Different Types of Computer Processors

Different Types of Computer Processors Traditionally computer processor design and innovation has advanced at an exceedingly fast rate. As a corollary, the market for computer processors is vast and often times confusing to a first time explorer. However, learning the key feature sets and functions that set each processor apart from one another is not very difficult at all.BrandsSince the inception of mainstream computing into the homes of society,...

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How to install a TV Tuner Card

How to install a TV Tuner Card A TV tuner card is a computer component that allows television signals to be received by a computer. Most TV tuners also function as video capture cards, allowing them to record television programs onto a hard disk. Install TV Tuner Card: 1. Disconnect your computer's power cord.2. Take off the left-side panel of the PC by unscrewing it with a screwdriver.3. Look for an empty PCI slot (peripherals component interface)...

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Advantages and Disadvantages of External hard disk drives

Advantages and Disadvantages of External hard disk drivesExternal drives are arguably the biggest growth area in data storage of recent times. They offer the possibility of a readily transportable repository for all a user’s valuable data, documents, photographs, music and movies. Alternatively they can provide a destination for a user to backup their valued files to, in case the data held on their internal storage is lost, or the internal storage...

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SuperSpeed USB 3.0

As technology innovation marches forward, new kinds of devices, media formats, and large inexpensive storage are converging. They require significantly more bus bandwidth to maintain the interactive experience users have come to expect. In addition, user applications demand a higher performance connection between the PC and these increasingly sophisticated peripherals. USB 3.0 addresses this need by adding an even higher transfer rate to match these...

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Types of Computer Hard Disks

Hard disk types A hard disk drive (hard disk/hard drive/HDD) is a non-volatile storage device for digital data. It features rotating rigid platters on a motor-driven spindle within a protective enclosure. Data are encoded magnetically by read/write heads that float on a cushion of air above the platters. Hard disk manufacturers quote disk capacity in SI-standard powers of 1000, wherein a terabyte is 1000 gigabytes and a gigabyte is 1000 megabytes. With file systems that report capacity in powers of 1024, available space appears somewhat less than advertised capacity. The first HDD was invented by IBM in 1956. They have fallen in cost and physical size over the years while dramatically increasing...

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Computer Power Supply

Computer Power Supply If there is any one component that is absolutely important to the operation of a computer, it is the power supply. Without power supply, a computer is just an inert box full of plastic and metal. The power supply converts the alternating current (AC) line from your home to the direct current (DC) needed by the personal computer. In this article, we'll learn how PC power supplies work and what the wattage ratings mean. In a...

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Northbridge v/s Southbridge

Northbridge v/s Southbridge Northbridge:The Northbridge is one of the two chips in the core logic chipset on a PC motherboard, the other being the Southbridge. In Intel chipset systems it is named memory controller hub (MCH) or integrated memory controller (IMCH) if equipped with an integrated VGA.Separating the chipset into the Northbridge and Southbridge is common, although there are rare instances where these two chips have been combined onto...

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How to install Gforce Nvidia Gaming Adapter

How to install Gforce Nvidia Gaming Adapter The NVIDIA® GeForce offers a powerfully immersive entertainment experience designed for extreme high-definition gaming and video playback. Play the hottest DirectX 10 games with very high speed and watch the latest HD DVD and Blu-ray movies with brilliant clarity. Featuring next generation GeForce and PureVideo® HD technologies, the GeForce puts amazing graphics performance within your reach. HD Gaming...

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Printer goes offline on reboot

On reboot computer, the printer in Windows 7 XP mode goes offline 1). In Control Panel, Printers, delete offline printers. If they wont delete, it may be because there are pending print jobs in the queue. Open the printer and Cancel the jobs..  2). In Printer properties, Ports tab, delete the previously installed printers (offline status) that appear as Client Side Rendering Provider under the Description column. To do this, highlight the...

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