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B lank/Black Screen - After 10 minutes of idle your desktop or laptop goes blank screen. Sometimes 5 minutes of idle goes to blank screen. If it is your first time to experience this event happened to your laptop or desktop you might wonder why this event happen. This process called power management it has a default time frame when system is idle on a specific period of time it goes to standby mode or sometimes goes to sleep depending on the settings setup by your computer manufacturer. How many minutes does a laptop or desktop have before it goes to blank screen or standby mode? When you installed Windows 10 on your laptop, Windows 10 sets the time frame for 5 minutes, this setting is for power saver setting. This setting helps protect your battery life to last longer than usual operation. In desktop computer, Windows 10 sets the time frame to 10 minutes because desktop computers rely on AC power and not on battery.  Can we change or edit the power settings or optio...

Good Day Guys! Today, I will show you how to remove files from quick access in your newly installed windows 10.  These recent files that show when you open your windows explorer annoys you? Opening a file stays in the center of the windows explorer when running it. Other people like that their most recent opened files show when they open windows explorer. This function of windows is not good if you share computer with someone, other person using the same computer will see what you have accessed or opened. It also shows the file location of the files that were accessed. How to remove files on your Quick access folder? 1. Open windows explorer, see illustration below. 2. Right click, select "Remove from Quick access". 3. Your files will be remove from Quick access, see illustration below. Hope you find this post helpful. Thank you for reading this post. Last modified: Dec. 11, 2019.

Good Day! Hello guys, today I am going to share with you how to build your own DIY Portable Hard Disk Drive from an old defective Laptop or Netbook. Some don't know about this technique or hack. For some that don't know how to build this I think it's time to try it.  Materials needed for your Portable Hard Disk Drive: 1. An old defective Laptop or Netbook - Hard Disk should be working properly. 2. Small Screwdriver - for removing screws from your Laptop or Netbook. 3. Portable Hard Disk Drive Enclosure (2.5" HDD Enclosure) - you can buy this from amazon or you can salvage this from an old defective portable hard disk drive. Procedure: 1. Prepare all the materials you need. 2. Prepare the Laptop or Netbook for Hard Disk Drive removal. 3. Turn over or flip your Laptop or Netbook, slide the notch to remove battery and its back cover see illustration below. Some Laptop or Netbook needs to be unscrewed to open its Hard Disk Drive bay. ...

Hi guys, Today I am going to share with you how to protect your USB drive or SD card from moisture, molds or early corrosion. Materials: 1. You need a dry and empty resealable plastic pouch, you only need one. 2. Silica Gel from shoes or from gadget box or cartoon. Better if you can acquire two pieces of this material. 3. Dry cloth for cleaning and wiping the USB drive or SD Card. Direction: 1. Prepare all materials needed. 2. Wipe the USB drive(s) or SD Card(s) first before inserting it in the plastic pouch. 3. Insert the USB Drive(s), SD Card(s) and your Silica Gel inside the Resealable Plastic Pouch. See illustration below. This technique will make your SD cards or USB drives dry while inside your storage area. Also, it protects the components inside the USB drives from corrosion due to moisture. Hope you'll find today's topic useful and interesting! Thank you for reading this post. Last modified: Oct. 15, 2019.

Hey Guys, Today I am going to share with you my way on how to fix a computer with no sound or audio coming out from speaker or headset the easiest way possible. This method will also work on PC, Desktop, Netbook or Laptop. Here are the steps below to fix sound problem in your computer. Step 1.  Identify the problem if it is in your windows driver, speaker or in your headset. How to identify a problem if no sound is heard from a speaker or headset? Try your speaker or headset plug into a known good audio source like your cellphone. And, if you hear an audio or sound coming out from your speaker or headset this probe that your headset or speaker is working properly.  What if my headset or speakers is defective? Replace the headset or speaker, and test it again. You replace the headset or speakers nothing happens still no sound or audio can be heard. Continue to step 2. Step 2. Now you probe that the computer has a sound problem related to...

Identifying audio chip sometimes is really difficult if we do not have the knowledge where to look for such information. Somehow, others find it easy to install or identify sound card driver for their computer. So, How are we going to identify our audio chip for us to download or install driver for our sound card.  There are ways to identify sound card or audio chip on our motherboard. The method below is for desktop computers. Method 1.  Identify the motherboard first.  From motherboard box. By identifying the motherboard, we can also easily identify its audio chip or sound card. So, how are we going to identify our motherboard? A new motherboard has already the brand and model number on its box and it also comes with CD/DVD software installer for its driver.  From motherboard labels (old desktop computers). For old desktop computers usually we open the chassis or casing then we look for the motherboard label or brand. The motherboard ...

