Desktops - December 2007

hey is there a way i can tell what board i have in my pc with out opening it up , if so can someone please tell me step by step thanks :)

2007-12-11 11:21:52 · 3 answers · asked by garyhedge88 1

I have Vista, I added a stick of 2 G Ram today and redid the Vista test thing that gives you a 'score'. Before it was 5.9, and AFTER the "Memory Operations per second" line went to 4.9, why would this happen?

2007-12-11 11:17:37 · 3 answers · asked by solor 2

2007-12-11 11:14:39 · 10 answers · asked by Victoria D 2

Please explain.

2007-12-11 10:37:10 · 4 answers · asked by Eienstien's Ghost 1

Can i reuse my hardrive from my previous computer, which essentially broke. The harddrive is in fine condition. Is there a way that i can use it as my primary and still retain all programs and my OS without having to reinstall everything. I do not plan on buying another harddrive.

2007-12-11 10:24:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

my computer won't restart at all...no i can't go through "safe mode" or anything like that, i can't even get as far as the "windows xp" loading page...it just keeps restarting itself at the same point. for some reason my recovery cds arn't working at all. and of course i've been using them for awhile and they were once working.. no idea what to do..and would like to have the computer fixed...and i can't even get to a command prompt screen or anything....help anyone :) thanks...

much appreciated,
crystal

2007-12-11 06:31:22 · 6 answers · asked by cryslee83 1

2007-12-11 05:41:57 · 3 answers · asked by BCKC 1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144157

This is a link to my PC case. My house is always dusty no matter how much I vacuum so don't criticize that but I really want to eliminate the dust that gets caked in my machine what kind of fan filters would I need for this case and where can I buy them? Thanks for your help.

2007-12-11 03:55:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a Mac OS 9, so it's an older Mac computer. When we first got it, it worked just fine. Now it's very slow and when we got on the internet it just shuts down or it freezes really easily. It always says we're low on memory. We want it to stop doing that and hopefully become a bit faster too. Any suggestions?

2007-12-11 03:31:02 · 6 answers · asked by Evil Tuffy 3

2007-12-11 01:43:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

my pc does have dual channel but i only want one module in the slot and it will be 512mb of ram could i do that

2007-12-11 01:34:48 · 3 answers · asked by ayhankaygisiz 4

im buying a new computer and want to take some of the stuff (programs, pics, songs...)from my old one and put it on my new one how do i do it? and about how many disks do i need

2007-12-11 00:50:18 · 4 answers · asked by PJ 1

why is my computer slow?
My previous computer configuration is:

celeron 2ghz(Processor)
512 MB ram
40 Gb hard disk

My current configuration is :
celeron 2ghz(Processor)
1 GB ram
160 Gb hard disk

still the speed achieved is not very good ,even if ram is 1GB

2007-12-11 00:00:52 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-10 23:58:13 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-10 19:36:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

need to know

2007-12-10 16:46:48 · 6 answers · asked by mister.chad 2

Without openiing the PC is it possible to understand what kind of RAM is installed in it ? Is it SDRAM or DDR1 or DDR2 ?

2007-12-10 16:40:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm looking at new parts for a possible system build, and was wondering if water cooling is worth the hassle?

Do you constantly have to monitor the reservoir, and worry about possible leaks?

2007-12-10 15:59:22 · 2 answers · asked by codecat78 2

2007-12-10 14:13:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My computer recently broke and its not easy going without a computer. So should I get the computer now, or will the computer prices be lower after christmas? So should I wait? I'm thinking of getting a computer with at least an AMD athlon x2 6000+. Or will they release even better computers in '08?

2007-12-10 14:11:07 · 7 answers · asked by AZ 3

Recently my homemade computer stopped working when I tried to install a cd drive from my old computer into it. I must have knocked off the cpu fan. Once I reattached it the computer worked fine. I'm not sure if that is related to this. About a week later, it randomly froze and I shut it off. When I came back later, I tried to turn it on and the monitor stayed blank. The case lights turn on, cd drive works, fans spin, etc. There is not the usual diagnostic beep during start up. I tried booting with different psu, without hd, dvd, or usb devices plugged in. I also tried booting with the system disk and the same thing happened. I dont have another gfx card to test with so that is the last thing I want to test besides the motherboard. Anyone have any suggestions?

