Hardware

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

LCD text quality
JM> You might want to try a bit of fine tuning before setting out to JM> re-invent the wheel. it seems i've tried all available tuning.. JM> First off, make sure that you have the video set to the native JM> resolution of the monitor, 1680 x 1050 in your case. Setting it to any JM> other resolution will ... 21 Jan 2008 08:57

New Nvidia Motherboard chipset
Does anyone know when Nvidia will be releasing their new chipset (I think its called 780i)? I want to build a new PC with an Intel CPU and two 8800GT graphics cards in SLI using PCIe v2 slots. Unfortunately the Intel chipsets proving PCIE v2 only support ATI Crossfire for dual cards :-(. Thanks ... 20 Jan 2008 09:05

What are the dimensions of a 5.25" drive bay? How about three ganged together?
What are the dimensions of a 5.25" drive bay? How about three ganged together? Not having much luck with Google. ... 20 Jan 2008 13:35

What are these called???
I'm interested in something I've seen, but don't know what they're called... Basically, you mount three SATA hard drives into this frame, and this frame installs in two 5.25" bays. I've also seen four SATA drives mounted into the space of three 5.25" bays. Any idea what these are called and where they can be... 20 Jan 2008 03:18

Socket 478 vs 478B
I was looking to see what the difference was between Socket 478 and 478 B. Not sure if this is the right folder for the question, or not but, hey it's worth a shot. Chance favors the prepared mind. ~Underseige 2~ ... 20 Jan 2008 19:17

ATX PSU
Bum! I checked the spelling, but forgot the subject. Of course I meant ATX. ... 21 Jan 2008 10:03

ATC PSU
Hi All I was in urgent need of an ATX PSU, and my local store had a unit labelled: X-Power ATX-700TW. The box says that it has 4 separate 12V outputs each at 16Amps. Obviously, not at the same time! Whilst it seems to run ok, and all voltages measure (voltmeter) within 2% of stated values (idle or under loa... 21 Jan 2008 13:26

Upgrading from 2 GB's to 4 GB's RAM in WinXP Pro
I hope 64bit is not the only solution since it will be some time before programmers and manufacturers catch up to the technology! I'm hoping there's a genius kid out there that will make a patch since it is evident that MS doesn't care! -----------------------------------------------------------------------... 19 Jan 2008 15:33