Desktops - June 2007

I am looking to replace my old dell desktop with something that can hang today. AMD, Intell, Celleron, duo core 2??? Please tell me any pros and cons you have with them and give your favorite. I basically use my pc for the net, burning media and creating dvds...thanks!

2007-06-30 23:35:03 · 6 answers · asked by seanynanay 2

My computer freezes when i try to open programmes. I have tried virus scans and system resore, with no luck. I was 24% into defragmenting and my pc restarted itself, came up with my desktop and said it had recovered from a serious error. I tried to open a programme and the screen went blank and it said "no operating system" but it seemed to right itself when i pressed ctrl alt del. Pease help.

2007-06-30 23:24:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm running Vista on an Asus P5B motherboard.

2007-06-30 23:11:48 · 8 answers · asked by W99 1

im looking to get a new pc, but not having owned one for about 6 years now im unsure as to what would make the daddy of all gaming machines (the best) any ideas?

2007-06-30 22:51:17 · 5 answers · asked by hobo_soup 3

Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S4 - Full x16 speed sli support and its only $220 AUD

i want to know if gigabyte make good motherboards as the asus equivalent to this is another 100 bucks and as im 16 would not like to spend so much.

but i would like to buy a gigabyte geforce 8500gt and possibly a 2nd one 6 months after that. would that work well?

much help appreciated. thanks

2007-06-30 22:42:45 · 4 answers · asked by john c 2

2007-06-30 22:08:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-30 21:07:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

My computer starts, First screen has comp information top left, theres a blinking bar like when you open empty text document. Second screen no system info, just the blinking bar top left. Computer then just stays that way. Virus? HD damaged? Hd dead? or chip set dead?

2007-06-30 21:01:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

So my computer was costumized and we bought it for about $800 about 1 and a half to two years ago. I kind of think that the computer we bought was a rip off, and I kind of think it is because we bought just the CPU without the monitor, keyboards and anyth accessories. While at other stores, it cost about 800 for a whole set and it was looking new (colour black). The man also said that he would give us a deal and upgrade our computer to 512MB we agreed and we paid extra (that's why it summed up to $800 something). Anyways, I went into My Computer and checked the Properties. It is a Windows XP.

It says:
AMD Sempron (tm) Processor 2600 + 1.60 Ghz, 480 MB of RAM.

1) Was the price we bought it for worth it? Were we ripped off? Other better, well known stores sell for a lower price, complete set with 512MB of memory/RAM.

2) How do I check what kind of RAM I would require because I do not know how to check that. I am interested in buying RAM for my customized computer.

2007-06-30 19:44:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just upgraded my computer from 1GB of ram to 3GBs of ram. I inserted 2 CMX1024-3200C2PRO into the computer. I cost me almost 230 dollars to buy it, and I'm not seeing any performance increase. Infact, the computer seems to be running SLOWER and is making applications crash more often (Zone Alarm) which then freezes up my whole computer.

I can't adjust anything in the BIOS, I think the timing is wrong. I would like to know how and how to OC the RAM.

Any suggestions?

2007-06-30 15:30:32 · 6 answers · asked by Han 2

Today my computer has started to randomly restart on me. I will be working and my computer will suddenly freeze and then reset as if someone had hit the reset button. I had this problem a few months ago and ended up replacing nearly every component in the computer: power supply, motherboard, CPU, memory, hard drives, memory stick reader, etc. It seemed to go away but it has been reoccurring again.

A stress test of the system doesn't seem to produce any results and nothing seems to be logged in DR Watson, System or Application logs. Can anybody recommend anything I can do to resolve this problem? I'm about ready to replace the motherboard once again because it seems so much like a hardware problem, not a software problem.

2007-06-30 13:58:12 · 5 answers · asked by Jason E 1

well, he currently has a sony vaio desktop xp media center edition thats about 3 years old, he'll be getting a new computer wen leopard comes out, its either we'll replace his desktop with an imac or get him a macbook, which would be better for him? i dont want to hear about free offers, or that he shudnt have one or nething like that, i just want an answer with sum explanation, this is important, if he gets the macbook, he'll still keep his desktop, or shud i get him both, but thats unlikely, i also wud not like to hear macs suck

2007-06-30 13:52:47 · 4 answers · asked by Ahmedinne 2

2007-06-30 13:12:42 · 6 answers · asked by michael s 1

can i boot xp with a vista boot disk and expect to den have vita on the xp machine

2007-06-30 10:53:37 · 2 answers · asked by morrissey_tony 1

I have a dell c521 which has a small case so I can't upgrade the power supply so i need a graphics card that would use less than 280 watts of power.

