Archive for 'Advanced Skills'
Cleaning a Dusty CPU (Part 2)
15 September 2011Continued from previous post…… Remember to dust the box outside in a well ventilated area for an infrequently cleaned CPU can contain a lot of dust(which is an allergen). Refrain from using a plastic paint brush as much as possible for it can cause static damage. Should the need arise for too heavy a dust [...]
Cleaning a Dusty CPU (Part 1)
15 August 2011There comes a time in a PC’s life where in a little cleaning comes to order, especially when your cooling fans fail to achieve their optimal speed due to excessive dust. High temperatures can send a computers sensitive parts into the recycling bin, burning out chips that can handle the heat but not for too [...]
Screech….ing hard drive – Don’t count on System Restore Points (Part 3)
10 December 2010Don’t count on system restore for this one for it only works best for software errors and not for hardware failure. If you do not have a secondary hard disk installed, or you might not have enough space to house all your files and the OS in the drive you were left with, then sadly [...]
Screech….ing hard drive – Moving or copying the files (Part 2)
10 November 2010Even new drives can crash if there was a problem within the manufacturing process. They have been tested and tested again before delivery to the store but defects do get through the testing programs. If you happen to have more than one drive on your PC, that would be nice and would make the copy [...]
CPU failure
10 August 2010If you experience frequent CPU failures and get feedback from the store that the power supply has blown. Try to get a larger capacity or higher rated power supply. You might have too many devices hooked up to the power supply (internal and externally) both of which take power from the same power supply if [...]
Screech….ing hard drive – Inspecting the PC (Part 1)
10 May 2010Well, this might not be a sound you would want to hear from your hard drive, for it might be in it’s death throes. The screeching sound may be the bearings that make the platters spin breaking down or they have been in use for so long they have worn out the hard metal coatings [...]
Computer Basics : Essential for troubleshooting Part-2
10 March 2010If this is your first time, get hold of a can of compressed air specifically developed for cleaning computers and not from your garage compressor. Canned air is moisture free to avoid contaminating the electronics. Hold the Power supply for a few minutes while you take a look inside to admire the parts (this discharges [...]
Windows error
10 February 2010If your PC boot�s up but doesn�t load windows, then it might have been shut down without using the shutdown facility provided. To fix it, simply press F7 and select safe mode from the command line menu and follow all in-screen instructions. Some files or system drivers get damaged by such events so have the [...]
When Peripherals Don’t Fit
30 July 2009To most people it may not make sense but once your computer starts crashing or provides you with error messages that you haven’t seen before. You just have to backtrack a bit and see what you did. Other than perhaps installations, you should recall the last hardware component such as memory modules or even video [...]
Heat, your PC’s worst Nightmare
11 January 2009Heat is the enemy of any computer system or any other electronic device for too much can burn out specific parts rendering them useless and possibly catastrophically to fail and give you a puff of smoke that smells. There may be too much dust that has accumulated within your computer’s casing that it is causing [...]
