Desktops - November 2007

I have an AMD athlon 2x 3800
XFX 8800gt (512)
2gb
My os is vista premium 32

2007-11-07 13:31:55 · 2 answers · asked by timmy n 1

I just built a computer, and the power button led works, but the computer won't turn on and i'm sure everything is hooked up correctly. Can anyone tell me what is wrong.

2007-11-07 13:21:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

IS there any faster hard drive then 7500 RPM If so where do i find one.. thanks

2007-11-07 13:06:09 · 4 answers · asked by wwwdotarmodotcom 1

We have a USB reader/writer for the smart card used in
our digital camera. When connected to the computer it
shows up as another drive. Normally I can just copy the
pictures from the "new" drive to wherever I want them on
the hard drive of the computer. But I have been getting a
message that tells me that the media cannot be written to
because it's write protected and to go and remove the
write protection. I have searched high and low to figure
out how to remove the write protection, but I haven't
found it yet and am getting a little frustrated. It must
be something really simple. I want to be able to write to
the disk if I want to use it for a slide show that I
would put together of pictures from my hard drive. How
can I remove the write protection? Thanks.

2007-11-07 11:47:40 · 2 answers · asked by ? 2

Under "Computer" on my acer computer i have 2 different hard drives. One named "ACER (C: )" and the other one named "DATA (D: )" What is the difference between these 2? Also, my "ACER (C: )" is getting full and i only have about 2 GB free out of 70. When this gets full will my computer aumtomaticly start saving things on my other hard drive? My "DATA (D: ) hard drive has 70.1 Gb free out of 70.4 so theres bassicly nothing saved on here.

2007-11-07 11:45:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have Time computer which i bought in 2004 and then later it went bust and now i have virus on the computer and try using the reload or recovery cd but i get the error message unable to determine bios lock please contact manufacturer which have gone bust and need to my computer back as quick as possible running please help much appreciate with owners of time computer or wehoc have experienced this problem please help! what shall i do

2007-11-07 11:06:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm looking for an easy to use Christmas Countdown Clock to use on my desktop for this year 2007. I have Windows XP.
I have googled and can only locate one for Vista.
Please help!

2007-11-07 11:04:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

When formatting the hard drive in xp, i am only prompted for ntfs. How does this effect installing a mac os later on?

2007-11-07 10:45:24 · 2 answers · asked by Austin D 1

what can i do to make it go faster?

2007-11-07 10:19:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

why do i have to press f1 before i can get into windows xp?

2007-11-07 09:59:52 · 6 answers · asked by roy070267 4

Hi all. Sorry for the bother, but I appear to have a problem that despite trying to fix it for days it's still bothering me. I've recently rebooted my system and now can't get any sound. All the audio and other devices are freshly installed with the latest drivers I could find. It even says in Device Manager that everything is working correctly, but I'm still getting "No Audio Device" showing in "Sounds and Audio Devices" in the control panel. Any help would be appreciated

P.S. many people have said something about disks that came with the pc originally but i cant seem to find em so that option is out of the window!!!

2007-11-07 09:49:35 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

i got a intel a open board and want ed to put my hard drive into it from the computer i had that was amd, but it wont let me??? can someone tell what i can do to achive what i want todo or is it not possible?.

2007-11-07 09:07:53 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok so i am upgrading my video card...long story short, it blows, i need a new one. I have my eyes set on the Nvidia 8800GT, its only 300 dollars and it sounds like the best out there....my question though is, considering the 8800GTS is only 20 more...which is the literal best Nvidia card? is the 8800GT really the best or what? i would love if you would list the top 3 or 5 you know of within the 0-350$ price range.

The options i see on their website are----
GeForce 8800 Ultra
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce 8800 GTS (640 MB & 320 MB)
GeForce 8800 GT

And tiger direct has something called 8800GT XXX

All thoughts and opinions are welcomed thanks

2007-11-07 09:06:48 · 2 answers · asked by Nathan 1

Sure, its a lower quality, but whats the harm in this. If the stick I buy fails, then will it do any further harm to my system? Is there some mechanism in windows (vista) that tells you if a piece of equipment has died?

2007-11-07 08:59:07 · 6 answers · asked by mentalvalor 3

My friend said IDE is typically 150-300mb per second where as SATA 2 is 3gb/s. Is this true? I keep reading that Sata and IDE are pretty much the same only that SATA has better cables.

