Desktops - August 2006

2006-08-25 05:18:40 · 5 answers · asked by Patrick 2

The fans are working ok but at the point where the power cord goes in, its boiling . It's getting so bad that sometimes the computer will completely freeze and the only way to turn it off is at the main power switch. Any ideas what could be wrong?

2006-08-25 04:50:34 · 19 answers · asked by frontera2 3

System...Abit VA-10 mb w/ AMD Sempron 2400+ (believe board is 333 FSB)..256mb DDR400 ram (dumbed down to 333)....

I have 1gb of 266mhz RAM sitting around and I'm thinking of putting it in the system, since the MB supports it...

System seems to drag w/ the ddr400, since i run a lot of open progs, but I'm wondering what the trade-off in performance will be by installing the slower RAM.....

2006-08-25 04:19:54 · 4 answers · asked by rixtoy 2

where can i buy best ram in mumbai, what is its price for 1gb i also want a graphic card 512 mb my total budget is 10000rs.

2006-08-25 02:30:48 · 5 answers · asked by experience 2

When I go Start - Shutdown, things go as usual. The computer shuts down. But then 2 seconds later the system just starts up again. I have just formated my computer, so its a hardware problem I think. I have also turned off automatic restarts and this does not solve the problem. I am running XP and service pack 2

2006-08-25 01:55:06 · 7 answers · asked by Chris G 1

I normally use dvd decrypter without any problems for movies however the other night i had an error that said problem with vob file 1. Is there a reason for this? When i use dvd FAB however i get no error messeges but..when i get ready to schrink it then i get a different error message. Are there any new free updated versions to download of the schrinker or decrypter?

2006-08-25 01:51:45 · 5 answers · asked by asere 1

Hi, well after a couple of minutes of use, my computer either freezes completely or the monitor switches off, then when i switch it back on it says something like: "Attention Out of Range, H:68.8Khz V:170.0Hz". Then when i restart the computer, even in safe mode it freezes during startup. I've tried putting the refresh rate right down to 60Hz but it's still happening. My monitor is an AOC CRT type, I'm using Windows XP Pro, my processer is an Athlon XP+ 3000, and the video card is a Radeon 9800 Pro. Thanks.

2006-08-25 00:55:24 · 6 answers · asked by yourselforsomeonelikeyou04 1

everytime i turn it on it starts this really loud buzz.. but after a minuet or two it stops and goes back to normal. My computer also restarted randomly, when it was back on it said that there was some problem with the sound card.. i have no idea what to do, please help?

2006-08-25 00:01:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i've a P4 PC and i got the proplem is that ,My pc is turn it self off automatically afer a period of time and some times in case of its off it turs on and off repeatedly and rapidly ,i've update the bios version from the net and the proplem still found ,What is the proplem,Can any one help me????????

2006-08-24 21:47:01 · 13 answers · asked by Phantom 1

a letter is stuck. it remains in the pressed position, and won't go back to the position that the other keys are. any suggestions? it's a keyboard that came with my pc purchase.

2006-08-24 20:42:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My digital cable box has AV() and dvi-d >. My P.C. is a Compaq Presario Media Center SR1923WM-B PC. The monitor is a HP w19 19-inch wide Flat-Panel LCD Monitor. It says "Create your own home theater with the true widescreen format; watch movies in HDTV format right from your PC • Get true digital graphics performance with the dual inputs that support both DVI-D and traditional analog (VGA ).What ever that means(i dunno). My P.C. has - Memory Slots: 4 DIMM (184-pin, DDR) (two available), Expansion Slots: 3 PCI slots (2 available), 2 PCI Express slot (available), Expansion Bays: 2 external 5.25e (one available), 1 external 3.5e (available), 1 internal 3.5e (occupied), External Ports: Front Panel 9-in-1 memory card reader - supports Compact Flash I/II, SmartMedia, xD, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, MultiMedia Card, Secure Digital (SD), Micro Drive, 7 USB 2.0 ports (3 front, 4 back), 1 Line-out (FRONT), 2 PS/2 (back), Microphone/Line-In/Line-out (back).WHAT DO I NEED 2 BUY 2 WATCH TV

2006-08-24 20:18:37 · 2 answers · asked by confeuzdus 2

I am in the backup utility. When I go to select my backup source, it already has selected the Floppy Drive. When I select my CD drive, it says that it is not a valid path. It only lets me by when I select the floppy drive. Why doesn't it exept the CD drive. I have a CD+DVD burner.

2006-08-24 17:56:23 · 1 answers · asked by Slider 3

My PC died, cannot read any recovery discs, either in Floppy or CD drives, says that I have no drives in machine. All I want are the jpg's off of the hard drive.
Then I will put in a new hard drive and start over. Does anyone know how much it could cost to retrieve info from a hard drive
and why is it so difficult to do this yourself.??

Thank you

2006-08-24 16:25:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

When checking out
www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2470125

whats Wireless PCI Adapter and Wireless-G USB Network Adapter used for.

Does the Wireless-G make it where you don't need to use the Wireless PCI Adapter, or would i still need to get the PCI Adapter.

2006-08-24 16:13:59 · 7 answers · asked by Sherman81 6

I thought that when buying a wireless router all i had to do is get a wireless router, ethernet cord, and wireless adapter

When buying a wireless router, what do i need to get.

My nephew said i would have to get a card to which i would be able to use the wireless router for his computer. If so, is it easy to install, do i still need to get an adapter, and how much does the card cost.

