Hardware Geek Tips
The following is a complete list of our Hardware Geek Tips
Have you ever wanted to assemble and program your own
electronic device? I mean something a little more
than Lego. Well, Microsoft and their partners
have just released .NET Gadgeteer. It's an
open-source software and ...
When it comes to computer repair, you have to be a
detective of sorts. And once in a while I come across a really
good mystery. I recently got a HP M7360N in
the shop that would randomly freeze-up in
Windows XP ...
Living in the desert, the one thing we have allot
of is dust. Dust is a problem, since it can
block up air vents, heat sinks and
cooling fans inside of your computer. Not to mention that
dust is a conductor of electricity.
You ...
At some point in time, your motherboard may forget the time and date or the
onboard device settings. A Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor
(CMOS) is used on the computer's motherboard to ...
In this article, I show some of the advantages of using a KVM (Keyboard
Video Mouse) Switch. Besides the obvious reasons of saving
space and money when you have multiple computers in one area, you can also get
some great ...
In this article, I show how to use the Eject Pin Hole to
manually eject the tray on your computers CD / DVD drive.
There will be times when you need to ...
Connecting a second monitor to a Netbook a quite easy. Getting the right aspect ratio, well, it depends on what type of monitor you use. Believe it or not, but I found using a 42" plasma TV the best.
In this article, I show some of my favorite and useful USB devices.
In my
last blog, I reported on the new
Acer Aspire One Netbook (Model
AO571h) I had just purchased. It came pre-loaded with Windows XP
Home. Since I need ...
I recently worked on a Acer Aspire
One Netbook (Model AOD150). The netbook no longer was able to boot,
as the system could not find an operating system. Booting the netbook up onto a
USB drive ...
Just the other day I got a call from my daughter about her computer. It was
acting strange, so I told her to bring it over. Sure enough, her system
is ...
Before we can go shopping, we need to see what we can reuse. The
motherboard and hard drive need to be
replaced. The new ...
I started out by taking the sides and top off. It was at this point I decided to
go excessive. Since the majority of computer peripherals come
with black finishes, I decided to ...
With newer computers having the ability to run multiple displays,
here is a ‘Geek Tip’ for those of you thinking about using two
monitors on one computer. There are various scenarios, I am going to
describe ...
Here's a video showing the two different computer scenarios I have that use dual
monitors in Windows.
Here's a video showing how to use dual monitors in Windows for users who have
impaired vision.
A gentleman called me the other day and asked me about surge protectors.
A typical surge protector power strip is built using
Metal Oxide Varistors ...
I received an e-mail from local technology evangelist, Simon Rohrich
of Elliptical Mobile Solutions, letting me know of his
company's great line of ...
In my Geek Tips article outlining my Beta test of Microsoft Windows 7,
I needed a computer to install it on. What I built is sweet,
specification wise, but ...
Pictures of my daughter's finished customized computer case.
Here are the before and after pictures of the finished case from the 'Upgrading your computer cheaply' articles.