Hardware - December 2007

my wireless internet card has broken on my laptop any one know what to do ??? please help

2007-12-10 00:36:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

when i turn on my computer sometime it take me to a blue screen and said crash dump at the bottom the text. it restart by itself and everything goes fine, but it take a long time to restart it. the computer said it's caused by ati graphic driver but they don't have a solution yet. please help my computer is acer aspire 5100 with vista and the graphic card is ati radeon xpress 1100

2007-12-09 22:39:42 · 7 answers · asked by Benjamin C 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-12-09 22:19:54 · 2 answers · asked by jiggah 1 in Other - Hardware

Does it display 2 pages well?

2007-12-09 20:59:15 · 2 answers · asked by mitch 5 in Monitors

I lost some documents on my laptop and I dont understand how. Can you please explain to me how and what can I do to get those docs back because I didnt delete them, I just dont know which button I click

2007-12-09 20:43:19 · 2 answers · asked by Thembi Ruth M 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My laptop has 2 RAM slots of 1GB capacity each. It came with only 512 MB RAM and one empty RAM slot. I purchased and installed addtional 1GB RAM with the following specifications 1GB Laptop 200pin PC2700 DDR333 SODIMM. After installing the RAM, laptop started correctly and the chip was recognised. But after 5 minutes, the system crashed after a memory allocation failure.

Attempts to restart the laptop resulted in BIOS failure and system hang with a shimmering onscreen display.

I did not try to remove the original RAM chip from its slot, fearing that the computer may not start altogether.

The laptop works fine without the new RAM chip, but not with it. I have rechecked the technical specifications of the chip, these match with those specified by the manufacturer.

Please can someone help resolve the problem? Many thanks in advance for your help.

2007-12-09 20:37:27 · 5 answers · asked by Ravi K G 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

The battery on my laptop is totally DOA after just two years, apparently because I hadn't been letting it run totally out of power before recharging it to full power, but it got me to thinking, are there any solar-powered adapters that would work for laptops, or would my laptop require so much power to make the idea of a solar-powered adapter out of the question?

For the record, I've got a Compaq Presario M2000. I've had it a little over two years. Are newer laptop models much more efficient in terms of power usage or demand?

2007-12-09 20:30:52 · 4 answers · asked by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6 in Other - Hardware

2007-12-09 18:40:59 · 6 answers · asked by R 1 in Monitors

What are good video cards for my S3100n slimline PC of 160W and costs less than 120USD.
I also have a HP laptop TX1320 with 128 dedicated and 271 shared video memory (totally 399MB). It lags when I play FullHD or 720P video.
That is on laptop. But on PC, a 256 video memory low profile PCI -E with low watt is enough to play those videos without lagging?

2007-12-09 18:36:26 · 1 answers · asked by volvo942 1 in Desktops

what hardware requisition would give the kind of environment that the company has always operated on and blending into the new technology age?

2007-12-09 17:48:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

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2007-12-09 17:47:27 · 3 answers · asked by BlackDiamond46 2 in Desktops

Hi all, I just relocated from a different state. Unfortunately I had to keep most of my stuff at a U-Haul storage place for a while till I found my own place. I kept my Desktop PC in there for a month, and after plugging it in at my new apartment everything is lagging. From the Graphics to the refresh rate, I mean everything. Example is I used to play most of my Games at this desktop with relative ease, now the graphics is like lagging, slow and everything. I am so tempted to reformat, but because of the move I dont even know where my Drivers and installation discs are. I tried defragmenting and everything but to no avail. Any suggestions?

2007-12-09 17:09:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I'm trying to remember, if it is in NTFS I think it is around 85%, is that right?

2007-12-09 16:57:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I have XP sp2, and can't find my cd/dvd drive anywhere. It won't open, no lights come on. I'd download an updated driver, but since I can't figure out what I have it makes it hard. Could it be dead?

