Most PC owners today think their computers are disposable. When it breaks down, most people end up replacing it for a newer (more expensive) model.
By understanding what makes computers break down, you can add years to the life of your system.
The greatest enemy to your computer is heat. It causes the internal components and chips to wear out. Heat also lowers the performance of your system.
The first thing to check is the ventilation around your system. Many of the standard computer desks force you to place your computer in an enclosed cabinet. If your system is in an enclosed space, cut a hole in the back of the cabinet behind your cooling fan. This will allow it to draw cool air into the system. Your system should have at least 4in of space to the rear, with no clutter, loose paper, etc., to block the flow of air into the computer.
Make sure the top and rear of your monitor are also kept clean and clear of debris. Do not put paper, books, boxes, etc. on top of your monitor. You will notice ventilation slots in the top of the monitor case. This allows the excess heat to escape. If that heat is not released, you can cause excess wear to your monitor’s internal electronics. This can create color shifting, screen flicker, and failure.
The second thing you can do, is to clean the dust from the inside surfaces of your system. Do this at least twice a year and your monitor once every 2 years.
Think of dust as a blanket, which keeps the chips of your components nice and hot. The more dust, the hotter they get. How much dust is too much? How about .005 millimeters, or enough to barely see! That small an amount can raise the internal temperature of your components by 5%. Doesn’t sound like much? It is enough to shorten the life of your system by years.
The easiest way to clean the inside of your system is to use a vacuum cleaner hose. After you get all the dust you can that way, use a can of compressed air. You can pick that up from any Radio Shack. Spray all the nooks and cranny’s. Then blow the area around the system as well, to get rid of the flying dust. Then wait 5 minutes for the dust to settle and do it again, briefly.
Make sure that you clean the blades of the cooling fans. Clean the power supply fan, the CPU’s cooling fan and the case fan (if you have one) as well. If you don’t have a CPU cooling fan (some early Pentium’s didn’t come with them) then get one. They cost $5-$10, and plug into the power cords for your floppy drives.
That can of air will come in handy cleaning the keyboard as well. Vacuum first, and then blow the remainder out. Be careful to never spill any liquids into your keyboard, and with regular cleaning, you will add years to the life of your keyboard as well. If your children use your computer, consider going to the office supply and getting a keyboard cover. You can take it off for yourself, but it will keep any accidents from banning your children from your computer.
What I am about to tell you, can keep you from replacing your hard drive every 2 years (or less!).
First, hard drives were designed to be mounted flat. You can’t turn a hard drive on its side, and expect the bearing to last more than a couple of years. In 90% of the replacements on computers under two years old, the hard drive has been mounted on its side, usually for space considerations. This puts excess pressure on a small part of the bearings of the hard drive. By mounting the unit flat, the weight of the disk in the hard drive is distributed evenly over the entire surface of the bearing. This reduces the wear on the unit, and promotes long life.
Second, when HD’s are placed above other heat generating devices or are sandwiched in between various parts without any circulation room, they fail more often.
Remember that your hard drive has a motor and moving parts. All of which generate heat. The more room your system has to circulate the heat, the better your system will run. The easier the excess heat can be vacated from the system, the longer it will last.
Check to see that your hard drive is mounted flat. All you will need to open up your system’s case is a Phillips head screwdriver (the plus sign tip) and sometimes a standard screwdriver. If you find that your hard drive is mounted on it’s side, check to see of you have some spaces available under the floppy drives and CD-ROM. If you need to move the other drives up, that’s ok.
Today’s computers all use modular components, socketed cables and power cords. They are very easy to work on. If you are careful, there is little chance you will damage your system. Never force anything! Also, if it’s winter, remember to touch a doorknob to discharge any static you may have built up. If you don’t feel comfortable doing this work yourself, go to your local library or bookstore. There are all kinds of books available that can guide you through the remounting process. It’s not rocket science! If you can turn a screwdriver, you can clean, repair and maintain your system.
