Computer Hardware Forum

Ma exeternal hard disc driver jst fell from i queit high platform of like a meter and a haif and stoped working immediatly. Was jst wonderin if there any way i can recover my data.

We have bought a 2nd hand logitec wireless key board and our connecting devices is of kingston, when we try to connect our device they are not working. Is this possible to connect different companies devices or we have to buy the logitec connecting device for it

I have a old computer which is a gateway E4000. I opened it up today to upgrade some of the guts. I changed the ram from (2)256MB DDR to (2) 1GB Ram cards. I also changed the Intel Processor 4 at 2.2 Ghz to Intel Processor 4 at 3 Ghz. Now, I have issues. When powered on, my monitor does not pick up that the computer is on and stays in Idle. I...

I work on a windows workstation with dual 30 inch monitors. I would love to keep this amount of desktop space and switch over to a powerful macbook pro. Will the Radeon HD 6750M support two 30 inch monitors. I've read that it will support 1 external 30 inch. Does any one know if it will support more?

When we open casing how do we identify which is cache memory and where is bios (i.e which is rom?)?

I have a server running raid 0 configuration. I'm getting ready to upgrade it to new hard drives, and will be taking the server down for the upgrade process. Since I'm putting new drives in, I'll have to re-create the array before install, which is fine. However, since both of the original drives are still functional, I wonder if it would be...

What are the functions that human beings can do while computer cannot do

Dear Sir/Mam, I want to start a business in Computer (I am intrested in that,you know selling purchasing repairing).I know little bit about software like how to install and how to run normal applications, formating and all like that, I want to know about Hardware . I can't read in college or school, Pls tell me what can I do. There...

I'm not positive I need to replace it, but that is my best conclusion. Here's how I came to that idea do you agree? I was unable to upgrade the computer to the new flash plugin. It wouldn't work or anything else I tried to download either. There would always be some sort of error. I tried re-installing OS X but couldn't get past the...

computer hangs up and sometimes hibernate and after resuming windows a message appears which i have given in the attachment....thanks

I have a Dell Latitude c800. When I turn it on without being connected to the adapter the screen looks fine, but when I connect the adapter I can barely see the screen. I do not know why this happens. Can anyone help me

I have bought a external cabinet to get access to my old IDE HDs. Some of the disc's came up when i attach the drive to the computer. But a few of my disc's dont. I can hear the drive spinning around, but no drive appear on my screen. Why? Capron

Hi, I have been using a computer for data entry work, suddenly some key is working and some are not, have any solution if not before purchasing how I can type it temporary.

I have just bought a new HP brand laptop.It does not show DVD/CD drive in the computer library

I had just purchased an HP laptop. The shopkeeper told me that always cahrge battery when laptop is off because if we charged laptop while running it might heat upto 90% and in off mode it will heat only 30%. Is it true? Secondly, He told me that we should always charge battery when it almost finished. All both thing true , if so How can...

hiz, i have 1 Hd of capacity 240 Giga. i've bought new HD with capacity 500 and connected them together in my PC.. then i made the new HD as a single partition with 500 capacity.. both HD are Sata.. when i access the new HD partition the HD makes sound for around 2 secs. before i can access it normally..

My project is to check all computers in office and rate them accordingly measure processing speed and ram of all computers and rate them for different types of work 1. Database management and programming 2. Word processind like letter typing + internet work 3. Word processind like letter typing What is minimum amount of ram and processing...

Hello lads! Ive got a little problem. Whenever i start java my mouse refuses to cooperate. I used the windows generic drivers for the mouse, as well as the suppliers ones (the mouse is logitech M305). Please help me since ive got no ideas how to solve the issue (java version is 6U20)

I just upgraded my GTX 250 512mb video card to a GTX 460 1GB This GPU now has a voltage control which the user can adjust the GPU voltage manually for further overclocking gains. But even a small increase in GPU voltage, as soon as i start any game, my pc restarts instantly. i dont think its due to the weak PSU, because my PSU is...

hello, i have a small doubt regarding processors and clock rate.consider an example of Intel® Pentium® III Processor where the clock speed is 1.40 - 1.13 GHz.why should the clock speed be 1.13 to 1.40 GHz.what happens if we increase or decrease the speed beyond that? i have a assumption regarding that.please say whether it is correct or...

hai, i have a small query.in a mother board we place processors and other peripherals.how do they communicate with each other?i read an article that there is chip set(north bridge and south bridge)which enable communication between the components in mother board.is it similar to bus?if not what is the difference?

Hi all, I am looking for hardware (Possibly a multi modem System) to which I can attach multiple phone lines and connect to either USB or Serial port of my PC. thereafter I need to write some code in C# to display the caller ID on any of the the lines. Ultimately, this caller ID will pick out the correct record from a database. I need...

Brand new PC, installed Windows Ultimate 64bit. Within hours, keybaord and mouse randomly freeze. Only way I can get things working are to boot in safe mode - and then to make the keyboard and mouse work again in normal mode I have found the only thing I can do is to do a reinstall of Windows. I have reinstalled it 3 times already. Keyboard and...

I have an Acer 7551 laptop and every time I click my keys I can hear a faint gargled-like echo through my speakers. Even if I pick up my laptop or tap on the table it's sitting on, it sounds like it amplifies that sound as well. At first I was getting major audio feedback but I adjusted the microphone settings by decreasing the microphone boost...

I have a pc with intel core 2 duo processor 2.8 Ghz and 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 400 MHz and my motherboard is Intel DG41RQ .OS i'm using is Windows 7 Pro. i recently added one more RAM module of 2 GB with same frequency. I find that after adding RAM,it shows 2.96 GB usable. Why is it so? What's the logic behind it? What all needs to be considered...