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How do I get a voltage on a PCIe Parallel Port?
I'm trying to use a PCIe Parallel port from C++. (http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Express-Profile-Parallel-PEX1PLP/dp/B004G7O2AC)
I can't seem to change the status of any of the registeres and my ...
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Utilities to show keyboard blocking?
Quoting from the Wikipedia article, Rollover (key):
Modern keyboards detect ghosting and instead of registering a fourth
key will ignore the third key, which is known as blocking.
Are there ...
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How to change Sata controller settings to avoid a blue screen? Windows 8
How to go from AHCI to IDE just for firmware flashing on my SSD.
Currently using windows 8.
Tried a few times but kept getting the dreaded blue screen.
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Wireless relay board [closed]
I've created an application which contains a button. Next to me is a controller board, the
USB8VI4DI0R, which has the correct cabling set up. Through my application I can send a message to the serial ...
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How do I map a keyboard as a joystick device in Windows 7?
Well my laptop has a Nintendo DS emulator, which ofcourse I can play NDS games in with the keyboard but the key mappings are limited to only A-Z and arrow keys.
There is an option to enable a ...
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Avoid HDD spinup at boot
Is there any way to avoid specific HDDs from spinning up at boot time?
There are 3 HDDs in my HTPC (Ubuntu 12.10) and 1 SSD (boot drive). I don't want the HDDs to spin up when booting to reduce boot ...
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I have Cisco Wireless Controller connected with 11n APs, Is it possible to configuring Extension Channel?
I have Cisco Wireless Controller connected with 11n APs, Is it possible to configuring Extension Channel?
I want to configure the primary channel in 5GHz -> Channel 48
And Extension channel ...
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Wireless controllers vs wireless usb hub
For my htpc i currently only have a steerin wheel as a controller. This is wired and it looks really bad having extended usb wires from the tv to the table.
However im thinking of bying some new ...
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Simulate analogue steering wheel input from third party software like xPadder [closed]
I currently have a steering wheel connected to my htpc, running Windows 8. Since it doesn't work with (or get recognized by) all the games I play, I use xpadder.
As far as I understand, it simply ...
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VGA compatible controller (Intel and Nvidia)
I need to know the bus address of my video controller to fix a problem about the brightness keybinding on Debian Wheezy.
I did lspci | grep VGA
and the result is:
00:02.0 VGA compatible ...
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Linux Embedded Controller editor
Does anyone know of an Embedded Controller editor for Linux?
I currently use Read & Write Utility
When using Windows to set my fan between 25%-50% because without it my laptop idles at 50°c
When ...
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Can you use xbox360 controller and chat pad / messenger pad as a mouse and keyboard?
Can you use xbox360 controller and chat pad / messenger pad as a mouse and keyboard?
I know you can use xbox360 controller in games but I would like to use as an alternative for mouse and keyboard. ...
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Move an SSD with Windows 7 to a new PCIe SATA controller card
This is my current setup:
Abit AB9 QuadGT motherboard which has an Intel P965 chipset with Intel ICH8 SATA Rev. 2.0 controller
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB SSD which supports SATA Rev. 3.0
Windows 7 ...
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Intel Rapid Storage Technology (IRST): puzzled over port number assignements
I am using the tool Intel Rapid Storage Technology (IRST) v9.6.61001 to display the current status of several disks that are built-in and/or connected to a Lenovo W701 Model 4323. The status window ...
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PC hardware (HDD, BIOS / motherboard) acting weird
This is going to be long story. I'm trying to figure out what the hardware problem with my desktop is.
It started with my Windows XP's very slow response and later even a BSOD, when shutting down. ...
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TRIM Consequences
I was wondering if one of you can help me understand what are the SSD TRIM command actually does in Windows .
To my best of knowledge, once a user deletes a file, Windows obtains the list of clusters ...
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What is a benefit of using separate HDD / RAID controller?
I have Asus P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard with integrated HDD controller providing 6 SATA II (3 Gb/s) ports. I use this controller for 2 SSDs and 4 HDDs. SSDs and one HDD are for host system (Windows 7 ...
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Is “Ultra320 LVD SCSI” the correct name of the interface?
I have a HP Ultrium 960 tape drive, but I can't figure out what the SCSI interface is called.
The white paper doesn't mention it
According to this site it is called "Ultra320 LVD SCSI".
I can't ...
