Other - Hardware - February 2007

I bought a Maxtor 300GB hard drive for use with our Sony DV camcorder. Unfortunately when I tried to upload from the camera I get a message telling me that the write speed is not fast enough on the drive. Instead I have had to use the 60GB drive that came with the computer and then move the huge files to the big drive, which has now been a total disappointment. The packaging on the Maxtor drive claimed to be great for movies and music, but it seems to be a total bust. I am curious is write speed something that is adjustable on hard drives or are they typically set at one speed from the factory?

2007-02-10 04:08:42 · 3 answers · asked by p_doell 5

I install the dvd writer now but how to go to bios to dectect the dvd writer in window xp?

2007-02-10 04:01:12 · 2 answers · asked by kei wai 1

they said update my driver so i went on the SiS website found the SiS 661Fx update & i updated it, it restarted my pc & i went to the Device Manager & the SiS heading was gone but some new ones where there. one heading was Video controller {VGA Compatible}, i clicked it it said it wasent installed right.Clicked reinstall the Hardware Update Wizard came up followed the instructions, it looked for something then said cant install because the Wizard cannot find the necessary software.PLZ HELP, how can i update it. PLZ NOTE THE GAME HAS WORKED BEFORE ON THE SAME PC

2007-02-10 03:47:04 · 5 answers · asked by jo 1

Ok so my speakers don't work and my cd rom thingy doesn't work properly it opens and closes then it keeps opening back up it scares me =[ ! what do i do?!!

2007-02-10 03:46:23 · 6 answers · asked by Dino.Goo.Rawr 1

My Dell Pc was fast..and now its so slow..to open windows,documents,music..even when I turn it on..I have to wait for like 30 mintues...what the heck is going on..I if have to slam it down I will..it will not make my problem any good..so plez someone tell me what can I do...to make it a bit faster

2007-02-10 03:44:36 · 9 answers · asked by Annabella 2

will a AeroCool Cool Silent Power Supply 550 WATT!! Titanium work with a ASUS NAGAMI2 Motherboard with a AMD athlon 64 3700+ processor.

Im buying it from ebay please look at it and tell me if its compatible

Heres the link to it:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/AeroCool-Cool-Silent-Power-Supply-550-WATT-Titanium_W0QQitemZ140082918698QQihZ004QQcategoryZ44949QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

2007-02-10 03:19:52 · 3 answers · asked by Slim Shady 3

he change something in the bios that said halt all but KB to all errors

2007-02-10 03:15:30 · 12 answers · asked by arshram 1

What does the vanilla mean?, I bought an Asus p5b, not deluxe and i want to know if this is the same thing. Tom's hardware doesn't recommend ocing the vanilla. Is mine okay??

2007-02-10 02:40:47 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have windows XP I burn with SONIC and if required I use shrink!
Many thanks in advance

2007-02-10 02:13:47 · 3 answers · asked by shiraz 2

2007-02-10 01:43:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know how to change the layout of the keyboard from one language to another. But how can I change the layout of individual keys? I am trying to write in Polish on my British computer. But the problem I have is that whether I switch to Polish Programmer's keyboard or Polish 214 I do not only get the additional Polish letters which I want, but also some undesired swaps - like " and @.

2007-02-10 00:40:31 · 1 answers · asked by Abelard 3

DVDRW IDE 16X

2007-02-10 00:39:33 · 3 answers · asked by Oleszka 2

you rectify this problm

2007-02-09 23:09:35 · 5 answers · asked by rena_ian 1

2007-02-09 22:35:05 · 4 answers · asked by D_t_M 2

This is also the same for the Windows98 boot disk. I usually have to get my ps/2 keyboard and run around between computers. However the USB keyboard works just fine for getting into BIOS and the WindowsXP boot from CD.

2007-02-09 21:54:52 · 3 answers · asked by iamdaroot 2

I unfortunately need to install windows 98 on a new 80gb sata drive due to outdated (and very expensive) software that won't run on any O/S above win89. I was trying for a dual boot win98/Win XP Pro ... the problem is that windows 98 installs, but when complete it won't boot into normal windows, only safe mode and no CD Rom detected... any ideas? When it does try to lod windows normally, it freezes. The new hard drive is good as it installs and runs win XP just fine.

2007-02-09 21:39:48 · 1 answers · asked by Daz 5

I have a 1GB RAM chip installed. I think its 667MHz. Is there any software that'll verify that for me? I have a Core 2 Duo E6300 processor and an Asus P5B motherboard.

2007-02-09 21:34:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

ive got 1GB of ddr ram memory in my pc- what would happen if i put the old 512mb back in the empty slot.? it proberbly would, work but would it be safe? would one out run the other because its dual channel

2007-02-09 21:23:24 · 6 answers · asked by Daedalus 4

Recently (as of today), all of my sound has gone completely from working perfectly to being dead-silent! I checked the volume control settings, and my sound should be working, but it isn't. Is there something I haven't thought of, or is my sound card shot? This is a semi-new computer, so I would be pretty upset if it was the sound card.

Thanks in advance :(

2007-02-09 18:59:39 · 2 answers · asked by ♥♫!♫♥ 3

I ran a search but it said D drive does not exist, is not detected

2007-02-09 18:22:03 · 2 answers · asked by rainbdash7 1

I want to upload pictures and i put the memory card in the usb and everything is connected right, but when I connected the USB the computer said it was not found. What can I do to upload my pics?

2007-02-09 17:24:39 · 4 answers · asked by Jen25 2

hey guys, im having issues with my Liteon dvd-rw drive.. it used to be SUPER fast when i first got it last year in june. it was at dma mode 5 and i just checked today and its now at dma mode 2.. its really slow. it takes about 15-20 seconds to detect a cd and it rips painfully slow and burns really slow.. dvds burn ok about 10 minutes to rip dvds. right now im ripping a cd at 1.6x realtime according to win amp..
is there a way to make it dma mode 5 again?

2007-02-09 17:14:43 · 2 answers · asked by kickenchicken360 4

is an NVIDIA graphic card better than an ATI. i know that it also varies on the model, but i just want to know if NVIDIA is better than an ATI or not?

2007-02-09 17:07:02 · 4 answers · asked by My Nickname 3

My current specs are -
256MB DDR DIMM

Is there anything else I should know, how do I find out?

2007-02-09 15:30:34 · 7 answers · asked by itchymonkey1985 2

I am using 865chipset and Windows Xp home edition, and yesterday tried to install Creative Live sound card, It didn't work, but when I took that out, my built-in sound stopped working also, I checked everything--sound controllers, volume level, drivers, everything looks fine, except I don't have sound....
Does anyone know about it?

thanks.,

2007-02-09 14:26:49 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

athlon 1800+ upgrade whats the next processor for the 462 socket

2007-02-09 14:09:48 · 2 answers · asked by z71_owen 1

Hi, I just got vista (ultimate 32-bit), and right now I have the geforce 7950gt videocard. It supernice, but being a gamer, I want to get a directx 10 card. My question is since they are relatively new, they are very pricey, So should I wait a few months to get one? Im guessing in a few months the price will drop tremendously and the performence will go way up. But thats all a guess and I could be completly wrong. thanks alot -Nick

2007-02-09 13:48:39 · 2 answers · asked by George 2

can i install a cpu without any thermal gel?
so it will just be the heat sink touching the surface of the cpu with no thermal gel, will it work?

2007-02-09 13:47:24 · 12 answers · asked by Brian S 1

I have a Gigabyte PCIe 7600GT which is passively cooled - it's brilliant! http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/06/02/graphics_card_quiet_uk/page3.html
It idles at 43°C and I can't push it past 60°C whatever I do.
It performs better than my AGP 6800GT.

I thought I'd try similar with an AGP box. so I bought a passively cooled Gigabyte 7600GS.
From startup, if I display the GPU temp as soon as I can, it's at 65°C.
If I run 3DMark2001SE (hardly demanding) it throttles - reaches 125°C and reduces its voltage. Then it won't cool below 75°C even if I leave it idle for a couple of hours.
This can't be right - I'll exchange it....
But can I? What temperature should it run at? If I make the two hour round trip to exchange it, I'd like to know that I won't be turned away - on the grounds that it is actually working.
If I can exchange it, should I expect another card to be any better? Or should I go for a different card? There aren't many passive AGP cards available - any suggestions?

2007-02-09 13:24:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I bought a brand new 100GB hard drive and installed winXP on it. It isn't even showing 1GB of free memory. To be exact it is showing Free Space: 88.8MB and Total Size (C:/) 1.99GB. I haven't loaded anything on this computer except windowsXP. The whole process of what I done was remove the old hard drive and then put in a new hard drive with nothing on it. Then I installed XP (right after putting the hard drive in without using the boot disk that came with the hard drive) Why is it showing such a low memory (and getting error messages along with it that is saying low memory). Please someone help me with this problem.

2007-02-09 12:40:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous