Basic PC Troubleshooting

• Pending Hard Drive Failure

  10Nov
  Categories: Hardware, Information, PC Tips, PC Troubleshooting Tips Comments: 0

  There are some signs to look out for when it comes to one of the most important parts of a computer system, your hard drive. Not only is this one of the most vital, it is also where most of the information is installed and stored making re-installment a pain indeed. Screeching, vibration and many other signs can be heard or felt that may give sign of pending failure so be sure to be aware of such issues. You could also try to back-up your most important files to a sizable flash drive to save you the effort of having to re-do everything you lost.

  As for the re-install of all the necessary software, you could also get somebody else to do it for you like the technician in the shop but be prepared to shell out a few bucks just for that(not considering the other software you may need installed that he may have to find for you = additional charges).

• Aftermarket CPU Fans

  11Aug
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  Should you be the type who loves over-clocking your computer system to maximize its abilities then an upgrade of the factory CPU fan may be in order for you to prevent your CPU from crashing and burning up, literally. The CPU or central processing unit gets quite hot indeed and without proper cooling it can fry the chips and other supporting hardware inside of it.

  Aftermarket CPU fans come in all shapes and sizes and vary in effectiveness from ones that bolt onto the CPU with heat tubes and bigger fans to ones that have external intake/exhaust ports to get it cooling faster and effectively. Be sure to check the wiring harness and to keep it out of the way of the fan blades, for it may be expensive but a stuck fan will do you no good!

• Fan Filters

  11May
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  Your PC has one outstanding enemy when it comes to sending it crashing, heat. As the previous article discussed, adding cooling fans to the ones that came with the CPU and the power supply is a must for those who live in areas that are quite hot and humid.

  Cooling fans come in all shapes and sizes and now even come with filters that can be attached to the intake preventing dust and other debris that may get sucked into the case from wreaking havoc inside. You do need to check on them periodically for they will clog up fast in dusty locations. Replacement filters are easily affixed to the fans to keep them running cool for many years.

• Ipod to PC Transfer

  20Aug
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  Have you ever had a problem of having your iPod filled with just too much music or pictures? You’d hate to delete any one of them because they hold a bit of sentimental value to you. Well now you don’t have to. There is now a program that will allow you to transfer all your files from your iPod to PC.

  4Media presents a program that will transfer all multi-media files from iPod to PC and vice versa. The program is suitable for any computer, ranging from Apple Macs to Windows. There are similar program like this that overwrite the files of your iPod from syncing. You don’t have to worry about any overlapped or missing files while iPod transfer is getting started. Another amazing feature to this program is the ability for the files to be shared between the different kinds of iPod. If you have an iPod touch, iPhone, or even an iPod nano 5, it won’t matter because the file transfer is accessible to all kinds of iPods. Also, there is a photo management feature that allows you organize all the pictures stored in your iPod. You can choose to keep them in a folder or view them by thumbnails.

  There are a few questions raised regarding the type of iPhone models used regarding this iPod transfer program. One of the questions is if the iPhone 4 will be supported by this program? Actually, the iPod to PC transfer is regularly updated and its supports the latest updates in iTunes, iOS and iPhone technology.

• Mac Or PC

  10Jan
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  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.

• Microsoft Makes it Known – Windows 7 In the Works

  23Apr
  Categories: Information, Software, Windows Vista, Windows XP Comments: 0

  Microsoft is again trying to mend its ways and maybe has learned a thing or two about the failure of Vista to re-take the world by storm as a new and improved version of XP. It failed miserably and before you know it, people who got their new pc’s pre-installed with Vista were downgrading back to XP. Vista was designed to be more secure than XP, it was, the only problem, it was too secure, asking questions at each and every way of previously already automated tasks nobody cared about them anymore. Read more »

• Slow PC – Too many Files ?!?!?

  22Mar
  Categories: Hardware, Information, PC Maintenance Tips, PC Tips, PC Troubleshooting Tips, Windows XP Comments: 0

  Hard drivesare quite reliable, so reliable today that they have gotten cheaper and better, lasting longer than their predecessors. Along with the many innovations, they have also grown in terms of data density or the amount of data that can be stored within the same footprint. Having a Pentium 4 that you bought a couple of years back might still be working right but as you may have noticed, it may have gotten a tad bit too slow. Read more »