This motherboard Asus P5KPL-AM/PS supports various processors including Intel Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Pentium D, Pentium 4, Celeron D and Celeron Processors. It also features Intel G31 / ICH7 chipset and built-in Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100.
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1. First, run a scandisk or checkdisk. Let Windows fix any errors.
2. Run a disk cleanup utility…this will flush your temporary internet folder, trash can, temp system files, etc.
3. Delete any garbage files or data…if possible, run a Duplicate File Finder program.
4. Run Defrag on all partitions (NOTE: run this after you have deleted all trash and excess files!)
5. Run a registry cleaner utility and delete or get rid of any orphaned entries in that registry.
6. Check your exisiting swap file for it’s size and location (*will explain location later in the post). If you have alot of ram (i.e. 1 gig and over) set this swap file to something small, like 250 mb. The reason is that this will force Windows to load more into memory, resulting in faster performance (note: some games and applications actually require a certain sized swap file so check your applications performance after making a size adjustment for any error messages.)
7. Under XP, you can tell Windows to use Classic Style on your desktop, – this will remove the neat single click and internet-style desktop but for lower end systems this will improve performance in other areas, such as gaming and multi-tasking.
8. Run msconfig and under startup and only keep the programs that are essential to load in the tray icon (and hence stay resident in memory). Uncheck anything else non-essential, like an ATI or Nvidia control panel, Quicktime utility, Real Audio, etc.
9. Upgrade drivers! Check for the latest BIOS, video, motherboard, sound, etc drivers from the manufacturers. Alot of my friends had chipsets on their motherboard that had advanced disk management capabilities or AGP port settings but the drivers weren’t loaded for them so they were never being used. A simple upgrade realized a noticeable difference. For instance, they didn’t have the latest driver for their AGP port so it was set to 1x, instead of being used at 4x!
10. (OK, so this won’t speed up your PC but it could save you alot of time and trouble later on!) After making all these improvements, make a working backup! I use Ghost, but for XP users you can also use System Restore..
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You may not realize it, but your computer and your car have something in common: they both need regular maintenance. No, you don’t need to change your computer’s oil. But you should be updating your software, keeping your antivirus subscription up to date, and checking for spyware. Read on to learn what you can do to help improve your computer’s security.
Getting started
Here are some basics maintenance tasks you can do today to start improving your computer’s security. Be sure you make these part of your ongoing maintenance as well.
* Sign up for software update e-mail notices. Many software companies will send you e-mail whenever a software update is available. This is particularly important for your operating system (e.g., Microsoft VV!|VD0VV$® or Macintosh), your antivirus program, and your firewall.
1. * Register your software. If you still have registration forms for existing software, send them in. And be sure to register new software in the future. This is another way for the software manufacturer to alert you when new updates are available.
* Install software updates immediately.When you get an update notice, download the update immediately and install it. (Remember, downloading and installing are two separate tasks.)
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1 Comment »LG Electronics is the world’s second-biggest maker of televisions and third-biggest maker of mobile phones has launched its new range of monitors in India.This monitors allows 11 users to logn at a time also known as multi user monitor. These monitors are designed to offer low cost to users and companies. It redistribute 90 percent of a PC’s unused resources to other users. It is claimed that these monitors will less only 10 percent (one watt of power per user) of power and that can help in reducing the company’s expenditure on electricity by up to 60 percent.
It will also help the network on security, as it enables the use of one main PC to remove threats in all the 10 network monitors. Companies will only have to make an onetime automatic upgrade, which will cost from Rs.10,400-11,800 to set up these monitors.And the price as usual they announced Rs 11,000.
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VirtualBox is a powerful x86 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Its feature rich,in high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). See “About VirtualBox” for an introduction.
Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris and OpenSolaris, and OpenBSD.
VirtualBox is being actively developed with frequent releases and has an ever growing list of features, supported guest operating systems and platforms it runs on. VirtualBox is a community effort backed by a dedicated company: everyone is encouraged to contribute while Sun ensures the product always meets professional quality criteria.
For more info : http://www.virtualbox.org/
Download : Virtual Box
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1 Hardware Conflict:
The number one reason why Windows crashes is hardware conflict. Each hardware device communicates to other devices through an interrupt request channel (IRQ). These are supposed to be unique for each device.
For example, a scanner usually connects internally on IRQ 6. The keyboard usually uses IRQ 1 and the floppy disk drive IRQ 5. Each device will try to hog a single IRQ for itself. If there are a lot of devices, or if they are not installed properly, two of them may end up sharing the same IRQ number. When the user tries to use both the device at a time it has a possible to crash. This may also result to BSD (Blue screen death).
So go to * Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Device Manager.
Often if a device has a problem a yellow ‘!’ icon appears next to its description in the Device Manager. Highlight Computer (in the Device Manager) and press Properties to see the IRQ numbers used by your computer. If the IRQ number appears twice, two devices may be using it. Sometimes a device might share an IRQ with something described as ‘IRQ holder for PCI steering’. This can be ignored. The best way to fix this problem is to remove that faulty device and reinstall it.This is the best thing to prevent from conflict.
When working inside a computer you should switch it off, unplug the mains lead and touch an unpainted metal surface to discharge any static electricity. And main thing before opening have some hardware knowledge and beware of warranty seal. Means once the warranty seal is gone then you can’t claim the warranty of that product unless it expires.
2 Bad Ram
Ram (random-access memory) problems might bring on the blue screen of death with a message saying Fatal Exception Error. A fatal error indicates a serious hardware problem. Sometimes it may mean a part is damaged and will need replacing.
But a fatal error caused by Ram might be caused by a mismatch of chips. For example if one slot contains 1GB ram with 667 MHZ and other 1 GB 386GHZ these type Ram gets conflict so please use same MHZ Ram which is supported by your motherboard. This will often crash the machine if the Ram is overworked.
3 BIOS settings
Every motherboard is supplied with a range of chipset settings that are decided in the factory. A common way to access these settings is to press the F2 or Del button during the first few seconds of a boot-up.
Once inside the BIOS, care should be taken. It is a good idea to write down on a piece of paper all the settings that appear on the screen. That way, if you change something and the computer becomes more unstable, which may also damage your motherboard.
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Posted in Hardware, Information, Internet Tags: Defination, Hardware, Information, Internet, Technical Information, Technicalathma, Tips and Tricks, Utilities, Utility No Comments »By default, Windows XP opens all picture files (gif,jpg,…) with the included Windows Picture and Fax Viewer no matter what other picture viewers you have installed.Well the Picture and Fax Viewer, is one of these programs which can cause problems if removed incorrectly. It can be disabled safely as follows:
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Spice Mobiles proudly announced to launch of a new dual mode supporting live GSM and CDMA connections simultaneously and which comes preloaded with host of VAS applications including from Nimbuzz, Reuters, Mitr, Opera Mini and at the same time it relieves its users from carrying two separate phones for work and personal requirements at a time.
Branded as Spice D-1111, is new innovated model based on Windows Mobile 6.0 Platform and is priced at Rs 18,499/- . Other features include a 2 mega pixel camera, Bluetooth, expandable memory upto 2 GB and a touch panel.The touch panel is an added advantage which makes this gadget a lot easier and cool to operate.It is a smart and revolutionary gadget that promises exceptional quality and usability. It is also equipped with email2SMS enterprise application allowing Users can also check their mails by a single touch via the push mail feature and enjoy the convenience of checking their mails on the way with Outlook on the Spice D-1111. This feature allows users to read their complete emails on the move as SMS without having to activate GPRS or download any software. Spice Mobiles is offering one month free subscription of the Emails2SMS service on the D-1111.
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