Desktops - April 2007

How much faster do I need to get? What
about the RAM?

I have a fish screen saver a Nautica. It works
best if I minimize performance characteristics,
just bare bones SS without enhancing graphics a
lot.

Now, someday I may be able to use my favorite
player again(Winamp), and I like to watch
visualization.

I don't play any games, unless they are graphically
primitive online games.

Thanks for any enlightenment. I have a
Compaq Presario.

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2007-04-20 07:06:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

just got a seagate external hd. it hooked up and recognized fine, but now whenever i reboot or power cycle, there's a problem loading the os. it won't boot till i turn off the external hd, reboot, and then turn it back on once it's booted xp. i want to be able to just have the external hd on all the time and re boot my computer at will.

btw, im running xp pro on a year old hp office computer.

2007-04-20 04:42:40 · 4 answers · asked by max k 2

She's left me a message on ansaphone saying she presses the button for the pc to start.. and it powers up.. and looks like it will boot up.. but doesn't, and screen remains dark - it doesn't go to the XP welcome/account screen.

(Hmm its just occured to me I best check the cable monitor hasn't come out of back of pc or monitor itself)

Any suggestions really welcome so I can go prepared with some things to try ? Thanks. :)

2007-04-20 02:59:03 · 10 answers · asked by Joe Bloggs 4

I have a pentium 3 processor running at 850 Mhz.......
is this enough to play latest 3D games eg..
ProEvo 6
Fifa 07

2007-04-20 02:56:12 · 7 answers · asked by Unknown 2

I got a message that said "Remote user is browsing your library. Connection is closed by remote peer." Someone recommended I wipe my harddrive, should I? Should I worry? Could my next door neighbor be browsing my library?

2007-04-20 02:41:03 · 7 answers · asked by SHELTIELUVER 3

Hey guys, i just wanted to know the difference between superclocked and ACS3 graphics cards.. thank you.

2007-04-20 00:52:24 · 2 answers · asked by Ronald 2

2007-04-20 00:09:11 · 9 answers · asked by richardare69 2

My younger brother custom built my PC and first I would like to know if Vista will run smoothly on it, the spec is:

Intel Pentium 4 Processor Supporting Hyper-Threading Technology, Processor speed 3.8GHz

350GB Sata Hard Drive

1024 MB DDR Memory

eVGA GeForce 8800 GTX Video Card

Also I would like to know if many programs will run of Vista such as Bullguard security? Or if Vista will have built in security features? Thank you.

2007-04-19 23:28:59 · 18 answers · asked by Puma Academy 3

I have a computer that is failing to turn on, bought a new PSU and still have the same problem (a nice new 580watt that came in today), I even went to tinkering with the front panel connector and no luck. I took the front panel off at one point and inspected the said power switch from the other side and had no luck finding anything wrong. Pulled out the RAM and everything looks fine, just a little dusty. Is there anything that could be preventing it from turning on? Is it a possibility that the case power on switch died and is showing no wear? Or could maybe the mobo have died without showing any signs of malfunction? There's no weird smells.

Epox 9nda3+
AMD 64 2.4ghz
2 gigs corsair ram
ATI radeon 9550 AGP graphics card
80gig master HD 300gig Slave
2 optical drives
1 floppy

2007-04-19 20:50:04 · 3 answers · asked by 0okie 2

I got a Maxtor 200GB 6L200PO to replace my old IBM 20GB Deskstar. I used the MaxBlast 4 utility to format the drive and copy my old IBM drive data over. Everything goes fine until I attempt to boot. WinXP begins to load and then I get a quick blue screen that quickly goes black and then the system reboots. I can't even see what the error is it goes by that fast.

I've tried setting the drive partition to only 130GB in case WinXP is having issues with the drive size, but same result. I've even tried reinstalling WinXP from scratch on the new drive and everything is fine until I begin loading Updates.

Have also run Memtest and CPU Stress just in case they were the problem but everything is clean. I even tried a new Mobo.

HELP! Any ideas?

2007-04-19 19:07:36 · 8 answers · asked by Benjamin H 1

I got a Maxtor 200GB 6L200PO to replace my old IBM 20GB Deskstar. I used the MaxBlast 4 utility to format the drive and copy my old IBM drive data over. Everything goes fine until I attempt to boot. WinXP begins to load and then I get a quick blue screen that quickly goes black and then the system reboots. I can't even see what the error is it goes by that fast.

