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Thank you both!

Hi friends, I'm trying to help a friend with some basic cat wiring. It appears he has "T568A" wiring from router (in the basement) to a wall plug floors above. (as identified by pulling the plug from the wall and visually identifying the wires). Here it is: 1 - white green 2 - green 3 -...

Thank you for the help guys. I ended up purchasing a MS Sculpt keyboard from Amazon and I absolutely love it. Funny story though. I opened the box when I received and could not find the USB receiver. It was pretty disappointing because I was anxious to try it out. Amazon was really good...

Wow! Thank you!

Hi ZeroDollarBudget. Thank you for your feedback. I'll do some reading/watching. Currently, using crappy basic keyboards. I work on the computer at least 50 hours a week doing UI design & development. I've been on the computer much of my life and my fingers have paid the price. They are...

Hi friends, Does anyone know - which type of keyboard mechanism is easiest on the finger joints? I'm looking for a quality keyboard and this would help me narrow my search. If anyone can recommend a quality keyboard I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

Any help is appreciated.

My PC is freezing after installing a new HD and at the beginning of attempting to install Windows 7 or 8 or 10. I've ran memtest and confirmed the memory is fine. What next? Motherboard diagnostics? Thanks.

Hi Friends, Recently a storm struck my home and I lost a bunch of computer equipment. In specific, wireless radio, router, a couple of switches, a couple of network cards in different computers, a phone line, a breaker that the provider had and so on and so forth. This has happened before, but...

Great thoughts guys. Thank you. The fluke isn't in my budget and I hadn't thought of a USB adapter for my ailing laptop. Thanks gain, this forum is the best.

Hi Guys - I've got a little cable tester which works great for testing cables when both ends of the cable are available. Is there a simple tester for testing just one end though? (assuming the the wire goes through a wall to a router and is not easily accessible.) I just want to be able to...

New, USB, card reader ordered.

Hi Guys, The card reader in my dell win8 desktop suddenly quit working. I'm receiving the following error in the device manager: "A request for the USB device descriptor failed" I've tried uninstalling the device, but this hasn't corrected the problem. I'm trying to determine if I should...

Thank you! Will do.

I know this is not a motherboard issue, but I don't see a "Power Supply" forum. I have a power supply in my dell XPS that has made a high pitched electronic squeel. Not everyone can hear it, but I pick up on these noises that some electronics make. The TV often makes a similar sound. The...