LCD's are highly sensitive and any amount of pressure, touching or handling may damage it. As such, dead pixels aren't an uncommon thing. Apparently, some degree of dead pixels is to be expected. Still if you have a lot of them, it would be classified as a defective screen. So, how do you determine if you have dead pixels? Read more at DV Hardware

Just got word that Adrian has updated his premier BIOS optimization guide! Here's some of the updates.

Many of the features that Windows Explorer provides can be easily customized to make Windows XP even better. This chapter will show you how you can change many of the features and how to take advantage of some of the new, lesser-known features. It will start off with showing you how you can customize the way you interact with files and then how you view your files. By the end of this chapter, you will have completely customized all of the ways that you use Explorer to browse through and create files on your computer.

ExtremeTech

Learn the main differences between DDR (DDR2 and DDR3) and GDDR (GDDR2 and GDDR3) memories.

HardwareSecrets

Just got word that Adrian has updated his premier BIOS optimization guide! Here's some of the updates.

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Ever had problems opening or running applications even when your system has a LOT of free memory? Isn't it puzzling to get "Out Of Memory" errors when you evidently have a lot of free memory?? What you are actually facing is a lack of desktop heap! Today, we will show you just how to fix this annoying problem once and for all!

Adrian's Rojak Pot

So, have you ever had the need to erase hard drive data for good? Like when the FBI or some other three letter organization was knocking at your door with a search warrant and you had to dump all those hacked government satellite photos? Well maybe not that extreme; this article explores the various forms of erasing data for good.

The R2D2 case mod sat under a desk, empty for a little while until John decided to try out the still relatively new Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Today, part one of a series has been published, which acts as a guide to installing the operating system. The series will go on to explore hardware support and drivers and the performance and application differences between XP x64 and it's 32 bit sibling.

VIA Arena

For overclockers it is helpful to know just how well your computer's components are coping with the extra load caused by running them faster. If you have just turned up the clock speed of your CPU, for example, a constant check on how hot (or how cool!) it is getting is reassuring. Read on...

Before you spend a lot of money on a laptop, it is important to spend a little time considering some basics that may affect the decision-making process. This Tech Tip will take a look at five of the innumerous things worth considering when buying a laptop computer.

BigBruin

Clean Spyware and Viruses + Optimize Windows XP to improve both work and gaming performance safely. Windows XP's default configuration is far from optimized. This guide will help you improve your overall system performance.

One of the most effective ways to secure Windows Server 2003 is to turn off unnecessary services. This detailed Excel spreadsheet lists 102 Windows Server 2003 services, describes each service's function, specifies whether you can safely disable the service, and outlines the ramifications of doing so.

I selected the DFI board for its awesome overclocking and voltage adjustment options. The Hypertransport speed was kept at its default of 5X (tested up to 350 MHz) and the memory was running in sync with the motherboard clock speed (unless otherwise stated) with timings of 2-2-2-5.

PCStats

Don't know your AA from your AF? With modern graphics cards offering a plethora of performance options, we take a look at what Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering actually is.

Bit-Tech

Chaos from AEP Emulation Page did a nice SNES emulator comparison for Windows. It is available in both German and English language.

TweakGuides have thrown up their latest guide that looks at tweaking your Nvidia Forceware Drivers!

I've gone through and revamped my Nvidia Forceware Tweak Guide for the 77.72 drivers - better late than never! Fortunately I now have a shiny new 7800GTX on hand to test out the new features and document them all so the guide is completely up-to-date and useful for all Nvidia users from low to the latest high end.

Mr Tech have updated their Firefox and Thunderbird Hacks Guide.

What's new with this release (6/28/2005):

Today we go for a 100% overclock with a 1.6Ghz Pentium M Dothan CPU, using Dry Ice to cool the CPU this might be possible. To make things more interesting we also push an ATI X800 to its limit running it at -52°C.

Madshrimps

Somewhere deep within your processor, a gate opens, and electrons flow from one terminal to another. How the heck does that translate into a CPU?

ExtremeTech

A lot of the time we spend on the internet today is spent not only reading but listening and watching media online like movies, previews, game movies, funny adds and cartoons ... broadband makes this very easy. On some ISP?s you can download a 2.5 hour movie in under 1 hour. One thing that confuses and annoys people still, however, is codecs.