Posted by dvanarsd on April 20, 2008
Wasn’t that a Paul Simon song? “11 ways to fix your… ” no, wait, that’s “11 ways to leave your laptop”… no, it’s “11 ways to leave your lover”…
Never mind.
Laptop Magazine does have 11 ways to fix your laptop. It covers overheating, a slow hard drive, battery not holding a charge, needing more memory, hard drive failure, a bad keyboard, not connecting to a wireless network, stuck pixels on the screen, system crash, virus or spyware infestation, and outdated video drivers.
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Posted by dvanarsd on March 14, 2008
Okay, so you didn’t mean to drop your cell phone in that puddle… or your handheld in the water fountain when you bent over it… or let the rain leak into your backpack and get to your laptop….
But now that your electronic device is wet, what do you do now?
Windows Secrets has an article on how to handle the situation, called “How to fix that gizmo you dropped in the loo” (’loo’ is British for ‘toilet’).
All may not be lost!
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Posted by dvanarsd on March 11, 2008
MakeUseOf has a review of a program called Killdeadpixel which is intended for LCD screens.
“All you have to do is drag the provided graphic onto a dead pixel and let it stay there for about an hour. The graphic will try to fix it by rapidly changing nearby pixels. Although it won’t work for all cases, it does fix most of the broken pixels.”
“If the first method fails, there are two things you can still try:
* 1. Get a soft cloth and gently massage the dead pixel.
* 2. You can also try using a bigger (800×600 or 1024×76 
graphic and leave it on the screen for about 12 hours.*”
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Posted by dvanarsd on January 24, 2008
MemTest86+ is a freeware (GNU Public License) way to check the old or new memory in your computer. Download it and burn it to a CD, then run it to test your PC’s memory.
Recommended by SmartComputing magazine, Feb. 2008.
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Posted by dvanarsd on December 3, 2007
LCD monitor backlight repair is a how-to on replacing your LCD monitor’s backlight.
This is intended for desk monitors only - not laptops. Be sure that you can’t get it repaired under warranty first, or this will void your warranty.
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