31Jan
To ensure the top quality performance rendered by our personal computers, we should make sure that we have the most up to date anti-virus softwares. Our anti-virus softwares installed on our computes will be the one to protect our precious computers from threats and viruses. We all know how expensive premium anti-virus softwares can be these days. But don’t fret anymore because there are free anti-virus softwares out there just like Avast Home Edition which I am using for years on my personal computer. The free version of Avast is very much reliable as updates are released often and the software auto-updates itself. With this software, you are sure that your computer is safe from viruses that can degrade the quality of performance your computers is rendering.
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25Jan
There are levels of protection that you can apply to help protect your PC, your data from loss or damage as a result of power problems. And yes you have to shell out cash in order to have better protection, the more you spend the better protection you get, with costs ranging from near zero to several hundred dollars or even more. A Decent Surge Protector, and an Uninterruptible Power Supply(UPS) starts in around $40 to $60 bucks to about $80, so better save up, it’s worth it.
And Yes, keep in mind that a higher Joule rating generally means more protection, and also it does the filtering, enhancing or modifying the utility power, special circuitry and batteries are used to prevent the PC from losing power during a disruption (blackout) or voltage sag (brownout). These units are called different names depending on their exact design, but all fit into the general category of backup power.
21Jan
AMI BIOS Beep Codes
- 1 Beep - Memory Refresh Failure (check RAM)
- 2 Beeps - Memory Parity Error in first 64KB block (check RAM)
- 3 Beeps - Memory Read/Write Error in first 64KB block (check RAM)
- 4 Beeps - Motherboard timer not functioning (may need to replace the motherboard)
- 5 Beeps - Processor Error (may need to replace the processor)
- 6 Beeps - Gate A20/keyboard controller failure (may need to replace the motherboard)
- 7 Beeps - Processor Exception Interrupt Error (may need to replace the processor)
- 8 Beeps - Display Memory Read/Write Failure (check video card)
- 9 Beeps - ROM checksum Error (replace BIOS chip or motherboard)
- 10 Beeps - CMOS shutdown Read/Write error (possible motherboard replacement)
- 11 Beeps - Bad Cache Memory - test failed (replace cache memory)
Phoenix BIOS beep codes
They are series of beeps separated by a pause,
A 1-2-1-2 series would be like :
beep *pause beep beep *pause beep *pause beep beep
- 1-1-4-1 - Cache Error (level 2)
- 1-2-2-3 - BIOS ROM Checksum
- 1-3-1-1 - DRAM Refresh Test
- 1-3-1-3 - Keyboard controller test
- 1-3-4-1 - RAM Failure on address line xxxx (check memory)
- 1-3-4-3 - RAM Failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus
- 1-4-1-1 - RAM Failure on data bits xxxx of high byte of memory bus
- 2-1-2-3 - ROM copyright notice
- 2-2-3-1 - Test for unexpected interrupts
Award BIOS beep codes:
- one long beep and two short beeps - Video error (check video card)
- two short beeps - Non-Fatal Error (check RAM)
18Jan
� Excessive heat or cold
� Excessive dust buildup on the PC parts,
� Magnetism interference;
� Viruses, Spywares, Malwares either downloaded from the Internet, shared via email or from storage media shared between different computers;
� Static electricity shocks or power surges;
� Spilling liquids onto the PC
� bumping or dropping the PC
� Wrong or forceful insertion/ removal of hardware
� Wrong hardware driver installed
� Outdated or faulty hardware
11Jan
Observe the problem
Is it a Hardware problem or a software problem? What we’re you doing while the problem occured? Did this happen in sometime recently? Did you added or installed something in the computer? Did you install a new software ? Did you add a new Hardware device? When you restarted your computer, Did the problem go away?
Define the problem
Try to find out what is the cause of the problem by checking out possible problems by the process of elimination narrowing it down until you eventually find it. Does the problem occur in one program, but not others? If the computer is networked, is the problem system-wide, or specific to that machine? Does it happen every time, or only under certain circumstances? Do you get error messages that give you clues or tell you outright what the difficulty is?
Solve the problem
First , try by restarting the computer, then check the power cable connections. Listen to the beep the computer makes during boot up. Try to look for error messages
Before you tackle a more serious approach to troubleshooting check your computer’s warranty date. If it’s still under warranty contact the manufacturer for repairs, solutions and if need be replacement.
08Jan
If you come about to have both Macs and PC (or a Mac and a PC), you can also connect them together in a network, although there are a few other considerations to bear in mind. It is highly recommended to install additional software either on the Mac or the PC. This will help for communicating clearly.
