Well, here at Astahost, it's a no-brainer that most of us are in the know-how of electronic equipment or just professional in the electronics, computers or design field (for all you artists out there). However, one debate is surprisingly never debated in these forums... Now we can! Cast your vote who you think is better and what you use. Also, remember to post to back your reasons! I vote POWER/PowerPC because they have been traditionally the processor architecture for high perfor
http://news.mmosite.com/content/x/2012-01-04/when_mouse_married_gamepad.shtml [img]http://img3.mmo.mmo4arab.com/news/2012/01/04/chameleon/chameleon@.jpg[/img] Really want to have one. xD
My Laptop Hangs On Xp Boot Screen
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Want To Purchase New Wireless Keyboard Mouse Combo
I want to purchase Wireless keyboard mouse combo set, but with no usb dongle. Just want them to connect with my dell laptop using its own bluetooth. Please suggest best one for me.
My Laptop Runs Too Hot All The Time
I have hp dv6 3040us laptop with AMD phenom N830 processor. Before I ever had a computer with AMD cpu, it was known to me that AMDs run a bit hotter than their intel counterparts. But now when I have one, i realize that they acually run a lot hotter. Whenever I check the temperature of my cpu, it is above 60 degrees centigrade. I did some research online and found that this quite hot for a laptop. The normal running temperature should be between 30 and 40 degrees centigrade. When I run some mild
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suddenly this morning i powered up my laptop (Acer Aspire 5810T) and the screen is really really dark... i can't read stuff... it's really really darker than lowest brightness i usually get when unplugging power connection at the moment i'm using external monitor through VGA output and the monitor is working fine
Setting Up Laptop To Default To External Monitor
ok if one has a broken laptop screen and wants to default the lappy into external monitor so everytime it's powered up it defaults to it, is this possible? i have an acer aspire with a stuffed LCD and wants to detach the screen component and make the monitor default and maybe never re-attach Laptop screen... this doable?
Just curious, post up the specs of your machine. Intel Pentium 4 2.66GHz (Not overclocked) 1024MB Dual-Channel PC-2700 RAM LG L1720P 17" TFT-LCD Monitor ATI Radeon 9600 Pro Maxtor 80GB 7200RPM Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM
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Hi all, Am my way to purchase a new laptop, bu tin between i had a doubt either to go for a new laptop or update the exesitng desktop machiene, then i decided to post it on the astahost where i can get the proper answer. please all asta users judge which one to go for and why, their's pro and corns. Please let me know. If Desktop what should be the ideal configuration and same for the laptop also. Regards Arunkumar.H.G
How To Erase Dell Inspiron Hard-drive Password
I have a Dell Inspiron 600m and whenever I boot it up, I get the white error screen telling me I have a locked hard-drive password. I never set up a password though, does anybody know what password I could use to unlock the hard-drive? The error message says "hard-disk #***********-595B is protected by a password authentication system." I saw on here that someone else had the same problem and someone was able to give him the password he needed. My service tag is FPL8N61 if that helps&#
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PC Fan Spins For One Second And Stops - No Bootup
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Hi all, My hard disk was having some problems! If I open photoshop like large memory eating applications, after some times my system will automatically reboots! Thats why I had decided to format the hard disk and check the hard disk for errors! I was fixing the bad sectors using Hiren's boot CD ( [url="http://www.hiren.info/pages.php/bootcd"]www.hiren.info/pages.php/bootcd[/url] ) 's [b]Partition Commander[/b] option! Its worked fine for about half an hour! and fixed
[url="http://www.gsmarena.com/idc_q3_report_is_out_samsung_overtakes_apple_in_smartphones_-news-3350.php"]http://www.gsmarena.com/idc_q3_report_is_o..._-news-3350.php[/url] so Samsung has taken the lead on numbers... for how long though? Interesting how Samsung has become Apples most feared enemy, no wonder why they are in a middle of a massive lawsuit battle...
[url="http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_demonstrates_flexible_oled_display_at_nokia_world-news-3318.php"]http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_demonstrates...d-news-3318.php[/url] would you prefer twist and bending or using your fingers to swipe and tap? still this flexible OLED looks cool though...
Samsung Requesting A Peek Into Iphone 4s Code?
