Desktops - November 2006

auctions now closed and i don't know what else to do its just been sitting around the house it was on when i looked at it but once i got it home about a week later i opened it to find i couldn't do anything

2006-11-30 23:34:17 · 9 answers · asked by bowzadog 1

and an ugly grey case.

I'm wondering whether or not to get it going again.

ALL DRIVES (HD & optical) ARE MISSING, and the RAM is gone too.

Is it worth spending on?

1. New case - the gf won't have the sight of the thing in the house.

2. RAM - I think I remember these boards like matched simms, and its gonna need at least 2 x 512MB, preferably PC3200 in order to get the 2GHz CPU to do some decent work.

3.Hard disk. I have a couple of small hard drives to do for now, and even a 3.5" to 2.5" adapter to use the new 2.5" 7200rpm drive I just got.

4. Optical drive is taken care of via an external Sony drive,but will my IDE-connected 2.5"drive suffice to boot & install the other drives?

5. I have a 64MB AGP card to throw in too.

And whilst I'm asking, the board supports SATA drives. Are these much better than IDE?

OR:

Shall I just salavage the soundcard / supply / and build on a better board with faster CPU / RAID / Gigabit LAN / better sound options?

2006-11-30 21:59:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

just installed geforce 6600GT card with latest driver. now my pc struggles to boot up, freezing at various points, but pressing reset (up to several times) seems to clear the problem. is it a driver conflict or a power problem or what? using Xp.

2006-11-30 21:53:03 · 5 answers · asked by fingers 2

I am Trying to do some home recordings on my pc, but i keep on hearing interferance. How do i get the clearest sound quality? What type of mic, sound card etc do i really need? and why do i need it?

2006-11-30 21:39:11 · 3 answers · asked by B.R.E 2

mouse

keyboards

webcams

softwares

hard disks

external HDD


HDD


printers


windows xp


softwares


etc



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2006-11-30 21:11:00 · 6 answers · asked by NMH2580 2

the plugs are on the motherboard, but it's not recognizing its capabilities

2006-11-30 20:36:18 · 1 answers · asked by thrag 4

What am supposed to do to increase virtual memory or enhance the speed

2006-11-30 19:51:52 · 15 answers · asked by memagna 1

2006-11-30 18:41:26 · 9 answers · asked by killerpunjabi2008 1

2006-11-30 18:28:49 · 5 answers · asked by chance j 2

Please tell me?

2006-11-30 18:22:28 · 7 answers · asked by GoLn 1

2006-11-30 18:00:32 · 11 answers · asked by jesshispet 3

My existing hard drive is about to die!

Thanks

2006-11-30 16:41:25 · 6 answers · asked by grognd 2

2006-11-30 15:34:07 · 3 answers · asked by terry_trd 1

I am looking into a computer for my father to use in his office. All he needs to be able to do is surf the web and send/receive e-mails, so he wants a basic setup. The computers I looked at have the option of pentium d or amd athlon processors. Which one is better and why?

2006-11-30 14:39:20 · 9 answers · asked by Rachel 2

2006-11-30 14:22:44 · 6 answers · asked by k 3

It's fine until i go to turn it off- it does nothing, just sits there, for ages. I have to click it at least 3 or four times. It just won't switch off

2006-11-30 13:11:35 · 23 answers · asked by billie 2

2006-11-30 12:50:24 · 8 answers · asked by WWF Decade Impaired Fan 2

I bought a new hardrive, this is my set up.

2 IDE ports
primary
C: = XP
F: =slave

secondary
DVD
*new hardrive*

the startup recognizes it, but windows doesn't... am I missing something?

2006-11-30 12:32:59 · 8 answers · asked by Sheol 2

All you hear is the fan going constantly, is there another way of cooling it? and is it easy to do?

2006-11-30 12:09:57 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-30 11:38:19 · 3 answers · asked by jgoddi2 1

i have about 300 songs on my old one and im goin to get a new comp, is thre anyway to transfer it into my new comp w.o having to dwnlded it ALL over again?

2006-11-30 11:09:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-30 10:02:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Have a new computer that came with 60 day trial and when I restart it seem forever for xp to load.

2006-11-30 08:59:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can anyone tell me what video cards are compatable, what size I should be looking for and what prices I am going to pay. I will be playing games but only occassionaly.
Cheers guys

2006-11-30 08:35:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have the Linux XP Cd but very little instructions came with it.

2006-11-30 08:10:41 · 5 answers · asked by gagirlofgod 2

2006-11-30 07:59:55 · 10 answers · asked by clairebear 1

I cannot instal my Monitor Driver because my Video Card's Drviers isn't instaled. I have an Intel 82801 Video Card, Windows XP Home, and Celeron 2.8GHz Processer

2006-11-30 07:52:02 · 5 answers · asked by saini_27 1

I heard that companies like Dell actually loose money on ultra-cheap desktop machines (such as $200 ones), is this true?

2006-11-30 06:52:02 · 6 answers · asked by locksley 2

I want to buy a bigger, better and faster computer with LCD screen. But I am needing online financing but not with DELL.

2006-11-30 06:44:34 · 5 answers · asked by Michael P 2

cheap and fast

2006-11-30 06:14:51 · 14 answers · asked by jlsharp2005 1