Other - Hardware - March 2007

When buying parts from newegg/tigerdirect: what is the difference between OEM and Retail? Which is better and why?

2007-03-16 16:45:10 · 9 answers · asked by **turbostance** 2

I have 2 old computers. One was not working so I swapped the hard drive with the one that does work. Now neither work. When I put the original back in the working machine, it runs but I have no video. Any suggestions?

2007-03-16 16:32:41 · 5 answers · asked by Pat K 2

I have recently installed vista and have lost my wireless network card, which is now showing as either a network controller or a unknown device inside device manager. Neither have drivers installed.

I have used Everest to try to find out the manufacturers name, make and model etc. No luck, again it says Network controller in there.

Can anybody recommend a program/method to find these details.

I have no device drivers on CD. Windows cannot find them either. (surprise)

Thanks

2007-03-16 16:27:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi, I've searched everywhere for an answer to this, but all I'm getting are problems relating to frames-per-second, lag, etc. What my problem is, is when I'm playing any sort of recent computer game (especially Battlefield 2, but even happened on The Sims 2), my comp. runs fine with excellent FPS. But all of a sudden, at random and with no warning, the image on my screen will freeze, and my sound will start skipping like a scratched CD. And this isn't just a little burp- it does this for like 20 seconds. Then it will continue on normally once it's worked itself out. For online games, if it's too long, I will get kicked from whatever server I was on, but other than that, the game goes back to working flawlessly. I've recently installed an EVGA 7900GS vid card, and was wondering if that was the problem. It runs at pretty low temps though, so I don't know. I have a Pentium D 3.00gHz, and 2 gigs of RAM. Sorry this is so long, but if anyone knows, please help!!! Thank you in advance!!

2007-03-16 16:09:26 · 3 answers · asked by Captain E 1

Well; I have my boot device setup listed as booting from the cd/dvd drive; but after displaying the 'msi' boot screen; now when I have my Windows XP Pro SP2 disc in the drive and I try to boot from it; it says this: 'Error Booting from CD/DVD Device...Press Any Key to Reboot'....

..Well; after 'pressing any key' ; it just restarts and keeps bringing me to that screen.


Do I have a faulty drive or what do you guys think?

2007-03-16 15:58:55 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well; I have my boot device setup listed as booting from the cd/dvd drive; but after displaying the 'msi' boot screen; now when I have my Windows XP Pro SP2 disc in the drive and I try to boot from it; it says this: 'Error Booting from CD/DVD Device...Press Any Key to Reboot'....

..Well; after 'pressing any key' ; it just restarts and keeps bringing me to that screen.


Do I have a faulty drive or what do you guys think?

2007-03-16 15:58:33 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well; I have my boot device setup listed as booting from the cd/dvd drive; but after displaying the 'msi' boot screen; now when I have my Windows XP Pro SP2 disc in the drive and I try to boot from it; it says this: 'Error Booting from CD/DVD Device...Press Any Key to Reboot'....

..Well; after 'pressing any key' ; it just restarts and keeps bringing me to that screen.


Do I have a faulty drive or what do you guys think?

2007-03-16 15:58:08 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

My computer has a 400 megahertz intel celeron processor and
1/2 GB RAM. I have done checks with PestPatrol, AVG Free Edition, Ad-aware Personal SE, and Sypbot and deleted all pests/viruses/malware and adware. I have the following size hard drives/partitions:

HD1...Capacity 7.85GB...Used/Free Space....7.51GB/354MB
HD2...Capacity 12.1GB...Used/Free Space....1.90GB/10.2GB
HD3...Capacity 3.9GB...Used/Free Space....822MB/3.90GB
HD4...Capacity 15.1GB...Used/Free Space....13.1GB/2GB

Overall= 39GB Capacity
Free Space 15GB

All Defragmented except for HD1
30-40 Processes running

2007-03-16 15:49:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-16 15:39:19 · 7 answers · asked by jarra 2

My CPU ranges from around 30-55 Degrees celcuis while in normal condition, and while gaming , it bursts to 60-70 degrees !!! Is this normal for my CPU or am i doing something wrong?! The fan is connected normally and everything is fine.

Also, i've noticed that my friend's Core 2 Duo is way cooler, it ranges from 20-40 while gaming, even without using a CPU Fan , it doesn't go higher than 60 in full load, can anyone explain?

2007-03-16 14:35:56 · 5 answers · asked by chilam00900 2

I heard a single core CPu is better than a dual core in gaming because most of the games out there only support single core.
is that true? So i should get a pentium 4 instead of a core 2 duo =.=?

2007-03-16 14:16:51 · 2 answers · asked by Brian S 1

2007-03-16 13:50:35 · 1 answers · asked by randike2007 1

im getting a new mobo and it is DDR2 800
If i get DDR2 677 it will save like $20
so that would be nice.

