Desktops - September 2007

connect our camera and download pictures. This last Christmas, I also started using it to upload songs onto my IPOD, and my kids have been using it since then for their MP3 players as well. 5 months ago, I was given a new Kodak digital, and started downloading those pics also. Last month, I brought home 2 memory sticks from work- one is a Memorex Traveldrive, and the other is a Staples Relay drive. At first, the Relay drive worked, but now when I try to use either of those in the ports, it shuts the computer down with no error message. Can someone please tell me why this is happening? Our computer is about 3 years old.

2007-09-23 04:13:36 · 3 answers · asked by JJ S 2

Used to be Intel - Then AMD took the lead - I heard Intel are back on top..

2007-09-23 04:08:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just ran the CPUID program to find out that my RAM is running at 166 MHz. Isn't this a little slow? I thought they ran at 400- 533 MHz. I was looking for the speed so I know what new RAM to buy. I think I should get PC 2700 according to what my computer can take. Can anyone enlighten me as to why it is running so slow or what it means?

2007-09-23 03:55:09 · 2 answers · asked by BigCheapSk8 3

I see other questions similar to this in this forum. The consensus is to right click My Compter and pick properties. This does not help me however. It states 2.40 GHz. I need to know what type of RAM to get my computer. I have narrowed it down to either 400 MHz or 533 MHz. It is a Dell Dimension 4550. Even the Dell website can not nail it down for me. I think I need DDR 266 PC 2700 RAM, but another option is DDR 333 PC 2700. Please help.

2007-09-23 02:41:07 · 4 answers · asked by BigCheapSk8 3

has the medal honor series in it all ready...

2007-09-23 02:07:27 · 1 answers · asked by ? 7

I want to get a vista and i dont know i should choose 64bit or 32?

2007-09-23 01:32:48 · 2 answers · asked by sami1367 1

I have a Dell XPS, a gaming computer and a everyday Hi-Grade home PC. Anyway, the speakers for the normal comp broke. The gaming computer doesn't currently have access to the internet, we are getting wireless in the week. I tried to connect the dell speakers to the normal comp, but they`re very odd. The dell speaker is a large black box, with a dial for changing bass, it has five slots, four for left and right speakers, and a large plug for the center speaker, which has a dial for changing volume. I have no idea how to plug it into my normal comp, I did it about a year ago, but put the speakers back into the dell. None of the plugs seem to fit, but I've made uit work before. Please help, because when something is explained on a video with audio- I can't hear it and it's really annoying.


THANKS!

2007-09-22 23:04:11 · 4 answers · asked by Nicky 2

What do the individual voltages run? My -5 volt is over and my 5+ is under the limits What does -5 volt run? Are all computers the same when it comes to powering up hardware? Need to know.

2007-09-22 22:26:35 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Currently my Cd Drive is broken and i dont have the money at the moment to buy another one, If i took out my current hard drive with the xp os and and installed into another computer as secondary slave and reformat it and installed xp
Would it would xp load up when i install it again to my current computer ? I just want a 2nd opinion before i do this

2007-09-22 21:33:52 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

if I go over the capacity, would my computer work or not? I have 512 in now and really would like 1 gig, but the capacity says 512 at this web site. Can I increase it somehow?

thanks

2007-09-22 18:10:47 · 3 answers · asked by psxfff123 3

I have a new computer with Asus P5KSE motherboard, Core2Duo E6600 processor and 2 SATA drives. When I try to install vista home basic 32 I see both drives and I create a primary partition on each drive. When I select next it tells me that there are the install program cannot find a suitable drive to install windows on.

I have tried to format and that doesn't seem to make a difference. The formatting doesn't show a progress bar. Should it?

Do I need to install drivers for the SATA drives to be recognized by vista? The BIOS sees both drives. But the boot priority only sees one. What's with that?

Any help here is appreciated.
Thanks

2007-09-22 18:08:18 · 2 answers · asked by notBob 3

this computer seems pretty nice but i've seen alot of bad remarks about gateway, so here's the link to the computer, its a M5478.
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10089891&catid=10607

tell me the goods and bads
like is it good for watching tv and playing video games? i play games like battlefield

2007-09-22 15:28:17 · 15 answers · asked by (Ω)Wayne Top Contributor 5

here is the storie. i got a sata hard drive 250 gig. i then discovered that it needed a card to inerface with MY computer. i got a sata card that accepts 2 sata drives. i guess they copie one another. well i put the win 98 disk into the cd drive and it started to format the sata drive. it then went into theinstallation mode and copied the first set of files onto the sata drive. then it rebooted and when it came back on it displayed the win 98 logo and that is all, nothing further and it acts like the computer is locked up, no keboard action works.
i will put xp pro on it as soon as i get win98 to boot up completely. i don't have the xp boot cd at this time only the upgrade. don't want to go out and get a new mother board or computer for this if i don't have to i will just get a different drive. again thanks.

2007-09-22 15:05:40 · 5 answers · asked by corvairbob65 3

hey I have windows xp on my laptop, and its about a year old and had alot of stuff on it, and its starting toact a little slugish, i was wondering how i could remove some of the stuff i dont need on here, i know about disk clean up and stuff but i dident know if there was some thing a little more advanced that you can do, but i dont want to mess anything up, so if you could explain in detail what all to do i would greatly appriciate it..thanks

2007-09-22 14:30:35 · 14 answers · asked by stephen L 2

Hi. i've Ordered Crysis (the game) and ive just found the Specs for it and found out they are Very Demanding.

They are, *QUOTE*:

Recommended Requirements
CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)
Graphics: Nvidia 7800GTX/ATI X1800XT (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalent
RAM: 1.5Gb
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX10 with Windows Vista

I have:
Intel Pentium D 950 (3.4ghz x2)
2GB DDR2 Patriot RAM
Nvidia 8600GT
Windows Vista Home Premium With DirectX10

Will my pc run this smoothly?
and
Is there a demo coming so i can try it out ?

