Laptops & Notebooks - December 2007

Well, a few weeks ago, My laptop started screwing up so I brought it to Best Buy. Turns out I had a bad harddrive. So I buy a new harddrive, and went home. I took the bad harddrive out, and added the new one in. I did what the man told me to do. Well, when everything was done, I went online to listen to some music. I pressed play, then "...." nothing! I tried other things and such, watching Youtube videos and whatnot, and NO SOUND. No audio, nada! Is this suppose to be normal or something is screwed up?

2007-12-31 18:52:56 · 3 answers · asked by Starry-Ness 2

I have an iBook G4, 1 1/2 years old, that doesn't seem to be able to run any slightly taxing programs for more than ten, twenty minutes at a time. I can't play any computer games, whether they're designed for laptops or not, on it without it overheating and making disconcerting whirring sounds. Consequently, my laptop is useful only for internet and word processing. I'd like to be able to use my laptop to its fullest extent without having to constantly letting it rest and cool down, so how can I reduce the frequency of its overheating spells?

2007-12-31 18:50:53 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-31 18:09:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a Dell laptop:

Windows XP Service Pack 2, 32bit version
Intel Centrino Duo Core Processor, 2.4 GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM
100GB hard drive @ 7200 rpm
nVidia Quadro 135m graphics card with 256mb of video ram

2007-12-31 16:29:33 · 5 answers · asked by spg5315 1

i just got a new lap top and im trying to connect the wireless internet but i dont know how can someone help me through this or tell me what to do?? i have an inspiron 1521 with windows vista!! thanks

2007-12-31 16:03:14 · 3 answers · asked by Gangsta Of Luv 1

I was playing this video game on my laptop and every time I played it I have to put my laptop in safe mode. Once I finished playing the game, I left the game in my laptop. When I started my laptopt, it was frozen and I tried to restart. It finally did restart, and now my computer is slow. I try to listen to my music, but it "skips"- like a scratched CD. How can I fix my laptop to read my music and stop it from beginning slow? HELP!

2007-12-31 15:41:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I do a lot of work in photoshop and store a lot of files.
I'll continue to use my main computer for this, but I also want to buy a laptop to take back and forth to the studio , and if I am travelling (won't be for a while).

I know I want 200+G HDD, but I need to know what other things I should look out for especially in screens etc.
I do not want a Mac.

I'd appreciate any advice you can give me. Thanks, Lizzie
http://www.notthetate.co.uk/lizzie

2007-12-31 14:08:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Specifically, I want to play Madden 08/

2007-12-31 14:06:53 · 6 answers · asked by Long Neck Laughing Duck 1

I didn't give you enough Information last time

AMD Turion 64 x2 Mobile Technology (1.6GHz, 2 x 512 kb L2 cache)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Up to 512 MB ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 HyperMemory
2GB DDR2 (Up to 4GB DDR2)

Trying to play World of Warcraft and want to Buy more RAM
Will this Help?
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8195111

2007-12-31 09:43:54 · 3 answers · asked by jeff w 2

When I turn it on, it only displays the ASUS logo after

2007-12-31 08:47:25 · 2 answers · asked by yousefeldeep 1

i need a good laptop, one that can handle adobe photoshop cs2 and panda antivirus+firewall 2008 without slowing down.

also one with its operating system windows vista/xp(unless photoshop cant run on one-please tell me!) when bought


all this for about $1000

NOTE: not Mac

thanks!

2007-12-31 08:12:33 · 8 answers · asked by PZM 1

2007-12-31 08:06:00 · 8 answers · asked by Mike O 2

How do I choose? I'm looking for the best performance. You know, more bang for the buck. So far I'm leaning toward the dell or the alienware. Both pretty pricey but I think that they are worth it. I've priced them with top of the line options so if you want to see them just go to their websites. This is a lot of coin so I would like a little help with choosing or you could suggest another brand. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

2007-12-31 08:02:08 · 2 answers · asked by Bobby G 2

Model is a Toshiba Equium A200-V1O

2007-12-31 07:46:49 · 9 answers · asked by Guy Incognito 5

or any other microsoft windos product...can some 1 please tell me if i can download it of thee net for free? and if sooo wat site??

thanks!!!

2007-12-31 07:42:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean how can i find out if anyone is using my wireless braodband( secured or unsecured) for free? is there a way to find out?

2007-12-31 06:51:28 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-31 06:50:36 · 5 answers · asked by Mildred S 6

I have a Dell Latitude D520. It's a little over a year and a half old. I started noticing something strange going on with my battery... it would discharge normally to about 40% then drop down below 10% instantly. I figured I needed a new battery, so I bought one. The new battery is doing the exact same thing now. To better illustrate what I'm talking about, I logged the battery Discharge Rate, Remaining Capacity, and Voltage while I let it run from 100% charge down below 5% where the status was critical and Windows hibernated.

