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How to Diagnose and Fix Boot Errors Using POST

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How can you fix boot errors when nothing gets displayed to your computer screen? There’s no details, there’s no error message, there’s no secret code or is there? It looks like you have a black screen in Windows and nothing is happening. I have written many articles on troubleshooting a black screen on startup but [...]

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Computer Hardware

May 26, 2010

Drives The different types of computer drives Mouse Ever used a mouse before? Memory What is computer memory. External Hard drive What is it and why do I need one? Disc Formats? What is a CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, or a DVD-RW Bluray VS DVD disc Why is bluray better than DVD Hard drive How [...]

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S381-Me+ Intel® 810 M-ATX Mainboard

May 26, 2010

Free Computer Help By Mitz I was putting this motherboard into another case and I wanted to connect the S381-Me motherboards front panel header, however I could not find any information on the internet. So here is a diagram I made. I hope it saves someone from a few headaches. Some of these motherboards came [...]

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Intel Power LED 9-pin Front Panel Header Connection

May 26, 2010

Special attention is required when attaching the front panel connectors from the computer case to the desktop motherboard. If you get it wrong you can easily  damage your components. This is especially true when you are connecting a motherboard to a computer chassis or case that was not made for each other. ATX motherboard design [...]

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How to set Jumper Pin settings on a CD rom or hard drive

May 26, 2010

By Mitz Free computer Education When installing a CD/DVD rom drive or even a hard drive, there are some tiny little pins at the back that sometimes need to be adjusted.  If you do not have the jumper in the correct position, your device will not be recognised by the computer. There are three basic [...]

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Acer Veriton mainboard layout

May 26, 2010

Everywhere you go, in the computer business, you see an old Acer Veriton hanging around still. At one stage I had a lot of Acer Veriton 5500 from a government auction. The cases were so ugly that I stripped the computers for parts and sold them on Ebay. That was fun.. Junk everywhere in my [...]

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