How to Upgrade RAM on Dell Optiplex 320
byYou can easily upgrade RAM on Dell Optiplex 320 and it will take up to 4 GB. If you upgraded to Windows 7 and…
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How to Fix Dell Optiplex 755 Making a Grinding Noise
byI came in to work and found my work PC making a strange noise the other morning. It didn’t sound like a hard drive going…
How to Create a Bootable Windows 7 USB Installer Drive
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How to Fix Error: 1 Logical Drive(s) Degraded on Dell PowerEdge 2800 Server
byI rebooted our Dell PowerEdge 2800 server the other day and it was taking forever to come back up. Typically I access it from…
How to (temporarily) Fix Error: Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: WINDOWSSYSTEM32CONFIGSYSTEM
byHey, I know Windows XP isn’t supported anymore but we still haven’t gotten all our machines upgraded yet so here’s another repair saga… One…
How to Troubleshoot Dell Optiplex GX520 Power Supply Issues
byWe own over 40 Dell PCs and have run into many power supply issues. Here’s what I do to troubleshoot and track down the…
HP Copies The MacBook Pro
byI was just in Costco and had to do a double-take at how familiar HP has designed their laptops to look just like Apple’s…
How to Fix a Striped Display on a Dell Optiplex 320
byHardware Dell Optiplex 320 Tower Micron MT16HTF12864AY-667D4 200716 CBNCHLF013 1GB 2RX8 PC2-5300U-555-12-E0 1GB, DDR2, 667, CL5 Display showing vertical lines on a Dell Optiplex…
How To Reset the Password on a HP Mini Running Windows 7
byA co-worker of mine forgot the password for her netbook and brought it to me. I’d never recovered a password on a Windows machine…
How to Replace the Power Supply in a Dell Optiplex GX520
byWe’ve had the fan on the power supply of these computers go out four times now (out of the 24 GX520’s we own). Here…