Hardware - November 2007

want to upgrade my graphic card for games like c&c3 wow.my m board is a fujitsu siemens GA-8S649MF.what wood be the best card for me agp or pci. thanks

2007-11-03 22:43:29 · 1 answers · asked by emmawags82 1 in Add-ons

OK its a gateway laptop computer
model == M305CRV
here i will put down all the specs---

80 gb hard drive
512mb of memory

Windows VISTA homebasic
Microsoft Office Profesional

perfect condition--
no dead pixels
no dents
no scratches
*LIKE NEW*

battery life bad
on button gets stuck
space button on keypad broken(it still works though its just not attached right)
no wireless---

ANY HELP


here is the url to the support page on gateway
http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/Gateway/M305CRV/3501715nv.shtml

2007-11-03 22:28:02 · 4 answers · asked by BlahBluhBlahBluhBlah 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am thinking about buying a laptop and I want to know what is the best laptop for gaming.

2007-11-03 21:54:33 · 10 answers · asked by pureTEXAN15 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Am I missing something. Maybe I don't understand exactly what a browser is, but this computer is around 6+ months old. Is this a ruse to get me to spend money? I do only have acess to dial up and it is so darn slow. Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks

2007-11-03 21:53:02 · 3 answers · asked by Valera R 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-03 21:39:22 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

the computer on when i remove the bactery and will not on when the bactery is in.My system is Armanda M700.and the bactery could not be charged.and the system is now only on A/C.in case of power failure i loose all my data.

2007-11-03 21:19:13 · 1 answers · asked by shakespher 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

?

Dont know much about resolutions,

Which of the two should I go with on my computer monitor?

2007-11-03 21:08:46 · 9 answers · asked by treew81 2 in Monitors

I have an usb device that does not pick up on certain pc's. All pc's are using XP.

Plugging directly into my home pc usb or my laptop and windows will not pop up that a new device was found. But when I plug it into my usb hub it picks up and the device driver can be installed. I do not know if this might have something to do with usb 1 or 2.

All the pc's has working usb ports and are installed with XP service pack 2.

The device is in a perfect working order and the device cable is also fine. There is nothing wrong with it.

Any info will be appreciated.

2007-11-03 20:25:22 · 1 answers · asked by Daco 2 in Add-ons

Is there a significant advantage or does performance really depend on memory clock speed?

2007-11-03 19:51:16 · 3 answers · asked by ǝɯɐuɹǝsn ɔıɹǝuǝƃ 3 in Other - Hardware

I have a dell inspiron E1505 notebook. Ok, when I have my notebook plug in to the outlet the screen monitor appears bright but when I unplug it from the outlet the screen don't look as clear and bright as before . Could someone advise me how to fix this problem?. Thanks in advance.. I approciate it!.

2007-11-03 19:28:38 · 2 answers · asked by Porsche 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i picked up a toshiba satellite 4010cdt and am going to load windows 98
however i was muckin around in dos and then the battery died. when i connected to mains any command like power or help doesnt work and says bad command or file name.


is this fixable or can i still install 98?

2007-11-03 19:17:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

any info would be great, thanks very much

2007-11-03 18:18:45 · 2 answers · asked by Kathleen M 1 in Printers

what 2 button 2 u press?

2007-11-03 17:22:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Thanks rico and dman190 I already reinstall my printer driver..and now its working...thank you very much..you are all good......

2007-11-03 17:15:58 · 1 answers · asked by Tolits Donils 1 in Printers

2007-11-03 16:35:42 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Hello....I'm very confused.I got vista home premium full vesion not an upgrade for my computer. I got a ati radeon 1050 256mb ddr grahics card,1gd ram,300gd hard drive,Pentium dual core 3,07 ghz, and everything else for my computer. But when it comes to downloading vista it gives me an error. Can someone help me cause i dont want to pay geeksquad.

2007-11-03 16:31:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I've been having problems with my Dell Dimension 2400 and currently, it won't boot. The Dell screen loads up, does not beep like it used to, and then goes to a blank screen with a flashing underscore. After about 2 minutes and 25 seconds, the screen says:

"We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this...."

Then it gives me several options to start windows (safe mode, normally, etc.). The last line says this:

Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice.
Seconds until WIndows starts: 30

It will count down to 29 and then freeze. Sometimes, it'll just freeze at 30.

Booting from CD does not work.

On one occasion, I got a "keyboard failure" message.

The contents of the hard drive can be read by my 2nd computer so I don't think that's the problem.

Is there anything else that could be the problem? I want to be sure before I spend the money on a new mobo.

