Desktops - September 2006

I'm taking an A+ certification class and I'd like the best sources for details on processors, memory, chipsets, motherboards etc. I need specs not just marketing mumbo jumbo. It would also be cool to find info on old parts like AT motherboards.

2006-09-06 20:43:51 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

OS: win xp spk2 home ed.
just bought an Inland wireless mouse at fry's. it comes with a floppy intallation disc but no written diredctions. i only have a cd drive in my dell pc......so could anyone help me set up this wireless mouse...real soon????????

thanks,
jim

2006-09-06 18:45:44 · 3 answers · asked by jimrich 7

and reboot itself?

2006-09-06 16:34:39 · 14 answers · asked by David R 2

hello
my local drive c is showing hide files at the upper left hand side. before it showed
make another folder -rename this folder. it was always like this before , how do i it back the way it was-thank you.

2006-09-06 16:04:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My PC was zapped during a storm and now I can't even turn it on. Unfortunately, I've got a CD in the drawer and I can't get it out. It's an HP Pavillion and there is no opening to slip a paperclip into to open it. Now what do I do? Can anyone help? Tks!

2006-09-06 15:52:23 · 11 answers · asked by Peaches 1

I have Windows XP. The kids were playing with the computer and now I have lost part of my desktop screen and any pages after that.
About 1/5 of the left hand side of my desktop and anything on the internet is black (vertical).
Does anyone know what caused this and how to fix it?
Thanks.

2006-09-06 15:41:30 · 2 answers · asked by dennispatterson58 1

Recently moved and was wondering if someone could tell me how to utalize my pc as a television. What components would I need to add on a basic pc setup? Thanks!

2006-09-06 15:21:08 · 13 answers · asked by Kay 2

what hard drive would I need and processor. and if ist is available for laptops.

2006-09-06 15:01:59 · 2 answers · asked by darnell c 1

My family wants to get an iMac, and now that they're cheaper and better as of the last day or two, I'm getting really excited! We'll probably get the 17" w/SuperDrive, upgrade to 2GB's of RAM, and pre-install iWork- it comes to about $1600 Canadian. We'll also wait until Leopard comes out (this spring at the latest), so we get the new OS.
But before we jump into this, I want to hear your opinion: give me the pros and cons of the iMac.

2006-09-06 13:06:33 · 5 answers · asked by pianoman.jeremy 4

I have a home built Pentium 4 2.8ghz machine with 1gb of ram, running windows XP. Whenever I try to play a video file (most often an XVID file), the computer locks up and freezes. This occurs in windows media player, VLC, PowerDVD, and any other player I've tried. I've tried updating my codecs and my video card driver (ATI Radeon 7500) but that hasn't helped.

2006-09-06 12:49:33 · 6 answers · asked by blahzayb 1

What computer would be the best one for me to buy?? Include brand and model. Under $800 also.

2006-09-06 11:52:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am trying to build a computer. Still trying to chose between an AMD Athlon X2 5000 and an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600. The AMD runs at 2.6 Ghz with a 2000 Mhz FSB and only costs $325. The Intel runs at 2.4 Ghz with a 1066 Mhz FSB and costs $350. Which one is a better choice? I heard that the Intel takes less energy. Is that the only benefit? I don't need less power, I need more speed? Which one has more speed and reliability?

2006-09-06 11:07:15 · 5 answers · asked by crazyromo 3

2006-09-06 09:58:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to upgrade to a bigger hard drive, from a 40g to a 120g .
Is it an easy process? I have a Dell Demension 8200, 512 ram,
it has a 40g hard drive ( western digital wd400 caviar enhanced IDE hard drive) .

2006-09-06 09:56:19 · 20 answers · asked by itleed 1

OK. My pc shut down on me constantly. I asked a question on here last week about what i should do and i was told to find out the temperature of the pc after it shuts down on me. It turns out that it is 100 degrees centigrade. They also told me to start my pc in safe mode and run the virus scan becuase if i try to run it in regular mode, it shuts down on me... Well... When i try to start the pc in safe mode, it shuts down on me before it even logs on. Is it time for me to go to the Shop NBC headquarters, where i got the PC from for too much money, and toss this piece of crap off the roof? If there is a fix for this problem, please let me know. I dont want to lose the140 gig worth of crap i have on here.

2006-09-06 09:40:22 · 9 answers · asked by smok_e_mon1 1

ok, so I'm thinking about buying a new pc and i think I found an awesome deal I know some about computers b/c I work at an electronic store and my manager is crazy about the new duo core processors, he keeps telling me how fast they are, I am looking for a powerful pc that can be upgraded and wont be out of date for a while, also I need it to be really powerful b/c im a student taking graphic design and we use alot of adobe products, photoshop etc. and I want to play games on it but i'm also on a budget would like to keep it around $700 the computer im looking at is at
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=APS285-U-P8201-DT&cat=SYS
I was wondering if someone that knows about computers can look at that and tell me if its a good deal and if it's what im looking for also any other comments or suggestions would be appreciated thanks

2006-09-06 09:39:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok i am upgrading my pc2700 to a 1gb memory(internal)- if o remove the chip will i lose everything on my computer- our can i just pull the chip out and still not lose anything???

