Hardware - December 2007

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 in Other - Hardware

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 in Other - Hardware

I just got done doing a microsoft update so I had to restart it restarted and it got to the XP Loading screen with the lil loading bar under it and then it restarts, and it will keep doing that over and over and over...i cant get into safe mode cuz it will do the same thing and I cant use "last known config that worked good"....anyone knows what is happenin and how i can fix it?

i tried using system recovery but..... it just restarted.... now im stuck with the NTLDR is missing thing...

2007-12-22 21:25:29 · 5 answers · asked by Marty 1 in Desktops

Hey guys right now my laptop is reinstalling windows xp pro sp2. i had all the old partitions delted, and now its installing windows. Will i have to harline in so i can set up my drivers for my built in wireless card etc etc, becuase i no longer have the drivers cd that my laptop came with?

2007-12-22 20:23:42 · 1 answers · asked by FinkenZ34 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

im at my aunties in adelaide and im leaving tomorrow so i need quick answers unfortunately. usualy im a wizz at this but at the moment it hates me. it says there is no paper in the drawer, but there is at least 15 peices. is it a technical problem, or is it just a small problem i can fix?

2007-12-22 20:14:50 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

Aight so my PC originally had 512MB of ram (2x256MB) and i wanted to upgrade to 1GB. So I bought one stick of 512MB 3200 RAM (which IS the correct ram for my computer. Then I installed the RAM but system properties/BIOS/task manager were all showing about 768 or so.

I took out the orginal 2 and just left my new 512MB of ram and it showed up as 512MB so it's not the RAM. I've checked each slot and they all work properly. My PC has 4 slots and when i arrange the 3 cards in certain orders i a different reading of RAM (between 512 and 768 and 256). I have heard that someone had a problem where they just needed use either all 512MB or all 256MB and that it didn't work when he tried to mix.

I believe it might be my new 256DDR2 MB video card stealing an extra 256MB but wouldn't i still see 1GB in BIOS or Task Manager?

If it is my card how can i find out via BIOS? and how do i stop it from stealing RAM via BIOS? Or what else could it be?

2007-12-22 18:40:11 · 4 answers · asked by Jordan T 1 in Add-ons

I normally use a soft cloth to dust it, however, over time there is a "film". Can I use a damp cloth to clean it?

2007-12-22 16:21:49 · 26 answers · asked by Ste Bone 5 in Monitors

2007-12-22 15:38:19 · 4 answers · asked by mpblackbelt 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

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 in Other - Hardware

other times it says 991ghz and 189 ghz what does this mean ive been told it should be 2.20ghz why is it changing and what does it mean

2007-12-22 14:22:49 · 2 answers · asked by cfcrab m 1 in Desktops

2007-12-22 14:18:46 · 9 answers · asked by peacenaz2000 1 in Printers

its an HP Pavillion and its been working fine, this morning i turned it on but the screen stil stayed black, is there something i should look for? the power light shows its on.. but just the monitor is busted.. its like 2 months old

2007-12-22 13:34:04 · 3 answers · asked by LoseVulture 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a new Dell Inspiron E1705. It isn't nearly as quiet or good looking as my sisters new Macbook Pro. Is there a better solution for PC? Can I run Windows at full capacity on the Macbook Pro?

2007-12-22 13:32:08 · 2 answers · asked by Marcus Aurelius 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I'm looking for a computer but everytime I find one that I'm considering, its price changes

2007-12-22 13:26:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

please help

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

Is the latest iMac a 64 bit machine or 32 bit?

2007-12-22 13:19:46 · 2 answers · asked by Matt R 2 in Desktops

I have a ASUS Kirin-p motherboard and my current graphics card is a geforce FX5500. I'm hoping to find out whether my agp slot is 4x or 8x and also whether it's 1.5v or 3.3v. Is there any way of me finding this out?

2007-12-22 13:17:37 · 5 answers · asked by zizou!! 2 in Add-ons

I am thinking about splitting the hard drive into 2, 60 gigs each.

I heard if you have programs or games it would slow them down, is this true?

What other bad things about partitioning...

2007-12-22 13:14:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i downloaded google earth...it said my graphics card was out of date....tried to update it but not sure what i was doing not exactly sure what i was doing.... opened google earth and get this error message.... whats it mean? how to fix?

2007-12-22 13:14:31 · 2 answers · asked by RD 3 in Desktops

Is it possible to format my laptop drive as it only has one drive? I always thought that I needed to be on another hard drive to format the one I want to use.

2007-12-22 13:12:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

It was a port to connect to the wall but no ethermet port

2007-12-22 13:10:15 · 4 answers · asked by jthawk71@sbcglobal.net 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

Vista automatically detects my new graphics card, but the manual says not to install it automatically and to use the CD. How do i disable this on Vista????

2007-12-22 11:40:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

My disc seems to make more noise and the fan also seems louder. Not the soft humm, but more whining and grinding. Is there easy maintance to solve this or should I be getting nervous?

2007-12-22 11:13:00 · 3 answers · asked by wondering 4 in Desktops

same features, just the brand. I'm not really sure which one is better (whatever that means), can someone help me out

thanks,

2007-12-22 10:51:36 · 14 answers · asked by X 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

...and I can't access it. It was working fine until I had to delete everything on my internal hard drive. Now my computer's fine. But I can't access my external hard drive anymore. The Device Manager says nothing's wrong with it, it's properly installed, but its icon won't show in the My Computer folder, and I can't access it anywhere else. It's connected by USB, and it's made by SimpleTech. Any ideas?

By the way, before I wiped my internal hard drive, I had installed an alternate operating system on the external hard drive. More specifically, my internal has Windows XP, and my external had Ubuntu.

2007-12-22 10:45:23 · 1 answers · asked by Jadebrain_viking 2 in Add-ons

i want to burn or copy some cds what is my easy way to do so

2007-12-22 10:41:46 · 5 answers · asked by bob h 1 in Add-ons

its like 1 month old and i just used it 2 times so it has its warranty and its as new with all packaging

i am looking for somewhere to sell it not on net hopefully , some store
i live in Brisbane / Australia

2007-12-22 10:39:06 · 5 answers · asked by ali m 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

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 Other - Hardware

I have a n opportunity to buy a notebook for $200. It has everything but the wireless card. Would you pay this amount? Is this a good price? Help. I don't know enough to be able to tell.

2007-12-22 10:28:03 · 6 answers · asked by susan9 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have dsl, and when I download something from p2p it starts off about 42-53 kbits then lowers slowly down to 1-2kbits per second. WHY is this doing this...? It used to stay around the same speed only by a few numbers orso, but why is it now going down to almost nothing...taking forever. I have wireless, on my desktop, Although I am sort of far away from the router box, and my signal is only 3 bars of 5 showing. But I can still browse online, etc.

2007-12-22 10:17:30 · 3 answers · asked by Todd G 1 in Desktops