Hardware - November 2007

I ordered an AMD Athlon 3400+ running at 2.2ghz. But I never had to apply thermal paste before, and I'm really not sure as to how much I should be putting on, would to much kill the chip? and would to little Kill the chip as well...I'm guessing about a layer as thin as a matchbook cover. am I supposed to let this stuff dry, or does it go together wet? I really don't know, and I build computers in my home, just never had to replace a cpu before this high of a temp to worry about. usually the others are around 500mhz. slot 1, or 733, 866 etc...please help

2007-11-06 03:48:27 · 4 answers · asked by Todd G 1 in Desktops

any ideas ....


thanks tim

2007-11-06 03:47:19 · 1 answers · asked by Tim h 1 in Desktops

After much effort trying to set up my desktop to wireless in my new home, I thought I had the kinks out and with the next click I'd be online...no such luck.

I asked here last week how to know what was wrong with my cp- my monitor just stayed blank, and everyone was really helpful.
In case anyone else has this issue-I figured out before I tried to repair or ditch my cp that the monitor was plugged into the wrong monitor insert on the tower! There are 2.
Then the cp wouldn't recognize the Lynksys wireless G adapter cd. I finally got it to.

Now with the adapter installed, it says 'router or modem is not functioning' when I try to get online. I know they are because my roommate's laptop (I'm on now) is working.

I must have to use his WEP key at some point and/or my firewall may the issue, but nowhere did it prompt me to type any security code in.The adapter instructions say there may be 'security issues' but doesn't tell me what to do!

Help! Not at all computer savvy...be gentle.

2007-11-06 03:41:01 · 3 answers · asked by Marie123 3 in Add-ons

well i will start by saying i have a low end pc. I'll tell you the specs
intel celeron D 3.0Ghz
512Mb RAM
80Gb hard drive
ASRock P4VM800 mother board
ATI Radeon RX925C graphics card
and well thats about it. The problem is that its slowing down and i know its cuz i have only 8Gb left on my hard drive and i have 30 or 40 programs installed (i need all of them to do what i do). Now the question is that if i upgrade to 1Gb memory(well actually i have two 256Mb memory cards installed at the moment so it will be like upgrading to 1256Mb RAM) will i get the same speed as i would get as when i 1st got the computer and is it true that i need to use one that is the same brand as the other in order for it to function properly(the brands im using is kingston memory) and dont say that i may have viruses on my computer cuz im using kaspersky 7 something i cant seen to remember

2007-11-06 03:39:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

i have a gateway GM5442 and i want to know what video card i have ,because their is a game called Gears Of War thats comming out tomorrow ..but i dont want to buy it if its not going to work

http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Pages/GearsofWarforWindows.aspx

2007-11-06 03:37:29 · 5 answers · asked by Tom 1 in Desktops

What would be a good laptop. Yes it has windows xp pro or Vista pro.

2007-11-06 03:33:33 · 2 answers · asked by Ace of Spades 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

sometimes my computer freezes or just runs slow and i cant shut it down so i force it by pressing the power button for a couple of seconds.is this bad for the computer, motherboard,.... if it makes a difference i have a windows laptop.

2007-11-06 03:33:15 · 10 answers · asked by sks317 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-06 03:10:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Thank you!

2007-11-06 01:55:12 · 4 answers · asked by James 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-06 01:52:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-06 01:47:59 · 3 answers · asked by I Will Understand 2 in Monitors

2007-11-06 01:13:09 · 2 answers · asked by Darlene C 3 in Monitors

I need a list of recently developed (within 1 to 2 years) input and output devices for computers. They need to be quite well known.

2007-11-06 00:59:09 · 2 answers · asked by Captain Heinrich 3 in Other - Hardware

Please tell me what to do. i even removed all the partitions and formatted my hard disk but after re-installing new operating system the problem is still there. Please tell me what to do....

2007-11-06 00:58:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Was trying to fix an issue with my computer by reinstalling Windows. When starting the process, one of the messages I got was "Volume is dirty". Never saw this. What does it mean? Do I need to address it? How?

2007-11-06 00:46:10 · 2 answers · asked by Frequent Rider 3 in Desktops

2007-11-06 00:16:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Hi, I am having a problem with my keyboard, (well I think it is the keyboard), when use the standard keyboard symbols, some of them are mixed up and showing incorrectly. eg. this symbol is in the wrong place@ it is by this " symbol. also my back slash is not even showing up on any of the symbols i typed to find it, it is not in its usaual place next to the backspace symbol. I tried putting in 2 other keyboards and they also are doing exactly the same thing........what is wrong, i have also tried to restore to another date, where I can remember it was working and this has not helped me either, I have also checked the Language settings and they are the same, I would appreciate it if someone could help me please, as i work in MSDOS, with one of my programs and I need to use the back slash.

2007-11-05 23:43:02 · 2 answers · asked by bokkaroo 3 in Other - Hardware

I fully charge my laptop every night and I don't usually use it during the day. But when I use it again at night time the battery says there's only 10% of power left.

And what's the best way to maintain the battery?

2007-11-05 23:42:29 · 6 answers · asked by [275] 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-05 23:41:36 · 6 answers · asked by arun 1 in Other - Hardware

It's in my laptop. dell inspiron 1501

2007-11-05 23:33:22 · 3 answers · asked by q_nanotubes 2 in Other - Hardware

I have saved files of 560mb on my PC desktop (of work) and it's now giving me a message that i have saved more than i should on my pc and that i should remove but when looking at my desktop i do not see it except for the icons.

Please help me find them as the message keeps poping up.

Thanx!

2007-11-05 23:29:12 · 4 answers · asked by Invasion 3 in Desktops

Hi, I want to build a PC that runs linux with more than 4GB memory on it. Say 16GB or 32GB available. Is there a way to do that?
If possible, what type of hardware should I pay special attention to?

2007-11-05 23:21:44 · 11 answers · asked by seeker2006 1 in Other - Hardware

i don't know about computers that much... and i want know about video cards, i know there are video cards with 512,256etc... but what is a 512 ram 128bit? i know there are v.cards like this but what does the bit specifically do? and i know better v.cards need more power.... so how can i know my power supply's watts? (im really stupid about computers)

2007-11-05 23:18:28 · 6 answers · asked by wa w 1 in Other - Hardware

Intel Pentium D Dual Core (2x3.0ghz) or E6750 Core 2 Duo Processor (2.66GHz). I am planning to do video rendering and multitrack audio editing at home. Not gaming. I know not all processors are created equal - so is the 2x3.0 neccessarily faster/better than the E6750?. I am looking at 2 systems. Each has similar specs on graphics cards/RAM but different processors.

2007-11-05 23:15:17 · 6 answers · asked by techpilot1 2 in Other - Hardware

The monitor will only be used for hooking up to game consoles ( xbox360 / PS3 )

Thanks

2007-11-05 23:14:41 · 3 answers · asked by j12 1 in Monitors

despite setting it to default settings each time. It is an Acer laptop

2007-11-05 23:03:20 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-05 22:29:00 · 5 answers · asked by vams 1 in Other - Hardware

I am thinking of buying a refurbed Dell Vostro 400. Looks a pretty nifty machine. People are warning me that Dell PCs are notoriously hard to upgrade at a later date because of their build, and that I'd have to send the pc back to change components at a later date. Is this true? Has anyone else had this issue, or is it a myth? Cheers. K

2007-11-05 22:02:00 · 2 answers · asked by techpilot1 2 in Desktops

2007-11-05 21:59:53 · 7 answers · asked by airaaa 1 in Desktops

2007-11-05 20:37:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors