Add-ons - June 2006

ive just bought a pair of labtec"pulse"2.1 speakers for a bargain price of £12-99,it has 2 sattelite speakers and a sub-woofer
has anyone bought these and if so,what do you think of them,bearing in mind,they are less than £13 and there pretty decent pc speakers

2006-06-09 07:42:45 · 3 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7

can you damage a gpu,as i tried ati tool on a radeon 9550 but bottled out after 1 second of using the core memory tool,i think it had only gone about 2mhz until i saw the word "heating"and thats when i thought "no",its not worth it
it seems ok and when i run dxdiag all tests come back ok,i have run some ati demos and they are ok,but if i would of carried on ,would it have damaged the card or would it just stop when it got to its max operating speed
also ,which is the better card,ati or nvidia,ive had both(i reckon nvidia(ecspecially for games)),but are matrox cards any good,ive done a bit of research on them,but some feedback would be helpful

2006-06-09 07:38:33 · 10 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7

If I was to buy a 500GB harddrive, should I get internal or external?

If internal, is it possible to make it my default harddrive without losing any files I have on my current one?

2006-06-09 03:42:20 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just bought a 5.1 speaker system and i cant get the rears to work...I bought a 5 channel sound card...i set my system to 5.1 surround...Ive got windows xp....Im lost!!!

2006-06-09 01:54:46 · 4 answers · asked by crushedthumb 2

when i insert a disk to play it reads it for like 2 seconds but doesnt play its supposse to lpay in drive E on my computer and I did a test on drive e and it says it functioning properly but no matter what kinda of disk i put in it doesnt play

2006-06-09 01:13:45 · 7 answers · asked by home maker 1

sorry but newbie & don't get the beta thing. also got norton on (if that means anything to anyone) thanks to this site i now know the difference between free/share/lime etc ware. thanks all & keep up the good work xx

2006-06-09 00:36:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I live in the USA and have a need to buy computer equipment for my families business in the Philippines. It is too expensive to buy here and ship, since the shipping costs are so high.

I can send them the money, and have them purchase, but being a tech, I really like to choose the items I'm going to try to support remotely.

Anyone know a good website in the Philippines for purchasing computer gear?

2006-06-09 00:28:27 · 4 answers · asked by KansasDragon 5

Also I got a new speaker system 5.1 and I need a new sound card.. about how much $ do I need to spend for one.. i basically just want it for listening to music.. but loud and clear

2006-06-08 11:33:19 · 7 answers · asked by christada619 1

is it possible

2006-06-08 08:48:57 · 12 answers · asked by abc123 1

Tried to get on my yahoo account the other day and it would not let me sign in. So i started a new account which does not have all my friends on it ofcourse. Been very upset because a lot of people only know that address and not my knew one. Sadly i do not remember most of their address.

2006-06-08 06:57:51 · 5 answers · asked by Vicki P 1

And how much do they cost?

2006-06-08 05:01:26 · 7 answers · asked by Y 2

I built a PC for the first time in my life. (I had experience upgrading).

I have an Intel D945GTPLR Motherboard with Pentium D processor.

Question:

There are 2 IDE connectors on board. FDD & Primary IDE. I do not have FDD and will not use that connector. I have configured such that HDD will be the Master Drive and CD/DVD RW will be the Slave on the same ribbon and connected to the Primary IDE. I have read about doing this and am sure atleast it is the right thing to do. Also the BIOS does support such configuration, allowing to BOOT from the Slave device (I READ BUT WILL RE-READ ON THE SAME).

Will all Hardware be detected successfully by the Operating system like Windows XP?

I sill have to start the system but need to do the final checks.

2006-06-08 02:17:52 · 7 answers · asked by pkunal 2

On my USB stick, two hidden/ghost folders have suddenly appeared, named SecurDataStor and SecurDataStorRM. They contain these files: SecurIndex.enx, actskn42.ocxz, AppPrefs.ini, autorun.inf, Configuration.env, Copyfile.exe, dialog.sknz, EULA.txt, html.fltz, image.ftlz, logo_left.bmp, logo_right.bmp, main.sknz, msghxx.dllz, mso.fltz, MSVCR71.DLLz, PTxSCP.ocxz, rtf.fltz, SecurDataStor.bat, SecurDataStor.cnt, SecurDataStor.exe, SecurDataStor.hlp, SecurDataStor.ico, text.fltz, userTemplates.tnx, Viewer.exez

Why have they appeared and what should I do with them?