ASUS P5K-E / WiFi-AP
Intel Core2Duo E6300 (1.86 Ghz)
2gb ocz nvidia ram
ATI x1650 pro pci-e vid card

let me know if you have any suggestions or need clarification on anything. Thanks.

2007-12-10 12:22:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

my parents are going to be me a new computer but it is up to me if i want a laptop or a desktop. i dont know which one should i get. i am a high school 10th grade student that the computer every day since i get out of school until i go to bed. please help me decide would you prefer a laptop or desktop. thank you.

2007-12-10 12:08:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-10 11:31:28 · 2 answers · asked by islanderpol22032000 4

i have a PC but i wanted a mac but didnt want to spend to much money.So i was thinking of buying a refurbished G4 imac.Are they to out of date?i was wondering if it would be a waste of 400$?so please tell me what you think!!!!

2007-12-10 11:01:26 · 3 answers · asked by mmafightafrlife 2

1. wouldn't turn on 1 day so opened up & checked all connections. Still didn't work.
2. tested with a different power supply....it blew up!(But possibly due to wrong volt setting or faulty P.S)
3. put old P.S back in and tried different Motherboard (& CPU) borrowed from a mate but still didn't turn on.....
NOW THIS IS THE WIERD BIT...
4. Put my Motherboard & processor back in so ALL original parts.... TURNED ON!!
5. 3 days later same thing happened! Wouldn't turn on again!
6. Swapped Motherboard again and it turned onto standby (orange light) so swapped back to my board and it turned on again!!! Later on it crashed so I tried to restart but nope - wouldn't turn on again.
7. Tried swapping hard drive - didn't work.
8. Tried using a different case (so different switch) - didn't work
9. Tried swapping Motherboard again but mate's board started to smell like burning so quickly took out!!
10. Now all original parts back in but even though it sprung back to life twice b4 it seems dead as a dodo now :(

I really don't understand as it's a Packard Bell that was over £300 for the tower alone last yr from PC World (refurbished) and THREE FLIPPING WEEKS past its year's guarantee. I really can't afford to pay to get some1 2 look at it coz I've got no money.

Does anyone have any ideas please??????????

2007-12-10 10:24:45 · 17 answers · asked by LOL0605 2

today i got on my computer for like 10 min then it froze. (this usually happend for the past 6 months so i press the power button on my comp to turn it off then back on again, since alt+ctrl+del+del usually doesnt work.) but today i did all that, exept my comp turned on for a split second then off, i pressed again there was nothing. so i checked everything, cleared my cmos.. but when i took out my video cards the power worked. when i put them in the comp, it lits up split sec then off. i tried putting my cards 1 at a time, did the same thing. dint try switching them places because theyre connected with water cooling.

this is my 2 prob with my comp, first 1 was my comp didnt turn on at all cuz burned power supply (i had 850w, now i bought thermaltake 1kilowat)

my video & mobo are:
2 bfg 7800 gtx 256
asus a8n32 sli deluxe

2007-12-10 10:13:18 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

If 1GB = 1024 of RAM then 4GB should = 4096 of RAM. Does that mean that some of the RAM I added is not working? (2 2GB disk).

2007-12-10 09:31:24 · 4 answers · asked by rocka 1

i just wanna know because my computer is already getting slower and i have a virus protector goin on

and i just wanna know if i should delete files or anything because i just want everything to work faster without installing...much

thanks all

2007-12-10 09:29:50 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

hi how much i can get 4 this PC on eBAY: packard bell, 3.06 pentium, 2gb ddr2 667mhz ram, geforce 7650 512 video, 160gb hhd

2007-12-10 08:31:09 · 1 answers · asked by Aurimas L 1

I want to upgrade my processor on my computer, I did a scan with Windows Doctor and here is info about my current processor.

CPU Name - Athlon XP
Vendor - Advanced Micro Devices
Frequency - 1250MHz
Generic Name - x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1
Marketing Name - AMD Athlon (tm) Processor
Codename - Thoroughbred
Revision - BO
Technology - 0.13um

How do i go about upgrading and which can I buy, and is it easy to change it on my motherboard

All answers in plain English please I am am not very advanced in computers!!!

All help is very much appreciated

2007-12-10 08:18:27 · 7 answers · asked by Paul C 6