Been contemplating upgrading my old custom tower with a NVMe drive for awhile now, but always put it on the back burner. Finally bit the bullet, after loading certain apps seemed slower than usual. The system already had a Samsung EVO SATA SSD, so it’s not a dinosaur in terms of speed, reaching 500 Mbps…

This repair was fairly straight-forward, the cable had been pulled and damaged the hdmi port. The connector was skewed and a couple pins were bent and exposed within the connector. Luckily after disassembly, the traces on the motherboard were intact and almost pristine. I decided to go with the least aggressive method using low melt.…

If you’re in the market for a new laptop, here are some specs to keep in mind. I always advise clients to aim for mid to high-end laptops, so that you will not need to upgrade for awhile and have a better overall experience. Processor (CPU) Intel Core i7-12800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Intel is…

The new Windows OS, Windows 10, is already in Preview stage and is only a matter of time before its release. You can download the technical preview at Microsoft. There are some notable changes that i think will help reluctant users transition over. The biggest problem that users were complaining about was the new Start…

Pop-ups can originate from several different sources – an installed program, virus, operating system, bundled software, websites. In general,  i am going to refer to pop-ups as any kind of window that opens without user interaction. Non-malicious pop-ups can any of the sources described. For websites, the pop-ups are usually ads for the site or…

Many average users think computers do not require any maintenance in the physical world, but they do. In reality, it only requires a small amount of maintenance and just common sense. Below is a photo of a laptop I recently looked at, notice the large dust/lint ball that was lodged between the fan and the…