Other - Hardware - August 2007

Most people I see posting on the internet or hear talking about video cards always say how much ram their video card has, but completely ignore the chipset. (For example they would just say it is a 256Mb card, instead of it is a Geforce 7800 with 256Mb of ram. Not understanding that a Raedon 9600 could have the same amount of ram and much worse performance.) I feel like this is a big problem among less tech savvy gamers.

Why doesn't anyone understand that how much ram a video card has is a small factor in how good the card is?

2007-08-27 02:11:13 · 4 answers · asked by Disillusion 3

Well ok this is long but its detailed and relevant x

I have a motorola l6 and a sony usb wich fits into my computer so i logged on and it comes up with the
'can windows connect to windows update to search for software'
so i click the yes this time only one, then it goes on and on until it says you ned some cd thing but i just want to upload pictures so can ANYONE help,

PLEASE please please? x

2007-08-27 01:32:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a cd drive hooked up to the HDD cable, so Can I hook up my hard drive and my cd drive on the ssame cable, My motherboard came with a black cord that says HDD so my cd drive is hooked up to it. so can i hook my hard drive to that cable too?

2007-08-26 15:15:29 · 3 answers · asked by Purtee56 3

2007-08-26 14:51:12 · 14 answers · asked by Nick Carter 4

my 7 Gigabite hard disk is full, and i got another hard drive 177 Gb and i want to know how can i transfer all data to the other one and use it instead of the one that is full... like move the C:/ program files to the other hard disk, cause the one that is 7 Gb is full and looks like its downloading codecs needed and security updates and its full for that to install. Please help

2007-08-26 07:32:21 · 3 answers · asked by LuisDRR 2

2007-08-26 06:39:05 · 13 answers · asked by smittydingo 2

The PC Link light on my modem is off when I connect it to my desktop, but it still works through my laptop. I called Comcast and after a series of tests they said my ethernet card was fried. I have no experience messing with the insides of the tower. Is technical know-how required to replace the ethernet card or it is as simple as taking the old one out and putting in the new one? Do you know of a good place to get a new one? I'm running windows XP. Thanks.

2007-08-26 05:36:09 · 4 answers · asked by k-monster 1

tranfered digital pictures to other files.
It left empty squares on cyber-shot Viewer

2007-08-26 05:10:24 · 2 answers · asked by Enna_2_98 2

2007-08-26 02:33:51 · 6 answers · asked by ♥ sk8rgal9000 ♥ 2

Hi!

I have an old PC. Spec: Windows ME, 1GHz AMD Processor with 512MB RAM.

My PC fails to load up now and i have fixed it on numerous occasions before (with different problems). Im considering purchasing a new PC but i dnt want to lose the data i have on my old hardrive.

Is there a way of copying the data from my old PC to my new PC without turning the old PC on (as it fails to go on at at!!)? Is there some cable or harware that i can use to do this?



Thanks!

2007-08-26 02:28:48 · 3 answers · asked by uzi513 1

“Drive 1 not found: Serial ATA, SATA-1
Strike F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility.”

I just bought a brand new computer with a DVD-rom drive and I usually get this message when booting up. Worse, the drive won't even open to place the disc in when you press eject (but is definitely in there, I opened up and looked inside.) Can anyone help me with this problem? I'm completely baffled.

2007-08-26 02:25:43 · 4 answers · asked by Colleen H 1

the motherboard needs to support either core 2 duo or Athlon 64 X2

2007-08-26 01:10:34 · 2 answers · asked by Simon J 1

The latest PCW TV advert says they will set you PC up in your home for £49.99. What a laugh!

They also charge 30 quid to install a hard disk, which involves opening the PC case, plugging one power cable and one ribbon cable into the HDD, doing up 4 retaining screws and closing the PC case.

2007-08-26 01:06:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi-i just bought a new Lite-on DVD ROM drive for my PC and there is no stereo audio output cable supplied to connect to my M/B--can anyone please let me know if the drive will give audio output just by connecting only the data cable +power supply cable?Thanks---best wishes to all

2007-08-25 22:10:46 · 7 answers · asked by Jamal 6

Hello, I want to preform a reformat on my computer but I tested my computer first and found that the hard-drive has an 'HD521-2W' error. I looked it up and found that the hard drive is failing basicly... a few questions

1) Is what i looked up true? That the hard-drive is failing?
1a) Can i possibly fix it on my own without opening the computer up.

2) How would I go about replacing the hard drive and installing it again with the OS and everything I'd need to have a functional computer?

