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What is a motherboard. It is pretty simple once you get the basic concept. We are more then happy to give you this basic knowledge. Motherboards hold the majority of the electronics in your PC. Including the CPU and BIOS chips, memory boards and any other circuit boards (e.g. modem, video, sound), clock battery and [...]
Have you ever been confused what all these terms mean and what they go to? No worries we can help with that. 1) The speed of the CPU is measured in Hertz. The older systems were going in the 200 -> 800 Khz, and we thought that was wondrous. Today’s systems, and I [...]
There are a number of free good anti-viruses online including AVG, Malwarebytes, and Avast. Below are safe links where you can download anti-virus software absolutely free. -Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (from Download.com) -Avast (from Download.com) -Adaware (from Download.com) -AVG 2011 (from Download.com)
Safe Mode is a "fail safe" type of boot where a lot of the normal entities that normally get started do not under a Safe Mode boot. This will allow you to get to either a DOS prompt or Windows even when a program is corrupting your system and/or you have incorrectly configured something. You [...]
So you may have came in and we mentioned An OS or you may have asked a friend and they say you might have a bad OS. What is an OS? How does it help you? Let us help you out with those questions. The Operating System (OS) is the software that runs [...]
Have you ever been caught up with all the computer lingo. Well you have nothing to worry about now. We have broken down all of these terms to try to help you out. ACRONYMS AC = alternating current – house type electricity (~110 volts) AGP = Accelerated Graphics Port – a fast video interface [...]
Dell Inc. is a multinational Corporation that sells, develops, and supports computers, computer accessories, and software. The company was founded by Michael Dell in the years spanning 1984-1985 with the name ‘PCs Limited’ before changing the name to Dell Computer Corporation in 1988 before finally becoming Dell Inc. in 2003. Today, Dell is one of [...]
At Micro To Go we try to help the customer. Our Slogan says it all electronics made easy. With that we have a break down of computers for you. Computers can be intimidating but with this walk through it should make it a bit easier. Computer systems as low as $369 Hard Drives for $79 [...]
What is a device driver? It is a program that allows the computer to interact with a device. If you are missing a driver the task you are trying to perform will not work as well if it works at all. Drivers give commands to the device. So knowing that the drivers are important you [...]
Having a failing Hard Drive is a serious issue. Some signs that you can look for are a clicking noise or the computer slowing down immensely. It can also hit quick and with no signs. When that goes out so does the memories or important documents that you have on the computer. To prevent this [...]
