Other - Hardware - January 2007

My desktop was running very slow, so i opened the task manager and clicked the "Performance" tab and it shows the "CPU Usege" meter is at 100% (A graph indicating the percentage of time the processor is working. This counter is a primary indicator of processor activity.). There is no task listed that could be responsible for this neether. What could be causeing it to do that?

2007-01-03 20:28:54 · 4 answers · asked by PAULA 2

2007-01-03 19:19:20 · 2 answers · asked by bhagya l 1

2007-01-03 18:55:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

could u pls let me know the commands of creating recovery CD of a pc .

2007-01-03 17:06:20 · 6 answers · asked by balckdevil007 2

I just got a computer and on the front it says DVD + RW. I know RW is re-writable but does that mean I can download movies off the internet and place them on a blank disc and watch them later or is that a different thing?

2007-01-03 16:22:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok my psu went out i guess maybe a fuse blew or something idk but now since i have a new psu my video card is not working and there isnt an onboard video to hook it into and the fan on my video card is working it is a Nvidia geforce 5600 pci. I know its not that good but its old and works with every game i play so it really dont matter. I know i have all the drivers for it.

2007-01-03 15:56:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I format a New hard disc using FDISK, i partition and when i format using the standard command(format c:/s) is not accepting, now what is the subtitute for command (format c:/s). thanks.

2007-01-03 15:53:44 · 3 answers · asked by Recchi 1

Sound is produced when i play music, games, etc. but it echo's. How do i fix this problem!?!?

PS I just had my hard drive replaced and this echo has been happening ever since.

2007-01-03 15:50:07 · 4 answers · asked by krazyfreakdx 2

i wanna play a game that requires 256mb of ram, but i only have 191.5mb of RAM, will it still work if i play it and will it damage/harm my computer in any way? thanks.

2007-01-03 15:19:38 · 7 answers · asked by ste01222333 2

My PC Specs:
-Intel P4 2.8ghz
-512mb DDR PC333
-Nvidia GEForce 2 64mb
-2X40gb HD (seagate&maxtor)

2007-01-03 14:59:08 · 12 answers · asked by jc3 1

Anyone here had the same problem b4? I have a desktop computer from MDG (Windows XP Home Edition/SP 1) and after reformatting it, there's no more sound. In "Device Manager", the following devices have the yellow question mark beside it: Ethernet Controller, Multimedia Audio Controller, SM Bus Controller, and Video Controller (VGA Compatible). I couldn't find any software/CDs for any of them.
Anyone here who can tell me how to fix them?

2007-01-03 14:45:01 · 9 answers · asked by chilimuncher 3

I have a Dell Dimension 4600C with Windows XP Home Edition, SP2. As soon as my computer starts up, I get the message "Performing automatic IDE configuration" and then after several seconds, I get a message saying this has completed but that I need to set the time and date. Once I complete this, my computer then continues to boot up normally. The major issue is, I have to set the time and date *every time* I turn on the computer because of the automatic IDE configuration message. I have contacted Dell several times about this, they had no clue, I have looked for a solution online, to no avail. I feel deep down as if this is probably a simple problem that most likely involves the changing of some setting I don't know about but, of course, I am no expert, so I can't be sure. I think some people I have asked just automatically assume this is a complicated problem..........anyways, if somebody could help me with this nuisance/problem, I would be forever grateful! Thanks in advance!

2007-01-03 14:21:03 · 8 answers · asked by hayley_mariah 1

Original Computer had several accounts.

2007-01-03 14:09:55 · 1 answers · asked by Poor Yorick 1

What are BTX motherboards??...How are they different from ATX boards???.....thanks

2007-01-03 13:59:41 · 5 answers · asked by elbestionblog 1

Every time I press the shift key a symbol appears like this \ and this I (slash and straight line not a letter I)...Please help me to figure this out..thank you in advance...

2007-01-03 13:57:53 · 2 answers · asked by spyrockz . 1

I recently bought a small wireless camera and receiver but the receiver was damaged, I was thinking that since my laptop has WiFi that perhaps it might be able to work on the 2.4GHz band and work like a receiver. I guess that would require a program to display the signal data, much like a tv emulator. Has anyone seen a program that might enable this? I've had a look around but I can't seem to find much at all! :) Thanks in advance!

P.S. If 2.4GHz isn't possible, out of curiosity, does anyone know if any other camera frequencies might be possible?

2007-01-03 13:14:22 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

How do I delete double files on my hard drive for more space.

