Desktops - July 2006

What is Memory CAS Latency ?

2006-07-13 10:26:53 · 8 answers · asked by Master P 2

I want to know if can be install two video card in a computer. Because my computer has one that just have (64 MB) so I want to add another one tell me what I do. Or not tell me. Thanks!!!!!

2006-07-13 10:26:36 · 7 answers · asked by Mary 1

I use a Mac at work, and we are unable to upgrade or switch to PC or better Macs due to budget freeze. But our budget is not the only thing frozen. My mouse cursor freezes -- regularly. My keyboard works faithfully, but occassionally a prompt comes up saying it has insufficient power. The mouse is the big problem, as it flashes red (it's a USB wire mouse, not wireless) after extended use of the mouse. The pointer freezes when moving around a lot or when I'm scrolling through a page. I have plenty of memory left and 900 mb of virtual memory. I deleted all Web browser cookies. I emptied my trash. A virus search revealed nothing. A little help? (Please refrain from anti-Mac comments -- I'm doing the best with what I got, and Macintosh has its good points).

2006-07-13 10:12:17 · 2 answers · asked by creton4 3

2006-07-13 10:00:07 · 6 answers · asked by brendabigpoints 1

I want to pick out a motherboard, CPU, and all that stuff. I essentially want to build it from the ground up. Where (online or not) is the best place to start?

2006-07-13 09:29:03 · 6 answers · asked by Brian G 2

i just got a dell comp a couple of months ago and i havent dowloaded anything except for aim and ad-aware...i used to have 57 gigs and just two days ago i was down to 53...it makes no sense since i didnt download anything..whats the problem?

2006-07-13 09:27:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-13 08:53:48 · 21 answers · asked by bruto 1

i just bought a computer from a company..its a Dark Void Assault Custom Gaming PC..it has a AMD 3700+ processor on an ASUS mother board 1GB of RAM (when it arrives at my house im adding another 768MB of RAM so a total of 1.792GB of RAM) a NVIDIA 6800XT PCI-E video card..it seems like a nasty PC to me for gaming any thing anyone can think of thats bad on this or could be better...?

2006-07-13 08:46:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I came home today to find that my mother had accidentally spilled water all over my computer keyboard while trying to water plants on my windowsill. Luckily, I left my computer off. What can I do with my keyboard... is it a goner?

2006-07-13 08:45:37 · 20 answers · asked by HoneyB 4

I have an ATI Radeon 9500 graphics card
I want to upgrade my motherboard and processor using this package (see link for morre detail on it)

Are the two compatable? Is one PCI and the other APG?
Could really use some help on this!

2006-07-13 08:40:49 · 7 answers · asked by Bacteria Boy 4

2006-07-13 08:11:08 · 6 answers · asked by Mic Y 1

I was trying to re-install XP and when it ask about the partitions I don't have any in the box so I press enter and the screen goes black and I the (BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH) saying something about the setup or something like that. Can anybody help me please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-07-13 08:04:38 · 3 answers · asked by eternal1soul 2

I was on the internet when it starting making a clicking noise and then it froze up and I had to manually turn it off. When I turned it back on I got a screen that said primary hard disk drive 0 not found. Could it be my hard drive? Virus or Worm? Something else?

2006-07-13 08:00:39 · 10 answers · asked by tonda_pooh_2004 1

Its never had sound from new(just last month) so I contacted the makers (Medion) and they kindly sent out a new XP disc and an 'applications & support' disc. However, when I went to the FAQs to sort the problem, it said...."

go to Start, Control Panel, sytem, hardware, device manager. In device manager there will be a yellow question mark next to Multimedia Audio Controller" (then follows on how to correct the problem)

I dont have a listing there for 'multimedia audio controller'!!!

I've sent them an e-mail, but was hoping someone couldadvise me how to get it sorted ASAP rather than wait for them to get back?

2006-07-13 08:00:28 · 11 answers · asked by DonnaDoop 4

2006-07-13 07:58:11 · 6 answers · asked by 10 points 4u 2

What is your opinion of EMachines model T3508?

2006-07-13 07:29:22 · 3 answers · asked by Married Male 2

Explain.

2006-07-13 07:24:43 · 16 answers · asked by edhollawood 2

How do you format a WD raptor sata hard drive, My windows XP cannot find the drive on my board, Do I need to do something first so the XP software can find it?

