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question about Capacitors

Yeah I've vaguely heard about smoothing out voltages, but I don't get why the capacitors just don't stop the flow of electricity completely. When a capacitor charges up fully it stops the flow of electricity in the direction that it was charged in. Electrolyte capacitors that computers use are...
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- Post #3
- Jan 24, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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question about Capacitors

I am wondering what purpose capacitors serve on a motherboard? I learned from my college electricity class how capacitors block DC voltage, and since motherboards have DC voltage I don't understand how the capacitor works on a motherboard. Thanks.
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- Jan 24, 2004
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building
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question about 802.11 stuff

I don't have any wireless networking stuff but I have been curious about it. Is it possible to do a computer to computer network (non base station) with 802.11 PCI cards? Say you have a cable modem or phone modem connected to a computer with a regular NIC. Could you just stick a wireless PCI...
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- Aug 12, 2003
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Networking
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help with IE on College laptop

It's actually not a tech school (as far as specializing goes), most of the students at the school are there to get a teaching degree. I am going for a Computer Science degree and a networking degree. I forgot to list one other fun laptop customization they made: They installed Norton...
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- Post #3
- Jan 12, 2003
- Forum: Windows
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help with IE on College laptop

My College makes each student lease a laptop as part of the tuition fee. I don't feel like reinstalling Windows or anything on the Laptop, so I am left with the default crap that the school puts on the laptop. My question is this: They really customized Internet Explorer to hell and back on...
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- Jan 12, 2003
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows
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What Linux distro on laptop?

I don't have the laptop yet so I can't test stuff out and I want to get it right the first time. I suppose nothing is wrong with Slackware, its just that Slack doesn't have built in drivers for anything (except the kernel of course), and I want minimum headaches getting Linux to work on the laptop.
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- Post #3
- Jan 3, 2003
- Forum: Operating Systems
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What Linux distro on laptop?

Hello, I am a Slackware Linux user and I don't have any experience installing Linux on a laptop at all so I would like to know what would be the best distro to install onto an IBM Thinkpad? I would guess Red Hat but I really don't know what happens when you try to install Linux on a laptop...
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- Jan 3, 2003
- Replies: 19
- Forum: Operating Systems
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what is the "x" in hexadecimal strings?

Hello, I know how hexadecimal numbers work, but whenever you see them on a computer there is usually an "x" with the regular hex digits. What does the "x" mean since there is obviously no x in hexadecimal? Thanks
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- Nov 12, 2002
- Replies: 24
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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arghhh (fedex rant)

Yeah, well UPS sucks too. My UPS tracking number says a 60 dollar order of mine was supposed to be delivered yesterday. However there hasn't been any scan updates since last Friday. I sent an email out and learned that UPS doesn't know where my order is at all, just like the tracking update...
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- Post #2
- Nov 5, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What text editor do you use?
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- Post #29
- Oct 28, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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RCA to VGA adapter?

Hello, While this isn't strictly a PC hardware question: I would like to know if there is any adapter/cable that allows hooking a video game console's RCA video jack to a standard VGA monitor? If there is, what are they called? Thanks, Jesse Racine
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- Oct 28, 2002
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building
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KDE question

Hello, I accidentally got rid of the virtual desktop switcher on the KDE taskbar. Its that button with the four windows that allows switching of the desktops. How can I get this back?
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- Oct 14, 2002
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Operating Systems
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IP address in winXP?

Hi, I just figured out that winipcfg doesn't seem to exist in XP. Is there any way to figure out my IP address through XP then? thanks
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- Nov 6, 2001
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Operating Systems
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XP drivers question

What drivers would be better to use if XP drivers aren't out for a particular type of hardware: Win 98 drivers or Win 2000 drivers?
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- Oct 27, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Operating Systems
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gpedit.msc in XP

I don't seem to have gpedit.msc anywhere on my system, I did a complete search for it. Is this only in Pro?
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- Oct 27, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Operating Systems
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XP account and other question

MulLa I just tried going to the folder options > view and the option you mentioned to uncheck isn't there. Maybe that option is only there in Pro?
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- Post #4
- Oct 27, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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XP account and other question

What is the difference between a user with Administration access and the Administration account only accessible by pressing F8 at boot? I've noticed that the F8 Admin account can control file permissions based on users and the standard one can't, but is there anything else the F8 Admin account...
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- Oct 27, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Operating Systems
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XP Ppro and registration

Ok thanks for clearing that up guys. He downloaded Pro from a warez site and then went on to tell me that the retail version of Pro in stores doesn't have activation either.
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- Post #5
- Oct 26, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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XP Ppro and registration

A friend keeps insisting that the XP Professional version doesn't have the registration process that the home version does and doesn't keep track of your system hardware at all, is this true?
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- Oct 26, 2001
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Dell hardware info needed

Hi, Someone I know wants to get a Dell Dimension 2100 and they want me to fix their computer for them if it breaks and stuff. My only worry is that Dell computers have evil proprietary hardware that I won't be able to do anything with if something goes wrong. So if anyone is actually familiar...
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- Oct 22, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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Athlon XP and MP question

What are the differences between the Athlon XP and MP processor, besides from the fact the MP is supposed to be used in multiple processor system configurations? If you used for instance a single processor MP system and compared it to an XP system of equal speed, which would have better...
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- Oct 17, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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tualatin sites?

Is there any websites that sell Tualatins? thanks
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- Aug 25, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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microsoft keyboard question

haha shooter..... I figured that part out for myself, I am curious for more info about it though. Like is it possible to stop the software from starting up, and where does it launch from.
- khold
- Post #4
- Jun 26, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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microsoft keyboard question

I just got a Microsoft Internet Keyboard (normally I wouldn't use one but I was in an emergency need of a keyboard) that has special program launching buttons on it. Anyway, I run WinMe and the special buttons work fine in WinMe without installing the keyboard software. Does anyone know why...
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- Jun 26, 2001
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building
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highpoint raid linux compatibility

Hello, Is the highpoint raid chipset compatible with Linux?
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- May 14, 2001
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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all your base belong to us!

someone set us up the bomb!
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- Mar 6, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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why can 32 bit processors only address 4 GB ?(NT)

Thanks, thats exactly what I wanted to know.
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- Post #11
- Mar 1, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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why can 32 bit processors only address 4 GB ?(NT)

Heheh, 4 GB is enough for me, but i was wondering about it because I am curious. I read somewhere else that you can do 2^32 = 4 GB, but I don't get how that logic works. A 32 bit can do 32 bit addresses right? So, if you do 2^32 power, and get the answer, the answer is in bits though. And...
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- Post #6
- Mar 1, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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why can 32 bit processors only address 4 GB ?(NT)

NT
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- Mar 1, 2001
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Computer Building
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two questions

hi, I have two quick questions here: 1. what is interleaved memory? 2. On the new motherboards that support I/O voltage overclocking, does this give the same benefit for overclocking RAM as increasing CPU voltage allows higher CPU speeds to be attained? thanks for any answers
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- Feb 22, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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what is the ATI Radeon 32 MB DDR "LE" ??

Can someone tell me what the difference between the Radeon and the Radeon LE is? At this site: http://www.essencom.com/parts/video.htm you can buy a SDR Radeon at that site for 85 dollars, but for 4 dollars more you can get the LE DDR version. I figured I should get it because its DDR, but I...
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- Feb 19, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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Why are PCBs green mos tof the time?

I think its because green reminds us of the trees around us, which makes us happy.
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- Post #8
- Feb 19, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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CPU temperature detection

bump
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- Post #2
- Feb 14, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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overclocking of tbird/duron

Now that I have re-read those articles again I think all that soldering is to add the ability to change the multiplier on the duron/tbird after it is unlocked if your motherboard doesn't have that ability built into it.
- khold
- Post #5
- Feb 12, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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overclocking of tbird/duron

The article I saw at Tom's was about the Duron and Tbird actually, but I am too lazy to look up the URL for it now. However the ones that Anand did are right here: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1282 http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1277 Some of the stuff they talk about in...
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- Post #3
- Feb 12, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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overclocking of tbird/duron

I am thinking about getting a duron and overclocking it and I was surprised to read that all you need to do is take a regular pencil and "scribble" at the right places on the processor to unlock the multiplier of it. What confuses me is that in June or July when the Duron and...
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- Feb 12, 2001
- Replies: 4
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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PC133 Vs. PC150 (Ram that is)

And if you want to look to the future, Micron is working on 200 mhz SD-RAM, but at the moment they can only make it in 4 megabyte densities, so the largest DIMM they could make right now is a 32 MB DIMM.
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- Post #8
- Feb 12, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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CPU temperature detection

I am interested in knowing how the winbond chip on a motherboard or the BIOS detects the heat of the CPU core for temperature monitoring? I assume that for the old Pentium 2, Pentium 3, and slot 1 Athlons the processor simply monitored its own temperature and then broadcast it on a signal to...
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- Feb 12, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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difference between CAS-2 and CAS-3?

Straight from Crucial's website: This refers to the latency of the parts, or the amount of time it takes for the memory to respond to a command. Latency is measured in terms of clock cycles and is often noted as CL2 (two clock cycles) or CL3 (three clock cycles). For most applications there is...
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- Post #2
- Feb 12, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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PC133 Vs. PC150 (Ram that is)

In order to use 150 mhz RAM with a processor, the frontside bus of the processor has to support that speed of RAM. Unless you are an overclocker, the current Pentium 3s and AMD processors only support 133-100 mhz RAM, and unless you overclock your processor, 150 mhz RAM would be of no special...
- khold
- Post #5
- Feb 12, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building

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