Other - Hardware - February 2007

I am currently looking into building my own custom pc and have recently picked the motherboard i want.

The motheboard in question is a "Gigabyte GA-M61VME-S2 Skt AM2, On Board VGA, PCI-E, DDR2, SATA2 RAID, LAN, HD Audio, USB2, mATX" however the problem i have is that i am not that knowledgable when it comes to motherboards.

Could someone please explain to me the basic deatils of the board in question and also whether i have to buy a seperate Sound & Graphics Card or if they are included in the moherboard.

Link - http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Productinfo.aspx?ProductID=15449

2007-02-19 10:02:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

if not which is better i am truing to buy a CPu i can't CPu say dual core ..all of them shows Intel Core 2 Duo ..nerver show intel dual core processor ...

2007-02-19 09:58:57 · 5 answers · asked by randike2007 1

i have the program files left and i have the product key# but no software disc. the software came with the pc please help

2007-02-19 09:11:48 · 4 answers · asked by Ancil C 1

My old speakers have only 1 socket to plug in. But back of tower has 5 sockets. Is this because i need to buy 7.1 speakers to suit.
I found advice on web that states...
'Playing back surround sound
If you buy a new PC, it may already have some or all of the components required for Dolby and DTS surround-sound playback. The following components are required:

A DVD drive
A general-purpose soundcard with surround audio outputs, an S/PDIF output to feed an external decoder, or a multi-channel audio card with at least six outputs
A set of powered 5.1 loudspeakers or a six-channel audio amplifier and a set of passive loudspeakers
DVD-playback software that includes Dolby Digital and DTS decoders, or an external hardware decoder
A set of loudspeaker cables and, if an external decoder and/or amplifier is used, a set of audio cables'
Is this my answer ? ? ?

Answers & any other advice would be great...

2007-02-19 08:36:41 · 2 answers · asked by rob e 2

Nvidia or ATi which card gives te best out for this range of price..

2007-02-19 08:11:41 · 3 answers · asked by randike2007 1

2007-02-19 07:52:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am not sure exactly what happened. It was working fine then got cut off. Tried to cut it back on and it said there was a prob. with the time and date being wrong and it would not stay on, kept restarting. Cut it back off. A speaker got placed on top of the modem and when cut back on it said something about invalid files and something needed to be checked. I cut it off. When cut back on, speaker had been moved and it said it was going to check the files. That is when it started saying file so and so unreadable and has been deleted and I think it deleted everything because now it wont do anything. Is there a free downloadable solution to this and a way to get all the songs and everything back. Please tell me yes!!!! Windows XP Home Edition for Compaq

2007-02-19 07:44:15 · 7 answers · asked by mysterynwaiting 2

Nvida or ATi...

(pci-e) i need to know which card suits for me ....which one give out more thing for this rage of price .....Nvida or ATi.

2007-02-19 07:40:21 · 1 answers · asked by randike2007 1

I have a reasonably new laptop and am the sort of person who likes to keep things clean and tidy.

But we all know that little things creep into the nooks and crannies of keyboards, dust, perhaps a few hairs or two, or the odd bogey!!!

So does anybody know a good way to keep keyboards clean???


Many thanks

Darren

2007-02-19 07:35:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here is the sitatuion:
120GB won't load windows XP.
Moved the 120GB to another desktop w/80GB Hard Drive
120GB (bad one) is on slave; 80GB (good one) is on master.
BIOS can identify both HDs; the problem is; it won't go to the windows.

Setting on the boot priority is set to 1st boot the 80GB (good one).
I suspect that the 120GB (bad) is affecting the windows XP OS.

It will be normal if I take out the 120GB HD.

I am trying to backup the important files (students' grade)......from that 120GB (it's IDE)

Hope someone can help me with a solution other than asking students' grade.

Thanks.

2007-02-19 07:23:36 · 1 answers · asked by pilotinsky 2

2007-02-19 07:19:42 · 3 answers · asked by xinnybuxlrie 5

I am having problems with frame rate speed on Call of Duty: UO multiplayer.

