Switching From Integrated ATI Radeon Xpress 200 To An nVidia Graphics Card by Phil on December 13, 2006
Q: My new HP computer came with integrated ATI Radeon Xpress 200 graphics card. I want to know if I can add on an nVidia graphics card.
A: You certainly can, assuming this is a desktop computer that we are talking about here. If you are on a laptop then you are pretty much out of [...]
USB 2.0 Devices On A USB 2.0 Hub Or USB 1.1 Ports by Phil on December 13, 2006
Q: I have 2 USB 1.1 ports and 2 USB 2 ports on my computer. I have 4 USB 2 devices so 2 are working at 1.1 speed. Will I get better performance if I buy a USB 2 hub and connect the 2 devices running at 1.1 speeds to the hub plugged into a [...]
Combine Optical Drives And IDE Hard Drives On The Same IDE Channel by Phil on December 12, 2006
Q: I am running Photoshop CS on a Windows XP Service Pack 2 PC with 2 GB RAM and two hard drives on one IDE cable and two optical drives on the other. I have my Windows paging file on one hard drive and the Photoshop “scratch disk” on the other. If I want to [...]
Difference Between A USB Flash Drive And A Floppy Disk by Phil on December 11, 2006
Q: What is the difference between a USB flash drive and a floppy disk?
A: A USB thumb drive/flash drive uses Flash RAM to store data. Flash RAM, also sometimes called flash memory, is a computer memory chip that can have data written and rewritten to it without a constant need for power. Since the flash [...]