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Question from Brad: I have a really old Dell Optiplex 745 desktop computer that I absolutely love.
This machine has an 80 Gig hard drive and it’s recently started giving me problems.
These past few days when I turn on the PC the hard drive makes clicking sounds for about 5-10 seconds, then it finally starts booting up.
I know it’s the hard drive that’s doing the clicking because I removed the cover and listened to it. [Read more…]
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Saturday, August 5, 2023
• Be careful when shopping for a new Windows laptop
• How to prepare for your computer’s next hard drive crash
• How to reopen a browser tab you closed by accident
• Did you know lobster was once considered a “poor man’s food”?
Question from Oliver: I just read your article about replacing a hard drive with an SSD and I have a question about it.
I remember hearing that upgrading the graphics card in a computer can sometimes require a power supply upgrade as well because the newer graphics card will draw more power than the old one.
My question is do I need to be concerned about the power supply if I replace the hard drive in my computer with an SSD?
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Wednesday, July 26, 2023
• Be sure to protect your IP security camera(s) with a password
• Q&A: Can you put a DVD drive in a laptop that didn’t come with one?
• Q&A: How can I make Google always display search results in English?
• “Top of the World” – Remembering Karen Carpenter
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Question from Rita.: My son has been wanting a nice gaming computer and I’m planning to buy him one for his 12th birthday.
I looked at the gaming computers on Amazon and virtually every computer that came up runs Windows. It was the same thing at Best Buy.
My son has been playing around with Linux for a while and he really likes it. That’s why I’m trying to find a gaming PC with Linux on it.
My question is why aren’t there any gaming computers that run Linux? And if there are some, can you recommend one? [Read more…]