Other - Hardware - December 2007

2007-12-23 02:37:56 · 3 answers · asked by Daniel P 1

it seems my mobo has no connection for SATA, the stuff was bought five years ago, P4S8X.
and i had this hard drive which i want to recover which is (unfortunately in my system's case) SATA.
IDE is the master. please help me.

2007-12-22 22:15:52 · 4 answers · asked by jonesdollesin 1

If I use a stanard keyboard that plugs in to the computer it will work perfect. I only have trouble when I use a wireless keyboard. It seems to be when I plug the receiver for the keyboard in to the USB port. If I unplug the receiver from the computer first then start up the computer and plug the receiver in after it as started up it will work o.k. I think it may be something in the BIOS settings but not sure.

2007-12-22 21:45:29 · 3 answers · asked by PC 3

If you are going to answer this question...please read these details to see what I have already tried. Thanks in advance.

My system has two optical drives: a DVD ROM drive and a Multi Drive.

The Multi Drive recognizes disks with data on it, but if I put a blank disk in, it plays dumb. If I try to drag and drop files via My Computer, I get the Drive Inaccessible error.

Disk Management shows the DVD ROM drive and the capacity of the disk, but the Multi Drive shows zip (except that the drive exists...but no capacity, nothing in properties, etc).

It's not the drive itself, as I have interchanged another drive that was sitting around. They both play the same game.

I tried Master/Slave settings, and Cable Select settings. Nothing.

Nothing obvious in BIOS/CMOS either.

Does anybody have any other ideas? This is driving me crazy.

2007-12-22 14:37:47 · 1 answers · asked by powhound 7

please help

2007-12-22 13:23:38 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

hello ..
I have ATi Radeon 9550 on my desktop pc .. I have the latest driver for it and I use the ATi Tool to overclock it .. and its work fine ... but when I play these two games (Need For Speed Most Wanted and FIFA 08 ) something looks wrong .. in NFS the shadows looks aguly even when I enable the Anti-aliasing and smoke of the wheels is black !!! I dont know how to fix it .. I tried to enable and disable many options in the game but still have same ptoblem .. On FIFA08 , the colors looks very bright .. players skins is looking bad and the ball is bright white .. while its supposed to be silver !!!

Please help ...
thanks

2007-12-22 10:31:23 · 2 answers · asked by Radwan R 1

In my neighborhood or more specifically.... my phone number according to the phone company website says that I am able to receive 3 different speeds of service. 550 kbps being the slowest and 10mbps being the fastest in my neighborhood....., what does the telephone guy do to change the speeds that I can receive....., is there a filter of some sorts or a different dsl modem that allows a higher speed or is there a combination of the two......, what does he/she change outside or inside to make this happen????

2007-12-22 10:03:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i need directx 9.0c compatible graphics adapter too run my sims. how do i get that? please help!!!!!!

2007-12-22 08:53:03 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Currently running XP and will not go out and buy a cd

2007-12-22 08:25:30 · 3 answers · asked by kathyquigg55 1

i have a notice saying , " windows explorer is currently running with add-ons disabled " should i enable it

2007-12-22 08:01:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have 2 questionsm if u dont mind answering
When i play a game that my pc must easily run, and when the default settings in the games Set to "High", that means the my pc can run the game soomthly on High Graphic but it doesn't?? i dont know why?? my friends said that my pc temp is High, it sometimes up to 44?? so are they right??
and i want a program than measures the Temp in the windows??

2nd questions: i have 1GB of Ram but there's only about 750MB left?? though i dont run any majer program?? is this a reason for the game being not smooth??

Thnx Alot........

2007-12-22 06:40:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay so i have this old computer i'm trying to upgrade its components. But i do not know whether y motherboard is compatable with the parts i want to connect. Where do i go to find info about my motherboard? Is it something written somewhere on the actual motherboard or can i search it through my computer? Where can i find my motherboard info which tells me what its compatable with?

2007-12-22 06:33:32 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Someone told me you have to buy new ones eventually. Is this true? I know the higher the joule rating the better the protection.

2007-12-22 06:24:13 · 2 answers · asked by Nemo the geek 7

2007-12-22 06:12:29 · 15 answers · asked by Patricia G 1

2007-12-22 05:15:46 · 2 answers · asked by jason w 1

Computer shows speakers working. But I get no sound.

2007-12-22 05:14:19 · 2 answers · asked by jojoyo 1

I bought a new SATA hard disk to add to my current 160 GB SATA hard disk. CMOS and device manager apears to detect my new hard disk. So i look up at "My Computer" to format my new hard disk but is nowhere to be found. Only my DVD drives and old partitioned hard disk can be found. What do I do to finally use my new hard disk?

2007-12-22 02:06:43 · 4 answers · asked by J_Lo 2

I have a sundisk Cruzer Micro usb flash drive 4.0 GB, My question is will this serve as more space on my computer drive?? And if so how do I use it? do I just Plug it in and go? Please inform, I know nothing of this type of stuff, Please explain in detail if possible,, thanks much,

2007-12-21 23:29:17 · 4 answers · asked by SPACEGUY 7

ok, my mobo supports Serial ATA (SATA) andPATA....i already have a PATA hdd installed now i bought another one to make my space bigger......the SATA hdd i bought doesen't come with a sata cable, how much will that cost me? and can my pc work if one hdd is PATA and the other one is SATA (my mobo supports both PATA and SATA) pls help

2007-12-21 22:59:21 · 2 answers · asked by cuddly_bears 1

just wondering which would be better using two identical 1gb DIMM or a single 2gb DIMM

2007-12-21 17:38:31 · 6 answers · asked by alex o 1

I m in trouble I need ur help.
I hav problem that when i m trying to start PC harddisk light and power light is on and cpu fan - SMPS fan also working but no Display in monitor and Monitor light is blinking.
I have checked Cable, Battery, RAM, SMPS, but problem is not solved.
PLZ HELP ME TO SHORT OUT this PROBLEM

I WILL BE THANKFUL TO U.

2007-12-21 15:40:23 · 4 answers · asked by vinayak pawaskar 1

I am trying to buy a hard drive to do the sam e thing the flash drives do. I want to be able to transfer files from one computer to the next. I need a drive that is compatable with Vista and laptops.

2007-12-21 13:15:41 · 2 answers · asked by tonikaarcher 1

Why are there so many different colored Ethernet cables? I see some in black, red, silver, blue, etc. Is the color only for decoration, or do the colors mean something? If so, what?

2007-12-21 11:36:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-21 11:08:40 · 9 answers · asked by david 2

PC keeps rebooting. I have tried all the options like safe mode, normal mode, boot to windows, system recovery disc, etc. It just keeps rebooting. Tried F2 key and F8 key. No luck. Help PLEASE!!

2007-12-21 10:56:31 · 4 answers · asked by gene53107 5

Q6700 (2.66 GHz) vs QX6700 (2.66 GHz)
I have a basic understanding of computers but please try to put answers in as plain of terms as possible.

2007-12-21 09:07:57 · 1 answers · asked by mudsplitter 3

2007-12-21 08:03:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

really want to know

2007-12-21 07:46:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

this the first time i am puting a system ..so i need some info about the rom how do i know its good one wht speed must it has ? which one shoud i get SATA or IDE ...

also i saw this one the net i sit any good ?LiteOn 20x LightScribe Kit

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD+Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/LiteOn+20x+LightScribe+Kit+?productId=26558

2007-12-21 04:59:28 · 4 answers · asked by randike2007 1

I have an external hard drive that I want to reformat. When I plug it in, three letters come up as if I plugged in three different drives. I am somewhat familiar with drive partitions; I know what they are but I don't know how to create or remove them. I would like to reformat the drive so it acts like one drive. Is there an easy way to do this in Windows XP without a third party software? Like I said I don't care about the data currently on the drive.

2007-12-21 04:26:42 · 6 answers · asked by Sloth 3