Anti-Static Wrist straps, sometimes called electrostatic discharge wrist straps, are used to remove any static electricity from your body while you are working on a computer. Static electricty can damage computer parts quite easily. If you installing anything inside your desktop computer, then your computer is at risk to electrostatic discharge. Static electricity can [...]
Just last week we had a customer that had looked several places for a DVI PS2 KVM switch to work with his Microsoft Elite Wireless Combo(w/ wireless intellimouse). He had received mixed answers as to whether such a device would be compatible with his wireless mouse and keyboard. After testing a similar scenario, we told [...]
If you have a Windows 2000 or XP computer that crashes, and you need to retrieve data, there are a few things you should know. If you cannot get windows to boot in anything other than safe mode, then you will need to use a bootdisk to boot to DOS. With Windows XP, and 2000, [...]
We had a customer who was confused about a product described as a “Converter” when he understood it as an “Adapter” (we have since changed the product description) but to try to avoid further confusion, maybe it’s worth discussing the semantics of the two.
For some people the connotation is that converters are [...]
Our SATA to IDE adapter converts your IDE drive interface into a SATA drive interface. The only problem with this conversion is that it slows down your SATA drive to IDE speeds (If speed is an issue, you may want to just install a Serial ATA controller card). If you have a laptop, then [...]
DVI stands for Digital Video Interface. It is the newer, better video standard that is replacing the old 15 pin VGA connection, however it can get a little confusing. There are 3 basic types of DVI connections DVI-A (Analog) DVI-D (Digital) and DVI-I (Integrated) DVI-I supports both DVI-A and DVI-D. And all [...]
The new Quatech Parallel PCMCIA cards have arrived. These new cards support laptops with 3.3V and 5V configurations. They are terriffic cards. If you have a parallel security key, scanner or any other parallel device, then this card is probably for you.
If you ever find that your hardware is acting funny, then try updating the driver. If your device uses a native driver, then you will most likely be unsuccessful in finding an update. The best two sources for drivers are the company you bought the driver from, and the manufacturer of the device. You [...]
Many incompatibilities between device and controllers, are caused by incompatibilities with chipsets. For example, Our SW-1301 uses a prolific chipset. We have seen cases where a GPS unit is compatible with one of our prolific chipsets and not another. If you find that you are having compatibility problems, then try another chipset. Our [...]
This is a question we regularly get. Fortunately, changing the COM port for your USB to Serial Adapter is very easy. We have instructions on our site on how to do so. Just click here and scroll down one-third of the page.