Another thing, if i get a wireless router that states 35% faster, does that mean it will increase the speed of my modem, or just the receiving speed of the secondary computer.

One more thing, if a friend of mine, got a notebook, could he get connected to my wireless router if the card is installed. Also would he have to also by an adapter.

To see what i mean, you can probably find it at walmart.com which is where i will be buying the items.

2006-08-24 16:04:07 · 8 answers · asked by Sherman81 6

I blew my power supply.

it is for a P4.

it has the normal power plug thing in to the mother board.

it doesnt have the extra 4 (2*2) slot power plug into the .

it does have another a plug that goes into the mother board. it looks like the power cord that goes into a 3.5 FDD but bigger and with 5 holes/ 5 pins on the mother board.


understand?

so can I take my spare power supply (which doesnt have the extra 5 power cable) and slice existing power cords (to CD, HDD, whatever) and connect them to the 5 power plug cable thing from the original power supply?

make sense?

2006-08-24 15:31:56 · 11 answers · asked by altomic2001 1

What exactly IS that? I have McAfee VirusScan and it has dected a Trojan that cannot be deleted. Is my computer in danger? What can't the file be deleted? What should I do?

2006-08-24 15:30:16 · 10 answers · asked by ♀♥♂☮Trippy Hippie☮♂♥♀ 6

I'm looking to upgrade my motherboard, cpu. most motherboards now take ddr2 memory, but I just bought some good ddr RAM. to I have to upgrade? What are the ramifications?

2006-08-24 15:14:06 · 8 answers · asked by Josh K 1

It doesn't play anything. No iTunes, no Google video, no Windows Media Player. It acts like it is going to play but, it never does. This just happened today on a 3 year old computer. 10 points for the best answer. HELP!

2006-08-24 14:49:27 · 7 answers · asked by cjh6793 3

I have a geforce 6600 video card with s-video out, and I connected it to my t.v. a zenith 32" with a s-video in. so I have time warner t.v. cable box. I have to turn it off at the box, and use the t.v. menu to sorce and set the option to s-video 1 to view the computer on screen. The problem is that I got the desk top to view
on my t.v., after the picture rolled up and down for a whail, and the picture was not very clear. and the thing is I used a s-video
and red and white rc plug in one cable, I also pluged the red rc plug into my sound card to try and get sound and al I got was a
load humming sound so I just shut off the pc by pressing and holding the start button. then went to reconnect the pc to the lcd
monitor fired it up and not a darn thing!,no video. will not boot up
to windows. I tried to use a boot-up cd, after I reset the cmos dos
to reset my boot-up order. ms-dos prompt comes up but all of
the commands that I inter dont work. I NEED HELP!!.

2006-08-24 14:35:56 · 3 answers · asked by grogzillastein 1

I dont no wat to do either restore my computer on how it was in the beginnig or Rebot it

2006-08-24 14:20:39 · 9 answers · asked by vkumar219 2

my pc is intel p4 2 g .asus p4s800 motherboard .2x512 ddr ram
80g hard drive .
do i need buy any parts to overclock my pc ??

2006-08-24 14:11:44 · 7 answers · asked by could 1

I want to clean my copmuter and also to do Disc Defragmenter, but its telling me that Local Disk D has only 11% available space and its need %15 in order to complete the Disk Defragmenter. What do I need to clean to make some space? and what information restored in Local Disk C and what in D?

Thanks in advance:-)

2006-08-24 14:04:51 · 5 answers · asked by Lisa 2

2006-08-24 13:15:37 · 2 answers · asked by lex 1

2006-08-24 13:04:20 · 5 answers · asked by lex 1

company name was added to dell splash / I found a great little universal program that will back up and restore the pheonix bios. UniFlash 1.40, a free flash utility with source code in Pascal.
I would have simply backed replaced with standard bios bin from dell but it is not offered and tech support is lacking if not the original owner of the systems. There are apps for changing bios splash in the they're laptops, but none offered or no help availible for the optiplex series. I have one bios bin file so far with a normal splash screen from a gx150 that was not altered, but they used at least three different bios rom chips that I know of so far. #1. sst49lf004a/b/3.3 sectored 128 x 4 (512) #2. intel 82802ab/3.3v sectored 8 x 64 (512). #3. stm m50fw040/3.3v sectored 8 x 64 (512) i have a copy of the bin backup for #1 but need a copy of of the other two or any more that anyone else may know of for the gx150. thanks, Mike

2006-08-24 12:32:15 · 2 answers · asked by mikefarrey 1

I have an old Windows98 that is currently unused, and would like to backup the things we need and then wipe the hard drive and install Windows XP. Also, we would like to install a wireless card but don't know if we can or not because it is about 10 years old and started out as Windows 95. I haven't dug it out yet, so I don't know any tech specs of it. If needed, we might add more RAM and memory to it.. Anything I should think of before I go about digging it out and deleting everything?

2006-08-24 11:30:58 · 9 answers · asked by Jen H 2

2006-08-24 11:18:06 · 9 answers · asked by DubsPhilly 1

2006-08-24 11:05:40 · 10 answers · asked by tunachunks199 1

i.e. when it's a dual processor does one double the listed Ghz so that a Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6400 processor (2.13GHz, 1066MHz, 2MB cache) is in fact worthy of being considered a 4.26Ghz processor?

2006-08-24 11:02:26 · 4 answers · asked by The Social Scientist 2