Hardware is a collection of physical elements that comprise a computer system. Computer hardware refers to the physical parts or components of computer such as monitor, keyboard, hard disk, mouse, etc.
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Is there any way to make scrolling sensible in OSX?
I'm playing Minecraft on a mac, and I'm using a Logitech Revolution MX. When scrolling in the game, it flicks through my items very quickly, rather than one item-per-click scrolling than I get in ...
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Can PSP Batteries be recharged via USB?
I've obtained a recharging cable for my PSP that has a USB plug at the end rather than an AC adapter.
I have a Lithium Ion Battery Pack which i use to charge up my iPhone when it's low on power and ...
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Can I use the hard disk and the mount from a Slim PS3 in a Super Slim PS3?
I'm looking at grabbing a Super Slim PS3 soon, and since the 12 gig is cheaper than the 500 gig I have been looking at grabbing that and putting a hard drive in it. As far as I can figure replacing a ...
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What is wrong with my PSP's thumbstick to make a character walk the opposite direction
Recently i've been noticing that when i push up in the thumb stick my character actually moves down, i've mainly been noticing this in Disgaea in the overloads castle where using the thumbstick is ...
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Is it normal for PS3 controllers to constantly lose their charge?
I've noticed for quite a while now that all of my PS3 controllers lose their charge even if they are not being actively used (I have three, this almost always means that by the time the one I am ...
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Can the Ratchet and Clank “Burn Ring” Appear in today's games
there's a cheat/glitch in the first Ratchet and Clank game where you can glitch up one of the races so your onfoot and positioning yourself under a bunch of creates so they're off screen and using a ...
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Does a first gen PSP battery cause damage to a PSP 2000
I have 2 PSP's, one is a first gen PSP which I use for playing games on the go, the other is a PSP 2000 which I use for when I want to play PSP games on my TV
Recently I found out that the battery ...
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Upconverting older consoles' output for HDTVs
Is it possible? I still like retro gaming on my PSX/PS2 when I have time, but all TVs are HD now and the AVI looks like a mess, and even output from the 480p component cables look really grainy and ...
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How reliable is reballing a 60GB PS3?
My 60GB launch PS3 has finally given me a yellow light of death. Luckily I married into a second PS3 over a year ago (phew!), but my wife's Slim has neither most of my saved games nor can it play our ...
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What happens when I configure my USB hard drive for Xbox 360?
What happens when I configure my USB drive for the Xbox 360?
Once it is configured, will I be able to use it like normally on my laptop/other computers? Will I be able to see files from the Xbox ...
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How to force my Samsung monitor and nVidia card to display in 3D?
I have a Samsung 27LSA950 monitor and apparently there is licencing issues between Samsung and nVidia with regards to 3D games.
I have Geforce 570 2.5Gb GPU.
There was previously a solution on how ...
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Is the blue-ray drive in the PS3 user replacable?
My PS3 Blue-Ray Drive cannot read any disks anymore
Is there a possibility to replace the drive with a normal standard spare parts?
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Is it possible to fix my PS3 by locating and resoldering broken joints?
My old "Phat" PS3 is dead - In some forums i read that the solder joints are broken.
The fan is making some noise and some cryptic signs run over the screen...
Is there a possibility to locate ...
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How do I stop my PS3 from making so much noise?
I believe that my PS3 is full of dust and therefore the fan goes on max as soon as I start a game.
How can I get rid of the dust inside on the heat sinks and fans without destroying something?
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PS3 graphics Stretching Glitch
I've been having some Graphics glitches with the assassins creed series (specifically 2/BH/Rev) and until today I assumed it was an issue with the game itself.
There are times where the ...
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Possible Graphics Driver Problem
I considered asking this question over at Super User, since it may be a hardware problem, but since it's specific to one game I came here.
I have the game Kerbal Space Program. It's fairly ...
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Is there any electronic board map to convert PlayStation or XBox joy-stick to PC? [closed]
My fiend says: search and google and find electronic map board to make an electronic board to convert PS or XBox Joystick and connect to PC.
electronic board map
drivers
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Where is the WiFi antenna located?
Where in the body of the Nintendo 3DS is the WiFi antenna located?
To try to get more StreetPasses, I place the 3DS in an indent on my car's dashboard when I'm driving. Which part of the 3DS do I ...
