Computer Tips

My laptop computer is overheating and freezing in the process?

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:33:56 +0000

Whenever I seem to get on my laptop, about ten minutes later, my laptop begins to overheat, and it freezes. I’ve had my laptop for about three years and I’ve never had this problem before. I also rarely use my laptop on soft surfaces such as the bed and the floor; it’s primarily on my desk. What are some possible causes of this occurrence? Is it just possibly dust in the fan?

Answerer #1 & #2 are both correct in that it is probably fan related - you might just need a good cleaning. In addition the newer high power processors generate a lot of heat. Even new my HP 17" pavilion put out an astonishing amount of heat although I don’t remember having any particular performance issues because of that. I finally bought an in-expensive stand (wire mesh, adjustable tilt) and the heat issue simply dissipated (sorry :-).
The raising of the computer, the ability to tilt (I use it on it’s lowest tilt), and the use of a gel pad for the heel of my hands has contributed greatly to my comfort in using my laptop.

Where am I supposed to find cheap refurbished laptops?

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:39:30 +0000

I have asked advice about a few refurbished laptops and people keep telling me not to pay more than 50 -100 pounds for them. I’ve searched everywhere on the internet and even the really old rubbish ones are selling at over 130 pounds so where am I supposed to find these cheap refurbished laptops that people wouldn’t pay more than 100 pounds for?
Not one under 205 pounds on that overstock page.

DSGI Group, the owners of Dixons, Currys, PC World, etc do refurbished laptops which are excellent quality products. They’re only refurbished in that, they were sold to a customer, the customer took the laptop out of it’s box, didn’t like it and wanted to return it or found a minor fault and returned it to the shop. The laptop was checked, repaired, repackaged and now being sold as a refurbished laptop. I have purchased two refurbished HP’s from PC World and both have been great.

On the Dixons web site, click on Computing > Refurbished Computing > Refurbished Laptops

http://www.dixons.co.uk

Prices start from around £199.00 but some models are sold out.

Alternatively I used Google Shopping (Froogle) to find refurb laptops.

To do this, go to the Google Shopping site:

http://www.froogle.co.uk
http://www.google.co.uk/products

Type in refurbished laptops and click Search.

In the results, select "Sort by Price" on the right hand side, then scroll through the pages until you see the laptops for sale.

The cheapest laptop I saw was £135.00.

It’s important to make sure you read up on the seller of the laptops. Google conveniently suppies a "Seller Rating" to help you read up on the seller. Avoid buying from Ebay.

Hope it helps.

What is a good and cheap gaming laptop?

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:39:27 +0000

I need to know what a pretty cheap laptop is, that can run World of Warcraft very easily. I need to recommend a fairly cheap laptop to my parent, since they are buying me one for school next year. Keep in mind I live in Canada and I would like to know what the laptops name is precisely. Details don’t hurt either.

There are many laptops which are cheap and plus also fits in your requirements.

I will recommend you that you can get a good refurbished laptop which will be really nice and great in terms of money as well as in terms of specifications.

Just have a look at the website mentioned below from where you can purchase a refurbished laptop and get more info about refurbished laptops

Any efficient way to utilize the Internet connection for two Desktops other than using router?

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:38:56 +0000

As of now, we are using the Broadband internet Connection for only one PC. What would be the case if two ppl wanna use with two different desktops simultaneously. As i am aware about the network devices like Hub, Switch & Router, So it would be better if you give any other alternative solution which should be cost reductive and efficient. Moreover i am using Static IP Address. Thanks in Advance for your assistance.

no any other

How do I make my laptop hand-touch mouse not work and only my mouse that I plugged work ?

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:38:45 +0000

How do I make my laptop hand-touch mouse not work and only my mouse that I plugged work ?
My laptop mouse (that works with fingers) is weird. It automatically clicks and doesn’t go where
I want to and sometimes it even bothers my usb mouse to work bad. How do I turn off the laptop mouse ?

Control panel, pointing devise/mouse, touch pad tab, adjust or disable, click apply and save.

Where can you get cheap laptops?

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:16:16 +0000

I’ve never had a laptop because my parents dont want to spend that much money on something they dont think i need. i have to use a desktop computer and its very frustrating becasue everyone is always passing by and talking to me and making noise and i cant get work done. so im trying to find a really cheap laptop, that isnt shitty, and comes from a reliable website/store. not a netbook pleaseee, my sister has one and theyre no good. any ideas?

I will recommend you that you can get a good refurbished laptop with extremely low price tag on it.

Apart from these I will say that these refurbished laptops comes with good option in specifications as well in physical condition too.

See the website link mentioned below

Where can I find the folder of Default Mac Desktops?

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:15:28 +0000

I have a Mac and I want to know where the folder is for the desktops.

THis is the locaion:
Macintosh HD:Users::Desktop Folder

What laptop would be best to use for the Sims 2 game collection?

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:15:17 +0000

I have the Sims 2 Double Deluxe game, and also the Sims 2 University, and I plan on purchasing more of the expansion packs. I do know there are not many laptops that can accommodate gaming. But I plan on buying a laptop just for the use of it to play Sims.
Can anyone help me?
Please??

– Also, if anyone might know how to transfer Custom Content (for the game) from one computer to another? Would I use a disk? If so, what type of disk?

The games call for a minimum amount of RAM, I believe 512MB, but to be on the safe side, I’d have at least 2048– that way your game play will be seamless and skip free. I have 3GB of RAM with a Pentium Dual Core processor, and my game speed is better than when I was running the game on an AMD Sempron processor. So yes, go with an Intel processor when you’re buying a laptop. My laptop is HP’s G71-333NR notebook PC, so it runs the games better than most would.

I’d go with the games’ basic requirements, and then add an extra 1024MB of RAM, just to make sure. My old laptop was at the bare minimum to play The Sims 2 Apartment Life, for instance, and still ran it, though rather slowly.

I’d use a USB drive, also called a "jump drive" to transfer content from one computer to another. The ones today are pretty big, and would hold a lot of files.

Are there any cheap laptops that could be installed with Windows 7?

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:11:04 +0000

I’m getting some great deals from my tech friends on Windows 7. I’m definitely going to take advantage of that deal, so I was wondering, what would be some cheap lapt laptops that don’t have Windows 7, but definitely have enough requirements to have it. Please and Thank you.

I suggest you use the Windows Laptop finder to figure out a computer that works for you and fits your budget: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pc-scout/default.aspx#tour.

On a side note, make sure you are purchasing a genuine copy of Windows: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/genuine

Yours,
Tara
Windows Outreach Team

are refurbished computers just as good, specificaly apple laptops, i want to get one?

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:10:30 +0000

i am interested in buying a refurbished laptop from apple, i can still get the same warranty as with a new one, so what is the difference. please explain and tell me if it is a good investment.

"refurbished" refers to a product that was purchased, returned, and is now available to be resold.

You would have to check the warranty to see what would be covered…
I would assume you would be able to get the same warranty as you would if you purchased it non-refurbished.

All-in-all, it’s like buying it used… sorta.