Desktops - January 2007

I just bought the last model HP they had on display for a good price, partly because it didnt come with a mouse/keyboard, or any cds and such (Just the Desktop). So I brought it home last night and started reformatting it with another windows xp cd from a previous system. It worked out well I suppose except now I dont have any sound and cant seem to install the sound drivers that are on there already. Do I need to contact HP for this or is it something easy that Im not figuring out?

2007-01-18 01:21:54 · 6 answers · asked by Boj1 1

Dell E521 home computer,sometimes have problems when start up,slow,unresponsive.

2007-01-18 01:05:37 · 18 answers · asked by gnasher61 2

among assemble and branded PC which one will be better for editing and grafix work and why?

2007-01-17 23:16:12 · 8 answers · asked by editdipto 1

My CD- Drive is not working. I want to install OS (winXp) in my new hard disk. I considered fixing my Hard disk in one's system and installing. But I heard it will work in my system? If not suggest me a suitable method to install OS (win Xp)

thanks for answering

2007-01-17 22:33:13 · 7 answers · asked by meera_netizen 1

2007-01-17 20:27:22 · 3 answers · asked by shay 1

I have a Seagate 300 Gb drive which I am considering setting up in a mirrored RAID array. Do I need a drive of the same capacity or can I get away with a smaller drive as long as I don't exceed the capacity of the smaller drive?

2007-01-17 19:47:04 · 7 answers · asked by taualphac 2

Seem to remember a pie-chart sort of thing showing memory used and memory left. How do I access this please?

Thankyou.

2007-01-17 17:28:14 · 15 answers · asked by Innocuous pen... 4

I have 512Mb and am considering adding another 512Mb, but I was talking to a friend who has 1024Mb on his equipment, and using Task Manager we compared both and found out his machine was not using the extra memory (although we were running MS Messenger, using webcam and he had some other windows opened. Do you have to set XP so that it uses the extra memory?

2007-01-17 17:11:44 · 7 answers · asked by leblongeezer 5

i have the following system configuration:
AGP PCI IMB USB i2c/SMBus model MS6570 AGP
AMD ATHLON XP
NVIDEA 42302e31 bios
NVIDEA NFORCE MCP networking controller
i am trying to find a SMBus controller driver.
anyone know what i am looking for? is it the above mentioned AGP PCI that i'm looking for the driver for?
need to install a driver for the smbus controller.
i have a sound blaster card and just found the drivers for it, but i still need the smbus controller driver.
my c-media ac97 audio device and via ac97 audio controller have drivers installed but cannot start. i only lack the bus controller drivers and i should get full sound working again. anyone know the source for these drivers that will do an auto install as i can't download to a cd and going to the desktop won't work.

2007-01-17 17:10:47 · 1 answers · asked by de bossy one 6

I have been troubleshooting this for days. I have connected my tape deck directly to my soundcard correctly. I purchased a good audio editing software (roxio). The sound that comes from my computer when playing the tape sounds great, but after recording, the playback quality is poor. Sounds low and more like mono than stereo. I have adjusted everything I can think of on my volume controls. Could it be my soundcard? I have a new HP pavillion a1640n desktop. I would think the soundcard could handle this analog to digital process fine.
I have been doing a lot of research about this. It sems many people are converting their CDs and LPs with no problem as long as you have the software to do it. I don't know why it's not working for me. I have used my DAZZLE device to record audio through my video editing software and it actually sounds great! But I can't convert to MP3 nor seperate the tracks with the video software. Why does my soundcard work fine doing it that way? Please help! thanks!

2007-01-17 17:06:14 · 4 answers · asked by msdawnie320 1

ok, my week old comp is gotten so slow, it using up resources for nothing, i reformated and it was still slow.....i used spybot/ad-aware/windows defender, and they cleaned out what they could like cookies and w.e, its still slow; now i've decided to give it to futureshop to somehow fix it(store i bought it from,in Canada), so taht it'll be as fast when it was on the first day........

you think thats a good idea? will they be able to fix the problem?

2007-01-17 16:25:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

gateway win xp

2007-01-17 15:55:15 · 3 answers · asked by SP Addict 5

it's not on mute and it's not the servers.

