if the board was shipped without the ATA connector installed, you can bet that they left off a bunch of other components that are required for that port to work. <BR><BR>In short, the chances of you ...

What do you do when your motherboard is covered in electrolytic grime, has damaged pads and traces that are falling apart? You call [RetroGameModz] to work their magic with epoxy and solder. While ...

Ok, so this question really isn't as dumb as it sounds... -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif --<br><br>What I ...

Now we've got a product that looks somewhat akin to what you receive in the box. The larger components have been machine-fed on to the mainboard and been inserted ready for wave soldering. Optical ...

What happens when you drop your laptop in the pool? Well, yes, you buy a new laptop. But what about your data. You do have backups, right? No, of course, you don’t ...

During Computex, I was offered a chance to go see how a motherboard is actually produced. GIGABYTE invited me and other media on a trip to see one of their three factories. We were bused off to the ...