It's not uncommon for laptops to get overheated after hours of use, especially while gaming or performing high-end tasks like video rendering, graphic editing, and more. However, if your laptop feels ...

If one of your PCs fails to boot properly -- or is stuck in an endless boot cycle -- accessing Windows and your files may seem impossible. Troubleshooting and repairing a PC that reboots constantly ...

When a personal computer starts, it runs a Power-On Self Test (POST) to check that various hardware components are working correctly. If problems are detected, the computer will not start. This test ...

There's nothing more fulfilling than explaining a complicated computer fix to an audience of admirers at a party. Talk slowly and in a deep voice. Speak knowingly about interrupts, DIMMS, SIMSS and ...

The residual charge in capacitors can cause boot issues with computers sometimes. You can drain this residual charge by performing the hard reset. The steps to do this are as follows: Turn off your ...

Remember the opening scene of Night of the Living Dead? A young woman and her brother are visiting their grandfather’s plot in a graveyard. A creepy pale-faced dude approaches them, and the screaming ...

If your PC turns on and the fans spin up, but nothing is displayed on the screen, there's a problem that needs fixing. It might be one of the more common ones and be relatively easy to fix, or it may ...

As we learned last week, it’s fairly easy to fix a noisy overheated laptop: Open an underside panel, (carefully) blow out the dust, then enjoy the praise your wife lavishes on you for fixing her ...