Desktops - December 2007

would like to know....

2007-12-17 12:17:37 · 18 answers · asked by Justin 3

I have a Compaq Presario SR1817CL Window XP sp2 Desktop PC, AMD Athlon 64, 3200+, 994MHz, with 2.43 GB Ram. and 1 PCI Express x16 slot, Max. output wattage:
300W. 200 GB HD. ATI Radeon Xpress 200 integrated graphic card.
I want to upgrade to a better graphic card. I found one. The NVIDIA
8500 GT 512MB PCIe by PNY. Sounds ok, but can anyone advise me on the best card that’ll work within the limited 300watt power supply? Or is this the one I should go with?
I tried my old Radeon X1300 with little improvement.

2007-12-17 12:01:37 · 1 answers · asked by warrensmailbox 2

Ive never built a comp before and have had some help from a friend who now isn't returning my messages for help.
I've put all the parts together, plugged in the comp and press the button, it turns on but the screen stays blank, or turns itself off when the comp goes on.
Also the cd drive won't open when i press the button (is this the cd drive or some other problem)
Any suggestions about the problems and how to fix?
I don't remember the specs for my comp but the screen is quite old, I'm using my brothers old one till I can afford and LCD.

2007-12-17 11:20:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have just tried to load Win Xp on a new hard drive. It goes through all the usual stuff; F6, Press 'S' then loads the additional drivers from the A drive.
Windows starts to load and looks OK it gets down to what must be the final restart, goes throught the POST ok, onto the MS XP window loading screen then comes up with a blue screen saying....
Technical Information ***STOP: 0X0000007B ()XF789E63C, 0XC0000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000)
What exactly does this mean?
I've tried the MS website but don't seem to get much luck there!

I think I've been loading the correct drivers, I got them from the motherboard website. (Just a thought: Is it the motherboard or Hard Drive drivers I should be adding?)

I'm going out my mind.
Can anyone help?
Thanx in advance

2007-12-17 11:05:47 · 4 answers · asked by delta_road 1

my previous question.. was..



when i turn on my computer i get a blue screen that says... STOP:0x000000024

i tried calling Dell. but my warantee has expired.
this probably happened to a lot of people.
please help me.. i cant really restart my computer because i would lose everything i have. and i have like work things in there that i really need.
please help!

some people are telling me to Find a way to access your ntfs hard drive and delete the ntfs.sys file (or replace it).

How do i doo thattt!?!??!??

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MY NEW QUESTION IS: if i repair my computer.. by using the windows xp cd.
not restarting my computer BUT REPAIRING my computer.. would it delete anything?
like my files. and etc?

2007-12-17 10:00:25 · 7 answers · asked by Consti 3

ok so i have an AMD XP 2600 1.92ghz which is 3yrs old, i want to overclock it to a point where it is garaunteed to be safe and wont burn, what do you reccommend and how do you overclock, what things do i have to do, i.e. turn off any programmes, run on safe mode, anything like that, last but not least, i just wanted to say it doesnt matter how much i can overclock, even if its just to 2 ghz i'll do it lol, thnx a lot

2007-12-17 08:56:20 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok im trying to short out my motherboard but not sure what o short so i got out my manual and saw a power 1 and power 2 is this what i need to short with my screwdriver?
If i unplug Power 1 and 2 and just plug in power 1 without power plugged in it makes a humming noise.

2007-12-17 08:42:36 · 1 answers · asked by racker101@sbcglobal.net 1

My computer is saying the hard drive is nearly full and it can't run programs because there's not enough space available (it says the C: drive is 96% full). The computer is a Sony VAIO desktop running Windows XP with a 120GB hard drive but the C: drive says its capacity is only 14GB. The D: drive is virtually empty and seems to have the remainder of the hard drive space (it says around 110 GB).

Is there a way to allocate more space to the C: drive?

2007-12-17 08:25:36 · 2 answers · asked by soupisgoodfood 4

Everytime I start my computer it says "NTLDR is missing Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart". When i put my windows cd in it wont let me boot from it even if i press F10 in the beginning and choose to boot from the cd.My brother gave me a cd with the files missing and it still doesnt workI dont have a floppy drive.Is there anyway i can wipe my hd without turning on my computer or is there another way to fix this.

2007-12-17 08:21:34 · 4 answers · asked by Frankie K 1

i'm building my own PC for the. shoudl i download the drivers now or just download them with my new PC when i'm done building.
and please tell me all the advises that you think it would come hany.

thanks

2007-12-17 06:50:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I built this computer, it all worked fine. Windows installed perfectly and all is well.

But now when I put the recovery disk in, to try and reformat, the installation says it cannot find my hard-drive...? And it cannot proceed.

It is a SATA hard-drive. I take out the disk and start windows normally and it all works fine, so what is wrong?

Windows XP btw.

2007-12-17 05:51:37 · 5 answers · asked by .... 2

hi i havnt got a xp disc ,i got my pc second hand,and i want to reinstall windows,or take it back to factory settings,my laptop is is a dell latitude 6400,i want to sell it ,so i thought i would clean it up first,ive bought 2 so called ,reinstall windows discs off ebay,but when u get them it just says put it in disc drive then take it out and put your windows disc in,gawd what a waste of money ,as i havnt got one,i used to have a wipe disc that cleaned your hard drive completely but ive lost it,any help please ,thank you ,it has 2gb,560 mhz.

