When you buy a computer or a PC peripheral, you should always ask the warranty that they give. Not all computers and their parts are sure to be functioning properly and to avoid the troubles of being robbed, warranties are the best way to be safe and secure.

There will also be areas to be covered such as the manner to which these parts were damaged. Some are damaged goods from the very first day that you bought them while others would operate fine for the first couple of weeks and then bog down. Normally, a warranty of 1 to 3 years is given and it is in these cases that you should make sure that warranty stickers and the actual receipt as proof of purchase should not be thrown away.

Rest assured, the store where you bought such peripherals will be more than happy to replace them. There are defective parts and while actual manufacturers try to control them, you can just imagine how hard it would be to cover over a million parts in production at the same time. There will always be some that would get away and

It is perhaps only in the movies that we get a glimpse of what a thinking computer would do as far as helping (or wrecking) people in their daily lives. Computers are helpful and fascinating but the value of human intervention is still a need to put everything in control. Yet despite seeing the catastrophe one computer can do, IBM people are playing around with the idea of developing a cognitive thinking computer to introduce to society.

IBM has won a $4.9 million government grant from DARPA to begin the first phase of research on “cognitive computing”- essentially building computers that work like living brains. The new brain-like computers will aim to process vast amounts of data to solve problems without relying on specific programmed algorithms. Mark Dean, Vice President of IBM said, “The challenge is that computers today are very good at computing, but what we really need is a more efficient way of sifting through information”

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So as far as the government is concerned, they are simply trying to make life easier and by having another help-type of an assistant to do some more advanced work as far

When it comes to fixing a certain part such as perhaps a PC video card, there is no doubt that they are getting cheaper as video card vendors are slowly coming out with new ones today. While many would consider buying a new video card, trying to make do with old ones (assuming they are still functioning properly), would be best done until the time you consider buying at least a brand new CPU with parts that are advanced than your new one.

There was a previous post before about changing the auxiliary fan of video cards for the time being while saving the cost of buying a new video card. The price disparity is glaring considering that a well-fitted auxiliary fan would cost about 10% of a brand new video card. With some changes to the fans, you may be surprised at how much you can save for now rather than buying a new one which may have cases as not being compatible with new motherboards once you finally decide to upgrade.

There is no doubt that some video cards and peripherals are flexible. In fact, you can go as

Let us travel back in time when the first Pentium was introduced in the market. Most of you may not be familiar with it but during those days, the Pentium I reigned supreme. Among their competitors were the 396 and 486 processors. I think there was even a 586!

One thing you will note though is that during these times, improvising was the measure of how effective a PC user or technician was. Trying to avoid replacing parts and discovering the tricks of malfunctioning computer parts was the craze back then and it took the help of only one simple item; a pencil eraser.

Yup, that reddish orange tip you see at the end was a very useful tool in making things work. It was recurring though. For example, a memory chip back then could be put to work by simply using the eraser to clean the teeth of the said chip. This even worked for video cards. While we are all past that, today, it does still work.

It cannot be discounted that slots would sometimes gather dust and for sure have a difficult time reading the chips to function properly. But look back again and try this trick out

When you get a new PC that contains the latest specifications offered in the market, you will always be thinking of speed. Normally, a new PC will perform up to par but if you notice, at some point it will deteriorate and slow down.

A lot has to do with the programs you install and use. The more programs you have on your PC, the larger the load will become. A PC user cannot help but install as they wish the programs that they have and normally it eats up space and adds to the usual processes that a standard computer has to run.

Once that happens, you can notice a decline in system performance. You may even think you have a worm or a virus inside. But while that would be a good conclusion, do consider the fact that there is such a thing as overdoing it when it comes to your computer capacity. No matter how large the hard drive may be, it remains that processors and memory chips also have their limitations.

That is perhaps the wrong notion that most people think. While it is apparent that some computers come out with awesome specs, they also have

Why do you need a PC? Well there are a lot of reasons and they would normally play around actual purpose for wanting one. Among the leading reasons would be for word processing or worksheet reports. Today, it has gone as far as programming and graphics designing. Hence, for each purpose, a particular kind of PC is needed. And normally, considering the cost of getting one these days, a PC buyer is expected to audit each spec to the letter.

It is really logical. Like for one, why get a PC that will not be able to meet your actual system requirements. A lot of it has to do with the software and programs you will be using. Some softwares need certain specs, normally higher than the conventional PC. And while that is a given, you cannot help but consider on how to be a step ahead as far as minimum system requirements are concerned. If you invest in a PC, might as well think long-term.

Some may call this approach as unconventional. Why buy a PC that is totally beyond what you need? It is really a case to case basis. Some people just want a powerful PC while