Desktops - December 2007

I recently bought a brand new Comstar 1 TB (Terabyte) Hard Drive for $179.99 with a data transfer rate of 480 Mbps, Data buffer of 16MB, seek time of <11ms, and RPM of 7200. Great deal... the electronics shop sold out within 2 hours of opening but, recently I discovered with the rapid change of technology and exponential growth of data storage, I am guessing within a year my HD will be used up by applications, software, video, music etc- especially with UHDV...
(6 G.B. per minute) With high quality movie production projects coming my way, my "small 1 TB H.D." will be used up so fast. I've read somewhere on the internet they were using stabilizing ferroelectric materials in conjuction with water to expand storage spaces capable with 12.8 petabytes. With technology expanding, the devlopment of exabyte Hard Drives will come maybe ten years. Can anyone clarify on this technology with transfer rates, and such?

2007-12-27 20:45:24 · 2 answers · asked by Doctor Who? 1

Should i bother upgrading my dual core Pentium D with a core 2 duo. I've been thinking it'd be better for games i play. I've got a Geforce 7600 GT. Apparently there's a chance it could be bottlenecking my graphics? Is that the case with my current setup?

2007-12-27 18:52:14 · 4 answers · asked by Behemoth 2

Is there an easy way to partition a hard drive after you've been using it for a while without reformatting it?

2007-12-27 18:36:00 · 6 answers · asked by Marcus O 1

If you set the screeen resolution of your computer to High Def, and your computer cant handle it, will the computer malfunction.

2007-12-27 18:34:32 · 1 answers · asked by The Phenomenal One AJ Styles 2

I am seriously looking for help right now because I cant seem to figure out which kind of video card to get my Compaq presario SR1230NX. I am trying to spend the least amount of money possible because I spent about 60$ on a 1gig ram and people are telling me i got jipped. I dont know if i should really risk buying a new video card and getting ripped off. Will someone please let me know if they know what a smart idea or move would be to buy a new video card. Im looking for something not to expensive under 100 and something that will last. Please help me get whats worth the money for gaming. I play games like WoW and Cs please let me know. Thanks

2007-12-27 18:04:28 · 2 answers · asked by ssyndrome 2

How do you slow your computer down for a second so you can still click normally but stuff moves slow?

2007-12-27 17:05:47 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have internet threw my cable company and there is 5 lights on there ( from top to bottom ) power, receive, send, online, and pc activity....every couple of minutes it stops workin and i have to unplug it and wait a couple of seconds and plug it back in so the online light turns on...can anybody help?

2007-12-27 16:55:43 · 4 answers · asked by D G 1

Example: A 160 External hard Drive show up as a 153GB hard drive in My Computer

2007-12-27 15:48:22 · 11 answers · asked by whattheflig 2

I remember faster and faster ghz was big. Then it kind of went down with dual core processors (for example 1.6 ghz dual core). How come they decided to pursue dual core and quad core technology which tops out at around 3.0 ghz instead of just continuing to up the single core processors to 4.0 ghz and beyond?

2007-12-27 15:06:23 · 15 answers · asked by Arthur S 1

To how much and how can I overclock my amd sempron 1.8ghz 3400+ safely?

2007-12-27 14:52:49 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I bought a can of canned air to clean out the inside of my PC before moving. My PC is a big investment for me, I'm a college student with a very limited budget. I used as directed, and heard a crackling sound. Some of the condensing agent got onto my motherboard (and possibly other components), and when I tried to turn it on again the power supply was working, but the motherboard was not responding. There was no warning on the can and it is commonly known as the best way to clean out a PC. I would normally not want to make a big deal out of this, but like I said, my computer is a big investment for me and it will make it hard for me to either go without while I save money or to dip into my savings and buy one now. Help please, any other suggestions are welcome.

2007-12-27 14:22:35 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it better than the Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6850 (4MB L2 Cache,3.0GHz,1333 FSB For gamingggg???? i play source engine games, like counter strike source and half life 2 games such as garrys mod. which one will run faster withought slowing down or giving me lag spikes

2007-12-27 13:39:38 · 4 answers · asked by csfanatic77 2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116052

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103774

2007-12-27 11:27:20 · 6 answers · asked by Arthur S 1

Currently I own a GeForce 7600GS 512mb and I'm looking to stay with GeForce.

Ive got a Intel Pentium D 3.0Ghz Dual Core
4GB of Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2
Windows XP SP2 2005 Media Center

What card according to my budget and PC spec would suit me best?

2007-12-27 11:27:07 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

My son was goofing around on the computer, and now my taskbar is at the top of the screen instead of the bottom of the screen. Please help me!

2007-12-27 11:13:43 · 4 answers · asked by Amanda 2

My Asus motherboard is: Asus M2NC51-AR
HP/Compaq motherboard name: HematiteXL-GL8E
its for the HP Pavilion Slimline s3120n Desktop PC

can it support the nvida geforce 8600 GTS video card?
if not, what's a good video card that my MOtherboard can support?

this is it:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3041061&Sku=E145-8602&SRCCODE=YAHOODF&CMP=SPC-YAHOO

2007-12-27 10:39:25 · 2 answers · asked by slayer_hersher 2

2007-12-27 08:26:34 · 2 answers · asked by d3v0nk05a 1

Will I lose anything saved on my computer

2007-12-27 05:21:27 · 5 answers · asked by Kelly K 2

Hi, just got a LCD 17'' widescreen monitor

I love it! One of the best things I ever got.