2007-12-17 04:27:33 · 3 answers · asked by thomas_vcky 2

i need to know what type will work on a windows xp desktop. the video card is nvidia geforce 7300le

2007-12-17 04:01:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I wonder why my computer continues to draw power to my ethernet cards? These are connected my Router and that shows a connection & on my computers i can see the led lit up. But now if i pull the Plug or shut of the power saver/supply they go off...
is that some deal so people can get in my system or hack my system?
These are high end Dell Computers.
Always wondered about it so i thought i would ask here.
Thanks for reading and responding to my Message.

2007-12-17 03:29:02 · 6 answers · asked by brew m 2

at the moment I believe my RAM is 184 (odd) pin RAM, can I buy 240 pin RAM and will it still work (even though the speeds are the same)?

2007-12-17 03:08:41 · 5 answers · asked by iisjman07 4

Now, with new harddrive, the modem disappeared, and I can't get onto the internet at all, although the computer does start. Have Windows XP. Help...what's with the missing modem?. Using a cafe internet today.

2007-12-17 02:48:36 · 5 answers · asked by Legandivori 7

Now, with new harddrive, the modem disappeared, and I can't get onto the internet at all, although the computer does start. Have Windows XP. Help...what's with the missing modem?. Using a cafe internet today.

2007-12-17 02:47:50 · 1 answers · asked by Legandivori 7

the computer recognizes the drive, but not any cd that i put in it. it doesnt show a blank cd, nor will it read ANY cd thats in it. ive uninstalled it and reinstalled it, and in device manager it shows its working properly. Sometimes an error pops up- scsi error-disk not recognized. i switched cd-writers, and same thing, so I know its not a bad writer. i went to hp website to see if theres an updated driver, but nothing. it just seemed to stop working for some reason. it had been working just fine. im running windows xp. i do have a dvd drive in it as well, but its working perfectly. any ideas? im at wits end with it!

2007-12-17 00:58:42 · 1 answers · asked by majorbaker07 1

Whether I am using it at the time or not, my computer shuts off and starts again. I have been directed to the microsoft website for the "cure" many, many times to no avail. Microsoft says that it is caused by my smartlink modem and I need to install service pack 2. Done that and it didn't help. Any ideas?

2007-12-16 23:37:13 · 16 answers · asked by barelyhere1960 2

2007-12-16 21:12:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

What would be a good PC rig/build to play games? im not looking for anything spectacular, just a decent gaming PC to play games such as World of Warcraft, ect. I need a list of the following.
* CPU
* Motherboard
* Memory
* Hard Drive
* Video Card
* Computer Case
* Power Supply
* CD/DVD Drive

2007-12-16 20:51:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-16 19:04:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok my computer has been really slow since i put vista on my computer and im gonna put windows XP back on my computer. When i do that will it erase all the stuff on my computer?

Do i need to back up everything or is it safe to just put Windows XP back on?

2007-12-16 15:44:00 · 8 answers · asked by sp00nkitty 1

2007-12-16 14:43:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi I have recently ran a test on my computer that indicated that I have 2 sticks of 512 mb meaning the ram on my computer must be 1024 mb right? Bull****. I go to check on properties on my computer and it says 768 mb. What is the problem here? I tried to put the sticks in again but it's the same. Please help me.

2007-12-16 14:31:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok, yesterday, I was at a computer store, and the most powerful computer there just happened to have crysis installed (I wonder why)
Long story short, I am still in shock with the DX-10 realism.

HOWEVER, at home, I can barely run the demo on low settings. What should I upgrade next in terms of computer gaming?

Pentium D 820 @ 2.8 GHz
2 GB 533 Mhz ram
250 GB SATA II Hard drive
BFG 7950 GT OC
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2157/2116781852_8f47670ef0_o.jpg

PLEASE HELP me decide what to upgrade next!

2007-12-16 14:05:50 · 8 answers · asked by theotherperson 4

Around two days ago my brother was restarting the computer and he ended up pressing some buttons that led him to reboot the computer (or something similar) and it asked him if he wanted to keep all files and he said yes. But then it turned out that when the computer started all files and programs were no longer there, the computer was like the day we first bought it (with no files and the programs we had were gone).
We have a 2004 HP Pavilion computer with Windows XP. Is it possible for me to recover all the files I had saved prior to my brother doing this?? and if so, how can I go about doing it??

2007-12-16 13:51:48 · 5 answers · asked by scruff 3

2007-12-16 12:08:23 · 2 answers · asked by need help 1

The power supply went out of my old pc so i bought a new power supply and now the thing wont turn on at all except for the fans spinning for like 2 milliseconds when you first plug it in. I talked to the technician and he said it is probably the mother board. Can i just use any motherboard on my computer and hopes it works or do i have to buy a certain one and how much would the price of one run?

2007-12-16 11:41:41 · 5 answers · asked by mobleyj91 1

i have a hp pavilion. i just got it last year and it going slow.

2007-12-16 11:35:12 · 7 answers · asked by need help 1