Desktops - October 2006

Specifically, does anyone know how to get the green guard off the processor? I dont want to force it too much and break anything.

2006-10-16 04:05:50 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

that I want to remove "McPhee Security" say's missing peices cannot remove. In add/remove is only remove no repair option. thank you [I;^)

2006-10-16 03:52:21 · 3 answers · asked by Buddy T 1

i replaced power supply. i heard emachines t2542 is common for the mobo to go out. i wanna test out the mobo and cpu to see which it is. since it isnt the power supply or ram. there are no burn marks on either. is it very rare for them to go out with no burn marks? if it shorts then i thought it would atleast have some mark. i took out the cpu and it looks mint! where can i buy a new one 2.5 ghz or above cheap? [H]ard forum.com is a good place. any others?

2006-10-16 03:34:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-16 03:32:49 · 7 answers · asked by nicholas m 1

I had a friend build me a computer, which works great, except for the fact that it either freezes up for I get the blue screen "virtual memory dump" every 5 minutes or so. I've put in a new hard drive and reinstalled Windows, with no luck. I've noticed that it happens mostly when I'm online or using Windows Media Player. I'm guessing it's a hardware issue. Any ideas??

2006-10-16 03:28:24 · 4 answers · asked by Jason P 1

I have just purchased the following upgrade kit:
Pentium 4 d945 dual core processor
ECS P4M800PRO-M motherboard
1gb DDR 400mhz sdram
Suza advance vision case and 550wat PSU
All for £225 , is this a good settup or have I been scammed ?
What is the D945 like,,, ? anygood ?
Can anyone tell me if I have brought a monkey , or is this settup any good ?

2006-10-16 03:12:18 · 3 answers · asked by DARES 2

hi, I recently read a news, it said somebody is going to buy the retail operation of Gateway company, and the offer is rejected. In my understanding ,Gateway is a computer company, I don't know what dows RETAIL OPERATION of this company mean. does that mean gateway also run a lot of computer stores, and these stores are retail operations.

in this context, what does retail operation of Gateway mean,

thanx a lot!

2006-10-16 02:53:08 · 3 answers · asked by chinawood 1

2006-10-16 02:23:51 · 4 answers · asked by who cares 1

Hi.

Wanted to ask whats the best processor to choose and is there much difference in them and is it worth spending extra to upgrade to them?

AMD® Sempron™ 3400+ Processor (1.80GHz, 256K cache)

AMD® Athlon™ 64 Processor 3200+

AMD® Athlon™ 64 3800+ Processor (2.40GHz, 512K cache) (extra £20)

AMD® Athlon64™ X2 3800+ Processor (2.00GHz, 2x512K cache)
(extra £35)

2006-10-16 02:20:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-16 02:08:16 · 9 answers · asked by luzr1212 1

Hi, I want to buy a dual core cpu and I was looking on Intel's Pentium D 940 and D 945. The 945 is faster (3.4 GHz vs. 3.2 GHz) and is cheaper than 940. Why is that ?? Which CPU is better? I'll do mainly programming with visual studio, eclipse, jdeveloper, sql.

Also due to somewhat tight budget, my motherboards options are Intel D945GNTL or D965SSCK (microATX). Are these OK? I won't be gaming so I think I don't need expensive video cards and fancy MOBOs (besides in my city there's only Intel products available).

Thanks in advance for replies !

2006-10-16 01:32:23 · 4 answers · asked by DiegoT 1

DVD drive doesn't work, need to recover PC as it won't load up windows and crashes a lot. How do I fix this?

2006-10-16 01:25:00 · 4 answers · asked by fastminutes 3

I am looking to buy a PC and have narrowed down to:

Intel Pentium 4 541 3.2GHz 800MHz 1MB Cache Processor
1GB DDR2 533 DIMM PC4200 Memory
160GB (SATA) Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Hard Drive
ECS P4M800Pro-M Motherboard with onboard 3D graphics
8 x USB2.0 Ports
Ethernet LAN Port
Silver & Black mATX Mid Tower Case with 300W PSU
16x DVDRW Dual Format Double Layer Drive
52 in 1 Flash Card Drive
Keyboard & Mouse
Stereo Speakers
Microsoft Windows XP Home

or

a Dell AMD® Athlon™ 64 Processor 3200+ with 250gb HD and 1gb ram?

Whats the best processor?

2006-10-16 00:57:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-16 00:35:03 · 9 answers · asked by jczuber 1

I have two hard drives, windows XP is on C and F is the slave(SATA). I used system restore and it said something about F not being included for some reason. I restored, and now I cant access F drive, it just says do you want to format, when I click on it. It cant be restored with system restore, so is there any other way to access the F drive?