2006-07-13 07:19:33 · 1 answers · asked by amara 2

I checked the memory usage, the free memory remains 45 MB after opening photoshop 7, corel 11 & internet 4 windows. Do you think, its really important to upgrade RAM of my desktop. I am using 256 MB on my XP professional windows.

2006-07-13 07:09:42 · 5 answers · asked by 10 points 4u 2

I want to know what capacity of my RAM is being used on my XP pro desktop. Is there any software to check it ? Please suggest ?

2006-07-13 06:49:19 · 6 answers · asked by 10 points 4u 2

I want to know what capacity of my RAM is being used on my XP pro desktop. Is there any software to check it ? Please suggest ?

2006-07-13 06:48:30 · 10 answers · asked by 10 points 4u 2

I reinstalled Windows XP, it doesnt recognize the 3D card, and wont install. Any ideas?

2006-07-13 05:56:08 · 2 answers · asked by nezhy 2

Currently the HD has 2 partitians. The first is probably 90% of the HD and the second is large enough to install XP with a bit left to spare. To be honest, Im uncertain how I got 2 partitians to begin with. This puter has worked hard for a couple years and has too many issues to resolve. I believe my best approach would be to COMPLETELY reformat the hard drive ( I dont want to restore it to an earlier point etc--I want the HD wiped clean for a fresh start) and then reinstall a fresh copy of XP. I cant seem to figure out how to reformat the hard drive.


Can anyone tell me a reasonably simple way to reformat it?

2006-07-13 05:52:35 · 16 answers · asked by Ceroulious 2

well after looking at the dell computer I planned on I looked at the HP compaq presario.

Which is better:
Compaq 1839 here:
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0542758437.1152804964@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccddaddifjjmjgfcflgceggdhhmdfho.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=235867&category_oid=

OR the Dell Dimension 5150c
with options of
processor = Intel® Viiv™ technology -Intel® Pentium® D 820 Dual Core(2.80GHz,800MHz,2x1MB)
memory = 1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (2x512) Memory
no service upgrade
and other options as sold, found here;
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&kc=305&l=en&oc=D075C5&s=dhs&sbc=dimen_5150c

The HP is £50 more but is it better??
Please help!!

2006-07-13 04:45:21 · 16 answers · asked by alicepears 3

Occasionally, about once every month or two, my computer will say that I have only 992MB of RAM, when usually it shows my full 1024MB. It will say this during POST, and also after I boot and look at the properties for My Computer. In addition, I have noticed that when this happens, I tend to have problems with my video card. Basically, my computer will say that I don't HAVE a video card. It has done this with both my NVidia FX5700, and with my ATI Radeon 9800SE. I'm sure it is no coincidence that it is exactly 32MB. 32MB is the amount per chip. I am using 2 sticks, consisting of 2 banks of 256MB per stick. Has anyone heard of this happening, or experienced it? And if so, is there a fix? It doesn't make sense to me for RAM to work SOME of the time. A chip is either bad, or it isn't.

2006-07-13 04:22:52 · 5 answers · asked by Lamont M 3

restart again press again the other configuration or safe mode the same thing it restart again. can you help me?i cannot access the bios setup.

2006-07-13 04:14:39 · 10 answers · asked by daniel a 1

I have 3 choices for memory:

512MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (2x256) Memory [Included in Price]

1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (2x512) Memory [add £58.75]

2048MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (4x512) Memory [add £152.75]

is the one included with price likely to be ok for home use? or should I pay the extra for one up - is it much better or wouldn't I notice for my purposes?

I think this is more for people running big programs?


And for the hard drive:
currently mine is old & only 16GB so the 250GB option is likely to be more than enough for me - not worth upgrading?
Options:

500GB (7200rpm) NCQ SATA Hard Drive [add £188.00]

250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst cache [Included in Price]

320GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 2MB DataBurstTM cache [add £70.50]

Thanks - ps ameteur here - use simple language, thanks!!

2006-07-13 04:11:47 · 12 answers · asked by alicepears 3

since i can customise my dell computer...

I can drop the price by £153 if I don't want the 3yr at home service. I would opt for this - I never ever needed help with my current computer so is it really worth the £153?? Surely any big problems would occur after 3yrs anyway?

Advice?

2006-07-13 04:05:48 · 14 answers · asked by alicepears 3

2006-07-13 03:59:16 · 3 answers · asked by RICHIE T 1

I get a blue screen that says drive c is corrupted and cannot be repaired.

2006-07-13 03:58:04 · 8 answers · asked by ngmfb 3