Yesterday a friend of mine came to me with a question. For the last year or so, her laptop has been clicking at regular intervals. She described it as a very fast ticking clock. She asked me what it was, why it was clicking, and what it meant for her. Her hard drive was a […]
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Clicking laptop hard drive.
Published by January 19th, 2007 in Computers, Hardware, Blog Post and PC Repair. 0 CommentsPC Purchase Series: What is a wireless access point?
Published by January 18th, 2007 in Computers, Hardware, Question and Series:PC Purchase. 0 CommentsIn post three of the PC Purchase series I’ll be going over wireless access points. Remember that this series works under the premise that a PC will be purchased and the retailer offers some sort of ‘customization’ before you checkout. Earlier I talked about Wireless Ethernet Cards and commented on their need for an access […]
Securing a Hard Drive before you sell it.
Published by January 18th, 2007 in Hardware and Blog Post. 0 CommentsLifehacker has a post today outlining how to secure a hard drive before you sell it. This is incredibly important now-a-days since identity theft is on the rise. Arm yourself with knowledge. These steps should be followed anytime a hard drive is being:
Sold
Donated
Given to family or friends
Thrown away/Recycled
Any time a hard drive permanently leaves your […]
PC Purchase Series: What is a wireless card?
Published by January 11th, 2007 in Computers, Hardware, Question, Series:PC Purchase and Series:Parts of a Computer. 0 CommentsThis is post number two in the PC Purchase and Customization series. For the rest of the posts, check the original announcement.
Wireless cards are the natural progression from wired NICs. People got tired of being stuck in a single place with telephones and now the same applies to computers. People are tired of being limited […]
PC Purchase Series: What is a Network Card?
Published by January 11th, 2007 in Computers, Hardware, Question, Series:PC Purchase and Series:Parts of a Computer. 0 CommentsThe first post in the PC Purchase series, this covers a now basic peripheral of any new PC: the network card (NIC). NIC is an acronym for the official name which is Network Interface Controller. Under certain circumstances, this card acts as your computer’s gate to the internet.
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