Desktops - January 2007

every time i hit enter there is a slashmark??? drives me crazy\

2007-01-08 14:57:37 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Intel (and MB manual) instruct to enable hyperthreading in Bios BEFORE installing an op sys --- why ? If it was set w/o hyperthreading B4 XP Home was installed, is it safe to enable afterwords ? What harm can happen ? I wish to do some speed tests and toggle back and forth -- OK to do so ?

2007-01-08 14:42:50 · 2 answers · asked by Dan M 1

it wants to check disk and it fixes errors but when i try to boot again it keeps wanting to check disk how do i stop this/

2007-01-08 14:05:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-08 14:04:13 · 9 answers · asked by darkmaterial 2

My 2002 Dell only has 504 RAM. Should I buy a new dell because of its new features and higher capabilites?

2007-01-08 13:10:12 · 6 answers · asked by Ander 1

I have Windows XP Pro running on a 50GB partition by itself. My Virtual Memory is set at INITIAL SIZE - 1519MB and MAX. SIZE - 3048MB. I still have 42GB of space emtpy on that partition. Is there ANY way to up the Virtual Memory to get the maximum speed off the Virtual Memory?

2007-01-08 13:06:05 · 6 answers · asked by Rizzy 2

why does my ATA seagate harddrive reboot itself at the windows login screen? the drive is set to master w/ no slave...when i first boot the computer (dell dimension with no floppy, test computer), i hear BEEP...pause...BEEP BEEP BEEP and see DISK A: ERROR PRESS DEL TO CONTINUE..so i press DEL and it continues to boot..i see the windows xp screen and then it reboots. any help? seagate ATA 80gb 7200 HD. thanks

2007-01-08 11:48:41 · 4 answers · asked by klsdjflkdsjf 1

I was going to buy a computer off Ebay so i seen this Refurbished, computer for $409 so i just need to know if Refurbished good to buy

2007-01-08 11:16:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

My Dell desktop, about 5 yrs old, is having some serious problems. When i try starting it up it will do one "beep for about 1 1/2 seconds, then is followed by 2 shorter beeps. After this it sounds like it is running but nothing ever comes up on the monitor at all. I have no clue what the problem was. Previously to this the computer would boot up for about 5 seconds without any display then shutdown and contiune to do this same process over and over. Any help?

2007-01-08 11:14:56 · 9 answers · asked by jeffy 2

I have it at 225 *11

2007-01-08 11:13:40 · 1 answers · asked by Colonel Chaos 2

what is virtual memory

2007-01-08 11:08:42 · 3 answers · asked by linren 1

Im trying to use DOS to format and when it says ''warning do u want to wipe your drive'' when i press Yes it says ''format canot be run beacause volume is in use by another process. ALL OPEN HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID. would you like to force dismount on this volume?'' i then type Yes and it says 'cannot lock drive volume is stil in use'

What is happening?

2007-01-08 11:05:18 · 7 answers · asked by jay w 1

With nothing connected, my monitor says no connection. When i plug in my computer to my monitor and boot up, the monitor says "no signal" and goes to sleep. I was fooling with some stuff inside of my desktop (removed the floppy drive, old cr-rom, and old sound card), does anyone have an idea of what i did wrong?

2007-01-08 10:57:59 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Will there be any real difference in a 2GB or 4GB at this point in time for present day games. Is the current real threshold 768, 1gb 1.5 2gb. I have a few other computers I am looking to upgrade

2007-01-08 10:25:26 · 4 answers · asked by bjmarchini 2

Iv noticed every month they have things like double memory or different sized memory, are these at certain times of the month and usually in the same week as i would like to buy mine when they are doing the double memory offer

2007-01-08 10:24:39 · 3 answers · asked by Barry 2

Does the ram make that much of a difference? video memory. not system memory

2007-01-08 10:17:02 · 3 answers · asked by bjmarchini 2

I had Nvidia cards for years and 3dfx's before that. My main computer that I use has a pci-e ATI Radeon 300se with 256MB of memory (128 actual/128 shared). I just ordered a 128 MB nvidia pci-e 6600.

I was never really happy with my ATI because it did not give me the performance I expected until I recently added memory to my computer. My system is now a P4 2.8Ghz HT 800 fsb with 1.5 gb ddr2 pc3200 and sb live 24 bit audio card.

Which video board would give me better performance. The radeon with hypermemory using 128 MB of my system memory shouldn't lag too much at 400 mhz or the nvidia with less total memory.

