Desktops - September 2007

hi .. i have a simple question about graphics cards . let me illustrate .. suppose i am buying a nvidia 6XXXX graphics card and i have a configuration in mind ( eg - PCI - E , 256 DDR2 RAM , xyz clock speed etc ) . and in the store i find the same config from EVGA and XFX and others . can any one company change the basic architecture of the chipset such as number of pipelines . i know some makers factory overclock it but what about the base level design ? if the chipset is the same eg nvidia 6200 LE .. can one company sell it with 4 pixel pipelines and another with 2 ? please answer only if you know not to earn points and refer me to evga and xfx sites . any authentic answer is most welcome .. thank you ...

2007-09-25 19:38:32 · 1 answers · asked by atmaram 1

I have a 450W power supply

2007-09-25 18:13:17 · 6 answers · asked by gufffaa88 2

I'm thinking about taking my computer to best buy and haveing it cleaned.... I was wondering if they can really clean my new computer so that its like the day I bought it... Its starting to run slow and I'm about to start using it for business.... Aslo can I clean it myself with something just as easy or do I really have to take it in and spend $150.00 ?

2007-09-25 17:38:18 · 17 answers · asked by Joey B 1

Windows Xp hom, 576 of RAM, not sure the size of the hard drive,IBM

2007-09-25 17:15:24 · 8 answers · asked by Icemanizaki 2

2007-09-25 17:09:48 · 5 answers · asked by TVC15 2

I have 3 120mm fans. one in the back one in the side and one in the front. I know the back should be blowing out of the desktop. What about the other 2? I have the front blowing air in on the HDDs what about the side fan. blowing into the PC or out of the PC?

2007-09-25 16:50:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

the computer had it already installed when i bought it. now that i had to re-install it because of a virus. i need a product key. where do i get this product key? can i like contact windows or somethin?

2007-09-25 16:49:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just bought this pc partners motherboard and it will not boot to windows unless I clear the bios first. Then I can get to windows but if I restart the computer I get a no signal message on the monitor. Then I have to clear the bios again to get to windows. So as you see loading programs that need the system to restart to finish loading is impossible at this point.
Help :(!!

2007-09-25 14:59:07 · 3 answers · asked by jamesrobertdillon 1

my new computer info
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 585.51 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.40 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

second computer
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 3 GenuineIntel ~566 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 62710, 7/15/1997
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Total Physical Memory 384.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 162.05 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.31 GB

2007-09-25 14:55:21 · 1 answers · asked by David H 1

p4 3 ghz HT
1 gig ddr 400
80 gig sata 150
Intel D101GGC mb

2007-09-25 13:35:29 · 5 answers · asked by blank 1

the left hand side of the My Documents folder. I do remember that I wanted to change the background to black and when I did something popped up that said something about 'html' or 'activeX'. I would like to get my desktop back to proper working order. can anyone help me??

2007-09-25 13:22:39 · 2 answers · asked by sgniqua1112 2

hi just looking for a bit of advice on whether this spec computer will be any good for playing todays next gen games at all or whether something needs to be better is so what and what should it be upgraded to, thanks

intel core 2 duo e6550 6.550Mhz (combined)
2GB ddr2 ram memory
320GB HDD
Nvidia 7200 512mb

2007-09-25 13:19:20 · 4 answers · asked by kurt i 1

2007-09-25 13:15:00 · 9 answers · asked by agents_girl 2

2007-09-25 13:03:40 · 3 answers · asked by matdenamd 1

CASE: Thermaltake sorpano with a 12"green light and extra fan colr of fan is clear

CPU/MOTHERBOARD: a intel g31 motherboard with a core 2 duo e6750 2.66ghz cpu with a front side bus of 1333mhz

Paste: theraml paste for the cpu and heatsink

HDDx2: a hitachi 320gb hd and a seagate 80gb both at 7200rpm

SOUND/MODEM: creative sound blaster x-fi and a modem blaster

DVD-RW/DVD: sony 18x speed burner and reader

VIDEO: a geforce 8500gt

KEYBOARD/MOUSE: a g11 gaming keyboard and a g5 mouse

PSU: 500watt

SOFTWARE: windows vista home premuim office 2007 fsx delxue and much more

the total is $971.00

Is this a good deal for the price? i mainly want this computer to hande FSX (flight sumlator X) to full graphics.
thanks for your help

2007-09-25 12:55:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-25 09:03:54 · 4 answers · asked by icecold995 1

While flipping through a magazine years ago, I saw a small email machine that had a keyboard and a small screen attached. It had a modem and it's purpose was to send and receive emails. Something like this would be perfect for my dad who is in his late 60's and refuses to learn how to use the computer. Has anybody seen something like this?

2007-09-25 08:42:05 · 11 answers · asked by sammipooh 1

My computer, running Windows XP Pro, froze, and it will not reboot. The screen comes up, there is some activity, then screen goes black and says Reboot failed, press F1 to try again, press F2 to go to setup. Pressing F1 just brings up the error message over and over again, and pressing F2 does nothing useful.

