Hardware resources

The links on this page are all to sites dealing with assembling computers from components, troubleshooting non-working systems and providing technical information for those who are interested. This page is devoted to hardware. For software resources, look at the programmer resources page.

This page consists of the following sections :

• Motherboards and chipsets.
• BIOS.
• General hardware.
• Review sites.

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Motherboards and chipsets

• Motherboards Homeworld.
• Specifications of many different CPU's - this is a link to version 9.9.5 from 1998, please contact me if you know of a more recent version linked on the web.
• Chip Directory - searchable database of chips.

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BIOS

There used to a link here to the BIOS Survival Guide, but I can't find a copy anywhere on the web. If anyone knows where I can find it, please let me know.

• BIOS Central.
• PC Mechanic BIOS - information about common BIOS settings.

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General hardware sites

• PC Hardware Links.
• EveryMac - specs, prices and answers for all Apple Macintosh computers.
• Mike's Hardware - news and information about Wintel systems.
• PC Guide - vast amounts of information about PCs, including how they work and troubleshooting.
• Modem Help Site.
• ADSL Guide - broadband news and information for the UK.

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Review sites

• Ace's Hardware.
• AnandTech.
• Ars Technica.
• CD-R Labs - reviews of CD and DVD drives.
• DVD Writers - UK-based DVD writer review site.
• Sharky Extreme.
• Storage Review.
• Tech IMO.
• Tom's Hardware.
• Tweakers Australia.

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