[url="http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_wants_to_see_the_iphone_4s_source_code_are_they_for_real-news-3337.php"]http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_wants_to_s...l-news-3337.php[/url] and the battle continues... how long will these two fight for? i hope one day these two company will merge hehe
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i've installed Windows XP on an Aspire 5810TG and managed to get the ATI Video Card going... installed all drivers, but having issue with no sound at all on the speakers, although the Realtek Audio driver has been installed and suppose to be functioning properly i know this isn't a hardware issue because i dual Boot xp with xubuntu and xubuntu has sound but not xp help please
Soldering Broken Capacitor Connection
I got a Video Card with a broken capacitor connection (solder bit), there two connections but one is broken so i'm seeking advice on fixing this... do i need a proper solder kit or a heated needle would be enough to melt the solder bit for reconnection?
One of my friends has a Dell 600m which he bought around the same time as me. We pretty much have the exact same specs, but my processor and video memory is a little better. He has been having problems since the time he got the laptop with it overheating to the point of it locking down. I'll agree that the Dell 600m's from the Summer of 2003 will get way too hot for normal laptop use. My laptop has only locked up once or twice for me because of it overheating, but his computer will l
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About a year ago I bought a pocket drive that you put a memory card into and then plug into a usb port. I bought a 1gb Sandisk memory card to put into the thing. It was really cool I could put the memory card into my camera and took pictures on it and at the same time use it as a flash drive to store other computer files. Everything was going fine until one day I plugged it into my pocket drive and tried to put a text file onto the card to give to a friend. A message came up "Access de
Whats A High Quality Gaming PC Specs
Hey guys new to astahost.com had a break in not too long ago and lloking at getting new pc currently running old AMD-K6 350MHZ 128Mg ram lol. previous gaming computer got stolen. Looking at buying a new gaming system but not fluent with system specs and hardware items price not an issue as insurance is covering can anyone help me out. Sinister Shadow
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Hi at all! I have got the following question about my graphic-card: In my current system, there is a Powercolor Radeon 9800 XT (265MB Ram) installed. You know... this card supports the shader 2.1 model from ATI. And now my question: [b]Is it possible to install an emulator or an emulation graphics driver which emulates the shader 3.0 model... of corse in a "soft" (=software emulated) way?[/b] Some time ago there was such a emulator for Matrox graphic boards... these boards (so
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so i'm doing a fresh install of Windows XP on a laptop, but setup can't see the HDD... i ran Bodhi live and it recognizes the 60GB disk, so i installed it and it runs fine... could this be a driver issue?
Microphone + Earphone On A Eepc?
How do you connect simultaneously a microphone and an earphone on a EEPC ? There is only a single jack entry ?
Deciding On A Cheap Gfx Upgrade
i'm wanting to upgrade my Video Card on my Desk PC.. here's the spec: P4 755 3.2GHz 2GB RAM (2x1GB) Dual Channel 640GB SATA HDD with a GEFORCE 7300GS 256MB now i'm looking at these two: 1) Geforce 7600GT 256MB [url="http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/components/video-cards/pciexpress/auction-414130527.htm"]http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/compone...n-414130527.htm[/url] 2) Geforece 7950GT 256MB [url="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=414387999"]http://www.trademe
How To Remove Bad Sectors Or Bad Clusters From HDD
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I run on an I-mac G5 i was just wonderin what you guys are usin pc's or macs.Thanks if you reply.
My computer has been acting in a weird way for some time, and I don't remember doing anything that could cause this hardware-wise. I'll try to describe it: After some time powered on, the system suddenly *poof* shuts down in a harsh way. I press the Power button but it doesn't turn on. Then, I remove the power cable from it's back, wait for some hour(s) and turn it on ok, until it turns off again. I'd risk also to say that the 'uptime' I get after a shutdown is someho
I have accidentally locked my MMC Memry Card with a Nokia MMC (the mobile is not mine) I cannot format it now or do anything with it... Can anyone help me unlock it. Maybe a software to help.. Anyway!!??
Advice On Eliminating Audio Noise, Please?