2007-01-03 13:03:28 · 5 answers · asked by bigmlon 1

I recently bought an ATI Raedeon 9200 AGP video card for my PC. I am good with computers and can't figure out why my computer reboots when I play World of Warcraft. First I thought it was the card and returned it for another one. Same problem. Then I thought it was the power supply so first I bought a 400 watt and tonight i just put a 500 watt one in there and same problem. I have downloaded and tried every combination of drivers (including the correct ones!) WTF!? Some people tell me to look in BIOS other people tell me never to touch BIOS because this card is plug and play. Please help I'm going insane.

2007-01-03 13:00:35 · 5 answers · asked by Chris F 1

Pentium 4; Centrino; AMD; Celeron...etc

2007-01-03 12:50:42 · 3 answers · asked by deksta 5

I just got a new monitor for christmas and my computer worked fine for a couple of days and then one morning i went to turn it on and it freaked out and wouldnt start. my boyfriend and brother both looked at it and thought it might be the video card. They said it looked like the monitor was trying to get a signal from computer. I know nothing about computers and they i should go get a new video card but i dont want to, if i dont have too. so tell me what you guys think PLEASE!!!

2007-01-03 12:29:36 · 3 answers · asked by Claire 1

I have a hp pavilion with a Pioneer dvr-k16 ver 1.15 dvd/cd burner. It was working fine until this Saturday. At around 10pm I burned a cd and then the next morning I tried to burn a dvd and couldn’t get the computer to recognize the blank dvd. Then I tried a movie dvd and it would not recognize it either. The computer is running windows xp home 2002. I have tried updating the driver, uninstalling the drive and reinstalling, and loading new drivers from the net. Nothing has helped. About the same time this happened I had loaded a cd-emulator program, about 2 days before the problem, I also experienced a virus attack at that same time. Avast killed the virus and system is back to normal except for the dvd-drive. The device manager shows the drive and says it is working ok. When I manually open sonic dvd burning program it sees the drive and can tell if a blank disc is in it or not, but when I try and burn it says that there is not enough free space on it.

Any cd or dvd I put in the drive does not autoplay. But the drive spins.

I tried updating the firmware but it says it cannot find the target.

The driver file details listed are as follows: cdrom.sys, imapi.sys, redbook.sys and storprop.dll.

2007-01-03 12:03:51 · 4 answers · asked by jay t 1

2007-01-03 11:54:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Mainly their Video cards. I'm thinking about getting one of theirs for $100. It seems like a good mid-range card, Radeon X1300 256MB AGP. It has pixel and shader 3. The ATI x1300 pro is $130 and is virtuilly the same. What do you think? is the ATI worth the extra $30?

Im looking to play Company of Heroes with it. I'm used to having the crappiest performance with the crappiest quality so i'm not looking to buy the greatest and expensive, just something to hold me down.
What are you using and what kind of performance are you getting out of it? Any advice? Any quick lessons for me? Is crucial a good company to go to?

2007-01-03 11:41:55 · 5 answers · asked by tenacious_d2008 2

im going to show my presentationt tommorow, on the computer but my teacher doesn't have openoffice, she has powerpoint, Will my project be successful? Please, i really need it to work, PLUS im bringing a wireless USB.

2007-01-03 11:31:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

At what voltage does he shut's down? Or how high can it go?

2007-01-03 10:06:05 · 4 answers · asked by ardicless 2

2007-01-03 10:03:20 · 1 answers · asked by Christian 1

i want to build an sli system
i have a 7900gs and i'm going to get another.
i'm thinking of either an asus delux mobo or 680i money is tight though.
another thinkd is that right now i have 1.5 gigs of pqi and mushkin ddr2 533mgz ram.

HELP!!!!!

2007-01-03 09:44:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

my computer is a XP SP2 and the taskbar, start menu and desktop has dissapered and i have to start my programs via windows task manager and some of my programs have either been wiped off or won't let me access and i've ran Norton anti spyware/ virus etc. plz someone help!!!!

2007-01-03 09:21:18 · 14 answers · asked by Alex 1

If I press " it comes up as @, and vice versa. I looked on google and found a site which said to go into control panel, keyboard, and change the language to English UK, but there is no option for this. I went into the languages section and changed it from English USA to English UK, but it hasn't made any difference. Any other ideas?

2007-01-03 09:16:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

O.K. First off I wish to know what exactly RAM is. Does this RAM increase the speed of my computer? If I wanted to increase it how do i do that and what exactly should i buy? What does a processor do?? Does this increase the speed of my computer. I want to know this because I have the Sims 2 game and it calls for 256 mb of RAM and i have that much but it is slow and pauses alot. I want it to run smoothly with little or no pauses whatsoever.

2007-01-03 08:52:37 · 9 answers · asked by Dude 3