2007-11-03 15:55:58 · 7 answers · asked by justin 1 in Desktops

i have a dell inspiron 1501 windows vista 32 bit and the screen on it is lcd.the problem is that there is a green line that is in the left part of the screen i tryed every thing i restarted it and restored it to the image and its still ther plz plz plz help

2007-11-03 15:55:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

I have a dual monitor video card installed, one DVI plug one VGA plug. I also have a VGA plug on the motherboard.

Is it possible to use one VGA monitor on the video card and one VGA monitor on the 'on board' video built into the motherboard to have a dual monitor system this way?

Any thoughts are appreciated.

(neither monitor has a DVI in so I cannot use the other plug on the back of the video card)

2007-11-03 15:44:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

2007-11-03 15:37:14 · 2 answers · asked by ? 2 in Printers

2007-11-03 15:11:18 · 12 answers · asked by quandra13 1 in Desktops

I shut off my computer last night after playing World of Warcraft and turned it on this morning and it went to the Windows loading screen with the blue bar for loading and it just went on forever. It never ended up loading so I had to reset my computer and had to start it in safe mode.

I did a system restore and all it did was make it so now I can't even start it in safe mode. I press safe mode and it shows all these system 32 files loading and never ends up loading, so it just freezes.

I don't have my Windows XP CD because it didn't come with the computer 2 years ago.

Its a very good computer thats not close to being filled. (160GB hard drive)
(1 GB ram)
(2.9GHZ Processor)

Anyone know how to solve this?

Thanks alot,

Vince

2007-11-03 15:08:56 · 3 answers · asked by Vince 2 in Desktops

I just replaced bad capacitors with whol set of new caps (9 in total).
After checking every other capacitor in power, graphic card, etc.
I re-assembled my PC and tried to start up.

It seemed quite normal in starting up -- until the monitor showed ''Windows XP'' and began to show desktop.
The monitor all blacked out,
but the CPU is still running, CDRW, DVDRW, 3.5" Disk, Key board, Mouse every thing runs OK.
I can use the Key Board Alt + F4 or ALT+Shift + Break
My PC continued to load programs and then settle down -- just as any good PC running,
ONLY That
the monitor blacked out with ''Check Signal Cable''
N.B. this monitor is 100% good -- is being used by other PC.

So, my question is Why this black out?
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My PC OS- Windows XP sp2,
CPU- S478 intel 1.8,
Power supply -Seventeam 450W,
Graphic card -Albatron geforce ti200, Ram 1 GB,
5 years old


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2007-11-03 15:05:57 · 2 answers · asked by bill h 1 in Other - Hardware

hi, I accidently downloaded a winzip folder, i deleted the folder and then you know how you do the shortcuts and things like that? theres a winzip file under that. it says its 0 bytes and it does not reconize it. so i went under desktop settings and it doesn't have it. but under the shortcuts it does. I'm confused. i tried using virus scan and using the computer search for Winzip File. but it did not reconize it. My dad is gonna be mad if he finds out i download it. he will kick me off the computer for that. just so you know its 0 bytes and 0 on the hard-drive. pls help me ASAP!!!!!!!!

2007-11-03 15:04:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Which one is better for gaming???

2007-11-03 14:47:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

and it works fine but I can only see about 35% of the screen the rest is covered by a white mask. But today when I pressed on the screen real hard I was able to see the full screen again but then it clouded right back up with the white mask. But when I could see the whole for that milisecond I could'nt access anything in that area, my pointer couldn't click on anything. Do you know how I can fix this problem?

2007-11-03 14:41:33 · 3 answers · asked by ms.l_thoms 1 in Monitors

If one deletes all files from the hard drive of specific data, and deletes all cookies relating to the data (at least all that could be found), and uses the disk clean up program, can an individual still locate these files somewhere in the programing of the hard drive?

2007-11-03 14:28:55 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I know one sure way of erasing data off a hard-disk is to wave a magnet over it but how exactly?
1. Does the hard-disk need to be powered on?
2. Secondly, does the magnet need to be in physical contact with the hard-disk?
3. Thirdly, how powerful should the magnet be?
4. Fourthly, if other components of the computer 'feel' the magnetic field (and they shall if the hard-disk is still in the computer), would they be damaged?

2007-11-03 13:50:05 · 3 answers · asked by Noffica Rostt 2 in Other - Hardware

Does an imac have that button? or an equivalent please help mee!

2007-11-03 13:18:28 · 12 answers · asked by Music/is/life :) 3 in Desktops

as the title states i need a driver for the d-link rh8139 and cant in it is is a a/b/c/-based fast ethernet adapter this is the pci card in my pc seems i messed mine up earlier this morning so i took one from some spare parts i had lying around i cant find th driver so if anyone can give me the link please would be greatly appreciate. i got the name/model number using aida32

2007-11-03 12:46:10 · 2 answers · asked by david k 1 in Other - Hardware