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Computer Repair Tools That I Can’t Live Without (Part 11: Zalman ZM-VE200 HDD Case)
» by Randy Knowles September 10, 2012 at 2:27 pm » Comments (1)
Hello everyone, In the past year and a half or so I’ve repaired over 350 computers. In this series I’m describing the very repair tools that I use daily. If you ...more »How I Fixed A CD/DVD Drive That Had Disappeared From Windows OS
» by Randy Knowles August 26, 2012 at 12:06 pm » Comments (1)
Hello everyone, A lady called me last week and told me that her husband was unable to play his favorite game on CD. The CD/DVD player would ...more »How I Teach Computer Basics (Part 5: Who Controls PC Software And Hardware?)
» by Randy Knowles August 10, 2012 at 4:51 pm » Comments (0)
Hello everyone, Who is the king of PC software and hardware? It's all in the numbers: The King Of PC Software: Around 90% of all PCs run the Microsoft Windows OS (as ...more »How I Teach Computer Basics (Part 4: The Motherboard Chipset)
» by Randy Knowles August 8, 2012 at 3:28 pm » Comments (0)
Hello everyone, In part 1 of this series I talked about the seven major hardware components of a computer and in part 2 I talked about software basics. In part 3 ...more »How I Teach Computer Basics (Part 3: The Motherboard)
» by Randy Knowles July 16, 2012 at 3:40 pm » Comments (0)
Hello everyone, In part 1 of this series I talked about the seven major hardware components of a computer and in part 2 I talked about software basics. In upcoming posts ...more »Don’t Throw Out That Old PS/2 Mouse And Keyboard!
» by Randy Knowles June 28, 2012 at 9:34 pm » Comments (13)
Hello everyone, Just wanted to let you know why I still hang on to my PS/2 mice and keyboards (especially the keyboard). Many of my clients upgrade their PS/2 mouse and keyboard. ...more »How I Upgraded And Cloned My Laptop Hard Drive
» by Randy Knowles June 14, 2012 at 10:43 pm » Comments (0)
Hello everyone, A while back I upgraded my old laptop hard drive. My laptop is the Toshiba Satellite L355-S7812 which originally came with a very small & slow 200GB, 4200RPM SATA ...more »How I Fixed: Computer Shuts Down When Using CD-ROM Drive
» by Randy Knowles June 5, 2012 at 10:15 pm » Comments (1)
Hello everyone, Another interesting fix: The other day a client called me and told me that his computer was shutting down every time that he tried to play his Hoyle Card Games ...more »How I Fixed: The Very Loud eMachines T5048 System Fan
» by Randy Knowles May 24, 2012 at 9:32 pm » Comments (6)
Hello everyone, Wow, this was somewhat of an unusual fix! A client called me up and told me that she no longer wanted her eMachines T5048 desktop. She said that she couldn't ...more »How I Predict And Prevent Hard Drive Failure: Five Great Tools
» by Randy Knowles May 12, 2012 at 7:49 pm » Comments (0)
Hello everyone, Many of my computer repair jobs involve the hard drive in one way or another. Lately I've been seeing about three hard drive failures per week. In a previous ...more »