Desktops - November 2006

2006-11-10 16:34:06 · 9 answers · asked by Soccer_Fan_1111 1

Is it normal for my computer to register as having 480 MB of RAM when I have two 256 memory chips installed? Does this mean one of the chips is bad? The computer works just fine. BTW, I have an older computer. I just noticed this the other day when I looked at the system information. I started scratching my head. I have 2 256 DDR 333 chips installed.

2006-11-10 16:29:09 · 6 answers · asked by Jay S 5

So here is the situation: I was scanning some pics and backing up some files on a CD when all of a sudden the screen turns blue and has some white writing. Ive seen this message before but I cant remember what it says though. Well anyway, I cut off the the computer and when I cut it on again I got this screen with lots of text and at the bottom it says "primary master hard disk fail" then it says press f1 to continue or delete for settings. Ive already toyed with the settings (changing priority of HD, making it autodetect) and still the computer will not start up. So, then I just got the restore cd pressed f1 and this screen pops up saying "disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter" so I press enter and then I get this "no hard disk found. System recovery cannot be continued". So is there anything else I can do???

2006-11-10 16:21:06 · 4 answers · asked by PuppyPower 2

2006-11-10 13:31:43 · 4 answers · asked by djcbz 1

I was given an intel P4 531 3 gig 800 fsb 1mb L2 cache CPU . In my main computer i have a amd athlon 64 3200 512 L2 cache if i swap mobos and cpu's will i see a difference in speed the rest of the system is ,2 maxtor 120 gig sata hard drives in a raid, 1 gig of ram an ati all in wonder video card . So what i'm asking is it worth it to change the mobo and cpu

2006-11-10 12:52:58 · 5 answers · asked by djrnno1957 1

2006-11-10 11:44:15 · 5 answers · asked by starbob_francois 1

My computer is program Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002 SP 2, and my pc brand is emachines. Lately whenever i try shutting down my pc, it stops responding. I press start, turn off, shut down, and it starts shutting off, saving ur settings, or something like that. Then i get to a blue screen that says Microsoft Windows XP.... shutting down, BUT IT NEVER DOES! Usually My computer turns off on its own, & then i just have to turn off the monitor. Ive called so many times but it dosnt seem to fix the problem. Ive only had like 6 months w/my pc, its like brand new. HELP!!!!

2006-11-10 11:35:42 · 11 answers · asked by LO 2

2006-11-10 10:59:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-10 10:58:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'd like to make a backup copy of "My documents" on DVD-R disks.

The "My Documents" folder contains 13GB of data.

I have DVD-R disks that can hold 4.7GB of data; therefore, it should require 3 disks to copy all of my files.

My question: How does the computer know when to stop copying data to a disk to prevent the process from stopping in the middle of a Word document?

Would this have to be a manual thing where I would chose which documents, photo's, and video will go on each disk so that I don't exceed the 4.7GB per disk? I'm a bit "fuzzy" on this. Can someone help clear this up for me?

I have a software program on my computer called "Nero SmartStart" which came with some hardware I bought (probably my DVD writer. I assume I'll use this software to do the copying is that correct? Or can I do it another way?

2006-11-10 10:42:08 · 4 answers · asked by Im2hard2please 2

i have the option of getting a new computer, i don't know which to chose. it has to be cheap but also functional.....someone help me out on this please.

2006-11-10 10:40:54 · 3 answers · asked by lambbear2 1

Yeah, My computer doesn't play battlefield 1942. I installed it then I tried to play it. It worked slowly and when I shoot it move so slowly., but I have GForce FX 5200 video card of 256 MB it is PCI.
Do you think is my Motherboard? I have a Ashrock motherboard.

2006-11-10 09:47:02 · 7 answers · asked by xddsd 1

I had pretty icons on my desktop (like the big red Y of Yahoo) and after a few days, they changed for that boring explorer E...why?

2006-11-10 09:29:15 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

She would like to email, and use the internet. She will need nothing much more. Any suggestions gratefully recieved. Thanks

2006-11-10 08:53:55 · 24 answers · asked by foxhols 1

I would like to buy hp or sony only cuz my friends have hp and I heard that sony was a good choice too but I don't know which model to buy. Thanks for helping me!!!!!

2006-11-10 08:34:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

i wanted to know if the processor and the motherborad i am buying are compatible... PLEASE ONLY ANSWER IF U KNOW FOR SURE AND HAVE LOOKED AT THE LINKS PROVIDED!
when you go to the site click the specifications tab at the right....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103758
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131593
the actuall problem i was having was that i didnt know if the motherboard suported a dual core...
PLEASE HELP!

2006-11-10 07:30:23 · 4 answers · asked by coolslamma 1

I want to erase the history of my computer because it's company and I looked up some personal stuff. Thanks for your time.

2006-11-10 06:58:53 · 8 answers · asked by elizabethcard100887 1

2006-11-10 06:55:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Instead of shutting down my computer I clicked on the standby option. Came back and it wouldn't kick on. No fan sound, nothing. I unplugged it from both the wall and the tower and the light kept blinking. Then I pushed and held the power button till it stopped blinking, tried to turn it back on and nothing happened. I unplugged it for a couple of days and tried it again, but nothing. Any idea what it could be or why it is doing this? Thanks.

2006-11-10 06:28:09 · 5 answers · asked by iNk 2

I'm presently using HP and not too happy with their tech support where when you call you get someone in India who always tries to sell you something.

2006-11-10 04:15:29 · 7 answers · asked by The professor 4

I just go a hp compaq computer over the summer, it was super fast and now it's pretty slow, what can i do to make it faster? i have bough the subscription norton anti virus and i run it as much as possible. but it doesn't help

thank you

2006-11-10 03:24:00 · 9 answers · asked by Krystal 2

2006-11-10 01:41:11 · 4 answers · asked by derftr k 1

2006-11-10 01:38:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

seems theres been a bloc been put on when i start up screen says entry point getprocessimagefilenamew not located in dynamiclink libray psapi.dll can u help need them open important thanks

2006-11-10 00:38:53 · 8 answers · asked by kev 1

I read somewhere that the emachines power supplies are weak. If I replace the power supply what are the chances the machine will work? I my chances are nil I'll just have to take it to the repair shop.

2006-11-10 00:30:34 · 2 answers · asked by woodluvto 2

While at a friends last week, they asked what would make a computer slow? After going through the normal scans and such we found that the hard drive was seemingly full. This a Dell P3 system with about 256 MB Ram, and a 7GB Hard drive. The Windows 98SE is showing a almost full 2 GB hard drive while the drive label as well as the Bios are showing a 7GB. (the disk was zero-bit formatted when 98was installed on the machine a year ago.)

Any suggestions?

I too tell them that this system needs to be put out to pasture. But their preteen daughter calls this one her own, so guess it stays for some time.

2006-11-09 23:31:40 · 7 answers · asked by JMKyler3 5

Whats the fastest socket A i can get? im running an Athlon 3000+ Xp, anything faster i can get?

2006-11-09 23:19:02 · 3 answers · asked by Bob7k 3

it has 256 mb of ram
intel p4
And 231 kbs of internet which seems too me 1 bps

i have used my sisters pc which has p2 intel,64 mb ram,28 kb internet and her pc is faster than me

2006-11-09 22:11:23 · 15 answers · asked by Sasha 1

While loading or try to play games in my computer I found one card with message that your computer not having sufficient virtual memory windows try to increase that memoy. But the computer was hang.

2006-11-09 20:23:14 · 12 answers · asked by kalyan k 1

Which is Best?Why?
Which one you use or own?

2006-11-09 19:55:34 · 11 answers · asked by Sasha 1