Desktops - July 2006

Im just wondering. I spent £1200 on a high spec compaq presario about two years ago, its fine at the mo apart from the odd virus, but when will my system start to fail through old age ? what will happen? and what can i do to lengthen my beloved computers life?

2006-07-04 15:06:06 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-04 15:01:41 · 4 answers · asked by AuctionMan99 2

I am trying to load a program off of a dvd into my pc but I don't have a dvd drive so I wanted to hook up my tv's dvd player to the computer.

2006-07-04 14:58:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok i want to find out what type of usb port i have i open device manager and clikc on the usb deevice and it says that the total out put is 500 mAh is this usb 2.0 or 2.1???

2006-07-04 13:08:06 · 2 answers · asked by kickenchicken360 4

i have an external hard drive that holds all of my music and i was moving stuff around the other day, organizing and creating new folders when all of a sudden it wouln't let me create a new folder. i can still move stuff around but i can't create a new folder; i keep getting an error that says "Unable to create folder 'New Folder' Data Error (cyclic redundancy check)". does this mean my hard drive is starting to fail?

2006-07-04 12:24:38 · 3 answers · asked by coeurdepapier 1

2006-07-04 11:59:34 · 4 answers · asked by Mr. Computer 1

I have stuck my old hard drive into the computer I am currently using, how do I get computer to recognise the hard drive, I have plugged in the spare power supply and a ribbon that was spare, but it has no impact on the system?

2006-07-04 11:25:42 · 9 answers · asked by kieranpoolstar 1

2006-07-04 11:15:41 · 3 answers · asked by Mr. Computer 1

I have a DVD-RW and a CD-RW in my tower. Does anyone know if I can remove the CD-RW drive and put in another HDD?

I already have a 80gb HDD that I boot from (master) and another HDD that I have on the same ribbon (slave)

2006-07-04 10:47:53 · 11 answers · asked by uno_chi_ama 1

I have a Dell 9100 computer at home and I am not sure if my Radeon X600 256MB HyperMemory card will support Windows Vista's Aero feature for glass-like interface. Can anyone help?

2006-07-04 10:01:31 · 2 answers · asked by Sumit G 1

I am unable to get my sparcstation 20 to boot from anything, disk ofloppy or cdrom. keeps saying "corrupt label bad magic number" what do I need to do to get it to boot?

2006-07-04 09:58:06 · 2 answers · asked by m_weister 2

2006-07-04 09:48:09 · 4 answers · asked by Isyair R 1

I have a Creative Soundblaster 1024 Live! 5.1 digital sound card from about three years back. When I upgraded my computer a couple of years ago I carried my old sound card across to my new computer. Many new computers these days have on-board sound chips. How do these compare with my sound card? In other words, if I bought a new computer with a 5.1 (or better) on-board sound chip would I be better off using the on-board chip or my old sound card (in terms of sound quality, given the same speakers)?

2006-07-04 08:17:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-04 07:10:22 · 2 answers · asked by m_weister 2

Although I have opened only one window at present. I'm not using any other application on my XP pro with 256 MB RAM.

2006-07-04 05:56:55 · 8 answers · asked by Vicky 4

2006-07-04 05:42:09 · 5 answers · asked by christine 1

2006-07-04 05:18:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have observed many pieces of hardware for sale that says "OEM" and I know what the initials stand for.....but I don't understand what it really means in terms of the consumer like me. I tend to shy away when I see that designation.....is that wrong?

Is there any reason I shouldn't buy OEM hardware? Does it have the same warranty and the same packaging and instructions?

What do you NOT GET if you buy OEM hardware?

2006-07-04 04:43:50 · 13 answers · asked by Im2hard2please 2

I recently bought this RAM (512MB DDR 400) while on sale at CC. Now I read on the back of the package: "Upgrade for Systems that use JEDEC (generic) memory". What does this mean?

Is this memory any good? I bought it to use in a new home build computer that I hope to finish sometime this summer. I'm buying the hardware as it goes on sale.

But after reading this, I'm beginning to wonder about the Kingston RAM. I probably should give them a call.

But I'd like to hear from you guys first. Companies tends to sing their own songs.

2006-07-04 03:50:23 · 7 answers · asked by Im2hard2please 2

my CPU is working properly its just that once in a while i hear a long sound "tit..........." and then it stops and then an hour or two there it goes again. what's supposed to be the problem and how will i resolve this right away.

2006-07-04 00:11:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-03 22:58:12 · 6 answers · asked by railman86406 1

2006-07-03 21:34:34 · 7 answers · asked by chris i 2

2006-07-03 19:57:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

there isnt any tiny hole. that drive is fine. it looks as though its not getting power to the burner there are no little lights on next to it like it normally is. please help

2006-07-03 19:31:25 · 3 answers · asked by ~TINK~ 1

I wanted to get the taskbar to be a different color!

2006-07-03 17:19:31 · 4 answers · asked by CheeseCake 2

Can I use a HDD that I installed in an external enclosure as my "back-up" disk for my important information like "my documents" and "my pictures" by just doing a "copy and paste" of my important information (taking it from my computers hdd and putting it on my external hdd which is in the external enclosure?

I've already done this, but now I'm wondering if it will serve me if and when I need to install this "backup" data on another hard disk drive (if my computer hdd should crash and need to be replaced).

If this works, why do we need these fancy software programs that do it automatically like Acronis and Ghost? I don't mind doing the copy and paste routine every month....if it will allow me to access and transfer the information when the time comes?

2006-07-03 16:55:00 · 10 answers · asked by Im2hard2please 2

I bought an ex hard drive and box said , it had 250 gbs and i turned it on and it only has 232 gbs? what's the problem here? why do they lie?

2006-07-03 16:46:10 · 9 answers · asked by CheeseCake 2

Mercury 825G chipset motherboard with INTEL 1.66Ghz processer.
Recently I changed BIOS chip due to failer of the existing in that motherboard.

2006-07-03 16:31:05 · 6 answers · asked by Loveall 2

2006-07-03 16:07:51 · 15 answers · asked by RICHIES...STUFF 2

how do i make my system run a little bit faster i am running win xp home on a 634MHZ prosesor. 256MB of ram (both match). 64mb video w/350MHZ ramdac from GeForce. 19 gb HDD.10GB secondary HDD dvd burner. micro star main board

2006-07-03 15:45:20 · 9 answers · asked by SumDumName 1