I have a PC-based recording studio with a very specific problem. I am getting a sort of scratching noise through the speakers when I move the mouse, load software or scroll web pages. It seems like it is coming from the motherboard, but I can't tell for sure. I changed hard drives and sound cards and it still exists. I'm using the on-board video controller, so I haven't yet eliminated it as a suspect. Other people have described having the same problem and it was most noticable for t
[url="http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/05/grid10-review/"]http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/05/grid10-review/[/url] the idea of having one panel free floating icons on it is quite cool... but seems like the OS isn't really first class yet
Are pad owners around here ? Pads are supposed to shortly replace PC's, laptops or netbooks. Do you think so? Do you have one? I guess that these things are easier to use for taking pictures or small movies and show them immediately (no need to go to a TV or to a PC). And they are supposed to be the ideal thing for these who surf on the web. Do you use one of these things for surfing? Is surfing really easy and comfortable? What about online games, is it comfortable? A lot of online games ar
Ipod 4 Touch Time No Daylight Saving?
i'm just curious to know how to set my Ipod's time to enable daylight savings? i'm running latest iOS and my time is an hour infront since Daylight savings happen few days ago
Aspire One D255e-13dqkk Webcam Brand?
Aspire One D255E-13DQKK going online to Acer Drivers page i come across 3 different makes, now does anyone know any program that will actually tell me what brand is my webcam? or am i suppose to install the 3 one at a time to see which one works? help please
Acer Aspire One D255e Bios Reset
can someone tell me another alternative way to flashing my laptop's bios... i have forgotten my bios password, i knew there was a bug with some acer aspire lappys where CAPS was the issue... i locked my boot options so i can only boot from hard-disk... i'm wanting to install Linux i've tried flashing it from Windows 7 twice with no luck.... flashing process went through and machine restarted automatically but password still there i've tried opening up the case earlier today t
Help, My Laptop Charger Is Not Working Properly
I have a HP Pavilion laptop. I bought it about 2-3 years ago. I try to plug in the charger end to my laptop and it does not start charging. I can take the back off of it, plug the charger in, and it works fine. I think that something is pushing back (in the laptop) and causing the connections not to touch. I would fix it myself, but I would have to take a lot of my laptop apart just to fix it. I do not feel comfortable doing that myself. My questions are: What is your suggestion to fi
Help! What Are The Signs Of A Bad Graphics Card?
My linux box's graphics card must be going... the thing will randomly reboot (even during boot-up) and the picture on the monitor is all screwed up... Sometimes the picture will be perfectly normal too... is it overheating or going bad? Thanks! [N]F
Hey everyone Im having a bit of trouble using Nero for burning CD's. Everytime I start the burning process, it will get say about 45% done and then it will stop dead. Usually you can hear the actual drive itself whilst the CD is burning, then it will just stop and go quiet. Its really annoying because I am wasting countless CD's on it. Does anyone have any suggestions or is it my hardware? Thanks Please help fix this Nero Problem.
I've been hearing lots of complaints from many sites about how Alienware computers have failing products that ship with the system, and how some problems occur while trying to get the help needed from it's 'High class customer service' and sorts. I can't really say anything good or bad about this, actually I can say, but not officially in a sense since I don't have one, but to those who do have one, have you ever ran into any problems lately? Customer service, on site h
Extremely Slow Hdd Operations On Windows Xp
On the first of this month I benchmarked my system running on Win XP using FreshDiagnose. The Hard Disk Benchmark showed 32 MB/s Write Speed & 40 MB/s Read Speed for my first Hard Drive & 35 MB/s by 51 MB/s for the second. Since yesterday all the operations on the first HDD (360 GB) have become extremely slow. A ~700 MB file copy operation on the same drive which used to take less than a minute, now requires 7-10 minutes. I tried re-fitting the SATA & power cables for the drives but
Recently the option was discussed to put servers in households. The air, that is used to cool the server, can be used to warm the house. This discussion makes the way the server centers are built interesting. When a person looks at a picture of servers it is visible, that the servers are built from a distance from eachother. One reason for the paths between the server racks can be the need to be able to control the server. For that reason it has to be possible that a human being can walk betwee
So i just got my iPod mini and the screen is now broken after 2 days, I didnt break it. You see there seems to be vertical lines where the pixels dont work and i need the email address for support so i can sent apple an email decribing my situation. i mean i just spent 250$ on this thing and now its broken. I don't know wat to do. if you can provide me with any suggestions then please post.
