Computer Hardware
You have a system that periodically locks up. You have ruled out software, and now suspect that it is hardware. What should you do first that could help you narrow it down to the component at fault?

replace the level 2 cache SIMM
replace the RAM
replace the CPU
disable the CPU cache in CMOS
rotate the RAM

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Computer Hardware
Whenever you have a hardware resource conflict, it will more likely be an IRQ conflict rather than an i/o conflict because:

I/O addresses cannot conflict
there are a lot more I/O addresses than IRQs.
software tends to mess up IRQs
software tends to correct I/O conflicts
the BIOS sometimes has more of a problem controlling IRQs

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Computer Hardware
When connecting a ribbon cable to a connector, how do you know which direction to plug it in?

The colored line in the cable goes to pin #1
It does not matter
The blue or red line in the cable goes away from the power connector
The red line in the cable goes to the highest pin number

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