Hardware

Replacement of motherboard VGA dsub 15 connector at Digikey or mouser???
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:33:43 -0800 (PST), SAUHING LEE <saturnlee(a)yahoo.com> wrote: My friend damaged the onboard VGA connector(D-sub 15) on the motherboard. Now the motherboard boots, but can't see anything. I remember there is an option in the bios to switch the video output to PCI slot. However, the VGA ... 23 Jan 2008 00:35

Replacement of motherboard VGA dsub 15 connector at Digikey or mouser???
My friend damaged the onboard VGA connector(D-sub 15) on the motherboard. Now the motherboard boots, but can't see anything. I remember there is an option in the bios to switch the video output to PCI slot. However, the VGA connector is damaged now, so i can't change the setting. I have soldered the VGA connecto... 22 Jan 2008 20:43

VRM implications in performance?
hi, I have been using the wrong VRM part with a system equipped with 2x Paxville Xeon processors and had experienced no problems. I wonder if there is any performance loss because of this? anyway in a few days I will find out when I get the right VRM ... TIA regards, Giovanni ... 27 Jan 2008 08:29

Win XP home network problem --- how to delete old one
Try this - In Device Manager open up Network Adapters. Your incorrect (and correct) networks set up should be listed. Right click on the one you want to get rid of and select uninstall. This will remove it from your list of Network Connections. Dan -------------------------------------------------------... 21 Jan 2008 20:10

Hard Drive Access Speeds
I recently revamped at computer for a friend by replacing all but the hard drive and DVD-RW drive. It was a basic system as she does not use much more than the internet and Word, so I chose a Celeron 420 1.6GHz with 512MB DDR2-667 RAM and XP-Pro. Everything seemed fine until after a week or so of using it, she told... 24 Jan 2008 08:52

power on password is on
i have a compaq 6027us and the power on password is on and has locked me out how do i unlock the pc. i need the hp secret password to reset it. thanks ... 22 Jan 2008 17:56

Quad/Dual Core Duo Questions
Hey all, I understand most of the basics about hardware, like DIMMs and FSB, and HD/RPM, caches, etc. and this is dangerous, especially when I decide to build my own computers, lol. Anyways, here's my tale and questions. I decided about six months ago to "upgrade" my computer. I thought I was in a 89' buic... 26 Jan 2008 11:12

2 questions : Tuner/capture card & wireless router
Hi guys, wondering if there's anyone out there with experience in a couple of things I'm planning. Firstly I want to set my PC up to act as a PVR - but taking it's feed from my cable provider. I vaguely recall you can get a card to act asw a tuner, and all I need to do is plug the feed from the box on the wal... 21 Jan 2008 07:03

onboard VGA port disabled
I plugged in ATI video card (all-in-wonder) into my PC. When I plugged in this card, the onboard VGA port seems like got disabled automatically. Now, I have problem with the ATI video card. I dont have any video port working. How do I get out of this problem and start using my computer again. thanks. ... 28 Jan 2008 15:21

TV Tuners
I spent half the day trying to install a TV card in my PC (Athlon 64 Dual Core 4200 2.2 GHz with 2 GB of RAM). I have an nVidia 256MB video card. The first card I tried (Happauge 1600) had jerky audio and video on analog (cable). I tried using HW acceleration, but that did nothing. I then tried tuning an... 21 Jan 2008 04:15