I have not been able to get my sound to work recently after installing XP, again! the volume icon is there, but the slider is disabled and i cannot click/unclick the mute. when i open the volume control i only have wave, synth and cd. nothing else, the computer reports that everything is fine! i have had the speakers working before in Win XP thanks -jimmy
Guys i have gotta problem with my BIOS. I forgot my password...How do i reset my BIOS... It s a PHOENIX 6.0 BIOS make Fujitsu. I know there are backdoor passwords for award BIOS . Is there somthing of that sort for phoenix BIOS. Is there a way to reset the BIOS. ITs a laptop so shorting wires wun work... Any help would be appreciated
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i'm just curious if anyone here has bought or used an AMD Fusion laptop... i'm looking into purchasing a new laptop but wanna see what you guys opinions are on this technology. i will be mostly using the laptop for web browsing and multimedia tasks like playing music and watching DVDs... and definitely play warcraft cheers
I HAVE A DELL INSPIRON 1545 the service tag is 9SCB2K1 IT IS ASKING FOR THE SYSTEM OR ADMIN PASSWORD Please help
Which one you prefer? If you choose other, please stat here. Thanks
How To Remove Bad Hard Disk Sectors
Well i run a computer servicing center and i have lots of bad sectors on hard drive can anybody tell me how to remove them i tried but failed many times , i have lots of hard drive with those bad sectors. well i uses some of tools named harddisk regenarator types and harddisk removal software types but they have fails to give any result please tell me what to do.
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a great number of mobile devices companies agreed on a standard universal charger - micro-usb [url="http://www.gsmworld.com/newsroom/press-releases/2009/2548.htm"]http://www.gsmworld.com/newsroom/press-rel...s/2009/2548.htm[/url] but how about laptops? i've got three laptops here with me... all with different charging tips and power ratings... and it's a nightmare when these adapters or tips malfunctions... three different adaptors... very similar laptops in system specification but di
i have an "hp deskjet F370 (all-in-one) printer-scanner-copier"; it was working normally, but now when i try to print anything, when i click print, "save as" opens to save the file in an mdi format (.mdi). i also tried to open and print this new file, but with no result!!!
hi guys, I use internet a lot. I am currently using internet via dial-up connection. I am planning to activate internet on my mobile phone. What shall i be needing to use internet on my computer using the mobile connection. I have seen that some people access internet using bluetooth. Does the use of data cable reduces the speed of internet. Kindly supply your valuable comments on how should i go about accessing internet using a mobile phone. Waiting for reply.
[b]The purchase of computer components[/b] Computer shops in the same town where the builder lives have the advantage that the builder doesn't need to pay shipping costs. Some parts are more cheap in online shops. And other parts are cheaper in window shops. The cheapest are most of the time special offers with discounts. So it is helpful to look for information about special prices offered by computer shops nearby. Descriptions to news letters of online shops helps to get information abou
Thoughts about building a computer There are basically two brands of processors. There are processors made by Intel. And the second brand are the processors built by AMD. So the first choise will be to choose between Intel and AMD. The choise between the processor built by Intel and AMD is of influence of the choise of the computer board too. Because a processor of Intel doesn't fit into a computer board that is ment for AMD. And the other way around too. A processor made by AMD doesn't
Hello, I am going to get a laptop very soon (hopefully tomorrow at some point), and where I live at the moment a tele isn't exactly ideal let alone cheap. Does anyone know what ways I may be able to hook my xbox 360 (and others) to display on the laptop screen? Aside from features that may come with it (like s-video input or something like that). I'm using standard AV cables for the 360, plus it has an s-video cable for s-video input.
Any Techie Laptop Power Adaptors In Here?
i've got a laptop adaptor which doesn't do it's Job (Broken)... i also have a similar one with a broken tip (that goes into laptop).. so i was thinking maybe i can grab the cord (with tip) of the broken one and fit it into the work (but with broken tip) one... anyone here know of any sites that might give me some guidelines on how to tackle this? i'm thinking of opening up the adaptor container (or box) so i won't have to make cuts on the cords
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today I downloaded several files, and after this I can't delete one of them , and the main problem is that I can't turn off my computer... why ?? does anyone know this? please help me P.S sorry for my bad English
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sometimes my computer switches itself off at any moment without warning it just instantly turns off i don't know if its when i run some programs or not cause if i try to save something on windows movie maker it turns itself off and the turn on button won't work until i switch it off from the back and then back on anyone know whats wrong?
