Desktops - October 2007

I have a dell dimension 9200 with a gforce 7300 (yep, it sux i know QQ) so i was planning to get a new card, either a gforce 8600 or 8800 so i was trying to check wether i need to change my power supply (no idea what supply I do have) and if so, what would I need? and besides, i think i would need some new cooling fan. All help is appreciated.

2007-10-07 06:20:04 · 3 answers · asked by jfabele 2

Can anyone tell me what the main component on a motherboard is? I'm doing some I.T home work and it says "identify the main component on a motherboard" whatever that means!

2007-10-07 06:08:25 · 10 answers · asked by maq_cool_mack 1

2007-10-07 06:01:29 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have dell inspiron with wireless adapter built in running Vist home premium and a compaq 6027 with a wireless usb adapter running XP home edition .
I would like to be able to play games with another person on one of them.
How do I set up both computers for this

2007-10-07 05:56:12 · 3 answers · asked by Just me again ☺ 6

I've seen conflicting opinions. Intuition seems to dictate that you should switch them off after 10 minutes - less heat, less wear. But then why is the default something like 30 minutes, and why does my sysadmin set my office computers to never turn off? Something to do with spin-ups? Please help!

2007-10-07 03:30:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-07 03:11:17 · 8 answers · asked by xox_joshy_xox 1

Im looking for a motherboard?
needs to have ddr 533mhz and ddr2 800mhz slots . agp slot. sapports pentium d 925 3.0ghz 775 and can be overclocked easely under $60

2007-10-07 03:00:19 · 2 answers · asked by nathan_french@sbcglobal.net 1

I had an error message saying "checksum error. CPU may have been changed". I could bypass this by just pressing F1. To remove this message i loaded fail-safe defaults, however after that i got stucked to a black screen immediately after the second page before Windows XP logo appears

2007-10-07 02:52:57 · 3 answers · asked by kk 1

I recently bought an Xps 210 desktop for my room, I'm not a seriously intense gamer but i do like playing 3-d games on them. Will my Intel Duo core (2Ghz, 800Mhz) be fast enough to play things like racing simulators? And if it isn't can i change the processor to something faster with more Ghz?

P.s. I have 2 Gigs of RAM

2007-10-07 02:35:56 · 6 answers · asked by lukebandycoot 2

It's giving off this sort of burning plastic smell when i turn it on. smells sort of like some moisturiser cream... yesterday i could swear i saw some smoke rising from the area under my desk where the CPU is. I've cleaned off the dust from the fan and air holes behind... but i'm too afraid it will burn into the floor or something if i turn it on again. What should I do now and why is it happening?

2007-10-06 20:54:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Scenario...

Brand new Dell, wanted it to go faster for a PC game, tried installing extra hard drive or something, blue screen of death, this happened over a year ago and we haven't touched the computer since. Can anyone help?

Thanks! :)

2007-10-06 18:34:07 · 5 answers · asked by JL 1

Does playing games make the computer fan noise louder? After i quit the game, i can feel that the fan noise is much quieter. Is this normal?

2007-10-06 18:32:16 · 12 answers · asked by Savor_Savvy 3

My friend has a geforce 7300 GS OC PCI-E video card. He had is computer running good when he went to view the cards temperature it told him he needed to download a new driver of some sort to use the temperature feature. After downloading and installing the driver it asked him to restart his PC. After loading his PC each time it reached the desktop it would auto restart over and over again each time he tried to load it.

He tried a few things we talked over the phone so I do not know exactly what he tried but his PC would start in safe mode fine. I tried to give him directions to uninstall all the geforce drivers in safe mode then reinstall them useing the disc but something must have gone wrong because now he is read to do a reformat which is the last thing he really wants to do? We have not tried system restore is that a good idea? How would a system restore be done properly in this scenario. He uses windows XP home I believe.

2007-10-06 18:00:10 · 6 answers · asked by Jay 2

i dont have much things installed in my computer. just basic needs, its been doing this for months now. I NEED HELP PLEASE I CANT INSTALL ANYTHING !!!!!!!!!

2007-10-06 16:41:45 · 12 answers · asked by momo n 1

To play a game I got it says I require 256 MB of RAM. When I check system on control panel it says I am only using 224. So I went to a website to see what kinda of RAM I needed to get and the site scanned my com and said that I have 256 MB of RAM, but I dont know how to make the computer use all of it...
Help pleeease. Thanks =)

2007-10-06 16:38:26 · 7 answers · asked by Bob The Crouton 2

My computer wont turn on. I think the cpu has a problem because yesterday it worked normally and last night when i tried to turn it on it did but it shut down on its own and wont turn on again. its like the monitor turned off on its own. at first i thought it was the monitor that has a problem but when i saw that the disk drive of the cpu wont open, there i thought that the cpu had a problem. what should i do? the reset and on and off buttons doesnt work too. please help

2007-10-06 16:38:20 · 5 answers · asked by Gelo 2

Hi guys just wondering if someone could tell me if i am getting ripped off or not?
I am after a gaming pc and got this quote below ..

