SuperLinux Encyclopedia - Misc. Hardware

Guides, Reviews, etc:

• The Open Hardware Certification Program (at Debian org.)
• Anand's Hardware Tech Page
• Ars-Technica  IBM-PC hardware info. News, articles, etc.
• Hardware Extreem  PC hardware reviews, etc.
• The Hardware Book  Old copy? former home?
• Joe's PC Hardware Page (FAQs, Guides, reviews)
• Overclocker's Workbench
• PC-Clone UNIX Hardware Buyer's Guide  By ESR.
• PC Guide
• TheRef (tm) Drive and Controller Guide
• System Optimization PC Hardware and Performance Guide!
• Tom's Hardware Guide
• TweakHX
• The Upgrade Center (IBM-PC system upgrades)
• TheView - hardware reviews & news
• Ask Slashdot: Modern Technology  Super7 MB, AMD, etc.
• LinuxHardware.net  Submit and read others experience with HW under Linux.
• Upgrading and Repairing PC  A glowing book review.

Misc:

• Also see the home page.
• Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.hardware
• Linux System Hardware Monitoring (kernel module for making certain (most?) hardware monitoring info available)
• Raven (how to build and set up a Linux computer; lots of detail)
• CPU Info Center
• ComputerCraft  Misc. hardware info and sales.
• Electronics Search FAQ Report
• Intel Secrets (x86.org by Robert Collins in battle with Intel)
• Tech Talk Supplement to TheRef(tm) pg.5
• Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ: Table of Contents (ToC)
• Fil's FAQ-Link-In (HW resources)
• _FDISK.COM home page_
• fdisk.com - PC info
• comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.* Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Part 1/5
• Sandpile (x86 info)
• Circuit Cellar Home
• Cobalt Microserver, Inc. and Cobalt Networks, Inc.
• 10900.htm
• SUPPORTHELP.COM (Tech Support Info Searchers)
• http://www.top.net/thyde/
• Axel Reinhold - /ARX cleanware - mc MacroCALC Spreadsheet
• T10 (SCSI,etc stds group)
• HW Testing:
  • crashme or crashme2: A computer burn-in program which stresses the hardware, while checking for problems.
  • Test your PC !
• Ask Slashdot: Looking For Old HardWare Suppliers
• Hardware Charting  Nice page of HW (IRQ,DMA) info and suggestions for documenting HW.

HOWTO identify a part manufacturer: Look for an FCC number - should have one somewhere since it's i/o - then go to: http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/database/ead to find the manf.

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