Add-ons - May 2007

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2007-05-13 03:18:45 · 1 answers · asked by sarah n 2

Hi, I have an Hp a1730n with about 1.9 gigs of physical memory and an AMD 5000+ processor. I wanted to get the new PNY Geforce 8600 GT (350 W power requirement) video card that came out a month ago, but I found out that my power supply has only 300 watts. Do I have to buy a new one, or can I just use this one without putting my computer at risk?

2007-05-13 02:52:57 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-13 00:50:49 · 1 answers · asked by phiero21 2

I'm asking this because if my new video card turns out to be a flop then I don't want to not be able to change back to my other card..any help would be appreciated.

2007-05-12 18:33:03 · 3 answers · asked by harout b 1

I can't install the driver for my webcam. It's an A4tech model PK-635. the installation can't be completed coz it said that it can't find the necessary files on the provided. All the requirements for the webcam are OK. Any suggestions?

2007-05-12 16:24:14 · 3 answers · asked by alvizmiguel 1

So I finally had a chance to go out and buy a Pioneer 112D and an external USB enclosure today, but at the counter I realized that I had no idea whether my laptop had an IDE or a SATA capable motherboard. I was told that IDE would work either way, so I decided to purchase it.

Now that I'm home, I just noticed on my "Device Manager" that my Dell Latitude D820 laptop has a "82801 GBM/GHM Serial ATA Storage Controller". Should I return the IDE Pioneer at the External case and purchase the SATA model?

The cashier told me that as far as external DVD writers go, the difference between IDE and SATA writers is negligible. She told me it only makes a real difference when the drive is internal. Is this true?

Your advice? I haven't opened the packaging yet...

Oh, and more generally, how does a Pioneer 112D in an External Case compare with a higher end model, like a PLEXTOR? Are Plextors still cream of the crop?

2007-05-12 11:01:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

The other day my computer kept restarting so i hit it. ^^; It started beeping and then shut down, when i turned it back on the vodeo did not show up on my monitor and when i tried another one the picture was very wavy and i could see anything. The current graphics card I'm using is worthless and i cant play anything with it. Does anyone know what i did?
PS: I tried buying a new graphics card but dew to my old mother board it didnt fit in any of the ports.

2007-05-12 10:15:19 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

okay,
when i play guildwars on my computer it works you know, every hour or mabey every 20 minutes it will just shut off the whole comptuer will shut off. I thought it was overheating so i reversed a fan in the case, befor i had two blowing out and one blowing in so i fliped one around so now 2 are blowing in and one is blowing out, i know i have to have atleast 1 fan blowing out, but i think it is my graphic card i have a ge-force 6500 the minimum requirments for this game is an ati or ge-force 3 or 4 mx or an 8500 ati card. so mine is obviously too small for this game which would over heat and cause the computer to auto shut down so nothing frys
someone told me this theory so are they rite?
the only thing i dont have that is required for this game is the rite graphic card

2007-05-12 09:54:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

When upgrading and changing hard drives mean i have to buy Windows OS again? Well when I upgrade/change my hard drive the files to run Windows won't be there anymore, Neither will the drivers for my DVD-ROM drive, USB, aor anything else will be there too.

I want to buy a computer off dell and I noticed that buying the cheapest hard drive and upgrading when you get it is cheaper rather than buying the huge 500GB (or whatever) model right off the site. This is why I don't want and external drive, I need a laptop, external components defeat the purpose of portability.

Is there a way to copy ALL files to my hard drive before it become the C/ drive. I think that microsoft would make it impossible to do this since you can make free copies of windows.

2007-05-12 08:31:44 · 7 answers · asked by Kevin Riley 2

2007-05-12 08:00:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-12 07:09:06 · 3 answers · asked by mickeylovesmetoo 1

I have a 1.0gb Sandisk and want to know how many photos will fit on the disk with settings of Economy and 1600 x 1200 on the digital camera?

