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Advanced Tips on Speeding Up Your PC


Other then keeping your HDD free of viruses, spyware, and ad-ware at all times, there are other methods for speeding up system speed which you may like to employ. One of these is overclocking. Overclocking is a method of increasing your system speed by increasing the frequency at which your CPU operates at. If this interests you, please refer to our guide on overclocking.

Upgrading, Adding or Removing a Video Card, Sound Card, or Other AGP/PCI Card


For Video cards - Most PC video cards these days are AGP. But you COULD be working with PCI, or PCI express. If you're not sure which you have (more then 75% of the time it will be AGP) consult your motherboard manual. If your video card is AGP, you should see a slot smaller then the other slots on your board, and it will be a different color. You can likely also tell your video card if it has a GPU (a processor with a fan on top of it) or a video card company printed on it like Nvidia or Geforce.

Ink Cartridges - A Humble Beginning


Computers and their accompanying printers were huge years ago. In the past toner reservoirs and toner cartridges were used instead of ink cartridges like those used now. It was difficult to fill a toner cartridge and it was very messy.

Laptop Notebook ? Inexpensive Business Laptops


Laptop Notebook ? Your Portable Office

The Right Way To Discharge Capacitor In Switch Mode Power Supplies


Switch mode power supply contain some large filter capacitors that can hold dangerous charges even if the unit has not been used for several days. Typical values of this type of filter capacitor are 220uf 250volt and 330uf 400volt! If you are going to work on the power supply circuits, it's a good idea to discharge that capacitor first.

Video Cards: Is AGP Dead?


If you?ve been looking to upgrade your computer video card you?ve probably heard a great deal about PCI Express and SLI. Don?t run out and buy a new computer just yet and take that AGP motherboard you just threw away out of the trash. The truth is you can probably make some simple upgrades to your current computer to get a couple more years of gaming out of it. Of course if you have an extremely slow processor and/or less than an 8x AGP motherboard, you will need to do more than upgrade your graphics card. However, in most cases people?s computers are only a couple of years old and really have plenty of processing power.

How To Choose The Best Gaming Laptop


The gaming laptop is coming of age! It is steadilyincreasing in popularity as performance quality goes up. Gamers now regularly consider laptops or notebookswhen searching for that perfect gaming machine.

A Look at Laser Toners


Laser toner is the ink for laser printers. It is an extremely fine synthetic powder (usually plastic) packed into a cartridge. You insert the cartridge into your laser printer according to the manufacturer?s instructions. When the printer goes to print a page, there are several steps to the process:

Buying Laser Toner Cartridges


Compatible Laser Toner Cartridges

Purchasing Laser Toner Refills


Laser toner refills can be expensive. Over the life of the printer, expect to spend many times more on laser toner refill than you paid for the printer itself.

A Review of HP Laser Toners


Hewlett-Packard is, along with Brother and Samsung, one of the most readily available brands of laser toner. This is due, in part, to the fact that HP was first to release a laser toner inexpensive enough to catch the attention of the average consumer, in 1984.

A Review of Refurbished HP Laptops


HP refurbished laptops can be found on their website hpshopping.com. Just enter ?refurbished laptop? into their search field and browse through the current selections. (Note that Hewlett-Packard also owns and distributes Compaq computers.) There you can purchase a quality refurbished laptop for up to 30% off the new retail price.

Refurbished Laptop Batteries


There are three refurbished laptop battery types, each named for its component materials:

Computer Hardware Preventive Maintenance Software


Computers often break down at the worst of all times. These problems can be averted, or at least minimized with preventive maintenance. Several methods of keeping computer hardware in good working order deal with the external components of the computer, such as the keyboard and monitor. For example, it is important to keep the processor away from excess heat and moisture. There are also computer hardware preventive maintenance software programs that can help with the upkeep of other internal aspects of a computer.

Correctional Institution Preventive Maintenance Software


There is a great need for preventive maintenance in correctional institutions. The public would be at risk if penal facilities waited to solve problems until after they manifested themselves. Correctional institution preventive maintenance software is necessary to ensure that life in the facility runs smoothly and none of the prisoners escape. As the governments and other organizations allot revenues for correctional facilities, there may be debate about the costs of such maintenance. Although the software is expensive, it is both effective and necessary.

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