2007-02-19 06:55:56 · 4 answers · asked by DT 2

The Broadband supplier is Talk Talk and the problem occured after installing firewall

2007-02-19 06:31:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was messing around and all of a sudden the comper just started running real slow

2007-02-19 06:27:10 · 2 answers · asked by Shavonna E 1

Ok so now I know that DDR system memory is compatible with GDDR2 video cards. But what about DDR system mem. and DDR2 vid. cards? Does the DDR2 vid. mem. use any of the DDR sys. mem. or is it all for itself in the video card?

2007-02-19 06:27:09 · 3 answers · asked by skrewhead21@sbcglobal.net 2

a lot of times when left i click into a window, it defaults to the file option in the upper left hand side of the window like i just hit the alt key. in order to get out of that menu i have to click a window a couple times. i reinstalled my mouse driver and i still have the same problem. any ideas for a fix?

2007-02-19 05:42:42 · 1 answers · asked by iqy3834 2

another ? about reformatting my pc...i have a rebuilt system and the only disc I got with it is the SATA/RAID floppy and a cd software kit that says driver, manual and BVRP. Are these what I need to reformat?

2007-02-19 05:11:15 · 5 answers · asked by courious2 1

Name where it is used and how it is used.

2007-02-19 04:12:05 · 3 answers · asked by slim s 2

2007-02-19 04:02:07 · 5 answers · asked by rocky2flash 1

The yellow lead that comes with the internet modem dosnt seem to fit into my brothers pc? does anyone know why? he has brought an adapter but still dosnt fit in. and whats this lead called? thanks guys.

2007-02-19 02:45:45 · 4 answers · asked by mel a 2

2007-02-19 01:55:27 · 5 answers · asked by Maria B 1

I was installing extra RAM and the Ram card popped out while it was bootong up. Now I can't get anything to come up on my moniter. The moniter works fine I checked it on another computer. Any suggestions? Is my motherboard fried?

2007-02-19 01:49:05 · 5 answers · asked by cjhuey 2

Say i have ran out of room on my internal hardrive can i install something like msn onto a USB external hardrive?

2007-02-19 01:35:57 · 4 answers · asked by Josh 3

well i want to be able to burn cds and dvds but dont have a re- wightable disc drive so can i download on so i can do this??

2007-02-19 01:31:02 · 9 answers · asked by Nick 2

2007-02-19 00:40:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'd like to make VLC encode a video. I know how to do that. But when it does the job it only uses half of the processor. I don't have a multi core processor, I have a Pentium 4 with HyperThreading technology. Is there a way to use both?

2007-02-19 00:16:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I would like to buy speakers for my PC under £30 (or $50). I have a few questions:

1. Is it worth to buy a 2.1 (with a sub-woofer), or a decent 2.0 will do (I won’t turn it on loud because of my neighbours!)

2. I’ve seen “mobile theatre” speakers, are they even better quality?

3. Is it better to use USB connected speakers, or those directly connected to the mains?

2007-02-18 23:32:36 · 7 answers · asked by Kevinlad 3

how else can i find it i have looked in the programs and accessories and still don't see it

2007-02-18 22:41:01 · 10 answers · asked by paula c 1

2007-02-18 22:39:34 · 4 answers · asked by Ridwan G 1

If the socket type and the bus speed of a CPU match the specifications of the motherboard you are attempting to install it in, does the CPU speed have any impact on whether or not it will work in the motherboard?
For example, I am attempting to replace an Intel Celeron socket 478 1.8 GHz 400MHz system bus CPU on an old emachines motherboard. I have no idea what the fastest CPU speed is that the motherboard supports? I do know that it obviously supports socket 478 CPUs with a 400MHz system bus. So would it be safe to assume that this motherboard can support ANY socket 478 CPU that runs on a 400MHz system bus or is the CPU speed a factor that must be used in determining whether or not its compatible with a specific motherboard? Please help. Thanks.

2007-02-18 22:33:28 · 5 answers · asked by singlewhitemalekc70 1