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How to Boost a Windows Computer

January 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Maintain Windows, Tips & Techniques

First, you will need to look at the hardware for the computer. You should make sure that your hard drive has plenty of extra storage capacity and you should consider upgrading the RAM in the computer. This random access memory upgrade will help with the processing speed of your computer and will help the computer [...]

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Computer Monitor is Blank

November 6th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Troubleshoot

If your computer monitor is blank, you need to determine if the problem is the monitor or the PC. But it can also be caused by bad power and video cables, or even a bad power source. So if your monitor is blank, these steps should help you determine isolate the problem. Keep in mind [...]

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Computer Beeps Continuously

October 28th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Troubleshoot

If your computer continuously beeps and will not boot into Windows you have some type of hardware problem. The beeping is a BIOS code being issued from the motherboard. The code is designed to inform technicians to the exact cause of the problem so it can be addressed. Some computers will use these beeps, while [...]

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Symptoms Of A Bad Video Card

October 26th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Troubleshoot

While it’s easy to assume a video card is bad because there is no video displaying on the monitor, there are several reasons why that might be happening. So how do you narrow it down to the video card itself? There are several troubleshooting techniques to use to determine if a graphics card is bad, [...]

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How To Determine A CMOS Battery Failure

October 21st, 2010 · No Comments · How To Diagnose

Often overlooked but highly essential to your personal computer system is something called your CMOS battery. CMOS is actually a chip which is built into your computer’s motherboard; it retains your system data and its settings. It is stored here so that the data is maintained and not erased, corrupted or accidentally edited. This chip [...]

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Computer Power Supply Problems

June 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · How To Maintain

If you have little knowledge of the inner workings of a computer, it can seem complicated. When it stop working, you might think there is nothing you can do. There are a variety of problems that can occur, some of which are major software problems. Many people have experienced the frustration of turning their computer [...]

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What is a Motherboard?

March 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Introductions, Q & A, Technology

The motherboard serves to connect all of the parts of a computer together. The CPU, memory, hard drives, optical drives, video card, sound card and other ports and expansion cards all connect to the motherboard directly or via cables. The motherboard can be thought of as the “back bone” of the computer. The Motherboard is [...]

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Beginners Guides: Overclocking the CPU, Motherboard & Memory

February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · CPU, Introductions, Memory, Motherboards

The term overclocking is thrown around a lot, for better or worse. If you’re one of the many who has never overclocked, this guide will explain what it is and how to do it to the computers’ processor, motherboard and memory. The prospect of overclocking a computer system can be intimidating for a computer newcomer, [...]

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