Hardware

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WTB: Microsoft, Corel, Adobe, Macromedia, Symantec, Veritas and others software - WE PAY CASH! If you have complete or incomplete software packages, which include NFR, OEM, Academic, Retail, commercial or promotional items, we will give you top dollar for these products. Many companies purchase computers in bulk... 29 May 2010 10:15

CPU fan speed has started to vary
My CPU fan has started to vary in speed. At least I don't think it did before. It's no big deal to take off the fan again and clean it better, but I'd appreciate your opinions on this anyhow. It's either 4821 or 4991rpm, no other values. I'm using ASUS Probe to measure the speed. It shows a wobbly but b... 6 Jun 2010 01:36

Recommendation for a DSL modem
Hi again Experts, I have had a Siemens Speedstream 4100 that appears to have gone belly up. I bought it new about 3 years ago and it hasn't been used a lot, so I suspect the quality. Does anyone have a test that proves it is defective? If you were in my place what would your replace this Siemens with? ... 1 Jun 2010 00:00

Comkia USB 2.0 to IDE (2.5" & 3.5") /SATA cable
On Tue, 25 May 2010 10:27:09 +0100, westin <westin.6417dae(a)computerbanter.com> wrote: Just found this USB 2.0 to IDE cable is good price on <snip> It's a shame computerbanter.com offers usenet access through a forum, this spammer mostly sticks to spamming forums. ... 26 May 2010 16:54

PC Line-out to Car Stereo Amplifier
Is it completely insane to run a PC line out into the inputs of a car stereo amplifier, with some sort of pre-amp or attenuator? If no, what's a cheap way to do that with a minimum of crazy? ... 26 May 2010 23:31

CD drive found, but can't read a blank CD
Trying to burn a CD but the burner doesn't see a CD in the drive. When I right click on the icon in My Computer, and choose open, I get: Please insert disk into Drive D.' (this is with a blank CD in the drive) If I put a data disk in, I get same result. If I put in a CD with music on it, it plays just fine.... 24 May 2010 17:54

Need USB card with enough power for external hard drive
I have an HT-Link Cardbus/PCMCIA USB 2.0 2-port card (NEC / 32-bit). My external hard drive w/USB adapter won't work with it, and it will work plugged directly into a USB port on a different laptop. (My USB ports got fried.) I got the card off E-Bay. My MP3 player works plugged into that card. The drivers for the c... 8 Jun 2010 17:10

What processor?
My system is 6-years old. For normal home (non gaming) use, what is today's preffered CPU? Intel's Core i3? i5? AMD's Athlon II? AMD Phenom? 3G RAM? 6G RAM? If I go with a "ready made" box, HP? Dell? Thanks. ... 27 May 2010 23:36

building a desktop
Been quite a few years since I've built a desktop -- got a few questions. I picked up an ASUS M4A87TD EVO motherboard and 2 sticks of Corsair ram (4 gig total). The motherboard has 4 ram slots -- the first two slots are Channel A and second two slots are channel B. Should both sticks go into channel A or ... 22 May 2010 16:00

Dual Gigabit LAN port in my mother IP35 Pro suddenly
Hi all One of the Dual Gigabit LAN port in my mother IP35 Pro suddenly stopped working. It was used go to the router for another computer to log on the Internet. I have disabled the port which is #1 according to BIOS. Now I am using Ethernet card for that. I have updated the BIOS long time ago, so it is not ... 21 May 2010 12:46