Desktops - December 2006

My comp. only has 2 fans one for cpu (not attached to it, and i guess it also doubles as a case fan) and one in power supply.
if i wanted to replace the cpu fan how do i know which size to get.

2006-12-28 19:11:09 · 3 answers · asked by Kevin F 1

The Intel has higher Ghz but does it mean that it is faster?

2006-12-28 18:46:15 · 6 answers · asked by bluevoltagex@sbcglobal.net 1

Hp: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 4600+ ( 2.2 GHz ) / 2GB of DDR2 Memory / 250GB Hard Drive / NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE Chipset and / SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology - (read speeds) up to 16x DVD-ROM and 40x CD-ROM

2006-12-28 18:32:28 · 9 answers · asked by bluevoltagex@sbcglobal.net 1

No, it is not muted in any way. How can I tell what type of sound driver I have? And what is a good one for my computer? And where can I get one?

2006-12-28 18:03:05 · 4 answers · asked by Sarah H 2

I recently installed a new CD/DVD in my desktop connected up the ide and power but i noticed that a previously installed CD-ROM drive also had a wire running from the player directly to the sound card. What is the reason for this wire when the sound still works on the new player without this wire?

2006-12-28 17:59:51 · 6 answers · asked by Skunky 2

2006-12-28 17:16:30 · 8 answers · asked by nova72355 1

I am currently studying 3d animation at school and for graduation i am going to purchase myself a new PC. I want to build a PC and buy it rather than get a dell or something. I was wondering what are some good sites to use that allow you to choose all your components and they build it. also any recommendations about the minuim specs in all aspects that i should get if the main purpose for the PC is 3d animation.

2006-12-28 16:34:25 · 8 answers · asked by G 2

I must update my desktop and I'm getting SO confused. Gateway? Dell? Emachines? I assume good things about all of these and then get the horror stories.

So, what brands are actually worth investing in?

2006-12-28 16:23:22 · 5 answers · asked by just me 4

2006-12-28 15:57:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

The processors are about the same price. How much better is one processor from the other and what can the better processor be compared to?

2006-12-28 15:38:17 · 4 answers · asked by bluevoltagex@sbcglobal.net 1

i HAD my computer over clocked by changing the FSB.now my Ethernet card isn't working could having the PCI speed raised caused that?
the pci speed was raised by about 15mhz.i got about 5 FPS more from my video card when i did that.

2006-12-28 15:35:32 · 5 answers · asked by U can't B like me 5

she got a new gateway for christmas and just days after it stopped working. when you turned it on it did nothing. she tried restoring everything with the cd-rom that came with it but so far that has not worked. there is nothing else we can do because it wont load anything, it wont even go past the "press f11 to start system recovery". does anyone have any ideas on how we can fix it?

2006-12-28 15:20:45 · 8 answers · asked by *ilovemybabyface* 2

When I bought my computer, it came with a rather small hard drive that is filled up with numerous programs I’ve installed. However, I store most files on, or in folders on my desktop. I recently bought a much larger hard drive and installed it, and I was wondering if there was any way store the desktop on my new hard drive. Any help would be appreciated.

2006-12-28 15:13:08 · 2 answers · asked by Me 1

2006-12-28 14:38:32 · 6 answers · asked by rajni g 1

I started playing a game that supported my pentium 4 2.8 GHz processor. The specs on the game says it requires 500 MHz to play. When I start up the game it sucks up 99% of my processor and acts as if it is only getting a fourth of what it needs. Any idea what I need to do to correct this? It does this with most of my games now. I am running XP SP2 with everything updated via Microsoft update.

Thanks
-Simba

2006-12-28 14:29:31 · 4 answers · asked by Simba 4

Do u think i can install a motherboard myself? im 13.

