Hardware

adattatore wireless USB 2.0
Qual � il raggio di azione *effettivo* di un adattatore usb wireless ? Un negoziante mi ha detto che per connettermi con il wisp di zona (e quindi sottoscrivere da lui un abbonamento) non mi serve nessuna antenna-router esterna ma basterebbe solo un normalissimo adattatore wireless usb da 25euro. In linea d'are... 17 Jan 2008 06:16

Speedstep not active
Hi I am running Vista Ultimate and have just installed a Pentium D Extreme Edition 840 3.2 GHZ CPU onto an Asus P5SD2-X motherboard. The BIOS does not show the Speedstep option and when I run the Intel CPU identification utility it shows that Speedstep is not running. Any ideas on how I can fix this? than... 17 Jan 2008 22:17

Question Regarding PC700 & PC800 Memory
Someone I know is building another machine from junk parts. His current project has two sets of dual RAMBUS, 2 - 256MB PC800 and two 64MB PC800. He wants to increase memory size and says he found 2 - 128MB PC700 for $10 on EBay. This will increase the memory but decrease speed. Would there be improvement/los... 17 Jan 2008 10:58

Low-rent Battery Replacement
More fiddling with decrepit hardware that should just he snuck into the dumpster behind Denny's: DX2 66MHz machine that may well work, but I cannot get output from the onboard video--three beeps. I don't have and ISA video card to try, but suspect there is at least one other barrier in the way: the battery. ... 18 Jan 2008 08:34

pre bios failure
I have a machine that when powered on the fans spin, a light on the mobo shines and the keyboard lights pulse. The machine is a Dell GX270 and has the 4 LED diagnostic indicator lights on the IO pannel. They are all dark. Previously this machine could only be encouraged to boot by unplugging the power supply... 18 Jan 2008 12:07

Antec NeoHE PSU -- 6-pin connector Part no.?
I have an Antec NeoHE power supply that came with far too few power cables for my SCSI HDs and CD/DVD drives (all with "traditional" 4-pin Molex connectors). Since this PSU has sockets (6-pin, in a square configuration, with a "latch") for connecting drive power cables, I'd rather use cables that plug directly i... 16 Jan 2008 18:41

Antec NeoHE PSU -- 4-pin connector Part no.?
I have an Antec NeoHE power supply that came with far too few power cables for my SCSI HDs and CD/DVD drives (all with "traditional" 4-pin Molex connectors). Since this PSU has sockets (6-pin, in a square configuration, with a "latch") for connecting drive power cables, I'd rather use cables that plug direct... 16 Jan 2008 16:27

Text Size on 22" 1680x1050
I currently have a 19" at 1280x1024 and wanted to find out if the text would appear smaller since the resolution is higher or if the increased size would make up the difference? The 22" is 1680x1050. Thanks, Chris ... 20 Jan 2008 07:13

Which external hard drive won't crash and lose my data?
I am planning to buy an external hard drive, for example one of these: * Maxtor Personal Storage 3200 U01H320 (STM303204EHAB01-RK) 320GB * Western Digital My Book Essential 2.0 WDH1U3200N, 320GB But then, sudden crashes and data losses seem to be a problem, according to many user reviews on the web. Is that jus... 17 Jan 2008 20:35

Twisted cable = Crossover cable? Thanks
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:32:58 -0600, Joel <Joel(a)NoSpam.com> wrote: The problem that we may not know exactly what you have in mind. So I guess we may have to go for something like. Twisted Cable (example) A -> A B -> B C -> F <=- not straight from PIN-C to PIN-C D -> D E -> E Crosso... 15 Jan 2008 11:07