Forum: Hardware

Until recently I was under the incorrect impression that the only commercially available ruggedised laptops were the Panasonic ‘Toughbook’ range....

what is the best way to remove the heat sink adhesive from an chip i already popped off the sink itself bu the old (i mean old) adhesive is...

Hi folks, i installed the free edition of mandriva (3CD) on my computer. Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-8IPE1000, processor is pentium 4 socket 478...

ok here is the story HP SR1500NX someone jammed the keyboard and mouse into the ports breaking off all the pins inside the orgional...

just got the compaq wireless card with the orinoco chipset and im just trying to get configured with backtrack on my ibm 50e anyone have any...

Hello ppl I have upgraded a computer which had a faulty m/b. I installed a new m/b, gcard, sound, and cpu. After all was installed i switch the pc...

My uncle bought a shuttlexps and installed FreeBSD onto it, and now it overheats. The fan will kick on really fast and loud and then the whole...

It's the middle of a rather nice day , when I get a call from a client 30 minutes north of me. She says, on bootup the server gives some "service...

The new ATI Radeon 9*** 256 Megabyte (I'm reading from memory, here. I can give more details later.) videocard I have has a S-Video out, as well as...

a couple of weeks ago i changed the dvdrw drive (toshiba) on my comp. on power up the it recognised the drive in the "new hardware found" and...

Hi. So anyway, I'm building my own pc from scratch, right? I have the mainboard, the CPU and heatsink, and the power supply installed, and I do my...

Hi i use to have microsoft intellimouse optical mouse. I have bought new logitec mx 518 gaming mouse. But in hardware device under mouse is hid...

I found this collection of software recently and I have decided to share it with you all. It is all in a ISO image of one bootable CD full of...

Hi and thnks for your inputand help My sons pc : xp pro amd xp 2000 512mg ati gforce 4 mx440 octec mobo Problem: when starting pc everything...

Hi, I was wondering the best way to clean an LCD Monitor. I have checked Google but got some conflicting results. Some sites say use water others...

Ive recently just got a old pc of a friend of mine. Im wanting to install linux onto it but it doesnt seem to boot from CD-rom or floppy. Do very...

http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news.php?newsId=3143 <tinfoil hat>Doesn't it sound as though the much hated TPM module has finally come of age and...

Hi gals / guys I have just assembled a new system and after doing that I am having problem with the Modem.... its not working at all... although...

I was listenin to some music on my computer and I get an error saying "unable to write to D" (my music drive), but I think NOTHING of it and just...

A friend of mine owns an iBook. It is probably between 1 to 2 years old. His story: Recently, he was using his computer when his web browser...