I tried to restart the computer with a cd in the drive, and got a different error message - PREVIOUS REBOOT WAS DUE TO VOLTAGE REGULATOR FAILURE. Press F1 etc....

Okay - so what is really wrong with my computer?

I will bring it to pc repair place if I have to, but I want to know if this is something I could try to tackle on my own, if it is as simple as replacing the battery or checking cable connections, or do I really need to call in the big guns?

thanks in advance!

2007-09-25 08:38:45 · 3 answers · asked by Piggiepants 7

2007-09-25 08:23:40 · 5 answers · asked by abcdqwr3 1

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Everytime I try to run media center and lets say "my music" my pc crashes and reboots. Also it may randomly crash whenever it feels like it. I have been swapping out parts left and right I even put new artic 5 on the cpu. The cpu is a 3.2 ghz p4. It has a really nice heatsinkfan on it, but it runs at about 55 c. Do you think that the pc overheats whenever I try to do something decently large?

-2gb mem
-160gb hdd
-nvidia geforce 440
-p4 3.2
(sony pcv-rz54g)

2007-09-25 08:20:00 · 8 answers · asked by B 1

Please be nice with this answer all of you computer literate people, but I was wondering if you could buy a wireless card or some sort of attachment to add to your desktop PC to make it wireless. If so, where and how much and how practical is this?

2007-09-25 07:48:48 · 7 answers · asked by SurelySarah 2

What processor would you recommend for the following:
a. gaming
b. heavy programs (e.g. photohsop, flash, 3D's..)
c. media center

2007-09-25 06:18:34 · 6 answers · asked by riyunah 1

My husband is convinced no one has any use for this PC and simply wants to trash it. I figure that someone can use it if only to use it for the word documents. Would my local school system or even a goodwill/salvation army store accept it happily? Any other suggestions? One problem is that we cannot perform a restoration on it because we have lost the key/code to perform this function. It is a Sony PCV-230.

2007-09-25 05:52:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

When windows starts up, you have the blue bar going accross under the windows xp pro logo, well, after, 1 and a half times the mechine will restart.

I turned of the restart, and then after the 1.5 times i got the blue screen of death, like i wanted.

I got the tech number 0x000000ED (0x86FSEC08, 0xC0000006, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

My question is, that we got windows XP disks, loads of them, but, the computer came with no reboot disks. I am asking, if we got the product number, can i use any of the disks to reinstall or fix whats wrong with the computer? Or dose each xp disk have its own product code?

Here is my main problem, My little sister needs to use the PC for coursework, so it needs to be sorted out, like 2 weeks ago, and I think there are some parts of her work on the computer she eneds to get to, so i cant do a general reinstall, i need to repair it all.

Need more info? contact me on yahoo messenger, gaogier.

2007-09-25 05:36:06 · 3 answers · asked by Gareth O 2

I have AVG and ran a scan and it said there were no threats but last week on a site it said I contacted a trojan virus and my computer is gradually getting slower, what do I do?

2007-09-25 03:21:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have a dell dimension 9150.i upgraded from windows xp, full install from a disc to vista ultimate.by mistake i installed 64 bit version but my pc is 32 bit. i have read that you can not alter the version once installed.will it make any differance

2007-09-25 02:33:58 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have an e-machine and have had zero problems till two days ago. I turn on my computer and I hear the fan turn on, my wireless mouse/keyboard receiver is powered, and my cable modem shows it connects with the computer. What doesn't happen is the computer won't turn all the way on or something. The green light that normally comes on in the front now doesn't. I also do not see anything on the monitor. It is like it starts to turn on but then stops. What should I do??? This is very frustrating!

2007-09-25 02:30:06 · 9 answers · asked by andy 1

Why is my hard drive beeping now that i dropped it.

2007-09-25 01:50:11 · 6 answers · asked by guy k 1

I am planning on selling my Dell Computer that has windows xp installed. I have had this for about an year.
My question is, since all these days i had so much of private information on this computer how do i delete all of the files so that they never can be retrieved.
If i just delete files and sell the computer, files can be recovered. The only way they cannot be retrieved is if i do a format or even better low-level format. However, i do not want to mess up my existing windows xp and other other softwares.
Which leaves me with only one choice. Delete the files "somehow" so that they cannot be retrieved.

Hope i made my query clear.

Thanks in advance.

2007-09-25 01:19:00 · 4 answers · asked by boston_guy70 1

I have just bought an Intel Extreme QX6850 and im not on the hunt for a motherboard, I understand it either Asus or Gigabyte that i'll have to go for but im not sure what to get, budget is not a question at the moment. 1333 FSB, 8gb RAM capacity, SLI support gigabit LAN etc are things I would want on the board thanks

2007-09-24 23:43:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous