Archive for 'Tips'
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 [...]
Monitor won’t work
10 January 2010First check the power chord and the cable that connects to the CPU. If these are firmly seated and there is still no display, the video card may be defective or the least needs to be re-seated. Pull out all the plugs and wires connected to the CPU and open it. Try to remember the [...]
PC does not Boot Up
10 December 2009You are getting ready to work so you turn on your PC and, for some reason, it won’t boot into its operating system. One of the most scary scenarios is when you press the power button and nothing happens. Lights wont turn on, fans wont turn on, and you don’t hear the sound of the [...]
Dust and Grime may cause your PC or Gadget to malfunction
19 November 2009Every gadget that has electrical contacts will always have some sort of failure sonner or later. Whether it is caused by dust, dirt, corrosion, or just plain wear and tear it will happen.
Moving on, everything from CF cards to flash memory cards, from batteries to USB peripherals can encounter this problem. I remember that the [...]
Home Computers Troubleshooting (Part 2)
16 October 2009mgi-computers.com
More common problems are internet connection problems and sound problems. This is maybe due to some cable fault, network interface card problem, or simply a weak strength of your internet connection. There may also be sound problems. This can be caused by bad placement of speakers or incorrect sound settings. This will [...]
Clean Your CPU Regularly
28 August 2009While 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 [...]
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 [...]
Speeding up your boot (part 2)
8 February 2009There are many ways you can speed up your booting. One simple way is to have your boot drive be a small dedicated drive that only houses Windows, while everything else can be installed in a separate hard disk or partition (just choose a different destination drive during installation of any program). This way, you [...]
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 [...]
Speed that Windows XP boot now!
11 December 2008Ever wanted to speed up the booting of your Windows XP OS? Well, look no further as we have just one of the way to do so.
According to the experts the best way to go about this is to find the source:
Legitimate programs usually put an icon in the SysTray, next to [...]