Cheers!

2007-09-22 12:22:37 · 5 answers · asked by The_Figlet 3

here is the storie. i got a sata hard drive 250 gig. i then discovered that it needed a card to inerface with MY computer. i got a sata card that accepts 2 sata drives. i guess they copie one another. well i put the win 98 disk into the cd drive and it started to format the sata drive. it then went into theinstallation mode and copied the first set of files onto the sata drive. then it rebooted and when it came back on it displayed the win 98 logo and that is all, nothing further and it acts like the computer is locked up, no keboard action works. if anyone has a helpfull suggestion please send it along. if all you can do is submit a smart answer then just move on. thanks

2007-09-22 11:31:52 · 3 answers · asked by corvairbob65 3

2007-09-22 09:25:29 · 5 answers · asked by Spartan L 5

I was reading through my local computer store's flyer, and there was a little tidbit of information about how to build a good gaming computer and it said I should get 4GB of RAM and a quad-core processor. I know you need a lot of ram and a good processor, but quad core? 4GB? How true is this?

2007-09-22 08:25:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

whats a good computer brand??? one thats fast!!!????

2007-09-22 08:15:02 · 3 answers · asked by Bri 2

Whenever I run DVD movies or watch TV video feeds on my computer the system idle process increases dramatically. Would adding more Ram help? Can some adjustment be made to my computer to reduce the system idle process usage?

2007-09-22 07:23:34 · 5 answers · asked by rdcatman 3

im thinking of buying a new harddrive can anyone tell me if my restore disks i have from when i bought the computer new they have windows xp on them will they work on my new hard drive --we already bought a new notebook but my wife wants the old desktop to play her pogo games and sims games but the computer has doesnt have enough space on it for her 6 or 7 sims games lol --im confused with the sims anyway so i dont ask --and she wants a new hard drive bc of the viruses on the old one she wants to start new but doesnt want to buy another computer after we bought the notebook -----any ideas

2007-09-22 06:57:11 · 2 answers · asked by harry w 1

amd athlon 5000+ processor, 2048mb RAM, 320gb hardisk drive, nvidia 8600gt graphics card,vindows vista home premium and will it play al game out at the moment?

2007-09-22 06:51:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anybody have a clue to this power situation?

My home computer will no longer power up. I thought that it might be the power supply, but now that is not the case. When I built my home network, I built it with a NZXT Nemesis case powered by a 400w Orion power supply. I have a MSI K8N Neo4 Mobo (G52-M7125X2) with a AMD Athlon 64/FX 3200 CPU. The only thing that I've added recently was a new Microsoft Blue optical mouse.

This past wednesday, my system shut down completely. I suspected the power supply when I couldn't power it back up. Ordered a new one from Newegg (Coolermaster 430w) and it will come on for about a 1/4 second and then automatically shut down again. I've checked my back-up power supply, my home, my attachments, and everything else. But all is working fine. I am at a lost to what to do next. Other than completely rebuilding my home network and that is a possibility.

2007-09-22 02:34:13 · 4 answers · asked by dakotaviper 7

2007-09-22 02:23:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

also if i do this, will my pc have all the things like: internet explorer and all the general stuff like that?

2007-09-22 00:48:51 · 4 answers · asked by awesomely_lame 3

I have a dell dimension 5150 and i've tried to partotion my c drive so i can image my drive for back up reason's. But when i try to create a partition i get a error message "A new partition cannot be created on this hard disc. Most proberly all primary slots are occupied and there is no extended partition."
Any ideas?

2007-09-22 00:43:43 · 2 answers · asked by GOG 4

my OS seems adamant that my Core2Duo 4300 @ 1.8 ghz is an AMD64 architecture.Have you ever ran into this problem,or heard of it?If so please help me,its holding me back from installing normal drivers and apps.

2007-09-22 00:29:40 · 5 answers · asked by Antimidas 2

i have a Imac pc,its a Imac os.8.5 does anyone know the value, as i now want to sell it, but dont want to be ripped off its complete with drivers,and all the books it was bought with,its in great condition .many thanks if u can help.,

2007-09-22 00:08:19 · 3 answers · asked by kelly e 1

I can use it to create & read DVD data files for back up, but when a movie DVD is inserted I cannot get any player, including Windows Media Player to respond to it. I presumably have lost a driver/codex or whatever, but do not know how to identify what driver might be missing, where to get a replacement and where to put it on my hard drive! Dell PC with Windows XP Pro using Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 & have Dell drivers disc and original Roxio disc

2007-09-21 23:46:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

(1) Is it true that AMD m/c is 2 b run in an ac room yet ?other wise it wil slow down bcoz of warming up ?
(2)The Config. I propose to buy is :
either : -
AMD X2 4600+ ;
MSI K9 MMV Mother board ;
or :-
( INTEL core2duo 2 gHz ;
INTEL ORIGINAL 965 CHIPSET M.B.)

1GB DDR2 RAM - Xeon ;
SEAGATE SATA 250 GB HDD ;
FDD - Sony ;
DVD RW - HP/Asus ;
17" semiflat CRT Monitor - Samsung ;
KB + MOUSE Combopack - Microsoft/Logitech ;
2.1 woofer - frontech / creative ;
SMPS - Cabinet F/T 450 Watts - iball / frontech ;
UPS - APC 650 VA .
The lowest quotation i hv gt for this is Rs 22000/- from an assembler , & a dealer shop. but other assemblers and dealers r quotating 27000/- or 29000/-
(3) Also any addition/alteration/suggestion

2007-09-21 23:44:43 · 4 answers · asked by pdmdl 2