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Smart Computing Article - Checklist To Build A New PC
to determine if they do before putting the PC together. Motherboard & Case. Tools: Screwdrivers. Special Items (Case): Plastic ties of some sort; mounting screws (rarely); power supply; power cord. Special Items (Motherboard): Jumper blocks. Not all computer cases come with a power supply already...
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Circuit-board fasteners that won't let go
if they are to deliver optimum performance. Incorporating printed-circuit (PC) boards into designs requires component-to-board, board-to-board, and board-to-chassis attachments. Some boards need to be stacked or spaced, and others have to be removed and reattached periodically. At the same time, board...
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Designing inside the box
welds, and loose hardware. Eliminating tab cutouts improves EMI/RFI shielding and keeps out dirt and dust. Mating screws can be inserted from each end of the fastener to mount a pair of PC boards. Open-top types support one edge of a PC board and help build mini enclosures in box corners. Enclosures...
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Smart Computing Article - Basic Troubleshooting- Processors
at the upper-back portion of the case sucks the internal air (including the hot air coming from the CPU heatsink) and exhausts it out the rear of the PC. Make sure your fans are functioning and that cables aren t disrupting the airflow from the front to the back of the PC. You can use plastic cable ties to bunch...
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Smart Computing Article - Basic Troubleshooting- Cables & Connectors
Today | Contact Us | Register Now. Home | Tech Support | Q&A Board | Article Search | Subscribe & Shop. Basic Troubleshooting- Cables & Connectors. Email This. Print This. View My Personal Library. PC Components February 2007 Vol.11 Issue 1. Add To My Personal Library. Basic Troubleshooting...
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Pack Expo 2000 -- Automation, automation, automation
loads such as glass or plastic, A-B-C Packaging Machine Corp., Tarpon Springs, Fla., offers an alternative to drop packing. The Model 101 case packer/uncaser gently packs or unpacks glass and plastic containers, aluminum cans, or cartons, without damaging them or scuffing the labels. Snap-off gripper...
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Wired 9.11: Fetish
. Pressure Hooks. Keep your newly purchased Prada togs from hitting the not-so-newly mopped floor with Oxo's Good Grips. The plastic hanger, with a super-sucking rubber cup molded directly into its gently curving body, installs instantly on glass, tile, and most nonporous surfaces. A clever cantilever...
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Improving the Susceptibility of an Application to ESD-Induced Latch-up
(microcontrollers or mem- true whether they are soldered to a PC board in an ories) to ESD events. However, the protection level var- application, or whether they are unattached in the ship- ies for pin-to-pin, reflecting the different functions of ping or application assembly process. Good handling each pin...
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Smart Computing Article - How To Install . . . Multifunction Devices
it. Plastic trays generally are inserted the same way, but they either slide or snap into small grooves on each side of the insertion slots. Step 8. A few MFDs require some assembly, such as connecting a sheetfed scanner to a standalone printer. Nearly all MFDs come with components already connected...
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Brush DC Motors Turning More Advanced
. This problem can be overcome by housing brushes within a specially designed cartridge and utilizing. torsion springs to ensure desired even force over the life of a motor. The cartridge brush assembly fits into the motor base and consists of a two-piece, high-temperature. plastic snap...