Hardware

Informations about hardware, about computers, about configurations...
Easy way to find what you need, or find answer on your problems about hardware... http://comp-hardware.blogspot.com/ ... 1 Feb 2008 00:41

Help unlocking hard drive
I have a Seagate ST3500630A hard drive (1/2Tb) purchased less than a week ago on ebuyer. And the summary is I've managed to lock it whilst building an Xbox Media Centre. And I can't unlock it. I have the password from the Xbox's eeprom but that's not working - neither is xboxscene, the master password set by the lo... 1 Feb 2008 19:14

taketv and skip function
Does anyone know of if the TakeTV product has a skip function so I can skip forward 5 or more minutes ahead. tia, Pete ... 1 Feb 2008 00:41

Boot Up Fan Noise
Immediately after "Post", I get very loud fan noise. The system is about a year old using a NVidia 6600GT, AMD 3700, and there is a case fan. Can someone tell me which fan is probably the culprit ?? ... 1 Feb 2008 09:45

Switch vs Router?
I notice that Switches and Routers are being marketed to do what looks like pretty much the same thing. What is the difference? Why would one choose one over the other? Thanks Gecko ... 1 Feb 2008 17:01

leaking current
Just a technical question.. Due to some problems with my laptop I ended up accidentally doing an experiment. I wore my headphone and touched the metallic(male pin?) end of the headphone to the usb ports and other exposed metaalic parts of my laptop. Result - I could hear static. even when the laptop was turne... 1 Feb 2008 00:41

Wireless card IP and DNS is getting reset
I recently bought a D-Link dsl-2640b wireless router with built in modem and have a Windows XP. It is currently configured properly and I am able to access the internet without any problem using *wired* access. The problem is with wireless access and I think I found a clue. It appears that I cannot access the *int... 28 Jan 2008 18:48

The Day My Computer Died
I've always been a skeptic when it comes to technology, especially computers and the Information Age. I used to think it was crazy how people would put their total faith into a machine, some even more so than in their faith in humanity. Human beings are flawed, imperfect creatures. I say this in a positive way beca... 27 Jan 2008 09:37

crucial memory ...
hi, I was trying to buy some memory from Crucial see www.crucial.com and I am shocked by their selling "strategy" they change the price incredibly from one day to the other. I completed an order for a memory kit for 379USD and the day after they were offering it for 200USD!!! and then now the 4GB kit (2x2GB) c... 27 Jan 2008 11:18

Question about Linksys Print Server
Anyone out there have any experience using or trying to use a Linksys PrintServer PSUS4 with a Belkin parallel to USB adaptor? I can't get mine to work. My printer is a parallel Xerox N17 Printer. Thanks Gecko ... 28 Jan 2008 07:05