Desktops - August 2007

It was super fast in the begining ut suddenly it got slow why????????????????????????????

2007-08-21 01:19:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have an old Compaq Presario 7462, it had 64MB SDRAM and I added an extra 256MB SDRAM. It running on Xubuntu, way better than the win98 it had. It runs smooth but when wacthing videos It gets choppy. Can this be the Graphics card if so I need someone to inform me on a specific graphics card to purchase. I just want the computer for web browsing and wacthing some vidz and listening to music, nothing special. Here are its specifications http://support.radioshack.com/support_computer/doc58/58288.htm can someone revise them and advise me on what to upgrade. I would so appreciate Im not good at this been doing alot of reading and getting by slowly with it.

2007-08-20 20:43:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have an Alienware Bot desktop whose CPU keeps overheating (apparent design flaw in the Bot line). It is an Intel P4, I believe a 775 chipset.

Can anyone recommend a specific CPU fan I can buy to replace what it came with, preferably one that does not sound like a jet engine, as the CPU fan it came with does.

thanks!

2007-08-20 19:28:43 · 9 answers · asked by itsfun2steal 2

Dell wants to charge me $40 to read this error code for me. Does anyone know what these mean? The error codes came up on Intel ICH5 Audio (analog sound playback test, error code 1B22:061B and also Record & Playback test error code 1B22:071B.

2007-08-20 19:24:01 · 5 answers · asked by Case C 1

After replacing power supply, no sound.

2007-08-20 18:55:50 · 7 answers · asked by Case C 1

So my friend has a computer that got so unbelievably bogged down with spyware and viruses we decided to reinstall windows XP. Its a relatively new (about 1 year old) HP Pavilion pc, everything went fine, installed windows XP, and SP2.

For some reason the usb ports no longer work, they all worked perfectly fine before reinstalling windows. And in the device manager it says that they are all working correctly, However they simply are not. I plug something in, and it does not recognize that anything is plugged in.

How can I fix this?

PS: For some reason, even before I'd have anything plugged in, it would show that I have "Usb mass storage drives F: G: H: I:", which is weird because we didn't have any usb drive plugged in, only a printer.

2007-08-20 18:54:24 · 7 answers · asked by Rockstar from another dimension 1

i lost the restore disk for my dell dimension 3000. is there someplace i can get one or can i download it somewhere.

2007-08-20 18:42:26 · 7 answers · asked by jay y 2

Can you run a 32bit program like for example Warcraft III The Frozen Throne on a 64bit computer.
If yes can how about 16bit.

2007-08-20 17:03:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a Dell 2005FPW that I've had for about a year and a half. It is a 20.1" LCD Ultrasharp flatpanel. My main problem with it is that it shuts off at random moments, and completely shuts off (eg. pushing the power button doesnt work, unpluging and repluging, etc) and then after an hour, it turns back on, but has pretty degraded quality. I restart my computer, then it works fine. I know you may be thinking it may be my gfx card, but I have an NVidia 7900GT with the latest drivers and updates, the temp is 55 C and the fan works on it. This monitor is plugged in through DVI, I pluged it into a VGA and it works as well. Honestly, I'm stumped, and I build computers and repair them as a job.

2007-08-20 15:41:14 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

...How about VICE VERSA?

(90nm CPU on a 0.13 micron MOTHERBOARD)?

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IF IT SAYS...

System board/Form factor

Supports Intel Northwood processors with 533MHz or 800MHz Front Side Bus (FSB), 512KB L2 cache, and built on a 0.13 micron core

Supports Intel Prescott Pentium 4 processors with 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 cache, and built on a 0.13 micron core

Supports Intel Northwood Celeron processors with 400MHz FSB and 128KB L2 cache

478 pin mPGA socket

uATX


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WILL THIS CPU WORK WITH THAT MOTHERBOARD?

Pentium 4 2.8GHz/800MHz/1MB


KNOWING THAT THE 1MB CACHE PROCESSOR IS BUILT ON 90NM AND NOT 0.13 MICRON

2007-08-20 13:51:43 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a Sempron 3000+ 2.0 Ghz
1024gig memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048%204017%201069609639%201305520548%20106790717&bop=And&CompareItemList=N82E16814130274%2CN82E16814150210%2CN82E16814150174
This is a site which has my choosen cards

2007-08-20 13:09:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i really need a answer

2007-08-20 12:48:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a pc with 2 RAM slots, 1 empty and 1 with 256 MB. Would it be better to upgrade with 1 512 MB stick to 768MB, or just add 1 more 256MB stick for a total of 512MB. I've heard that computers are faster if the two RAM sticks are the same size, but don't want to buy 2 new sticks.

2007-08-20 12:26:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Pentium 4 2.8GHz

fsb 800MHz
l2cache 1MB
mfg tech 0.13
pins 478

Could you please give me a link on the intel website if there is such a thing

2007-08-20 12:16:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I removed the fan that cools the proccesor to see what kind of proccesor i had then i put it all back together and when i turn it on it continued to make a loud noise the whole time i was on it. so I think the problem is that when i took it apart I removed this gray chalk like stuff that was on top on my proccesor. can somebody tell me what that was and if it is the problem how can i fix it or buy this gray stuff? thanks.