2007-06-30 07:29:25 · 4 answers · asked by smittydingo 2

other cheaper chips? I only use my PC for games, but it is getting old. I don't want to spend $4,000 on a new PC. Can someone help me differintiate between the different chip sets?

2007-06-30 06:52:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can somebody helps me, i was resizing my hard disk using partion magic, but during the process, my pc lost electricity, and i
lost all my data, and the widows dosent read the data in hard disk. it reads them like used space only but dose not access to them, please can you help me....

2007-06-30 06:18:59 · 2 answers · asked by WAW 1

I'm about to install new video card....

I know you delete the drivers, avivo codecs, and everything....

DO u also delete the Microsoft Net Framework???

Currently I have the 1.1 and 2.0

Please help

2007-06-30 05:49:17 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have just build a brand new computer haven't loaded anything, all i need to buy is a keybaord and a mouse.
which one should i buy wireless or wired. Because i thought about wireless and i said hey i have to install the drivers. But i need an os installed first but in order to install vista i need a mouse and a keybaord. So what do i do. I hear microsoft wireless keybaords and mice don't need a cd its just plug and play. help please

2007-06-30 05:46:33 · 3 answers · asked by pritash.patel 1

I'm using my sister's computer to write this so that's how I'm online.

It may be that I kicked it a few times too many when it didn't work but it can't load to the desktop everything else works fine. When it's on safe mode it can load the desktop but cannot go online. I just tried to reformat it but it still can't load the desktop.

So how do I fix it? I'll report you without hesitation if you spam.

2007-06-30 05:01:23 · 3 answers · asked by Joe L 2

For some reason while trying to access my e-mail earlier today my computer seized up then crashed. I tried to reboot but I was asked to reboot in "safe Mode" which I tried to do. The following message appeared: "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT-VOLUME" and now I can't boot up the computer at all. I haven't added any hardware or programs recently so i can't see that being the problem. Any advice for this computer neophyte???

2007-06-30 04:55:20 · 1 answers · asked by a_noise_annoys 1

I just took the Panels off of my PC I built last January. I figured I should check for Dust, and clean it out. I noticed that on the Back (Underside) of my MotherBoard, there are 3 Clusters of Tiny Components.

I remember seeing them before, I just never realy thought that much of them. But what made me so Curious, is that I finally noticed that 2 of these Clusters are underneath the North & South Bridges.

Their is a Small Cluster right underneath of the CPU (K8).
I knew this before.
Their is a Larger Cluster right underneath of the North Bridge.
Their is also a similar sized Cluster underneath the South Bridge.

Now, this got me Thinking!! Why are they underneath these Key Locations? And what are they for?!? What do they Do?!?

2007-06-30 03:20:34 · 2 answers · asked by Diog 3

i want to spend around $1500 and get some really nice components. in your opinion wat brand of computer has the best prices?

2007-06-30 02:40:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-30 02:37:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi, Thanks a lot for your attention to my question. I want to know that which model of Intel Pentium 4 proccessors has same usage and performance with AMD Authlon 64 (Not FX serie). I want to know that which type of Intel Pentium 4 proccessors (Like 2.0GHz, 2.4Ghz, 3.2Ghz, etc) is equals or same to AMD Authlon 64.

I have a system which has a AMD Authlon 64. When I use the software named "SiSoft Sandra Version 2004", It gives me that the speed of my CPU is 2.01GHz, but the administrator told me that CPU is 3200. (He didn't told me 3200 what?! He didn't told me any unit for 3200 and I think it's normally the frequency of the CPU),

And at last I think this would be useful that my MainBoard supports excess to 3000+ core frequencies, And I'am using a 32-bit version of Microsoft Windows XP, Is it possible that the cause of this low speed (2.01GHz) of cpu and the reason of the fallback (Falling of Frequency in manner of incompatibility of MainBoard and the CPU)?

Be Succeed,
Babax.

2007-06-29 21:49:04 · 4 answers · asked by Babax 3

im going to buy a family PC that i will also use for work, should i wait for Mac OS X leopard or get Windows Vista???

2007-06-29 20:35:40 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

nothing appears when i connect my iphone to my MAC. please help!!

2007-06-29 20:31:34 · 3 answers · asked by amon2365 1

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2007-06-29 16:40:29 · 4 answers · asked by Brian 2

I was wondering if i get a slave drive a second one how does that work.? I hook it up to the second part of ribbon and proper jumper placement but i was wondering how does it work then? I mean when you boot to your master drive do you use the slave through that? i mean boot to first drive and use second drive through that OS?

2007-06-29 16:19:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My c521 is a slim computer that i've had trouble with finding compatible power supplies for but i need to upgrade so i can use my new graphics card

2007-06-29 16:14:37 · 2 answers · asked by smittydingo 2