Desktops - December 2006

Gateway comp with too much stuff on it-I'm told it's goin south-we tried a flash drive to get all our music backed up-but it ainta-workin(I'm comp.illiterate!)Any sugg.?

2006-12-15 05:39:53 · 2 answers · asked by vron70 1

2006-12-15 05:19:44 · 1 answers · asked by Clarence L 1

I was told once that it's better to keep your computer on 24/7 and let it go into sleep mode rather than turn it off. I understand it doesn't use very much electricity and it's better on the components. Now I'm hearing it's better to turn it of like when you go to bed, etc. What is the right answer?

2006-12-15 05:16:24 · 16 answers · asked by Kari 4

I'm trying to format my hardrive but my keyboard wont work in the bios i have a wireless keyboard i tryed using a regular keyboard but it seem not to work

i have a microsoft wireless multimedia keyboard 1.1

2006-12-15 04:51:22 · 4 answers · asked by jarxer57 2

I already have the max ram available (384mb PC133) It only has 3 slots with a maximum of 128mb each. Anyway, what else can be done to increase the performance. Is it possible to swap out the Pentium 3 processor that it comes with for something like a brand new dual core? If not, what else can be done? Video cards, Audio? I put Windows Media Center XP on it and its not running to well. What should I do?

2006-12-15 04:46:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-15 04:33:14 · 8 answers · asked by k 3

the fan on my computer is always working is it because theres to much crap on the computer if so how do i get rid of it ?

2006-12-15 04:12:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was going to upgrade my system with a gig of ram and a video card. I was researching about video cards and found out that the PCI slot type is the bottom of the rung but I do not have the cash to buy a new computer and was going to make due with what I have. Any recommendations on video cards and what I should be concerned with (Memory, clock speed, etc…)?

2006-12-15 04:08:37 · 1 answers · asked by Joe_123 2

i have bought a DVD writer a year ago. at first it was working fine. but after i once reinstalled windows the problem started. when ever i try to play a video dvd, windows gives the BSOD and restarts. mine is a sony dw-g120a dvd wrriter. xp is sp2. any idea what the problem could be....

2006-12-15 04:08:04 · 5 answers · asked by Ramkumar K 2

2006-12-15 03:26:19 · 9 answers · asked by slickvic_03 1

2006-12-15 03:21:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

It was working fine, then it stopped. I pulled a memory stick out last night, and that is when it stopped working. I put it back in, and now my computer has no video at all. Any suggestions.

2006-12-15 03:15:42 · 9 answers · asked by SniperX4 1

can you buy skin's for a computer tower,i know you can buy the computer with the skin already on it thru hp,but is there some place else where u can buy them to put on your self other than skinit.com already been there.

2006-12-15 03:15:31 · 5 answers · asked by giggles516pa 1

My Freeze Is On My PC & I Would Like To Remove it.

2006-12-15 03:14:00 · 3 answers · asked by Jack 1

My friend just bought a laptop (I believe its was stolen) but when he starts up the laptop he must enter a password for Windows in order to even get to the desktop. Is there anyway he could get around this or is there any way to erease the entire hard drive. He can not get access to the desktop screen because of the password that keeps popping up

2006-12-15 03:03:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

One of my computers power button tore up and I have a disc in the drive. How can I open the tray and get the disc out without doing further damage?

2006-12-15 02:03:48 · 6 answers · asked by Empress ~of~Roam 4

2006-12-15 01:57:58 · 8 answers · asked by carlrandles 1

I have an old Dell XPS-T (I think.) desktop. It has a 500MHz Pentium 3 and 750MB RAM. Can I replace the CPU with a faster one without changing anything else? I think 1GHz should be fast enough for Win XP. As it is, Win XP runs ok, but it takes several minutes for it to boot and go through all of the start-up programs. I am knowledgable about hardware, so if possible, give me the details.

Thanks.

2006-12-15 01:47:41 · 5 answers · asked by chonudi 3

2006-12-15 01:13:53 · 6 answers · asked by Shakaaaaaaaaaaal 1

I mainly use my desktop pc for browsing the web.

But, the computer's CPU Usage hovers between 50% and 80% while retrieving pages.

Would a new computer with a faster CPU likely make the pages load more quickly?

2006-12-15 01:00:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

my computer is nearly on 12 hours a day. won't it get damaged by staying on so long? just wondering.

2006-12-15 00:57:14 · 31 answers · asked by Seungyong W 5

2006-12-14 23:10:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

name and picture

2006-12-14 22:36:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-14 21:06:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

what type of motherboard should i purchase

2006-12-14 21:06:01 · 6 answers · asked by karthik r 1

2006-12-14 20:44:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

My new job requires 500 MHz processing speed. My CPU speed is 2.53 GHz, is this enough? HELP!!!

2006-12-14 19:07:32 · 7 answers · asked by All This and Brains Too! 2

I really want to put a AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core in but I'm not sure it will be supported. I've checked MSI's site and cannot find any info on this mainboard. Any help would be very appreciated. Right now I have a AMD Athlon 64 3200+ installed.

2006-12-14 18:42:53 · 4 answers · asked by Rand Mnementh 1

I have purchased a emachines with 850MHZ INTEL CELERON
192MB RAM (upgrading to 256MB)
DSL ETHERNET READY and
CONEXANT 56K MODEM
20GB HARD DRIVE > I added a new dvd/cdrom to it.
I got this for my parents for Christmas to check email and do simple things on the internet. They know very little about computers..
Will it be fast enough? I can't upgrade the RAM any higher than 256 MB. It is running windows XP that I just installed.

2006-12-14 18:28:39 · 9 answers · asked by melinda 2

2006-12-14 18:26:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous