electronics

Electronics and certainly PCs do not like heat. It is important that these devices stay cool @ all times and throughout their lifetime. That said, here is one of those "Best Practice" things that I suggest all too often does not even occur to people and that they do not think about or do on...

Everything I've found, as far as SATA cable testers appear to only be for testing the power cables, not the data cables. I know that cables are cheap, thus not making testing an absolute necessity, but I hate buying new cables when I'm not certain it's necessary. Is there an inexpensive tester...

Testing a atx 24 pin power supply out of the computer. Are there pins that can be shorted to turn the power supply on while its out of the computer?

For several reasons, I'm considering adding a drive selector switch to my desktop, but all that I've found available are designed for a maximum of 6 drives. I want one that will handle 8 drives...5 SATA HDDs & 3 ODDs. I could put all of the ODDs on 1 switch, which would make the 6 drive switch...

I kind of hate breaking the jovial mood of this board, but I didn't know where else to ask a question I have. I bought a clock with both a temperature and humidity reading on it thusly: Link Removed It keeps time and temperature reasonably well, but the humidity reading is almost useless. I...

i have a dell inspiron m5030 laptop. when i boot it up, there's a blank screen, and beeps. 7 beeps to be exact, indicating that there's motherboard failure. i read a fix on dell's website, quoted as follows: i did this fix, and it worked! but now everytime i shut down my laptop afterwards, i...

Just a video I created on the unboxing of the Tinyduino a popular micro controller, figured I would share :)

One of my optical drives began having problems seeing discs, either for reading or writing. I figured that it was due to the fact that it had been quite a while since I cleaned it. Therefore I dug out my Philips Cleaner disc, which is actually no more than a disc with a couple of very small...

I've got two laptops - A Dell Vostro 3330 (something like that) and a HP Elitebook 8440p. I've only got one charger - the one with the Dell Laptop. This gives 19.5V (DC) with 4.62A on the 12V rails. The HP Elitebook can use either: 18.5V;3.5A//19V;4.74A//19.5V;3.33A Does this mean I can use...

Hello, I popped the case off of a Seagate external FreeAgent HD. Inside there is a thin metallic silvery strip running along one of the edges inside of the case. 6" long. Has a black and red wire going from it into the drive PC board. And a yellow and black wire connecting both ends of this...

After falling off a chair while replacing my kitchen ceiling light bulb, I hit my head on my Google Nexus 7 tablet. Before I let my destroyed unit go to waste, I decided to show you how to pull and replace the battery, in case you find yourself needing to install a spare. Note: The adhesive at...

I bought for $430 a 15inch HP AMD A8 , 650GB HDD laptop. I noticed that there is another HP available for about $350, Intel950 processor, 17inch. 500 HDD: Link Removed I like 17 inch and I think Intel 950 is probably fast enough. What do you think? Does A8 make internet browsing faster...

A new Microsoft manufactured machine is now due to make a splash and initial interest has been high. Does the Surface stand up to inspection though? Here are a few reviews to set the scene. Microsoft's website for it's new Surface can be found here: Link Removed Reviews: Link Removed...

C9 Netduino Shield Series - Using Arduino Shields with a Netduino - Part II IntroductionIn our previous article, we examined what an Arduino shield is, how to build a simple custom shield and discussed how to quickly identify shields that are good candidates for a Netduino adaptation versus...

The most complex device ever made in the history of mankind already exists... right in your computer! Note that the above video is already 4 years old and out of date with 22nm processors! Link Removed

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Microsoft is planing to release Windows 8 next year. Looks like this is how long we will need to wait for a decent Windows tablet as well. According to Electronista, Microsoft's Andy Lees says that... Source: Yahoo! News

The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee urged China to allow investigators to travel to the Chinese mainland to probe reports that Chinese-made counterfeit parts are making their way into U.S. weapons systems, and other electronics, Reuters reported June 14. I have always tried to stay away...

Microsoft may be hoping to more directly challenge Apple with a self-branded Windows 8 tablet, part suppliers asserted in a rumor on Tuesday. The company would collaborate directly with TI, possibly using its 1.8GHz OMAP4470 chip, and brand it much the way the company has the Xbox 360 or Zune...

Samsung has fired back at Apple with a motion that would require the company to turn over advance copies of the "final, commercial versions" of the company's unannounced next-generation iPhone and iPad by June 13, 2011. Apple and Samsung are locked in a heated dispute over whether Samsung's...