Harga - Spesifikasi Asus Eee Pad Transformer

Fenomena peluncuran tablet baru terus berlanjut. Kali ini Asus menghadirkan tablet berukuran notebook, masih mengusung nama Eee Pad.

Tablet Asus Eee Pad Transformer sebagai tablet pertama di dunia yang dilengkapi dengan docking khusus yang berguna untuk mengoptimalkan kenyamanan mengetik dengan keyboard yang sesungguhnya, sekaligus menambah daya tahan baterai hingga 16 jam.

Tablet  Eee Pad dengan sistem operasi Android 3.0 Honeycomb yang ditenagai dengan prosesor dual core Tegra 2 ini dilengkapi dengan user interface Waveshare dari Asus, memberikan kombinasi penggunaan yang intuitif dan performa hardware yang bertenaga, sehingga memberikan pengalaman terbaik bagi pengguna dengan perangkat komputasi tablet, baik saat menikmati juga saat membuat file multimedia dan bahkan untuk aktivitas lain yang yang menunjang produktivitas. Dan kini perangkat komputasi tablet yang telah menggunakan sistem operasi Android 3.0 pertama di Indonesia akan segera tersedia dengan kehadiran Eee Pad Transformer dari ASUS.

Asus  Eee Pad Transformer

Tablet Eee Pad Transformer ini dijadwalkan akan tersedia di pasar Indonesia pada Mei 2011 kemaren. Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101 yang akan hadir adalah versi 16GB dengan konektivitas Wi-Fi dan pilihan paket penjualan yang dilengkapi docking dan tanpa docking. Varian lain dari Eee Pad Transformer, termasuk dengan media penyimpanan internal 32. Bocoran harga Asus  Eee Pad Transformer di kisaran $399 – $ 699

Cara Mengatasi Bad Sector Pada Hardisk

Bad Sector sudah lama menjadi momok yang cukup merisaukan bagi sejumlah pengguna komputer. Cukup banyak faktor yang dapat menyebabkan terjadinya Bad Sector, namun tidak sedikit juga cara yang dapat dilakukan untuk memulihkan hard disk yang terkena dampaknya. Beberapa waktu lalu saya membaca sebuah artikel di salah satu tabloid komputer tanah air, dan berikut tips yang dapat saya rangkumkan khusus untuk anda.

Hard Disk

Pertama-tama anda harus sedikit mengenal apakah Bad Sector dan bagaimana Bad Sector bisa terjadi. Hard Disk dapat terkena Bad Sector melalui dua kemungkinan, pertama secara Logic, dan kedua secara Physic. Untuk kemungkinan terakhir, tidak akan dibahas terlalu mendalam karena Bad Sector secara Physic terjadi disebabkan oleh kerusakan fisik pada hard disk.

Sedangkan Bad Sector secara Logic dapat terjadi karena terganggunya operasi read – write pada suatu sektor. Hal ini dapat disebabkan oleh beberapa kemungkinan, seperti virus, boot record yang korup, gangguan tegangan listrik, maupun kemungkinan sejenis lainnya.

Hardisk Bad Sector

Apabila Bad Sector secara Logic terjadi pada hard disk, sangat dianjurkan untuk terlebih dahulu mencoba software perbaikan hard disk yang disertakan saat pembelian hard disk tersebut.

Software tersebut sebetulnya tidak memperbaiki sektor yang rusak, melainkan menyembunyikannya. Dengan kata lain kerusakan tetap ada namun sistem operasi akan mengabaikannya. Kira-kira gambaran cara kerjanya adalah seperti ini. Software tersebut akan mengembalikan orientasi magnet hard disk untuk membuat setiap byte dapat melakukan read dan write sehingga memungkinkan recovery hard disk. Bad Sector dapat merembet pada hard disk, terutama pada track 0 hard disk. Kejadian seperti ini juga dapat menyebabkan anda tidak dapat menginstall dan menyalin data pada hard disk.

Pemakaian software perbaikan hard disk

Sebelumnya mungkin ada cara simpel yang dapat dilakukan sebagai pertolongan pertama saat hard disk terancam mengalami Bad Sector. Pada Windows XP buka lah MS-DOS Prompt. Kemudian ketik “chkdsk /R” kemudian tekan Enter. Perintah ini akan segera mencari posisi Bad Sector kemudian melakukan penyelamatan pada data yang masih bisa terbaca. Untuk seri Windows 95, 98, atau Millenium,  aplikasi Scandisk yang merupakan aplikasi bawaan dari Windows yang dapat dicoba. Namun bila masih belum yakin dan masalah pada hard disk belum teratasi, ada cara lain yang lebih maksimal dibawah ini.

Pada dasarnya hard disk telah dibekali dengan software perbaikan mana kala tejadi Bad Sector pada hard disk tersebut. Software ini dapat menangani Bad Sector secara Logic. Berikut beberapa contoh software bawaan dari sejumlah hard disk. Maxtor dan Quantum menyertakan MaxBlast, Samsung dengan ClearHDD, Seagate berbekal Seagate Format, sedangkan Western Digital punya Old DLG Diagnostic, dan Fujitsu dibekali FJ-IDE Drive Initializer Utility.

SpinRite

Namun tidak menutup kemungkinan anda juga dapat memaksimalkan proses penyembuhan hard disk dari Bad Sector menggunakan software lain yang juga cukup ampuh. Dan kali ini software yang akan dicoba adalah SpinRite, software perbaikan hard disk buatan Gibson Research, versi terbarunya yaitu versi 6.0. SpinRite mendukung FAT, NTFS, Linux, Novell, drive dengan multi sistem operasi, dan hard disk yang belum diformat sekalipun. Berikut sekelumit cara penggunaannya.

1. Buat booting CD atau disket. Proses pembuatannya dapat dilakukan langsung di SpinRite. Pilih “Crete Boot Diskette”, kemudian “Create ISO or Image File”, atau bisa juga melalui opsi “Install SpinRite on Drive”. Supaya lebih mudah dalam pengaplikasiannya buat saja bootable menggunakan CD. Sekedar informasi, tahapan proses selanjutnya akan lebih banyak memakan waktu di modus DOS.

SpinRite V6.0

2. Setelah file image dari SpinRite yang dibuat tadi sudah jadi, kemudian burn ke CD kosong menggunakan Nero maupun perangkat burning CD sejenisnya. Restart komputer dan boot dengan CD yang baru saja dibuat.

3. Setelah berhasil melakukan booting melalui CD tadi, kita akan dibawa pada interface SpinRite yang menyajikan lima pilihan atau bisa disebut juga level perbaikan. Silahkan pilih option mana yang anda butuhkan untuk perbaikan hard disk menurut tingkat kerusakannya. Biasanya pada kebanyak kasus, option nomor dua dan empat yang paling sering dibutuhkan. option nomor dua akan mengembalikan data, dan option nomor empat adalah pemeliharaan dan analisis pada hard disk.

Setting SpinRite

4. Setelah memilih option mana yang dibutuhkan, anda dipersilahkan untuk menentukan drive atau partisi mana yang akan diperiksa ataupun diperbaiki. Ikuti langkah selanjutnya yaitu penentuan option pemeriksaan dan SpinRite akan segera bekerja melakukan tugasnya di hard disk anda.

Determine the Partition

Waktu pemrosesan berlangsung relatif berdasarkan kecepatan dan kapasitas hard disk. SpinRite mampu melakukan perbaikan hard disk dengan kecepatan maksimal 120Gb per jam-nya. Walapun tetap saja kecepatan dari SpinRite sangat dipengaruhi oleh banyak faktor, seperti konfigurasi sistem, kerusakan hard disk, ataupun dukungan dari Ultra DMA. Namun jangan khawatir jika anda tidak ingin menunggu lama dan tidak ingin meninggalkan proses perbaikan, SpinRite menawarkan kemudahan berupa penghentian proses perbaikan untuk dilanjutkan di lain waktu. Tinggal catat saja posisi pemeriksaan ketika menghentikan proses.

