Computer Maintenance

At the time of this writing a hard drive of 4 tb and memory up to 16 gb (on a 64 bit Operating System). Now, keep in mind that you could have as many 4 tb hard drives in you computer as your mother board can take.

To prevent damage in your devices and in the cable wires.

Yes, typically a hard drive has 0 bad sectors. Once a drive starts to develop bad sectors it typically means that the drive is failing. If you don't want to replace the drive right now, you should back up your drive and keep the backup current.

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Mislabeling. Drive letter is not visible, drive letter is changed to question mark, or partition properties or label are not accurate.

Many a times have I seen this question pop up. Actually, it is pretty hard for someone to hack into your antivirus without you noticing, because the antivirus scans itself too to make sure its not infected either. If someone tries to hack into your antivirus, a message will pop up from it saying a program has been infected.

I guess cloning is something like making a exact copy.Cloning in computers or tech. means that you create a clone disk of one disk and run program using the clone.

Cloning also means hacking into telephone systems and cloning someone's phone.

That means you clone your phone to act like the other person's.

It is not possible to play Games with a Dead Battery. You are required to charge it first. If the battery is very less charged up then i will say no it is not dangerous as battery keep on supplying same amount of power till it's last charge.
If your battery is dead in a manner that it is not getting charged but you can turn on Macbook if you plug in the charger then Yes, it is dangerous to play games and even using it is dangerous. The battery may leak or blast and cause damage to your Macbook or to you.

In computer terminology, a time-out is a period in which a device or other computer does not respond, or the time limit on how long it has to respond. There is often a limit given on how long the computer will wait for the other device. After that time limit, it is assumed that the device or computer will not respond. So if you set a time-out value to 45 seconds, it means that after 45 seconds, the computer will no longer wait and assume that whatever component or computer is defective or missing.

The electronics inside of the power supply will overheat and cause the power supply to quit working. There might even be a small fire inside, or the semiconductors may crack or explode. So it is best to repair or replace the power supply when the fan starts to malfunction, since it will be easier to fix. If you must operate it that way, you should take steps to reduce power consumption and make sure the fan is running each time. Some even insert things in there to start the fan if it is stalled, though that has its risks.

If you want to reclaim space on a Windows XP Pro hard drive, then removing the old security updates is desirable. If you're using Windows 2000 Pro, the same applies. I don't normally remove updates from the C:\WINDOWS folder until at least one month after the system is updated -- and rebooted several times.

The main thing that's probably going on isn't in fact a virus but it's probably the fact that your computer is either overheating or your power supply is bad. The cheapest way to check this out is just by opening up your computer and cleaning out the dust. BE VERY CAREFUL doing this. If you're not confident and don't have much experience with computers you may want to take it to a shop and they'll clean out the dust for a small fee. If this doesn't fix the problem then you may need to swap out your power supply but seeing as you're going to be spending money this way you're probably going to want to take it to a shop and have them look it over but the most probable cause for this is overheating which is normally caused by dust. If you want to take an attempt to clean it out yourself just take the cover off and use the compressed air cans that you buy at department stores to clean out all the dust. NOTE* Don't take any parts out unless you know what you're doing. YOU CAN fry your hard drive by touching it and letting off ESD!!.

It's called south bridge.

You can go to the manufacturers website for each component to find the exac wattage amounts. Or if not available you can go to http://www.pcpower.com/technology/power_usage/

and get the estimate provided or the midpoint of the estimate.

The InsydeH20 bios is a locked system and can only be overclocked when you flash the bios wiith a revised copy of Insyde or another bios that is compatible with your hardware.

Try searching Google for Pheonix or CMOS bios flash programs which will allow you to access the CPU multiplier & clock speed adjuster

Disk defragmentation helps to keep the HDD activity smooth and fast thus preventing lags in the opening of files, programs etc. Another important advantage is that if you defrag regularly, you dont need to wait for ages before your PC starts or shuts down. It contributes to maintaining good speed and performance of your system.

"Preventative maintenance" refers to taking steps to help keep something working like it's supposed to work BEFORE something goes wrong with it. E.g., changing the oil in your car every 3,000 miles is considered "preventative maintenance" in that it helps ensure you engine will continue to perform as it is supposed to. Usually, performing preventative maintenance is far less expensive than having to pay to repair whatever it is the preventative maintenance addresses. Using our above oil example, it's a whole lot cheaper to replace the oil in your car every 3,000 miles than it is to replace the engine because you never changed the oil (not changing the old would likely cause all kinds of problems with the [very expensive] engine).

The above definition and example can be extended into the computer world as well. There's not a lot of PHYSICAL (i.e, hands-on) preventative maintenance to perform on today's computers and laptops, but there are a few. Perhaps the most important are keeping the keyboard and touch pad clean, and, if you use your CD/DVD player/s a lot, using a good commercial CD/DVD cleaner kit to keep it/them clean as well. NOT keeping those items clean can lead to failures. Also, if you have a touch-sensitive screen on any computing device you use, you will need to be sure to follow the manufacturer's preventative maintenance instructions.

The whole question of "preventative maintenance" at the software and operating system levels is a bit trickier to define, but in general, it follows the definition above. For example, you might install a program whose job is to run in the background (i.e., you don't even know it's running -- kind of like s silent sentry on duty 24/7) and keep your computer running smoothly by monitoring/repairing software and OS issues that arise in the day-to-day use of your computer, allowing you to decide whether to repair them, or letting the program repair issues on-the-fly.

Finally, if you have a desktop computer, making sure you keep the fan free of dust is a preventative maintenance item that can help keep the insides of the computer from getting too hot, which could cause a failure of one or more hardware components.

Clearing your browser cache and wiping all your cookies and other temporary data can help. You should be able to find this option in the settings/tools/options menu listing, although exactly where varies by browser. For example, if you are using Firefox, go to Options>Privacy>"clear your recent history". Also, check your browser addon/extension list. In Firefox, go to Add-ons>Extensions. Disable anything that you don't use. You should probably keep Adobe extensions active. You can also try another browser entirely. As you can tell from my answer, I tend to prefer Firefox and other browsers which use the Gecko engine (like Waterfox, Pale Moon, etc.). You can also try a Chromium browser, like Google Chrome (if you don't mind the potential privacy concerns), Opera, Vivaldi, SRWare Iron, or Epic Privacy Browser. Make sure your PC has enough RAM, and not too many other programs are consuming improportionate amounts of RAM and CPU resources.

Generally a motherboard doesn't get "corrupted," though the asker might have meant "corroded" or simply damaged instead. A motherboard can get damaged due to age. When that occurs, you will likely be able to look at it and tell. You may notice that some of the traces are corroded. There may be signs of chemical leakage. The capacitors (look like little cans) may be bulging, leaking, or exploded. Other bad signs would be cracked or burned ICs, foul odor, insects (mainly cockroaches), insect parts, and insect or rodent waste. Insect dung can cause corrosion, and in severe cases of corrosion, some of the circuit traces might be missing.

If you mean the BIOS, yes, it can get corrupted. There is CMOS corruption, and you will know it because it tends to give an error message shortly after turning on the PC. You may have to replace the CMOS battery, and you will have to check and change the settings. If you mean corruption of the BIOS code itself, then the computer will usually appear dead. You will know this if you tried to flash the system ROM and it didn't work correctly or you lost power during the process. Then the computer likely won't have a display, and the machine might keep rebooting.

One of the most popular ways to spread malware is to use drivers. If the driver is signed, it means that it has been proven not to have any malware code.