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CPU Installation (PC Assembly) 2008-07-14 08:37:51 Determine your CPU type:
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Keep in mind that the terms processor and CPU may be used interchangeably so you can get used to hearing both references and better relate the terms to the same thing. Mainly there are two different types of processors, socket and slot. ..Socket Processor.
The picture below is a socket processor; it has a bunch of pins on the underside of the processor and looks much Read more:Assembly
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General procedure for CPU Installation 2008-07-14 06:52:25 Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord.
Disconnect external devices (AC power and monitor power).
Follow the appropriate ESD safety procedures.
Remove the cover of the computer.
Locate the socket for the CPU. It could be on the motherboard or on a removable processor card.
Remove the old processor. This may require special tools for older processors. Pentium II and III packages are Slot 1 Read more:General
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Video and display card Installation 2008-07-14 05:29:32 Installing the cards and double checking everything is all that's needed before you can turn the computer on for the first time..Locate your video card, it's the one with a blue connector on the back and looks like the picture below. Since video cards use more resources and power of all the other cards in your computer, they have their own special slot closer to the processor. Typically this slot Read more:Installation
RAM Installation 2008-07-13 07:59:48 As you look at the slots on your motherboard (picture below), notice that there are notches that prevent you from installing the RAM backwards or upside down. The gold plated edge of the RAM is the part that will be going into the slot itself. .
SDRAM SlotTo determine which slots the memory will go into, please consult your motherboard manual. Each motherboard may be different as to how many slots Read more:Installation
The function of the IDE Cable 2008-07-13 07:48:29 This will probably be one of the most difficult steps of the installation, but luckily, as long as you comprehend everything and find a nice place for the hard drive then it will go by very easily. .In this step will explain the function
of the IDE Cable
, how many devices can be attached, and the Master/Slave relationship between two devices on one cable. After you learn that you'll be able to ins
How to Charge Your New Replacement Battery 2008-08-16 07:12:19 When charging the battery for the first time your device may indicate that charging is complete after just 10 or 15 minutes. This is a normal phenomenon with rechargeable batteries. Simply remove the battery from the computer and repeat the charging procedure. . .
It is important to condition (fully discharge and then fully charge) the battery every two to three weeks. Failure to do so may signif
Upgrading Your PC Vs Buying a New One 2008-08-16 07:06:37 So your PC is on the fritz... again. You're probably waging that nagging question - whether to upgrade or buy a brand new computer. Noobie believes in the four-year rule: If a computer is four years old or younger, it may be worth fixing and/or upgrading. If it is more than four years old, the cost to fix or upgrade the unit can start to outweigh the cost of buying a brand new computer. An accurat Read more:Buying
USB Memory Sticks - How They Are Useful For Students and Teachers 2008-08-16 06:52:50 High school and college students often work on different computers daily to complete assignments. And high school teachers and college professors are demanding more and more professional presentations from their pupils. Many students use USB flash drives to store their work and teachers are increasingly accepting assignments submitted on USB flash drives. Why are USB flash drives (also called USB Read more:Memory
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What is a Debug Monitor and How Can it Benefit Me? 2008-08-16 06:47:46 A debug monitor is very powerful graphical or console mode tool that monitors all the activities that are handled by the WinDriver Kernel. You can use the debug monitor to see how each command that is sent to the kernel is executed. . .
A WinDriver Kernel is a driver development toolkit inside ones computer that simplifies the creation of drivers. A driver is used in a computer so that the comput Read more:Debug
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Which One is Better - CRT Or LCD 2008-08-16 06:44:06 For many of us it is difficult to decide on the priority between CRT monitors and LCD monitors. We often face situations where we don't know which one to choose. Both of them has their advantages and drawbacks. Now-a-days most desktop computer systems are sold with LCD monitors by default. But it will be good to know the difference and which they would be better off purchasing. . .
