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Capacitor Failures
We continue to see motherboards with radial electrolytic capacitors in various stages of failure, starting with bulging and proceeding to cracking and leaking. Once they begin to bulge, they continue to expand until they crack and leak. This eventually leads … Continue reading
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Tagged black screen, blue screen, BSOD, capacitor, Dell Computers, failure, hp, lockup, motherboard, restart
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Hard drives skyrocket in capacity
Just like memory chips and processor speeds, hard drive sizes continually increase. Typically, they double each year but they recently took a huge jump from 160gb to 500gb. The price difference between 80gb and 500gb drives dropped to $1, so … Continue reading
Advice for home computer builders
We’ve seen a resurgence of calls from people buying computers parts over the Internet and building their own computers. While we applaud those users for their ingenuity, we have seen plenty of mistakes being made during the home assembly. While … Continue reading
Bad laptop video and the nVidia lawsuit settlement
For the past few years, we’ve been seeing many different laptops with video problems. The screens would be scrambled or black, but changing the LCD and inverter wouldn’t solve the problem. We diagnosed these laptops with failed motherboards, but because … Continue reading
New technology update on LED LCD monitors
Starting March 2011 we have new desktop LED LCD monitors available for the same price as CCFL LCD monitors. LED LCD monitors are the next generation of monitor technology and should eventually replace all CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lamp) LCD … Continue reading
New web site
On March 7, 2011 our old osCommerce site was removed and replaced with an entirely new web site created with software from WordPress.org. Our last major web site change was in 2004, when we installed osCommerce software. While that site … Continue reading