MaximumPC 2006 04
34 MA XIMUMPC APRIL 2006 Softy Awards Softy Awards Maximum PC’s Fourth Annual BY THE MAXIMUM PC STAFF Every year, the editors of ...
APRIL 2006 MA XIMUMPC 35 Softy Awards Softy Awards WinDirStat Install this utility and you’ll never need Windows Explorer again ...
36 MA XIMUMPC APRIL 2006 SyncBack There’s never been a better time to back up your data Data backup: It’s a task as exciting as ...
38 MA XIMUMPC APRIL 2006 Softy Awards AnyDVD Free your DVDs! Free your CDs! Stick it to The Man! Whether you want to watch movie ...
Y ou can build a desktop PC while chained in an under- water cage fi lled with testy sea bass. You can build, boot, and overcloc ...
APRIL 2006 MA XIMUMPC 41 BUILD YOUR OWN LA PTOP ...
42 MA XIMUMPC APRIL 2006 Q: Does anybody really build their own notebook? A: We’ll admit that building a notebook isn’t what the ...
Desk Potato or Road Warrior? Before you search for a DIY platform, you should fi rst fi gure out what you really want to do with ...
46 MA XIMUMPC APRIL 2006 Step 1: Prep for Takeoff Remove the battery before you begin, to avoid damaging your components. Our no ...
48 MA XIMUMPC APRIL 2006 should be able to push the card in about an eighth of an inch. Once it’s in place, tilt the card toward ...
Continued from page 48 50 MA XIMUMPC APRIL 2006 SO-DIMMs. We used a pair of 512MB DDR2 modules. Install the fi rst module in the ...
52 MA XIMUMPC APRIL 2006 with the laptop. Otherwise, the bezel won’t be fl ush with rest of the laptop. Not all slim drives use ...
Don’t Panic! Rarely does a machine work on the first try, even for Maximum PC edi- tors. Don’t freak out, and don’t call tech su ...
Ergonomics affect everyone, especially if you sit at your computer for extended periods of time. You don’t need an in-home exper ...
56 MA XIMUMPC APRIL 2006 how (^2) IMPROVING YOUR PC EXPERIENCE, ONE STEP AT A TIME The goal with your keyboard is to keep your p ...
Do arm braces and splints do any good? The logic behind these products is that they force you to keep your wrist in a healthy co ...
TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE? I’m building an Athlon 64 system with an Asus A8N-SLI Premium motherboard, an AMD 64 4000+ CPU, 2GB o ...
your current PSU—it might come in handy for troubleshooting in the future. POST TOASTIE? My Abit SR8-7X motherboard died on me a ...
T he consumer electronics market hasn’t seen a fi ght like this since the legend- ary Betamax vs. VHS wars of the 1970s. In one ...
Hardware Autopsy capable of resolving detail. HD-DVD doesn’t make a dramatic departure on this front: It uses a 0.65 numerical a ...
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