New life for a Compaq Presario S5140WM
I'm fixing up my mother in law's Compaq Presario S5140WM. She bought it about five years ago, a few weeks after her daughter and I started dating. It's been a pretty good computer for her, but lately...
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I found a cross-reference for power supply brands and OEM manufacturers. It’s a couple of years old, but still useful. Way back when, I knew that Sparkle Power actually made PC Power & Cooling...
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View ArticleNew life for a Compaq Presario S5140WM
I'm fixing up my mother in law's Compaq Presario S5140WM. She bought it about five years ago, a few weeks after her daughter and I started dating. It's been a pretty good computer for her, but lately...
View ArticleIt’s been 15 years, and computer stores haven’t changed much
In the early 1990s, I learned how to fix computers because I got tired of long waits and shoddy repairs from computer stores. Last month I took a friend to go buy a computer. I didn’t want her to get...
View ArticleWho made that power supply?
I found a cross-reference for power supply brands and OEM manufacturers. It’s a couple of years old, but still useful. Way back when, I knew that Sparkle Power actually made PC Power & Cooling...
View ArticleMessage says Firefox is already running when it isn’t
Earlier this week, when doing an emergency computer upgrade, Firefox gave me a weird problem. I installed Firefox, then when I tried to launch it, I got the popup dialog box stating that Firefox is...
View ArticleAre 80plus power supplies worth it?
Are 80plus power supplies worth it? Extremetech just that question recently. Based on their conclusion, not usually, at least not solely for power savings. But it’s an easy way to get a box built to...
View ArticleReliable power supply brands
If you’ve built a few PCs, or repaired a few PCs, you have some idea how important the power supply is. If you buy any old tin box that fits, you can probably expect to run into some problems. Here’s...
View ArticleNew life for a Compaq Presario S5140WM
I'm fixing up my mother in law's Compaq Presario S5140WM. She bought it about five years ago, a few weeks after her daughter and I started dating. It's been a pretty good computer for her, but lately...
View ArticleIt’s been 15 years, and computer stores haven’t changed much
In the early 1990s, I learned how to fix computers because I got tired of long waits and shoddy repairs from computer stores. Last month I took a friend to go buy a computer. I didn’t want her to get...
View ArticleWho made that power supply?
I found a cross-reference for power supply brands and OEM manufacturers. It’s a couple of years old, but still useful. Way back when, I knew that Sparkle Power actually made PC Power & Cooling...
View ArticleMessage says Firefox is already running when it isn’t
Earlier this week, when doing an emergency computer upgrade, Firefox gave me a weird problem. I installed Firefox, then when I tried to launch it, I got the popup dialog box stating that Firefox is...
View ArticleAre 80plus power supplies worth it?
Are 80plus power supplies worth it? Extremetech just that question recently. Based on their conclusion, not usually, at least not solely for power savings. But it’s an easy way to get a box built to...
View ArticleReliable power supply brands
If you’ve built a few PCs, or repaired a few PCs, you have some idea how important the power supply is. If you buy any old tin box that fits, you can probably expect to run into some problems. Here’s...
View ArticleNew life for a Compaq Presario S5140WM
I'm fixing up my mother in law's Compaq Presario S5140WM. She bought it about five years ago, a few weeks after her daughter and I started dating. It's been a pretty good computer for her, but lately...
View ArticleIt’s been 15 years, and computer stores haven’t changed much
In the early 1990s, I learned how to fix computers because I got tired of long waits and shoddy repairs from computer stores. Last month I took a friend to go buy a computer. I didn’t want her to get...
View ArticleWho made that power supply?
I found a cross-reference for power supply brands and OEM manufacturers. It’s a couple of years old, but still useful. Way back when, I knew that Sparkle Power actually made PC Power & Cooling...
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