Other - Hardware - January 2007

2007-01-17 10:14:03 · 3 answers · asked by JeffAV 6

2007-01-17 10:05:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-17 10:04:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I stiII have no success burning DVD-Rs, even though I have successfully burned a DVD-RW (a movie). Burning CD-Rs and CD-RWs, along with the DVD-RW mentioned, has been fine. I keep getting a “media write error” when I burn DVD-Rs (early in the process and up to 98%). I have done all the usual troubleshooting (i.e. different media, lower burn speed, diff. software, uninstall/reinstall, etc…). I have tried copying DVD to DVD (uncopyrighted material) and burning from my hard drive – nothing works.


These are my laptop specs:
- AMD Athlon 1600+ (1.4GHz) processor,
- 256 MB RAM,
- 20GB hard drive with 5GB hard drive space (on C drive) to work with (I am able to copy a DVD to my hard drive with no problems).

Are these specs just not enough to work with to burn a DVD? (these are the minimum requirements listed for my external DVD burner). Does anyone know what the error message means? Is there anything left to try before I give up? Thanks :)

2007-01-17 08:34:49 · 5 answers · asked by TechNewbie 2

I didn't realize how sensitve these RAM card were and I think I may have accidentally burnt one with static. Anyway to fix this?

2007-01-17 08:08:41 · 3 answers · asked by kyle_tyrone 2

2007-01-17 07:51:17 · 3 answers · asked by strings 1

ok so last week i got a virus and its pretty nasty...zlob.trojan..i cant get rid of it and i need help with that too!! but my speakers are not working and i can only hear that annoying error beep when i do anything and i and very stupid when it comes to somputers so i need some advise!!!! please i beg!

2007-01-17 07:24:41 · 1 answers · asked by lynds620 2

So i've gone to DEVICE MANAGER to sort it all out, and nothing is showing up as a device. Like, there's nothing there.

Can someone please help me? Because of the USB issue, my ipod and printer are NOT working.

Any info on what to do would be great.


I have a Windows XP Home Edition

2007-01-17 07:13:51 · 5 answers · asked by youliveyoulearn8 2

I have old computer running Win 95,want to copy all old drive to new computer running Win XP Proffesional,I have old drive in a caddy with usb port,is it straight forward to transfer all hard drive contents to new hard drive or will there be a conflict as a lot of files are in DOS Thanks bavis

2007-01-17 06:32:27 · 13 answers · asked by bavis 2

2007-01-17 06:31:04 · 12 answers · asked by nagiamit 1

is it easy enough to change that card to my current pc (which has a crappy graphics card)? i have the software disc for it.

2007-01-17 06:24:49 · 4 answers · asked by martypoos 1

well i'm programing a software for windows CE 5.0 that receive data via USB 2.0 and show them as pixel on screen, that is cpu bound but the system is suppose to only run this program. i'm going to buy a SBC motherboard with this cpu: onboard ULV C-M 1GHz/0kB CPU
my question is if i use that SBC is it possible that having 0kb cpu cache affect the performance of my program?
and if so, is it really a big deal that make me to get a cpu with higher cache?
thanks ^^

2007-01-17 06:17:43 · 3 answers · asked by farshid hss 2

I just got a new computer and I want to know if I can use my old computers Hard Drive also. I think my new one might be SATA and my old one is IDE. Also I need to know if my old Hard Drive is infected with a virus will it infect my new Hard Drive as well? The last time I used my old computer I completely wiped out my Hard Drive and did a scan which turned up nothing. I have had problems with my old computer though and I don't know if it was virus related or not. I don't need to do this right away, my new Hard Drive is 200GB so only when I fill that up will I need it. I'm pretty good with computers so if you just explain it I'm sure I could install it and get it working. Already transferred my CD-R Drive from my old computer over and installed it. I know that for Memory you have to make they are the same speed, so I probably won't even do my memory. I already have 1GB so it's fine now, but I really want to know about the Hard Drives. If anyone can help it would be great.
Thx

2007-01-17 05:43:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had sound on Monday, I was out yesterday and today I have NO sound. What can I do to get it back? I don't even know where to begin...thanks!

2007-01-17 05:27:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please help me ,i have a problem when i try to install Windows Vista ,at 49% copying files is giving me an error that he cannot copy the files required. And then is saying error code 0x80070241.