2007-12-09 16:51:14 · 4 answers · asked by Nunya B 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have a dell inspiron 1200 and all of a sudden it stoped playing DVD's... the drive is a CD/DVD drive so it playes all kinds. it used to play the DVD's and now all it dose is start to spin and then clicks a little then stops. but CD's work perfectly and also CD games work. it is just DVD's won't play any more..... HELP!

PLEASE DON'T ANSWER IF YOU ARE JUST GOING TO SAY SOMETHING DUMB... I REALY NEED TO KNOW WHATS WRONG.

it dose this with all DVD's and thay are all perfect. no scraches...

2007-12-09 16:42:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-12-09 16:41:34 · 9 answers · asked by Ashok T 1 in Other - Hardware

i want to play the newest games coming out for the pc like halo 3, tabula rasa, gears of war, bio shock, etcetera. I bought this computer at a pawn shop and dont know much about the subject. i know this machine is about 4 or 5 years old so i would definitely need a new graphics card, maybe sound card. i would like to know how much an upgrade like this would cost if it is possible. can someone please help a lost cybersoul?

2007-12-09 16:40:17 · 9 answers · asked by slappywag9000 1 in Desktops

2007-12-09 16:24:42 · 1 answers · asked by fella 1 in Monitors

2007-12-09 16:11:06 · 7 answers · asked by lois w 1 in Add-ons

everytime i start internet explorer it starts in full screen mode how can i change this please help

2007-12-09 15:43:44 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

recently my computer doesn't even recognize the cd drive. How do I reinstall it.?

2007-12-09 15:30:34 · 5 answers · asked by zxcfghj 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I'm thinking about buying this Toshiba Model: X205-SLi1 from BestBuy.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8553898&type=product&id=1190677997542
Is Toshiba a good, dependable brand and how is it compared to other gaming/college computers at the same price range?

2007-12-09 14:48:56 · 8 answers · asked by tom 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

There is no indication that the laptop is "alive". When the battery charger is plugged there should be the "charging" light on, but there isn't. It's completely blacked out. What I did before I shut it down last time is I installed a Ubuntu Linux distro late night, logged in to Windows once, and shut it down.

2007-12-09 14:48:55 · 3 answers · asked by Dolugen 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My old comp broke down, so I'm replacing it with my brother's comp (both fairly new, bought within the last 3 years), and I was wondering if I could set my SATA HD as a slave HD to his ATA HD, is this possible at all?

2007-12-09 14:37:23 · 5 answers · asked by ep50 3 in Add-ons

I have a ipod and everytime i connect it to my computuer it says unknow device and I cant charge it or add songs and all my other usbs i cant plug into the computer. I have tried alot of diffrent things to try to fix the problem but it doesnt work for the computer to make the usb device known.

2007-12-09 14:33:07 · 5 answers · asked by the sweetest thing ♥ 2 in Other - Hardware

I am having problems with my Epson Stylus CX7000F printer. Sometimes it prints, but most of the time it doesn't. When I try to print, I get a message from the Epson software stating that the printer is not ready to print. It is on and there are no other pending documents. Sometimes I try and it prints fine. How do I fix this problem? I have tried the Epson website, but have found no solution.

2007-12-09 14:28:32 · 3 answers · asked by Paul Zeb 1 in Printers

can i overclock my Geforce gx 5200 if so, how?

thanks

2007-12-09 14:28:06 · 4 answers · asked by Rando 2 in Add-ons

Should I get a mac mini or should I get a computer with Vista

Things I will use it for:
Making movies
Internet
Listening to music
Playing movies
Going to be used by a very bright 12 year old (me)
literally a computer ex

2007-12-09 14:25:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-12-09 14:19:06 · 8 answers · asked by angie c 1 in Monitors

Someone told me that the mother board stopped accepting the graphic card. What does this mean?

2007-12-09 13:22:30 · 8 answers · asked by . 2 in Other - Hardware