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Q&A: Is it safe to ‘Undervolt’ a PC to make it run cooler?

Posted on April 8, 2024

Question from Cory:  I have a laptop with Windows 10 on it and it always runs hot. And it’s been that way since day one.

I’ve researched things I can do to make it run cooler but nothing I’ve tried has really helped.

The fan still runs constantly and the CPU temperature is running higher than it should according to the Core Temp app.

A guy I know who does IT work for our local hospital said I should try “Undervolting” the laptop to make it run cooler. He said it’s safe but I’m a little leery because I’ve heard that overclocking a computer can damage it.

I have several questions about this:  [Read more…]

Q&A: What exactly is ‘shared graphics memory’?

Posted on March 16, 2023

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Question from Melvin:  I need to buy a new computer because my 6 year old desktop has started giving me all kinds of problems.

I want to buy a machine that’ll last for several years and I’ve always had good luck with buying the more expensive Dells.

I’ve been looking at the Dell desktops on Amazon and this one caught my attention.

I’m fairly computer savvy but this line in the computer’s description confuses me:  [Read more…]

Q&A: Is is safe to replace a video card that literally burned up inside my computer?

Posted on December 2, 2018

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Question from Telsi P.:  I have a 5 year old gaming computer that came with a fairly weak video card.

About three years ago I replaced that original GPU with a MSI R9 390 GAMING 8G Graphics Card and it worked great until yesterday when it burned out on me.

And I do really mean BURNED OUT!!

This computer’s case has a see-through side panel and I literally saw the video card shooting flames.

I quickly unplugged the computer and removed the video card. One small section of the card was almost completely destroyed but there’s no damage that I can find anywhere on the motherboard.

The computer starts up fine and runs perfectly using the motherboard’s integrated video. My question is can I just replace the bad video card and everything will be ok?

I’m not all that concerned about the computer itself because I’m planning to replace it fairly soon anyway but I’d hate to burn out an expensive new video card by plugging it into a bad GPU slot.

Rick’s answer:  [Read more…]






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