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How processor type (i3/i5/i7) affects game performance on ultrabooks? [closed]
Majority of ultrabooks today are available with choice of i3, i5 or i7 processor with same video card used: Intel HD4000. For example, given Sony Duo 11, where are 3 configurations: with i3-3217U, ...
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How can I connect a 5 1/4" floppy drive to my modern PC? [closed]
I have a small collection of 5 1/4" floppy disks (early Sierra games) that I am trying to read. How can I connect a drive that accepts these disks to my PC.
This has been moved over to Super User
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Competitive gaming and playing on a lower-specced machine [closed]
Stupid question:
Is there any truth to the belief that if you train your <insert competitive game here e.g. Dota 2> skills on a sub-par pc, when you play on a maxed-out one you play better ...
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Is my video card “better” than the one in system requirements? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to buy a graphics card?
Many Windows and Mac games mention specific graphics cards "or better" in their system requirements. How do I know if my card is better or at ...
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What are the differences between GTX 650 and the GTX 650Ti?
I can't find a comparison anywhere... what are the advantages of the Ti version?
I noticed that the normal 650 has 384 cores, while the 650Ti has 768 cores...
How... Does this not make a ...
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Screen Resolution Impacts on Framerate with High-End Cards? [closed]
I've been wondering, if I have a high-end graphics card like, say, a GTX 670...
If I was to play a game that didn't have a really high resource demand like Call of Duty or something, what impact would ...
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What features to look for a gaming mouse that works as a full-time mouse?
What should we look for in a gaming mouse that would also be used for other stuff?
Obviously any gaming mouse will work fine for anything else, but, for instance, I wish to have 2 axis wheel for ...
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Is there a difference in the way the old Xbox360 reads discs and the new model?
I have an original Xbox360 model and my friend has the new model(the one packaged with the Kinect). When trying to play two games, blue dragon and fallout 3, the game works fine on his xbox, but on my ...
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AMD Catalyst Control Center has stopped saving application profiles [closed]
I don't have the fanciest video card, so I usually create an application profile in the Control Center for games to increase or decrease quality depending on how taxing they are.
However, as of this ...
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PS3 graphics problem: Strange lines around contours/shading
All video output from my PS3 has strange lines around the edges of shapes/around contours/along gradients.
The lines look almost like the outlines you get in Photoshop when you use the magic wand ...
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How to measure the performance of a graphics-card?
A CPU's performance is usually determined by it's architecture (16-bit, 32-bit, 64-bit, etc.), the number of cores and it's frequency.
What would be the equivalent for graphics-cards?
I've always ...
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is my PS3 messing up? also can i swap hardrives?
Lately I've been noticing that my ps3 has been acting weird. At times, when I turn it on from an off position, I hear the beep that it normally gives you when turning it on....but then after a brief ...
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What memory stick should I get for my XBox 360?
I recently got a new 4GB Xbox 360, and I wonder if I should get some more memory using a memory stick. Are these fast enough to store game data on or should they just be used for backup?
Are there ...
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Quiet Gaming Mouse [closed]
I'm after a quiet gaming mouse, i.e. one where the clicking of the mouse buttons is not too loud.
This is mainly for gaming (Diablo 3) in an office so not to disturb other colleagues with constant ...
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My 3D Games crashing in these scenarios
I have a situation here which I am unable to solve.
I bought a PC last year March, here are my specs:
Intel Core i3 550 @ 3GHz
4 GB RAM @400 MHz
XFX GeForce 9500 GT graphics card 1GB @550MHz
500 GB ...
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Is the Game Boy Advance slot on the DS region-locked?
Would I be able to play an American Game Boy Advance game on my European DS via the GBA slot at the bottom of the device?
I know the on the whole Nintendo don't region-lock their portables (at least ...
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Why doesn't the cpu full load to make PCSX2 (PlayStation 2 emulator) run game faster? [closed]
My CPU Q6600 (QuadCore) only loads 50-70% when I run PCSX2 (PlayStation 2 emulator) and only has fps around 30-50 when I disable speed hacks. See picture :
I wonder why the cpu doesn't load more to ...
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Limit FPS in Games to prevent overheating
When playing games on my laptop (MacBook Air 2011 with Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics), the temperature of the processor / GPU quickly reaches to 95°C causing it to throttle down every couple of ...
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Is a wireless mouse less reactive than a classic mouse?
When I play a FPS with my wireless mouse I feel that the game reacts more slowly than my movements. Is a wireless mouse less reactive than a classic mouse? Is there a loss of performance with wireless ...