I've tried setting the drive partition to only 130GB in case WinXP is having issues with the drive size, but same result. I've even tried reinstalling WinXP from scratch on the new drive and everything is fine until I begin loading Updates.

Have also run Memtest and CPU Stress just in case they were the problem but everything is clean. I even tried a new Mobo.

HELP! Any ideas?

2007-04-19 19:06:36 · 5 answers · asked by Benjamin H 1

MB: MSI
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.2 HT 1 MB Cache
Ram: Kingston PC4200 DDR2 1 GB 533 Mhz soon 2 GB
VGA: not so good at all GF6200 LE 256 MB PCI-E 16x
H.D.D: Samsung 300 GB 7200 RPM SATA
DVD-Rom: Suzuki 16x
DVD-RW: Asus
are there any games that will run in highest resolution in this computer?? Which part should I upgrade or change??
I'm thinking about adding another 1 GB Ram, do you think it'll be good?

2007-04-19 17:25:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Your prefrence and why?

2007-04-19 16:39:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have an iBook, and I love it! I want to run OS X on my desktop, and I know that you can run it on an intel platform, but I don't know about running it on an AMD platform. (I have an AMD Athlon XP 1.9GHz) it haz 380GB hard drive, and 512MB of RAM.

Thanks.

PS< if theres an emulator, I need a free one!

2007-04-19 14:56:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have decided to get a new power supply, and I need to know how much power I need. I have a ECM RC410L MOBO, 750 SATA SEAGATE Hard drive, I will be getting 2 gb of DDR2 memory, I have a 1650x ATI Video Car and a Pentium D 3.4ghz proccesspr.

How much power do I need for this (approx)

2007-04-19 14:11:41 · 5 answers · asked by DeMoN 2

2007-04-19 13:18:33 · 7 answers · asked by dc 3

Hi there. I bought a Silenx Ixtrema pro (at 28-32 CFM, with a dba of 14) and I would of thoguht that would of quieted it down a little. My computer is as loud as ever, And I think it even got a little warmer (the case it hot when I touch it after a while)
This CFM Rating is probabily much lower than what the label says it is.

The power supply is the culprit. The model is a cheifmax 550 and it just wont quiet down. I was thinking that I could use the new fan as the power supply fan, because I read somewhere that power supplies use standard fans.

What can I do to make my power supply shut up?

2007-04-19 13:17:49 · 3 answers · asked by DeMoN 2

2007-04-19 11:34:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have an ati x1900 gt pcie graphics card that needs more power my system is a gateway gm5048 with 2 gigs of ram a 500 gig sata 2 hard drive 2 dvd drives and an emu pcie sound card

2007-04-19 11:23:05 · 16 answers · asked by martyj 2

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PC: And, Hi, I'm a PC

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Mac: I doubt we have to go that far, PC

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And the story continues.... Here!

Place your vote to see which system the public prefers, please also provide a LEGITAMITE reason of your choice.

2007-04-19 08:43:22 · 31 answers · asked by Pure Genius 1

Isn't the Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 64-bit? So how come in my system type it says 32-bit? And in my display settings only 16-bit and 32-bit options come up.. thank you

2007-04-19 03:05:56 · 5 answers · asked by Ronald 2

Compaq HP

2007-04-19 02:56:20 · 2 answers · asked by mckyls 1

2007-04-19 02:47:56 · 7 answers · asked by Janet K 1

If so what is it called and where can i find stats on it?

2007-04-19 02:38:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am persuing mca from ignou,i have completed bechlor of infor mation technology from ignou,also completed higher national diploma

2007-04-19 02:13:16 · 3 answers · asked by md alam 1

Could someone give me advise on a

Dell Optiplex GX50 Celeron 1.2ghz / 512mb ram / cd-rw - $89

All I want is something that I can get on-line with and maybe do some photo editing. Is this computer any good. Whats the catch?

2007-04-19 02:04:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

A. purchase updated mousse drive
B. tighten the cable in the mouse port
C. adjust settings in the mouse central panel
D. clean the rubber ball and roller in the mouse

2007-04-19 01:19:36 · 11 answers · asked by dapassionatequeen 1

2007-04-19 01:16:08 · 4 answers · asked by dapassionatequeen 1

2007-04-19 01:15:22 · 13 answers · asked by dapassionatequeen 1

My system configuration is

Intel Pentium 4 3.06Ghz
1.25 GB DDR SDRAM
Wndows XP Home SP 2
80GB SATA HDD
INTEL GMA 900(on board)

2007-04-18 23:33:52 · 6 answers · asked by Aayush D 1