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» Difference between Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7
By  Super Admin | Published 01/16/2010 | Hardware | Rating:
Find out about the new range of Intel Processors.
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» Will 32-bit drivers work on 64-bit
By  Super Admin | Published 12/15/2009 | Hardware | Unrated
Read to find out.
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» Difference between Core i5 and Core i7
By  Super Admin | Published 12/15/2009 | Hardware | Unrated
The difference between Core i5 and Core i7.
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» Difference between Core i7 and Core 2 Duo
By  Super Admin | Published 08/17/2008 | Hardware | Unrated
The difference between Core i7 and Core 2 Duo.
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» Difference between Phenom and Athlon
By  Super Admin | Published 08/14/2008 | Hardware | Unrated
Know the difference between Phenom and Athlon processors.
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» Difference between Core 2 Viiv and Core 2 Duo
By  Super Admin | Published 08/14/2008 | Hardware | Unrated
The difference between Core 2 Viiv and Core 2 Duo.
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» Difference between Centrino and Core 2 Duo
By  Super Admin | Published 08/14/2008 | Hardware | Unrated
The difference between Centrino and Core 2 Duo.
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» Difference between Atom and Core 2 Duo
By  Super Admin | Published 08/14/2008 | Hardware | Unrated
The difference between Atom and Core 2 Duo.
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» What to look for in an assembled PC
By  Super Admin | Published 06/27/2005 | Hardware | Rating:
Not too well versed with the hardware jargon but need a computer? Once you are sure what you need one for, get cracking. Here is a basic guide to get you started.
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» Buying a laptop? 12 tips for you!
By  Super Admin | Published 06/27/2005 | Hardware | Rating:
A dream machine for anyone. One whose cost factor determines that you must buy it carefully. If you are thinking of going in for a laptop (or a notebook, as it is called among the tech circles), here are a few tips that will come in handy.
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» Buying a computer? Ask these 3 questions!
By  Super Admin | Published 06/27/2005 | Hardware | Rating:
Buying a computer? Here are three questions you must ask to ensure you make the right purchase. Once you are clear on these, you will be closer to getting a smart buy.
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» Monitor
By  Super Admin | Published 06/27/2005 | Hardware | Unrated

Gone are the days where you are forced to stare at white blips on black screens. As far as computer displays are concerned, a PC user can choose from a wide range of sleek and snazzy models.

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» CD-ROM and DMA
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
Not sure this is a "tweak" or not, but might help some users having problems with CD-Rs on their machine after installing XP
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» Changing Motherboards
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Rating:
Changing Motherboards
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» Create your own Self extracting self installing Package
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
The following will show you how to use the Iexpress2.0 tool.
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» Data invalid fix for WinXP problem
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
This is a fix for if you ever had a "data invalid" problem that nags you while you were installing and swapping out cards with Windows XP.
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» Enable AGP 4x On VIA Chipsets
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
Serious gamers may notice a decrease in framerate compared to previous versions of Windows when using XP on their Via-chipset based machines.
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» Enable Network Card OnBoard Processor
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
This tweak will enable the processor on your Network Card
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» EZ BIOS
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Rating:
On some motherboards, the bios is restrictive in letting you chose settings for your hard drive. IE: multi sector transfers and Logical block addressing. Both of wich increases overall harddrive performance in all versions of windows.
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» Fix DVD CD Problems ASPI Drivers
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
For those of you who have had problems with DVD/CD probs because of your ASPI drivers for Windows 2000, or WINXP Pro or Home.
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» Fix file listing problem with dvds on XP
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
Fix file listing problem with dvds on XP
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» Fix problems with USB DSL Cable modems
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
Some usb dsl/cable modems may get disconnected after a little while.
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» Fixing SBLive cracking and poping
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
Fixing SBLive cracking and poping
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» Floppy drive autorun
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated

Ever have the curioustity to eneable autorun on your floppy drives? Probably not, but just incase you have had the itch to do so, I will explain how it's done!

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» Get Rid Of Pesky Un Signed Driver Installation Warnings
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Rating:
Many new drivers aren't signed by Microsoft so WinXP will warn you or even prevent you from installing new drivers for a device.
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» Gettin your DVD ROM drive to work
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated

Are you running 2 drives?
eg. DVD-Rom + CD-Writer\ROM??

But You can get your CD-Writer\Rom to work properly, but your dvd-rom runs as a standard cd-rom drive and its not picking up DVD's?

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» Infinite Loop Fix
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
The best solution to most issues with looping is POWER SUPPLY
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» Install XP from DOS
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Rating:
If XP will not install from the CD or if you have a new drive with no operating system on it
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» Install your Mustek 600 II N scanner under XP
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
Everybody who ownes a Mustek 600 II N scanner and want to install it under XP will notice it won't work. Mustek's website says the scanner is not supported under Windows XP.
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» Installing XP WDM Drivers for the Terratec EWS88MT Audio System
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
Installing XP WDM Drivers for the Terratec EWS88MT Audio System
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» Intel Application Accelerator Warning
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
Intel Application Accelerator (IAA) v2.2 causes serious problems with NVidia GForce 3 and 4 reference drivers.
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» Laggy mouse in OpenGL
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
When running games in OpenGl, like Counterstrike and Quake3, you might have problems with a laggy mouse (+ keyboard).
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» Mouse Performance Fix
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
If you are having problems in games, the XP interface, etc., try this fix.
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» Mustek 600 II EP working on XP
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Rating:
Mustek 600 II EP working on XP
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» Nvidea loop lockup fix
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
If your using XP and a nvidea card and experiance the well known lockup bug when trying to play games  ect ect
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» Nvidia detonator overclock control tweak
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
This tweak will only work with Nvidia gpu's with an nvidia detonator driver
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» Open Explorer from Command Line in Same Directory
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
Open Explorer from Command Line in Same Directory
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» Performance Fix For XP Systems Using Radeon Graphics
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
with 512mb RAM Or Greater
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» Pops/Crackles on IDE Activity
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
This isn't much of a "Tweak" really but it allieviated the problem quite quickly for me, I now have no pops or crackles.
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» Portable Internal Zip Drive
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
Ever wanted to convert your internal Zip Drive to a portable one?
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» Prevent XP from using alternate Video Driver
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
This tweak is used prevent windows XP from using mirror Video driver when accesing some program.
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» Remove unwanted programs
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Rating:
If you want to remove some additional programs that are installed with windows but are not initially visible in Add / Remove
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» Restoring Access to CD ROMs
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Rating:
If you removed CD Burning software, or for some other mystical reason, can not longer access your CD ROM's
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» Speed up mouse motion
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Rating:
Some of you people notice that no matter how high you put the speed of your mouse, it is still not at it's maximum point.
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» Stealthing Port 113 on Lynksys Routers
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
Here's how to stealth your port 113.
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» Stop modem dial up noise
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Hardware | Unrated
The noise that some dial up 33/56k modems make is awful, and the volume slider in modem properties never seems to stop it.
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