Upgrade or not to Upgrade…..That is the question!
This is a question with no real answer. It all kind of falls under that gray area known as opinion. I am going to give you my opinion on upgrades involving ram(memory), CPU(processor), Operating system, HDD(Hard Drive), Videocard, Motherboard . Some of you may not agree with my opinions and some of you might see …
Continue Reading »DUST (The True Killer)
I have been doing PC repair for many years now and have seen many things fail or break. I must say that the number one cause for hardware failure I have ever seen is heat. 9 out of 10 times when a PC comes in to be worked on it is filled with dust. Most …
Continue Reading »Anti-Virus
Everyday at least one person will ask me “what is the best anti-virus software I can get”. I will usually start by explaining that there is no catchall anti-virus and that no matter what anti-virus you have there is a chance that an infection can get by. None the less I will recommend one though, …
Continue Reading »RAID
Yesterday I had posted about backup and redundancy and had mentioned RAID. Well it has been brought to my attention that some people are interested and wanted to know more then I had posted in my vague post. I have decided that today I’m going to talk about different RAID setups and the benefits of …
Continue Reading »Backup and Redundancy
“I’m sorry, but your Hard Drive is dead and the data is unrecoverable” These are probably the last words you want to hear. Especially if all of your important pictures, information, files, etc… was on that hard drive. Sometimes the inevitable can’t be stopped, but it sure can be prepared for. How you may ask. …
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