http://forums.cabling-design.com/alt.comp.hardware-newsgroup58-.htm - Discuss your computer hardware here en-us Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:08:02 -0400 info@cabling-design.com http://www.cabling-design.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://forums.cabling-design.com/which-is-the-quotCquot-drive-article57456-58.htm Hello, I have a PC with 2 SATA hard disks in it (logical C and D drives) and wish to replace the quotCquot drive with a new hard disk. How do I know...The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:53:53 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/USB-mouse-stops-working-article57455-58.htm Anybody seen this sort of problem elsewhere Id be grateful for any insights: I put together a PC using Intel DP35DP motherboard, 4Gb of RAM and a p...The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here The post does not have any replies yet. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:26:07 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Protecting-HD-while-transporting-machine-article57453-58.htm I am building a file server which will be on the move. I will be taking the server to a venue, setting up the network of computers, then put them to ...... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 1 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ]]> Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:19:17 -0400 http://forums.cabling-design.com/Harddisks-mailfunction-after-being-stored-for-a-lo-article57446-58.htm Hi, I have the tendency to store old and unused hardware whenever I think I might be handy in the future. For harddisks, this means that I have had ...... The post has 3 replies so far. Read more and discuss here ... The post has 3 replies so far. 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