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FAQ Revisions	Editors: Cariad, vkr, dragon, dbmaven Last modified on 2008-05-05 11:15:42
Table of Contents Forum Rules (3) 2. How to (1)   2.1 Build/Where to Buy (6)   2.2 BIOS (6)   2.3 Booting (3)   2.4 Hard Drives (5)   2.5 Heat Sinks/Fans/Cooling (4)   2.6 Windows (3) 3. General (2)   3.1 Terms/Definitions (11)   3.2 Troubleshooting (11)   3.3 Reviews (6)   3.4 Performance testing and tuning (6) 4. Components (1)   4.1 Motherboards (3)   4.2 Chipsets (1)   4.3 Processor (19)   4.4 Memory (18)   4.5 Graphics Cards (7)   4.6 Sound Cards (2)   4.7 Harddrives (12)   4.8 CD - CD-R - CD-RW (7)   4.9 DVD - DVD-RW - DVD-RAM (1) 5. Monitors (3)   10. Recommended Links (16)
Forum Rules What are the Rules for Posting? Hardware Discussion/Review Off-Site Graphics!
2. How to Section Changes
2.1 Build/Where to Buy Build your own computer How to calculate power supply wattage Why use Electro Static Discharge straps Where to buy Hardware Where can I find AMD Athlon and Athlon XP/MP Recommended Power Supplies? How To Build A Computer
2.2 BIOS How do I enter my BIOS Setup? How do I update my BIOS? How do I update my BIOS using a CD-Rom? How do I clear CMOS (or RTC) Removing Bios password. How to Optimize your BIOS Configuration
2.3 Booting How do I make a boot floppy disk? How do I remove a Multiboot program like System Commander, Boot Magic or LILO? How do I remove a Boot Sector virus, that my Anti-Virus software hasn't?
2.4 Hard Drives How do I use FDISK to partition a Hard Drive. Format without using FDisk How to Add a new Disk into Windows 2000 or XP Move a Hard Drive from one Windows 2000 or XP computer to another I have a hard drive installation question
2.5 Heat Sinks/Fans/Cooling How do I apply Thermal Compound? How do I change the thermal grease or pads on my CPU and heat-sink fan? How can I save a dying fan? Where to buy Cooling Fans
2.6 Windows Win95 and 98 OS Installation guides? How do I disable Auto-Restart on Win2K/XP? Installing your OS
3. General What are the different Windows Filesystems? How do scanners work?
3.1 Terms/Definitions What is this BUS thing I keep hearing about? What is PCMCIA? What is CNR? What is POST (Power On Self Test) What is BIOS? What in the world does OEM mean? What are IRQ Numbers? What is an IDE 80 conductor cable What is USB? What is DMA? IDE Devices:Master, Slave, or Cable Select?
3.2 Troubleshooting Beep Codes Ram Tester Why is my X (XP2400+) processor only running at Y (XP1800+) speed?? Having Computer Slowdown Problems? PC reboots (ASUS A7A266 ) My PC hangs at Startup PC Locks Up Before Windows Loads PC Locks Up When Windows Is Running (Win9x) My F-Keys don't work, how do I fix it? What do bad caps look like? Why does my new pc take so long to post?
3.3 Reviews Power Supply Reviews Planar PX191 Silver 19 Microsoft Internet Keyboard Logitech Cordless MX Duo Antec P160 Case Review What is a good heatsink for my A64 3500?
3.4 Performance testing and tuning Disk Drive Performance testing notes. George's HDSpeed Disk Performance Test. Raptest, Disk performance Test. HD Tune - Disk Utility Monitor Temperatures and Voltages with MotherBoard Monitor SiSoft SANDRA for Benchmarking and System Info
4. Components How To Select A Case
4.1 Motherboards Identifying common parts of a motherboard. How do I find out my motherboard/CPU temperature? I installed a new motherboard and now my Windows won't boot.
4.2 Chipsets Intel Chipsets.
4.3 Processor CPU Guide The Real Athlon XP Speeds AMD Athlon Classic (K7) AMD Athlon Thunderbird (K7 Ultra) AMD Athlon MP (Multi-Processor K7 Mustang) AMD Athlon XP (K7 Palomino) AMD Duron (K7 Morgan formerly Camaro) AMD Duron (K7 Select) Cooling Ideas AMD Processor Roadmap AMD Processor Pricing. Intel Processor Roadmap Intel Processors Intel® Celeron® Processor Intel® Pentium® III Processors Wrong CPU Speed Reported in Windows XP - Notebooks What are current AMD Core Codes? How do you decipher the AMD Processor Codes? 2005/2006 CPU Chart
4.4 Memory If I go over 128 MB of RAM, what do I do? 66Mhz, 100Mhz, 133Mhz Ram Why do I get Memory Mismatch error before Windows will load? What is the difference between 72 bit and 64 bit memory? What is CL or CAS Latency? What is CL2 & CL3 ? What happens if my memory is not PC-100 compliant? Apple MacIntosh Computers What is the difference between SIMMs and DIMMs? What are some of the brands of rams to consider? What are the differences between PC66, PC100 & PC 133 speed SDRAM memory? What is the difference between RDRAM & SDRAM? Which one do I need? What is the difference between PC600, PC700 & PC800 RDRAM speed memory? What's the difference between registered and unbuffered memory? Difference between ECC and Non- ECC Memory How do know whether to use ECC or Non-ECC I have 1GB of RAM, but WINDOWS 98/SE doesn't see it, or is giving me an error. How do I identify my RAM?
4.5 Graphics Cards Links to Graphics Cards Manufacturers What is AGP ? What are the benefits of AGP? Which Video Card How do I find out what video card I have? My TV Wonder locks up the computer Types of AGP slots and installation
4.6 Sound Cards Sound Cards I can't hear any sounds.
4.7 Harddrives Common HardDrive Failure Noises How to add a Hard Drive Data Recovery Centers What is RAID? RAID explained at Anandtech.com? Why does my 15g drive get reported as 13.9g? What is ATA? What is S.M.A.R.T.? Hard Drive Profile, Bootstrap/MBR, Partitioning, and Drive Assignments. Hard Drive Diagnostic Tools How do hard drives work? Why does my hard drive size not appear correctly?
4.8 CD - CD-R - CD-RW My CD/DVD DRIVE is MISSING from WINDOWS XP! All About CD-RW How to add CD-ROMs or CD-RWs device. How do I prevent buffer underruns? Get Rid of Your CD Burning Problems Fixing scratches...with Brasso! How do I check/enable DMA mode for my device? (Win XP)
4.9 DVD - DVD-RW - DVD-RAM How do I play DVD's with my DVD-Rom?
5. Monitors My screen is blank. Refresh Rate. What is it? Different kinds of monitors.
10. Recommended Links Hardware Reviews - Site Links Finding Motherboards. Cases CPUs Hard Drives Hardware Drivers NIC Find a Monitor The Testing Area Optimize your bios setup How much should a cpu cost? USB Devices Google Advanced Catalog Search: Computers MOTHERBOARD MANUFACTURER WEBSITES Where can I find a list of phone numbers for hardware companies? Where can I find Hardware Jumper settings with diagrams online?
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