Recent content by macawman

The sky is NOT falling! Yes, house voltage dropping below 98V happens on occasion esp. in CA. in the Summer. When voltage drops / amperage draw goes up on a circuit under load then the circuit breaker is supposed to open the branch circuit when it has sensed a 15a load on a #14 wire or 20A on...

Computer dust build up reducers 1. put the computer two or more feet off the floor. 2. keep the windows to the computer room closed. 3. vaccum the computer area at least once a month. 4. blow out the computer every six months. 5. use a computer case with an intake filter...

Memory Ray gun!! A more common name for it is a Infrared Thermometer with a laser pointer. See tecins.com Parker, CO Part# irtn305lc.

Pics of DDR3 mobo Chile Hardware has shots of the new DDR3 Biostar TP353-a7 Deluxe P35 mobo. Just google chile hardware.

Open up your dell owner's manual to the system board configuration. There should be a 4 pin fan connector next to the ram memory slots and between the cpu HS, if the board is a D845ept2. The Dell PSUs are proprietary for these Dim 2002 units. The cpu exhaust fan runs only at a constant speed...

Signs of a change in AMD/ATI business plan It looks like AMD is following up on their CEO's statement to integrate AMD's cpu with an ATI graphics card and is getting out of the plug in video card business by franchising out the design work on plug in cards to others. It smells like AMD has...