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• Micro PC Components

  Many components go into making a personal computer.The size, shapes, processing power and uses of personal computers, or microcomputers, have evolved dramatically since the...

• How to Modify a USB Cable to Connect IDE & HDD

  You can connect hard disk drives to a computer with many different types of ports and cables. Internal drives often use the IDE connection, while external drives use a USB cable. If you want to...

• Powered USB Hub Vs. Non Powered

  A USB hub provides additional ports that you can use to connect external devices to your computer. While higher-end computers may give the user a generous number of ports, budget-priced desktop...

• How to Put a Linksys Wireless G USB Adapter Into Monitor Mode

  Linksys manufactures a line of wireless USB adapters that use the 802.11g protocol. When you set up one of these Wireless G Adapters on your desktop or laptop PC, you have the option of using...

• How Can I Get to My Desktop & Circumvent the Compaq Screen?

  A common frustration among Compaq computer users is the manufacturer splash screen that appears when the system is initiating. This screen does not have a functional purpose, so disabling it...

• How to Diagnose Sound Problems on Laptop

  If the speakers on your laptop appear to have stopped working, it's likely that you or a program on your computer has made a change to your audio settings. A little rooting around should quickly...

• Backplane Components

  The computer would be useless without a functioning backplane.The backplane of a computer holds many important components that make the computer what it is. A motherboard is...

• USB Hub Specifications

  A standard A male connector will fit into any USB hub.A USB hub is a useful piece of equipment for expanding the amount of peripheral devices you can connect to your computer...

• How to Clear an Eprom

  EPROM is an acronym for erasable programmable read only memory. EPROM chips are much less expensive over time than trying to use ROM on POM chips. These chips, instead of filling up with memory...

• How to Troubleshoot the Palm Treo eBible

  If you are an avid reader of the Bible and have a Palm Treo, you should consider using the eBible for Palm. The eBible allows you to study the Bible from anywhere. It includes three Bible...

• Online Ballistics Programs

  Aimed shotgun, with depth of field image by cdbdi from Fotolia.comOnline ballistics programs assist you in calculating your shots.Online ballistics programs provide an...

• How to Use Access Password Recovery 1.9

  Access Password Recovery is a small utility designed to examine encrypted database files created by Microsoft Access and extract their passwords. This program works for versions of Access from...

• Instructions for RAR Password Cracker 3.13

  RAR Password Cracker is a small utility designed to "crack" -- find the password for -- encrypted RAR archives. The main method by which it does this is to run automatically through all the...

• How to Process a CSV File With AWK

  Awk is a powerful scripting language designed exclusively for the manipulation of text files. In skillful hands, it can be a powerful tool for taking much of the monotony out of otherwise...

• How to Add a Column of Numbers With Sed

  Sed is a powerful text editor for Unix designed to make it easy for computer administrators to automate the processing of large amounts of text, such as log files. For example, one common task...

• How to Recover Formatted Smart Media Card Data

  When you delete images or data on a SmartMedia card or any other type of similar storage card the data becomes inaccessible, but it is not completely lost. Until the data is rewritten you may...

• How to Create Zip Folders

  ZIP is a data compression format used to archive files. Zipping files and folders is a more efficient way to send numerous files online. The format was originally released in 1998 for use with...

• How to Back Up SourceSafe

  The Backup and Restore Center utility allows you to create a backup of your important files in the event they are damaged or lost from your computer. Use the utility to back up the SourceSafe...

• Auto Recovery Tools

  Kick Images/Photodisc/Getty ImagesAuto recovery tools help you recover lost, deleted or corrupt data.If you have ever lost data due to a computer crash or virus, then you...

• How to Update BIOS From a CD on an HP Pavilion DV9200

  When you install new hardware to your system you should make sure that all other hardware is as up to date as possible. Updating the motherboard's BIOS is particularly important if you are...