USB mice and keyboards have been around for as long as we can remember now. This then begs the question, why do motherboards still have PS2 ports? There is no one answer fit all scenario. There are many reasons for still having the PS/2 port. PS/2 keyboard and mice are recognized far more readily as …
If you have just found a sweet deal on an Intel CPU and you wondering if you can use it with an AMD motherboard you already own, then unfortunately you will be disappointed. The short and simple answer to the question “can I use intel processor on AMD motherboard?” is a resounding no. It is …
Those who are new to PC building in general and to the PCIe interface in particular, the jargon can seem a bit confusing and daunting at times. What does the “x” mean and what is the difference between PCIe x1 vs x16? Is PCIe x1 slower or faster than PCIe x16? Well, in a nutshell, …
If you have an old motherboard – a motherboard that is more than a decade or so old – then there is a high possibility that all or some of its SATA ports may conform to SATA 2 (aka SATA 3Gb/s) version. Naturally, almost all of the newer SATA drives conform to the SATA 3 …
The simple answer to the question “are all SATA cables the same?” is a yes. As far as the performance goes, ALL SATA cables are the same. Therefore, if you have a very old SATA cable lying around and and you want to use it on your shiny new motherboard for connecting a new hard …
If you want to get the best out of your RAM sticks, then they should operate in multi-channel mode. The higher the data channels, the better is the performance of the RAM sticks. Most motherboards offer dual-channel technology. Therefore, the answer to your question “does my motherboard support quad channel memory?” is generally a no. …
A bricked motherboard is basically a motherboard that has stopped working completely. This is essentially the worst case scenario that you can find a motherboard in. A motherboard gets bricked generally after a faulty BIOS upgrade. A motherboard can also be bricked if it came broken. This is often referred to as DOA or Dead …
When a CMOS battery dies or if its failing, it can manifest itself in myriad of ways all of which are ugly and lead to system malfunction. In this article I will discuss in detail what happens when CMOS battery dies or if it is failing. Basically, when a CMOS battery dies or if its …
BIOS stands for Basic Input/Output System. This is a simple computer program that is used when a computer turns on. You could think of it is as the first operating system that talks directly to the hardware. Here I will talk about how to identify BIOS chip on motherboard. You could use this information perhaps …
So you have just purchased a new monitor for your shiny new PC, but finding video out ports on both the motherboard and the graphics card has confused you. Should you connect the monitor to GPU or motherboard? The simple answer to the query is that you must connect your monitor to the GPU (dedicated). …