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How I Teach Computer Basics (Part 3: Ten Steps To Build A Computer)

March 22nd, 2011 at 6:03 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, In part 1 of this series I discussed how I teach the major hardware components, and in part 2 I talked about teaching software. In this part 3 I ...more »

How I Cloned A Large Hard Drive To A Smaller Hard Drive

March 12th, 2011 at 12:41 pm » Comments (0)

            Hello everyone, The other day I picked up a computer from a client that had a bad hard drive. The 500GB hard drive was failing fast and I wanted to ...more »

Hard Drive Won’t Boot? You Don’t Have To Lose Your Data!

February 9th, 2011 at 9:41 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, Sooner or later your hard drive is going to fail by not booting into your Operating System. Just because the drive will no longer boot up doesn't mean that ...more »

Intel Second Generation Core i5 Processor

February 3rd, 2011 at 8:38 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, In a previous post I told you why I was glad that I didn't buy a new computer. Now you can see for yourself! Introducing the 2nd. Generation Intel ...more »

Have You Considered RAID 1 As A Backup Strategy?

February 2nd, 2011 at 1:57 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, As a computer technician I can't tell you how many times I have been called by clients who have lost all of their data because they have neglected to ...more »

Why I’m Glad I Didn’t Buy A New Computer!

January 26th, 2011 at 8:15 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, I've been wanting to buy a new computer for quite some time now. I've been dying to buy a computer with an Intel i3, i5, or i7 processor, BUT ...more »

How I Teach Computer Basics (Part 1: The Major Hardware Components)

January 11th, 2011 at 1:02 pm » Comments (16)

Hello everyone, I love to repair computers, but what I really love is to teach others how to understand/repair computers. I attempt to simplify any kind of explanation so that even ...more »

How I Removed A Processor That Was Stuck To The Heat Sink

December 19th, 2010 at 10:11 pm » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, I replaced a clients motherboard the other day and when I removed the heat sink from the original mobo it came out in one piece, processor and ...more »

Device Drivers And Correct Order Of Installation

September 29th, 2010 at 6:56 am » Comments (1)

Hello everyone, A driver is a software program that runs (drives) a hardware device. There are many hardware devices both inside and outside of a computer and these devices cannot run ...more »

Two Monitors Are Better Than One

September 25th, 2010 at 10:20 am » Comments (0)

Hello everyone, There is nothing like adding a second monitor to your computer setup. The increased viewing area allows you to     multitask applications, extend the display across both screens, ...more »