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What is the difference between messages and commands in scsi?
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Is there a way to convert a 50 pin cable on an older HP Scanjet 5p scanner to fit a 25 pin port on a Dell laptop?
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Can you explain server hardware details?
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How do you transfer music tracks to a PC then transfer them to an MP3 player?
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How do you replace the new hard disk on a new computer with your old hard disk?
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How do you differentiate an Intel original mother board from a chipset?
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How do you get the USB external Compact Flash device to automatically bring up a window to view files?
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How should multiple drives be hooked up on ribbons?
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Can the asus RADEON 9200 se 128 mb run with P4VXASD2 motherboard?
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What is the difference in the functionality of a chipset and the functionality of a processor?
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Will an ATI X800 series card have problems with the MSI K8N Neo which has a nvidia chipset?
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What is computer memory?
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When you are building a computer do you need to buy parts with same sockets or different sockets?
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How do you break the bios password and where is bios password saved in the computer?
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What's the difference between a Pentium 4 and a Pentium M and which one is better for a Laptop?
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Why is the display resolution wrong when you boot up your notebook computer?
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Can an Elitegroup motherboard P4VXASD2 v1 with a 4X AGP support an GeForceFX 5200FX 128mb DDR TV 8x AGP card?
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What is needed to make the Famicom video game system operable with a USA television set?
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How do you change the monitor to a full-size screen?
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What should you do if your computer gets restarted automatically when you use some high resolution graphics?
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Can you swap a circuit board from one hdd to another?
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Can you add a 300 watt power supply to a computer that currently runs a 185 watt power supply without damaging anything?
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How do you remove a multimedia memory card write protection?
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What is the minimal requirement for windows 2003?
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Can installing a new hard drive in a computer cause a system failure?
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How can you tell if your USB connections are working?
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Can you install a new fan in a Toshiba laptop that keeps overheating and shutting down and what kind of fan do you recommend?
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How can you turn off the write protection on a 256MB USB memory pen?
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What is main difference between Chipset and original motherboard?
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If a Logitech mouse is working on WinXP but not on Win98 though all the drivers are properly installed and there is no conflict what might be wrong?
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How do you fix a Combo DVD-RW drive running on Windows XP that fails to read VCD but reads DVD just fine?
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How do you find out what type of video card you have and how can you update it?
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If you attach a fan to the case of a computer does the room temperature truly cool the computer?
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Can a medical expert answer why a person can control a computer mouse any computer mouse only if they operate it upside down?
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Will a computer's power source function without a connection to the motherboard?
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When was the first home computer invented?
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Why does an 8x AGP card in a 4x motherboard work until it gets to the windows xp login screen and then restart?
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What is an Iris scanner?
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Can a Mac Mini that has a DVI output be connected to an HDTV with an HDMI input?
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Does the asus a7n8x-x m-board have onboard video?
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What is the difference between 8080 and 8086?
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What is the priority to upgrade the PC performance if you mostly work on video editing?
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How is SD RAM different from DD RAM?
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Why would your computer freeze everytime you try to load new software or defrag or run anti-virus software?
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Where is the internal nickel battery located in a Compaq Presario 1200 Laptop?
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What is the difference between DVD and VCD?
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What is processor catch memory?
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What will happen if you place an old stick of PC-100 or PC-133 RAM into a newer motherboard running 256MB DDR RAM?
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What does the 'front side bus' do for a processor?
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Can you use an ATA33 CDR on a motherboard with IDE connection for ATA 66-100-133 if the motherboard is a Foxconn 648fx4mr-es?
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How can you know if your computer supports the USB 2.0?
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How do you connect a normal HDD externally to a laptop?
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Is Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5250 at 1.5 GHz a decent processor?
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How can I reset my Lost password belkin wireless router?
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Is the PCI controller slot the same as PCI host controller slot?
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What is the purpose of cable select in CD ROMS?
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How do you use a flash drive?
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What is the difference between firmware and drivers?
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What is virtual memory?
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How do you remove the hard drive from a Gateway M305CRV Laptop?
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How do you copy document files from an external HDD to the HDD inside the computer?
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Can you connect an LTR-52327SX external CDRW with an IBM Thinkpad 380 ED having 48mb RAM?
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How can we differentiate between an SDRAM and DDR RAM outwardly?
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Can you play a DVD RW disc recorded on a TV on a computer's DVD drive?
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Can you add music to a cd-r that already has one song recorded on it?
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How do you Ethernet Network?
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How can the installation of RAM affect the clock speed of the processor?
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How do you wire your speakers?
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Mp3 wont play in your car cd palyer?
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If you have replaced the mb CPU RAM and HD can you install a PCI IDE raid controller to recover data from your old raid formatted hard drives?
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