Here's the graph...

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4269/batterydischargeqp7.jpg

This is happening with the old battery as well as the brand new battery. As you can see in the graph, the Discharge rate was fairly constant... there's no spike there that would have drained the battery... the capacity just dropped like a rock, from about 40% to 10% then seems to resume normal operation from about 10 to 5%

Any ideas what's going on?

2007-12-31 06:09:55 · 1 answers · asked by Jeff 2

i have a Celeron M 1700mhz in my XP laptop. my dad has a Pentium M (not sure the speed) but its so slow. it takes at lease 5 min to boot, 5 min to login, and maybe 2 min. to load 1 program!! mine takes only 35 sec to boot 1.5 min to login, and 10-15 sec to load a program. (the 1st time) i have an 80GB HDD w 58.8GB free space, and he has a 60GB HDD w/ 200MB free space. we both have 512MB memory. which do you think is better? (overall)

PS. mine is a toshiba satellite A105-S2051 and his is a dell inspiron 9300.

PS. i plan to upgrade my memory to 2GB. i need help deciding which memory is best. if you would like to help, please answer my other question:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArL6w9NPYqhjXbJSuGiGzOzsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071230183449AAOrt85

Thanks for all of your help!

2007-12-31 05:54:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can i like update my drivers or something?

2007-12-31 01:32:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My wireless internet has stoped working and hasen't worked for about 1 month. For now i am using the wire for internet accsess.The switch on the side of my laptop goes blue when it is connected and it's red even when i turn it both ways . My dad ses he thinks i have brocken the switch by fiddiling with it to much ? Is it somehting to do with norton sercurity internet ? Please if this has happened to you or u know what to do i would appriciate it if you would explain.
I have just posted this question and would like some more awnsers . I have windos vista laptop if that helps
Thanks : )

2007-12-31 01:26:03 · 5 answers · asked by Happystuff :) 2

My current laptop computer is an Acer with a 1.4GHz Celeron M processor. Recently I've been having a few problems with it and I think now is the time to move on!

My question is about the different types of processor available. The computers I have looked at online have all been either Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64X2. The Athlon ones are cheaper in general than the Intel, but is there a marked drop in performance? I won't be gaming but I need to edit and produce music as well as more general things like watching DVDs and surfing etc.

Somebody has told me the Athlon processors are less stable and more prone to crashing; is there any truth in this? Would I be better off spending a little more for an Intel or are the Athlons just as good with a smaller price tag?

2007-12-30 23:39:24 · 7 answers · asked by see arr harr 7

2007-12-30 22:41:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-30 20:47:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's got Vista(home premium) installed on it. I will play games sometimes but nothing high-end. The cpu is a T7250!

How much will 4GB of ram show off itself in comparison to 2GB?

2007-12-30 17:28:03 · 5 answers · asked by Unbreakable 4

Bios laptop protected. Deceased family member left it to us. Anyway I can break it short of going thru Sony ?

2007-12-30 17:11:59 · 5 answers · asked by mjk138s 2

Has anyone heard this deal?

http://www.helium.com/tm/768190/developing-household-laptop-pleaseintel

Do you agree with the writer about it being unfair, or do you think it's fair?

2007-12-30 16:49:53 · 3 answers · asked by Ahhtchoo 3

I just bought Fujitsu Lifebook N6460 with windows Vista home, I try to install Windows XP beside it , where I have Programs worked only on Windows XP or older Versions (W.98). but I failed to install. Please how I can overcome this problem.

2007-12-30 16:16:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have a compaq presario laptop that is about 4 years old. althought it runs great, i am looking to hopefully get rid of some of the stuff i don't need to help it run faster and hopefully solve some little problems. some problems i have are when it does a CPU intensive thing (say opening photoshop or using many programs at once) the fans get loud and fast and it spits out a ton of heat. i also have a problem where if there are no wireless internets for the wireless to connect to, it takes forever for windows to start. it can also do some wierd things on sites like espn.com. for instance, if i scroll over different sports at the top, it keeps the drop down menu open after i am no longer over that spot with my mouse. i am pretty good at keeping hte computer clean and keeping open programs at a minimum. thanks for any ideas on how to clean up some little things on the computer that might help with the bigger problems.

2007-12-30 16:05:34 · 5 answers · asked by nadsoil05 1

I just got a Dell Inspiron 1501 and downloaded PC Wizard to check the temperatures. It gives me this list:
Processor: ~37C
Processor Core 1: ~50's
Processor Core 2: ~50's
ACPI Thermal Zone: ~37

Why is it giving me three processor readings? It has an AMD Turion 64 x2 in it, but I don't understand what that first processor temp reading is supposed to be. The average of the two cores? If so why is it so much lower?

Also are these temperatures ok? It gets pretty warm sitting on my lap sometimes.

2007-12-30 16:04:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous