Add-ons - January 2007

Why do shadow's lag my computer really bad. I am able to turn all the settings up on my comp with out lag but shadows. Also, is their some sort of gpu overclocking?

2007-01-22 13:20:09 · 3 answers · asked by ? 2

(this is my tightly budget built computer, don't blame me I'm a 16Y/O working student LOL)
anyone want to reccomend? I have an
AsRock775i65G motherboard
Intel Pentium D 2.8ghz Proccesor
512mb DDR ram
64mb Geforce MX420 AGP(-.-)''
I know it's not a good board and cpu and spec, I'm into games and can't decide which card to buy (I'm on a tight budget :) right now :) need to work more :D)

2007-01-22 12:42:38 · 5 answers · asked by chum chum 1

Hello everyone, I have a problem. My little sister just got an ipod nano that she asked me to hook up to a computer and put music on. I have tried hooking it up to four different USB 2.0 connections (two each on seperate computers). both computers say that it is not recognized and completely ignore it after that. So What is the problem?
I could understand one computer not working with it, but both having this problem with a brand new ipod nano?

2007-01-22 12:10:42 · 3 answers · asked by bobo the bionic monkey 1

I have an authentic Windows XP Pro cd, but there is no service packs embedded in it. The problem I am having, is that I just bought a 300GB hard drive and Windows XP won't recognize all of it (will only recognize 180GB out of the 300) without at least SP1. Well, is there a work around for this problem?

2007-01-22 11:25:25 · 5 answers · asked by sm_csu 2

My question is actually 2 questions, but since they're related I dont see the point of making 2 separate posts.

1. I have a GeForce 7900 GT right now and I'm wondering when less expensive versions of the GeForce 8 series will be released. (below $300). Perhaps a 8600 GT or something like that. Is anything scheduled by nvidia or do I just have to wait for it to appear one day?

I didn't follow the progression of the GeForce 7 line very closely, but I have noticed these cool fanless variations of some cards, such as these:

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=3&id=1908&pg=2
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/09/14/xfx_geforce_7950_gt_570m/2.html

2. How long was it after the release of the first 7 series card before these fanless cards became available? How long should I expect to wait for similar fanless disgins of 8 series cards to become available? I'm interested in this mainly because they're silent.

2007-01-22 11:16:11 · 2 answers · asked by Jamal D 2

i can hear people but they can not hear me audio is enabled how do i fix this

2007-01-22 10:16:26 · 1 answers · asked by michele h 1

and the usb ports and the sata port arent active yet but the firewire port is supposed to be active. so i connected the hard drive with the firewire cable instead of the usb. and i dont think the dvr knows there is anything connected to it cause i still get a message saying that there isnt enough space to record shows so how can i get my dvr to know that there is a hard drive connected to it? Someone said something about drivers for it but how do i do that with an optical drive for the software installation disc that came with it? thanks for an advice! Star trek is the best!

2007-01-22 09:50:37 · 2 answers · asked by Gerard Way is the Boss 3

2007-01-22 08:49:13 · 9 answers · asked by emal 1

2007-01-22 08:29:55 · 7 answers · asked by emal 1

new 2 this just recently got a cam

2007-01-22 07:42:48 · 2 answers · asked by country boy 1

I have a 60GB macbook, it has a SATA hard drive

I Recently bought a brand new 160GB SATA HARD DRIVE

when i put it in my machine to install it - my macbook didnt reconize it.

could this be because it hasnt been formatted for mac use?

if so my next question would be how do i format it??? it doesnt give me the option to.

i thought if i had a external USB enclosure for it, i could format it using disk utility. but i do not have a usb enclosure

is there any other way to format? can i burn a program to a bootable cd to format it? if so, what program?

kind regards.

mark

2007-01-22 07:39:52 · 3 answers · asked by mama 2

for my computer class i needed to go out and buy a USB Flash Drive/Thumb Drive/Memory stick, 128 MB or 256 MB and it couldn't be a U3 type flash drive. When i went to staples I bought a USB 2.0 Flash Drive, 1GB. Will this flash drive that I bought be ok for this class? & what does it mean when it says 1GB? My only concern is that I don't know if the one i bought is a 128 MB or 256 MB flash drive. ugh, i don't know a thing about computers! someone help!

2007-01-22 05:51:52 · 15 answers · asked by Amy_Lynn 1

My son wants to install World of Warcraft. The only thing is, we know that the Video Card is inadequate. We have an S3 ProSavage + utilities (16MB). Could I install it with this card in place, or should I upgrade the Video Card and then install the programe. The PC is 5 years old. Any suggestions on which card to use please.. ty

2007-01-22 05:40:43 · 4 answers · asked by breezinabout 3

2007-01-22 03:51:42 · 3 answers · asked by idontcare 1

If you know how to change this please help!
Thanks in advance!

2007-01-22 03:03:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-22 02:56:56 · 13 answers · asked by Paul T 1

2007-01-22 02:39:50 · 10 answers · asked by Help_me 2

2007-01-22 02:23:00 · 9 answers · asked by azim m 1

2007-01-22 01:20:11 · 1 answers · asked by raj k 1

I already have the router

2007-01-22 00:47:26 · 5 answers · asked by Sham Rock 1

i have a dell computer and when i loaded my printer on my computer (copy scan fax) i lost most of my volume on my computer. so i am wondering can i hook my computerto my surroun sound on my tv

2007-01-22 00:43:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think my stick is broken-down, I don't know what happend with it.
when I tried to open some folder it's write "the file is corrupted and unreadable".
Is my USB broken-down or just that files

2007-01-21 23:26:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

sockets on it solve the problem or would a pc shop etc need to fit a whole new device?

Really dense when it comes to I.T so thanks in advance for your help. :)

2007-01-21 23:03:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-21 22:49:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to buy graphic card. Which is best : NVIDIA or ATI.

2007-01-21 20:56:19 · 8 answers · asked by Babu 1

I have an Advent Wireless Embedded Optical Mouse ADE-EMB1 but can not work out how to put the batteries in, does anyone know? I do not have the user guide and can not find it online.

Thanks

2007-01-21 19:23:41 · 1 answers · asked by ebungle 3

I would like to put music from a cassette tape to a CD using my PC. If not maybe an external CD/DVD writer.

2007-01-21 17:17:24 · 6 answers · asked by redrover928 2

How can i tell if my computer will work with this card reader? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820609198 my computer only has a 1.1 usb so i'm not sure if it will work. i dont want to buy the wrong one, so can anyone double check for me? what does my computer need to have in order for this to work?

2007-01-21 16:45:49 · 3 answers · asked by blah 2

I'm currently using ATI Radeon 9250 (AGP). The recent driver upgrade from ATI gave me so many problems. And of course, this won't be able to run newer games. I'm currenlty playing Battlefield2, Counter-Stirke: Source, Rome: Total War.

I'm not particularly looking for something that will enable me to set every graphics to max. But I want the games to be decently playable.

Made some research and these models fit my budget. But which one is better? GeForce is much more expensive but are they more reliable (less annoying) than ATI?

2007-01-21 16:28:27 · 5 answers · asked by jomni1 2

the lights turn on. the found new hardware installs a usb to ide thing but it shows that it has a problem. windows 98 doesn't have a management thing in the control panel. no drive letter shows up in my computer. my other usb divices work. maybe this is not formatted. help me there too.

2007-01-21 15:41:27 · 2 answers · asked by Danny 3