Recently, I visited an online forum where one engineer asked for options for duplicating an existing PC-based test system that has four PCI expansion slots. His problem: Consumer-grade desktop PCs ...

Building a computer isn't all that hard, but there are a few parts that can be confusing. When you start installing PCI cards—video cards, network cards, and other expansion cards—it's hard to know ...

Although the ability to expand a home computer with more RAM, storage and other features has been around for as long as home computers exist, it wasn’t until the IBM PC that the concept of a fully ...

[Gpuhackr] chose his username to explain exactly how he spends his time. For instance, here he’s using an STM32 Discovery board to drive an AMD Radeon HD 2400 graphics card. The ARM microcontroller ...

You may have wondered which slot you're supposed to install a graphics card into on a motherboard when there's more than one slot. If it has only one PCI Express x16 ...

Anyone who has a gaming PC knows that you use a PCIe socket for installing the most important component on your PC, a ...

Being able to identify the PCI cards installed in your company's computers can make upgrading or troubleshooting hardware an easier task. It can also make it easier to track down up-to-date drivers, ...

I'm potentially looking for two video cards for use in different machines. Both machines are running Win7 with i530/H55 boards with integrated video. For both there will be some blu-ray playback and ...

Today I tried to make a S3 Virge PCI card work as a second displaycard in Windows XP. The card works just fine except for the fact that Windows cpmpletely locks up after a minute. Cause of the problem ...