SpinRite akan secara otomatis masuk ke option nomor empat apabila setelah pengecekkan dirasa perlu adanya perbaikan dan pemeliharaan pada hard disk. Dan proses ini juga memakan waktu yang tidak sedikit, bisa sampai hitungan hari malahan, tergantung tingkat kerusakan pada hard disk itu sendiri. Namun tentunya ini lebih baik daripada anda harus kehilangan data ataupun harus membeli hard disk baru gara-gara Bad Sector menganiaya hard disk anda.

Data Recovery di SprinRite

SpinRite juga dilengkapi dengan screensaver yang aktif saat proses sedang berjalan. Bisa juga menampilkan jalannya proses yang sedang berlangsung. Bila hard disk mendukung fitur pembacaan suhu, SpinRite juga akan menampilkan informasi suhu hard disk. Ada juga fitur menarik lainnya yaitu “DynaStat Data Recovery” yang dapat menampilkan dengan lebih dekat jalannya proses perbaikan yang sedang berlangsung.

Melihat Aplikasi Yang Mengakses Harddisk

Dilihat dari namanya mungkin pembaca sudah mengetahui dari kegunaan utility kecil ini, mungkin sudah banyak software yang digunakan untuk melihat program apa saja yang menggunakan resource computer. Di windows sudah disertakan windows task manager dan ada aplikasi gratisan lainnya seperti process xp. Tetapi kebanyakan utility di atas hanya mempunyai fasilitas untuk melihat aplikasi yang mengakses CPU dan tidak bisa melihat aplikasi yang mengakses harddisk.

Whats my computer doing adalah utility kecil yang hanya berukuran 480 KB dan dapat digunakan untuk memantau kegiatan tersebut.

• Download Whats my computer doing dan install.
• Setelah diinstall kemudian jalankan

Download Whats my computer doing dan install

• Sekarang lihat di jendela utama terdapat list aplikasi mana saja yang berjalan dan activitynya. Fungsinya hampir sama dengan task manager Anda dapat mematikan proses dengan mengklik terminate proses.

Utility ini bersifat freeware dan walaupun kecil dan hampir sama dengan task manager tetapi cukup berguna. Kita sering melihat indicator harddisk yang terus menyala tetapi tidak tahu process mana yang sedang mengakses harddisk dan menyebabkan harddisk menjadi panas, dengan utility ini kita dapat mengetahuinya.

Mengetahui Konsumsi Listrik Komputer

Jika anda termasuk orang yang selalu bekerja dengan komputer sepanjang hari, mungkin anda pernah menerima tagihan listrik yang melonjak tajam, ujung-ujungnya anda dimarahi oleh orang tua ataupun istri anda.

Tapi pernahkah anda berpikir berapa daya yang dikonsumsi komputer ketika anda pakai ? Anda hanya bisa berasumsi bahwa komputer anda biang kerok dari tagihan listrik rumah anda yang melonjak.

Dengan freeware joulemeter anda dapat memantau penggunaan listrik komputer anda.

• Download dan install joulemeter.
• Setelah diinstall restart komputer atau laptop anda jika joulemeter tidak jalan.
• Kemudian jalankan joulemeter, anda dapat mengetahui berapa konsumsi listrik yang sudah anda pakai.

install joulemeter

Dengan freeware ini anda dapat memantau penggunaan listrik komputer anda dan secara tidak langsung anda mengurangi dari dampak pemanasan global yang disebabkan dilepasnya gas carbondioksida ketika anda menggunakan komputer.

Mengatasi Masalah Komputer "NTLDR is Missing, Press any Key to Restart"

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Mengatasi Masalah Komputer "NTLDR is Missing, Press any Key to Restart" - Waktu menyalakan komputer tiba-tiba muncul tulisan "ntldr is missing, press any key to restart..". Masalah yang (sangat) sering saya jumpai. Hal ini berarti file ntldr (yang terletak di system root pada Windows XP) telah rusak atau hilang. Penyebebnya bermacam-macam, bisa karena (tidak sengaja) terhapus atau karena file lain yang di desain khusus untuk menghapus file ini. Biasanya file ini (memang) sengaja diselipkan di media CD (Video CD, mp3, atau CD audio) yang bermaksud agar produk itu tidak bisa digandakan (atau dibajak) dengan menggunakan CD Writer pada komputer. File (perusak) ini biasanya tidak hanya terdiri dari satu file saja, tapi ada 3 file yaitu file (perusak) itu sendiri, autorun.inf yang berfungsi untuk menjalankan secara otomatis file induk (perusak) saat media CD dimasukkan ke CDROM atau CDRW, dan file shutdown.exe yang berfungsi untuk mematikan komputer setelah file induk (perusak) selesai menjalankan semua prosesnya (yaitu merusak ntldr dan sebagainya), sehingga akan ada pesan "ntldr is missing…." Saat komputer dinyalakan lagi. Tapi itu bukanlah akhir dari segalanya, kita masih bisa menghindari hal itu terjadi yaitu dengan mematikan fungsi autorun pada windows XP. Caranya dengan klik Start kemudian pilih Run dan ketikkan gpedit.msc, sehingga akan muncul window baru seperti dibawah ini :

Klik Administration Templates >> System >> Turn Off Autoplay >> Pilih Enabled dan pada Turn Off Autoplay pilih All Drives, maka fitur autorun sudah tidak berfungsi lagi untuk semua drive (termasuk flashdisk dan CDROM).

Untuk memperbaiki komputer dengan gejala seperti tersebut diatas (ntldr is missing..) kita tidak perlu install ulang Windows, yang perlu kita lakukan hanyalah mengcopykan file ntldr (yang bisa kita ambil dari komputer yang masih normal systemnya). Sekarang gimana caranya kita mengcopykan file itu sementara komputer tidak bisa memproses operating system?? Kita memerlukan media lain yang kita gunakan sebagai bantuan agar kita bisa masuk system root pada operating system yang bermasalah tadi. Untuk masalah ini saya menggunakan Hiren's Boot CD 10. Bootable CD in iberisi mini Windows XP, mem Test, partition tool, recovery tool, dan masih banyak lagi. Langkah pertama kita atur (di BIOS) first boot device pada CDROM kemudian restart. Selanjutnya akan muncul pilhan : Boot from Harddisk Boot from CD Start mini Windows XP memTest Kita pilih Start mini Windows XP, dan kita tunggu sampai desktop mini Windows XP muncul. Setelah itu barulah kita copykan file ntldr dari komputer lain ke system root (biasanya drive C:). Restart komputer dan system kembali normal. Semoga artikel Mengatasi Masalah Komputer "NTLDR is Missing, Press any Key to Restart" bermanfaat, terima kasih.

