Hardware
Steps To Install Ambient TV Back-lighting
Having ambient TV back-lighting is not something most people consider when setting up their home theater. LED and OLED televisions are extremely vibrant and bright and watching them in a darkened room for an extended period of time can cause eye strain. Adding back-lighting reduces eye fatigue and just plain looks awesome. Below are the […]
Stylish Surge Protector With Functionality And Protection
One of the most often overlooked, yet most important component for your electronics is the surge protector. What makes a good surge protector? What is the perfect balance between functionality, style and quality? There are many features to consider when purchasing your first surge protector or replacing one that has been sitting behind your dusty computer […]
Anatomy Of A Good Computer Case
What makes a good computer case and what makes me qualified to give my opinion on this delicate topic? It’s simple, I like hot dogs. I like eating hot dogs on a potato bun with crushed Doritos on top. I then sprinkle on some onions, add a few dabs of spicy mustard and a jalapeño or three. […]
Troubleshooting USB Devices
There’s nothing more frustrating than plugging in a USB device and watching as nothing happens. The device does not appear at all or fails to install. In an ideal world, you would plug in a device, Windows would recognize the new hardware and then install the software to run it. If you’re having issues with […]
Computer Signs Of Impending Doom
Your computer is a machine destined to fail. While we’d all like to think our machines will boot faithfully until the end of time, it’s just a matter of time before your hardware fails. Hardware failures can occur all of the sudden, but there are often tell-tale signs that something terrible is on the horizon. […]
What To Do If Your Recovery Disks Do Not Work
You’ve been responsible. You’ve either created those recovery disks like you were supposed to or you saved the disks that came with the computer. Yet when you try to use them, the recovery disks do not work or the first couple of disks work but it fails on the last disk. Recovery disks are supposed […]
Hard Drive Recovery Types
Hard drive recovery is a serious matter. Many of us use our computers for business and personal tasks, and losing data on the hard drive for either of those can result in financial or emotional complications. Whether it’s a business proposal or family pictures and movies, some data simply cannot be replaced. If your hard […]
Should You Buy An All In One Computer
Should you buy an all-in-one computer? As you may already know, an all-in-one computer is a desktop built directly into the monitor. Consider it the PC version of Apple’s popular iMac. They’re growing in the marketplace and many of them also have touchscreen capabilities. When you walk into the showroom, you can instantly tell that […]
NES Custom External Hard Drive
What to do with all of the extra data you have laying around. I know, le’ts put it in a nice safe external hard drive! But not any old off the shelf one, a super secret, top of the line, custom NES cartridge one! Below, I will outline how to take any ordinary NES cartridge […]
What To Look For When Buying RAM
From the outside looking in, RAM can be one of the most confusing pieces of hardware to buy for a system. With all the types/sockets, speeds, placement, and settings available, I can see how it can be a daunting task. Anyone without experience wouldn’t know what what kind to buy or what is considered a […]