2007-05-12 06:57:35 · 6 answers · asked by Bill K 1

Ok, so Im saving up for a brand new dual-core AMD processor, and a new motherboard. I know that when you install a new processor and motherboard your Operating System needs to be re-installed, and some drivers can become whack. My question is would it just be so much easier to buy a bigger harddrive (Right now I only have an 80Gig and looking to buy a 250Gig) and start from scratch? I realize I'll lose everything on my 80Gig but that's a chance Im willing to take if I can have more memory in the long run.

P.S I can only have one harddrive in my computer from issues.

2007-05-12 06:34:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i love you all, kissy kissy :)

2007-05-12 03:41:47 · 3 answers · asked by jasmin 1

I bought a dvd drive from a computer expo a few years ago, and I haven't been able to burn dvds.
It is a Nec DVD-RW ND-1300A
I saw some firmware floating around the internet, but I don't want to install an unverified driver.
Has anyone else had a similar problem?
I tried the NEC site, but I don't think they offer the driver online...

2007-05-12 02:20:43 · 2 answers · asked by anonymous 2

2007-05-12 00:59:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-11 22:56:03 · 3 answers · asked by rashid n 1

Well i need a good graphics card with at least 256 of mb and must have a great processor, with a good working GPU, but i want one that has an IN video not just OUT, you know the yellow female connection thingys, can anyone help me find one?

2007-05-11 19:09:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

how would you know that a certain type of RAM will be able to be read by a motherboard? we're upgrading a crappy old emachines model t1840

2007-05-11 15:29:52 · 8 answers · asked by VatsuX 4

how do replace my agp graphics fx 5200 with 7300 gt,shall i just take out the old one and replace it with the new one and then update the drivers?

2007-05-11 14:16:14 · 2 answers · asked by Ricky 1

I heard an opinion saying that if you format your hardisk more than twice, it can damage it. Is it true?

2007-05-11 13:08:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why are they more costly than the desktop versions?

2007-05-11 12:49:05 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm considering buying a new computer, and I have two graphics card choices:

256MB nVidia Geforce 7300LE TurboCache

256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Pro

I'm just wondering what's better.

2007-05-11 12:12:25 · 6 answers · asked by What? 1

2007-05-11 11:41:10 · 1 answers · asked by killar163 2

I currently have Windows Media Center PC but it does not have a TV tuner. What is the cheapest TV Tuner I can get that will let me utilize all of the features of the Media Center PC such as scheduled recording, pause and fast forward live TV, etc.

2007-05-11 10:01:46 · 3 answers · asked by dudeman 2

Hello, I need to install a video card because I get a no signal input and done tryed to see if it was just the monitor, I want to know how, is it really hard, and will any computer use any video card? Thank alot! =)

2007-05-11 09:04:17 · 5 answers · asked by Rodney G 2

2007-05-11 08:32:55 · 2 answers · asked by Jeff 2

Hi.
I need some help ASAP.
Can i install a PCI-E graphics card onto my board without any PCI-E slots?
I have 4 free PCI slots. ( Are they compatible?)

2007-05-11 08:12:27 · 6 answers · asked by emanzit 3

I love PC gaming, but I know little about graphic cards, I litterally just did the research to find out that my PC most likely cant accept a PCI-E card, since there are very few motherboards that have an AGP slot, and a PCI-E, im using a Ge-force fx 5200 or something like that, its been awhile since I looked at it, heh..
Anyways though was wondering if I should just get a new comp alltogether, or buy a PCI-E motherboard for my current PC, im not overly knowledgable on PC's but I have installed/swapped out a few pieces of hardware between several PC's on my own.

2007-05-11 06:59:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just purchased a new Mac Pro Quad 2.66 with the following specs:

2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
1GB 667 DDR2 FB DIMM ECC-2x512
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB
250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s drive
500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s drive
16x SuperDrive DL
Airprt Extrm & BT 2.0+EDR

The additional memory from Apple is so expensive. I'm looking at other suppliers and I'm wondering if there are any pitfalls I should watch out for.

I'm currently looking at 2GB (2x1GB) Mac Pro DDR2-667 Fully Buffered Memory from Memoryx.net.

Thanks in advance.

2007-05-11 06:20:07 · 5 answers · asked by Editor Will 2