Penyebab Komputer Lambat

Penyebab Komputer Lambat - Masalah pada komputer yang selalu lambat tentu sudah tidak aneh lagi bagi semua orang, sebenarnya apa penyebabnya? Kinerja sistem komputer (PC) maupun notebook dapat menurun drastis jika tidak memperhatikan faktor yang mempengaruhinya. Komputer itu sendiri harus mendapatkan perawatan khusus agar selalu stabil, jika rusak berarti anda yang harus ke toko komputer untuk beli peralatan baru atau bahkan komputer baru. Jika tidak diberlakukan sebagaimana mestinya, jangan kaget jika tiba-tiba komputer anda mendadak mati atau kerjanya sangat lambat. Beberapa faktor yang mempengaruhi diantaranya adalah perlakuan terhadap komputer itu sendiri, pengaturan BIOS yang kurang maksimal, dan manajemen sistem operasi yang kurang teratur. Untuk mengatasi hal itu diperlukan penanganan yang tepat diantaranya melakukan Defragmenter secara berkala karena kalau terlalu sering maka komputer bisa ngadat. Ya.. paling tidak setiap 1-2 bulan. Memasang software antivirus, membuang software yang tidak digunakan, tidak memaksakan menggunakan software yang berat (memakan memory terlalu banyak atau yang memakan banyak kerja CPU) membuang file sampah, dan tindakan lainnya yang mempengaruhi sistem operasi yang sedang digunakan. Oleh karena banyak yang menggunakan sistem operasi Windows maka di sini akan kita bahas beberapa faktor yang mempengaruhinya sehingga sistem tersebut menjadi sangat lambat. Komputer yang kerjanya sangat lamban membuat kita kesal, ditambah lagi komputer sering hang, padahal ada pekerjaan yang harus selesai sesegera mungkin. Semua itu bisa membuat pikiran kita stress. Ada dua faktor yang mempengaruhi kerja sistem komputer yaitu faktor Eksternal dan faktor Internal. Faktor Eksternal Faktor eksternal yang dapat menghambat sistem kerja komputer diantaranya: Tegangan listrik yang tidak stabil Ada kalanya tegangan listrik yang ada di rumah kita tidak berjalan stabil alias naik turun. Hal tersebut bisa ditimbulkan oleh penggunaan listrik yang bersama-sama. Misalnya menghidupkan televisi, mesin air, lemari es (kulkas), dan komputer secara bersama-sama. Suatu saat mematikan mesin air yang tidak digunakan. Nah, jika kondisinya seperti itu tegangan akan mengalami perubahan naik-turun dan inilah faktor penyebab komputer dan monitor menjadi rusak. Untuk menghindari hal ini, sebaiknya menggunakan UPS/stabilizer agar ketika listrik mati secara mendadak masih ada aliran listrik dan dapat melakukan shutdown sesuai prosedur. Lingkungan yang berdebu Debu yang menempel pada komponen komputer dapat mengakibatkan sistem kerja komputer akan terhambat. Sebaiknya bersihkan dengan menggunakan kuas yang lembut, jangan menggunakan kemoceng karena bulu-bulunya akan rontok sehingga malah memperparah keadaan. Komputer yang bekerja makin lambat perlu diidentifikasi sedini mungkin agar faktor-faktor penyebabnya dapat diminimalkan. Oleh karena setiap hari bergelut dengan komputer, sedikitnya kita harus dapat menangani sendiri jika komputer mengalami masalah. Periksa dulu apa penyebab komputer tersebut menjadi lambat, jika sudah ditemukan faktor pemicunya segera atasi sendiri sebelum meminta bantuan orang lain. Suhu CPU Suhu CPU pun harus diperhatikan, karena dapat menghambat proses kerja dan dapat memperpendek usia CPU, apalagi bagi penggila overclock yang mengharuskan cpu harus terjaga suhunya dan membutuhkan pendingin ekstra Faktor Internal Faktor Internal penyebab sistem komputer lambat, diantaranya : Banyak aplikasi yang terinstal Jika ingin menginstal software sebaiknya yang penting dan dibutuhkan saja, jangan terlalu banyak menginstal software yang tidak digunakan. Hal ini secara otomatis akan menghabiskan space pada komputer Anda. Banyak file sampah (junk file) Yang dimaksud file-file sampah adalah: file pada Recycle Bin, cookies, histroy IE, file bak, file temporary, dll). Ketika menghapus file yang tidak digunakan, tidak secara otomatis file tersebut akan terhapus dari hardisk. Sebenarnya masih tersimpan dalam folder Recycle Bin, dan jika kita ingin mengambil file tersebut masih bisa. Hapuslah file-file dalam Recycle Bin karena seluruh file tersebut masih mengambil ruang hardisk. Pastikan Anda telah memilih file-file yang memang sudah tidak digunakan lagi. Banyak aplikasi yang terbaca ketika Start Up Beberapa software ketika pertama kali diinstal biasanya menyediakan pilihan yaitu icon ditambahkan pada Desktop dan icon ditambahkan pada Quick Launch. Sebaiknya tidak perlu meletakkn icon program tersebut dalam taskbar karena menjadi beban sistem komputer karena harus menyediakan memori tersendiri. Hal ini akan memperlambat kerja komputer. Aturlah beberapa aplikasi yang memang dibutuhkan dengan cara mengatur konfigurasi. Jalankan menu Start kemudian pilih Run, ketikkan msconfig. Nonaktifkan aplikasi yang tidak diperlukan ketika Start Up. Manajemen Sistem tidak teratur Komputer yang sering digunakan juga memerlukan penyegaran, salah satunya adalah dengan cara melakukan Scandisk dan Defragmentasi secara rutin minimal satu bulan sekali. Idealnya satu bulan sekali, tergantung frekuensi penggunaan komputer. Meskipun sesuatu yang sepele, namun sering dilupakan banyak orang. Lakukan Scandisk secara rutin untuk memperbaiki hardisk yang sering crash akibat litrik mati secara mendadak atau hang. Selain melakukan Scandisk, yang tak kalah pentingnya adalah Defragmentasi secara berkala. Hal ini sangat berguna ketika tingkat penggunaan komputer tinggi. File-file perlu ditempatkan sebagaimana mestinya agar ruang kosong tidak berantakan. Jika ruang penempatan file berantakan bisa mengakibatkan kerja komputer lambat. Pilih Penampilan (style themes) Bagi pengguna Windows XP sebaiknya memperhatikan hal ini agar kerja komputer lebih cepat. Memang penampilan Windows XP sangat bagus, icon-icon yang ditampilkan berwarna-warni dengan efek mengkilap. Perlu diketahui bahwa tampilan windows yang bagus tersebut membutuhkan memori yang tidak sedikit. Jadi jangan heran bila semakin lama kerja komputer semakin lambat. Tampilan pada Windows XP menyediakan dua pilihan yaitu Adjust for Best Appearance atau Adjust for Best Performance. Jika memilih Adjust for best Appearance maka lebih mengutamakan penampilan sehingga kinerja komputer mememerlukan memori yang lebih. Hal ini berpengaruh pada kinerja komputer. Sedangkan jika memilih Adjust for best Performance maka lebih mengutamakan kinerja komputer dibandingkan penampilan sehingga tampilan Windows XP akan nampak seperti biasa tanpa efek bayangan ataupun mengkilap seperi windows versi sebelumnya. Proses Shutdown tidak sesuai perosedur Komputer yang sangat lambat bekerja membuat kita kesal dibuatnya, makin hari kian lambat saja. Kadang-kadang komputer langsung hang secara mendadak ketika sedang asyik bekerja. Kita akan mematikan komputer tersebut dengan cara menekan tombol Restart. Hal ini dikerenakan kita tidak bisa mematikan komputer melalui proses Shutdown karena semua tombol keyboard tidak berfungsi. Apabila sering mematikan komputer melalui tombol Restart, lama-lama bisa mengakibatkan sistem operasi tidak berjalan normal dan harddsik akan mengalami kerusakan (bad sector). Hal ini akan memperparah keadaan karena file-file sistem yang ada pada bad sector tidak dapat terbaca, sehingga komputer sering mengalami mati mendadak (hang).

Cara Memperbaiki Kerusakan Hardware Komputer Built Up

Cara Memperbaiki Kerusakan Hardware Komputer Built Up - Sesuatu yang bisa dibilang "sebuah tantangan"... Itulah seoarang teknisi komputer. Meskipun teknisi-teknisi yang lain juga mungkin seperti itu. Mereka dituntut untuk selalu mengembangkan skill-nya untuk bisa menjadi teknisi yang dapat diandalkan, mau tidak mau harus mengupdate apa saja informasi tentang bidang yang ditekuninya. Lebih baik tidur saja jika seorang teknisi (komputer) sudah merasa bangga dengan apa yang dia dapat dari teori di kampus, sekolah, kursus tanpa mengembangkannya untuk lebih memantapkan keterampilannya. Selama menekuni bidang keteknisian komputer saya sangat jarang punya job komputer built up. Kebanyakan dari pekerjaan itu adalah komputer rakitan mulai dari trouble shooting, installasi, upgrade, dan sebagainya. Dan semua itu teorinya bisa kita dapatkan dari tutorial, kursus, sekolah dan semacamnya. Sebenarnya tidak ada perbedaan (secara fungsinya) antara hardware dari komputer rakitan dengan built up. Hanya mungkin hardware komputer built up didesain khusus untuk satu atau beberapa jenis tipe komputer saja, sehinnga banyak kita temukan kasus jika ada salah satu hardware dari komputer built up yang rusak maka sangatlah sulit untuk mencari penggantinya. Dan kalaupun ada kemungkinan tidak akan berfungsi secara optimal. Tapi masih ada hal yang menarik, yaitu komputer built up terkenal bandel untuk ketahanan hardwarenya. Sangat berbeda dengan hardware komputer rakitan yang memang didesain untuk semua jenis komputer. Jadi kita tidak akan menemui kesulitan untuk mencari pengganti hardware jika ada hardware yang rusak dan harus ganti. Dan bukan pula berarti hardware komputer rakitan akan cepat rusak, semua itu tergantung bagaimana kita merawat komputer yang kita pakai. Maksudnya, kita tidak perlu menunggu komputer kita rusak untuk melakukan pengecekan terhadap komputer yang kita pakai. Berikut adalah salah satu contoh bahwa tidak semua hardware komputer built up bisa kita pasang atau kita ganti dengan hardware komputer rakitan, tapi tidak menutup kemungkinan semua hal itu bisa terjadi. Saat motherboard built up dipasang power supply biasa (atau rakitan) biasanya motherboard tidak menyala dengan normal karena (mungkin) ada colokan power dari power supply yang masih belum terpasang (padahal seharusnya terpasang) dan itu tidak ada pada power supply biasa. Akibatnya fan processor hanya berputar sebentar kemudian mati. Mungkin dengan kejadian demikian waktu akan kita buang sia-sia untuk mengatasi masalah ini. Kalau hal ini terjadi coba masuk ke BIOS kemudian cari pengaturan fan processor. Kita set agar fan terus menyala dan restart komputer. Karena fan processor komputer built up biasanya disetting flexible, artinya fan akan berputar normal saat suhu cpu normal. Dan akan berputar lebih cepat saat suhu komputer bertambah panas. Pada dasarnya semua hardware komputer mempunyai fungsi yang sama, dan semua terdapat kekurangan dan kelebihannya masing-masing. Dari hal kecil seperti inilah kita akan mendapatkan tambahan pengalaman tentang bidang keteknisian komputer terutama untuk "Cara Memperbaiki Kerusakan Hardware Komputer Built Up".

Building a computer

Technorati Tags: A handbook on how to remove the parts for your machine.

Output the parts for your machine is one of the most primal things in edifice a computer, because you side piece a machine without the parts! Pick parts for computers has get overmuch easier than before, because things know been standard, withal, you requirement to variety trusty everything give fit. The no. target to suppose near when choosing the components for your machine is what you are going to be using it for. If you are creating a computer for conscionable checking your telecommunicate and using express, you are feat to essential some diffrent parts than a computer that you are going to be using for gaming.

CPU
The prototypal artifact you should beak out most your computer is what CPU you are deed to use, because it determines what motherboard you are going to get, which determines what additional components you get. There are two main CPU manufactruers, Intel and AMD. Both possess their Pros and Cons, but they are pretty corresponding. I would advise using AMD, because they think you a short solon kick for the writer.

Here is a precis overview of the diffrent Intel and AMD CPUs:
Budget: AMD: Sempron
Intel: Celeron D

Midrange: AMD: Athlon 64
Intel: Pentium 4

Highschool End: AMD: Athlon64 X2
Intel: Pentium D

If you are defrayment beneath $500, I would intimate a budget proccesor, Between $500 and $1000, midrange and $1000 and above I would advise a flooding end proccessor.

Motherboard
Choosing the justice motherboard is essential to construction your computer. Gear, make sure you reason a motherboard that has the aright socket write for your CPU. Then, learn the diffrent features of the motherboards you are looking at. If you arent effort to buy a recording or quantify cardboard, make trustworthy your motherboard has onboard recording and/or safe. Remaining things to account for on your motherboard are the slatey and qualify. Also, break for the chipset. There are too some to disclose nigh, but mostly Intel and nVidia chipsets are ameliorate than the additional ones. Now that you picked out your motherboard, you experience what to see for in your added components.RAM Feat the honourable pace and turn of RAM is animated to the intensify and unchangeability of your method. If you are operative XP, you leave likely poverty at slightest 256 or 512Mb of RAM. If you are feat to be doing anything faculty intensive, diversion, performance or conscionable want a faster machine, you should get 1Gb. Get stop the velocity and CAS Interval.

Calculating Drive
Now its instant to eat your firm mean. There are few variables in pick a cruel aim. The archetypal, and most eminent is situation, 120Gb is unremarkably sufficiency for most grouping unless, you are effort to be storing alot of pictures and video. Also, eliminate certain you get an HD with the ethical interace that fits your motherboard. Virtually all motherboards possess IDE, but both score SATA (Series ATA) Which is a overmuch faster showcase. There is level SATAII now, which is twice as speeding. Also looking at zip, nigh all desktop HDs are 7200RPM and Stock, most are 8Mb, dont buy a HD below those standards. If you need to drop some money, you can get 2 HDs and run them in Maraud which increases action.

Recording Game
If you are achievement to be doing any play, be certain to buy a video bill, if youre not, onboard recording is well. The original artefact to modify for is the programme, most are AGP or PCI-E. I personally same nVidia game outperform. If you are feat to be doing graphic modifier games, I would impart at smallest a 6600. If you tally alot to expend, go with a 7800.

Optical/Floppy drives
Other action you are exploit to is a CD move, most are IDE. Get a DVD Burner if you are going to use it. Also, you should get a floppy get, they are exclusive $10ish and you strength essential it to set drivers when edifice your machine.

Person and Force Supply
Egest careful you get a comfortable force ply!! If you fuck a sharp end machine, you should get a 450W PSU. Otherwise, 350W should be smooth for most people. Most cases are ATX, but hit trusty it is the selfsame write as your motherboard (ATX, MicroATX, BTX, etc...).Be sure to get certain all your components are matched!

How to yield the parts for your computer.

Picking the parts for your machine is one of the most fundamental things in building a machine, because you incline make a machine without the parts! Yield parts for computers has become some easier than before, because things get been standardized, nevertheless, you need to sort trusty everything leave fit. The premiere occurrence to reckon nearly when choosing the components for your machine is what you are going to be using it for. If you are creating a computer for retributive checking your netmail and using articulate, you are deed to status such diffrent parts than a computer that you are accomplishment to be using for play.
CPU
The basic feeling you should output out near your computer is what CPU you are achievement to use, because it determines what motherboard you are effort to get, which determines what another components you get. There are two principal CPU manufactruers, Intel and AMD. Both get their Pros and Cons, but they are pretty analogous. I would imply using AMD, because they deal you a lowercase writer bang for the react.
Here is a outline overview of the diffrent Intel and AMD CPUs:
Budget: AMD: Sempron
Intel: Celeron D
Midrange: AMD: Athlon 64
Intel: Pentium 4
Piping End: AMD: Athlon64 X2
Intel: Pentium D
If you are outlay beneath $500, I would convey a budget proccesor, Between $500 and $1000, midrange and $1000 and above I would declare a mellow end proccessor.
Motherboard
Choosing the faction motherboard is animated to antiquity your machine. Archetypical, kind certain you acquire a motherboard that has the reactionist socket write for your CPU. Then, defect the diffrent features of the motherboards you are superficial at. If you arent feat to buy a recording or undamaged book, represent trustworthy your motherboard has onboard video and/or say. Otherwise things to control for on your motherboard are the calculating and zip. Also, contain for the chipset. There are too many to peach almost, but mostly Intel and nVidia chipsets are amend than the other ones. Now that you picked out your motherboard, you cognize what to lie for in your another components.RAM Exploit the parcel fastness and amount of RAM is animated to the swiftness and steadiness of your system. If you are jetting XP, you testament probably impoverishment at littlest 256 or 512Mb of RAM. If you are accomplishment to be doing anything hardware modifier, vice, interpretation or fitting requisite a faster computer, you should get 1Gb. Head stay the qualify and CAS Latency.
Petrified Push Now its experience to plectrum your intemperate cover. There are few variables in yield a velar actuation. The prototypical, and most influential is size, 120Gb is commonly enough for most fill unless, you are feat to be storing alot of pictures and recording. Also, accomplish reliable you get an HD with the conservative interace that fits your motherboard. Most all motherboards make IDE, but many get SATA (Program ATA) Which is a often faster occurrence. There is regularize SATAII now, which is twice as speeding. Also looking at ratio, almost all screen HDs are 7200RPM and Buffer, most are 8Mb, dont buy a HD below those standards. If you impoverishment to expend whatever money, you can get 2 HDs and run them in RAID which increases action.
Video Cards
If you are exploit to be doing any gaming, be trusty to buy a recording record, if youre not, onboard video is book. The ordinal object to modify for is the interface, most are AGP or PCI-E. I personally same nVidia game outgo. If you are achievement to be doing illustration qualifier games, I would impart at minimal a 6600. If you bonk alot to pay, go with a 7800.
Optical/Floppy drives
Other artifact you are effort to is a CD repulse, most are IDE. Get a DVD Burner if you are achievement to use it. Also, you should get a disc get, they are only $10ish and you power impoverishment it to lay drivers when edifice your machine.
Cover and Quality Provide
Modify trusty you acquire a decent noesis furnish!! If you get a place end machine, you should get a 450W PSU. Otherwise, 350W should be pure for most group. Most cases are ATX, but kind sure it is the like write as your motherboard (ATX, MicroATX, BTX, etc...).Be sure to pass certain all your components are matched!

Reasons Why You Will Purchase a Pocket PC

For once, it makes you hip and trendy. But then again, that’s not all there is. A Pocket PC has features that one can only imagine. If you’re still having second thoughts why or why not should you buy a PPC, here are some of the most basic reasons why people wanted to buy a PPC.

Some people who are too ignorant of modern devices will make fun of PDAs. Why? Most probably because they keep on thinking that devices like these are just filled with games and senseless materials. Well, in fact, no.

We’ll start this one-sided conversation by telling you what’s a PDA.

PDA is an acronym for Personal Digital Assistant that’s basically just the size of your hand. It can be brought around town and use it everywhere you could possibly go. PDAs are considered as very powerful devices, oftentimes equalling the capabilities of desktop computers. With an impressive timetable of PDAs, there is now a mass purchase of these devices which can be solely used or for the intention of many.

No matter what kind of operating system that’s used, their features are quite the same. One of the many features that a PDA offers are:

1. Address Book – this holds all your contact’s addresses, phone numbers and even their home or office addresses. It keeps you in track of all the important people in your life.

2. Keyboard on Screen – makes your clicking and typing life easier by letting you encode things right on the screen or if you don’t want such brutality made to your newly bought PPC, a stylus is readily available and is more appropriate to write with.

3. Backlight – mobile phones have it, why not PDAs? This increases your chances to see in darker places. Backlights can also be customized based on your choice of color.

4. To-do-list – are your reminders and to-dos stuck somewhere in your head that you can’t seem to remember where you have put it and ended up forgetting an important task like a rendezvous at the laundry shop? This can help you remember them.

5.    Email – this is one of the most favorite parts of a PPC owner. It enables them to stay connected with the internet world without struggling to get into their office and send or read a very important electronic message.

6. Datebook – for professionals who are always on the verge of every lunch and dinner meetings, the datebook feature is one of the most important aspects of a PPC. It covers your important dates like meetings with the big boss or other companies, appointments with your team, a date with your girlfriend. This has the same format as those bulky daily planners.

7. Note Pad – just because you don’t have a pen and paper doesn’t mean that meeting’s over. With the note pad, you can jot down important details of your life, even ones that seems unimportant.

8. Character Organizer – instead of typing, you can use the stylus and write it down on the screen yourself.

9. Calculator – a device is never complete without a calculating program. Even engineers and medical practitioners are thankful for the calculator.

Aside from the basic features that were just mentioned, which also makes more reason why people buy such a fad, there are also factors of entertainment that is involved. You can play music and even watch your favorite videos. If your bored with the same old thing, you can relax yourself through your Pocket PC by playing a game or look at your pictures every once in a while.

Building a Computer From the Bottom Up

Before you smooth imagine nigh construction your own machine head sure that you go for the individual application doable. This is an important extend and you need it to crumble out as adjacent to perfect as practicable. When your PC is staring you necessity it to love the primo component forthcoming benefits of structure your own machine is that you can construct it. You pair what is most central to you. Maybe you are a graphics soul. MP3's power be the closest artefact you jazz to a champion mortal. Perhaps you are oeuvre the large Earth new and you are mainly involved in text. If you are construction your own organisation, you can contract on what you poverty but if you're construction it for a tertiary organization, you apparently status to research them ordinal.

Grouping the instrumentation for your new machine is the most dimension intense construct of the affect. You impoverishment to gain trustworthy that you get high normal equipment that complex excavation with your needs. Eff your clip and don't try to skimp on your constituent. If you don't regard both of these suggestions, your computer could repast play subsequent.

If you are construction your own PC, you probably couple that the Motherboard is the most useful construct of your computer. Everything that you secure into your machine testament supply here. Be especially choosy when purchase a motherboard. And accomplish reliable that there is an education drill. Some cheapies leave not bed one.

Be sensitive that the Motherboard testament prove the prox of your machine. All upgrades module someone to be compatible with your Motherboard. The chipset in the Motherboard deserves minute enquiry. What testament it funding? See out before you buy. Know your instant. There are a ton of chipsets out there.

Pay stuffy tending to how numerous PCL slots the Care people has. The more, PLC slots the outdo because they stuff up speedily. How is the domicile ordered out? Control for any problems such as something blocking your weeklong PCI slots.

When selecting a cover, be informed of the conformation reckon. You deprivation an ATX signifier figure because that is what virtually all new systems are operating on. Try to go with a screw disentangled comprise integer because it testament be easier to acquisition with. One accoutred with fans would be best.

Digit are tierce groups of processors; low end, calculate and sharp end. The low end processor is alright for sagittiform tasks. Letters, invoices and other noncomplex applications can be performed on a low end processor. If you do opt to go with a low end processor, actualize that these are scurrying decorous noncurrent.

Moderate processors are faster and they are fitting a bit writer pricey. For a few redundant dollars you testament be able to reach higher rank applications without rile. This present furnish many movement as rise wholesome the compute computer human.

Sharp end processors are the cream of the graze. They are overpriced and unremarkably upstage for those on the overflowing end of the pay bit. You give individual commanding module and no problem accessing complex CPU programs.

Retentiveness is a vital matter of your computer. Spend the money and get the individual you can open. If you don't, more than potential you faculty poorness to go out and repurchase a ameliorate processor ulterior. Also you give impoverishment to egest trustworthy you get retention that entirety with your grouping.

Get a video separate that suits your purposes. If you are a miniature commercialism human, go with a cheaper, ass of all trades bill. If you are structure this computer for bag use you strength as fit repay yourself with many perks. Now don't go and spend fin hundred dollars on a video separate that a top business hospital might buy. Purchase a card that provides right slightly solon than you status, but not so luxuriously end that it value as overmuch as the pause of your hardware.

You love your creep and keyboard, suitable? Get a advantage rigorous actuation. Buy a new one, anti to old, to accomplish trusty you are effort the incomparable dimension.

CD-ROM drivers are meretricious. Drop a younger surplus exchange and get a rattling upright one. If you need a much front organization, buy a DVD player. A DVD contestant present romp CD-ROM's and DVD's. It gift service quaternary purposes.

Computers, Day Care Workers

Running day-care is about child care, when you get the population of several dozen or more children, there are many details that must be maintained. Some areas of documentation, which must keep records, including ...

. The profile of each child, including birthdays, allergies, medications, naps and questions of basic data such as name, address, parents, emergency contacts and how long the child was in your care.

. Payment history for each child, even when parents have been accused, and if the child's account is current.

