Computers are indispensable business tools, if they are working properly. Many small businesses can't justify the expense of a full-time IT position, so the job of trying to get a non-booting computer ...

The screen went black, then nothing. The notification in my task tray suggested a driver update, and I had some time, so I acquiesced. This particular alert prompted me to update the BIOS, and the ...

I bought a used computer a few months ago. Nice enough machine, came home a few weeks ago to find it off.<BR><BR>System is a Mobile Athlon XP 2500, can't remember the motherboard, ASUS power supply (I ...

You can complete about as much work on a computer that gets stuck in standby as you can on one that won't boot at all. To work your way past these kinds of operating problems, you need to diagnose ...

PC Chips Motherboard (shit)<BR>Ali chipset (worse than shit)<BR>512 megs ram<BR>3 hard drives:<BR>hda (20 gig, has windows and linux)<BR>hdb (60 gig, windows' "" drive)<BR>hdd (80 gig, ...

You should never store all of your digital eggs in one basket, a lesson that Lifehacker reader Rafik is probably going to learn the hard way. He has a great puzzler for this week’s ...