Terminology has changed since I was last in the market for a hard drive, and I'd appreciate help to put them into context as I think about what to buy. Looking at the descriptions for Western Digital drives, they have started using the terms green and black for some of their products. I'm guessing...

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Hello, I have used this group many times before with great success. I have been given an Asus Eee PC 701SD, that has Linux Xandros as its operating system. I am unsure of the age of this little pc, but would like to know if I can wipe it and install XP home ed? I have an external optical drive...

Hello, Apperently PC's have "incoming netfilters/powerfilters" in the Netherlands possibly Europe which filter out fluctuations caused by other equipment on power lines. One design which seems to be in use is a netfilter which tries to use the earth/grounding wire to get rid of the excessive...

Hello again Experts :-) I had a computer go belly up a few months ago and am now trying to replace the dead parts. A simple task I had was to remove the Intel clip from the base of the cooler. I had used a white layer - like a soft ointment - between the cooler and the chip a few years back...

Hello, I am in the process of ordering new hardware for my two computers. I am upgrading my Pentium III 450 mhz with 2 GB's of SDRAM (yeah baby!) ;) =D Hopefully I don't fok it up ! ;) (I need a wrist wrap just in case maybe it helps... I'll bet carefull... and I will make some pictures......

Is there a table of Intel chips that lists which instruction set extensions are supported by the chip? Is it even possible to get all of the features on one processors? If not, what are the things that are no longer relevant? I want to make sure that the processor that I use in a new machine has...

Hello, I saw somebody mention on a webforum that volt and empere feels differently... I am not sure if he joking/making it up... or if it's really possible to feel a difference between ampere and volts ?!? So far I have had two experiences with electricity which come to mind: 1. Touching the...

I'm posting this from the local library because last night I attempted to do the "right thing" and run a full system scan using Avast! When I got up it was "finished" except that now it offered the option for a "boot scan". I didn't want to have to go all day without my system while it...

Has anyone here worked with these? I am wondering if it would be more interesting to set up pfSense on an old pc or to buy an old Linksys router and try DD-WRT. I would like to have better real-time awareness of the traffic on my home network....

My niece says her computer will not always start after turning it off. She says sometimes when she turns it on, the computer will not beep and does not start. When she tries again and the computer beeps, it will start. I went to see them yesterday. I opened it up and made sure the memory was...

While trying to make a cassette tape recording, I noticed that the deck's input meters didn't match, even if I fed it a mono signal. There was about 4 dB difference between channels. If I nudged either balance control (the master and the WAV channel's) the other channel abruptly became 4 dB...

Anyone got information about that "sensor" in iPod 3? -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and farces be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.38.6 ^ ^ 22:39:01 up 6 days 16:11 0 users load average: 1.33 1.17 1.12 �借貸!...

I'm using the internal audio controller on the Asus M3A76-CM mobo, not a separate sound card. For many months it worked okay; now the sound levels from the speakers are far too low (maybe by 10 dB) for external signals (like from my FM receiver) applied to Line Input port on the mobo. On the...

Can anyone recommend a free lightweight Anti Virus for Windows XP. This will be for a low spec laptop running XP so I need something that does not use too many resources.

Skybuck Flying wrote: I am considering this board out of lazyness, however figuring out how to connect the 7.1 receiver to it is the hard part. http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=939A790GMH&cat=Specifications This sentence is a bit weird: "- HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker...

Want to cover un-used USB, DVI, HDMI, ... various ports on my PCs. How do you buy these cheap in US? -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and farces be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.38.5 ^ ^ 17:16:01 up 4 days 2:31 0...

Hi all, I'm looking to get back into PC gaming and want to build my first PC. I'm by no means a PC novice but I've been out of the scene for 7 years or so, so I'm oblivious about current CPUs and Mobos etc. I'm looking to spend around £800 (or maybe a bit more) on the components excluding the...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cable-Tex-Coaxial-Aerial-Cable-White/dp/B003S46D06/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1304163450&sr=8-10 What's the name of the plugs in USA? It seems that USA televisions only use F Type connectors. -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May...