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PDF downloads failed on Tutorial #2 – Adding a PCI card and the iPhone theme never worked out since no one visited my website with a touch screen phone, and if they did, my regular theme should work.

I will also be adding HTML5 video support after I post Tutorial 9.

I converted all videos to FLV format with a player now. Tutorial 6 was a little hard since I had to convert SWF to FLV.

Earlier, you needed a 1.5 Megabit connection to play video on my site, since quality is so good, but some people can’t get a 1.5M+ connection, so I made a flash version of the video, which only needs a 256 Kilobit connection, but the MPEG versions can get accessed by clicking (HQ).
If you can watch YouTube, you can watch our tutorials.

LEVEL 2
You need to speed your system. Applications like PC Pitstop will help but adding RAM will give you a major boost. I had a old computer running Windows 2000 with 32MB of RAM and I upgraded it to 160MB, it ran faster, but not as fast as the Pentium 4 computer which many of the screen recordings were from.
Be sure you have no static electricity on your body.

1. Download CPU-Z at http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php and check the Memory and the SPD sections to see what type you need, and then buy it. PC manuals also work but are not the best.
   
2. Turn off and open your PC.
3. Get your RAM ready and find a free slot.
4. Push the tabs of the RAM slot with your thumbs.
   
5. Push your RAM in with your thumbs (The pushing back of the tab is useless because pushing in the RAM will do that.
   
6. Turn off your PC and start it.
7. Experience your PC faster than before.

This is for PC100/133 SDRRAM, DDR(1/2/3), and RDRAM. Old SIMM modules are not used anymore and you are better off getting a new PC.

Video Part of Tutorial
Sorry for the bad video quality. In the Quick Media Converter used to convert the files from the camera to my PC was done in 320*240, not 640*480.

Please don’t republish this video without permission. I would manage republishing this.

LEVEL 2
Well, If USB devices are adding clutter, internal cards help you manage clutter. PCI or PCI Express cards help you. Instead of external devices, internal devices from your PC help.
Be sure you have no static electricity on your body. Sorry for mistake in video.

1. Turn off and open your PC
2. Find a empty PCI slot like this
   
3. You should see a empty plate near a PCI slot. Unscrew the cover and remove it
   
4. Push your card in to the slot
   
5. Screw the card’s mounting plate in to the PC
   
6. Close your PC
7. Start your PC and do the other steps.

Video Part of Tutorial

Here it is Please don’t republish this video without permission. I would manage republishing this.

LEVEL 1
Many sites may tell you how to build a Ethernet Cable Tester, but they may be hard. I will teach you how to build a Ethernet cable tester for you in two easy methods:
Method 1: Computer to Hub/Switch

1. Have the Computer and the Switch ready (Both powered on)
2. Plug in the Ethernet cable to the Stwitch and the Computer
   
3. Check on the Computer & the Switch if the port is connected
   

Method 2: Switch and Cable from Port to Port
This is risky and many hubs or switches may support it.

1. Make sure the Switch is on
2. Also, You have to just plug in a cable from one port to another port and see if the lights are on.
   

Video form of Tutorial
Method 1

Method 2

Sorry for the bad sound, This is only the first time, and the conversion in 852*480(HQ) and 430*240(LQ) crashed, so I used VCD quality. I may re upload with the fixed version.
Please don’t republish this video without permission. I would manage republishing this.

Most tutorials would be released on a weekend or major holiday, but I had lots of free time, so I published this on Tuesday.

Here at pchardwaretutor.com, I will tell you how to do hardware hacks. I am starting this as a hobby.

On November 21, 2009 (or 22, 2009), I will give you the first tutorials in both Text and Video (MPEG) format. Times and Dates tutorials are posted are based on Eastern Time.

Each tutorial will have a Level. Level 1 means easiest to Level 5 which means most difficult. The Video part will have a high (1 Megabit and higher) and a low (Slower than 1 Megabit) quality profile. Keep in mind that the low quality profile will be really blocky.