it won't read that either...the drive runs for like a second and then it stops running. I'm getting pretty frustrated! Help please, thanks!

2007-11-14 12:50:42 · 3 answers · asked by Ciara 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hello. I am looking for a laptop under $700 (actually, $600 hopefully), and it's slim pickin's out there. I would use it to do computer journaling (as opposed to writing), tinker and view digital images, listen to music, etc. I'd like it to have a full gig of ddr2 memory, a hard drive over 80gb, burn dvd's and cd's, Vista home basic is sufficient, etc I looked at a Dell Inspiron, had it configured to cost $689... but Dell KILLS you with overpriced extended warranty. I need input soon please. Thank you.

2007-11-14 12:41:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks