Hardware - December 2007

Well i was playing games on my computer one day. Then when i turn off my computer and back on my sound was gone. i need you to help me. please give me specific details on how to do it. PLEASE!

2007-12-31 01:51:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

its a sony
i jus recently formated it and loaded a bootleg windows xp
but i jus realizedt it i dont have any of the reboot disks
so is there any way i can get it to run normally again

2007-12-31 01:49:52 · 7 answers · asked by Kevin C 1 in Desktops

Can i like update my drivers or something?

2007-12-31 01:32:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

My wireless internet has stoped working and hasen't worked for about 1 month. For now i am using the wire for internet accsess.The switch on the side of my laptop goes blue when it is connected and it's red even when i turn it both ways . My dad ses he thinks i have brocken the switch by fiddiling with it to much ? Is it somehting to do with norton sercurity internet ? Please if this has happened to you or u know what to do i would appriciate it if you would explain.
I have just posted this question and would like some more awnsers . I have windos vista laptop if that helps
Thanks : )

2007-12-31 01:26:03 · 5 answers · asked by Happystuff :) 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-12-31 00:59:44 · 87 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

With a fresh install of XP, a lot of canon cameras just get picked up as "scanners and cameras" by the OS. I need to assign a drive letter to it, but cannot see how.

Computer management does not show the drive to assign a letter, and not NOT ALL cameras show up as a drive by default. That is a common missunderstanding.

So.. any ideas?

2007-12-31 00:23:25 · 6 answers · asked by fingerbob! 2 in Add-ons

My current laptop computer is an Acer with a 1.4GHz Celeron M processor. Recently I've been having a few problems with it and I think now is the time to move on!

My question is about the different types of processor available. The computers I have looked at online have all been either Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64X2. The Athlon ones are cheaper in general than the Intel, but is there a marked drop in performance? I won't be gaming but I need to edit and produce music as well as more general things like watching DVDs and surfing etc.

Somebody has told me the Athlon processors are less stable and more prone to crashing; is there any truth in this? Would I be better off spending a little more for an Intel or are the Athlons just as good with a smaller price tag?

2007-12-30 23:39:24 · 7 answers · asked by see arr harr 7 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-12-30 22:41:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I just logged on. With in a minute it just turned off. And i tried to power on. Nothing happened, but the green light remains on the MB. My pc is 10 months old.

2007-12-30 22:28:26 · 6 answers · asked by praveen 1 in Desktops

By the way it was an accident!!!

2007-12-30 22:26:45 · 17 answers · asked by The Red Girl 2 in Other - Hardware

Between cats sleeping on them, dogs knocking them off the desk, and nephews getting crumbs and soda in them, my keyboards usually last less than 6 months.These silicone jobs seem like the perfect solution. So if you've used one, how did you like it? Would you recommend it or not?

2007-12-30 21:42:49 · 2 answers · asked by Alice K 7 in Desktops

i no longer have the disc case which had the number on it, so cant reinstall windows without it.

2007-12-30 21:13:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Scanners

2007-12-30 20:47:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Okay well... I have a cowon D2 Mp3 player and it worked fine on my computer intill i reinstalled xp I went to plug in my mp3 player and it read it "cowon D2 disk, Massive storage device drive" blah blah so i was waiting for autoplay to come up..but it didnt so i went to my computer and i didnt see any drive assigned to it...So i went to diskmgmt.msc and tried assigning a drive too it...still didnt show in my computer but i could open it..but it wouldnt let me edit anything in the folder saying "wrong destination" and such..so I figured "maybe its just this" so i hooked up my usb drive into my comp to transfer the songs and id put them on at a friends house..but it wouldnt read any USB device...that has storage..I uninstalled the "massive storage device" a few times to let it reinstall but it didnt do anything....anyone know what I should do?

2007-12-30 20:31:29 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

The problem I'm having is that, a blank/black screen will be up but it won't capture my face or any other image. I tried it with Photobooth and iChat already. I'm new to Mac and I have no clue on how to use it... please, if anyone has any knowledge on this, I would really appreciate it =) Thank you!

2007-12-30 20:31:14 · 4 answers · asked by Shehzady 1 in Add-ons

2007-12-30 20:27:38 · 6 answers · asked by bogstandard 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-12-30 20:26:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

My external hard drive needs to come up on my computer as the E Drive but its keeps coming up as the F drive. I have plugged it into every USB Port on my computer with no success. Any ideas.

Thanks

2007-12-30 20:22:28 · 3 answers · asked by lax24freak 1 in Add-ons

for any video card?

2007-12-30 20:21:58 · 5 answers · asked by logimatix 2 in Add-ons

I have noticed that if i switch my pc on and then the monitor it doesn't display anything unless i start with the monitor then the pc.

Thank you!

2007-12-30 20:15:04 · 4 answers · asked by Invasion 3 in Monitors

make my speach out,i have a head set with a built in microphone that was provided and its a creative web cam,and i am using windows live, any help before i go and buy another one please

2007-12-30 20:12:32 · 2 answers · asked by neil 1 in Add-ons

i'v got three files, one with a .cat extension the other .inf and finally .icm
my question is, how can i use these files to configure the montior driver?

2007-12-30 20:12:29 · 4 answers · asked by capa myca 3 in Monitors

I bought the Sapphire Radeon X1950PRO 512MB DDR3 (PCI-E) awhile back, it's doing fine, however it should be doing alot better, seeing I get a few FPS (30's - 40's) and goes up to high 90's when there's nothing happening ingame on the Steam Source engine on Med/High. I run BF2 at Low on 64 player servers.

Hardware requirements (As said on box.)
450 Watt - power supply
AMD Athlon 64 / K7
Monitor : Hi- Reso MultiSync of multi-frequency monitor or any other type of VGA monitor
DFP or CRT display monitor.

Details..-
I bought this refurbished computer awhile back.
Sempron 3400 (Processer)
512 + 256 MB Ram (DDR1, 200MHZ because of a bad motherboard)
350 Watt power supply.


No, no viruses, I use NOD32, and CCLean, defrag alot. Yes, the video card is plugged into the power supply, in this order - Power supply -> CD drive -> Video card.

Hardware runs fine, ATI drivers updated to 7.12 (Latest).

I'm thinking I need to build a new computer, save the video card. Or save money by upgrading.

2007-12-30 20:10:23 · 5 answers · asked by Cool Calm Tom 2 in Other - Hardware

My pc freezes sporadically whenever I'm on the net. All other programmes are frozen except for Internet Explorer? I have to ctrl, alt and delete all the time!

2007-12-30 19:51:20 · 5 answers · asked by Antas17 3 in Other - Hardware

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2007-12-30 18:33:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

I have a Geforce3 Ti200 card and I want to upgrade it to higher version. I wonder what will really change if I upgrade it.
Also I have games installed on my PC and they only require 64MB and my card is 128MB but it still crashes sometimes. can upgrading it be benefitial to that problem.

2007-12-30 18:29:09 · 6 answers · asked by Hrant K 1 in Desktops

Ok, so I have a new comp. It's an AMD X2 5600+ with 3 gigs of ram and a 500 gig hard drive. The only problem is the graphics card, it pretty much blows. i want to upgrade so I can play Crysis in at least almost it's full glory. Will adding a Nvidia 8800 GT 512 mb card do the trick? And is the GT much worse than the GTX? I heard in performance reviews it was almost exactly the same...for half the price. I'm big on frame rates....so I'm hoping i'll be able to run it with the graphics set fairly high while keeping the game smooth. Any help would be awesome, thank you.. P.S This questions probably been asked already, but I don't think it has with my computers specs.

2007-12-30 18:26:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

Yes, it's obviously not the best, but tell me:
Is it a decent pre-built Gaming computer for my $1,200 budget?

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium with Digital Cable Support
MEMORY 3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 DIMMs
HARD DRIVE 500GB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
VIDEO CARD 512MB Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT

2007-12-30 18:23:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I am gonna transfer/migrate my old 40GB hard drive into a new 320GB hard drive.
But I'm stuck between those two, either using Files & Settings Transfer Wizard or Norton Ghost?

2007-12-30 18:12:41 · 3 answers · asked by Malcolm uses Xbox 360 Avatar 7 in Desktops

Right now i'm playing Bioshock.First i played in high settings.it was looking stunning but it was hardly 2-3 FPS.But graphics was good.My PC is:duel core 2160 at1.8 (3.10) 1 gb RAM 8400 gs (oc) XP.My graphics card produced the graphics pretty well.if i add another gb of ram will the FPS improve like 10-13.

2007-12-30 17:57:41 · 3 answers · asked by DJ R 1 in Desktops