I know its slower but that doesn't matter

2007-03-16 12:53:18 · 8 answers · asked by madclowndisease16 1

i have an msi Neo-FSR VIA PT880 and I'm using an intel celeron d 2.53 that came off my old computer (a dell) I also also have 1.5G ram and a 80g hd and a dvd burner. I've read about some motherboards having compatability issues with this cpu. My computer is REALLY slow. It barely works at all. You can find my processor on this list for compatabilty for my mobo.( http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support_detail.php?UID=636&kind=1 ) Is this a compatabilty issue? I got windows installed after waiting almost 4 hours. Even the simplest of tasks take up 100% of my cpu's usage. Can someone tell me what is going on?

2007-03-16 12:28:17 · 6 answers · asked by dracatero 1

2007-03-16 12:25:51 · 5 answers · asked by wowwheelsjen 1

I am going to get the 640MB version, the games I will play rae Oblivion, Guild wars and CS:S... probably some other games that will come out later on, such as assassin creed.

but I wanna know will 8800gts do a good job in those 3D games I have just mesntioned?
( I will max out the video settings and I will use a 17" LCD mon)
Will it be 100% smooth or still there will be lag?

I will use the 8800gts with 2GB of ram and a intel E6400

thx!!!

2007-03-16 12:25:25 · 1 answers · asked by Brian S 1

2007-03-16 12:20:55 · 5 answers · asked by zqx357 5

I currently have 2 WD external hard drives. When I am ripping a CD it does this just fine, but now I want to rip cd's onto my other external hard drive but it seems to only do this on the one external hard drive. I cut and paste ot get them on the other external that I want, and it does this well also. It seems to take a bit of time move the cd file,and I'd like to be able to just have them rip on the hard drive I wanted in the first place, saving time to rip more cd's, so how to do this?

2007-03-16 11:40:39 · 1 answers · asked by speedo r 1

??? please tell me

2007-03-16 11:24:26 · 2 answers · asked by GG noob #2 1

I set my smart cpu fan temp to 40c (104F) and when its temp goes up for two or three degree over 40c I scare and shutdown my computer.
please tell me what temp is safe and best.
should i shut down my pc?

2007-03-16 10:59:05 · 3 answers · asked by amirmoradabadi 1

the computed check sum.

Whenever I try to run my computer, it goes to the Windows XP startup screen, makes a noise like it's about to shut down, and then goes to a totally blue screen - no wallpaper, no icons, no toolbar - with the same statement I put as my question.

I want to know if there is anything I can do to fix this without losing my files.

2007-03-16 10:15:57 · 7 answers · asked by Umbrella 2

Thanks

2007-03-16 10:14:14 · 1 answers · asked by OwNaGeR 3

i would think that there is a way to use pci cards from desktops, with laptops. like a cable that has a connection for a card, and then goes to either usb, firewire, or the card slot. i have a high-end soundcard with a breakout box, and i really want to use it with my laptop...

2007-03-16 08:37:28 · 4 answers · asked by bossrecordings 1

I have 2 power cords one going from monitor and other from cpu , I joined both in an extension and its main plug going in main circuit of my room, but when I switch on, monitor starts , and it forces me to switch cpu manually from its button, tell me how to switch both by one button i.e my main switch of my room

2007-03-16 08:12:04 · 4 answers · asked by Hassham 3

i have a 360gb hard drive i need to free up disk space my hard drive is full of temp files i have'nt add much programs since i got my computer can anyone help please help!!!!!!!

2007-03-16 07:40:57 · 2 answers · asked by imxyah 1

Cause I thought I had to have a master and a slave with an IDE cable...or how does that work? Cause the SATA drive doesnt have the same jumper setup.

2007-03-16 07:36:48 · 1 answers · asked by Mashu 4

I want to get a webcam and the 4m say they need 500mb of free space. I would have thought hardly anyone had a computer with this should I ignore it. Also does anyone have any tips/things I should look out for
thanks

2007-03-16 07:29:16 · 1 answers · asked by aajstephen 3

2007-03-16 07:18:59 · 8 answers · asked by Ruler of Wrestling 4

I mean for like public copying places like Kinko's and stuff. It shouldn't be Kinko's responsibility that you lost your original and they should dig through the copier's hard drive to find an electronic copy. I guess maybe for corporations, it's different, but public copying machines? Take the hard drives out!

2007-03-16 07:10:47 · 1 answers · asked by trer 3

i am running windows vista ultimate and it seems that my cpu usages is high to often. How can i fix this? do i need more memory, or a better amd chip? or is it that windows vista is just still a little buggy?

2007-03-16 06:58:02 · 5 answers · asked by lyd285 2