Other - Hardware - November 2006

I want to upgrade my computer to 80 GB or 120 GB HD. Which one should I select and choose, the IDE or the ATA ? Is there a big difference between them? It is a normal and standard desktop and don't know what to choose.

2006-11-29 03:16:27 · 5 answers · asked by AL R 1

All that I really know its that its a dell with windows xp.

System Requirements:
Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP
800 MHz
256 MB RAM
3.5 GB hard drive space
DirectX 9.0-compatible video card
DirectX 9.0-compatible sound card
CD-ROM 8x

2006-11-29 02:34:56 · 6 answers · asked by haleym082000 1

2006-11-29 02:00:23 · 3 answers · asked by MICHAEL W 1

The Key, "Alt Gr" does not activate the symbol used to write Email Adresses

2006-11-29 01:37:59 · 4 answers · asked by Larry J 2

I recently replaced the fan on my CPU. Since I have done this, when switching on my PC it just opens the BIOS. After I exit the BIOS it restarts itself but there is no power on self test beep and nothing appears on the monitor. I have to switch off completely and restart, then the whole thing happens again.
I am not sure whether it might have something to do with the memory, as each time it does a memory test on start up the number of kilobytes is different. For example, it should be about 647000 but the last time I booted it it said 24000. I know a fair bit about PCs but this one has stumped me and any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

2006-11-29 00:38:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-28 23:48:28 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

what is better FOR GAMING!!
out of Intel Core 2 Duo series and the AMD AM2 x2 series
thanx for feedbak

2006-11-28 21:46:01 · 10 answers · asked by lolcuz212 3

I have a movie which is of 367 mb in my comp. but when i try to burn it, its space is shown as 756mb & so i am not able to burn it. Can anyone tell me what to do.

In Nero, when we are adding the data which we have to write, 2 lines are shown in the place where it tells how much space has been used. Yellow line is to show the capacity of the CD. what is the other line (red in colour).

Plus, which graphic card slot is better, AGP or pci-e

2006-11-28 21:28:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-28 20:36:21 · 4 answers · asked by asiva_3385 1

2006-11-28 18:44:33 · 7 answers · asked by P-//\\-Y-//\\-M 2

2006-11-28 18:27:13 · 3 answers · asked by jas@yahoo.com.sg 1

I want to buy The Sims 2 Pets but Im not sure if I have to buy The Sims 2 first..

2006-11-28 18:00:49 · 3 answers · asked by me.kinkie.biatch.too 1

pls let me know the procedures for the license if any and cost for it.what are the procedures and what all documents i want to submit for the license and all.Is there any excemption for importing used photo copier machines. pls let me know all the things. Thanks in advance.

2006-11-28 17:57:45 · 5 answers · asked by vijayaraj v 1

2006-11-28 17:56:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I built my brother a computer, everything is running fine except I can't get it to display anything on the screen. At first I thought the GC was DOA. But then I put my card in, that I knew was good, and it was the same outcome. I'm thinking for whatever reason, the PCI-E x16 isn't working. There is two of them on the mobo, and I get the same result from both. Has anyone experienced something similar?

2006-11-28 17:24:29 · 5 answers · asked by humancandyball 3

what is the thing that use for cleaning the soldering iron after soldering.

I saw my friends used it; the stuffs look brown. When the soldering iron touch it, it smells good.

What is that thing called?

2006-11-28 17:15:12 · 6 answers · asked by BBMak 2

what boxes / options do you put a check on?
for example temporary internet files compressed old files blablabla

thanks ;)

2006-11-28 16:44:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am looking at power supplys and I dont what i need. ATX 12V, ATX 2.2?

Here is my case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811147054

2006-11-28 14:35:00 · 4 answers · asked by maytag 1

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2006-11-28 14:34:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

i tryed to go to Volume Control but all i get when i go to it is a message saying there is no active mixer devices available and like a week ago everything was alright until now??..so what can i do??..is there a page i can download a mixer device???..or what???...

2006-11-28 14:23:35 · 4 answers · asked by scweez408x@sbcglobal.net 1

When i turn on my pc it boots up and loads windows then 1 out of 2 times it will just go to a black screen and just sits there doing nothing! then some times in windows it also just goes black randomy and wont come back to life with out a restart.

Any idea whats wrong with it? ive been trying 2 work it out for months..

2006-11-28 14:15:25 · 5 answers · asked by Wonx2150 4

My Gateway laptop bit the dust and the computer expert says I need to uninstall everything so he can "restore" my original computer and reinstall all my programs. We've moved a few times recently. I have my Gateway Drivers CD and most of my software programs, but I cannot find the Gateway Restore disk.

Also, the expert told me part of the problem is having something like Yahoo Messenger on my computer (I never use it.) or downloading music. (I've never used anything like itunes.)

What can I do???

Thanks for any advice!

2006-11-28 14:14:56 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My computer is about 3 years old. Is it possible to completly "start over" and have everything cleared out and re-install the programs?

Will there be a benefit? Is there an alternative?

My computer generally runs fine, but i think that there are some problems.

2006-11-28 14:14:52 · 8 answers · asked by stephasoris 4

we are wanting to burn an eprom in this unit but the original a/b cable is discontinued i have the power supply but need to know which pins to connect to in order to initiate the burn

2006-11-28 12:40:12 · 2 answers · asked by chsteart 1

I just bought a disk with pics on it and when I open it up to look at it my computer says nothing is there what can I do I know the disk works because It worked on my friends computer.. am I doing something wrong my computer will run any kind of games but it wont read picture disks or burn stuff I know it can because my brother used to will you please help me?

2006-11-28 10:35:42 · 2 answers · asked by snufflesfreak 2

If I Upgrade my Gateway GT5220 Computer by adding mre RAM, or puting on a add on card Will it Void my warrenty? Thanks

2006-11-28 10:34:27 · 4 answers · asked by maytag 1

2006-11-28 10:11:56 · 6 answers · asked by Carol C 1

3 days ago my cd drive stopped playing all types of cds. it seems to of stopped right about the time i unistalled poweriso. these are the things i've tried so far:


* Unistalling the device and restarting windows and drivers are re-installed
* Deleted the upper and lower filters from the cd registy
* checked manufactures website for drivers but the device uses the build in drivers.
* used the microsoft autorun fix
* tried installing poweriso again and played around with some of the options to see if i left anything on that might of caused a problem in the registry

None of the above have worked. The weird thing is that the only disc my pc will play is the Windows reload cd?? any suggestions please i really dont want to have to reload the whole system, cheers

heres what cd drive im using:
MATSHITA CD-RW CW-8572 (cd/dvd combo)
SCSI CDROM Class
Windows xp sp2

2006-11-28 09:06:41 · 5 answers · asked by Hitman At Heart 2

i turn it on and restarts over and over again

2006-11-28 09:03:30 · 10 answers · asked by sk8_4lyf 2

hey everyone, i have a pc case thats huge and takes up to much room lol, so i need a smaller case i have all the standard drives and a normal atx motherboard, cheap would be great as i have to save up no psu or fans are needed. thanx

2006-11-28 08:55:05 · 4 answers · asked by uk_louis_1986 2