2006-12-28 13:18:02 · 7 answers · asked by rjm133 1

If I add two drives to my system, and I am converting the SATA connector to IDE, then how do I connect the two ? There will be one IDE connector on the backside of the adaptor, the ribbon cable will have a grey, blue and black connector. Do I connect the two drives (both are not intended to be bootable) to the black and blue ? Is the adaptor supposed to handle multiple drives ?

2006-12-28 12:33:20 · 5 answers · asked by charlie k 1

i have a dell computer (pentium III, 850mhz 256Mb), it use to work fine,but, after working in the internet it sen that it got a virus.. Now the processor runs at 100% its capability... making the computer very slow..

that is has a virus??


jafeth

2006-12-28 11:28:10 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I installed a 250GB WD HDD as my secondary HDD.....and I didn't partition it. And, I only "see" and use about 117GB of the 250GB HDD. I've had that explained to me already. This HDD already has about 7GB of data on it.

But now, I'd like to partition this "117GB" HDD so I can store my photo's and video that I've captured to one partition and "my docs" to another, etc.

Is it possible to partition a HDD after the drive has been used to store data? I'm guessing not.....but I had to ask.

I have Norton Partition Magic 8.0 but haven't installed it yet.

By the way, I have not downloaded SP1 or SP2 to my HP yet....and may not ever.....the reason: I've been told it can, and will, mess up the HP (especially) computer. So, I'm afraid to take the chance on doing it.

I have Norton Internet Security and it seems to work OK for me....and far as security goes.

2006-12-28 11:09:53 · 11 answers · asked by Im2hard2please 2

2006-12-28 10:34:03 · 3 answers · asked by sportnut_66 1

2006-12-28 09:53:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

no sound is coming out. i turned on the speaker but nothing is coming out. maybe i accedently pushed a button and made it mute. help me turn it back on. i have a dell, dimmension B110. its xp.

2006-12-28 09:46:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

We have a Dell desktop computer that sits on a desk with the monitor in front of it (flat screen of course). When we play games that take a lot of memory... WoW, Harry Potter games, etc. the fan gets really loud. We've removed the panel on one side of the CPU and that seems to help. But in the winter time when we have the heat on, we have to turn our ceiling fan to cool off the computer! Doesn't that seem weird?

2006-12-28 09:39:02 · 11 answers · asked by geniphurb 2

jus wanted 2 no

2006-12-28 08:43:20 · 6 answers · asked by Lara <:(((>< 4

I want to update my BIOS so i can get Windows Vista when it comes out. HELP ME! PLEASE!

2006-12-28 08:42:30 · 3 answers · asked by Arvind 2

I have this icon on my desktop,of NFS,and I want to erase it,but every time it tells me that it cannot because it is being used by another program.I checked my downloading programs,but none of them uses it.What could it be?I can't move nor erase that icon from my desktop,and I am not using it.It is a file that can open only with Nero6 and I took it from a CD...does this have to do something with the fact I can't controle it?Did something like this happen to you too?If you can,pls help me. 10 points for the best answerer that will give me the solution! Thanx!

2006-12-28 08:25:21 · 4 answers · asked by Ana 3

I CRASHED MY MOTHERBOARD NOW I'M USING AN ENCLOSURE TO GET THE FILES BUT ITS PASSWORD PROTECTED I KNOW THE PASSWORD BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE AN OPTION TO INSERT PASSWORD

2006-12-28 07:58:57 · 3 answers · asked by BROOKLYNKID N 1

2006-12-28 07:37:16 · 5 answers · asked by spider 1

i accidentailly erased the audio hardware off my Dell computer, and i was wondering if there is a way that i can get it back. Like downloading software or something. I sitll have my backup disk,what should i do?

2006-12-28 07:34:40 · 4 answers · asked by runnin_4_u 2

My Pavilion t720m comes with a D partition that has an HP restore icon and it is about 4GB, but if I double click on it a message comes up saying I should not modify the files on drive D. I would like to bring my computer to its original state and I thought that it was what those files were for. any thoughts?

2006-12-28 06:19:45 · 3 answers · asked by rykkardo8 4