TechBlog from Sewell

Some guy asked me today, “What is the power port on the Firewire/USB PCI combo card for?” The answer is “YES!” That port is provided to power the Firewire ports on the card.

Recently I decided to make my own quick and dirty HD-DVR by installing an ATI HDTV Wonder. Installation was pretty painless and since I had a ATI Radeon 9200SE I finally got everything working smoothly (Note: in order to get the ATI Multimedia Software installed correctly I had to download the latest drivers from the [...]

One of my friends here at Sewell Direct HQ has the awesome Dell 2405fpw LCD monitor. Everytime I pass by that monitor I envy the amount of workspace it produces for getting things done on the desktop. At Sewell Direct we offer many choices and lengths of cables that would allow you to [...]

Here are some quick instructions for getting to the device manager on your Win2000/XP computer:
1. Right click on My Computer
2. Left click on Properties
The following screen should pop up:

3. Click on the Hardware tab
4. Click on the Device Manager button
You will see the Device Manager popup:

As I ponder back on my fragmented childhood, one thing stays constant, my talking bear friend Teddy Ruxpin. Well, technology has come a long way since good old Teddy.

Teddy was designed as a means to keep children entertained. Although entertainment is a good thing, it does not use the full potential of utils in [...]

Cameron and Mark wrote up a good tutorial on connecting your PC to your TV that is worth checking out. They also share information in the tutorial on pumping a TV signal into your PC which is a pretty cool alternative to a traditional DVR.

We carry a USB to Parallel adapter that works great with Macintosh computers. Not only that, but it is easy to setup. Just follow these simple instructions:
1. Plug the parallel end of the cable into your printer.
2. Plug the USB end of the cable into your Mac.
3. Open up your Printer List

4. Click on the [...]

If you have a PCMCIA card that requires external power, the sequence in which you plug in the different ports will make a huge difference. We sell cards that use external power. Here are the instructions to install these type of cards:
1. Plug power connections into PCMCIA card and power supply(sometimes the power supply is [...]

For all those people out there that need to use two computers with a KVM switch, consider your options. PC computers are pretty versitile when it comes to KVM Switches. Almost any KVM will work. Macintosh computers and Unix/Linux computers are a different story altogether. For these type of computers you will want to consider [...]