Hardware - December 2007

1.Patriot 2GB PC2-6400 C4 Extreme Performance (2x1GB)

2.2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix Tracer 240-pin DIMM (with LEDs), DDR2 PC2-6400

which is better and why ? ..also is it possible to get 2 Patriot stick and 2 Ballistix Tracer sticks so that total ram is 4GB

2007-12-08 22:16:12 · 3 answers · asked by randike2007 1 in Other - Hardware

i have 1999 Packard bell with intel centrino processor
128 ram

well that as much as i know as i haven't used the computer in years

The error message is:

set up did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer make sure and hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected in your computer and that any disk-related hardware configration is correct this may involve manufactures-supplied diagnostics or set up program.

2007-12-08 21:08:19 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Anybody know where online I can order a small, and I mean very very small like 4 inches across or less flat screen vga computer monitor?

2007-12-08 20:26:51 · 2 answers · asked by Liz 7 in Monitors

It was all fine yesterday, then suddenly, I cant start my acer laptop today. I am using windows XP. It start with a check disk for consistency, scanned thru all and reported that no problem found. As normal it goes on to "the windows is starting" and suddenly, I catch a glimpse of a dark blue screen with words I am only able to see "memory" "automatic"... and then it went on to the black screen which says the windows has encounter problem and an option menu of 3 different safemodes, or previous good config, or start normally. So I chose:

Previous good config.: Same problem occurs as when I start it normally. It goes back to the option menu again.

Safemode: It didnt work. It continues on the black screen with a series of paths I do not understand and after a long while goes back to the option menu. The list of path goes something like this: multi(0) disk(0) rdisk(0) partition(0) \windows\ system32\ drivers\ mup (or BDIS or Fastfat or KsecDD there are many)

Please advise.

2007-12-08 20:19:47 · 3 answers · asked by TIN 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Alright for Christmas I'm getting a graphics card. Joy. Thing is I have a 100$ price cap on whatever I get, maybe I could talk to old people into a few bucks over but def. not over 110$. My current system is a 3.2Ghz processor, 1Gb of ram, nice power supply. I really don't even need a high end card because all I really play is CS:S and I don't see my current heap of cheap crap running anything like Crysis or COD4 any time soon so I was wondering what card I should go with to stay in my cheap freakn bum price range, there are lots of midrange cards to pick from on newegg
I'm looking for someone to pick out a card for me, semi-decent, It needs to be from Newegg, It needs to be PCI-E (X-16), and needs to be cheap, I would prefer an ATI card because ive had good results from them, I would rather have a 512MB card but a pretty fast 256 with a good gpu will do, and please for the love of god not another "leech card" that uses my ram for memory..
ill give best answer to the one i pick

2007-12-08 20:06:59 · 3 answers · asked by Dan. 3 in Add-ons

2007-12-08 19:53:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

please it is urgent for my studies

2007-12-08 19:34:14 · 12 answers · asked by prinks.praveen 1 in Desktops

when i start my computer its not showed me my icon and tool bar only showing me blank screen (back ground of windows) can you suggest me any solution which i solve my problem without re-install windows.

Thanx in advance.
AhmedDAr.

2007-12-08 19:03:10 · 10 answers · asked by Dar A 1 in Desktops

Memory Clock 540
Core Clock 1400

is thats wif da ddr3 or not.. so if its not will it become 540 X 3 and 1400 X3

Thnks

2007-12-08 18:51:29 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I currently have 4 ports for my computer for Ram and they look something like this ...

Port A: 1GB of RAM
Port B: 512MB of RAM
Port A: 1 GB of RAM
Port B: 512MB of RAM

The reason why I did this is because before I had 4 GB of RAM. I figured since my computer didn't have an updated BIOS which I looked everywhere for and couldn't find. I returned the 2GB of RAM and replaced it with my old ones; two 512 MB of RAM. But unfortunately the store owner only let me return one out of the two because I had bought it at a different day and the return day policy expired. My computer has Dual Channel. It means that I have to have the same type of ram in the same colored ports for it to work to properly and run efficiently. They're color coordinated, Green (a) Purple (b). Anyways, I'm wondering if it's safe to have both my 512MB of RAM in my computer while I have the 1GB of RAM installed. Or should it just be all 1 GB of RAM into all ports. So far it's working fine. But I'm worried it might...

2007-12-08 18:49:43 · 6 answers · asked by Karamja889 2 in Add-ons

I want to buy a new mother board and a new powersupply
What should I look for when buying these things?

Is there a maximum amount of watts a motherboard can handle, I do not want to fry it.


The question is.

When buying a motherboard and a power supply unit what should I look for before buying? ?
(It will be nice to know what these things do EX. look for what kind of CPU it supports. BECAUSE IF IT IS AMD INTEL WILL NOT WORK IN IT.) something like that.

Is there power supplies that may not work for certain systems or motherboards? ?

2007-12-08 18:27:12 · 8 answers · asked by dave 1 in Desktops

The motherboard im getting is the Asus M2A-VM-HDMI. The reason why im getting the hdmi version is because its coming as a barebone set.

im buying graphics card seperately. I looked at mobo manual, and i cant find anywhere i where i can disable onboard video. How do i do this?