2006-09-06 09:18:23 · 4 answers · asked by mitt w 3

2. whats copy n paste? how to copy n paste?

3. how to download from internet?

4. how to download video clips from youtube?

5. why my windows xp windows media not working at all?
mine is original, not pirated windows xp home edition

6. whats the difference bw windows xp home edition n professional?

7. what is back up?how to back up files?

8. how to back up files onto a blank CD?

9. why my winzip not working at all?i m using windows xp home edition original

10. my PC running very slow also,wat shld i do?

11. my PC full of pop ups advertisements,wat to do?

12. how to check if my PC got virus?

13. where to get free anti virus?

14. my yahoo email alphabets letters size very small,how to increase the size?

15. how to back up files onto an external hard disk?

16. how to connect n install an external hard disk to my PC?

17. what is notepad?how to use notepad?

18. how, where to learn computer programmings?

any websites2 refer?
thanks

2006-09-06 09:16:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-06 08:59:53 · 14 answers · asked by John 1

the new: Sempron (P) 3200+ 1.8 GHz
1600 MT/s (mega transfers/second)
Socket 939......... 256mb pc3200 ram.....

The old: AMD Athalon xp 2400+ socket A
1 gig of pc3200 ram.


I will probably take the gig stick and put it in the new pc if i get it.....

2006-09-06 08:27:03 · 3 answers · asked by Joe 1

would like to know wats the diff btw a Cpu overheating n System overheating, am currently using athlon 1.2Ghz cpu, my temperature shown i was getting about 50 celcius(no beeping)frm my Cpu, while my System temp was getting 70 celcius(starts to beep),

i would like to know wat does System Overheating mean??

2006-09-06 07:10:48 · 5 answers · asked by hyperkidz 1

I guess this computer allows only 1 hard drive, cd/dvd and floppy drive. Can i take out the floppy drive and put in a second hard drive? Will that draw too much power or damage my computer?

2006-09-06 05:45:04 · 1 answers · asked by jb_1374 1

hello at the moment i have a gigabyte GA-8SIMLH motherboard but i need a new one can someone recommend a new one as i have no idea about computers and pc world and gigabyte itself have been useles. any help much appriciated.
ta

2006-09-06 05:26:40 · 8 answers · asked by the3sistas 2

2006-09-06 05:10:11 · 5 answers · asked by lorrhill 1

What's the best indication that a mobo is defective?

What must you prove in order to accurately determine that a mobo is at fault when you're told a mobo is defective?

In other words, if someone told you a mobo is bad, what questions would you ask to assure yourself that this person is knowledgeable about mobo's?

How do you tell if a mobo is defective....and what can be done to fix a bad mobo?

Excuse my method of questioning but people often say the questions was too vague to answer accurately.....I'm simply trying to make sure everyone understands what I'm asking. I hope this question is clear enough for all.

2006-09-06 04:33:36 · 8 answers · asked by Im2hard2please 2

Someone told me recently that I would have a hard time making the switch because a bulk of my files are Macromedia and Adobe for PC. I would really like to go to Mac, but don't want a huge hassle or risk losing my client's files. Any input?

2006-09-06 04:29:04 · 4 answers · asked by LoriDonovan 1

I've only recently heard about this "dual monitor" business, so I don't know much about it.

I came across someone selling a graphics card and it read "ATI Radeon 9000 64MB AGP Video Card 4 Dual-monitor V1A"

I wanted to know if such a graphics card works on regular (and individual) pcs and monitors.

If anyone understands the Dual-monitor V1A part, please let me know if it's specific to dual monitors only.

2006-09-06 02:06:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-06 01:55:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i've reinstalled my computer, installed the graphics card drivers. when i try to scroll or move the mouse, the screen flickers and is sluggish. i.e. when i move from the top of the screen to the bottom, you don't see the pointer till its at the bottom, and about 1 second late. it's doing my head in, ive got the latest drivers and its still doing it, (hercules 3d prophet 4500).
another thing is that when i restart my computer, it turns off and just sits there on idle and wont restart. maybe both are related. i dunno, thats why am using this site.
any help appreciated.
cheers

2006-09-06 00:18:35 · 6 answers · asked by techno mentalist 4

friends i got a inte pentium-3 system with 128 mb ram and intel original mother board with sis components, the thing is that i wanted to install windows xp on it,but it is giving this message , i cannot use a boot cd also, its comming to the same error message and sometimes it shows cannot use the cd-rom device,(the cd rom is working fine) i went through bios, the settings for boot priority is disabled, but first boot is cd as default i reseted the c-mos battery but in vain , same error message, the next option is to format the hdd by connecting it as slave to other system,and how is it possible to install an os inthe same drive without conflict?or else if u experts over there has some good solutions?

2006-09-06 00:13:28 · 6 answers · asked by nishanth s 1