Amd- athlon 64 4800+x2 sktam2 2mb l2 cach 2.4 ghz
Asus m2n-mx am2 ddr2 nforce 6100 gpu
2gb 800mhz dual channel pc6400
western digital 250 gb sata hard disk
pioneer dvd multi re-writeer ide 18x dual l
xfx 8600gt xxx 256mb 1.6ghz ddr3 pcix 620mghz
White media case with lcd ( computer case)
besta p4 55ow dual fan power supply
v7 19" wide screen 5ms
vista home premium 32 oem
netgear wireless wg311 wireless pci
logitech wireless desktop ex-110 (keyboard and mouse)
besta internal 25 in 1 card reader
full install and testing
12 months warranty

Total= $1439.00

is this a good price??!!

,if anyone could help me out or reccommend anything for a fast gaming pc around this price give or take a $100 feel free to throw some stuff at me !
cheers guys !
geoff

2007-10-06 16:01:25 · 6 answers · asked by geoffske 1

When I turn on the computer while the TV is on VGA or computer mode, I could see the windows starting(the line that has 3 dots running to the right) and then the TV just goes dark and my computer starts normally. Is there a program or something to make my computer appear on TV?

2007-10-06 15:12:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

After unsuccessfully trying to upgrade the video card & power Supply in my Sony Vaio (PCVRS420) due to proprietary sized Power supply, I am fed up and considering a new PC. My Sony has been good otherwise for everything else I do. Pentium 4 at 2.8ghz (HTT) I saw a reasonable custom built with a dual core but only 1.8ghz. Will this be better than my 2.8Ghz. since it is new processor technology or will I see a real lag in my processing speed?? Any advice on a good custom place to buy would be appreciated as well! Thanks!!

2007-10-06 14:25:23 · 5 answers · asked by bigpupmomx5 2

C:\windows\system32\config\system
Someone said to use my recovery disks, but I am afraid to. Should I try it myself or take it to a professional?

2007-10-06 11:37:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

such as mega hertz, ram in mega bytes, and memory in mega bytes or giga bytes

2007-10-06 10:18:22 · 7 answers · asked by Michelle Q 2

I bought all the components needed to upgrade my computer which is about 13 years old:

ABIT SG-95 INTEL 775 Motherboard
INTEL Celeron 3.2Ghz Processor
DDR2 512MB RAM
40GB HDD
450w x-power PSU (Power Unit)

When I connected up all the parts: - Screwed down the motherboard, put in my processor and fan, connected my CD/DVD Drive, Floppy Drive and Hard Drive and connected up the Audio Cables. (I've also connected all the cables aswell at this point.) Now For the question.
My old Power Button has two wires coming from it, One has a label with IR (Infra Red), the holes go like o-ooo the other brances out into two cables again, one with holes like o-o-oo-o and the other with holes like oooo. (o = Hole - =Blank Space). There is a picture of my motherboard on this site http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/Abit_SG-95/12.JPG i've tried linking my power button up to this but its only the proc. fan that spins around, the computer will not turn on. What could be wrong? Help me.

2007-10-06 08:05:37 · 4 answers · asked by trustnoonestarsky 2

2007-10-06 07:53:17 · 3 answers · asked by soulchild 2

How do I tell how big my hard drive is?

In start, accessories, drive space, it says it is 2G with 0G used, although a few years back when this process actually worked, the disk was almost totally filled.

In, my computer, C, properties, it tells me I have a 6 gig drive with 3.7 used and 2.5 available.

I know I have one drive and I thought it was a 2 gig drive.

I think I need to download a firewall and I don't know how much space I have to work with.

2007-10-06 04:06:48 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-06 03:40:01 · 3 answers · asked by djrnno1957 1

I hve a HP t430i PC it has a chipset motherboard i wanna replace it with a normal one so will the normal one fit in the cabinet wihch has a chipset motherboard????

2007-10-06 02:42:15 · 3 answers · asked by namit 2

2007-10-06 02:29:10 · 8 answers · asked by BAGOFSWAGS 5

Hi, I just bought the components to build a new PC. My MB is a K9N Neo running a AMD X2 6000. When i run the system BIOs, it could detech my WD 250 GB in the BIOS, but when i put the Windows Xp in to install, it could only read 130GB. Now worst still, i accidentally partition it to 80GB for C drive and the other 50GB for the other drive. How can i unpartitioned it? And how can i make the system read 250GB? At the moment i am formatting both drive. Can anyone help?

Thank You

2007-10-06 02:07:32 · 2 answers · asked by TK 1

Hi, i am looking for a new motherboard but i need one which i can use all of my old things such as my gfx card, CPU etc, so could someone help me find the cheapest motherboard, specifically from www.amazon.co.uk that has:
LGA 775 socket for CPU
3 or more PCI express slots
SATA slots
4 memory slots that are
dual-channel 533- or 667-MHz DDR2
support for 5 or more USB.
Thankyou so much for anyone who helps! any suggestions will be much appreciated.

2007-10-06 01:32:03 · 2 answers · asked by abhik_262 3

System Properties

Microsoft Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pak 2



Registered to

Jack Nicholas

54000000000000


Computer
Intel (R)
Celeron(R) CPU 2.53GHz
2.53GHz 760 MB of RAM

My computer is so slow. It takes forever to start up. Does this have anything to do with the computer configuration? Please breakdown.

2007-10-06 01:25:55 · 4 answers · asked by Al 3