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How To Check A Power Supply

November 4th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Troubleshoot

Your computer’s power supply is the single most important component in the case. But it’s also the most boring, so when it comes time to skimp on costs, the power supply is often a generic or budget brand. Sometimes this is okay. But often the power supply acts erratic, causes restarts and errors because other [...]

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Computer Continuously Restarts

November 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · How To Troubleshoot

If your computer continuously restarts while running, or if you see the flash of a blue screen before it reboot, then Windows is in a state where the only way it can attempt to fix itself is through rebooting. While this will work with the occasional system crash, it will not fix the issue if [...]

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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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Computer Will Not Boot

October 25th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Troubleshoot

Whether you’re a novice or an expert PC technician, we’ve all had an experience when a new PC would not boot. There’s no worse feeling than pushing the power button on the front of a new machine an hearing absolutely nothing. This article will focus on some of the common problems with new builds and [...]

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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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Top 5 Steps in Fixing a RunDLL Error

October 4th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Troubleshoot

The Run DLL Error In the case of the RunDLL Error, a critical file (the rundll file) is missing or corrupted on your machine. Unfortunately, this is likely due to a virus or spyware. Fortunately, you can resolve the error by cleaning your computer and ridding yourself of the pesky malware causing the problem in [...]

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How Computer Trouble Shooting Can Diagnose Your Computer’s Problems

August 8th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Troubleshoot

There are a number of reasons why computer trouble shooting might be necessary one however that is especially difficult to pinpoint is the computer slow down. There are dozens of reasons why a computer may be experiencing a slowdown in performance. One of the major reasons however is the overflow of invalid files within the [...]

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