Other - Hardware - October 2007

My brother recently bought me a new motherboard and there is this new program i notice in the control panel. It is ageia physx. what exactly is this? Is this some type of new graphic card? I already own a graphic card (ati x1300). Is ageia work side by side with ati or what? can anyone clarify me on this?

2007-10-03 04:07:52 · 4 answers · asked by herakh 1

My CPU comes on for only a minute and shuts down because the CPU fan failed, Is it possible to back my hard drive now or is it too late? What options do I have. I am going to fix the cpu but that would restore my factory configurations.

Please Advice!

2007-10-03 03:32:33 · 5 answers · asked by NewUser 1

2007-10-03 03:24:25 · 15 answers · asked by KARPAKARAJ s 1

2007-10-03 02:49:28 · 4 answers · asked by nackawicbean 5

i cant spend that much.at least up to 100$ and it has to be decent.i think my intergrated one is a pci.and i would prefer it to be by Ati.and has to be at least 256 Mb.thank you!

2007-10-03 02:49:02 · 6 answers · asked by dbsantos77 4

the computer is a dell XPS410 and you know that dell makes their own stuff, i couldn't get a dell power supply anywhere in my country and so i bought a substitute, turns out that the Antec does not work because the colour codes on the original power supply are different, so i understand that i need an adapter, problem is , i can't seem to find one, can anyone help me please, hope you understand what i'm trying to say, thanks a lot

2007-10-03 02:43:38 · 1 answers · asked by respect 2

1. OCZ 1GB Special Operation Edition DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz 5-5-5-12 Camo Motif XTC Heatspreader

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=21283&source=MDnewsletter

2.2.2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix Tracer 240-pin DIMM (with LEDs), DDR2 PC2-6400 memory module

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=6DDCAEC0A5CA7304

mortherbroad is Asus p5w dh and OCZ is only 1 GB i will 2 of them so it wil be same as crucial i mean 2 GB ..how about other thing.....wich is better ?

2007-10-03 01:41:10 · 4 answers · asked by Thilina E 1

Curious.

I have heard people talking about burning chips that can be used to improve the performance of their computer.

But what do they put in their chips? A full program or just some routines?

Can we put a full program on a chip? Can we put a pac man or space invader program in the chip? Or a word processor program in it?

If we can, how can we direct the PC to load the program off the chip? I mean the PC only load programs from Drives A, C, D and F, doesn't it?

2007-10-02 23:59:31 · 3 answers · asked by TopDog 2

just reformatted my comp and the device manager has a question mark by the media controller and a couple of other things beside it. i checked the driver, but it looks for a disc and i dont have one. what is my issue and how can i fix it?

2007-10-02 23:12:32 · 4 answers · asked by wizzpack 2

the router is working fine but the card i have plugged into my desktop wont work. i look in the back and the act light is flashing but the power light is off. i have tried to change diffrent slots on the motherboard and nothing changes. wizard tries to look for the software for me and it always comes up with nothing. someone please help me

2007-10-02 22:17:43 · 3 answers · asked by natesilver7 2

In my earlier question, I was obviously asking on behalf of a friend.

2007-10-02 21:43:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm wondering about the Radeon x1650 pro and a power supply. I've read one of the requirements of the Radeon and it mentions a 420 Watt ATX 2.0 or greater power supply. Consult your computer system manual to ensure the power supply is designed to accommodate a high-end graphics card with a peak dissipation above 75 watts. Can someone explain what this means?

The other question I got is about the power supply. I spoke to someone from gateway and he mentioned the fact that I can basically get any power supply I want as long as it fits and is the same shape as the original one, is this true?

I also want a little more insurance to see if I can run a Radeon x1650 pro. Can someone check my comps specs to see if I can fit it? http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=2900033
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102057
I asked the gateway people a few times and it seems as if all of them had different answers and they also gave very vague responses. Hope someone can help.

2007-10-02 21:35:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

is this an essential video crd for games lik Joint Operations:
Combined Arms
Delta Force -
Black Hawk Down
Delta Force -
Black Hawk Down
Delta Force:
Xtreme
Joint Operations:
Escalation
Joint Operations:
Typhoon Rising ?

2007-10-02 21:29:56 · 3 answers · asked by Himanshu P 1

I want to start all over again because I want to clear everything up. When I delete everything, the memory doesn't come back. And I heard that you can start it all over again.

2007-10-02 13:17:12 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-02 12:16:36 · 20 answers · asked by drvcrazy3 1

Does the deleted data from the hard disk go to the atmosphere? Though I have a 80 GB hard drive, I would have deleted at least 500 GB of data till date i.e. store something, access it and if not required, delete it.. So, I was wondering where does all these deleted data go? Are there no space constraints for the deleted data? Just curious.

2007-10-02 11:50:37 · 9 answers · asked by Rocker 1

i have a compaq presario i got and error on start up that the ntldr is compressed press ctrl alt delete but i can do that all day and it will go to the same screen if anyone knows how to fix this i would greatly appreciate to help me figure this out

2007-10-02 11:30:48 · 1 answers · asked by Hippo 1

I am looking to buy a GeForce® 7950 GX2 and it says it needs my mother board to be SLI compatable, can someone please explain, and tell me what is the best graphics card I can get for this mother board if not?

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00300023&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=1119310&lang=en

2007-10-02 10:49:00 · 3 answers · asked by Concho 1

one specific part of p.c,s has allways confused me and thats all the ampage and wattage that appears in the specification sheets for power supplys,for example a 350watt psu will have a chart like this
+12V +5V +3.3V +5VSB -12V -5V
15A 16A 15A 2A 0.5A 0.5A ...and a 550watt p.s.u will look ike this
+3.3V +5V +12V -5V -12V +5VSB
28A 35A 30A 0.5A 0.8A 2.5A
my question is,as the ampage on the 550watt psu is higher than the 350watt psu,well what bearing will that have on a p.c,such as supplying power to a graphics card
i ask this as its using a 350watt p.s.u at the moment and as the card requires a 400watt i think its not getting the power it should,thus affecting its performance
will the new 550watt psu improve the stability of the graphics card due to the better power supply
any ideas guys?.............cheers!

2007-10-02 10:33:59 · 11 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7

I have a radeon 1950x pro DDR4 512mb and 3800 AMD dual core (kinda slow). Can i run a ViewSonic VX2835wm 28” Widescreen Monitor with it?

2007-10-02 10:18:28 · 4 answers · asked by Balla 4

My brother put in a broken floppy disk in the computer and know it won't work. It turns on but you get this weird message at the begining. What kind of software should I buy or what do I do?

2007-10-02 09:10:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

1.Maxtor SMT3500630AS 500GB SATAII Hard Drive 16MB Cache £60.00

2.Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 16MB Cache 7200RPM £65.00

i am gonna use it mostly for videos and gamings...some times i have to turn computers off from the power with out using system shutdown ..cos i like to open the case fix something check how it working and that ...right now i am running 2 .IDE HDD ...Maxtor and Seagate ...they are seem to me fine..but those new ones are SATA || which one will be goo d ?

2007-10-02 08:45:19 · 8 answers · asked by randike2007 1

2007-10-02 06:11:50 · 9 answers · asked by dcap3 1

I am ripping my hair out at this point.....any ideas?
Should I eject the disk and start over?????

2007-10-02 05:47:34 · 5 answers · asked by Kim 6

how to increase my pc speed?

2007-10-02 04:43:32 · 2 answers · asked by cute_princess 2

presently I have 80 gb hard disk with win 98se in my c drive of 20gb and it is only 2.40 gb used. I am upgrading to intel dual core with 1 gb ram & will work with win xp or vista. i intend to not download any thing other than windows on c drive so i don't want to keep much space for c drive. pl also guide is there some program which automatically downloaded to c drive & secondly is it necessary to keep antivirus on the same drive where window is loaded.

2007-10-02 04:21:23 · 8 answers · asked by sam 3

Does anyone now to to format my hardrive in my Acer Aspire 5000? please

2007-10-02 04:19:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I JUST GOT MY COMP FORMATED.. IT HAS GONE SLOW. ALL MY MUSIC IS RUNNING SLOWER THEN NORMAL.. HELP..

cofig :- 1GB ram.
70 GB used out if 80 GB.
the remaining 10 GB free in C:

2007-10-02 01:29:21 · 7 answers · asked by MERc 2

1.What is the difference between DirectX 10 and Directx 10.1 2.nvidia ge force 8800 ultra support Directx 10.1 yes or no!
Please answer.

2007-10-01 21:09:19 · 3 answers · asked by Solja B 1

Alrighty, I've read this Q&A, and added 2 comments but nobody replied to them.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Akxl5WsWi3o.b0uI4WJcCfMjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20070902091222AACAFnm

I've got the same computer as JP who asked the question.

I also discovered this graphics card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130071

So my question in detail is.. .What do I need to know if I want to upgrade? Will I have to buy a larger power supply? Will I need to install extra fans or some sort of cooling system?
Will my motherboard even support this GFX card model? (I don't know what motherboard I have and don't know how to figure it out)

I'm lost with this technology, and really want to be able to experience DX10 games, and replay games I can no longer play...

Thanks so much in advance = )

2007-10-01 20:19:32 · 4 answers · asked by s7ryk3r 1