Many of us know where to find information about what operating system installed on our computer. If you know about this already this post may not be intended for you. Few still don't know what type of windows is installed on their computer. This post will give you idea on where to look if you want to know what kind or type of windows is installed on your computer. Method 1. In your are using windows 7. Click start button, point you cursor to Computer, then right click and click properties. If you see a Computer icon on your desktop you can also, right click and select properties same result you will get. Window will pop-up like this, see image below. Method 2. Go to Control Panel, then on the top right corner click drop down menu, select view by Large icons or Small icons, then look for System, Click and view System properties. -----or----- Go to Control Panel, then on the top right corner click drop down menu, select view by Category chose Sy...

Hello guys, I have today a wiring diagram which I traced the wiring from a cheap headset. Drawn and transferred to a computer to create a .jpeg file. I also, color it so that it will be easier for everyone to analyse the connection. This will help us remember the connection easily if we break the wire unintentionally. Having a wiring diagram connection of plug and wiring will be easier for us. See the headset wiring diagram below. The speakers on the drawing is a symbol and not the real thing as a drawing. Volume and microphone is a real image as a drawing. Only the Left and Right speakers are the symbol on this wiring diagram. You can also identify the location of the left and right speakers in the speaker plug. The mic input in the plug also shows its pin configuration and wiring of the microphone. This will help us locate easily the pin of the speaker in the plug or the mic-in in the mic plug. Last modified: Aug. 31, 2019.

Our computer desktop system requires fast hardware and uncluttered software if we want it to runs smoothly. Perhaps, we need to choose well in most of the time in order to maximize the performance of our desktop computer. Improving the system performance can increase our productivity on our desktop computer. Imagine if we calculate all of our time that we loss in our slow system it may reach days or even weeks if we add up all of this in one year. So, why should we change everything to new rather than upgrade or configure things? Not all the time we can spend our money in computer upgrades or buying the latest system. It is not a good idea to change your desktop computer all the time. There are disadvantages in buying new computer system like migrating your old files to new hard drive, keeping up to the new operating system, incomplete or no application installed. Printer or some old devices like Camera, Bluetooth are not yet installed in your new system. There is no point in buying t...

How to enhance the speed of your Windows 10 using Task Manager. Startup files loads when Windows 10 starts. These files uses memory and processor resources in the background. Like our antivirus or anti-spyware it stays in the memory to actively protect us from treats. These memory resident software from antivirus or security software will scan files that will run when we open application. If you have the latest processor and a large memory installed on your computer that's okay but if you have so many startup files or memory resident files running on your system it will still slowdown your computer. As we, further use our computer we also install more software on it and startup files also accumulated on our system. So, it is better to always check your system for startup files build up. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How do we remove application or startup files that run when windows 10 starts? Be...

Windows Theme uses graphical enhancement, animation and previews to improve visual effects. These visual effects uses processor, memory and virtual memory. If we often play games it is recommend to disable these visual effects. Lets get started, just go to system properties. You can go here by 2 ways. Method 1: 1. Right click the Computer icon in the desktop 2. and choose "Properties". 3. Then click "Advance system settings", 4. In the "Performance section" click "Settings". 5. New window will pop-up, 6. Select "adjust for best performance" 7. Click apply and wait for few seconds for visual effects to take effect on your system. ------------------ or ------------------ You can also use my custom settings below. Method 2 1. Go to Start Control Panel. 2. Choose "System and Security". 3. Then click "System", 4. Click "Advance system settings", 5. In the "Perf...

Another way to enhance the speed of your windows 7 is by its startup configuration. Startup files load when windows starts. Files that load during windows startup use memory. These files are memory resident meaning it stay active and uses some resources like your processor and memory. What if you have the latest processor and a large memory installed on your desktop computer? Well, that would okay but if you have so many startup files running on your system I think you will still noticed it. You feel that your system is not fast as before when it was new because of too many startup files. How do we remove application or startup files that run when windows starts? So, we edit our startup files using msconfig.exe We click on Start Button, then type in the search box "msconfig.exe" then press enter. See the image below. See illustration above, when you type in msconfig.exe in the search box. Above illustrate how I disabled some files in msconfig.exe. ...

Good Day! Today I am going to show you may technique to diagnose and repair a hardware problem in a desktop computer. As we know if you are already an experience Tech or IT this will be easier for you to diagnose and repair a desktop computer. But if you are new or inexperience technician or IT this will be difficult for you to diagnose a hardware problem. So, how do we start? Below is an illustration of an old desktop CPU - Intel Pentium 4 with old IDE hard disk. Nowadays, Computer uses high speed processor such as Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 or Core i9. Also, uses SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) hard disk drive and SSD (Solid State Drive) on its motherboard. Both HDD and SSD use SATA port in the motherboard. First step. You must know if the problem is associated with hardware or software. Here is the list of most common hardware problems. 1. Desktop won't power on. 2. You can hear beeps from your computer. 3. No video ...