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PSU Stability Guide – Here’s How You Check Things Out

September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · How To Diagnose, Power Supply

Power supplies provide power to your entire computer. They do this by converting high voltage alternating AC current from the wall to a lower voltage direct current that your computer can use. See our guide to Understanding Power Supplies for more on this subject. To determine how much power you really need, it is best [...]

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Top 10 Ways to Maximize Battery Life Without Installing Anything

September 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Batteries

You can buy a bigger battery. You can install special utilities and software. You can even go into Control Panel and configure all kinds of power settings. But, these 10 Power Saving Tips will give you a lot more time on that same amount of battery juice.
Powerful Tips to Use Less Power
If you use your [...]

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How To Overclock Your Hard Drive

August 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Hard Drives

In the endless effort to make your computer run faster to run the latest applications, you may get the idea into your head to try overclocking your hard drive. But is this a good idea, and is it actually feasible? This article explores.
What is Overclocking?
Before we get into how to overclock a hard drive, it [...]

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Do SSDs Slow Down Over Time?

August 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Hard Drives, Solid State Drives

Yes. But that’s just the short answer. Solid state drives, or SSDs, have often been hailed as a fast, cheap future for memory… but they have one critical flaw: a gradual slow down and corruption over time. Here’s an overview of the problem, and some of the things being down to alleviate this.
What Is A [...]

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Basic Computer Maintenance Tips

August 14th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Maintain

Nobody wants to spend an arm and a leg on computer repair. Most of the time, the average computer user does not know what to do or how to even go about fixing their own computer. A lot of computer repair can be prevented by maintaining your computer so that it is always in working [...]

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Building a PC: Connecting the Case’s Switches and Audio

August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · How To Setup

Even the most stripped, budget, case has a couple lights and switches to hook up. These are tiny little wires that go on tiny little pins. The good news is you’re almost done building your PC.
The Basics
The front panel of your case has a bunch of stuff you need to connect to your motherboard. Most [...]

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Building a PC: Installing Fans

July 30th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Setup

The inside of a PC can get pretty warm, and that can be very bad for your equipment. A simple fan is a cheap and simple way to get some of that heat out of there.
Whar She Blows?
If you are worried about how cramped things are inside of your PC, an extra fan or two [...]

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Building a PC: Installing an Optical Device

July 27th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Setup

Whether you are jamming the ancient CD-ROM from your old PC in there or you have a sleek new Blu-Ray burner, they all go in pretty much the same.
Before We Begin
A desktop PC’s hard drive (the installation of which we cover in the next article) should always use SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) connections by [...]

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