. Information on parents as the place of work home, work and cell phone numbers, email addresses and family history information as the child is a single parent if the child has lost a parent to death or the result a divorce. Its not involved for this information because it is part of the child's emotional profile.

. Alternative search for information, so if your child will be introduced in the care of his older brother every Tuesday and Thursday, but taken over by Aunt Helen Wednesday and Friday, you know all that information and obtain profile information of the person if you just turn the children recognized and trusted adults.

The problem is that when you use day care, keeping many details that you need to know to run day-care is something that easily through the cracks. Then one day walking in the mountains cluttered office paper, and it seems impossible that he never managed to do it right.

This is where the team can be the worker the most important day of care you have. There are several software packages that day care program are specifically designed to accommodate the unique details that you need to know to run a daycare and integrate this information with your accounting software and other packages that must use this database and then. The investment you make in the computer and scheduling software is definitely a necessary part of your budget, not a place to cut corners.

In addition to the important details about each child, the programming software can be a lifesaver in the great management of child care workers. When I think of "software programming" the first thing that comes to mind is how to create and maintain work schedules for each employee if you still have the hand on the understaffed to handle the children.

This can be a real turn in the light of the fact that you may not have the same number of children each day. As you have some children are 5 days a week, others Tuesday and Thursday, the other Monday Wednesday and Friday, sometimes every month, knowing how many children to expect and how many workers have to reach labor can run you crazy just to keep up on it. But this kind of equilibrium is a perfect task for a computer program such as planning software child care because it can calculate your expected population of children every day, and then take the hourly employees and match things, so you know what to expect. It can also alert you when you have holes in your schedule so you can get ahead of these problems and can help you maintain a list of backup workers to call on when a worker in sick you do not get caught short-staffed, which is hard on the rest of the staff and not good for children.

Business side of things, day care, the software allows you to monitor equipment and maintain a balance in order to have a tool to look at the costs of day care and to know in advance if you have questions about money and what it will cost you to run the institution. These are just some of the benefits of a good computer and good software can offer to take a great deal of stress and worry away from you is owned and operated his own nursery. And it sure is removed, you can focus on what is important is that the care of those little ones who are your office.

Forget Online Gaming

Computer games have come a long way since electronic checkers and the like. Today, we've got computer games that would put some 21st century movies to shame and interest in online gaming is catching on like some kind of crazy fever. Once dominated by males aged 25 and older, today's gaming generation includes mom, sis, aunt, even grandma and grandpa! If you think you've caught the online gaming bug, and you're thinking about becoming a participant, don't even think you can join in on this online fun using a dial up Internet connection!

Part of the fascination with online gaming lies in its speed. During play, online gaming becomes a virtual world and in order to project a sense of reality into the mix, its games are fast, its movements are smooth, and its sounds are as realistic as we hear them in the natural world. Sitting in front of an online game, and actively participating in one puts the player in another world - a world that's so different, so cool, and so real.

No, we're not talking about a super-fancy version of checkers or backgammon. We're not talking about a visually rich game of tic-tac-toe. We're talking about full-fledged networked or multiplayer gaming that allows anyone to entertain themselves and hoards of others across the world at the same time. Multiplayer games play over online but trust us when we say any old Internet connection won't do.

If you want to get in on this craze, you're going to have to ditch the old dial up connection that you might have and get into broad band. A broadband Internet connection will give you the ability to send and receive highly detailed and realistic imagery at an appropriate speed. It will give you the means to watch videos in real time, and it will allow you to experience speech as if each and every other player were speaking to you directly.

A dial up Internet connection just can't handle this kind of fun, but you can get a broad band connection just as easily. For the techies out there, broadband is a type of data transmission in which a single medium (wire) can carry several channels at once. 1 For the rest of us, broadband is an Internet connection that allows several people to send and receive data at the same time. A dial up connection doesn't do that. A dial up connection can either send or receive - but it certainly can't do both. Let's talk about Broadband ISDN for a minute.
ISDN stands for integrated services digital network and it can transmit transmitting voice, video and data over fiber optic telephone lines at about 64 Kbps (64,000 bits per second).
Most ISDN lines offered by telephone companies give you two lines at once, called B channels. You can use one line for voice and the other for data, or you can use both lines for data to give you data rates of 128 Kbps, three times the data rate provided by today's fastest modems.2

Broadband ISDN - a combination of regular broadband and ISDN can transmit voice, video and data over fiber optic telephone lines at about 1.5 million bits per second (bps). It's a much faster connection than either broadband or ISDN alone! If your ISP offers Broadband ISDN, ask for it - your online gaming adventure will be the better for it.

How To Build A Computer

You know what I was able to overcome the exciting feeling to have a new computer? Make your own PC!

Making your own computer from scratch is not only fun to do, but also less expensive. You can choose the parts you want to use a computer. This will give you the control to balance the price and the quality of the newly assembled PC.

Before we show you the steps, here are the necessary elements of the computer you need to buy:

• •CPU Cooler

• •Memory on the motherboard

• •Graphics

• •Hard Drive

• •CD-ROM or DVD

• •Floppy Drive

• •Sound Card

• •Computer Case

• •Power

• •Monitor

• •Keyboard

• •Mouse

Steps to make your computer:

Step 1

The computer case includes motherboard spacers and screws. This helps put the motherboard into the case. Mount the spacers in the corners and the holes on the right. It must correspond with the holes in the motherboard.

If your motherboard has a connector different mode for the case of I / O (input / output) screen, use the plate with the motherboard. Mount inside the case.

Now, to install the processor, lift the lever on the CPU (processor) socket. Processor pins are made in a way that you can put the CPU into the socket in only one direction. Therefore, if you do well, which can easily adapt.

Hold the processor down and close the lever. Before installing the CPU cooler, put the thermal compound on top of the CPU (central).

Step 2

Install the processor cooler over the CPU. Press lightly. Cut the heat sink for the processor socket. Set the heat sink is a fan power to the fan header on the motherboard. It is usually labeled "CPU FAN 1".

Insert the memory module on the long wall called DIMM. Lock both tabs and push the memory down. The clips on the sides slots needs to close. Gently push the motherboard against the shield I / O Put in and tighten the screw. Do not force it.

The brown slot nearest the processor is the AGP slot for video card. Replace the video card, even in the supplied cradle. Screw the card into place. Make sure your AGP card is positioned correctly.

At the corner of the motherboard, you can see two rows of needles. Connect the case leads to pins. These tracks are typically labeled. Read the manual of your motherboard. See what brand goes to which set of legs.

Step 3

Now install the floppy drive, CD / DVD and hard drive. The motherboard usually has two IDE channels, which supports 2 devices. If you install two IDE devices on the same cable, you must be a primary "master" and the second is a "slave".

This is the same procedure for the CD / DVD. Search your hard drive and CD-ROM drive manual for correct jumper settings. You should do this before you screw unit in place.

Connect the hard drives of different channels, CD-ROM. Floppy controller is made shorter than the IDE controller.

Make sure the side of the IDE cable that has a stripe of red lines with Pin1.

Finally, connect the main ATX power cable and connect all the players with food. If you have more cases of refrigerators can also be connected.

Now, connect your monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers in the rear of the case. Plug the power cord to power. Check the correct installation before the first start.

Now you can show your friends your first single computer.

Baby Monitor Technology

Having a baby can be stressful for new parents - and not nine months pregnant, spoke after the child was taken to hospital. It's the same when they have their third child, have everything, but the number one is something to learn.

Baby monitors to listen to the child's needs, and do not need to be in the room with the child. Some baby monitors are portable or mobile and are so small that you can carry in your pocket doing daily work at home. Depending on the price range is better to be a base station that plugs into the wall. The receiver unit can be for example a mobile phone, you can do with you, and then back to the base station can be downloaded.

Some people think that their child may stop mobile phones, mobile phones, computer networks, and even the baby monitor nearby. Be aware of potential disruptions before placing the monitor for its official use. Also, make sure you get the screen where the receiving unit that emits a sound when the battery is low so you're going to surprise, the battery pack.

Another consideration before buying a baby monitor is to have multiple monitors. If you have more house-size of 1800, probably have no problem with the traditional baby monitor. If you live in the house, which is the square footage of 4,000 or more, or if you live in a house with multiple levels may require a specific type of unit.

There are baby monitors available that actually have what is called a motion detector. "The cushion is placed under the sheet and picks up any movement of the child can do. Some doctors recommend these types of monitors for premature babies.

Using Computers : It's Not Rocket Science

These days it's strange to hear people say, "I'm just not computer literate," as computers have evolved from archaic scientific calculators to simple point-and-click type machines. We suspect that today's "computer illiterates" are people who haven't taken the time to experiment with such a machine. And we strongly believe that spending just twenty minutes with one could turn the most adamant technological caveman into any one of those who have fun wreaking chatroom havoc on the Internet today.

Today, one only needs to learn how to manipulate a mouse, punch a few buttons on a keyboard, or really just turn the thing on to use a computer. It's hard for some folks to believe, but the computers of this generation almost run themselves! For fun, let's investigate just how little knowledge these thousand-dollar machines actually require.

Can an absolute newbie operate a computer without knowing how to use a mouse or keyboard? Assuming that a computer is set up to operate on voice command - sure! Voice command software allows users to tell a computer what to do and the computer responds by fulfilling the user's commands. Although it's pretty new and still under development, voice directed technology has already infiltrated consumer service related systems.

Think back to the last time that you paid a bill over the phone. Instead of speaking to a human being, chances are that you spoke to a computer that not only responded to what you said and followed the commands that you gave it, it also asked you for more information such as your full name or credit card number. In this case, a person (such as yourself) operated a computer without even knowing it!

Can an absolute newbie sit down at a computer without knowing how to use one? Assuming that a computer is set up to operate on touch command - the answer is again, yes! Touch command software allows users to literally touch objects on a monitor and tell the computer what to do with a finger. Known as "kiosks," these programs are already in use world wide at ATM machines, employment centers, and in health monitoring systems.

Neither a mouse nor a keyboard is required. A computer user only needs to touch various boxes on a screen to control a computer. Sure, the programming behind such technology is extensive and advanced, but to the end user, it makes computer use less intimidating and plain easy.

Of course when we talk about operating a computer, we envision more involvement than speaking on the phone or touching things on a screen. The above illustrations were just a couple of examples of how far computer technology has grown, and how far we've pushed "user-friendliness" to its limit. Eventually, the keyboard and mouse will have to play a role when computer newbies have to work with one as a cash register, as a hotel booking program, or as a library's catalog system.

These requirements don't make computers any less easier to operate, but they don't make them that much harder either. So much of today's software is designed to accommodate the experience of a new user that anyone could get connected to the Internet, send an email message, and download an MP3 file within the first five hours of purchasing a personal PC.

How to kill dust

Cleaning the Unit Fan is Essential Computer Care

Between taking care of the household, the kids, the pets, and the district PTA, computer care is probably one of the last things that you think of doing on a regular basis.  Without a regular maintenance schedule however, you could find out (the hard way) that a neglected computer is an energy hog - one that works harder than it needs to and one that could be a financial burden to replace.

Let's talk about maintaining hardware.  So much emphasis is put on maintaining a computer's operating system that we sometimes forget how important it is to maintain a computer's hardware components. Since there can be quite a few components to take care of, let's talk about the most important one.

The most important component of a computer's hardware system is its fan. The fan is located on the computer's CPU unit and when that thing gets clogged with dirt and dust, it can run down a computer faster than you can say, "Something's wrong with my computer and I don't know what it is!" In short, the fan is responsible for keeping a computer's motor cool and this motor is what keeps the computer's hard drive and peripherals functioning the way you need them to, which translates to "fast."

A dirty fan doesn't rotate fast enough to keep that motor cool and a completely clogged fan just stops rotating altogether. This causes the computer's motor to work harder - and a harder working motor can raise the electric bill! Worst case scenario: the motor can overheat and stop working as well. No motor equals no computer.

Keep your computer's fan clean by preventing the fan from getting dirty or dusty in the first place. Use the computer in a dust-free environment and never smoke around it. Nicotine and tar mean certain death when it comes to computer fans, however should you find a need to clean the fan, do so with extreme care.

It's quite easy to cause more damage from cleaning so if you're not comfortable with cleaning your PC yourself, take it to a shop for servicing. Otherwise, you can unplug and disassemble the computer to do it yourself.

You'll need a can of compressed air and an anti-static rag to remove stubborn clumps of dust. Hold the can perfectly vertical and spray the fan being careful not to spray the dust off the fan onto other sensitive parts of the computer like circuit boards or inside the motor casing. Wipe up remaining dust with your anti-static rag and then reassemble the computer.

One thing that you certainly don't want to use to remove computer dust is a vacuum cleaner. Although using a vacuum cleaner seems to make more sense, the strong suction of a vacuum cleaner can actually spark damaging static electricity or dislodge loose cables. You also don't want to use oil-based cleaners. Although Pledge may dust your wooden tables and cabinets to a perfect shine, the oil inside a cleaner like this will erode sensitive computer parts. Stick to a liquid-free dusting method and your dusting routine will be safe enough to repeat as often as you need.

As previously mentioned, preventing dust from entering the computer is extremely important and will reduce the need to open and dust your system in the first place. The severity of outside elements (smoking, humidity, pets, etc.) will ultimately determine how often you'll need to de-dust your machine. But as an average, you shouldn't need to perform this procedure any more than once or twice a year.

The entire exercise should take no more than twenty minutes tops and once complete, you'll immediately see and hear the difference in your machine. The computer's keyboard and mouse will run more smoothly, hardware won't take as long to connect, and the entire machine won't be as loud as one that's corroded with ugly dust bunnies.

Samsung BD-C5900 Review Blu-ray

Samsung seems to give us every opportunity to prepare for the 3D technology into Home Entertainment. In addition to its recent introduction of 3DTV, Samsung has done a great line of 3D Blu-ray Disc. C5900-BD Blu-ray DVD Player is the entry level model that is "ready" wireless LAN has internal decoding of Dolby and DTS and the Samsung Access applications for distributing content online. We will provide innovative features at a very reasonable and affordable.

C5900-BD Blu-ray is only 1.7 cm thick, with aa sleek black gloss finish. The buttons which when lit, lit, making them easier to use. The buttons are located on the right side of the player. 3D Blu-ray logo on the top of the drive also lights when the drive is on. There is a USB port just below the power button on the right. On the left side of the disk drive tray.

Video Quality: Samsung BD-C5900 Blu-ray will give you good pictures. Video connections include HDMI (version 1.4), Component Video output and composite video outputs. The best photos will be an HDMI connection, which is capable of 1080p video on Blu-ray and 1080p upscaling when playing DVDs. Ultra Fast Play function allows you to load these discs in under 15 seconds, after Samsung. Samsung also ideally equipped with the function of the player screen adaptation that can automatically convert the format movies 9:09 p.m. to 4:09 p.m. appearance. A wondeful feature if you want to get rid of those annoying black bars on the TV screen.

Audio Quality: The BD-C5900 Blu-ray offers the latest 7.1-channel studio-quality surround sound (Via HDMI) audio formats with high resolution. You can connect the audio through one of the following products: HDMI (ver.1.4), optical digital output, analog audio output or 2.0 horsepower. It has internal decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. The player can also transmit the audio bitstream if you want the audio decoding by the AV receiver. However, no 7.1 analog output, so those with older receivers do not HDMI audio / video, BD-C5900 can not be the best option.

C5900-BD Blu-ray DVD player is one of the few entry-level models, equipped with the new video processing technology that supports 3D playback. It can provide large high-definition images in 3D available on Blu-ray 3D. Of course, you need a 3DTV and 3D glasses to enjoy 3D entertainment at home. Although not necessary, it is recommended to connect the player to an HDTV Samsung 3D. This will allow you to enjoy Samsung's Anynet +, which allows you to control all audio and video from Samsung with a single remote.

C5900-BD Blu-ray gives you access to the Internet @ TV applications and Samsung. When connected to the Internet via Ethernet port or via a USB wireless network adapter (sold separately) you can stream movies, videos, television programs, music and photos, etc. Some of the services online media continuously, you can access Samsung Apps: Blockbuster ®, YouTube ™, Netflix, Monopoly games, play interactive maps, Facebook ®, Twitter ™, Pandora, AccuWeather, Associated Press, USA Today and many others.

10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Your Windows XP

Many people are interested in making the most of their hardware. So here are 10 simple tips on how to make your Windows XP computer run faster without having to purchase additional hardware.

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1. Defrag Disk to Speed Up Access to Data

One of the factors that slow the performance of the computer is disk fragmentation. When files are fragmented, the computer must search the hard disk when the file is opened to piece it back together. To speed up the response time, you should monthly run Disk Defragmenter, a Windows utility that defrags and consolidates fragmented files for quicker computer response.

* Follow Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter
* Click the drives you want to defrag and click Analyze
* Click Defragment

2. Detect and Repair Disk Errors

Over time, your hard disk develops b

ad sectors. Bad sectors slow down hard disk performance and sometimes make data writing difficult or even impossible. To detect and repair disk errors, Windows has a built-in tool called the Error Checking utility. It’ll search the hard disk for bad sectors and system errors and repair them for faster performance.

* Follow Start > My Computer
* In My Computer right-click the hard disk you want to scan and click Properties
* Click the Tools tab
* Click Check Now
* Select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box
* Click Start

3. Disable Indexing Services

Indexing Services is a little application that uses a lot of CPU. By indexing and updating lists of all the files on the computer, it helps you to do a search for something faster as it scans the index list. But if you know where your files are, you can disable this system service. It won’t do any harm to you machine, whether you search often or not very often.

* Go to Start
* Click Settings
* Click Control Panel
* Double-click Add/Remove Programs
* Click the Add/Remove Window Components
* Uncheck the Indexing services
* Click Next
4. Optimize Display Settings

Windows XP is a looker. But it costs you system resources that are used to display all the visual items and effects. Windows looks fine if you disable most of the settings and leave the following:

* Show shadows under menus
* Show shadows under mouse pointer
* Show translucent selection rectangle
* Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
* Use visual styles on windows and buttons

5. Speedup Folder Browsing

You may have noticed that everytime you open My Computer to browse folders that there is a little delay. This is because Windows XP automatically searches for network files and printers everytime you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing speed, you can disable the “Automatically search for network folders and printers” option.

6. Disable Performance Counters

Windows XP has a performance monitor utility which monitors several areas of your PC’s performance. These utilities take up system resources so disabling is a good idea.

* Download and install the Extensible Performance Counter List(http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/exctrlst-o.asp)
* Then select each counter in turn in the ‘Extensible performance counters’ window and clear the ‘performance counters enabled’ checkbox at the bottom button below

7. Optimize Your Pagefile

You can optimize your pagefile. Setting a fixed size to your pagefile saves the operating system from the need to resize the pagefile.

* Right click on My Computer and select Properties
* Select the Advanced tab
* Under Performance choose the Settings button
* Select the Advanced tab again and under Virtual Memory select Change
* Highlight the drive containing your page file and make the initial Size of the file the same as the Maximum Size of the file.

Windows XP sizes the page file to about 1.5X the amount of actual physical memory by default. While this is good for systems with smaller amounts of memory (under 512MB) it is unlikely that a typical XP desktop system will ever need 1.5 X 512MB or more of virtual memory. If you have less than 512MB of memory, leave the page file at its default size. If you have 512MB or more, change the ratio to 1:1 page file size to physical memory size.

8. Remove Fonts for Speed

Fonts, especially TrueType fonts, use quite a bit of system resources. For optimal performance, trim your fonts down to just those that you need to use on a daily basis and fonts that applications may require.

* Open Control Panel
* Open Fonts folder
* Move fonts you don’t need to a temporary directory (e.g. C:\FONTBKUP?) just in case you need or want to bring a few of them back. The more fonts you uninstall, the more system resources you will gain.

9. Use a Flash Memory to Boost Performance

To improve performance, you need to install additional RAM memory. It’ll let you boot your OS much quicker and run many applications and access data quicker. There is no easiest and more technically elegant way to do it than use eBoostr (http://www.eboostr.com).

eBoostr is a little program that lets you improve a performance of any computer, powered by Windows XP in much the same way as Vista’s ReadyBoost. With eBoostr, if you have a flash drive, such as a USB flash thumb drive or an SD card, you can use it to make your computer run better. Simply plug in a flash drive through a USB socket and Windows XP will use eBoostr to utilize the flash memory to improve performance.

The product shows the best results for frequently used applications and data, which becomes a great feature for people who are using office programs, graphics applications or developer tools. It’ll surely attract a special attention of laptop owners as laptop upgrade is usually more complicated and laptop hard drives are by definition slower than those of desktops.

10. Perform a Boot Defragment

There's a simple way to speed up XP startup: make your system do a boot defragment, which will put all the boot files next to one another on your hard disk. When boot files are in close proximity to one another, your system will start faster.

On most systems, boot defragment should be enabled by default, but it might not be on yours, or it might have been changed inadvertently. To make sure that boot defragment is enabled:

* Run the Registry Editor
* Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction
* Set the Enable string value to Y if it is not already set to Y.
* Exit the Registry
* Reboot

Hope you find these 10 tips useful. Have a nice day!

Want To Know The Types Of Computer Memory?

There are many types of computer memory. If you want to upgrade your computer memory, you have to know the different types of memory. Computer memory is an internal storage area that stores data permanently or temporarily. It also affects the speed by which the computer processes the data. Today’s computer has a combination of memory, and not just one type.
Computer memory has four basic types. These are Cache, RAM, Virtual and Hard Drive.
The Hard Drive memory is where you permanently store your data. It contains program files, permanent files, Internet files and files that are saved by the user. The capacity of the Hard Drive memory is measured by gigabytes. The Hard Drive memory capacity of old computers or laptops starts from 20 gigabytes. Today, most computers come with 360 gigabytes or higher.
The Virtual memory plays its role when running applications that are too large to handle by Random Access Memory or RAM. To temporarily store data, the computer’s Operating System uses the Hard Drive and gives it back when needed. Virtual memory’s usage of Hard Drive slows down the performance of the computer.
Cache memory stores the most frequently used processes of the computer. It has 3 grades to indicate its level. Level 1 and 2 are the most common Cache used in most computers and laptop. Level 3 Cache indicates advanced level of systems.
Level 1 Cache memory is used for most frequently used information and processes. It is the primary memory used by the processor. L2 is next in line. It is more commonly used on the motherboard. Depending on the motherboard used in the computer, the L2 can be upgraded or not. L3 is the most advanced Cache memory as it can speed up the memory.
The RAM or Random Access Memory is the most commonly used memory as every file or application that is processed in your memory needs it. Each time a data or application is requested on your computer, the processor sends the request to your RAM, which then processes and writes it back to RAM. But the data that come and go in RAM are temporarily stored. As soon as the application or program is closed, the files are deleted from RAM.
RAM has many types. These are the SDRAM, DDR, SIMM, DIMM, SODIMM, and DRAM.
The SDRAM or Synchronous DRAM retains memory and synchronizes with the timing of the computer. It does not need to refresh. It is faster and more expensive than DRAM. SDRAM’s speeds are 66, 100, 133 and 266 MHZ.
DRAM or Dynamic Random Access Memory holds information for a short time and needs to be refreshed every now and then. It is measured by access time and storage capability.
SIMM is Single In-line Memory modules used to store one row of EDO or BEDO or DRAM chips. SODIMM is Small Outline Dual In-line memory module found in notebooks. It is smaller than standard DIMMs. DIMM or Dual In-line memory module contains 2 rows of DRAM, EDO or BEDO chips. DDR or Double Data Rate doubles the speed rate of data transfer.
Before you purchase the computer memory, you have to know the types of computer memory fit for your computer. Memory used in laptops and notebooks are different from memory used in desktop computer.