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Q&A: Can I replace a bad power supply with one from another computer?

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Question from Larry G:.  Rick, I have a two Gateway Desktop computers, neither of which are operational.

One has a bad motherboard and the other has a bad power supply.

Can I replace the bad power supply with the one in the computer that has the bad motherboard? If I can I won’t have to go buy one.

The power supplies look exactly the same and have the same cables and connectors, but the working power supply is rated at 400 watts and the bad one is only 350 watts.

I read your post about replacing Windows with Linux and I’d really like to get one of these machines working so I can install Linux Mint on it.

What I need to know is will replacing a power supply with a more powerful one damage a computer?

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Q&A: How do I remove the hard drive from my laptop?

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remove-laptop-hdQuestion from Ethan K.:  Hi Rick. My uncle gave me his old HP Pavilion dv4 1123us laptop because the hard drive died.

I have a hard drive to replace it with but I can’t get the old hard drive to come out of the laptop. I removed all the screws that hold the hard drive in place, but one side of it refuses to budge.

Is there another screw that I’m not seeing? I’d really appreciate any help you can give me.

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Windows 10 reaches a major milestone: It now runs on over half of the world’s personal computers.

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Like it or not, the future of Windows computers lies in Windows 10.

After all, Windows 7 is scheduled to officially be abandoned by Microsoft in January 2020.

Windows 8.1 will be around for a couple years longer but it’s scheduled to be abandoned as well in January 2023.

Windows 10 has been slowly increasing its foothold in the marketplace for a while now, and according to the latest stats from NetMarketShare it’s now running on over half (50.99%) of all the world’s personal computers.

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