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Choosing A Motherboard 2008-02-24 12:56:03 The motherboard is the most important component when you are building your own computer. You need to make sure that your motherboard is compatible and can support all of the features that the other components might have. But don’t worry, I will explain all that you will need to know when buying a motherboard.
What Processor [...]
Installing A Video Card 2008-02-24 12:22:48 To install your video card is easy. First find out what form the card is in. AGP or PCI. Then simply locate the relevant slot in the motherboard. And slot the card in gently, and screw in place to the case. The picture below shows a graphics card being installed. Read more:Video Card
Choosing Which Computer Memory 2008-02-24 12:20:12 How Much Memory
Do I Need?
Choosing memory is probably the easiest thing to do. First thing you need to do is decided how much memory you need. Look below
Entry System - You might be able to get away with buying 128mb but I would recommend buying 256 as the price difference is very little
Mid Range [...] Read more:Computer
Choosing A Processor 2008-02-23 17:53:17 You might think this is the most important component that will determine your systems overall speed, Well you are right but make sure you don’t spend all your money on buying the processor as the processor speed wont mean anything if you don’t buy the right memory, Storage device and motherboard.
How Is A Processors Speed [...]
Installing A Motherboard 2008-02-23 16:27:20 When handling the motherboard always be very careful as there are some delicate small parts which might break easy. The first step is to open the case.
At the bottom of the case there will be a few holes, Screw the risers into these holes (A pic of a riser is shown below.)
How To Install A Floppy Drive 2008-02-23 13:44:43 To install the floppy drive first take out the front panel, The panel that is highlighted in the picture below.
Once that is out slot the floppy drive in and screw it to the case from the side. Shown below Read more:Floppy
Connecting The Motherboard To A Case 2008-02-23 12:42:18 Now the motherboard is screwed into the case we need to connect the power and case wires. First lets connect the power. Make sure the case is not plugged in at the mains.Locate the power pack that is inside your case. In the picture below the power pack is located at the top left.
There will [...] Read more:Connecting
Installing A CD ROM And Hard Drive 2008-02-23 12:27:21 Pre Config ChecksWhen installing hard drives and cd-roms there are a few configuration changes you need to be aware of. They both need to be connected via an IDE cable to the motherboard, Or sata if the hard-drive is a sata drive, but if the drive is sata no configuration changes are needed. On the [...]
How To Install Computer Memory 2008-02-22 15:14:05 Introduction
As with other components as time goes on we need more and more from each component, just a few years ago it was standard to have 128mb installed in your computer, but with each newer version of windows released required more and more memory. For example windows 95/98/ME would happily run on 128mb of memory, [...] Read more:Computer
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Preparing A Computer Case 2008-02-22 08:27:09
When you get your case you need to check that you got all the bits. Open the case. Now that the case is open, now is a good time to go through the screw supply provided with the case. These are usually held in a small plastic bag nestled inside the case. Inside this bag [...] Read more:Computer
How to Find What You Want with Google 2008-03-10 15:01:10 Most people who search on the internet have a favorite search engine. In fact, the majority of internet users choose Google
.
Do you fall into this category? If so, are you taking advantage of everything Google offers?
If an internet search means you go to www.google.com and simply type 2 or 3 words into the search box, [...]
Welcome To My Projects Section 2008-03-10 14:59:40 Hello and welcome to “My Projects
” section. In this section I will be posting about many fun projects you can do yourself, I plan to write the first project in the next few days, so keep checking back for it. Read more:Welcome
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How to make windows xp run faster 2008-06-02 15:02:18 In this guide I will show you how to make windows xp run faster with out spending a penny, Lets get going,,,Contents
-BIOS Update
-Disable GUI Options
-Clean Your Registry
-HouseKeep Your Hard-Disk
-Disable System Restore
-Configure The Paging File
-Disable Un-needed Services From Starting
BIOS Upgrade
The BIOS is a bit of software that sits on your computers motherboard and controls how [...]
How To SEO Vbulletin 2008-06-18 14:44:12 How To SEO
Vbulletin IntroductionHi and welcome to my guide “How to SEO Vbulletin” In this guide I am going to show you how to SEO your vbulletin forum as well as show you how to increase the number of visitors you get. Before we start I recommend upgrading to the latest version of vbulletin [...]
Faster Internet Browsing By Changing Your DNS 2008-06-24 14:05:00 Faster InternetBrowsing
By Changing
Your DNSDNS (Domain Name Service) converts a domain name such as computing-tips.com to an ip address that your computer can understand, it is possible to get a speed increase if you change the DNS on your local computer.
Every ISP has at least two DNS servers that you connect to [...]
Fixed MSVBVM60.DLL is missing or corrupt 2008-06-24 14:04:37 The file MSVBVM60.DLL is a microsoft visual basic run time file. It is required by a number of applications but this file could have been deleted which you uninstalled another piece of software.
To fix this error “MSVBVM60.DLL is missing or corrupt” you can download and install the visual basic 6 service pack located at [...] Read more:Fixed
Secure screensaver in windows vista 2008-07-10 09:36:46 Question : the screensaver on my computer starts after a very short delay and I have to enter a password to return to what I was working on which is very anoying, I would like to extend this delay, how can I? I am using windows vista
Answer : right click on the desktop abd select [...] Read more:Secure
How to backup files in windows xp 2008-07-09 13:20:08 Introduction : How to backupfiles
in windows xp Do I really need to explain why it is important to backup files in windows xp ?? Well there are many reasons why you need to backup your files, here are a few of them,,-If your hard-drive becomes faulty you will lose all your data-It could [...]
How to open .docx files in open office 2008-07-20 08:01:48 The file extention .docx is a microsoft 2007 word document and it is not possible at the moment to open directly within open office
. To open the .docx you need to download a converter that is located at download the program to your desktop and install. It has been reported that in the next [...] Read more:files
Webmasters to register dot anything 2008-07-14 14:32:48 The internet corporation for assigned names has approved a plan to allow users to register generic domain names. Currently there are 21 top level domain names available to register such as .com .co.uk .info .biz which are familiar to most of us. The internet corporations decision will mean people can register anything
they want, companys [...] Read more:Webmasters
Microsoft extends support of xp 2008-07-14 14:31:30 Microsoft have given in to customer pressure to extend the support of windows xp to 2014, adding an extra 3 years than originally planned. This will mean windows xp users will receive the latest security and hotfixes during this period.Microsoft usually support ther operating systems for 10 years after launch, this move by microsoft shows [...] Read more:Microsoft
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