Hardware - December 2007

i need a good laptop, one that can handle adobe photoshop cs2 and panda antivirus+firewall 2008 without slowing down.

also one with its operating system windows vista/xp(unless photoshop cant run on one-please tell me!) when bought


all this for about $1000

NOTE: not Mac

thanks!

2007-12-31 08:12:33 · 8 answers · asked by PZM 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

the 1 year extended plan or the 1 year replacement plan - im not really sure, which would benefit me more?

2007-12-31 08:08:27 · 3 answers · asked by noob_510 2 in Monitors

I want to overclock my cpu so I can run nfs carbon. can I do this and how. I have a 1.3 ghz amd and carbon needs 1.7 ghz.

2007-12-31 08:06:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-12-31 08:06:00 · 8 answers · asked by Mike O 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

okay heres the problem. i bought a cod4 like a month ago and i played it once. it installed fine everything was gerat until i wanted to play. i played and it was lagging like craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy. every step would be a lag. i have an ATI Radeon XPRESS200. is that too low of a card for cod4 on pc? please tell me.

2007-12-31 08:03:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

How do I choose? I'm looking for the best performance. You know, more bang for the buck. So far I'm leaning toward the dell or the alienware. Both pretty pricey but I think that they are worth it. I've priced them with top of the line options so if you want to see them just go to their websites. This is a lot of coin so I would like a little help with choosing or you could suggest another brand. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

2007-12-31 08:02:08 · 2 answers · asked by Bobby G 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

The internal hard drive cannot be modified? I can't delete or add anything to it. It's causing a bunch of problems. Anyone know how to help?

2007-12-31 07:49:07 · 2 answers · asked by zacheryhj 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-12-31 07:47:05 · 5 answers · asked by jessiebabie824 2 in Desktops

Model is a Toshiba Equium A200-V1O

2007-12-31 07:46:49 · 9 answers · asked by Guy Incognito 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

or any other microsoft windos product...can some 1 please tell me if i can download it of thee net for free? and if sooo wat site??

thanks!!!

2007-12-31 07:42:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

i just got this fat baby
but each time i try to print colored pic/TXT it always appear black
the printer is working OK & it print the TEST page correctly with color

please help ASAP cause i can't print any colored material

2007-12-31 07:35:26 · 1 answers · asked by omagian 2 in Printers

2007-12-31 07:29:41 · 3 answers · asked by Drake E 1 in Desktops

My gramma is having problems with her computer. When started a black screen is displayed with the message "a problem with hard drive has been detected. consult the troublshooting section of your users manual. Press enter to continue." When I press enter, it goes to the Windows XP starting page and just sits there. I'm not computer savvy at all... I need detailed help!!

2007-12-31 07:23:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I mean how can i find out if anyone is using my wireless braodband( secured or unsecured) for free? is there a way to find out?

2007-12-31 06:51:28 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-12-31 06:50:36 · 5 answers · asked by Mildred S 6 in Laptops & Notebooks

I cant find it in all programmes, where will i get it. We dont have a restore CD and cant find the 'factory settings restore' any where on the PC.

any codes to type into 'run' that anybody knows of, or how to find it????

or even any other way to get the PC basicly back to how it was when we got it, without the restore CD?

2007-12-31 06:48:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I have a Dell Latitude D520. It's a little over a year and a half old. I started noticing something strange going on with my battery... it would discharge normally to about 40% then drop down below 10% instantly. I figured I needed a new battery, so I bought one. The new battery is doing the exact same thing now. To better illustrate what I'm talking about, I logged the battery Discharge Rate, Remaining Capacity, and Voltage while I let it run from 100% charge down below 5% where the status was critical and Windows hibernated.

Here's the graph...

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4269/batterydischargeqp7.jpg

This is happening with the old battery as well as the brand new battery. As you can see in the graph, the Discharge rate was fairly constant... there's no spike there that would have drained the battery... the capacity just dropped like a rock, from about 40% to 10% then seems to resume normal operation from about 10 to 5%

Any ideas what's going on?

