computer hardware
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I gave my desktop PC a laptop dock, and it’s the best $30 I’ve spent on it in years
Back when I built my current PC in late 2020, I thought its six USB ports, along with the two…
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Your Ethernet cable can be damaged and still appear fine. I slowly mutilated one to prove it
My server kept throwing network errors, and I literally spent hours blaming everything else and trying to get it to…
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Why is my printer offline? (and how to get it online)
Your printer showing offline is usually a software or network glitch, not a dead machine. Before you panic, follow this…
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Intel decided what motherboards look like in 1995, and we're still living with the consequences
If you’re rocking a desktop PC, there’s a good chance the motherboard it’s built around is based on the ATX…
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Your SSD has a tiny computer inside, and it’s doing more than just saving files
SSDs are more than just flash memory chips soldered to a PCB. They’re still relatively simple designs, but they can’t…