Desktops - August 2007

I am updating my pc. The one I have has all my passwords,bank account details,online contacts,etc. How do I make sure these are truly ''deleted'' before I pass on my Pc ?
Thanks Harry

2007-08-16 00:52:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-15 23:56:57 · 12 answers · asked by Cassavetez C 1

Exactly how good will my new PC be? Could I get it cheaper? Will it run games such as Lost Planet and Crysis on High or ultra-high? Is there anything I should change before I buy? Here are the specs:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6850 Processor
(2.66GHz ,4MB L2 Cache, 1333MHz)
Hybrid TV Tuner - Digital & Analogue
Mainboard-nForce 650i SLI
2GB DDR2 Memory
500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive
320MB nVIDIA 8800GTS Graphics
22" Widescreen LCD Display (DVI, MM, 5ms)
LightScribe Super Format 18x DVD Writer
Creative's SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
Windows Vista home premium

£1021.08

2007-08-15 22:55:35 · 14 answers · asked by wacov_01 2

P35 chipset is better or G33 chipset?
can list out the different?

2007-08-15 22:53:00 · 2 answers · asked by EDisON 1

Hi, I've just brought a game, and after i install it, it tells me:
''you do not have Graphic accelerator.''
Like, I've read about what one is, but how do i know ive got one?? ( see PC specs below ) and/or how do i get one if needed???
hope ya able to help me,
Thanks for reading, regards. Andrew.

Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 (build 2600) ECS M863 1.0
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.20 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ECS M863 1.0
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 080010 01/15/2004
Drives Memory Modules c,d
81.95 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
79.33 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

ATAPI DVD DD 2X16X4X16 [CD-ROM drive]
BTC BCE3212IM [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Maxtor 6Y080L0 [Hard drive] (81.96 GB) -- drive 0, s/n Y2CHCA6E, rev YAR41BW0, SMART Status: Healthy 480 Megabytes Installed Memory

2007-08-15 22:47:54 · 4 answers · asked by Andréw 2

when i do more operations.......it becomes too slower and sometimes hangs......

2007-08-15 22:14:01 · 8 answers · asked by varma 1

when i do more operations.......it becomes too slower and sometimes hangs......

2007-08-15 22:13:38 · 2 answers · asked by varma 1

i am planning to make my own D.I.Y desktop.. can recommend any?..i'm from singapore so i need a singaporean to ans my qns.
my budget is below $300...

2007-08-15 22:13:13 · 4 answers · asked by thecarlover 1

My pc configuration:
pentium 4 processor
D845GLAD motherboard

when i switch on the power supply,a green led on motherboard is ON

But when I press power button
POWER led is OFF
hdd led is OFF
cpu fan NOT rotating
monitor NO display

(to find if there is problem in POWER switch ,i tried interchanging POWER and RESET button but no use)

where is the problem
power supply unit /motherboard/bios/bios battery/RAM/cpu fan/cpu ?

Please help.
THANKS IN ADVANCE

2007-08-15 22:08:25 · 2 answers · asked by Sad Guy :( 1

I installed a new copy of windows xp professional in the same drive where i had win xp earlier by formatting the parition.
while xp set up I got ther error that "An error occured during installation of this hardware : System " !
when windows loads, i get the blue screen error 00007b. However i can get into safe mode. when i try to enter the BIOS setup by pressin F12, i am not able to enter it. it is giving the followin error message:
PXE-E61: Media testing failure. Check cable
PXE-MOF: Exiting intel boot agent.

I need to get into the bios for enabling my pc to use external graphics card.
Please help me to
1) get into the bios
2) as well as solve the windows issue.

2007-08-15 21:57:14 · 2 answers · asked by jai r 1

i want to defragment my computer since to make it run more effeciently but when i try to do so, an error occurrs saying that defragmentation has been abborted due to inconsistencies that were detected in the file system. please run CHKDSK or SCANDISK on (C:) to repair these inconsistencies and then run defrag again. okay so i ran CHKDSK and the process completed. i tried running SCANDISK but it said that the file could not be found. i tried defragmenting it again but the same error still occurred. what should i do?

2007-08-15 20:43:25 · 4 answers · asked by hooplaloola 2

that formats the whole hard drive and restores it back to the original state?

2007-08-15 20:24:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Gateway is no help, the only thing they are equipped to do is tell you if they have processors that are compatible to sell you, which they don't even have

Gateway Computer : Intel (Yorktown) Pentium 4 - 2.53GHz (533MHz) R2 [Part #2519075]
Uni-processor Intel® P4P Northwood in FC-PGA2 package, 133-MHz, 533MT/s FSB
Chipset: Intel i845PE and ICH4 chipset

The Motherboard has a 478-pin zero insertion force (ZIF) socket that supports a single Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or a single Intel Celeron® processor based on the Pentium 4 architecture. The standard host bus speed of the motherboard is 100 megahertz (MHz). However, the processor uses a dual-clock, un-pipelined processing method that achieves system bus speeds up to 533 MHz.

I WAS TOLD YOU START OUT BY LOOKING FOR PROCESSORS THAT USE 478 PINS AS THE FIRST STEP... (I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS LOOKING FOR PROCESSORS THAT DO 533MHZ FSB?) WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO CHECK BEFORE I BUY A PROCESSOR TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WILL BE COMPATIBLE ?

2007-08-15 20:22:57 · 2 answers · asked by salah s 1

2007-08-15 18:51:08 · 9 answers · asked by thecarlover 1

2007-08-15 18:09:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

here in this link (i hope it works)
that's a wish list for my new pc, I just want one with good performance and big expansion capabilities, without compromising my wallet
XD!!

any help and ideas you can give me, could be perfect remember, the overall expense cannot excced 800 bucks (well a little :P)
the looks don't care, but the price/performance/scalability must be good overall

:P

thnx by the way just for looking in :)

:D!

mWo!

2007-08-15 17:35:38 · 4 answers · asked by ? 3

how many volts does a USB port have.google didn't work for me.

2007-08-15 17:28:55 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Suppose if i don't get the same RAM, wht i hve on my system nw, wht i should i do?

2007-08-15 17:14:54 · 11 answers · asked by jai m 1

I have a HP Pavillion 1120n with 2.5 gb ram with a P4 3.06 GHz. I was planning to buy a graphics card but with directx 10 here and better graphics card coming out for it Directx 9 will become obsolete. plus ddr3 is faster then my ddr2. I am so confused

2007-08-15 17:01:34 · 12 answers · asked by Yahoo! User 4

2007-08-15 16:50:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay... basic information about my computer:
- 768 MB of RAM
- Intel Pentium 4 processor
- 2.80 GHz
- doesn't have a ridiculous amount of stuff on it

/Everything/ runs slowly... even when I only have one or two programs open, and nothing running in the background, everything runs slowly. I do the disk cleanup, the disk defragment... all that stuff, and the computer is still ridiculously slow. It's been like this for a bit, and I cannot figure out the issue. Any advice?

2007-08-15 16:10:21 · 3 answers · asked by breanne1089 1

2007-08-15 15:36:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know that macs don't get viruses but say that I installed windows operating system on my mac. Then will it be able to get viruses?

2007-08-15 15:31:00 · 4 answers · asked by 42and35 2

Is this processor good enough to play games like Oblivion and F.E.A.R. with more than 30 FPS. I've been trying to look for a cpu i could upgrade to, and this is all i really found that i could afford. It's just short of 100 bucks, and it's a P4 with 3.2 ghz and HT. I think it's processor number 640. My RAM is at 533 mhz only though, and this cpu is at 800 mhz, should i still upgrade to it?

2007-08-15 15:09:40 · 6 answers · asked by dowzman76 2

if you have ever seen the ps vs mac commercials, the mac always wins. We all know that the pc will win but mac just wants to seem better all though they are the worst company in the world!!!!!!!!! Does anyone have anything 2 say aboot that?

2007-08-15 14:57:29 · 10 answers · asked by paudashlake 3

Im thinking about changing cases for my pc to accomodate a fan on the side, but i dont know how to remove the hard drive. i took the bolts out of one side but i cant get the bolts out of the other side because they are right next to the side of the case and i cant fit my fingers let alone a screwdriver.

any tips?

2007-08-15 14:57:14 · 2 answers · asked by cs_rvs 3

Okay I have a Compaq Presario SR1303WM-B I brought it in 2004. I love to play the Sims2 games so recently I added 1 gig of ram, this has really helped my game loads in a few seconds, but the video card is not up to it, should I buy a new video card(if so what kind) and power supply or should I just get a new computer? I have PCI and Agp slots, someone told me Compaq can't be upgrader I really don't know.

2007-08-15 14:35:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

heres the link
http://www.wydan.com/compbuild.php?pc=9
hope it works
im a pretty big gamer with a budget and this fits right in. I want your opinions on the rig and tell me what games do you think this thing could play.

also if you see any changes that you think id be better off with plz tell me.
Thank you

2007-08-15 14:16:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm thinking of building my own desktop PC, as buying bits is cheaper heres what I got so far:
Intel Celeron D352 CPU 3.2 GHz
Maxtor 160 GB HDD
Samsung 1GB RAM
NEC 18x DVD/RW
Asrock motherboard

This is my first time and im just trying to find compatible things which so far all the above are but I was wondering because the Motherboard comes with a Intel 865G graphics chipset, could I replace it with a Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT 512MB?
Also its a Micro ATX and I don't have a clue what case I would get.
I want to buy all from microdirect.co.uk to make it easy and would like you help. Also what kinda memory is the in-built graphics card?

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(14287)Asrock-motherboard-775i65G-i865G-skt775-on.aspx
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(14491)Intel-CPU-Celeron-D352-32GHz-533FSB-S775.aspx
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(18817)160GB-Maxtor-DiamondMax-Plus-20-2MB-Cache.aspx
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(8948)Samsung-Original-1024MB-DDR400-PC3200-RAM-memory.aspx

2007-08-15 14:16:28 · 5 answers · asked by sbraidley 3

Okay i have a Dell Dimension E521 which runs Windows Vista. Its pretty much new, we've had it for 2 months. After a while of being on the computer it stops letting me right click on things like so i cant save images, or copy, or paste. It wont even let me right click on the desktop screen. I also have it to where the tabs are at the top and when i open a new tab by right clicking it wont load, itll just say connecting, but still nothing happens. I have to restart my computer each time this happens and it interrupts whatever im doing on the computer. I dont know if its the internet (i have Charter Cable) because it did this on my last computer too (windows XP;dialup) I also know its NOT the mouse, ive went through a couple already. I was thinking that it could be a virus, but if it is its not detected by my Antivirus Software (Norton 360) Can somebody explain to me why this happens and what I can do about it?

2007-08-15 14:16:15 · 3 answers · asked by Becky♥ 2