2007-12-08 17:58:59 · 4 answers · asked by Crysis 7 in Desktops

he has a habit of telling lies...i jus wanna get him caught this time...plz help me on this issue!!!!!

2007-12-08 17:48:16 · 4 answers · asked by Aj 1 in Other - Hardware

i have xfx nvidia 7300gs g card.. its a 256mb supporting 512mb. Now wht the hell does this supporting 512 mb means ???
here are the details:------

Memory Clock********** 530 MHz
Clock rate*************** 550 MHz
Chipset****************** GeForce 7300 GS
Memory ******************256MB SUPPORTING 512MB
Bus Type *****************PCI-E
Memory Type************ DDR2
Memory Bus************* 128 bit
Output******************** VGA, DVI
Highlighted Features**** RoHS , TV Out , HDTV ready
for more go here n look on the 1st one
http://www.xfxforce.com/web/product/listConfigurationDetails.jspa?series=GeForce%26trade%3B+7300&productConfigurationId=973546

2007-12-08 17:32:13 · 3 answers · asked by himanshu_negi86 1 in Add-ons

I want to buy a new computer but im not sure if i should get a laptop and an external harddrive or a new desktop for a price around $1300. My current computer is a Dimension E310 with windows xp with an intel pentium 4 proccessor with 504 MB of RAM. Im not sure what video card i have because i dont know how to find out. Should i get a new laptop or PC or upgrade my current one?

2007-12-08 17:19:27 · 9 answers · asked by rstijerina_19 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am trying to overclock my intel celeron m processor but i need to know what kind of plc chip I have so that i can tell if I can overclock with the program I have. I know that people think it is immpossible to overclock but I know its not so please can you tell me how to find what PLC I have?

2007-12-08 17:05:07 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

It's a Dell

2007-12-08 16:57:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

My computer wont turn on..
its a desktop. The fans wont even turn on. It's dead. I unplug and plug the power cord back in but it still wont turn on. .it's a Dell Demension 4600. I opened it up and the power supply is getting to the motherboard, cuz the little light is on. But when i press the power buttton it doesn't turn on. I did a research and somewhere it said that i should try using a screwdriver to connect to pins on the motherboard to see if its the switch which is broken. I can't find the two pins though. Can someone help me? AND is there another way to get my computer to power on?
The motherboard looks like this:

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/6889/123resized3ut.jpg


The blue box on the lower right hand corner is where the wires from the power button connect to (in the pic)

2007-12-08 16:52:22 · 14 answers · asked by ? 2 in Desktops

I had a sprained ankle, and so I couldn't catch it quick enough, and so it feel about three feet off my bunk bed to the ground. Now I have two whhite vertical lines across my screen, and now I can't play the laptop without the power cord charging it. Did I permanantly damage it? My laptop's a Toshiba, by the way, if that helps anyway.

I'm only 12, and I don't want to get screamed at by my parents that I already wrecked my laptop, after only nearly 2 years of using it. I really, really, need some help here.

2007-12-08 16:47:21 · 7 answers · asked by Aurora 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

and never shut it down?

2007-12-08 16:45:50 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

a few hours ago i adjusted my computer so it would perform to its "best performance" so i could play sims 2 faster. now i switched it back to the windows xp display and now the taskbar still looks like it was when windows 97 was around. how can i get my windowx xp blue/green/ or silver 3d taskbar back!??!

2007-12-08 15:28:27 · 7 answers · asked by damon1570 1 in Desktops

Help?

Is it bad installing the printer on a laptop? We tried it on our older version of HP and it was working back then, then we thought that printer broke because it just wouldn't print. So my mom bought a new printer, HP 900, but everytime we install it, the laptop shuts down.

2007-12-08 15:20:06 · 1 answers · asked by juliette 4 in Printers

My computer is an HP windows vista, but my old HP printer will not work on it.

2007-12-08 15:18:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

I am looking to purchase a new desktop computer, all these specs are confusing to me, where can I go to learn what all these specs mean or stand for so that I can understand them and help me make a decision.

2007-12-08 15:16:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2.2ghz 704 mb ram. amd athlon 64 3500+ Apreciate help.

2007-12-08 15:14:33 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Cannon MP600 Printer (just purchased) Makes beautiful copies but where do I find less expensive cartridges? At Staples where I purchased this printer a complete sex of six which includes 2 blk,lylo,lrd,lbl, costs $50.00 I tried refilling them but to no success. If one color is low, the printer will not print even with the filled black cartridges. I tried printing one picture & it sucked the brains out of the color cartridges. Where to buy refills, please advise. Thanks

2007-12-08 15:13:34 · 9 answers · asked by ? 1 in Printers

What would you prefer to buy among the two?

2007-12-08 14:50:09 · 3 answers · asked by zypher 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi I am thinking of getting a Macbook even though I am a Windows user. What is a Macbook used for and is it good for work, buisness, technology,etc.? Lastly would you reccomend me buying a Macbook.

2007-12-08 14:13:47 · 3 answers · asked by Action V 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

my ram card is 128 MB DDR- 400 MHz- Cl3 Pc3200U-3033-0-C0

2007-12-08 13:34:25 · 5 answers · asked by xuepingguan@verizon.net 1 in Desktops

2007-12-08 13:31:51 · 2 answers · asked by sonumathew5 1 in Laptops & Notebooks