2007-01-17 05:12:51 · 3 answers · asked by randreea94 2

Well everytime I go on my computer it either re-boots or freezes about 5-10min later, 20mins at the most, and I believe the problem is that my memory (RAM) card has a small but clear stratch to it, and I think thats causing my computer to over heat and reboot, but before I go buy a new one I thought i better check before I do anything.

2007-01-17 04:38:44 · 10 answers · asked by Kelvin Y 1

i wanna know the wattage of my PC power supply using software ( without opening the PC case )

2007-01-17 04:23:36 · 3 answers · asked by zippo 2

MTBF = Mean Time Between Failure and is a measure of how long hard drives last. I have heard that setting power management software that powers down a hard drive, until user activity when it starts back shortens hard drive life.

2007-01-17 04:14:23 · 1 answers · asked by Joseph J 1

Does anyone have any suggestions?

2007-01-17 04:13:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Computer is about 4 years old. Microsoft Office wrecked my computer. Kodak Easyshare is giving me great problems. Internet won't work anymore.

I'm not a computer guy, so if you answer, please list step by step solutions. I don't know names of parts and stuff.

The blue screen has come up about 4 times in the last month. And the computer is extremely slow.

2007-01-17 03:20:19 · 7 answers · asked by Michael Y 3

I have just formatted my PC and re-installed Windows on my PC, now I can't activiate it as I have used my product key too many times! Can anyone help me?

2007-01-17 03:17:03 · 17 answers · asked by James 2

When i clicked the Speech icon in Control Panel i just found the Text to speech tab. The Speech Recognition tab is missing. Please help me out. Is it because of MS Office or is there any other problem.

2007-01-17 03:10:13 · 1 answers · asked by karthik_freaky 1

1. Assume I am building a new computer, how do I connect my new HDD to my computer/motherboard? I have seen some computer with its HDD connecting to their CD/DVD rom, why is that?

2. Is it every motherboards with two PCI-Express slots can support the NIVIDIA SLI function?

3. Which one is better for gaming? NIVIDIA SLI or ATI Crossfire or should I remain only 1 card?

Please advice, thank you very much.

2007-01-17 03:00:58 · 5 answers · asked by Brian S 1

I recently purchased a game telling me that I need a nVidea 5700 graphics card (or similar) or better. I currently have a nVidea 5200 and I want to upgrade it. There are a ton of video cards out on the market and I really could use some help in choosing the right one.

I have a LCD monitor. I only game and surf the internet (no movies or video editing).

Can anybody make any recomendations?

Thanks for answering. Your help is greatly appreciated!

2007-01-17 02:31:01 · 2 answers · asked by Drew P 4

I recently purchased a PC game that is recommending that I have at least 1G of RAM and a nVidea 5700 (or similar) type of video card.

I currently have 512K of RAM and a nVidea 5200 graphics card. I have a basic understanding of PC's but I want to make sure that I am not buying something that I don't need (whether over buying or under buying).

It appears that most RAM is SDRAM and I can get it in "sticks" of 512k or 1G each. But some is 240 pin and some is 184 pin. Is SDRAM the right type? Should I buy 2 512k sticks or just go ahead and get 2 Gig? What do I need to check for my pin type?

The Video cards are another question entirely and I think I'll ask it in another question. If you want, feel free to give me any advice here as well.

Thanks for answering!

2007-01-17 02:26:45 · 6 answers · asked by Drew P 4

I have listed our entire movie collection in Microsoft Excel, and want to list in alphabetical order. My brain is very stressed on other issues, so I think I'm just overlooking how to do this simple thing that I have done before. I call today, my DUHH! DAY! This is my 3rd DUHH to myself and it is only 9:18 a.m. So with that obviouosly, I need step by step instructions if anyone would be so kind to help me. Thanks much and good day to all!

2007-01-17 02:24:23 · 5 answers · asked by flowermama1971 2

i.e. converting a CD-ROM into a Video Compact Disc Player

2007-01-17 01:58:19 · 4 answers · asked by elijah b 1

can somebody sum up what that is? It is dealing with computers

2007-01-17 01:04:39 · 2 answers · asked by Walter 2

I have bought a computer and I was wanting to transfer file from my old Hard Drive. Is there something that I can plug into my HD and to my USB and transfer the info that way?? if so what is it called? Many Thanks,

2007-01-17 00:37:47 · 6 answers · asked by Shawn P 1

2007-01-17 00:14:11 · 2 answers · asked by bertyb 1