Wireless Network Not Connecting
Hi, I have just reinstalled windows 2k on my laptop and have been trying to connect to my wireless network. I have managed to get the wireless adapter to connect to the computer (it has power and the computer recognizes it) and the software that comes with the card can see the AP. when i try to connect to the AP nothing happens. i am not able to connect to anything, no pings, no network, no internet! the wireless card is a Netgear Wg511v2 and the AP is a D-Link DI-524. Would this be a probl
Half the time I restart the computer in my bedroom I get a disk read error and I get that error on startup. So I just figured as long as I don't restart nothing can go wrong right? Well...My sis just restarted that computer and now I'm getting a disk read error....It says that I should hit alt-ctrl-del and try again...Well I keep getting a error and normaly whenever I used to get it I would just reformat it...But I really don't feel like reformating it...And it has a lil data that
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Does Intel Pentium 4 with a socket 775 performs better than socket 478?
Ipod Hardware And Software Question
I had a problem with my 40GB 4th Generation iPod. It was giving me the sad iPod icon. I tried restoring it to factory default but it wasn't even detected. So I opened up the iPod and tried reseating all the cables. I wasn't paying attention and forced the hard drive cable in (I know, stupid thing to do especially for me). I'm usually more careful, but now the extra "pin" (maybe a ground) at the end is broken and stuck into the wrong side of the hard drive. I put it in the c
VGA Mode Not Supported Message On Monitor
Hi, I keep getting this VGA Mode Not Supported message on the LCD monitor whenever it tries to go into Windows. I have read up on this online and it seems to be a problem with the refresh rate. The problem is that I can't boot into Safe Mode to change the refresh rate to a lower setting because it either freezes or also shows that VGA Mode message again. This is a Compaq that I'm fixing for someone and they just have the 5 recovery discs that came with it. I tried putting the first one
Which CPU Is Better? AMD Or Intel
Currently I have an Intel processor. But of what I've heard AMD is better. Should I change the Intel to AMD processor?
I noticed this earlier last year. My laptop was slowing down and it was getting really hot. It was so bad that it overheated and stopped working for periods of time. Well maybe it might happen to you laptop users. Take a look on your CPU fan vent on your laptop (underneath). Spot lots of dust? Get an air can and dust it out! All sides of the vent. Dust will cause heat to build more rapidly in the CPU in laptops. Since the CPU is mobile and since its getting hot fast it will work with the pow
A Disk Read Error Occurred. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del To
Ok, the problem is: "A Disk Read Error Occurred. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart" So, i used another hard disk as the primary, and de "damged" on as secundary.. I don't have acces to that hard disk: the model is: Maxtor 6y120l0 Serial #: y328jdte Firmaware: yar41bw0 i have tried everything i can think of, i even downloaded the PowerMAX utility to see if the hard disk was truly damaged, and no, every test passed.. correctly.. so.. I have very important data on that h
I am thinking of getting a Macbook Pro very soon, but I have heard some bad things about the fan constantly being on and the bottom being extremely hot. Does anyone out there have a macbook pro or even Macbook and have experienced this? I have an HP Pavillion laptop and the fan rarely goes on, and when it does, it is extremely soft (something else I've heard is the fan on Macbooks is a tad loud). Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide...
Winxp Cannot Detect Usb Harddisk
I have a 2.5' Laptop harddisk. so, I bought a USB case for it to make it portable. It works fine if I connected this portable harddisk to my laptop's USB port. However, it doesn't work if I connected it to a USB Hub. Windows XP cannot detect it. My USB Hub is connected to power supply. any idea to solve this problem??
DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive Help: Not Reading DVDs
Hey all I need some help and advice, Lately my DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive has been seeming up: I put in a CD, Works fine. I Put in a DVD and the drive spins and the light comes on, but nothing happens, i go my computer and it shows the drive is empty. Is it dieing on me or what is going on?
