11 Steps to Successfully Upgrade your PC
Eleven Steps to Success in PC Upgrade
1. Prepare for a catastrophic disaster. Before upgrading your PC, you should back up your important files and create an emergency disc. Remember, anything that isn’t saved can easily be lost. Also you need to have a user manual that describes your PC’s configuration settings, which will be important for upgrading your PC.
2. Read steps and instructions that came with the new components. Those documentations actually might give you some useful information. If it suggests you to check out a PDF file on the enclosed CD, do it. There may be also an updated documentation online, which describe the solutions of known problems or bugs.
3. Turn off your computer and unplug it. Just turning the darn thing off isn’t enough as small amount of electricity may still flow inside your computer. Unplugging the computer from the electrical outlet ensures that there’s virtually no possible way that you can get electrocuted and damage some expensive components. And trust me: You don’t want that to happen. Also remove other cables, for example, modem, printer, scanner and monitor cables.
4. Clear the work area. Remove all likely causes of disaster from your workspace, such as cans of soda, cups of coffee, any feline, canine, and small kids who may happen to have a water balloon fight nearby. Your loose computer components have to go somewhere, so it is necessary to find a safe place for them. Use all the ingenuity at your disposal to eliminate excess electricity from your environment: stand on a linoleum floor or static-free tile, touch metal objects to remove static in your body, and others. Work on surfaces that doesn’t generate static electricity, such as Formica, wood, concrete, linoleum, or plastic. Don’t work on a thick carpet!
5. Unscrew the case cover. Check for any bezels (plastic panels) that need to be removed before unscrewing the screws; generally found in the back but maybe in the front. If you find anything that requires serious force, then probably it wasn’t meant to be removed in the first place. When prying something off, you might need a flathead screwdriver but try to be gentle. However, if you want to upgrade a branded computer, made by Dell, HP and others, the case may not have any screws or panels at all; all you have to do is to twist a screw along the side to open the door, it’s easy to do and may take only 5 seconds. However, in many cases you will need a nuthead or Philips screwdriver to remove some screws. Make sure you only undo screws that hold the cover. Don’t accidentally remove the power supply screws; just stick to those found at the cover.
Six Things to Do Before Upgrading Your PC
Before you begin a PC upgrade process, you should gather necessary tools so that you can easily and properly take your PC apart. You will need small/medium Phillips-head and also small flat-head screwdrivers. All screwdrivers you use should be non-magnetic so that you won’t end up erasing the BIOS when installing a card.
If you don’t mind feeling a little nerdy, get yourself those cool computer tool sets. They are available at any computer store. They may include extra tools for picking up dropped screws and removing processor easily, at about $25, they won’t break your savings account. They usually include a few nuthead screwdrivers at different sizes that look like a mix between mini-socket wrench and screwdriver. For some computer tower cases, it might be necessary to use a nuthead screwdriver to remove the cover. Make sure your tools use non-conducting handles (so electricity won’t pass through them and zap you) made of ceramic, PVC, or hard plastic.
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Defective or Broken Laptop LCD Screen
Essentials on Defective or Broken Laptop LCD Screen
Our world has become addicted to computers; our every activity depends on it, and laptops are even more efficient tools, because you can take them with you and continue working while you are on a bus, on a plane or in a hotel room.
You can use it to conduct your daily activities everywhere you go, and you will never miss a project deadline. What happens when an accident occurs and you need to seek help for your broken laptop LCD screen?
Because they are small and easily manageable, it is only normal that accidents might occur, and you could drop your laptop on the ground, you could spill some liquid over it and find that your LCD screen is distorted or doesn’t work at all, or even that your LCD screen is cracked because of a blunt object having interacted with it in some way or another…
Since solving any problems your laptop might experience is usually difficult to handle and pretty expensive, you should first take a look at the average laptop LCD screen repair techniques, so that you know whether it is a simple issue to solve or not.
The average cost to fix a laptop with a broken screen is about $400. Retail stores can charge anywhere between $250-$850 or even more to help you fix a problem with your laptop. So many people wonder why they should spend $500 to fix the screen of a laptop they purchased for about $700.
What most people don’t bother to do though is one very important thing: Read the rest of this entry »
