Sudhian has posted their Christmas Buying Guide for 2002
Beyond3D has posted an article on Hardware Geometry
Adrian's Rojak Pot has posted Part 6 of the Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 7
Here's the list of the BIOS options posted in this part :-Read more
- SDRAM RAS Precharge Time
- SDRAM Tras Timing Value
- SDRAM Trcd Timing Value
- SDRAM Trc Timing Value
- SDRAM Trp Timing Value
- Second Boot Device
- Security Setup
- Shadowing Address Ranges
- Slave Drive PIO Mode
- Slave Drive UltraDMA
- Speed Error Hold
- Spread Spectrum
- Super Bypass Mode
- Super Bypass Wait State
- Swap Floppy Drive
- System BIOS Cacheable
- Third Boot Device
- TX, RX Inverting Enable
- Typematic Rate
- Typematic Rate Delay
- Typematic Rate Setting
- UltraDMA-66 IDE Controller
OCModShop has posted a guide about how to cut & install a Window
Tom's Hardware Guide has posted the second edition of their 2002 Holiday Buyers' Guide
The DDR Zone has completed a guide detailing the step-by-step construction and configuration of a parallel Lcd unit.
OCIA has posted up a quick article on overclocking the XP 2400 CPU.
Pinto, Palomino, and Phen Phen… What do these three have in common? They all once where the cream of the crop until they got the ax. Remember the Pinto? Wasn’t that a nice little car? To bad it exploded whenever it got rear ended. What about Phen Phen? Great stuff for weight loss if you don’t mind heart failure. Then there is the Palomino. A fast little devil that required a new fire extinguisher mod on the side of your case. Now we have the new Thoroughbred "B" chip that helps one of AMD's biggest weaknesses: heat. But just having a cooler running chip wasn’t enough for the guys at AMD.Read more
3dXtreme has posted a PC Hardware Gift Guide for 2003.
Adrian's Rojak Pot posted Part 5 of the Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 7!
Here's the list of the BIOS options posted in this part :-Read more
- PNP OS Installed
- Power On Function
- Processor Number Feature
- Quick Boot
- Quick Power On Self Test
- Read-Around-Write
- Read Wait State
- Refresh Interval
- Refresh Mode Select
- Report No FDD For Win95
- Reset Configuration Data
- Resource Controlled By
- RxD, TxD Active
- SDRAM Bank Interleave
- SDRAM CAS Latency Time
- SDRAM Cycle Length
- SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc
- SDRAM Idle Limit
- SDRAM Leadoff Command
- SDRAM Page Closing Policy
- SDRAM Precharge Control
- SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay
- SDRAM RAS Precharge Time
Adrian's Rojak Pot has posted Part 4 of the Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 7
Here's the list of the BIOS options posted in this part :-Read more
- Onboard IDE-1 Controller
- Onboard IDE-2 Controller
- Onboard IR Function
- Onboard Parallel Port
- Onboard Serial Port 1
- Onboard Serial Port 2
- Onboard USB Controller
- OS Select For DRAM > 64MB
- Parallel Port Mode
- Passive Release
- PCI2 Access 1 Retry
- PCI 2.1 Compliance
- PCI Clock / CPU FSB Clock
- PCI Delay Transaction
- PCI Dynamic Bursting
- PCI IRQ Activated By
- PCI Latency Timer
- PCI Master 0 WS Write
- PCI Master Read Caching
- PCI Pipelining
- PCI VGA Palette Snoop
- PIRQ x Use IRQ No.
Computer Sphere has posted a guide about rounding your cables
OC Workbench has posted an article on Rounding Cables
DeviantPC has posted a beginners guide to LCDs
Adrian's Rojak Pot has posted Part 3 of the Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 7
hardCOREware has posted a Christmas Wish List
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RipNet has posted a Visual Basic Guide
The National Security Agency has posted Windows XP security guides. Thanks DosFreak.
PC Mag and ExtremeTech has posted gift guides
Geek Gift Guide
Holiday Gift Guide
Geek Gift Guide
Got a serious geek on your shopping list? That is, you have a geek friend already, not that you're shopping to acquire one.Read more
Either way, check out ExtremeTech's gift guide. It'll help you find a gift for that special hardware/software freak. Or get you the right lures to attract one.
Holiday Gift Guide
It's after Thanksgiving (in North America), which means... time to shop. If you don't want to spend endless hours in the mall or trawling online auction sites, PC Mag has a handy list sure to warm the hearts of the more, shall we say, technically minded on your list.Read more