While most Lifehackers have developed a strong relationship to software, the nitty-gritty of hardware is often left alone. After all, that's why God invented the USB port, right? Well, that's fine and ...

An inexpensive card available from Amazon allows users of Apple's Mac Pro tower with PCI-E slots to get some of the benefits of the new USB-C connector — and faster USB 3.1 speeds. AppleInsider tells ...

I've got a computer that is refusing to boot up after I put in a Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter card. As soon as I put it in and turn on the computer I get absolutely no video signal and the computer ...

Building a computer isn't all that hard, but there are a few parts that can be confusing. When you start installing PCI cards—video cards, network cards, and other expansion cards—it's hard to know ...

I recently did a new install on an old Netvista 6350. Everything went great, onboard ethernet and audio works like a charm. The problem is I tried to install a wireless Belkin F5D7000 card in a pci ...

NVIDIA graphics cards plug into your computer's internal peripheral component interconnect express, or PCI-e, slots. These internal slots give them a direct connection to your computer and allow them ...

Integrated graphics, also known as onboard graphics, are often much less expensive than discrete graphics cards, but in terms of power and speed they are usually far behind. If you need to perform ...

Q I recently got into PC gaming. My computer has a 64MB Intel motherboard graphics and is in desperate need of an upgrade. I was looking to buy an nVidia video card, but it uses PCI Express; my ...

If you can work through the inevitable headaches that more often than not come with wireless networking, the results can be quite rewarding. The single most valuable feature of any wireless network is ...