Archive for 'Basic Skills'
Over- Clocking
17 August 2008Image source: www.global.msi.com.tw
One way to get maximum performance out of your computer is to use over-clocking. Over-clocking is a manner of increasing your computer’s speed in order to accomplish tasks more quickly and efficiently. Clocking is the amount of clock cycles a computer goes through per minute as it processes things. Increasing the number of [...]
Beginners Guide: Computer Repair (Part 2)
1 July 2008www.alexselectronic.zoomshare.com
A deeper look into the power issue can be traced back into a faulty power supply. These power supplies are often cheap, so do not go out rushing just to replace your computer yet. If you are convinced that this is not the problem, or you do not really feel comfortable in replacing [...]
Computer Basics : Essential for troubleshooting Part-1
1 June 2008It is true that not many people know how to tinker with their computers which doesn�t mean that one cannot handle minor repairs. Repairs and preventive maintenance such as cleaning can be carried out by you and me with the most elementary of cleaning tools and a little elbow grease to go with them. First, [...]
Clean Your CPU Regularly
28 May 2008While our main CPU will always be closed, you will be surprised at the dust it can accumulate if you don’t check it regularly. Enclosed as it may, there are still holes to which these things go through. Besides, don’t forget that your computer needs ventilation and they are passages that can be gone through [...]
Do Not Overload your Power Supply
25 May 2008Contrary to what some people believe that they can place different peripherals on their computer, it remains that you have to consider the power capacity of your CPU power supply and make sure that it can handle all the load.
Normally, people would upgrade the power capacity of their power supply for the reason that [...]
Moving Old Files to your Slave Disk
21 May 2008Normally, you will find yourself running out of space when folders such as you’re documents directory would soon be filled up. People want to leave their files in their directory since most of the time that is the first directory that applications such as Word and Excel would point to.
You can do one of [...]
Saving up the Available Slots of your Motherboard
19 May 2008When you get a new computer, you will notice that you will have free slots for additional peripherals such as network cards, TV cards, or modems. While most of the time these slots are not used, it may come to a point when you may use up all of them and then run out of [...]
Defrag your Computer Regularly
9 May 2008Our computer is delicate especially if you do not properly shut it down. Most of the time, we cannot avoid sudden hang-ups or even power failures that make our computer encounter some problems whenever we turn it on again.
In these cases there will be lost fragments which go astray. While we cannot check out [...]
CPU failure
21 February 2008If 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 [...]
Beginners Guide: Computer Repair (Part 3)
5 February 2008www.geeksontime.com
To junk some of your unused files and clean the Windows registry, you have to grab yourself a cleaner software program. Once you have this program, just close all of your applications and open the software. Click on “Clean Now” and you will see that the program will remove almost all of the [...]
