I am of the opinion it is long past time for ATX Case vendors and Motherboard vendors to unify the front panel connection interface into a single cable. OEM systems such as Dell have had their front ...

I’m a big proponent of DIY PC building and I tend to describe it as “relatively straightforward.” For the most part, everything just plugs in where it should. But there is one aspect of putting ...

In the dawning of the IBM PC era, the computer case was a heavy, stout thing. These were industrial machines, built with beefy paddle power switches, and weighing as much as a ton of bricks. Painted ...

I get the above message even after I've removed both front panel USB connectors (2.0 and 3.0). I originally thought it was because those had been damaged, since the 3.0 ones are very tight (my case is ...

If you’ve ever opened a PC case and stared inside, or looked at a bare motherboard, you may be taken aback by the number and variety of connectors, pins, and slots that exist on a modern PC ...

System users do not always know where all the critical points of cables are. Sometimes difficulties are encountered in connecting jacks to the motherboard. Generally the difficulty is located in the ...

Today’s audio-visual (A/V) receivers are, at their heart, seriously high-performance multimedia computers. These monsters integrate beefy digital signal processors (DSPs) in order to decode, encode, ...

Which side of a PC case power or reset switch is positive or negative? (and can I damage my motherboard by connecting it incorrectly?) No, you won't damage a motherboard by connecting the power and ...

In the dawning of the IBM PC era, the computer case was a heavy, stout thing. These were industrial machines, built with beefy paddle power switches, and weighing as much as a ton of bricks. Painted ...