Last, if you have a vent designed for a case fan, by all means get one! They are cheap at $10 and can add years to the life of your system.
Allow your computer room to breathe, and keep it clean inside, and it will be around for many years to come.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
gOS (Good OS)
About Good OS
Founded in early 2007, Good OS is an operating system software company based in Silicon Valley, California, USA and Taipei, Taiwan. Our mission is to enable cloud computing through software.
Products
Good OS currently has two products:
* Cloud - A browser operating system for web, email, and chat, and toggling into a different operating system such as Windows or Android.
* gOS - Currently at its third major release, gOS 3 Gadgets is a full desktop operating system perfect for desktops and notebooks.
History
On November 1, 2007, Good OS debuted its first product, gOS, a Linux operating system for consumers, at Wal-Mart stores on the widely publicized $199 Everex gPC.
Since its debut at Wal-Mart stores, gOS has been developed into its third major release–gOS 3.0 Gadgets featuring widgets powered by Google Gadgets–and has been pre-installed with additional PC OEM's on desktops, notebooks, netbooks, and shipped across more major distribution channels such as Circuit City, CompUSA, NewEgg, TigerDirect, and more.
In December 2008, Good OS announced its second product, Cloud, a small browser operating system, to be shipped on the GIGABYTE Touch-screen Netbooks which will run Cloud and Windows XP together.
In January 2009, Good OS released gOS 3.1 Gadgets, an updated version of its Linux operating system with an improved user experience.
Philosophy
Good OS's mantra is "Be good" because of our goal to be a good partner to PC companies, and to make good software for PC users.
Features :
Google Gadgets
Enjoy a desktop full of live, personalized data
Google Picasa with WINE 1.0
gOS 3.1 pre-installs WINE 1.0, which makes it capable of running some Windows software. For example, Google Picasa for Linux runs like it does on Windows thanks to WINE 1.0.
Google Mail and Calendar
Easy to use mail and calendar programs that are totally web-based so you can take it anywhere
Google Documents, Spreadsheets, and Presentations
Great web-based office suite that can open Microsoft Office document formats and PDFs
3D Window Switcher
Special desktop effects make gOS 3.1 even cooler and more fun to use
Google Desktop Search
Find files fast with desktop search
Mozilla Firefox
The world's best web browser
Open Office
A full productivity suite for when you're offline or need advanced functions
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Make Faster Browser with Page Speed 1.4
What is Page Speed?
Page Speed is an open-source Firefox/Firebug Add-on. Webmasters and web developers can use Page Speed to evaluate the performance of their web pages and to get suggestions on how to improve them.
How does Page Speed work?
Page Speed performs several tests on a site's web server configuration and front-end code. These tests are based on a set of best practices known to enhance web page performance. Webmasters who run Page Speed on their pages get a set of scores for each page, as well as helpful suggestions on how to improve its performance.
Why should you use Page Speed?
By using Page Speed, you can:
* Make your site faster.
* Keep Internet users engaged with your site.
* Reduce your bandwidth and hosting costs.
* Improve the web!
Download add-ons Page Speed 1.4
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Make your Laptop a Hot spot
Maybe there is not yet know if the wifi facility on your laptop can be used as a wireless router to create a hotspot despite its "so-invented". It does not reach far, but certainly cool if you could share internet connection from our laptop with friends. so enjoy browsing together. Especially if more hanging out waiting for something or a blank may be more meetings with clients at any place and there is no facility free hotspots.
What was needed was just:
* wifi Notebook
* Personal Internet connection
generally adhoc network settings between the laptop / PC we (the internet connection) with the devices to other wifi. seemed right for 3G connection sharing, rather than buying a special wireless router 3G is really expensive.
weaknesses, this sharing method can not be used for sharing the Blackberry to WiFi and to connect to the PSP. But for PDA with Windows Mobile base has succeeded. If there is nemu please share how to operate trick to me.