I have seen a big difference in performance going from a 64 MB mx4000 AGP to a 128MB mx4000 card PCI in my two children's computers. To my surprise the PCI version performed better because of the extra memory.

2007-01-08 09:55:04 · 5 answers · asked by bjmarchini 2

If i was able to find a computer with these specs, for $620, is it a good deal?

Core2duo6400
XP Media Center
250GB SATA II Hard Drive
1GB RAM
DVD-ROM Drive
256MB nVidia Geforce 7300LE TurboCache
keyboard and mouse

So is this a good deal?
(It does not have a monitor or speakers yet)

2007-01-08 09:51:49 · 5 answers · asked by -__ 3

I have an old computer that has Windows ME on it. I want to completely erase everything on it and start over with something like Windows XP or something. I was given the computer and it had other programs on it and documents, so I don't want anything left on it. I want the end result to be as though I bought it new from the store. How do I do this and what programs do I need to do this with.

2007-01-08 09:30:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Wel im trying to format my pc because it is serious damaged and i just want to wipe everything ive got all my important docs on cd etc. Im running windows XP and when i put in the Boot cd i follow the instructions til i get to the point of the partitions. thers a partition thats like 5 mb and another one with my main things on it it has 34000 mb (ive got 40gb in my pc) and thers an unpartitioned part thats 8mb which is useless i want to basicaly delete the second main partition make a new one and put xp on that and start again, but when i try and delete it it says that it contains setup files that are needed can someone help me on how to delete it or if thers an alternate way of wiping the whole pc?

And should i delete the other partitions or just leave them be?

2007-01-08 09:19:27 · 6 answers · asked by jay w 1

i have a media center pc, daul core intel pentium d 2.8ghz. any help will be appreicated

2007-01-08 09:07:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

my neighbor got a older pc that she wants to be able to get online with and play games so if ib upgrade her to xp will that work if so how do i do that

2007-01-08 08:54:04 · 9 answers · asked by hotliltigerhunny 1

I am looking for a 278645-002 hp power supply

2007-01-08 08:49:48 · 1 answers · asked by joey2836 2

When shutting down my PC saves settings, then says shutting down but does not do so. This has happened for some time, probably since downloading a Windows Update. Switching off at the mains works and there is no need for scandisc on restart.
I run on Windows XP.

2007-01-08 08:32:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-08 08:11:58 · 1 answers · asked by kimk69 1

I have had PC s all my life but now im interested in Macs, i am getting a new computer and i am really interested in Macs (iMac) but ive never even used one...i heard they are alot faster than PCs but i dont know what to get? Please Help!

2007-01-08 07:47:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am getting a new computer next month and want to transfer the data from my old computer hard drive to the new one, so i want to know if i can just attach the ide cable to do this, i will just be putting in the old hard drive aswell if the case has room for it(dell dimension e521)

2007-01-08 05:35:17 · 9 answers · asked by Barry 2

I have this black box that keeps popping up on my screen that says volume. It goes away on it's own after a couple seconds. It usually says Volume 100, but the last time it popped up I watched it go from 100 all the way down to 0. I didn't touch anything, but it was like someone was turning it down. It's really odd, and I've never seen it before today. What is it, and how do I get rid of it?

2007-01-08 05:26:26 · 2 answers · asked by Patty O' Green 5

the e-mail is very slow and it, seem to be making everything else slow. i have tried reinstalling everything but that's not help much.

2007-01-08 04:56:47 · 6 answers · asked by oneonway2 1

I'm currently RMA-ing my 4th motherboard for my current computer. The first 2 boards were ASUS A8N Deluxe models and the second 2 were ASUS A8N Premium.

Memory: CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 2.2GHz Socket 939 Processor
Video Card: eVGA 256-P2-N376-AX GeForce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16
Case: APEVIA X-Dreamer II ATXB4KLW-BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower

I'm pretty sure at least 2 of the problems were from static electric shocks. That's obviously my fault (and I laughed at my mother for using those silly wrist straps). But I'm not entirely sure the other 2 failures were the same. This computer seems particularly prone to shorting out the motherboard, I don't think I've shorted a motherboard out before and I've built 3 computers. Is there anything that can cause a computer to be prone to shorting out?

I've included the specs just in case :)

Thanks in advance.

2007-01-08 04:27:04 · 8 answers · asked by Arvenis 2