2007-08-25 21:57:48 · 4 answers · asked by rich11399 2

I have a HP Pavillion a1310n with a 200 gb hard drive that has Xp Media Edition on it and running the hard drive from two wires that I have no clue of to turn on the hard drive. Ok I have a 20 gb hard drive that has Vista ultimate on it and when I hook it up to the IDE cables and unplug the unknown cables to the 200 gb hard drive, the 20 gb hard drive works. Basically what im tryin to say is how do I hook the 2 up without getting the blue error screen.

2007-08-25 21:24:34 · 3 answers · asked by mustangridah314 2

I am building a PC and when I turn it on, I get no video and any case fan plugged into the 3 pin socket on the mobo won't spin. The monitor will receive a video signal for a split second and then the signal dies. My mobo uses LED lights instead of beeps so I don't get any beeps to troubleshoot with. I can't get to the POST screen or BIOS because the video signal isn't active long enough to get this far. The CPU fan will continue to spin and so does the gfx card fan until I hold the power button for 5 seconds to turn the computer off. I have tried removing everything except the CPU/Heatsink, ram, and gfx card. I have plugged in the power to the graphics card and the 8 pin cable to the cpu socket on the motherboard as well as the 24pin ATX connector. I have tried removing the mobo from the case as well to make sure the case wasn't shorting it and it still didn't work. I have also tried with a different stick of ram. Mobo is a p6n-sli fi, CPU is a e6750, ram is 2gb of 2.1v ddr2 corsair

2007-08-25 15:10:25 · 5 answers · asked by basebll824 2

my C drive says it has a total of 143 gigs of space. this cant be right. i could have swore it had 160 gigs of total space.

2007-08-25 14:07:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 80GB Hard Drive With two partions one ( C:\\) and Backup (D:\\). However I am thinkink of getting an external Hard Drive to backup and add the D:\\ part to the C:\\ drive.
Is there a way to do this without deleting any info on the C:\\ Drive. ( I Just don't want the D:\\ , i just want to transfer the space to the C:\\ Drive.)

2007-08-25 14:01:59 · 6 answers · asked by Ricky B 6

Ok I have a pent 4 3.2ghz pc and I just upgraded the RAM from 512 to 2 gig today. However I still find that programs are opening up slow or are slow to start. Any other ideas what else I can do to get this to work better?

2007-08-25 13:57:59 · 7 answers · asked by Debs 3

2007-08-25 13:26:59 · 6 answers · asked by Yahoo User 3

I am searching for bootable media, capable of thoroughly testing an optical drive. I would prefer it to be independent of drive manufacture, and operating system.

2007-08-25 11:56:22 · 2 answers · asked by Larry 4

2007-08-25 11:03:20 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had installed Windows Vista Ultimate Edition on my HP dv5000 laptop some time ago. When i did, everything was working in order, and I was able to automatically plug and play usb devices and automatically install drivers. However about a week back, I had a virus, and I simply reformatted my OS, and reinstalled Vista. However since ive done that Ive been having problems with USB Devices. Everytime I plug in a device (lets say ext. hardrive) it will automatically search for the driver, but will fail to find it. Then Windows will look for a solution, but it wont find it, hence resulting into a failure. Hence I cannot use my USB device, and now days most devices dont release drivers since windows usually detects it. Is this a common problem? Is there any way to fix this? My Vista is up-to-date upgrade wise, so I know it cannot be that. What do you suggest?

2007-08-25 10:06:51 · 4 answers · asked by neemai108 1

I still have my old hard drive. but I need files off of it. I'm even considering sticking it into an older computer and see if it will work. I have a flash drive that I can plug into a usb and copy the files from that. I'm just not sure it my hard drive will work in the other computer. So if it doesn't, am I screwed?

2007-08-25 09:20:30 · 7 answers · asked by blutoadmirer 2

Everytime i connect a ps2 port keyboard to this computer, the "w" key doesn't function. (I've doen this with multiple keyboards) The only way i can use the letter is by pasting it whenever i need to type the key. Does anyone know what might be causing this problem, or how to fix it?

2007-08-25 09:16:12 · 5 answers · asked by hulio_jones 1

I loaded the software, but how do I use the space as additional RAM. I expected a driver or something to do that. Thanks.

2007-08-25 08:49:20 · 7 answers · asked by snvffy 7

I'm trying to meet with peeps, for a business venture doing the shizz we love. Lemme know.

2007-08-25 08:17:12 · 1 answers · asked by Pontius 3

I looked at this one http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3288543&CatId=523#detailspecs
Is this one any good? My price range of $70-$110.
Are there any better?

2007-08-25 08:11:20 · 4 answers · asked by jcarlo 2

I am installing windows xp on a new hard disk, and want to get files from my old hard disk with the same windows xp on it. The old hard disk had problems booting windows xp. How can I put both hard disks in my computer and copy the files i want from my old hard disk to the new one without doing anything to mess things up?

2007-08-25 08:02:35 · 3 answers · asked by jcarlo 2