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Consumer Information Regarding USB Computer Headsets 2008-08-16 06:39:58 Basic information regard USB ComputerHeadsets
and Wireless USB Headsets
Nowadays, technology has provided man with comfort through wireless headsets & other advancements that allow users to enjoy activities such as listening to music, watching movies and even communicating. This technology also allows users not to miss some calls that must be received & simply makes personal and professio Read more:Consumer
La Fonera - The Best Little Router 2008-08-16 06:28:46 Some of you may be familiar with Fon and the Fon movement. Fon is a company that sells (used to give em out for free) wireless routers for a pretty cheap price. Catch is, you have to agree to share you internet via the wireless network made by the Fon router. Thanks to the Open Source community, alternative firmware is available. Among the choices are DD-WRT, OpenWrt, and Legend which are all Linu Read more:Router
Bluetooth Accessories - UBiQUiO Skype Bluetooth Keyboard 2008-08-16 06:23:32 The UBiQUiO SkypeBluetooth
Keyboard is a small form bluetooth keyboard for PDAs and symbian phones. It folds in half to minimise its footprint when not in use and comes with a good quality leather storage pouch. The keyboard runs on two AAA batteries, which are claimed to provide 80 hours of continuous life or 2000 hours on standby. . .
Installation of the keyboard on the Nokia N95 was not very Read more:Accessories
How Hard Discs Work 2008-08-16 06:18:56 Hard discs are the main form of permanent data storage used in computers and, increasingly these days, portable music players, video recorders and even car music players. In a PC, a hard disc is invariably used to store the operating system (e.g. Linux, MacOS), the application programs that you use (e.g. Firefox, an office suite) and the data that you create, download or receive (documents, MP3 fi
DVD Buying Guide - Handy Guide For the Buyers 2008-08-16 06:14:11 Are you all set to bring home the best quality DVD at affordable prices? If yes, then let us take you to the world of DVD to help you make the best purchase. From the very basics, down to its daily use, the guide is intended to help you learn everything you need to know about DVD.
The commonly used term DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc. It is a popular form of optical di Read more:Buyers
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The Lightweight and Convenient USB Drives 2008-08-16 06:09:48 The USB flash drives were first introduced in 1998. The popularity of USB drives has increased since then. The USB drive is actually a plug and play device used for storage purpose. USB drives use flash memory. The USB drives are so lightweight that you can even attach it to a key chain. The popular names of USB drives are the keychain and flash drives. The USB drives are alternatives to the other Read more:Convenient
How to Find the Right Computer 2008-08-16 06:06:39 Nowadays I see a lot of computer deals that look almost too good to be true, so are they? Regardless of all the impressive numbers they give you to awe over, will the performance of a $500 computer really be what you need?..
Honestly that all depends on what you need. If you're the type of person who logs on to check your email, casually surf the web, perhaps make an online purchase you really wou Read more:Computer
, Right
The Fundamentals of Computer Network and Its Support Services Put Simply Speaking 2008-08-16 05:59:26 Hardware is the term given to the computer machinery and the various individual pieces of the computer. It refers to the physical devices of the computer system. The same hardware can be loaded with different software to make a computer system perform different types of jobs to produce useful outputs. . .
In a computer system hardware and software must work together .If you find some problem with Read more:Computer
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5 Basic Tips to Selection of a Motherboard 2008-08-16 05:54:34 Motherboard is one of the important parts of the computer. The entire computing process is based on the motherboard.
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The technology of the motherboard are always upgraded frequently in a year. The system is getting more compact and the capacity of the motherboard is increasing. People always love fast speed and they are always in search of higher version of the CPU.
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1. System upgradat Read more:Basic
Cisco CCNA, CCNP, and Security Practice Exam Questions - RIP, GRE, VLANs, and More! 2008-08-16 05:44:38 Today's Cisco
certification practice exam questions cover RIP, VLANs, GRE, and other important exam topics. Answers are at the bottom of the page. No peeking, and let's get started!CCNA Certification:How do you hardcode RIP to accept and send only Version 2 updates?Extra credit: What is RIP's default for versions sent and accepted?CCENT Certification:What Virtual LANs, if any, cannot be deleted fr Read more:Practice
Cisco CCNA, CCNP, and CCENT Practice Questions - RIP, VLANs, HSRP, and More! 2008-08-16 05:42:49 Let's test your knowledge of RIP, Easy VPN Server, VLANs, and other important Cisco
certification exam topics! Answers can be found at the end of the article.CCNA Certification:What single command would double every RIP value show in the following command output?R1#show ip protocols
Routing Protocol is "rip"
Sending updates every 30 seconds
Invalid after 180 seconds, hold down 180, flushed after 2 Read more:Practice
Wireless LAN's 2008-08-16 05:39:52 A Wireless
LAN is a wireless local area network that connects two or more computers or devices without using wires. It is commonly called as WLAN. .