2007-11-07 03:06:52 · 8 answers · asked by gamer86 1

Sometimes (not every time) I turn my computer on for the last week I get a message that says "A network cable is unplugged." I have unplugged and replugged all cables and made sure that none of them are bad and they are all plugged in tight and there is nothing wrong with them. I discovered (by accident) that when this happens if I only log out of my XP account and then cut the power to the computer without going through the shutdown process, the next time I turn the computer on the problem is gone, but I know this is hard on my system and don't want to keep doing it that way - I would like to find and resolve the problem. I've been told by various people this could be about 4 different things so I'm looking for help/suggestions from someone with computer knowledge.

2007-11-07 02:01:32 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

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I don't know anything about these things -- do I need more RAM? Certain programs are running pretty slowly, and are crashing pretty tremendously.

2007-11-07 01:50:03 · 10 answers · asked by chuckopolis_empire 1

I'm trying to really free up space on my computer and its like A LOT of fragmented files were there. My computers capacity is 37 GB and last month I had 10 GB of my own memory and the computer had its own memory of 27 GB. I now have 3 GB of memory left but its still saying that i have low disk space (like 200MB left). I really need help on this.

2007-11-06 23:48:15 · 10 answers · asked by Italleone 2

the smart hdd drive has been disabled what do i do

2007-11-06 23:44:07 · 5 answers · asked by paul l 1

I'm trying to put together an upgrade, currently unstable: running fine in Linux but Windows XP is not even installable with Blue Screen. Fanning the CPU running at about 40 celsius.

Parts:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Socket 939 from eBay
ECS nForce3 Socket 939 from eBay
256 megs of PC2100 DDR 266 from an older AMD 2000+ machine, hopefully this is only thing wrong I do have half a mind to get DDR 400 probably 1GB in qty.

I experienced unstability before that prevent Windows from installing, coupled with low heat I suspect unstability again. I realized this is quite obsolete spec but hardcore gaming is not my aim and this question is quite advanced so I want some concrete answers or tidbits with reasons to back it up; not some teen's hotshot answer.

2007-11-06 22:05:00 · 3 answers · asked by Andy T 7

2007-11-06 20:31:20 · 4 answers · asked by Bob 3

I just built a computer using this motherboard (Asus M2A-VM-HDMI AMD Socket AM2 ATX Motherboard ) and after it turns on it stays at whatever screen i direct it to (if i press nothing its a screen saying press del or tab, if i press del durring boot it goes to same screen but it says loading setup, and if i press tab durring boot it tells me how much memory i have and what my processor has and tells me to press del or f8) and after that screen comes up, whatever one i direct it to durring boot, nothing else happens, no mater what button i push, any idea whats goin on??

2007-11-06 20:22:07 · 1 answers · asked by No Name 1

I'm confused about the difference between intel's dual core processor and amd's 2 sets of 2 core processors. it sounds like it's the same to me. someone please explain because I am looking into building my own computer and I want the best there is!

2007-11-06 20:00:20 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name ZAIN
System Manufacturer AWARD_
System Model AWRDACPI
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 44 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~1599 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 10/8/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.2
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name ZAIN\nowfila
Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 70.46 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.94 GB
Page File Space 1.31 GB

2007-11-06 19:33:00 · 8 answers · asked by zain 1

I've recently inherited an older PowerMac G5 from a friend of mine, but it's missing it's RAM. I just so happen to have two 1GB sticks of DDR400 RAM lying around, and was curious if it would be compatible with this computer, regardless of the fact that it isn't certified to work with Apple computers? Logic says that it should be fine, but with this being my first Macintosh I don't want to go assuming things.

If it helps, the brand that I'm installing is A-DATA.

2007-11-06 19:28:59 · 5 answers · asked by Lacclolith 3

2007-11-06 17:21:07 · 5 answers · asked by spook142 2

2007-11-06 15:40:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-06 14:12:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've already ordered my cooler master geminii and fans, but I'm wondering when I install if I should lay my case down horizontally rather than have it stand like I do now. I don't want to run the risk of damaging my mobo, and if I laid it down I could put a rubber pad behind it if it bended, but if it's upright I would have to find a way to support it from the top of the case if I get uncomfortable. My case is strong enough, but I payed good money for my 680i SE, but I also like my vertical configuration.

2007-11-06 12:03:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am running Windows XP. Everytime I restart my computer the system requires that I go through an error-checking of my primary hard drive. I ran the error check on the system and it found nothing. Then next time I start up the computer again, it requires the error check again.

On a related note, the system refuses to accept a keystroke from my USB keyboard. I now have to keep an old PS/2 style keyboard to abort the error checks.

Any thoughts on what I can do?

2007-11-06 12:03:18 · 5 answers · asked by ebedsworth 3