Other - Hardware - July 2007

ok, We know that RAM usually is 333MHz or 450, 667 or even 800MHz, and CPU speeds are usually 1.8GHz or 3.0GHz.

but what is the usual motherboard main speed, the FSB speed range?

Also, is the FSB the North Bridge in the Accelerated Hub Architecture?

2007-07-28 05:59:34 · 5 answers · asked by D *)sukky 3

My hard drive just went kaput. If I get a new one and install it, how do I extract the information from the old one to put onto my new one? Is this possible? Please help.

2007-07-28 05:30:08 · 4 answers · asked by Lance Goodie 1

2007-07-28 04:12:50 · 3 answers · asked by madz276 1

I am going to buy the E6850 chip as the price is MUCH lower than the top Quad-core chip and the performance differences are neglible. ...however, as Quad Core support games are going to be released in the next few years or so, I would hate to have to buy a new computer to take full advantage of it. Are there any motherboards that support the 1333MHz FSB and are easily upgradeable to a quad-core chip when the prices drop?

2007-07-28 04:03:05 · 3 answers · asked by Uzi900 2

2007-07-28 04:00:09 · 2 answers · asked by runner1 6

looked at the minimum requirements for a game i will order, our pc's RAM is 248mb (yes i know its terrible), and the minimum req. for the game is 256mb RAM.
Does it matter if i'm 8mb out??? everything else is covered (graphics card etc.)

2007-07-28 01:41:55 · 5 answers · asked by Jon 3

thinking of upgrading from my 15 inch

2007-07-28 01:11:22 · 5 answers · asked by I AM BACK 7

2007-07-27 22:51:26 · 6 answers · asked by kim 1

My nano is completely dead. The buttons don't work, the screen doesn't work, and the boot up doesn't work. My question is: can I make it an external harddrive w/o being able to open the files? It is unrecognized by windows, but shows up in management. What drivers or files can I get to fix this.

NOTES: I have the latest itunes and ipod updater.
It shows up in the pop up window, but not in "My Computer".
IT IS DEAD...except for the usb and harddrive.
I just want a harddrive, not an ipod.

2007-07-27 13:12:38 · 2 answers · asked by murdok_007 2

I would like to format my WINDOWS XP hard drive so that i may run Linux.
My Drive Label Is PRESARIO
Does anyone know how top format my hard drive?

2007-07-27 12:31:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I recently bought and installed a new DVD-RW drive, Pioneer DVR-112D. It's the only drive plugged into my secondary IDE channel and it's set to master. The computer recognizes it, its name is listed in device manager and everything... but it cannot read or write CDs and DVDs. For example, when i try to play an audio CD in windows media player, the tracklist comes up with the songnames and evertying in the playlist window, but then it says "Windows Media Player cannot read the CD. The disc might be dirty or damaged or the CD drive might be malfunctioning." When I try to burn a CD using Nero, it says "Burn process failed" and the blank CD is then ruined. I've tried firmware update, but it does not help.

I also recently bought and returned a Sony DRU-820A burner and ran into similar problems, which probably means the problem is not the drives but my computer.

Do you think a BIOS upgrade may solve the problem?

2007-07-27 12:03:43 · 6 answers · asked by tzz1985 2

Can you use an adapter to connect the moniter through COM A or B port? Or a USB port. Do all MOBO's have On Board Video or do they have to specify it? I know most have On Board Sound but I haven't seen On Board Video on mine. This is a MOBO that a few years old. Someone said to connect to On Board Video instead of a Graphics card. As I am having trouble figuring out a AGP problem.

2007-07-27 11:07:48 · 2 answers · asked by Whobie Whatie 2

Can anybody point me in the direction for getting specs for this motherboard, c51mcp51-6a61hm39c-00. Its in my vista Dimension e521 with a dual-core amd.

2007-07-27 07:08:46 · 4 answers · asked by Noah 2

What is the best PCI 16x graphics card i can get for around 100$? Ive been looking at a geforce 7600GT lately, but i wanna make sure i get a good deal
Can you also include a link to the graphics card you think i should get?
Thanks!

