Other - Hardware - December 2007

2007-12-29 10:21:30 · 1 answers · asked by lizzy 1

2007-12-29 10:18:40 · 3 answers · asked by hamza a 1

So my friend bought a PC game but it needs a minimum of 500 MB of 'physical memory' to play.

Questions:

1. What's the difference between physical memory and RAM?

2. Where can I check how much physical memory my friend has?

2007-12-29 09:47:58 · 10 answers · asked by Titus M 4

My mom got a stereo but didn't need the speakers. Each speaker has a male cable to plug into the stereo (one for "left" and one for "right"). But my computer tower only has one female (audio out). Can I get some kind of adapter that will accept both males from the speakers and combine them to plug into my computer tower?

2007-12-29 09:38:09 · 3 answers · asked by juanbat81 1

I know probably seems like a REALLY dumb question - but I want to do it "safely," I just got a new PC, and I need to install a card into a PCI slot. For some ASININE reason, the PC manufacturer has TWO pieces of metal that are NOT cut, and are "attached" to the PC-case... I had the same issue with my old PC, when trying to install an extra hard-drive!

My question is HOW do you safely cut / twist the remaining metal pieces of the PCI-slot covers, so that I can insert a PCI card??? Thanks in advance for this rather basic question...

2007-12-29 09:29:49 · 9 answers · asked by hotstuffktr 6

2007-12-29 07:36:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

AMD phenom supports Win XP?
Does it only supports Vista?

2007-12-29 06:05:17 · 3 answers · asked by davidred15 2

i am geting a new core 2 duo in march ..but i need to check my system before that so what is the best to go with my mobo is asus p5w dh ...?

2007-12-29 06:04:33 · 1 answers · asked by randike2007 1

i have a hp pavilion a705w. i have one 160gb hard drive. and when my friend set it up for me. he some how made it drive H: instead of drive C: how do i change the name of the drive to become drive C: without deleting or reformating anything.

2007-12-29 05:54:42 · 3 answers · asked by guyofquestions 1

If I have a dual-core at X speed, but the minimum requirements to a game are a single core of greater than X speed (but not more than 2X speed), will I be able to run the game?

2007-12-29 03:43:33 · 4 answers · asked by Ken B 3

Well, I just bought Call of Duty 4. It requires a NVIDIA Geforce 6600 or better. I found that my current video card isn't close to that.
Would any of these video cards work with what is required?
-XFX Geforce 8400 Gs Video Card-512 Mb DDR2
-EVGA Geforce 7300 GT/ 512 Mb DDR2
-Diamond Radeon HD 2400 Pro Video Card- 512 MB DDR2
Will any of these work for CoD4?

I know zero about this and I'm in need of help. :/

2007-12-29 02:51:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

son was having SLOW issues, had geek squad over for a check up, said hard drive was full, deleted a lot of crap, it still runs like a snail, he was told you can empty hard drive(shows 3/4 available) BUT INFO IS STILL STORED AND WILL SLOW IT DOWN, MIGHT AS WELL BUY A NEW ONE, SO HE DID, NOW LET ME TELL YOU/ I SAID I THOUGHT IT WAS HIS NEW dsl BOX, SO HE BUYS A NEW COMPUTOR AND GUESS WHAT IT IS STILL SLOW,, MY QUESTION IS.. SHOULD I HAVE THE MODEM CHECKED OUT , MY DAUGHTER HAS NO COMPUTOR, BEST BUY WILL REVAMP IT FOR 1OO$ OR CAN I HOOK IT UP AT HOME AND CHECK IT OUT? YEP. YOU ALL GUESSED, I AM SOOOO COMPUTOR ILLITERATE!LOL, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR INPUT,DENISE

2007-12-29 00:37:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

when i hold shift and 2 i get the @ sign and vise versa and also when i hold shift and 3 i get has when im meant to get the pound sign how do i change this?

2007-12-28 21:32:48 · 6 answers · asked by Thomas 2

I'm trying to get a extremely cool temprature in my computer case without the hassle of liquid cooling. My tower is about a 1 and 1/2 feet tall and 8 inches wide.I'm running a intel processor on a MSI motherboard. Can I put 3-4 Zalman cooling components in my case? Or would liquid cooling be easier than this? I would like to know your opinion on Zalman products also.

2007-12-28 20:04:35 · 4 answers · asked by Ted 2

Hi There, I have purchased a new motherboard (ECS NF650iSLIT-A) and a new case, the case has front usb ports, but im a bit confused, the USB headers have 10 pins (#9 is blank) but my case cables only have 4 (1 has 3 labeld as follows: VCC, USB- and USB+ and 1 solo labeld GND) i just dont know which pins to put it in, the manual isnt very clear and i dont want to ruin my nice new board

2007-12-28 20:03:57 · 1 answers · asked by Chalkie 1

Ok i upgraded from a Intel Celeron d 351 3.20Ghz to a Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.20Ghz up and running for 2 weeks now and when i go to play my divx & xvid movies my screen sometimes messes up the video dosent but when i play my dvds they play fine i think i need a good video card iam not useing a video card just my onboard video i havent played games yet cause i need a good video card you guys think that might be the problem with my divx & xvid movies

2007-12-28 19:09:11 · 3 answers · asked by F K 1

i was wondering because i ordered
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150252
and it doesn't say there is any

2007-12-28 18:42:35 · 1 answers · asked by wwwwwwweeeeee 2

I will buy my video card but I dont know what kind of motherboard I have, u need to know whatt kind of mother board u have to know what kind of video card u need.. agp? or pci? is that correct is this the two kind? I dont know my mother board!! help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

2007-12-28 18:24:55 · 4 answers · asked by Andrew James Ramirez 2

hello i recently purchased a AGP HIS Radeon 9250 video card. i have a compaq presario s3000nx and intergrated s3graphics i put the agp card in and attatched the vga cord to it but the monitor remains in standby. it doesnt make an attempt to turn on when i click the power button. i have tested it on 2 monitors and used 2 vga cords to test if it was a cord problem. i have a phoenix award bios version 6. is there somthing that i have to do in the bios or something else that i dont know about?

my power supply is 250 watts
i have a fic am35 motherboard
amd athlon 2000+

2007-12-28 16:44:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just wondering..

2007-12-28 15:36:22 · 7 answers · asked by xssy 3

Would it be better to have 4GB of some slow ram or 2GB of some ram that is twice as fast as the other ram when i think about it, it seems the same to me ...

2007-12-28 14:19:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-28 10:48:18 · 1 answers · asked by Love It To Death 2

Below is some information about my computer that I got off of (www. systemrequirementslab .com /referrer /srtest). The site said that my video card can't play the game but my mother's old computer can. Can I take the video card from her old computer and put it into my laptop, which is an HP Pavilion dv6000? Her video card is a 128 MB DDR ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (RADEON 9800 AGP (0x4E48)) and her old computer is a Dell Dimension 4600.

Current Video Card: Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family

Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium (Build 6000)

CPU: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz

CPU Speed: 1.66 GHz Performance Rated at 3.24 GHz

System RAM: 2.0 GB

In short I want to know if I can take the video card out of my mother's computer and put it into my laptop. Can I do it myself or should I pay someone and how much would that cost? Can I also take out the RAM, CPU, or other componets and put them in my laptop?

Thank you for reading.

2007-12-28 08:13:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to change my card, the current one i have now is this one: Intel(R) 82865G graphics controller, it doesnt support some new things that I need to use, so I was wondering if this one is better, http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.d... I know it's cheap, but i just need it to work, that's all, and if not that one, is this one also good http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.d... Any help would be great..

2007-12-28 05:44:46 · 2 answers · asked by :D 5

My PC is 3 years old and I know it has 192 ram. I'd like to install more but I don't know how to find out the Max it can take. Is there a file or setting I can check to find the answer?

Thanks for any help

2007-12-28 03:48:27 · 8 answers · asked by Gravy B 2

I have the windows XP disk.

2007-12-28 03:35:34 · 6 answers · asked by nickoname 2

this is the following components it has:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230205091238&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=013

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330199234963&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110208558110&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=001

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280178122428&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=018

the motherboard is:
http://microdirect.co.uk/(26681)Gigabyte-GAN650SLIDS4L-motherboard-nForce.aspx

how many watts doesit require for a case???

2007-12-28 02:55:40 · 5 answers · asked by irish dubliner 2

I just got a bamboo tablet and it rocks! It came with a few extra tips for the pen, but I have no idea how to get the pen apart to change it. It doesn't need to be changed, but I just want to know.
Can anyone help? Thanks

2007-12-28 02:26:05 · 1 answers · asked by Abe U 1

I want opinions. We all know that both AMD and Intel make "brains" for computers and many high-tech devices, and technology is still growing by the minute. So the following are a few reasons why I think this is possible.

1. AMD has an A, and Intel has an I.
2. Both are doing and inventing things that are getting near to Artificial Intelligence
3. The Word "Intel" can be found in the word "Intelligence"
4. Both have rumored to cooperate with each other
5. Things are developing which we don't know of inside them.

By these factors, I' m starting to think that Artificial Intelligence is coming sooner than we expected. Or, is this just pure coincidence. I really need your opinions.

2007-12-28 01:14:26 · 4 answers · asked by chilam00900 2

I have a Dell Inspriron 9100. I want to upgrade my hard drive and my ram. Now do I need to use a certain kind of hard drive and ram? Will everything on my hard drive now transfer over to my new hard drive? I use this for work and home and have tons of programs and documents I would hate to start all over agian.

Please let me know if you have any ideas?

2007-12-28 00:48:23 · 2 answers · asked by duh..... 1