Other - Hardware - May 2007

I have a General MIDI Keyboard\pianno, from RadioShcack, how can I connect it to my pc, and whats a good program to use for making music like that?

2007-05-23 06:08:05 · 4 answers · asked by leader_of_the_four_horsemen 1

Many cables for computers have a small, hard, round filter near one end. What are these for?

2007-05-23 05:36:15 · 6 answers · asked by Dan C 3

Yesterday, I performed a full System Recovery on my computer. The hard disk was formatted and then partitioned into four ''c', 'd', 'j' and 'k'. I began by installing Windows 2000 Pro onto the 'c' Drive followed by Windows XP Pro onto the 'd' Drive and finally Windows Vista onto the 'k' Drive. Today, I performed a full defrag on all three drives using Auslogics Disk Defrag (because unlike the Windows defrag, Auslogics actually displays the files being defragmented). While defragmenting the 'c' Drive (now containing Windows 2000 Pro) I was rather disturbed to see Power Cinema present on the 'c' Drive. You see, Power Cinema had been on the original 'c' Drive with Windows XP (before yesterday's formatting and partitioning). How can this be? A program surviving formatting, partitioning AND the installation of a different OS. I didn't believe such a thing was possible. How do I get rid of defunct programs so they are really gone?

2007-05-23 05:20:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

hard disks

2007-05-23 04:16:33 · 9 answers · asked by anubhav poddar 1

I was cleaning out my computer because I got all kinds of trial crap that comes with any PC and I think I accidently deleted the sound card driver. There is no sound for anything and on the Control Panel Sound it says no device detected. I know the speakers work. I'm assuming I deleted the driver. How do i get my sound back?

2007-05-23 03:50:27 · 12 answers · asked by Explainthistome 1

I installed 2 gig of memory in addition to the 2 gig I already had. The BIOS says I have 4 gig total but Windows says I only have 3.25 gig. Doesn't matter if I swap the old and new chipsets from slot 0 to slot 1 and vice versa. Clock speeds are all within tolerance (no overclocking).

2007-05-23 03:00:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have the limewire 4,12,11 free edition and download music and want to burn it to a CD,, I get all the way to tell it to burn but it also says to load a disc into the E drive,, i only have one disc spot on my tower and need to know which cd drive that is,, also do i have to send all the music i want to burn to CD to the C drive before i can burn them to CD?? any information would be helpful to help me understand this,,

Thanks much,,

2007-05-23 02:24:15 · 5 answers · asked by SPACEGUY 7

I got an asrock m266A, intel celeron 2.40GHz, 512MB ram, and western digital 80GB. Using a fan that came with the CPU. However i want to get it running faster. any suggestion?

2007-05-23 01:55:50 · 8 answers · asked by Faisaltheonly1 2

I have a PC running windows 98 SE that keeps rebooting itself intermittantly. It will sit at the dsektop with no problems but at soon as I run certain programs it just reboots. I tried to do the usual defrag and scandisk and it defragged just fine but rebooted during scandisk twice. This lead me to believe that the hard drive was bad so I ghosted the old one and replaced it. This didn't work. I'm stuck and am not sure where else to look for clues short of throwing parts at it.

2007-05-23 01:14:01 · 6 answers · asked by deniver2003 4

if i turn the pc on, boot up does not happen. monitor is blank (no image, all black--as if the monitor was turned off), all i here is 3 beeps (separated by TWO 1-second pauses) then 4second pause, then 3 beeps again.

the pc turned off the second time today.

the first time it happened, i was still able to use the pc as normal. suddenly, when i'm about to close the browser, Mozilla firefox, it turned off automatically. but i was still able to turn on & use(as usual) the pc that day. i remember that i still had, at that time, the free/open source "anti-virus" Core Force. If i remember right, the next day i was able to remove the Core Force program from my PC & reinstall my former Avast anti virus program.

Early today(the second time my pc turned off), the pc was only open for about 5minutes, until i WAS about to open my browser Mozilla Firefox WHEN it turned off. I wasn't able to open/use the pc since then. Is my pc infected by a virus? How can my pc be repaired??

My other assumpti

2007-05-23 00:35:26 · 4 answers · asked by rev 2

after that comes it will not go ahead..i mean it will get stuck on blank screen.....can soeone help me on this problem

2007-05-23 00:08:40 · 3 answers · asked by aryan_407 1

my computer was formatted.....where do i found a Soundcard for ASUS A7NBX? pls.... thank you all guys

2007-05-22 23:49:25 · 3 answers · asked by shei 1

I have an Intell boad with 3 ghz HT Processor, IT have four Sata Ports first it has one Sata Drive 80 G.B. (SG), after installing server 2003, I add one more Sata 80G.B. Drive it installed and shown in Device Manager but unable to shown drive partitions? : when i install xp it shown second drive's partition too. But in server 2003 it shown only first drive partition why is it? Plz. help me if someone exactly know it.

2007-05-22 23:15:38 · 1 answers · asked by shafiqarain 1

Would buying a new graphics card fix that error?

2007-05-22 23:08:17 · 3 answers · asked by D M 1

Hi. Ive added 2GB (2x1GB) to my existing 512mb on my Gigabyte GA81PE1000PRO mobo, but my stytem (on startup or in Vista) doesnt recognise it.. still says 512mb. Ive swapped around/taken the old out etc etc.. but the system wont even boot without the old 512mb inside (it works in any slot). Can anyone tell me whats wrong?? When I run the Everest scanner, it lists the 512 as RAM, but lists the new 2gig in 'SPD' - what is this?. Its all DDR PC3200 so I cant understand why the new stuff wouldn't work... & Vista is crawling without it!! Ive checked the mobo manual: all 4 slots can take upto 1gig-fine - but it says 'Due to chipset (Intel 875P/865G/865PE) architecture limitation, DDR 400 memory module is only supported when using FSB 800 Pentium 4 processor. A FSB 533 Pentium 4 processor will
support DDR333 and DDR266 memory module. A FSB 400 Pentium 4 will only support DDR 266 memory module' - what does this mean.. can anyone help - and how can I find out what 'FSB' my P4 prescott is?

2007-05-22 22:33:24 · 4 answers · asked by ian_m_c 1

A- 2 main types
B- Seldom used today
C- Inserted into sockets
D- Inserted into slots


I'll admit this is a homework question but i've looked everywhere and can't find anything on PGA packages. Please help me.

2007-05-22 18:39:22 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok i know that this is an old benchmark, but i was curious on what i would get. Anyway i ran the benchmark on default settings and i only got 14446. I am pretty sure i should be getting at least 20,000, what could be my problem?

System Specs:
processor-intel p4 3.0ghz
ram-1.28 gig ddr400
video-Sapphire x1650pro agp at stock settings
motherboard-asus p4s800.
power-antec 350watt

2007-05-22 18:36:41 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thanks for the answers to my last question. I agree that 939 is becoming dated. But if I was to change out the board, what core 2 duo would you recommend for under $200 (never mind the cost of the board)? I might be able to go up an extra 20 or so if needed.

Thanks =)

2007-05-22 18:00:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My computer needs more RAM. Is it true that you can use a flashdrive as RAM? I heard its only for windows vista users (which I have) with something called ReadyBoost but I dont exactly understand what that is. If it does double as RAM is all you do plug it into a USB slot? Is that IT?? I know there has to be a catch. Also if I need more hard drive space can I use the flashdrive? And finally how much do these things cost? And which brand do you recommend for a Dell E1505 Windows Vista Premium user? Thanks. By the way please dont refer me to one of those sites like new egg I'd just like an answer not a referral. Thanks in advance!

2007-05-22 16:07:09 · 8 answers · asked by Q2 2

2007-05-22 14:31:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a HP7750 w/ vista...thank you

2007-05-22 13:37:17 · 9 answers · asked by mac-won 3

2007-05-22 11:42:31 · 2 answers · asked by fearghusm1 1

[High Tech Level required to understand question]

I'm thinking about building a desktop and need help choosing a HDD. I look for speed/performance/cost as disk space is not too important to me. I am between the Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000RPM HDD or two (2) smaller 7,200RPM HDD's with RAID 0. Which would be faster?

2007-05-22 11:36:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have 512 RAM on my machine, it's a fairly low end PC from E-Machines. I would like to add atleast 512 RAM more, so I have total of 1 gb of ram. However, the computer store I called said they only have 1 GB of RAM at the moment. That means I'll have a total of 512 + 1 GB of ram, which is fabulous. I checked my RAM slot and theres just 1 more slot left. I have 2 questions: 1) does 1 GB ram come in 2 slots or is it a 1 slot chip? 2) while looking over my current 512 ram that was installed, it simply said DDR .. it did not say DDR 1 or 2. Because this machine is cheap, Im assuming it's DDR 2. How can be certain?

2007-05-22 11:19:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

when ever i double click it it says e:\ not accesible incorrect function

2007-05-22 07:03:43 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a Lite-On 52x32x52 CDRW & 16x DVD-ROM IDE Drive, which I recently installed. When I rip a CD into iTunes, the rip speed starts well, then slow down with every song. It burns CDs quickly, but the rip speed concerns me. Anybody have any advice?

2007-05-22 05:17:44 · 2 answers · asked by lurch38367 2

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
OS Service Pack: Service Pack 4
DirectX: 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
CPU Type: Intel Pentium 4, 1700 MHz (17 x 100)
Motherboard Name: Dell OptiPlex GX240
Motherboard Chipset: Intel Brookdale i845
System Memory: 256 MB (PC133 SDRAM)
BIOS Type: Phoenix (03/01/02)
Communication Port: Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port: Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port: ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
Video Adapter: ATI Rage128 Pro AGP4X
3D Accelerator: ATI Rage128 Pro AGP 4x
IDE Controller: Intel(R) 82801BA Ultra ATA Storage Controller, - 244B
Floppy Drive: Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive: MAXTOR 6L020J1 (20 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Optical Drive: Lite-On LTN486 48x Max (48x CD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status: OK

2007-05-22 05:00:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-22 04:50:13 · 11 answers · asked by pol4bar 1

well i have 256 MB ram installed on my PC and m not in a position of purchasing a new one is there any way by which i can use a part of my hard disk as RAM as 40 GB of my 120 GB hard disk is free................



please help


Thanks in advance

2007-05-22 04:46:33 · 13 answers · asked by nick 1

and when i do a scan on driver guide it says unknown device how do i fined out what it is

2007-05-22 04:44:14 · 4 answers · asked by sean m 2