Desktops - September 2007

80 gb hard drive, plan to patition 10 + 40 + 30 gb
c: windows xp pro
d: ms office and all other programs
e: for backup

windows often need restoration or even clean install
now, if i do it as above ... i will be relieved of reinstalling the other programs after a format / clean install of os in c:

need comments and advise on my plan

2007-09-14 07:13:20 · 9 answers · asked by sεαη 7

What should I be doing? What should I be aware of that I'm not? Do I need additional software?

2007-09-14 05:51:04 · 3 answers · asked by spirit dummy 5

Can someone tell me what kind of cpu upgrades can i get with this mother board? (currently i have a 1.6ghz cpu - with 2 gb ram)

http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/K7S41GX.htm

2007-09-14 05:23:39 · 2 answers · asked by Darren L 1

2007-09-14 05:19:00 · 7 answers · asked by phill322 1

local area connection a network cable is unplugged..

it says that at the bottom of my screen , however i am still able to connect to the intrnet, and all the cables are pugged in correctly and everything is in the right 'ports' or whatever. i am on win xp os and i am connected through a modem from bright house
only every now and then does it say
cannot display webpage

2007-09-14 05:13:34 · 8 answers · asked by spindymindi 3

For some reason my computer (HP Notebook) crashed and I had to re-install Windows XP Home Edition on the computer. When the product key screen comes up I enter in the product key and a message comes up saying invalid product key. I called Microsoft and they said that Service Pack one is no longer supported by Microsoft. So now I have a computer that I can not use because the operating system I once had is no longer supported by Microsoft. There has to be a way that I can get the computer back running without spending any money. Or do I have to purchase a whole new operating system?

2007-09-14 04:07:18 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

The orange light stays on when I try to start it up, the monitor works fine but when I try to start the modem the light stays orange and nothing happens? The monitor has a message that reads "self check test the monitor is working properly" But the modem will not start? Do I need a new hard drive? Or could it be I just need a new modem? Everything is plugged in and hooked up properly but I think the modem is dead. The green light never comes on...Any ideas on what the problem may be?

2007-09-14 04:02:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

the warranty has been expired..I need a recovery disk...but the hp won't let me have it unless i have credit card/debit card..what if i ask the bestbuy to order it for me so i can buy yet from them? will they?...I can't order the disk because don't have credit or debit.

2007-09-14 03:59:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so, would you have any good sites for Maine?

2007-09-14 02:28:21 · 5 answers · asked by rukkus31 2

I am selling a personal computer that holds finances and home business info. Can I get a wiper that will destroy everything and never be brought up again? Is this a decent way to clean up computers that I already have so I can start them from scratch as if they were new? Thanks for the help!

2007-09-14 02:26:14 · 7 answers · asked by rukkus31 2

my specs are -
Pentium D820
1024 DDR1 RAM
NVidia 6200 LE 256 MB DDR2 graphics unit ( 263 million vertices / sec )
when would this have been a really desirable gaming machine ? to make people drool ....

2007-09-14 02:12:36 · 4 answers · asked by atmaram 1

2007-09-14 01:00:53 · 5 answers · asked by jorge z 1

I built a computer and I put it together taking all ESD precautions. It turns on (all fans spin, hd spins up, cd-rom spins up) but the hard drive status light stays lit solid even though you can hear that the hard drive isn't under load. About a second after everything starts up it resets itself (like you pressed the reset button) and it will do that continously as long as it is powered on. Nothing shows up on the monitor and it doesnt give any POST beep codes. I checked everything to make sure it was compatible and it is. Here is a list of the things I have in it

Ecs PT890T-A Main Board
Intel Pentuim 4 630 Processor 3.0ghz with HT technology
4gb Kingston pc3200 DDR2 ram (max capacity)
320gb Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 16 mb cache HD
ATI Radeon x550 PCI Express VGA Card
500w Switching PSU

I have tried different psu's, different cpu's, different hd's, unhooking the reset switch, reseating the ram, vga, cpu....nothing seems to work. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

2007-09-14 00:30:46 · 7 answers · asked by jesus184089 1

Cabinet- Antec 900

Power- Coolermaster Real Power M850 W

Motherboard- ASUS P5N32-E SLI

Processor- INTEl CORE 2 Quad Q6700

Processor Cooling- Coolermaster Aquagate S1

RAM- 2* 1GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 CL 4 FlexXLC Edition with Liquid Cooling Heat Sink

Graphics- Nvidia Geforce 8800GTX 768 MB Superclocked

Graphics Cooling- Original Fan

Hard Drive- Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM 16MB
Hard Disk1 Cooling- Air Cooling (any compatible)
Hard Drive 2- Western Digital 250GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA II


Optical Drive- 18X DVD RW +- Dual Layer (any cheap brand)

CARD READER- 7 in 1 Card Reader with Floppy Drive Combo


ONBOARD AUDIO AND NETWORKING



Are the specfifications good and will I have any heat problems in future.

2007-09-14 00:20:47 · 4 answers · asked by Aman 2

2007-09-13 22:50:26 · 3 answers · asked by mythili 2

....i have just brought 4gb's of ram their all the same type and compatable with my motherboard but everytime start the computer and i check it in system properties it says i only got 3120mbs(Gb's) instead 4gbs, then i tested it by loading a game and when i start playing the game my whole computer will re-start. i take one 1gb off and left 3gb and it still the the same, i can only use 2gb for the whole system to work properly with out restarting. i think it might be vista thats doing that (since vista is uncompatable with alot of software and hardware) and even when i tried to check the peformance score it gives me a crappy score of 1! and my computer specs are gpu - 8800 gtx ultra, psu 700w, 2 gb's (4gb's if it didnt restart the computer) intel dual core 3.00ghz, hhd sata2 1tb and 120gb's pata drive... any ideas would be helpful (i might go back to windows xp till vista fix alot of problems they've got with software and hardware).

2007-09-13 21:31:56 · 5 answers · asked by ibit02000 2

My wife just bought my son a computer for his 10th birthday. She bought him a HP with a 1 terabyte hard drive, 4 gigabites of ram and a 3.0 gigahertz processor. I dont know much about computers. How much did you think she spent? Was it a lot?

2007-09-13 17:33:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know a ground up system is better then a store built PC, but for the price, it was cheaper for me to get a PC with vista preinstalled, then to do a full build...

I want to remove the guts from this PC:
gateway GT5428 and install it into a HTPC case.
according to gateways website, the hard drive is a uATX micro ATX 9.6 x 9.6 inches

here is the gateway component site for my computer :
http://support.gateway.com/s/PC/R/1009466/1009466cl3.shtml

removed from the stock specs are the fax/modem

added to the stock specs are:
1 of the 512 DDR2 chips replaced with a 1GB DDR2 chip total ram = 1.5GB (will be upgrading ram again soon)

happauge winTV HVR-1600 with QAM support (PCI)

ATI X1550 dual DVI tuner (PCIexpress)

maxtor external 500GB harddrive (USB)

1- can I change the case for this PC?

2- can someone recommend a HTPC case that I can use..

2007-09-13 15:30:40 · 4 answers · asked by joe r 7

It's happened to me before, and I lose all sound. I don't think it's the speakers because all I have to do is restart and it's back. It happens when I'm on Internet Explorer and/or Yahoo Launch. I dont remember if thats the only times, but those are the most common. Any ideas?
Thanks.

2007-09-13 15:06:21 · 4 answers · asked by Hawk 3

I'm about to purchase a sata2 hardrive OEM but my computer has a sata150 controller. I know Sata2 is backwards compatible but will the cable be also? I'm thinking I should go with the SATA2 cable but am not 100% thanks for your help!

2007-09-13 14:56:54 · 2 answers · asked by leedogg1981 3

I recently purchased this machine... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227027.
And I was just wondering what upgrades I should buy so that it can run WoW without any lag on highest settings. I'm thinking about getting more memory, but I don't know much about computers, so can this computer get more Memory? Please give links to upgrades. Please and thank you.

2007-09-13 14:46:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-13 14:02:30 · 3 answers · asked by oanna 1

I have a message when I load my settings which reads: "Error Loading C:\PROGRA~1\MYWEBS#1\bar\4.bin\MWSBAR.DLL

I am positive that this is the problem with my loss of sound as I have tried everything with the drivers and volume control and sound settings etc (see my last question) but to no avail. All help much appreciated. thankyou.

2007-09-13 13:07:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Edition can only support 1 microprocessor http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp. Does this mean i have to upgrade to Windows XP Professional to get my Duo CPU to run at full capacity? I'm not the most computer savvy so bear with me. Thanks for your time

2007-09-13 12:39:06 · 3 answers · asked by pav2873 2

last known event was it turn off by itself.
After that happen, i can't turn on my computer.
when i press the power button, the fan and light go on for couple of seconds then it turn off. Can't even get close to the Dos start up screen.

Does this mean my cpu burned? or other problems.

I tried reset the motherboard but still didn't work.
i took out the cpu but it doesn't look like its burned.
I checked all the wires, they all fit tightly

2007-09-13 11:58:45 · 7 answers · asked by i_didnt_have_a_name 2

I was told by a friend that when you surf the web with a wireless card , your MAC address is located on the motherboard. I thought MAC addresses were coming
with the Wireless adaptor??

2007-09-13 10:58:15 · 2 answers · asked by George 1

I want to get a good computer but my dad only wants me to get a Sony.
he told me all the other computer manufactures suck.
My dad only buys Sony products.
He said if it wasn't for Sony there would be no computers.
I told him I wanted to check around but dad yelled at me and said no other computer can match a Sony for speed and performance.
Dad will not talk to me if I buy a different manufacturer.
Is Sony really the best?
Are there no companies who can measure up to Sony?

2007-09-13 10:39:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-13 10:37:31 · 6 answers · asked by go leafs p 1

i just got a free imac, dont know how obsolete it is, but probably not the newest version. I plug it in, and all i get is a white screen. Am I going to need some kind of boot or startup disk, and if so, where would i get one of those? Is there some other thing wrong with this thing, or is there some button I dont know about?

2007-09-13 09:26:58 · 6 answers · asked by tomhale138 6

2007-09-13 06:48:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous