Laptops & Notebooks - July 2006

I have a compaq laptop, with a 40 gb hard drive. I just bought a hitachi 100gb drive and have it in an external case. the case is powered up and i can here the drive spinning in it, but my computer isnt detecting anything under the "my computer" screen. All the drivers are installed and double checked. What could be wrong. the drive says somthin about jumpers on it. does that have anythin to do with it> please help fast.

2006-07-20 13:23:10 · 8 answers · asked by Suga 2

I have an ACER Laptop (Aspire 3620)... I just got it last week so things are still kind of new to me. I plugged in my USB wireless mouse and it worked just fine. The mouse on the computer also worked at the same time.
Now my wireless mouse works...but the mouse on the keyboard doesn't. Maybe there is some button but I cannot figure it out.....I've looked at the settings and etc. I don't know what happened...but I don't want to use my wireless mouse right now....I want to use the touchpad. I was thinking maybe the touchpad somehow got uninstalled. after looking at acer.com for support I noticed that you can download the sysmentic touchpad...so i've tried to open the zip file, and i extracted all of the files in the zip but its still now downloading anything.
Help! Thanks--
I've tried everything...

2006-07-20 13:14:21 · 1 answers · asked by MELISSA 2

If so, what do you think of them?

2006-07-20 11:31:03 · 4 answers · asked by cassicad75 3

Is it bad for your computer/lap tap to turn it off every night before going to bed and then turning it back on again in 8 hours on a daily basis? Or is it better to just put it on Stand by mode when you're going to turn it on again later anyway in eight hours or so?! It's like best to turn of your car engine to save gas when you're gonna be more than a few minutes waiting sort of thing?! lol :))

2006-07-20 09:57:33 · 11 answers · asked by HelpSmarty 2

I took it back to CompUSA but they told me they'd need to send back to the manufacturer which could take two weeks. I can't be without my computer for that long.

2006-07-20 09:20:08 · 4 answers · asked by snl_cowbell 1

I'm just curious as to anyones experiences?

2006-07-20 08:58:46 · 17 answers · asked by Brian M 3

I dont need anything fancy just something I can put word and excel on

2006-07-20 08:40:30 · 15 answers · asked by amy 2

The AMD version has ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M with up to 128MB of dedicated video memory
while the intel version has NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 7600
are they both 'open gl'?

2006-07-20 08:01:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

a scam maybe...but so is the price i paid for this hunk o junk laptop.

2006-07-20 07:47:23 · 4 answers · asked by okronbon 3

I'm not woried about loosing anything on my old hard drive so thats not a problem, but I'm wondering how get my operating system on the new drive. Would I just use the rescue disks that came with the laptop, or would I have to buy a complety new operating system?

2006-07-20 05:56:11 · 7 answers · asked by kollee 2

I can't seem to get the display on my monitor to display on the entire monitor screen, it only displays in the center of the monitor w/ about 2" of black, unusable frame around it. How can I get my display to be FULL screen on the monitor????

2006-07-20 04:40:25 · 6 answers · asked by amygailynnorr 1

I'm locked out of WinXP and can't remember, is there anyway to access a hint or re-do the password? IT's such a simple password like cookie or hotdog but I can't remember!

2006-07-20 04:08:08 · 11 answers · asked by iheartpuppies 2

guys, I have a laptop with a S-video output port , I want to connect the cable tv wire with the laptop. What kind of wire do I need to connect?

2006-07-20 02:25:58 · 6 answers · asked by devesh k 1

2006-07-19 23:01:46 · 3 answers · asked by Khalil H 1

is this a problem, i mean it is new and should be completely silent.

i am new to laptops is this normal or should i contact my dealer?

Is cooling related to wether you are operating on batteries or DC power?

thanks

2006-07-19 18:28:28 · 7 answers · asked by A.G.H 2

im a student and musician i need a wonderous laptop one that wont let me down....
my preferenceswa are duo core at least 2.0
1-2 gb ram
MUST is 256+ graphics card
Must is a good webcam (internel)
around 13 to 15 inches of screen
MUST is Stylish



I liked the Macbook and/or hp dv6000t but I just want more opinions thanks

2006-07-19 16:39:57 · 7 answers · asked by Nojan 2

2006-07-19 15:18:57 · 8 answers · asked by 2213 2

So i just bought a new hard drive and i wanna take out the old one but how do i take all the data from the old one and put it on the new one, before i put it in.

2006-07-19 15:14:05 · 4 answers · asked by Suga 2

Is it different? I wanna buy a Macbook, should I. Any good websites give you a tutorial on macs?

2006-07-19 14:45:41 · 13 answers · asked by unlimited360 1

I hope someone will help thanks alot. really appreciate it.

2006-07-19 13:30:30 · 6 answers · asked by Guy 3

I have a SmartStep 250N. First of all, I turned it on and it said "Operating System not found." I took out the hard drive and turned it back on and the screen was blank. I hooked it up to a monitor and the screen was blank. If I put a new hard drive in it, will it come back to life? Or do I have deeper problems?

2006-07-19 11:56:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

If I must spend close to $2000 of my hard-earned, then the laptop ought to arrive exactly as I ordered it. But I've been researching and comparing and I keep coming up with great laptops that are constipated with an overload of pre-installed programs.
Sellers force their buyers to bend over and take it up the hard drive - it is just plain wrong. To buy a new laptop is like paying for toe-jam: the ones I look at have tons of superfluous pre-installed programs - computer 'toe-jam' - that I neither want nor need.
Am I the only frustrated consumer out there? HELP!!

2006-07-19 11:30:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i want to play some games and watch movies do some homework and store music what kind should i get and what are some prices

2006-07-19 10:27:41 · 12 answers · asked by yung joc 3

Are the hard drives between the Dell Inspiron, and the Dell latitude interchangeable??? If so how do you do it?
Thank You.

2006-07-19 08:41:02 · 2 answers · asked by Kali_girl825 6

I just got one today. Should I charge it before using it much?

2006-07-19 08:19:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-19 07:26:31 · 5 answers · asked by Ronnie 1

2006-07-19 06:16:18 · 3 answers · asked by ronie 1

Is Intel Pentium M Processor better than Intel Core Duo Processor? I want to buy a laptop but have no clue what-so-ever about the components.

2006-07-19 06:08:55 · 2 answers · asked by vesion87 1

also i would like to know the performance of the notebook, who invented and in which country.

thankyou!

2006-07-19 00:27:00 · 6 answers · asked by Matt 1

would someone please tell which of these 2 processors works better with CAD programmes and Grafics?e,g. AMD Turion 64 ML-34 and INTEL Pentium (M) - 2Ghz

2006-07-18 22:40:01 · 11 answers · asked by Q E 1