One of my years old and very faithful DVD writers suddenly stopped working yesterday. It won’t recognize the DVD disks but would read the CD […]
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How to Find if Disk Has MBR or GPT Style Partitions
The BIOS and UEFI are both small programs stored on a chip of your computer’s motherboard that allow the data flow between the operating system […]
Read moreWhySoSlow Finds Why Your PC is Running So Slow
While the children are worried about the slow moving sleigh of Santa Claus, here is another question to ponder about – why is your Windows […]
Read moreHow to Display Current CPU Temperature on Windows Desktop
A few days ago, I had to replace the thermal paste in the CPU heat-sink assembly of my Windows PC. Thermal paste (also called thermal compound […]
Read moreHow to Re-use Thermal Paste/Grease in CPU Heatsink
It so happened that I had to attach a secondary hard disk inside my Windows PC. All I had to was attach the SATA cable and power […]
Read morePrime95 Can Stress Test Your Computer’s Hardware
Prime95 is a software primarily used for performing the Lucas-Lehmer primality test for Mersenne numbers. You can type in any prime number in the Prime95 test and […]
Read moreHow to Replace CMOS Battery on Motherboard
Have you ever wondered what keeps the time ticking in your computer even when you have completely shut it down? The reason why your PC seems […]
Read moreLeft Mouse Button Fix : Software Fix for Worn Out Mouse Buttons
We have already posted about the permanent hardware fix for worn out mouse buttons that could be causing accidental multiple clicks or multiple double-clicks. But […]
Read moreRepair Computer Mouse That Makes Too Many Accidental Clicks
I must have bought more than a dozen mice so far of all different types including both the cheap ones and the expensive ones. Whether they […]
Read moreFixing RAM Not Recognized Error in PC
Last night, I decided to clean the inside of my four years old computer. I used a brush, compressed air can, q-tips, rubbing alcohol, among other […]
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