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Intel ICH10R vs Marvell 9123 for desktop RAID 1 with SSDs
I have a desktop with an ASUS motherboard with 6 SATA ports.
4x3Gbps ICH10R ports
2x6Gbps Marvell 9123 ports
I bought two 3Gbps Intel SSD drives to be used in a RAID 1 configuration (reliability ...
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Is controller a computer?
A microcontorller is a computer on a single chip. Is a controller also a computer?
From Wikipedia
controller signifies a chip or
expansion card that interfaces with a
peripheral device. ...
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How is the capacity of a harddisk faked?
I was reading about magical Chinese drives. How would this be done? The post talks about a 'looped mode' and comments suggest having a different controller to lie to the OS.
I went and bought one of ...
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High Performance USB connection?
I'm wondering if there high performance USB controllers in the same way that there are high performance NIC cards. I'd like a way to run a USB device with minimal load on the main CPU.
Any Ideas?
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Intel SASWT4I SAS/SATA Controller
I want to assemble a cheap storage sytem based on the Norco RPC-4020 Case.
When searching for controllers I found this one:
Intel® RAID Controller SASWT4I
This is a quote form the Spec Sheet:
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Unable to determine why HDD cannot be recognized
Yesterday, I was the unfortunate victim of an icy sidewalk. I slipped while carrying my HP dv6780se laptop hibernating in its case. I didn't think anything of the laptop until I got home, noted that ...
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SATA Card/RAID Controller - Covering Both Economically
I have been researching RAID (specifically RAID 5) for the last couple weeks. I have seen arguments for both sides, whether to use it, whether to use software versus hardware, and some arguments in ...
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Windows XP SP3 does not recognize my RAID SET?
I have a EP45C-UD3R motherboard and recently installed a Sil3132 PCI-E controller with 2 500GB Sata2 HD, at bios level the controller is recognized and I can setup my RAID SET which I set to RAID1.
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How can I find the right driver for my RAID controller?
I have a RAID controller that I used to have a driver for, but after rebuilding windows, the controller no longer shows up.
I don't remember who made it, or really anything about it. How can I track ...
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Relation between controllers, interfaces, adapt cards, chipsets, buses
I am confused about the following concepts and their relations: controllers, interfaces, adapters, chipsets, buses and north/south bridges. Can anyone point out how they are working together, what are ...
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Can an SSD drive be used without a controller?
I read somewhere that an SSD can be attached to a motherboard using the PCI-Express bus without a controller. I am not sure what this means. If these are special kind of motherboards, what are some of ...
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System Event ID 11 Disk
Upon starting Windows Server 2008 R2 I get this error message:
Event ID 11 Disk
The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk3\DR3.
There are also also 3 more similar messages for ...
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8051 MCU debug board function
In school I have written many programs for an 8051 compatible CPU. But I never actually knew how our "debug" sets worked. I mean, we test our programs in special sets, which actually allow you to very ...
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Controller Error: Do I need to worry?
I have a HP Pavillion dv5224ea Laptop with Windows 7 on it. Recently I discovered a Error in Event Viewer:
The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort1.
(more details):
- System
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Memory Stick Controller is not compatible with this version of Windows
I'm getting this error message in the Action Center on Windows 7, and I can't seem to solve it through Windows or through searches on Google:
RICOH R5C592 PCI-CardBus/IEEE-1394/SD Card/Memory ...
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PCI-E SATA Controller
i'm trying to find a SATA Controller that has a PCI-E connecction of at least 4x, and has also at least 4 channels for SATA disks. I need it to make a real raid 5 system, the fakeraid on my ...
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Are USB hard drive sizes limited by motherboard hard drive controller?
I'm looking to put an expansion EIDE controller in my dad's desktop so it can handle a new 500 GB drive (evidently the motherboard EIDE controller has the 137 GB limit). He got a 500 GB USB hard drive ...
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Burnt SATA Drive
By stupid curiosity, I've connected the FDD power cable to the jumper pins of a SATA drive, and powered on the system. The SATA drive's controller burned out. What now? Can it be replaced, and still ...
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Is there a noticable difference between OB SATA bandwidth vs PCI-e SATA Controller
Main Question : Would I see any benefit (I/O bandwidth-wise) to purchasing a separate (non-raid) PCI-e controller card to plug SATAII drives into vs on-board SATAII slots?
I'd be plugging at least ...