2006-10-15 23:51:45 · 5 answers · asked by ByeBuyamericanPi 4

My PC only has 18Gb of hard drive and I i have <24% space left. I was considering buying an external hardrive to load World of Warcraft on to it thus freeing up space on my internal hard drive. I have USB port 1.1 that I can use. Can anyone help please?

2006-10-15 22:44:38 · 4 answers · asked by Valerie 1

My comp. freezes and my monitor turns off & on when I want to see a news clip either on yahoo news or any web site that requires my windows media player to work and also when I try to play what I recorded with Digital Palmcorder, it also freezes & monitor turns off & on but this time the monitor turns off & on faster and the cpu also goes off and then turns back on...

2006-10-15 21:55:51 · 12 answers · asked by slickrickdesigns 3

How much should I sell my computer? I'm trying to find a good asking price :)

Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz 800mhz fsb 90nm processor
P4C800-E Deluxe AGP Motherboard with 1 gigabyte ethernet connection + 4 PCI slots
PNY nvidia 7600 GS video card
1 gig of ram
thermaltake full tower case
Antec smartpower 2.0 500w power supply
Western Digital Raptor 10000rpm 70gb harddrive

19" crt gateway monitor
Windows XP home edition

2006-10-15 19:47:54 · 10 answers · asked by Nick D 1

2006-10-15 18:56:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-15 17:27:49 · 6 answers · asked by katetomo@sbcglobal.net 1

A few months ago my computer stopped working, at first I didnt care but now I want it fixed. At the time we thought it was simply my power supply, but after being given a USED power supply, my computer still wont work. It turns on, but you hear no sounds like anything is loading. (Its a desktop) I cant ask a company, because my brother built my computer, but he's not currently living anywhere near me so I cant have him fix it. My brother said since it didnt sound like it was running any processes, that my cpu was fried. So.. Im wondering whats a cpu, how much does a new one cost, and how easily can a person fix it themselves? Or would it just be cheaper/easier to buy a new comp.

2006-10-15 16:42:36 · 7 answers · asked by Ket 1

are there cables that will hook up to hard drive and then convert to USB so I can plug into laptop?

2006-10-15 16:06:57 · 8 answers · asked by Jeff 0 1

I've heard people talking about overclocking-running the processor higher, right? how exactly is this done? what are the dangers? how do you cool it so it doesn't overheat and what do you cool it with.?

2006-10-15 14:54:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

CASE
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811119047

MOTHERBOARD
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813121052

VIDEO CARD
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814143049

POWER SUPPLY
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817203004

CPU/PROCESSOR
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115004

RAM
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820144157

HARD DRIVE
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822144701

KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16823109021

MONITOR
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16824254011

CD/DVD DRIVE
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827106013

Will all these parts work together? What do you think of it?

Thanks

2006-10-15 14:32:54 · 9 answers · asked by misterbison13 2

I have a computer that I am using with windows xp. I have been using my monitor until it is getting so bad to where I had to use my old one from my old win98 computer. After it displays the windows xp logo, the light goes from green to orange. The monitor is Techmedia. How can I fix this problem. I need this monitor and I don't want to buy a new one.

2006-10-15 14:24:36 · 4 answers · asked by Slider 3

I'm using an Intel motherbouard that does not come with an Analog CD-in, so even with the wire in my hand, I cannot connect it, the directions say to go to the device manager and click on propierties and put a check mark on the "allow digital audio", done it but nothing happens... I have sound for everything else, just not fron the drive... any suggestions?

2006-10-15 13:27:18 · 5 answers · asked by MexicanCurious 3

I have been told about installing a SCSI board and also going to RAID. Is there a simple way of having 5 HDDs on-line?

2006-10-15 13:01:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

So my computer wont turn on. I push the button and nothing happens. The power light is on and wont turn off. Theres no noise, no sounds, no power, nothing. The light only goes off its its unplugged (which its supposed to be off when the computer is off) But its not turned on or off. Has anyone ever heard of this or has had this happen to them? I dont know what to do. Its not an old computer. I called the computer company but they said "its not under warantee - theres nothing we can do for you - you need to take it to a reapir place. Jerks. So please I need your help - I really need my computer back and I dont know what to do.

2006-10-15 12:23:10 · 11 answers · asked by loverolliepollie 1

is it all right to use dust remover inside a computer on the motherboard, videocard, processor, etc.

2006-10-15 11:30:28 · 7 answers · asked by all_hail 3

everytime we turn it on it goes to the screen that asks you if you would like to start it on safe mode and any mode we pick it just goes to the windows is starting up or whatever and then just goes back to that screen again. help!!

2006-10-15 10:56:52 · 12 answers · asked by fawkingsupergirl 1