Computer and technology questions and answers from Andy Kaiser
Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category.
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Hey, thank you soo much for ur review of the “Story of Stuff”, i had tons of disagreements in mind so i wanted to do some research, but u did a lot of that for me haha. One thing im rly curious about, why cant the CPU just be replaced? is it cuz everything else must be reprogrammed to accomodate it?
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No one can seem to tell me the difference between the two (45nm and x38)? What do these numbers mean, and are they both just CPU’s of different generations? I can’t seem to see these numbers in any specifications for processors, so how do you know which processors are which? I hope you can help, since no one I know can tell me. It’s important because I want to buy a new motherboard and want to make sure everything is compatible. Also, if you can tell me, what does the 775 number mean? I sent a copy of this to my brother, who knows a lot more about computers than I do.
Continue reading ‘What’s a 386 processor? What does 45nm mean? What is a 775 slot type?’ »
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Hello, i read your web page regarding this issue [wireless network security basics and setting up WPA and WPA2] and i have a problem. Recently i purchased a laptop (Asus G2S-A1) with Windows XP SP2 and a router (NetGear WPN 824). While i am able to connect to my network using “open-WEP”, i cannot connect with WPA. Router has the capabilities and firmware is up to date and laptop has the options for WPA or WPA2 but when i choose that option it just keeps searching for address and it shows IP as invalid and DNS as zeroes i believe. So the question is how come i cant use WPA but can WEP even thou all hardware is new.
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I have multiple drives on the same drive cable.
Is it OK to have both of these units on Cable Select or should the “end unit” be the master?
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HOW CAN A BAD IDE CABLE CAUSE A BOOT DISK FAILURE ???
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