Hardware

Do I need the Viewsonic Wizard CD?
A friend found a Viewsonic G810 20" CRT monitor abandoned in an apartment she rents out and gave it to me. The manual refers to the Viewsonic Wizard CD and describes how to use it to install the monitor. I havent' found it online yet. Is it really necessary? Or is all I need to do install the drivers that ... 15 Jan 2010 02:49

PCI Express Card - More Info - MoBo Detail
Pen wrote: I have now heard back from the owner of the machine and the motherboard details picked up using Everest are; Manufacturer Micro-Star International Co., Ltd Product MS-7091 It's an OEM only motherboard with 3 PCI slots and one PCIE x16 slot. Manual is here; http://217.1... 30 Dec 2009 06:32

Monitor Stuck in Power Save Mode!!
Hello, I have a Sony SDM-P234 LCD monitor that has been stuck in power save mode for the past week. I remember that I was surfing the web like normal and out of nowhere my monitor suddenly went to a black screen with a message in the middle saying "No Input Signal. Input 3: DVI-D. Go to Power Save."(the screen goes... 2 Jan 2010 11:40

Should I do this?
Should I do this? I was given a non-running Compaq Presario which I got running again, by changing its hard drive and installing the OEM copy of XP that must have come with it. It seems to be a 2.8MHz Pentium 4 on a ASUS P45SD-LA mobo, and has USB. I augmented its RAM to 1.5GB (PC3200 DDR). It actually runs ... 29 Dec 2009 05:19

Wireless cards
Hi, I am thinking of buying a wi-fi card for my PC (DELL Dimension). Running Vista 32 bit D-Link DWL-G510 PCI Card looks good Anyone any experience. It has a low profile back plane, will it fit my case? Thanks ... 2 Jan 2010 10:35

Nvidia HDMI out/ Realtek Sound issue, please help... appreciated!
Hello all i recentlyu purchased an Acer ax1800 e9102 specs are included at the bottom of post. I made use of the HDMI out option plugging it into a 32 inch Samsung, the graphics are great however sound can be delivered through the Nvidia HDMI Audio Input as listed in the sound mixer. The device says it is not co... 2 Feb 2010 14:21

PCI Express Card
The graphics card in a friends computer has died. It is a PCI Express x1 card. Looking at the available cards there seem to be only a few of this type and they are fairly expensive whereas for his needs something much cheaper would be adequate. Looking at other PCI Express cards, there are indeed cheaper o... 23 Dec 2009 17:22

Is there a model identfier for SD memory?
In article <Xns9CEA71A58592A5D4AM2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, GavinB <invalid(a)nomail.com> wrote: I want to get some more memory with a similar speed spec to a card I once bought. My SD card is labelled "2GB Transcend x150" but that's all the info I can see. Gavin- There is a "class" of SDHC car... 23 Dec 2009 12:07

The best chipset for wireless
What is the best chipset between ralink 3070 and realtek 8187L ? ... 23 Dec 2009 17:22

memory
Hello everyone, I have an asrock k7s8x motherboard with two 512 MB DDR 3.03 DIMM modules. To increase its capacity I want to buy 3 Kingston KVR266X64C25/1G 266MHz DDR Non-ECC CL2.5 DIMM 1024MB for it. Does Asrock k7s8x support them? By the way my Bios isan Amibios P 220 released 10/07/2003.I use windows xp... 21 Dec 2009 10:08