Thursday, February 27, 2014

SD Memory Card (Secure Digital) Price in India (1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB)


SD memory cards (Secure Digital) are now available much cheaper prices in Indian electronic stores. Most SD cards range in capacity from 1GB to 8GB as their physical size is larger. The SD memory card prices range from rupees 200 to 800 in India.

SD card stands for Secure Digital card. They are small card like chips which are capable of storing digital information in the range of 1GB to as high as 32GB including high capacity (SDHC) cards. Secure Digital (SD Card) memory is based on Flash memory. They have the life time of about 3 to 10 years depending on how often you erase the memory.

The SD cards are now most commonly used as extension memory for extension slots in MP3 players, Mobile phones, Digital video players, Digital Cameras etc. Digital cameras are the ones that compulsorily need external memory as internal memory is limited to few MBs only. Some digital video cameras that are capable of capturing videos for several days need story capacities of upto 64GB for which high capacity (SDHC) type of SD memory cards are used.

The price of SD memory cards in India range from Rs. 199 for 1GB to Rs. 800 for 8GB. Higher capacities are available only in SDHC type and not in SD card. Your device’s extension slot must be compatible with the type of card you choose. Some are compatible with all SD, SDHC and also microSD (new entrant) types but some are only compatible either of them. Don’t buy them in hurry when in doubt.

Below are the prices of SD memory cards of various capacities in Indian stories:
  • SD Card Brand/Capacity                      Price (in Rupees)
  • 1GB Kingston SD Card                           199/-
  • 1GB Sandisk SD Card                            199/-
  • Kingston 2GB SD Memory Card              325/-
  • SANDISK 2GB SD CARD FOR DIGITAL CAMERA ETC. + WARRANTY    285/-
  • SanDisk 2GB Secure Digital , SD Memory Card NO VAT                          299/-
  • 2 GB SD MEMORY CARD+WARRENTY+LOWEST ON EBAY                 385/-
  • Sandisk SD 4GB                                               425/-
  • 4GB Transcend SD Card                                    599/-
  • Sandisk 8GB SD Card                            794/-
Higher capacities if available in market (the 16GB, 32GB) are now not used in new digital devices as they are getting replaced with SDHC or microSD types. Their (SD card) prices would be higher (2000/-, 4000/-) than SDHC types.

It is always cheaper to buy directly in stores in India in any city (Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Ahmedabad) rather than to buy online when you can spare time.

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Usb Memory Stick Price in India (1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB 128GB 256GB) (Transcend HP Kingston Moserbear Toshiba Sandisk Imation)


A wide variety of USB memory sticks (pen drives) are available in Indian stores according to brand (Transcend HP Kingston Moserbear Toshiba Sandisk Imation) and capacity (1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB 128GB 256GB). Their prices, which depend on capacity/brand, are reducing day by day and range from 150 rupees to 7000 rupees for the most used drives.

USB memory sticks are widely used for their small size for relatively huge non-volatile storage capacities, high portability (you can hide it even in your mouth), compatibility with any computer that has atleast one Usb port, sleek and cute designs and some are sexy transparent. These are very advantageous compared to CD, DVD, older floppy or other non-volatile storage mediums. And they are also more reliable than CDs/DVDs as the latter can get damaged irreparably with scratches and the USB memory sticks (also known as pen drives) are nowadays coming as waterproof and shock resistant.

There are a wide variety of USB pen drives available in the Indian market sold by manufacturers such as Transcend, HP, Kingston, Moserbear, Toshiba, Sandisk, Imation, Corsair, OCZ, LUPO, etc. and also range widely in their capacities such as 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB. You can almost replace your hard disk with these but the cost dramatically rises for higher capacities. If you go higher capacities at the most 32GB is reasonable and 16GB is most economical for portable storage purposes. For higher needs portable hard disk drives are already available for lesser costs.

The costs of USB pen drive (memory sticks) in India range from Rs. 150 for 1GB to Rs. 900 for 8GB to Rs. 1800 for 16GB to Rs. 48,000 for 256GB which is rarely used. Below are the lists of prices of various USB memory sticks listed based on their capacities and brands:
  • USB Pen Drive Brand              Capacity          Approximate price at Indian stores (Indian Rupees)
  • Transcend                                 1GB           150/-  
  • Sandisk                                    1GB           149/-  
  • Kingston                                   1GB           190/-  
  • Moserbaer                                 1GB          140/-
  • Imation                          1GB          200/-
  • Umax                                        1GB           149/-  
  • Quantum                                   1GB           149/-  
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  • Transcend                                 2GB           299/-  
  • Sandisk Cruzer Micro                 2GB            320/-
  • Kingston                                   2GB           299/-
  • Moserbaer USB                         2GB            250/-
  • Imation                          2GB          340/-
  • Kingston DataTraveler Mini Slim 2GB          349/-
  • Transcend Jetflash T5     2GB          340/-
  • HP Mini                                     2GB          300/-
  • Toshiba                         2GB            320/-
  •  
  • Transcend                                 4GB           449/-  
  • Sandisk                                    4GB           550/-
  • Kingston                                   4GB           449/-  
  • Moserbaer                                 4GB           390/-
  • Imation                          4GB          500/-
  • Corsair                          4GB           500/-
  • OCZ ATV USB 2.0 Flash Drive    4GB          500/-
  • Transcend Jetflash T5                 4GB          500/-
  • HP Mini                                     4GB        450/-
  • HP v1456w Mini      v165w          4GB      475/-
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  • Transcend                                 8GB           790/-
  • Sandisk                                    8GB           750/-
  • Kingston                                   8GB           790/-
  • Moserbaer                                 8GB          750/-
  • Imation                          8GB          850/-
  • Corsair Flash Voyager            8GB                850/-
  • OCZ ATV USB 2.0 Flash Drive    8GB           850/-
  • Corsair Flash Voyager GT           8GB          2,300/-
  • Transcend Jetflash T5     8GB          850/-
  • HP                                            8GB          800/-
  • HP v1456w Mini      v165w          8GB            900/-
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  • Transcend JetFlash V85 Flash Drive        16GB             1,300/-
  • Kingston                                               16GB             1,300/-
  • Moserbaer                                             16GB             1,200/-
  • Imation                                      16GB             1,550/-
  • Corsair                                      16GB             1,750/-
  • OCZ                                                      16GB             1,550/-
  • Silicon Power                                        16GB             1,000/-
  • Verbatim                                               16GB             1,700/-
  • HP                                                        16GB        1,600/-
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  • Transcend JetFlash V60 Flash Drive        32GB              3,000/-
  • Kingston DataTraveler 150                      32GB              6000/-
  • Moserbaer                                             32GB              2,600/-
  • Corsair                                      32GB              3,200/-
  • Transcend JetFlash V20 Flash    64GB              6,700/-
  • Kingston DataTraveler 150                      64GB   9000/-
  • Moserbaer                                             64GB              5,500/-
  • Kingston DataTraveler 150                      128GB              27000/-
  • Kingston DataTraveler 310                      256GB              48,380/-

The prices are always cheaper if bought directly at a store than online. Also shipping cost is saved and you can find out the cost of more electronic gadgets that you may want to buy but haven’t yet decided.

References:
  1. Personal Experience
  2. indian-tech-news.com
  3. newtechnology.co.in
  4. .priceindia.in
  5. helpingindia.com
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Control (Monitor, Adjust) Your CPU Fan Speed with Hardware and Software (SpeedFan 4.41) and Cpu Fan Average, Normal, Low, High Speeds


CPU Fans come with a wide range of speeds depending upon motherboards, cpus, cpu speeds, motherboard controls, temperature and external hardware/software controls. Average speeds at 3000 rpm for general use above 36c temperatures, most run at high speed to get a longer life cpu. You can use SpeedFan software to minitor and contro (adjust) cpu fan speeds in your computer.

Average CPU Fan speed will be about 2000 rpm on most CPUs/motherboards. But a CPU Fan Speed is dependent on the temperature of the CPU at any time, its specified speed range (manufacture), its voltage supply (12+, 12-), the motherboard controls, external sensor based monitoring and additional software based controls. Lower CPU Fan speeds are typically about 1500rpm and larger can be about 3800 rpm. The cpu fan speed range itself can vary from one computer configuration to another because of the processor performance, motherboard type etc.

While higher speeds can make cpu fans feel like jet engines making lot of noise in your office/house, this ensures that the CPU is always cool whether it loaded or not. That means cpu will have longer life than otherwise. But if your needs do not need the life of cpu to more than the specification of the manufacturer, then it is better to control it automatically or through softwares like SpeedFan 4.41 (also get related hardware, sensors, extra wires for connectivity etc.) to make your work a quiet experience. On some motherboards, CPU Fans change speed while others are fixed at high speeds all the time.

The download link for SpeedFan 4.41 software from download.cnet.com is below. It is totally free software and helps you get hands on experience with CPU fan speed monitoring and controlling. It takes some time to work around with it, so be ready for that. It can also monitor voltages along with speeds and temperatures of CPU and hard disk also. It can also access S.M.A.R.T. information from motherboard. It can work with Windows 7, XP, Vista, 2000, 9x, 2003, ME, NT, 64 etc.
http://download.cnet.com/SpeedFan/3000-2094_4-10067444.html

For many desktops or laptops, the BIOS itself will have some sensors installed to measure CPU temperature and also automatic software coded in BIOS to control CPU Fan speed. For ex, on ECS Goal3+(1.1C) AMD Sempron 3000+ 754 SiS 761 GX Micro ATX Motherboard/CPU configuration, if CPU temp. goes above 40c, BIOS changes CPU fan speed to run at full speeds of upto 5400 rpm (like a jet engine).

On a Gigabyte motherboard with AMD XP 1800 (similar to Asus' Q-Fan), cpu fan speed switches from 300 to 1200 rpm. On FIC K7M-NF18G nForce2 IGP motherboard too cpu fan speed automatically changes. AMD Athlon64 3200+, 3800+ X2 cpus have fans that are lowered in speed when CPU is idle. On a system with ZeroTherm Nirvana Cooler (ASRock Quad core) the cpu fan doesn’t spin at start-up but slowly starts and reaches highest speeds when cpu temperature goes above 36c. In some computers they won’t boot at all if cpu fan is removed or failed to rotate. Fancier motherboards like Intel D865GBFL, ASUS A7N8X-E, have smart Q-control enabled in their BIOS to control cpu fan speed. Dell Inspiron 1150 has Dell precision fan control.

It is worthy to note that CPU fans may have three wire connectivity or four wires. Adding extra hardware to monitor Cpu temperature and control cpu fan speed will require expertise or care on your part and also four wires for cpu fan. While the yellow and black wires go to +12 and -12/ground power supplies, green wire is for a tachometer that measures RPM of cpu fan and feeds it to motherboard for information only. A fourth wire is required which is used for pulse-width-modulation signal to adjust fan speed. It is however not a good idea to mess with these wires on your own!

References:
  1. Personal experience
  2. download.cnet.com
  3. forums.whirlpool.net.au
  4. computing.net
  5. almico.com
  6. techspot.com
  7. en.wikipedia.org
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Intel Chipset Motherboard (Desktop Boards) Drivers for free Download (845, 945, 865, 915, d945gcnl, d945gcpe, Dell Inspiron GM45 Chipset)


A wide variety of Intel motherboards, chipsets and desktop boards need their drivers to be installed to get them functioning on your computer. Various drivers for Intel chipset families with free download links pertaining to different operating systems are provided here.

Intel being the no. 1 processor company in the world (although it has got more competitions today) has a wide variety of CPUs in its product portfolio. And over this, it also provides a wide variety of motherboards (also called chipsets and desktop boards) to support the functions of the computer. Once you choose a desktop board of Intel that is designated with a name such as D945GCLF, Intel 845 Chipset, 815 Series, 865 Series, 915 Series, X58 Series etc., you would need to install motherboard drivers or chipset software just after installing operating system on your new computer.

You might have been provided with the driver software needed for your motherboard. But sometimes you can find drivers for an extra functionality that you could be missing or you just want to upgrade the drivers. For Intel motherboards drivers, Chipset softwares, desktop board drivers, one can directly go to Intel downloadcenter to not only find the driver version and function information but also for free download links. You need to go through lot of filtering to finally get to the download page of the particular driver that matches your Operating System, driver version requirement etc.

Following are the free download links to the most sought after Intel motherboard or chipset drivers on demand:
Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Windows* XP (zip) (Windows 2000)
Version: 14.10.3
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=9034&ProdId=757&lang=eng
INF Update Utility - Primarily for Intel® 800 Series Chipsets (Windows 2000)
Version: 6.3.0.1007
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=8178&ProdId=757&lang=eng
Dell Inspiron N5030 Notebook Intel GM45 Chipset Driver A00 (Windows Vista, Windows 7)
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOTHERBOARD/Intel/Dell-Inspiron-N5030-Notebook-Intel-GM45-Chipset-Driver-A00.shtml
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R-SLI (rev. 1.0) Intel INF Driver 9.1.2.1007 (Windows 2000, Windows XP ..)
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOTHERBOARD/Intel/Gigabyte-GA-EX58-UD3R-SLI-rev-10-Intel-INF-Driver-9121007.shtml
Asus U45JC Notebook Intel INF Driver 9.1.1.1023 (Windows Xp, Windows Vista)
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOTHERBOARD/Intel/Asus-U45JC-Notebook-Intel-INF-Driver-9111023.shtml
MSI X58 Pro Intel Chipset Driver 9.1.2.1008 (Windows Vista64)
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOTHERBOARD/Intel/MSI-X58-Pro-Intel-Chipset-Driver-9121008.shtml
Intel D845GVSR Motherboard Drivers
http://www.userdrivers.com/Motherboard/Intel-D845GVSR-Motherboard/download/
Intel(R) 815 and 810 chipset family graphics driver (zip) (Windows 2000, Windows XP)
Version: 6.7
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=4657&ProdId=178&lang=eng
Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver (exe) (852/855GM, 865G, 915G, 945G, 915GM/GMS, 910GL, and 910GML)
Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP Home, Professional, Media Center Editions
Version: 14.17
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=9498&ProdId=1049&lang=eng
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver (G965, Q965, Q963, 946GZ, 945G, 945GM, 915G, 915GM/GMS, 910GL,and 910GML chipset)
Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP Home, Media Center, Professional Edition
Version: 14.25.50.4764
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=12531&ProdId=1765&lang=eng
INF Update Utility - Primarily for Intel® 5, 4, 3, 900 Series Chipsets
Version: 9.1.1.1025
Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP Editions, Windows 2003 Server Editions (x64, 2008), Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit Editions), Windows Vista (32, 64 Editions)
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18494&ProdId=1786&lang=eng

References:
  1. Personal experience
  2. downloadcenter.intel.com
  3. drivers.softpedia.com
  4. userdrivers.com

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