2007-08-20 11:38:44 · 6 answers · asked by Cesar G 2

did you answer the others 1-5 or am I wasting you time? Old info still on hard drive? can it be recalled? if so , how? fivekooks80

2007-08-20 11:30:38 · 3 answers · asked by ruth m 1

Is it possible ?
I heard you can have an emulator like "VMware" (but thats only for windows).

I need either both OS X & Windows

Or

Windows

Running on the Mac book.


Any solutions will be great !

Cheers !

2007-08-20 11:21:32 · 3 answers · asked by Cocoon 1

I am trying t build a $650 gaming pc. I want the graphics card to be direct x10 compatible. What parts should i buy?

2007-08-20 11:16:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My od computer is a net vista. Im just curious if I can use an emachine xp disc to reinstall xp. And when I reformat does it completely wipe everything clean so its like new again

2007-08-20 10:47:22 · 6 answers · asked by John S 1

i know the general meaning of almost of these things but i like to know how do them function and all about them and if u want to give me the general meaning go a head

thanks

2007-08-20 10:43:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was looking and I purchased:

2GB OCZ PC2-6400 DDR2 800 Gold Gamer XTC Edition

I was wondering if I got jiped? How much is too much for this and what;s agood bargen for this RAM?

2007-08-20 10:05:45 · 14 answers · asked by Hayabusa 2

2007-08-20 09:52:52 · 5 answers · asked by marissa b 2

I have Windows xp sp2
hard drive: 5.99GB
Maximum Memory Capacity: 256 MB
Currently Installed Memory: 128 MB
Available Memory Slots: 1
Number of Banks: 2
Dual Channel Support: N.A.
CPU Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
CPU Family: Intel Pentium III processor Model 7, Stepping 3
CPU Speed: 601 MHz


can it run basic?

2007-08-20 09:47:14 · 7 answers · asked by life 2

I'm not really in the mood to fry my mobo, so what is the straight up answer from someone that actually knows? On one point, some say take out the battery before you clear the BIOS with a jumper because you don't want to send a charge down the pins. On a second point, some say that taking out the battery will not allow ANY charge to even affect the volatile memory in the BIOS.

Anyone know the real answer? This should be a fun answer session... DON'T GUESS!

2007-08-20 07:43:54 · 7 answers · asked by Me Me 1

If my monitor has integrated speakers do i need or should i buy speakers?

2007-08-20 07:43:05 · 3 answers · asked by Bambi 2

My newly built computer would power on but will not boot up. I recognize the cpu fan is not spinning as fast as it suppose to. My specs. Asus mvp 580x mobo. A-data 2gig ddr2 800. Amd anthlon 64 4400x2. Western Digital 320 gig HD. radeon 9250 256meg PCI video card.

2007-08-20 07:26:22 · 6 answers · asked by Ed 2

Well I have a lexmark all in one installed on my puter been using it , but just reecently my computer is not letting me load up in normal mood it keeps restarting, so now the onlly thing i can work in is safe mode untill i can see why it's not loading up in normal mode.

so it says i don't have a printer installed in safemode.....
but when i go to printer and scanners it shows nothing but a white screen .

but when i go to unstall or remove prgrams it show that i have lexmark installed.. any ideas why it is not printing in safemode.. should i reinstall or what??? help

plus i did all the av and as runs and I dont have anything
except when i run the as it says trojans can't be delte and it says (4) I guess i have 4 trojans .. but i scan everyday

2007-08-20 07:20:53 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Everything else is above the recommended requirements but the processor is the only thing that is a concerned.

2007-08-20 05:12:15 · 3 answers · asked by bigtcos 2

I recently bought a Dell PC and when I got it, it was dead. No amount of pressing or holding the on button at the front would switch it on.
So I log onto Dell and speak to an adviser via their rather good technical chat facility. I then receive a call from the tech support adviser who I assume was calling from India by her accent.
Anyway to cut a long story short she asked me to open up the PC unit with a screwdriver and talked me through checking inside. I have no PC hardware skills so most of what she advised me to do went over my head. In the end I put it back together and an engineer is coming to look at it tomorrow.
Was this risky?. It seems odd for someone at Dell to ask a novice to open up a PC. I had no idea what I was doing and could have caused all sorts of damage. Also if the power lead was still connected (she asked me to plug it in while the case was open to check if it was working) could I have been electrocuted?

I'm concerned and wondered what others thought.

2007-08-20 03:16:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have hard disk maxtor 160 g.b and when i need to install new os (windows xp sp2) i had to format the drive c during the installation of windows (quick with ntfs) but before that i had bachup my files to new folder at the last partition (it's size is 34 g.b) and after tha installation completed i ahd opened the backup folder but the surprise was very great: The folder is empty. but when i tried to find the size of all data on this partition it was 14.5 gb but when i opened the properties of the partition it told me that the used space is 21.6 g.b, so i think my data is still exist but i can't see it, can any one tell me what's happend and if it possible to restore my data how come to do that ???
Thank You
Basem

2007-08-20 02:48:17 · 1 answers · asked by basem 1