2007-07-27 05:26:24 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

or any program that will allow me to print music score and connect keyboard to midi. and playback music on pc

2007-07-27 03:26:36 · 1 answers · asked by johnamccafferty 1

2007-07-27 03:15:43 · 7 answers · asked by Abbas 1

Whats a good program to over clock a graphics card?

Im thinkin of gettin, and over clocking a 256MB Palit AT-FX GeForce 8600GT PCI-E

And if i did overclock it, how much would u reccomend me to overclock it too, to be on the safe side.
And would i need a better cooler or anything new to keep the OC'd GPU in good form and safe?

2007-07-27 02:44:45 · 3 answers · asked by ChrisW 3

2007-07-26 22:45:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a PCI-E socket before anyone asks.

I play a few games, such as need for speed carbon, f.e.a.r, football manager and some online games such as runescape.

I just want a fairly cheap graphics card which has enough power to keep me going with that card for a few years.

So whats better, ATi OR nVidia?

And for what i want a graphics card for, what would suffice me perfectly?

I have a £60-£70 budget (Approx. $120-140USD.)

I have looked at dx10 cards such as the nVidia 8600 range, and thr dx10 ATi cards such as the HD2600 range.

I have also looked at the ATi x1950 range of cards, and would one of these 3 cards i mentioned be ok...

the 1950 is more expensive, and i dont kno if i need it to be that good.

Thanks.
I have also looked at the nVidia dx9 cards around the price but can only find the 7600 range, which according to the latest custompc magazine it says it cant handle modern games very well.

2007-07-26 22:21:04 · 5 answers · asked by ChrisW 3

2007-07-26 21:50:31 · 5 answers · asked by rajput_prash 1

I replaced a bad drive on a server that has four RAID 5 drives + 1 hot swapable drive. It is running centOS 5.0 How do I confirm that the new drive is re-building and when it is finished re-building? Is there a linux command that will show this?

2007-07-26 21:40:23 · 3 answers · asked by samrramsey 1

Can I change my computer processor from Pentium 4 to Core 2 Duo ???

2007-07-26 21:34:28 · 6 answers · asked by Takumi F 1

I'm thinking of buying a new desktop and would like to know more about this Intel Core duo / quad chip. How much faster is it compared to the other memory chips? What does it do exactly? Please help a brother out !!

2007-07-26 21:18:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-26 19:54:02 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-26 19:32:40 · 3 answers · asked by lauren nerisse 1

The USB ports are working properly but cannot detect when i plug any device.

2007-07-26 17:11:49 · 11 answers · asked by glennfred 1

DVD's-
Sony 4.7 GB DVD-R DVD's

DVD Writer Drive-
HP DVD Writer dvd300i

Computer-
HP Pavillion a530n running Windows XP Home Edition

Anything else that might not be right for burning stuff onto DVD's?

2007-07-26 16:31:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a Gigabyte 7100GS Nvidia Graphics Card...

On the cover it says it can support up to 512mb RAM, how do i enable this.?

2007-07-26 16:07:21 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Alright i just bought a new dvd burner that uses ide. I want to use an eide cable on it but ive notice some have a closed pin hole, like this:

http://www.karbosguide.com/images/u1878.jpg

How will that eide cable work when there is a pin in the place where the closed pin hole is

2007-07-26 15:43:33 · 3 answers · asked by Xboxman33 2

I have a Sapphire Radeon X800GTO 256mb GDDR3 AGP video card. When I'm playing World of Warcraft my video just dies after 30minutes and the monitor goes into stand by. My drivers are all up-to-date and I've tried both Omega and Catalyst and I've tried older drivers, nothing works. If I can get the task manager up really fast before the monitor sleeps then my computer acts like the video card drivers were uninstalled until I restart the computer. Windows XP says the source of the problem is ati2mag.sys . I'm not the greatest with this kind of stuff so I don't know how to fix it, though I built this computer. My CPU is an AMD Venice 3000+ (2.0GHz) Socket 754, Gigabyte K8NS motherboard, 2GB ddr400 memory, 650w psu. I'm not sure what could be causing this, it started about 3 weeks ago. Any help you guys can give would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

2007-07-26 15:38:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous