Hardware - November 2007

i hae just baught a 2g micro sand disk sd card. i pul it into the micro sd to sd adaptor and put it into my computer and wen i open up my computer it is not there. what do i do??

2007-11-06 07:15:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I have all of my start up disks that came with my computer when I bought it. I know to back up anything I want t keep on disk or CD for now. I don't think I would need to download any drivers but I'm really really not sure. Could someone tell me how to format my computer? Thank you vary much!

2007-11-06 07:11:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

ICT (Information and communication technology.. Computers and stuff) Some acronyms I can't get.. can you help?
SVGA
CPS
PPM
CD-R
CD-RW
WORM
GUI
WIMP
I think CD-R is CD-Rom? But not sure..

2007-11-06 07:05:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

if i press the big red button on my computer what will hapenn?

JOKES ALOUD

2007-11-06 07:03:45 · 3 answers · asked by Ticky 2 in Monitors

how do I reinstall windows professional on my dell computer ? Lost my cd but have the the windows key on the side of my computer ! thank you so much!

2007-11-06 06:59:44 · 1 answers · asked by case v 3 in Add-ons

I currently have my computer set up for at&t yahoo dialup. Tomorrow i will be upgrading to there dsl. My question when i put the dsl cd in for download it will just over ride my dialup stuff currently on my computer correct. Or would you guys recomended me romoving the dialup programs off my computer before running the new dsl cd.

2007-11-06 06:54:39 · 3 answers · asked by sigprn1 3 in Desktops

Hello and thanks in advance! My household has one computer and my boyfriend and I would like to try playing World of Warcraft together. However, we have tried as many cheap solutions as possible (trying to figure out a virtual desktop to allow two players, two mice, etc... ).. and are faced with the fact that we HAVE to buy another PC in order to do this.

Our problem? We have about $400 to spend on an additional monitor (including a VERY cheap monitor.)

We do not have enough spare parts to make a computer, so that's pretty much out of the question. The spare parts that I do have are very old and I don't know if half of them work because of a lightning strike that caused me to buy this PC last year.

Ebay is a good idea, but every time we bid on anything... we get outbid at the last moment! Grrr :).

Does anyone have any ideas for making or purchasing a cheap computer just capable of doing the basics and playing WoW? Any help would be great!!

2007-11-06 06:51:07 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Youtube Videos

2007-11-06 06:46:09 · 5 answers · asked by baby blue 1 in Add-ons

I have a dual boot PC, Windows XP lite on one partition, and SimplyMepis linux on the other. Today I had 4-6 power surges in a row that turned off my computer. I have it on a pro surge protector provided by my company so I'm fairly sure it wasn't damaged. Well when I went to boot XP lite up the damn thing wouldn't even recognize the keyboard or mouse. I then booted into simplymepis and both work fine (I'm on it right now). What could be the problem with XP and how can I fix it? Thank you! :)

2007-11-06 06:42:47 · 3 answers · asked by JohnThePyro 3 in Desktops

How to retrieve data from a recovered partition?

I have a 160 GB HDD with following partitions.

Active Partition - 40 GB
Extended Partition
* Logical 1 - 20 GB - FAT32
* Logical 2 - 100 GB - FAT32

I accidentally tried to merge Logical 2 to 1 and killed the process before it completes.

Now, I no longer have access to Logical 2 drive. I recovered the Logical 2 partition using Partition Magic, but I don't know how to recover the files/folders.

When I logon to Windows XP, all I can see is Active & Logic 1 drives.

Any help highly appreciated.

Thanks,

2007-11-06 06:35:15 · 4 answers · asked by steve m 1 in Desktops

I used my laptop on saturday night and the internet was working fine...later on I used it again and it did not detect the wireless router we have in our house or any other wireless systems in range. There is no problem with our modem or wireless router because the internet is working fine on our other pc and my dads laptop. The wireless switch on my laptop is on and everything seems to be enabled...i have tried all the trouble shooters but nothing works ! The light next to the wireless switch is amber and i think it is supposed to be blue. I really don't understand why it does not detect any wireless systems...does anybody know what to do? Any help would be greatly appreciated! My laptop is a compaq V6000 and i have never had any problems with it before...am i missing something really stupid?

2007-11-06 06:33:28 · 3 answers · asked by Claire E 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

is it possible to change my macbooks graphics card...?

2007-11-06 06:33:19 · 1 answers · asked by xQlusive 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i am an civil engineer and have a hcl laptop with 40 gb hdd & window-xp. i use it for my daily docs and graphic drawings. it is running very slow from last 3 months. even starting, refreshing and opening 'my documents' folder also take too much time then earlier. pl. guid me to make it faster, thks!

2007-11-06 06:33:02 · 15 answers · asked by jijo 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

Is it very hard to do?

2007-11-06 06:31:52 · 4 answers · asked by ash6529 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-06 06:25:31 · 3 answers · asked by edwardgrudza 1 in Add-ons

2007-11-06 06:11:01 · 5 answers · asked by Riven 2 in Monitors

I have dual core AMD processors, and AMD owns ATI, I've heard, so should I buy an ATI graphics card? Kind of like how routers work better with components of the same company? I have a crap integrated Nvidia and it can't run my games too well, so I was hoping to buy a new graphics card. So should I get a Nvidia or an ATI card?

2007-11-06 05:43:02 · 7 answers · asked by keybaordz 2 in Add-ons

2007-11-06 05:36:40 · 4 answers · asked by hoy_boy1960 1 in Add-ons

Mac users keep saying Windows Vista is an ENTIRE copy of Mac OS X and I would love to hear how the ENTIRE OS is a copy of mac.

As far as I'm concerned the Mac users are just jealous because they make up a small percentage of the computer market. How come if a new Mac OS comes out then no one has anything to say but if a new Windows OS comes out, then they are always looking for it's flaws.

I mean why does it even matter for mac users. Why are they worried about windows users and their OS if they don't even use windows???

But I'm curious, I would love to hear why Mac fans say ALL of Windows Vista is a Mac OS copy when I know for a fact that it's not.

2007-11-06 05:35:00 · 6 answers · asked by UCLA kid, Go BRUINS!!! 1 in Desktops

Looking to buy a laptop and would like to get the 'right' service since they require a 2 year contract. Current cell phone contract expires in Jan, so I will be free to change companies if need be.

2007-11-06 05:30:58 · 4 answers · asked by DFW Guy 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

actually when i bought computer there was no earthing in my house that time my pc use to generate current after few days my SMPS also gone now when i have connected earthing neither it generate current nor blink after couple of month again it started blinking quite fastly and not generating current.tell me what should i do????????/

2007-11-06 05:26:54 · 1 answers · asked by vickey 1 in Monitors

I have a 3 year old acer aspire laptop and suddenly the DVD drawer has stopped closing and i now permanently stuck at half open

2007-11-06 04:18:04 · 2 answers · asked by Northern_Eagle 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

In normal mode, everything is fine. It's a Dell Inspiron E1705. In safe mode, when I close the lid, screen is black so I have to restart my laptop to see things normally. Several months ago, Dell tech told me that they will replace the motherboard and the LCD display. But I wasn't in USA. Now that I'm back in USA, I called Dell and a tech told me that it's not hardware but software problem. He made me do a repair on XP but it didn't solve the problem. Then he proposed me to reinstall XP! I told him that I have many professional programs on my laptop and it would take me too much time to reinstall all the programs, configure them, and the datas.
So I said no. Then after the XP repair, I lost 1 day to do windows updates and to fix a few programs that didn't work anymore.
What do you think? is it a hardware or software problem? should I leave it like that or do something else?

2007-11-06 04:16:09 · 1 answers · asked by Kitkat 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

please answer this
and btw i dont want answers saying ebay i have tried there! thanks

2007-11-06 04:15:41 · 7 answers · asked by simons194 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

hi could someone recommend a laptop within £500 pound range, that is capable of playing city of heroes,at a low/med setting? its mainly going to be used for for the internet but i just need something so that my son can play the occasional game of city of heroes,hes not a regular gamer. any help is greatly appreciated,thanks

2007-11-06 04:15:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Ok i just bought one, however im not sure if it might be compatable with vista. I've gone onto the website and there are different models with the same model no: F5D7010. How do i find the exact model number. I've looked on the card, everywhere in the box really need help.

2007-11-06 04:12:50 · 6 answers · asked by Mark R 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

my sound went out. last night it was working fine and the only things i did since then was update realplayer (which kept buggin me to update it, but i dont even use it) and run scans and restarted. looking inside my case i found no loose connections or anything and the speakers work fine. i get no sound out of the 5.1, 2.1 or headphones - even if i change to location the headphones are plugged in to. it seems something is now wrong with my sound card, but its and on board thing and the device and drivers seem fine when i check those. please help if able, thanks.

2007-11-06 04:06:03 · 2 answers · asked by nonameshallbehere 4 in Other - Hardware

details of processor,ram,.rom,drives,monitor,graphics card would b really appreciated

2007-11-06 04:05:25 · 3 answers · asked by AK 2 in Other - Hardware

When in standby mode on my XP the fan stays on. This never happend before. What has changed?

2007-11-06 03:51:02 · 2 answers · asked by rixparx 4 in Desktops

have a compaq pressario c306 US and when i turn it on within 10 seconds it turns back off ive tried pressing f11 and going to safemode but it cant even get there it just keeps going in a cycle of restarting what can i do i really need help ive tried taking the ram chip out allready and sometimes it fixs the turn off thing but then my screen ius black and i cant see anything

2007-11-06 03:48:48 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks