Hardware - November 2007

i have a really good desktop pc 19 inch lcd moniter 2 gigs ram 200g hard drive dual core processors etc.. i want to sell it and buy a laptop for the reason because labtops are portabale should i ?

2007-11-05 14:03:35 · 5 answers · asked by Eagles in 09 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

The fastest transfer rate I got for a USB 2.0 hard drive (WD, Phantom, and many others I've tried) connected directly to my computer is ~12000 kB/s with an average of about 7000 kB/s. All these hard drives are usually advertised as having up to 50 or even 100 MB/s (not kB/s).

Over a home network with a winXP server I have average transfer rates of 1200 kB/s.

Is this normal? What transfer rates should I be having for direct USB and server data tranfers? I have brand new supped up computer with dual core processors and 4GB ram.

2007-11-05 14:03:06 · 4 answers · asked by johnny's mombo 1 in Add-ons

I have a brand new Dell Inspiron 1520 with 2.2 GHz intel core 2 4mb cache with Windows XP Professional. I know the laptop is powerful, but I heard windows XP Pro can't support more than 3GB, is this true?

2007-11-05 13:57:50 · 9 answers · asked by Cool Guy 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Everytime I go to log off my computer it will go black initially, then it comes back up a few minutes later, so I end up having to shut down every time. I messed around with the screen saver, but its still doing it.

2007-11-05 13:55:35 · 13 answers · asked by SpicyK 2 in Monitors

my flash drive was in my computer and was working and then all of sudden it disapeared from the screen. the computer said it had to be reformatted but doing so would delete all of the info. i've tried it in three different computers and they all say the same thing. i have like 200 hours of labor in that flash drive. is there any way i can retrieve the info? please help me, even if it's bad news.

2007-11-05 12:58:04 · 3 answers · asked by mudd 2 in Other - Hardware

pc camera, PCI modem, video controller (vga compatible)

2007-11-05 12:49:33 · 2 answers · asked by gabz 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Because there is this one document that is deleting... but it hasn't been deleted yet... no matter what I do it won't cancel... so now, I have to wait for it to fully cancel before printing out anything else....

HELP what to do?

2007-11-05 12:11:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

I need something simple, but I can't find any place that makes custom laptops with my specs, they all have a list of things that they can put in, most of the ones I can find aren't very customizable.

2007-11-05 12:11:15 · 6 answers · asked by Mashu 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

and i want to record some music on Sound Recorder but it says that a mic is not connected is there any program or anything i can do on the computer to change the setting WITH OUT recording with a mic?????

2007-11-05 11:57:46 · 3 answers · asked by Luna T. 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i mean the inside of the computer
the Hard drive and the boards

2007-11-05 11:56:57 · 5 answers · asked by keviny47 2 in Desktops

the programs installed and set up info like year etc-? The configuration etc- it is a older pc- I think it is gateway and about 10 years old? Please help with any info!!

2007-11-05 11:50:15 · 3 answers · asked by T J 5 in Desktops

2007-11-05 11:43:11 · 3 answers · asked by need 2 get a grip 3 in Printers

2007-11-05 11:11:22 · 9 answers · asked by R J 7 in Desktops

My Computer is going to slow how i make my coputer go fest

2007-11-05 11:05:02 · 12 answers · asked by HMMR 1 in Monitors

I shop at Newegg.com

Their prices seem to be much more cheaper than any other place I've seen.

2007-11-05 10:33:47 · 7 answers · asked by darkicefire76 1 in Add-ons

ok well i have a 2.5' 40gb laptop internal hardrive. i decided to get rid of my old laptop and get a new one. i have the mdg durabook 120gb 1gb ram and 1.73ghz core2 prossessor. since i kept the hard drive i bought an external hard drive enclousure from ebay for it. the enclousure and everything works great i can do everything. but i want to be able to run some programs from the other harddrive that has windows xp pro. is there a way i can get my laptop to boot from the 40gb 'external now' hard drive to access win xp. on my computer the 120gb harddrive it also running win xp pro but i use it for school. i asked a question similar to this when i didnt recieve the enclousure in the mail and people said to make sure my boot sequence in my bois supports booting from a usb device and yes it does. but i dont see how it could matter because this laptop is only 2 months old... soo apreciate the answers thanks! :)

2007-11-05 10:01:21 · 2 answers · asked by Lilbrian15 2 in Add-ons

i did not add more programs how can i cahnge it back with out compressing it

2007-11-05 09:57:03 · 3 answers · asked by XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Speakers had been working, but now no sound coming out. Need step by step instructions to fix. Everything is plugged in. Speakers on comp.

2007-11-05 09:37:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

hi guyz,

I m so confused right now. I got Acer Aspire T320 desktop PC. It has 256MB DDR PC2700 RAM shared. maybe it's shared with my Graphics OR video card. So now I was wondering that can i incrase 1GB of RAM in it. My motherboard can support 2GB of RAM easily. So, What i m looking at is that Can i add 1 GB RAM more, and will it increase my Graphic card's performance too. (MEANS WILL IT RUN AEROGLASS).

Sorry for my poor English. I m wating impatienately for ur response guyz. Ur answer will worth me alot.

THNX in Advance.

2007-11-05 09:29:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

Hey everybody! I was thinking of getting an Apple computer or laptop but then i heard that you can't put Microsoft things on it so I was wondering, should i get an Apple laptop or a regular laptop? Thnx 4 everybody thats answerin this, and can you maybe give the pros and cons on the Apple Products?? By the way im a middle school student and i will be doing some assignments on this as well as things such as msn, facebook and all the other things teens do. Thanks! ☺

2007-11-05 09:25:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-05 09:10:39 · 5 answers · asked by Elle 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I dont have the old windows 98 or 2000 cd so I just wanted to remove any trace of old files and data on the laptop before I send it to recycling.

2007-11-05 09:03:17 · 6 answers · asked by ongraiden 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I run virus protection every day and i don't have much in my documents. what can i do to make it faster?

2007-11-05 08:22:57 · 10 answers · asked by Angel*Eyesz 3 in Other - Hardware

Case:
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.as...
Motherboard:
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.as...
CPU:
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.as...
RAM:
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.as...
PSU:
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.as...
Hard drive:
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.as...
Graphics card:
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.as...

i would like your opinion on these components please, i'll be using this PC for extream gameing.
also i'm a 3D modeller and animatior.
and if you think i could get something instead of any of these componets please recomend them, but i'm building this PC on a budget, so if you're recomending anything for a replacement of any of these, please make sure they are kind of at the same price.

i also need to know if 880W is enugh, too much or alright.

thanks.

2007-11-05 08:12:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

It's Acer brand, and it's not even a year old, but the keyboard won't work at all. Any ideas?

2007-11-05 07:57:59 · 7 answers · asked by sarasarasara 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-05 07:45:05 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

I have a Fujitsu Stylistic notebook computer, and the screen is fairly small....so I also have a larger monitor which I would like to use as the primary.

I have the two computers hooked together....how do I get the picture on my smaller computer onto the larger monitor? I want the same picture on BOTH monitors.

I have tried going into "Properties/Settings" on the Fujitsu monitor and don't seem to be able to use that....maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Thanks SO MUCH for your help!!!

2007-11-05 07:23:00 · 4 answers · asked by lady_phoenix39 6 in Monitors

2007-11-05 06:55:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I have been using Nero 7 and all my burns kept failing around the last 3-4 songs. So I thought it was Nero so I am using Roxio 9 now and same problem. It just stopped progress at song 14/19.
I am using a Lite-On burner, it reads CDs/Dvds fine. I have 2GB 800mhz RAM OC'd , Dual Core 2.8Ghz processor. Any ideads or should I buy another DVD/CD burner. I hear lite-on's have nothing but problems...

2007-11-05 06:51:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2007-11-05 06:43:52 · 10 answers · asked by yourkillingmegd 1 in Laptops & Notebooks