It was developed by IEEE 802.11(Institute of electrical and electronic engineering). 802.11standards use the Ethernet protocol and CSMA (carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance) for path sharing. .
WLAN devices allow users to move their
Cisco CCNA, CCNP, and Security Exam Practice Questions - OSPF, VPNs, and More! 2008-08-15 07:11:59 Let's test your knowledge of the default-information originate command, Setup Mode, and VPNs with these Cisco
certification exam practice questions!CCNA Certification:What's the main difference between the default-information originate command with and without the always option? Be specific.Answer: Let's use IOS Help to look at our options for this command.R1(config)#router ospf 1R1(config-router) Read more:Practice
Comp TIA Certification - One Way to Get it Abilities Recognized 2008-08-15 07:10:35 In the current day and age where IT job competition is greater than ever there is a bit of a universal recognition that can be used as added professional weight to give you a decided edge over the other IT "Joe Schmo's" looking to get hired in place of or before you. The IT world is one with keen notice toward those who have credentials. And if you lack credentials you lack the capability to put y Read more:Certification
IPv6 Training (Cisco) Enabling IS-IS For IPv6 on a Cisco Router's Interface 2008-08-15 07:09:21 In the past few weeks, a lot of you have been emailing me asking "why don't you write an article explaining how to enable the IS-IS protocol on a Cisco
router's interface?"Well, for all of you emailer's out there and you know who you are; this article is for you!Now, when configuring the IS-IS protocol for IPv6 on a Cisco router's interface you will need to perform two tasks. The first task entail Read more:Interface
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CCNA, CCNP, and Cisco Security Practice Questions - Telnet, Signature Definition Files, and More! 2008-08-15 07:07:26 CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:You attempt to Telnet to a Cisco
router, and you receive the following message. What password is the router referring to?R1#telnet 172.12.123.3
Trying 172.12.123.3User Access VerificationPassword:CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:What is the purpose of the 256MB.sdf file? What does the "256" refer to?CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:According to Read more:Definition
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CCNA, CCNP, and Cisco Security Practice Exam Questions - POSTs, ROM, RAM, and More! 2008-08-15 07:06:02 Let's test your knowledge of Power-On Self Tests, SDFs, route redistribution, and other important Cisco
certification exam topics!Answers are at the bottom of the page. No peeking!CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:Identify the correct statements:A. The POSTs are kept in ROM.B. The POSTs are kept in RAM.C. The IOS images are kept in RAM.D. The IOS images are kept in Flash.E. The running co Read more:Practice
CCNA, CCNP and Cisco Security Training Questions - Configuring Multiple Interfaces and More! 2008-08-15 07:04:50 Here are some free Cisco
certification exam practice questions to help you be ready for total success on exam day! Answers are at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:You want to hardcode the first 12 ports on a Cisco switch to all run at 100 MBPS and full-duplex. What single command will allow you to do this?CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:What's t Read more:Configuring
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Cisco CCNA Voice Certification Exam Tutorial - Default Max Ephone and Ephone-dn and Configurations 2008-08-15 07:03:27 How many phones and directory numbers can be configured on Cisco
Unified Communications Manager Express by default?Answer: Zero!Yes, by default, no ephones or directory numbers can register. Before doing anything else, the following configuration is required:Router>enableRouter#configure terminal
Router(config)#telephony-service
Router(config-telephony)#max-ephones 4
Router(config-telephony)#max-d Read more:Certification
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Cisco CCNA Voice Certification Exam Tutorial - Codecs Explained - G711, G729, G729a, ILBC 2008-08-15 06:59:44 It is important as a CCNA Voice
candidate to understand the various codecs that are supported by Cisco
IP phones and the bandwidth that they each use.Various codecs are supported on Cisco IP Phones including:-G711-G729-G729a-ILBCG711G711 provides toll quality voice - in other words, the best voice quality. There are two versions of G711 --G711ulaw - used in the USA, Canada & Japan (also called Read more:Certification
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