I set the resolution to 1440 x 900 for best resolution (or what I'v been told.)
I have a game that cannot run1440x900 resolution so its either really small and does not fill up my screen or
its really large and fills up my screen (if I change it to 1024 x 768)

Is it ok if I keep changing the resolution or is completly harmless?

2007-12-27 05:20:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Wow, I feel like an IDIOT for asking now, but (and don't push it, I know a 13 year-old should know how to run a computer... heh heh) how can I possibly restart my computer? Like, the ctrl-alt-delete command isn't working and I have no way of accessing the start menu. I know not to unplug the computer (that would be a dumb move) so do I just restart it by hitting the off-button. I don't wanna completely wreck it. My dad always restarts it this way, but I think it's really harmful to the computer. Is it?

2007-12-27 04:54:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm building a new computer from the bottom up. I used to have a HP and still have the windows xp disk that came with that system. Is there anyway I could install the OS in the new computer I build? Would just plugging in my current hard drive work?

2007-12-27 04:34:44 · 7 answers · asked by CC 2

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2007-12-26 22:40:54 · 7 answers · asked by raman b 1

A couple days ago I bought a new computer that came preinstalled with vista a couple hours after the initial start up and updates I began to install various programs. When I started to setup Alcohol 120% my computer froze, went to the BSOD, and shut off. I can no longer get past the initial windows vista loading screen before it goes back to the BSOD and shuts off again. Booting in safe mode does not work, and the known configuration that worked is not even an option.

Also, the computer did not come with any form of windows install disk either, so I have no way of reformatting.

2007-12-26 21:46:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just bought 2 gb on ram for my PC. I've checked and the PC that I own CAN have a max on 2gb, I also made sure that I bought the right type.
I just installed the ram and turned on the computer and there is no video signal. The computer powers up and all, just no video.
I also made sure that I grounded myself before touching anything.
If anyone could help me figure out what is wrong here I'd greatly appreciate it.

BTW right now I am going to try and put the old ram back in, to see if that will work.

Thanks in advance.

2007-12-26 21:35:10 · 4 answers · asked by joeaaa186 1

which is the best and what is the difference between them.. i'm very confused about these specifications, b'cos am not that much techy person...
Latency: 3-3-3-10 (CAS,tRCD,tRP,tRAS) or Latency: 5-5-5-18 (CAS,tRCD,tRP,tRAS)

2007-12-26 21:02:24 · 3 answers · asked by stugglin in this hell 2

I got a new case (Raidmax Ninja).... should be quiet and cool well..... SHOULD... but mine is making a lot of noise, mostly coming from the side 45mm fan? + my M/B is reading at 50'C!! but my cpu is at 31'C!!( Data from Asus PC Probe II)... My specs:
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Power Case 500W Power Supply:
120mm fan exhaust
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Raidmax Ninja case:
120mm Front lower intake fan
120mm Rear exhaust from CPU/PSU
45mm Side fan intake
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Intel P4 3.2Ghz
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Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 pro CPU fan
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ECS Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS
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Asus P5KPL M/B
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It all seems like a great pc.... but wen i installed it all into the Ninja the 45mm fan was noisy... Maybe it is coz of PSU (X-Tec 400W) so i buy a new PSU.... STILL NO LUCK!
PLZ HLP!

2007-12-26 20:38:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

If I have a hard drive and it is 40GB, when I reload the windows and format it, etc... shouldn't I still have a 40GB hard drive?? It says that there is only 37.2 GB of space left... this is not with different partitions... I am loading it onto only one partition... Not sure if I am explaining this right... I do know though, there is only 37.2 GB of space... Where is the rest of the 40GB?

2007-12-26 17:06:26 · 4 answers · asked by angels 411xx 1

I changed my motherboard, and every thing is working Ok. Except for this

2007-12-26 15:57:28 · 7 answers · asked by jorgeuge@sbcglobal.net 1

I bought a 1 gig RAM stick today, and supposedly it was compatible with my motherboard. Took out my 2 256mb RAM sticks. Popped in the 1 gig one, nothing happened. Try a different slot, nothing happened. Popped in all 3 at same time, nothing happened. Then I'm like "*** maybe this 1 gig isn't compatible"

Popped in my ORIGINAL 2 256mb RAM sticks and my computer won't start (everything starts like the fans and stuff, but the beep sound doesn't come that leads you to windows). I smell a burning plastic smell coming from my RAM sticks.

Is my motherboard f**ked?


Computer stats:
AMD Athlon XP 2500+
Motherboard: Asus A7N8X-E
FSB 400MHZ
DUAL DDR400

The 1 gig ram I bought:
Kingston Technology
1 GB
DDR Memory

Compatible:
400 MHz (PC3200)
333 MHz (PC2700)
266 MHz (PC2100)

2007-12-26 13:54:20 · 3 answers · asked by twiztedweb 2

is it equal to 1 GIG or how much i dont understand it...

2007-12-26 12:10:16 · 10 answers · asked by guitarist101damon 3