2006-06-07 21:14:24 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've got my eye on a few AGP video cards and would like your expert advice about which one to buy and why... they are:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102609
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127164
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814145118

If my computer supported PCI Express or SLI I would get those kinds, but I can only choose between old fashioned styles of PCI and AGP. I need to know which one of the above will support my computer which has a 300W power supply, the system manual says it will allow 1.5V AGP cards AGP 8X AGP 3.0 specifications. Which of the above video cards which support my budget should I get and why?

2006-06-07 17:58:38 · 8 answers · asked by John Luke 5

2006-06-07 16:20:42 · 6 answers · asked by Doug T 1

Please help . My computer went kaput (MB). Well i had them (Computerpeople) put the HD in an external HD case so i could still use it, well ive hooked it up and it downloaded the drivers and said it needs formated.??? what excactly does formatted mean? cause it says format type,
(quick )erase, or
full
I donot wanna erase the HD it has everything on it,pics music,ya know so please tell me what to do..

2006-06-07 08:44:39 · 6 answers · asked by wrokgoddess 3

My computer manual says I need an AGP card which is 1.5V or below and that it will support up to AGP 8X. I am looking at this video card: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814127164

Where does the power cord plug into? It says it comes with a power cord? There is no mention of power cords for AGP video cards in my computer's manual. I cannot call for technical support, please help.

2006-06-07 07:01:46 · 2 answers · asked by John Luke 5

i have a pentium 3 with a 866mhz processor and 512mb ram,160gb hdd,radeon 9550(128mb),unknown soundcard(i think its a soundblaster pci ?),and i am wondering what would be the ideal soundcard and videocard upgrade,bear in mind i only use it for internet usage and photo editing so speed is not essential
also what is the best graphic card(agp)for my games machine (pentium 4,1gbram,realteck audio,200gb hdd,radeon 9700 graphic card(256mb)),i look to improve it and have a budget of £75 to £125,any ideas

2006-06-07 06:35:12 · 5 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7

when i play certain games ,like racing games i sometimes get a jumping effect in certain games ,its like i get to a certain frame and it will pause for 1/10th of a sec and carry on
is this a hard drive problem or a graphic card problem
my card is a radeon 9550,i know its not brilliant but the games i play only require 8 to 16mb graphics and mine is 128mb
do you get jumping in games or is there a way to rectify this
any ideas folks

2006-06-07 05:38:37 · 4 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7

I'm trying to burn the music from iTunes into a cd-rom, but everytime i click on "burn" it say's that a cd burner could not be located on my computer. So can someone please tell me where to get a cd burner and if whether or not it can be downloaded.

2006-06-07 04:05:56 · 10 answers · asked by brandy 2

other files will transfer, but not audio/video. Used windows media player and several others and still get error messages. Some messeges will say to clean disk..when it is a brand new one. any help or tips would be appreciated.

2006-06-07 02:37:34 · 6 answers · asked by tb2321 1

I could not find the driver Pls inform me.Without this driver there is jerking whether u drag the windows or having some work in Excel spredsheet.Is there any solution without replacing the Display Card?

2006-06-07 00:07:57 · 5 answers · asked by kulkirtis 1

I bought a logitech webcam and a free microphone headset came with it and it's not working. I can hear sound in the headphones. Just the mic isn't working. My computer tells me that it's connected and I checked all the volume controls and they were all up. When I test hardware under Sounds and Audio Devices, it normally tells me that it did not detect sound. Do you know of any way of fixing it? I've tried everything I could and it still doesn't work. Could it just be a cheap mic that the company was just giving away with the webcam?

2006-06-06 17:09:10 · 3 answers · asked by Scuba Steve 5

2006-06-06 16:07:18 · 3 answers · asked by macatub 2

2006-06-06 08:33:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-06 07:44:38 · 2 answers · asked by kbarranti1960 1

2006-06-06 06:15:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yes, its compatible w/ yahoo, Yes, its the latest Yahoo version, Yes, its uninstalled and installed again

2006-06-06 02:38:55 · 6 answers · asked by sadiebleubabygurl707 1

the webcam works and is installed on my computer, yahoo messenger doesnt recognize it under the camera source, why? HELP ME PLEASE!!

2006-06-06 02:20:37 · 4 answers · asked by sadiebleubabygurl707 1

it worked before, but it just says "no disc" now. it says on the drawer that it is disc re-writable, dvd r\rw, and dvd rewritable. also, i have never been able to burn cds either. i do have a drive that just says "compact disc" though. any suggestions would greatly be appreciated! lol ty

rOB

2006-06-05 17:37:07 · 5 answers · asked by the d1sl0cat3r 3