2007-12-31 06:09:55 · 1 answers · asked by Jeff 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have a Celeron M 1700mhz in my XP laptop. my dad has a Pentium M (not sure the speed) but its so slow. it takes at lease 5 min to boot, 5 min to login, and maybe 2 min. to load 1 program!! mine takes only 35 sec to boot 1.5 min to login, and 10-15 sec to load a program. (the 1st time) i have an 80GB HDD w 58.8GB free space, and he has a 60GB HDD w/ 200MB free space. we both have 512MB memory. which do you think is better? (overall)

PS. mine is a toshiba satellite A105-S2051 and his is a dell inspiron 9300.

PS. i plan to upgrade my memory to 2GB. i need help deciding which memory is best. if you would like to help, please answer my other question:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArL6w9NPYqhjXbJSuGiGzOzsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071230183449AAOrt85

Thanks for all of your help!

2007-12-31 05:54:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi All,

just wondering if my old PC can be upgraded cheaply to XP ? it cost a fortune years ago and I havent got the heart to junk it .......just yet

Maybe I should give it to my parents whom are running Lotus 95 I think ?

Is it possible to mate both computers together to download data ? from 95 to 98 ?

Then can I do it from 98 to XP ?

Or is there any links for more info

Cheers in advance

2007-12-31 05:11:09 · 13 answers · asked by WICKERMAN 5 in Desktops

i heard people say the make of the psu is quite important, and when i got my pc case it came with a 400w 'mercury ' psu

( the item on thier website is http://www.mercury-pc.com/product-detail.php?link=p-powersupply&subtitle=Power%20Supply&productid=640

it says its a 400w ? will it give me that much? is it a 'safe one ' to use ?

will it work on:

alive xfire esata2 motherboard
300gb sata2 hdd
two dvd-rw drives
amd athlon 64 4200+ ( 2.2ghz x2 )
geforce 7100gs graphcs
4 led 80mm fans
two sound activated cold cathodes.

2007-12-31 04:15:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2007-12-31 04:09:28 · 9 answers · asked by kiranali2004 1 in Monitors

I got a PC-3200 RAM card for my computer but when I checked on my computer BIOS, it says that it has PC2-3200 slots. Is the difference big? Can I still install it on my computer without worries of maybe an overload of my machine and just burn my motherboard?

2007-12-31 04:00:32 · 1 answers · asked by xtorbo 3 in Desktops

Will this computer run WoW good,medium settings(no lag)?

it is a dell inspiron 530s Xp


PROCESSOR- Intel®Pentium® dual-core processor E2160 (1MB L2,1.80GHz,800 FSB)


MEMORY- 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs


HARD DRIVE- 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™


VIDEO CARD- 256MB ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO




DO i need to upgrade my RAM?people have been telling me it would be nice to.

if there is anything i need to upgrade tell me.

2007-12-31 03:45:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I have a hcl 17" crt monitor.Ive messed up the adjustments..Eg parallelogram,pincussion etc. How to restore my factory settings.There are on such options in the menu

2007-12-31 02:48:37 · 2 answers · asked by Kain 2 in Monitors

Okay, I havent used my computer for like 1 month. But when I turned it on, it is in wide screen mode. I never touched it, went to control panel and did he screen resolution thing and it didnt work. Checked my monitor but everything is working fine. So right now im guessing that it is my PC. Whats the matter. I never touch the PC for a while.

2007-12-31 02:46:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

I have a hard drive that has info on it and is NTFS. How can I connect it to a computer with an existing other hard drive with the OS just so that I can get the info off of this new/other hard drive?
I tried just plugging it in and everything, and it said, "Problem loading OS" or something like that, so I think it was trying to boot off of the wrong drive. BTW, my drive with the OS on it is SATA and the NTFS with info and no OS is IDE.

2007-12-31 02:34:46 · 4 answers · asked by -D 1 in Other - Hardware

i know nothing about computers. i just bought a dell inspiron 530 with vista. can i just buy the game at a store and use it, or do i need a bunch of other stuff?

2007-12-31 02:14:50 · 3 answers · asked by smartypants 1 in Desktops

I have imageRUNNER C3170U made by canon.
Once I turn on the copier, it loads and warms up but then an error message shows up that says: "Shut down the machine and turn the power off and turn it back on. If you receive this message again contact your rep. Error Number: E000067-0110.

Let me know if anybody can help, I would appreciate it.

2007-12-31 02:14:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

2007-12-31 01:59:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

VGA OR DVI for a pc monitor.

2007-12-31 01:53:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors