Articles about PC computer hardware
Gaming is an expensive hobby, not only for the price of games but also rising costs of hardware. We are all aware of Microsoft’s questionable stance on Windows 11 requirements, and the same is happening in AAA games. For example, DOOM: The Dark Ages and […]
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Last week, a customer brought a four-year-old Sony Vaio VJFE54F11UAR model laptop to me that wouldn’t boot to Windows and instead went directly to the BIOS. Upon further investigation, it was found that no NVMe drive was installed. I then booted from a WinPE rescue
Microsoft has added a new feature to Windows 11 that has the ability to automatically repair a non-booting system. This new feature is called “Quick machine recovery” (QMR) and, while it’s available in all Insider builds, I believe the general release is still in the
The other morning, as I was enjoying my usual cup of tea, my wife told me that her PC wouldn’t switch on. At first, I thought it was the PSU (power supply), and I even tried numerous power cables because sometimes even these can fail.
We had a few power outages in town. A few planned, a few not. Hopefully, the power company has it all straightened out. After a power outage, I received a call from a woman because their desktop computer wouldn’t power up. The fix: I unplugged
I’ve been fixing PCs for more than 20 years, from Windows XP to Windows 11, and I can barely remember when Recovery Mode has actually recovered anything. In fact, it’s worse now than it ever was and even more difficult to invoke. Remember when you
Over the weekend, a Reddit user started a rumour that Microsoft had cancelled the next Xbox console, and the gaming community went into a tailspin. Microsoft then replied that things were not ‘up in the air’ and that the company is actively investing in its
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In GPU Upgrade – Size Matters! I related how I upgraded my graphics card without carefully considering its size, and later decided to strip down the computer. Well, I finally finished, and it’s not something I will be doing regularly because it’s a two-day job
Four and a half years ago, I upgraded my graphics card from an AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB to a Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB, which you can read about in this article: I Just Upgraded To The ROG Strix RX-5700 XT GPU. Four years
Everything seems to be getting more and more expensive these days, and that applies to PCs as well. Some time back, I took the plunge and bought a refurbished desktop PC to replace my aging secondary machine, but not before I’d well and truly done
Recently, I’ve been deluged with laptops coming in for repair or upgrades. Mind you, I’m not complaining because work is work and it’s what I enjoy. Most of the upgrades are simply a matter of upgrading from spinners (HDDs) to SSDs and increasing memory (RAM),
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A couple of weeks ago, a client phoned asking me to take a look at some laptops so that she could decide which ones to keep and which to give away to people in need. I had known the lady for some years, long before
I hooked up my DVD drive and lost power to my entire system. My CyberPowerPC already had a DVD drive installed, but it wasn’t working. I checked inside the computer and discovered the reason. There were no cables hooked up. No wires to be seen,
If you want to check the speed of a USB drive in Windows 10 and 11, you can do so natively via Task Manager or by using suitable 3rd-party software. Check USB Drive Speed Via Task Manager Connect the USB drive Open Task Manager Switch
