Other - Hardware - December 2006

This is what it actually says...."Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There may not be a sound device installed on your computer, it may be in use by another program, or it may not be functioning properly."

2006-12-23 15:01:42 · 4 answers · asked by Nathan & Pamela W 1

2006-12-23 14:50:05 · 8 answers · asked by Bill S 1

I want to play movies off my external hard drive. These movies would be in clips and may be changed rapidly throughout a playlist. Would the hard drive lag? My regular one does not at all i can switch movies without a delay. Please give me your input

2006-12-23 14:19:50 · 9 answers · asked by jwurm99 3

I need to know i if should buy one, or see if I have one and I'm doing something wrong. I'm a step-by-step kind of guy, so be detailed

2006-12-23 14:11:13 · 3 answers · asked by Atrain 2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813186067
Thats my motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141164
Thats my ram. I have 2 512 sticks

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819104245
Thats my processor.

The processor is rated at 1.6 Ghz. I can overclock it to 1.8Ghz, but anything greater than that my computer doesn't turn on. I have heard that semprons can be overclocked to 2.0Ghz and beyond! I there something I am not doing. Please list all the steps I should be doing, or is my hardware preventing me from overclocking further.

2006-12-23 14:01:03 · 4 answers · asked by Jeremy J 3

I have Roxio easy media creator 9 and ive just created a movie out of my home movies. ALl i have laeft to do is burn it, but when ii press burn it says the drive is empty,even though i have a blank DVD+RW in it. What do i do to change this? Do i put the blank DVD in the CDRW drive, opr the DVD Drive. Or if i dont have a dvd burner, what to i do to get a DVD Burner. I have a CD Burner so i dont know whats wrong.

2006-12-23 13:36:44 · 2 answers · asked by Atrain 2

I really don't feel like upgrading my motherboard/CPU/ram quite yet. I am interested in the conroe, but if I wait a year or two, I know the prices will go down and something new will be out. Anyway, I have a sempron 2800+ and it was fine for gaming until the beast that we call oblivion came around. So I was wondering what is better suited for oblivion but still socket 754?
I would also prefer if it was close to $100

2006-12-23 13:27:30 · 4 answers · asked by Jeremy J 3

2006-12-23 12:50:01 · 7 answers · asked by Mark R 1

I am not sure what is causing it. or how to rest it so I can have both at the same time. Any suggestions. Now I am not able to use the keyboard so I cannot get into the bio's. So now I have to figure out a way to use the keyboard. I have the on screen keyboard or I would not be able to use the computer.

2006-12-23 11:42:46 · 2 answers · asked by lynn 2

I have a Presario 2100 and currently am without a hard drive. Is it possible to boot without one on this model?

2006-12-23 11:39:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I 'm looking to upgrade my mother board and processor but I'm struggling to know where to start looking! I realise Intel Duo Core are currently the best but are AMD chips much cheaper at the moment? I do a lot of video editing and gaming. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

2006-12-23 11:14:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

my hard drive is a 250GH SATA-300 can I replace it with a SATA-150? thanks?

2006-12-23 10:58:30 · 2 answers · asked by Tony 1

my computer is having some usb issues. If my computer is on, and I plug in a usb drive/mouse/wireless adaptor, my computer won't recognize it until i restart my computer with the device plugged in before it restarts. i've never had this problem before...

anybody have any idea what i can do to fix this?

2006-12-23 10:38:39 · 6 answers · asked by chobo219 4

Suddenly, my computer lost all sound. If its important, I have a dell dimension desktop 4500s, Microsoft XP, and I have a KDS monitor.
If you want any more info, just ask.

2006-12-23 09:48:34 · 3 answers · asked by inkyblack11 3

I don't want to lose my pictures, and I don't know that much about doing that. I would appreciate a correct answer on this. Thanks for your help.

2006-12-23 09:42:45 · 8 answers · asked by daveandsugar3537@sbcglobal.net 2

2006-12-23 09:31:28 · 3 answers · asked by dejay_web 1

I just bought a geforce 5200 ddr tv Graphics card and i dont know if it will fit in my dell optima (yes i know that my computer is old). My computer has a pci contetion and the 5200 has i think a AGP 8X / 4X conection. Pls help...

2006-12-23 08:57:42 · 3 answers · asked by Angel_Eye 1

Only the people are blue, all the other colors are fine, and there is a lag in the sound, how should i fix these two problems? Im using VLC.

2006-12-23 08:51:09 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-23 08:29:18 · 4 answers · asked by belle p 1

I bought it , installed it, and it only plats video, how do i make it so i can hear the sound, im using vlc, it is a hauppage card.

2006-12-23 08:20:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

yes what i was wanting to do was this ,clear everything so its was back to its original state when first baught ok ...i swiched on pc to boot it up .i put in my recovery cd i got with the pc booted it up and it asked me do you wish to boot from cd ..i hit the space bar...after a few min it came with blue screen saying ( windows xp home edition setup ) there is 3 options on the screen those being ..
1) to setup windows xp now ,press enter
2) to repair a windows xp instalation using recovery console ,press r.
3) to quit setup without instaling windows xp, press f 3
i clicked option 1 to setup windows xp now press enter
after that it brings up an licence agreement so i have to click f8 to continue so i done that

then it brings up another page with the drives on it .
drive c
drive d
drive e

silly me i clicked on drive d and e and deleted both drives ...and after doing that i reinstaled windows xp on drive cafter everything was done the pc booted up but no drives d or e

2006-12-23 08:15:12 · 5 answers · asked by douglas t 2

If the keyboard ONLY has a midi out, and not both a midi in and out? If so, can you send me a web link to a specific photo, so I can know which one to choose? Thanks!

2006-12-23 06:45:30 · 1 answers · asked by Road Trip 3

CAN I ADD SPACE ORFREE UP SPACE FAST AND EASY? AND CAN I AKE OFF EVERYTHING ON MY COMPUTER REAL QUICK WITHOUT taking outthings that came on the computer and other selected items???

2006-12-23 05:51:39 · 5 answers · asked by kingkenny313 1

i have windows xp

2006-12-23 05:42:42 · 10 answers · asked by Slut4Points 3

I had to go back to factory settings now it wont work. I ahve downloaded driver from Mercury but cannot get screen to appear. Can you help????

Suzie

2006-12-23 05:41:59 · 2 answers · asked by Suzie B 1

I heard that turning off at nite& turning it back on in the morning is wear & tear on the computer. Is it safe to leave it in Idle mode all nite???

2006-12-23 04:52:58 · 13 answers · asked by patty g 1

I want to transfer my VHS videos to my laptop. Can anyone recommend a good video capture device? Tell me your computer specs so that I will know whether the device will work on my laptop.

I have a 1.6 Ghz P4, 256MB RAM laptop.

2006-12-23 04:41:08 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

someone told me that an ethernet cable won't really work that well, and I don't really want to use a flash drive since my desktop runs slow when I try to use it

2006-12-23 04:39:11 · 6 answers · asked by LG05 2

The way my graphics card fan is attached to the graphics card creates a lot of noise, this noise is not from the fan itself. I was wondering if I can buy a fan or cooling system to cool the graphics card that does not attach directly to the graphics card.

2006-12-23 04:23:11 · 3 answers · asked by MADBOY 1

Im looking to build a new pc, ill be getting an Nvidia 8800GTS so the case has to be quite large, does anyone have any suggestions as to which one i would be better off with? Looking to spend around £50-£100

2006-12-23 03:16:16 · 7 answers · asked by vampire_o3 3