Niether Microsoft, AMD, nor Intel are coming clean out to the public about what the conversion to 64bit architecture really entails for backward compatibility and performance degredation of existing applications. Backward compatibility has been the bane of CPU designers for the last 20 years. In...

Hi, I'm an Intel guy trying to make a leap of faith to AMD. Can anybody recommend a setup for Opteron64? What is the speed range of Opteron64 (min- max GHz)? What is the difference between Opteron and Sempron? What chipset to use? Which mobo vendor to use? What are the precautions and...

Hi, I'm told from several sources/friends not to connect some appliances to the UPS, like printers, but not provide some explanations. So, what kind of appliances I couldn't connect to the UPS? Can I connect, say, my TV, DVDPlayer, stereo systems, etc. And why? TIA

Building a computer from scratch. It'll be built for someone who'll use it for alot of things, but tilted in the 'gaming' direction. Should whether the processor is 64-bit or 32-bit matter? If not, when? If so, how so? In other words, should I go AMD or Intel? I understand AMD is slightly faster...

Hi, Anybody could tell me, or point me to a resource, regarding a list of working temperature limits of Intel Pentium4 2.0-3.4GHz processors (both 478 and LGA; northwood, presscott, and EE series)? What are the normal/recommended working temperatures, and max safe limit for each of those...

At first I thought it was time to change the batteries in the fire alarm. But the single loud BEEP came from my computer. What does this mean? The computer seems to work very well otherwise. It happens while I'm working, NOT during power up. -Pete

I have a 3-4 year old Intel El Paso motherboard w/82845 chipset. It has 2 front mounted USB 1.1 ports. I traced the cable to the connector on the motherboard and it's easily accessible. My question: Is there a USB 2.0 PCI card out there that has an internal connector compatible with the...

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Hello everyone, Techlink Systems Int'l is currently buying excess of equipment and here's the following brands that we are specialize in: Cisco Sun Dec IBM Nortel

Hi, I saw on the Web site of VibeComputers (reseller in Canada), that there is 2 kind of Athlon 64 939pins, there is the standard and the Venice, hwat is the difference between the 2 of them. THey are both at about the same price for any model (3200, 3500, 3800 and 4000) -- Thank you in Advance

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HP isn't the most helpful in telling you what you've bought down to every detail, but I'm working on that angle. My current assumption is that I have an available PCI Express slot (even after the Video/Sound ones). Assuming I do, is it worthwhile to go all out and get a FireWire 800 ahem... IEEE...

I'm curious about the utility of analog audio 4 pins plug on back of my CD drive. If I run a music CD, music plays anyway if cable is there or not. In what circumstances use of this wire become usefull ? Thank you Nicolas Poirier

Hi All, I'm looking for info on the best configuration (within my $1400 budget) for using Dragon Dictate full time. I would like to use DragonDictate to navigate through Windows and control Windows applications as much possible. I'm currently using a Dimension 4100 with a 1 GHz Pentium III and 392...

I bought a laptop with a DVD writer toshiba sd-r6112 but its a + DVD and all my stuff is on - DVDr's so they don't play on it. Whereas normal DVD's work fine. If I get a DVD/CDRW combo drive will all my - DVDr work on it? I don't need a DVD writer for my laptop.

I bought a laptop with a DVD writer toshiba sd-r6112 but its a + DVD and all my stuff is on - DVDr's so they don't play on it. Whereas normal DVD's work fine. If I get a DVD/CDRW combo drive will all my - DVDr work on it? I don't need a DVD writer for my laptop.

I hope someone can offer some ideas to my problem... I received a Sony DVD-RW blank in a care package from England (I'm in Canada). I don't think blanks are region coded, are they? The blank is a Sony DMW120VD version 1.1 with CPRM I tried to burn some data files onto the DVD using Nero. Nero...

Hello I'm student from Poland and I want to ask You a favor. I'm looking for information about how does computer mouse work, because I need to do some animation about it: 1. 2D Animation about optic sensor with A/D processing; 2. 2D Animation about work of optic mouse with CCD matrix Thx. Marek...

hallo miteinander! hatte anläßlich PC-Säuberung die Peripherie vom Tower gelöst. Nun habe ich folgendes Problem mit dem Deskjet 3820 nach dem erneuten Einstöpseln: untere grüne Kontrolleuchte glimmt nur etwas, egal wie ich den flachen zweipoligen Stecker auf der Rückseite einstecke. Löse ich das...