ATI Video Card Problem! Need Help
Ok here is my problem. On a somewhat regular basis I get the following error listed on the BSOD: ati2dvag.dll stopped responding if this is the first time this has happened restart your computer, if not then contact the hardware manufacturer. Well I thought it might just be a driver error so I updated my ATI drivers to the latest but the problem still ensued. I then went to the web and found that others have had this problem and corrected it by changing the CPU to AGP controller to a PCI to
Quad Core Processors, Are They Important?
Sory if repost.. I think, for now, Quad Core not to useful.. just make your money run out.. Give your comment..
I have a couple of 1G drives by other brands and just picked up a new [b]2G cruzer[/b] by Sandisk. But it comes with all this (stupid) software ... a launcher and stuff. I'm used to plugging it in and using it. And with the launching software it wants me to WAIT until it launches its own apps. What's the advantage? It seems quite redundant to have this extra software running. I deleted the files, but they keep coming back. YIKES! How do I get rid of them!?
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How To Retrieved Permanently Erased Data On Hdd?
Can anyone help me how to retrieved permanently erased file on HDD. I accidentaly Shift+delete my important file and i want to retrieved it. .
If You Encounter The Nvidia Problem
[quote name='8ennett' post='150907' date='Dec 17 2010, 07:36 PM']Bloody NVidia board in my laptop has been really annoying lately and wouldn't even power the laptop up for a few weeks. Turns out they are in the middle of a court case to reimburse everyone who has their defective boards so can't get the money back for any repairs until january at least. Check your hardware and see if it is listed at [url="http://www.nvidiasettlement.com"]http://www.nvidiasettlement.com[/url], if so yo
I have a laptop machine ive always encounter problems and i already formated 5 time since it was buy i dont know what the exact problem of this machine, i already bring this to pc shop and they advised me that i have to purchase new one thats not good on my side. any advise would be appreciated!
When I start playing my mp3 there's this 'disk error' display on my the screen? How can i fix this ?
How Do I Plan To Buy A Future-proof Gaming Pc?
The last PC game that I bought was Prince of Persia:Two Thrones which was released in 2007 if I remember correctly. It ran on my Pentium4 PC after I turned off all effects and the gameplay was very smooth. After that, I couldn't buy any other PC game because my system just doesn't support the new games due to lack of a graphics card (and the other specs as well). So I am looking forward to buying a new PC which will play almost all the newly released games without a hiccup (except the on
Hi, i installed Alcohol 1.2 and deinstalled it after a while. Now my PC doesn´t reconize my CDs but any DVD (Movies/Data) i put in works fine. I did clean the registry with TuneUp utilities but no change... Any Ideas? Thanks Blix
Alrighty. So my friend has this 5 year old laptop that he uses and he had just reformated his computer. The problem is that he can't find the driver for his ATI graphics card. He searched the ATI website and couldn't find the drivers for the ATI mobility radeon 9000/9100. Any of you happen to know where to find them?
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Dell Computer "shuts Down" When Opening Email
I have a Dell Optiplex GX 270 computer here and the problem is that it shuts down randomly when viewing email in Outlook. It doesn't seem to do this when doing anything else online. Could a network cause issue this kind of problem? I'm going to see if the other machines are doing this as well. The funny thing is that the machine itself still seems to be running. The light on the monitor is orange, but the computer's light is green and the fan is still spinning in the back. These Opt
What Is The Best Brand Of Harddisk?
I want to see which SATA harddisk brand is more reliable in handling data, longer life and fastest access time.
So my uncle asks me to format his computer and install windows and stuff. So I did like I do with my PC every six months. No problems at all, everything was working. So I proceeded to install drivers, which I had already on my flash drive, a 2GB PNY flash drive. But, for some reason, the usb drive was not recognized by windows XP on my uncle's PC, and I tried again on another port. No luck. I was thinking maybe all the usb ports were broken or something... but then I went to my desktop and
Optiarc Dvd Rw Ad-7200s Scsi Cdrom Device
I have a problem with my Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S SCSI CdRom Device under vista. After reboot, it sees each CD or DVD a blank one, and asks me to format it. If I use Nero to burn a CD, then the drive works perfectly and is able to read every media, as if Nero correctly initialized the drive. However it stops working after reboot... It seems to be obviously a vista driver problem, because Linux or vistaPE liveCD's boot correctly, and have no problem with the CD. The PC is a Packar Bbell and h
Hi. 2 months ago I bought my first LCD screen, went from a 17" CRT to a 20" LCD widescreen and I was amazed by the beauty of the image/monitor. It arrived with no dead pixels, nor stuck pixels, so everything was literally perfect, except for the brightness, which was little to bright for my taste, but nothing that couldn't be fixed with the nvidia control panel. So yesterday I was playing a PC game, and then I noticed some really small spots on the screen, so I googled for a pixe
Laptop Battery Question (Li-Ion)
Hey all, I own a Samung NV 5000 laptop and the battery could now only last for 30-45 minutes :s. I read from here: [url="http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html"]Apple Notebook Batteries[/url] that it would be best to discharge your battery once a month. [quote name='Apple'] Apple recommends charging and discharging its battery at least once per month. [/quote] Although I don't own a laptop notebook, it should be similar to all Lithium-ion batteries, right? So my question is: how
Lately my pc has been making a strange grinding noise, it usually happens once then doesn't come back for another few weeks. Usually bumping the case hard from the side then rebooting fixed it but it kept comming back. It was like a grinding noise, it got louder as the pc booted into windows, so i figured it was a fan issue and i checked to see if anything was blocking it. I tried undoing my case (after a bit of trouble finding that the case actually slides out ) and looking at the fans to
What Are The Better Webcam Brands ? I Want To Buy ?
I was thinking about getting a webcam and I was wondering what are some of the better ones out on the market
My cousin's computer seems to have a bad VGA monitor cable. The problem is that when I turn it on, it seems to be ok, it says auto-configure....then it goes blank (orange light on monitor power button). I looked at the VGA connector pins and see that pins 4 and 11 are missing. Just to be curious, I looked at the end connected to the LCD and it's also missing pins 4 and 11. Is this a coincidence? From what I found, these are what it corresponds to: 4 ID2 Monitor ID Bit 2 11 ID0 Monit
I want to cheaply put together a server for my fun and enjoyment. The issue, it must be cheap. Any suggestions?
Tools Required To Open Up A Hard Drive...
Hi, I want to open up some old hard drives I have. They are all dead drives and I always wanted to open up one to see how it looks like inside. Always learning From what I gather, I should need a phillips screwdriver, a few different sized Torx screwdrivers and some snap ring tool. I didn't know I needed various sizes for the Torx screwdriver so I bought a set ranging from T3-T10. Question on the snap ring tool. I'm not exactly sure what they look like but from the searches on eBay,
Hello. I have bought a new DVD-ROM from LG recently. But after some days it stopped reading any DVD I try. And I tried the same DVDs that it read without any problem just few days ago. And another thing, it reads CDs normally, but this is normal I guess because it doesn't use the same technology to read CDs and DVDs. At first I thought that it might be a software problem because I have installed Nero Image Drive and also Alcohol120% in the time that it stopped to work but than I tried to boo
Connecting Multiple Hard Drive - Best Transfer Speeds?
Hi, I have a few hard drives that have various media files in them. I have been wanting to do this for a long time but didn't have the time to do so. What I want to do is separate the contents into their own separate groups, but I have gigs of data on each hard drive and want to find the best way to do this. I have a USB Enclosure Drive for one of the hard drives if this is necessary. My biggest concern is will it slow down my speed considerably if I transfer from the Primary Slave to the S
Issues With An External Drive I/o Error
Recently, I acquired an External Drive with a terabyte of memory. Being the music geek that I am, I put all my favorite songs onto the External Drive. I managed to only put enough songs on there to fill up the entire terabyte of memory perfectly. However, a friend of mine decided to watch a movie on my computer. Now, I'm getting an I/O Error every time I try to access the External Drive. I'm guessing that the movie my friend watched downloaded itself onto my External Drive and it went ov
Booting With A USB Drive ( Pen )
Hi, What I want to do is to ghost computers with a 2gb USBDrive. We wanted to ghost some computers without carrying the whole Ghost server. Sounds easy but I had some problems. First, it worked perfectly in USB 1.0 wich is too slow for our needs. I found the USB 2.0 Dos driver and i'm able to load it. After that, it needs another file to give back a letter to the Drive but it change the drive letters and the booting stops there. I got a solution somewhere wich was to Make a virtual drive
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