Archive for the 'PCI/AGP/ISA' Category

AuzenTech compatibility with Windows Vistaâ„¢

Friday, May 18th, 2007

Yes, Vista drivers for AuzenTech’s audio cards are available.  Now you can enjoy your AuzenTech audio card and Vista at.  AuzenTech has developers working hard to perfect Microsoft Windows Vistaâ„¢ drivers for all of their sound cards for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. 
So far they have drivers for 32-bit and 64bit operating systmes for the following products:

Auzen [...]

PCMCIA Internet solutions

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

Well, you’ve all been wanting to watch your favorite internet romance (below) with your new PCMCIA wireless internet card on your computer that has no PCMCIA slots.

We’ve mentioned some of the different solutions in days gone by, but it’s time to pull it all together.
The Solutions:
If you have USB ports then you can either [...]

PCMCIA controller to USb

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

If you need a PCMCIA slot on your computer for your EVDO card, then consider the USB to PCMCIA card adapter kit. This adapter allows you to connect a PCMCIA card (32 bit) to your computer through a USB port. This is a newer adapter on the market, and so, not every card has [...]

SW-1471 Power port

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

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.

A PC to TV tutorial

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

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.

Mini-itx Platforms

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Mini-itx computers are amazingly small computers.

They can be powerful machines, they dont take up very much space, and they are highly modifiable. http://www.mini-itx.com/ is a great site for seeing all of the crazy things people do with these little devils. If you are looking for ideas of what you can add to your [...]

Compact Flash HD

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

A while back my brother gave me a beautifully old IBM Thinkpag 380. It has a 486 cpu. It was running Win95 on 16 MB of Ram with 500MB hard drive space. One day i was floating in the incomprehensible void of the bios, when I noticed a picture of a PCMCIA card in the [...]

Low Profile PCI cards

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Some computers are slimmer than others. Generally speaking, these computers are called low-profile computers. When adding functionality to a Low profile computer, you may need special parts. For instance, your low profile computer may have a PCI slot. If that is the case, then you will need a low profile pci card to plug into [...]

What Firewire card should I get?

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

There are many models and makes of firewire cards. If your computer is a laptop then you we carry a Firewire PCMCIA card that should do the trick. Some newer laptops have newer ports that are not compatible with PCMCIA cards. If you purchased your laptop during or after January 2005, then you may want [...]

Firewire PCMCIA and Power

Friday, December 30th, 2005

There are several different Firewire connections. Some of the more common are 4 pin and 6 pin firewire. The difference between these two connections is that the 6 pin connection has two pins for power, while the 4 pin doesnt. So, you may think to your self “since my firewire device requires power, and I [...]