Two More Ways to Prolong the Life of Your PC
5. Use anti-virus So far all of the tips to prolong the life of your PC were hardware related but don't forget that you also need software protection too. There are literally hordes of people out there happy to take advantage of your unprotected system. And viruses and malware can slow your machine right down […]
Two Extra Ways to Prolong the Life of Your PC
3. Power Surge Protection Your PC is made of circuits and components which are sensitive to electricity so any electrical power surge could damage some of your PC's components or even damage your entire PC so that it no longer starts up. If you've spent lots of money on building your PC set up or […]
Two of six ways to prolong the life of your PC
There is no set time frame for the lifespan of any PC component. However, most motherboards, processors, hard drives, graphics cards, memory etc. should last a good few years. Pre-built computers, typically come with a two or three year warranty and most PC components will come with at least a one or two year warranty. […]
Solid State Drives Part 2 - Let TRIM run wild
When writing data, the SSD can write only to empty sectors. This means if a Solid State Drive needs to modify a filled sector, it has to read it, note the contents, modify them, erase the sector, and write the modified contents. So, if we wanted to overwrite a sector, we'd have to erase the […]
A Guide to Proper SSD Management
Solid-state drives are truly amazing. If you are still using a mechanical hard drive on your computer, the biggest real speed boost you will see comes from upgrading to a Solid State Drive (SSD). A solid-state drive will speed up everything that requires disk access - from boot times and application launches to in-game load […]
Should you buy a more powerful router?
The power output of consumer wireless routers is limited by design to avoid signal congestion and although slightly more powerful models are available they rarely make much difference to your wireless connection. Part of the problem is that wireless data flows in both directions, so while increasing the router’s output means that PCs, laptops, tablets […]
Power cuts will cause your PC to shut down
If your Windows PC loses power while it's starting up or shutting down, it could cause minor damage to your windows installation or even a greater disaster, such as the inability to start your computer up. So when the lights go out make sure your PC stays alive by investing in a battery-backed uninterruptible power […]
Recuva can recover your lost files
Here’s a free, easy to use undelete and file recovery tool called Recuva – and from the same company that provides my favourite clean-up program CCleaner. When you delete a file, the contents of that file are not usually overwritten or removed straight away. The space used by that file is marked as “available” so […]
Monitor Display Problems and Graphic Cards
Most of the time you can tell if your computer's graphic card is deteriorating by seeing little tell-tale signs, such as a black screen with horizontal lines that may be flashing off and on. Sometimes though you get no warning at all. However, screen display problems are not always the result of of a non-working […]
Fix and Prevent Registry Problems
To keep your PC in tip top condition it's essential that you clean your Windows Registry on a regular basis to remove all unwanted and malicious entries from your computer. Registry cleaning tools use complex algorithms to perform a thorough scan of your Registry and weed out all junk entries residing there. A good Registry […]