This is a video from YouTube where he was sharing with nunjukin how to use Vista, Mac, and XP. Besides videos, there are also tutorials from Mr. Bill Gates about setting Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) in XP. Check it
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What was needed was just:
* wifi Notebook
* Personal Internet connection
generally adhoc network settings between the laptop / PC we (the internet connection) with the devices to other wifi. seemed right for 3G connection sharing, rather than buying a special wireless router 3G is really expensive.
weaknesses, this sharing method can not be used for sharing the Blackberry to WiFi and to connect to the PSP. But for PDA with Windows Mobile base has succeeded. If there is nemu please share how to operate trick to me.
This is a video from YouTube where he was sharing with nunjukin how to use Vista, Mac, and XP. Besides videos, there are also tutorials from Mr. Bill Gates about setting Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) in XP. Check it
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
how to speed up your browser firefox
type the following URL in your mozilla firefox browser: about:config
find the following config
first :
* browser.history_expire_days_min change the value to 10 (default 90)
second :
* browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers change the value to 1 (default -1)
third :
* network.http.max-connections change the value to 100 (default 30)
fourth :
* network.http.max-connections-per-server change to 20 (default 15)
fifth :
* network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server change the value to 8(default 6)
sixth :
* network.http.pipelining change to true (default false)
seventh :
* network.http.proxy.pipelining change to true (default false)
eighth :
* network.http.pipelining.maxrequests change the value to 8 (default 4)
ninth :
* network.http.request.max-start-delay change the value to 0 (default 10)
tenth :
* network.prefetch-next change to false (default true)
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Easy-Hide-IP v2.1
Easy-Hide-IP - Secures and Anonymizes all your internet connections and allows you to: Surf any Web Sites, Instant Messenger and Chat services, Web-based Email services, Newsgroups, Web Blogs and Forums. Your Identity is Secure, Protected, and Anonymized.
Easy-Hide-IP protects your identity by replacing your real IP address with a different one. You will appear to access the internet from a different location, not your own. Your real location is never revealed.
You can bypass virtually any form of censorship or internet traffic blocking imposed on you by your ISP, by your company, or by some other third parties. All your internet traffic is routed through remote servers. On your ISP's log file, only the IPs of the remote servers will be shown, not the sites you have visited.
You do not need to worry about your ISP or some other entities monitoring your internet activities, see what you are doing, which Newsgroups, Blogs or Forums you have visited and which messages you have posted.
Easy-Hide-IP Main Features
• Hide IP Address Easily
• Protect your privacy and anonymity
• Hide your location
• Bypass any form of censorship
• Nobody can monitor your internet activities
Easy-Hide-IP 2.1 kracked-BytePlayeR / SnD
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How to Install Mikrotik OS
Booting from Cd-Room:
after the boot process, now select Installing packages
There was a lot of packages,
each packet has a different function differently but there are also related,
to select all of his packages you can press "a", started to install the package press the "i", will appear:
* Do you want to keep old configuration ? [ y/n] enter Y
* Continue ? [ y/n] enter Y
After the system installation process begins,
here we do not need to make a disk partition because he will automatically create their own partition.
After the installation process is complete then we will be required to restart the system,
press enter to restart the system.
after that you are suggested to check a used Notebook,checking process was quite long, depending on the hard disk space used.
If you are sure it is still a good hard drive press "N" only, it checks the process takes a long time
after that ye be brought to the login page Mikrotik. Done with the installation process it. Read More..
after the boot process, now select Installing packages
There was a lot of packages,
each packet has a different function differently but there are also related,
to select all of his packages you can press "a", started to install the package press the "i", will appear:
* Do you want to keep old configuration ? [ y/n] enter Y
* Continue ? [ y/n] enter Y
After the system installation process begins,
here we do not need to make a disk partition because he will automatically create their own partition.
After the installation process is complete then we will be required to restart the system,
press enter to restart the system.
after that you are suggested to check a used Notebook,checking process was quite long, depending on the hard disk space used.
If you are sure it is still a good hard drive press "N" only, it checks the process takes a long time
after that ye be brought to the login page Mikrotik. Done with the installation process it. Read More..