2007-01-17 15:49:25 · 10 answers · asked by paula c 1

AMD-K6 TM-2

AMD-K6-2/450AFX
2.2V CORE/3.3v I/O
A 0002CPEW

2007-01-17 15:34:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to sell my pc because I want to do video editing and make graphics so I would like to get rid of the one I have now, here are the specs:

Pentium 4 processor at 1.4 GHZ (1400 MHZ)
640 MB SD ram
40 GB HD
2nd 40 GB HD
16X DVD Dual layer burner
DVD drive
Floppy disk drive
64mb Nvidia gfx card
Intergrated sound
Windows XP Pro
2 USB ports
Ethernet card
56k modem

Programs that come with it is McAfee virus scan, Microsoft Office 2003, Nero 7.0.

Im adding a Dell keyboard and a Logitech mouse and as well a 15" Sony Trinitron monitor.

I dont know what it would be worth, Id say maybe $500 but I wanted to get your opinion on this, so any help would be appreciated!

2007-01-17 14:09:36 · 10 answers · asked by ? 3

2007-01-17 14:03:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-17 13:42:55 · 3 answers · asked by Jenna 1

the harddrive. How do I delete the info on the computer that I wish remains private? I want to leave the basics on the computer. Please help me help these kids.

2007-01-17 13:02:59 · 3 answers · asked by chicks920 2

I have a 3 month old computer and my friend (hes really into all this technology stuff, im not) said that my computer deskstop was dirty and cluttered. So I took off the case, took out all the parts (i dont kno what he was talking about they looked clean to me) and scrubbed the with fantastic and a wire brush till i was sure they were clean. I put it all back together and now it wont start, can anybody help me?????

2007-01-17 12:50:43 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have an older Dell, and the hard drive is filled with useless junk.I am unable to delete a lot of it for various reasons, and I just want to start over. also, it musta come with windows ME, but xp is installed. I have all the original cd's that came with the computer to reinstall drivers and the windows ME. Do i just reformat the hard drive, and restart with the operating system disk in the cd drive? and will i have to put the original video card back in, instead of the Nvidia that i installed last year? whatever you know about it will help

2007-01-17 12:37:19 · 6 answers · asked by Kevin 1

when i play games my power supply gets hot, i think to hot, its a new comp i built, and dust free. is it that i need a bigger one? or is there a way to turn the fan up?the fan is always running, but not fast enough i think.

2007-01-17 11:32:31 · 1 answers · asked by kosovoknight 1

and now I just get a beep...pause..beep...continuously..any ideas?
this is a P4T533-c motherboard

2007-01-17 11:16:07 · 2 answers · asked by Betty M 1

2007-01-17 10:53:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

The fans all start to spin but barely complete 2 rotations before they stop. If I hit the start switch repeatedly it does the same thing. I have moved the power on jumpers and the reset jumpers and even tried a different swith all with the same results. I know this is something simple I just don't have any experience with new motherboards.

2007-01-17 10:45:41 · 3 answers · asked by trade00 1

I'm very biased toward PC. For the following reasons:

1. Upgrade Possibilities
2. Gaming
3. Variety of Products
4. Software

Is there any specific reason I should give MAC a second look? I would like to know, by looking at each computers over all capabilities which would you consider "best"? and why?

2007-01-17 10:45:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

HelP !! my daughter's computer keeps restarting itself. I will stay on for few minutes, and then shuts off, and restarts and shuts off..... what's wrong?

2007-01-17 10:39:41 · 7 answers · asked by Franny G 1

I need to find the Owner's Manual so I can start my computer over, I think it has several viruses....

2007-01-17 10:26:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Motherboard Gigabyte K8NMF-9,s939,nForce,SATA,LAN,mATX
does it support
CPU INTEL 3,2 MHz/800 FSB, BOX,LGA 775, ,EM64T or core2duo or dualcore
first one
albatros 7600gt or nvidia 8800gtx

2007-01-17 09:30:23 · 3 answers · asked by max_total_t 1

I want to build my own computer for the 1st time, Ihave done a lot of changes to my old desktop, I have changed the HDD, cdrom, RAM, everthing but the motherboard and processor.. i feel I dont have enough understanding about the motherboard settings.
If I have to build my computer, is it hard to do the motherboard settings as well as the processor? I know how to attach the bits and pieces of it but I lack understanding on the bios settings and/or any switches on the motherboard itself.... is it hard? can you recommend a website or video explaining this?

2007-01-17 09:12:04 · 9 answers · asked by notorious_xx 1

i bought a new atx case today and tried to transfer my old components to it. i connected everything (it seemed) but after switching it on it gets stuck at the "tab for post bios" motherboard screen. anyone know how to fis this?

2007-01-17 08:53:20 · 6 answers · asked by El Lobo 4