Showing posts with label Computer Troubleshooting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Computer Troubleshooting. Show all posts

How to protect your graphic card of combustion

How to protect your graphic card of combustion

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RealTemp is a temperature monitoring program designed for all Intel single Core, dual Core and quad Core processors. Each core on these processors has a digital thermal sensor (DTS) that reports temperature data relative to TjMax which is the safe maximum operating core temperature for the CPU. As your CPU heats up, your Distance to TjMax will decrease. If it reaches zero your processor will start to throttle or slow down so obviously maximizing your distance away from TjMax will help your computer to run at full speed and more reliably too.

 Features:

  • Reads temperature information from all Intel Core based processors. Pentium 4 processors are not supported. 
  • Ability to individually calibrate Real Temp for each core of your CPU.
  • Program is based on temperature data gathered using a Fluke 62 IR Thermometer. 
  • Test Sensors feature will check your DTS sensors for any sign of problems. 
  • Keeps track of Minimum and Maximum temperatures with full logging features. 
  • Reporting and logging of the Intel PROCHOT# thermal throttle activity bit. 
  • Quick, very accurate and repeatable benchmark.
  • Displays MHz, TJMax, CPUID, APIC ID and Calibration settings.
  • High temperature alarm and shutdown feature based on CPU or Nvidia GPU temperature. 
  • No installation or registry modifications required. 
  • Support for Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows 7 (32/64 bit)

    •  Download here

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    TestDisk 6.14 Powerful free data recovery utility

    TestDisk 6.14 Powerful free data recovery utility

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    TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery utility. TestDisk was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally erasing your Partition Table).

    TestDisk is a free and useful program which queries the BIOS ( DOS/Win9x) or the OS ( Linux, FreeBSD) in order to find the Hard Disks and their characteristics ( LBA size and CHS geometry). TestDisk does a quick check of your disk´s structure and compares it with your Partition Table for entry errors. If the Partition Table has entry errors, TestDisk can repair them. If you have missing partitions or a completely empty Partition Table, TestDisk can search for partitions and create a new Table or even a new MBR if necessary.
    However, it´s up to the user to look over the list of possible partitions found by TestDisk and to select the one(s) which were being used just before the drive failed to boot or the partition(s) were lost. In some cases, especially after initiating a detailed search for lost partitions, TestDisk may show partition data which is simply from the remnants of a partition that had been deleted and overwritten long ago.
    TestDisk has features for both novices and experts. For those who know little or nothing about data recovery techniques, the command line parameters /log and /debug can be used to collect detailed information about a non-booting drive which can then be sent to a tech for further analysis. Those more familiar with such procedures should find TestDisk a handy tool in performing onsite recovery.
    TestDisk can find lost partitions for all of these file systems:
    • BeFS ( BeOS )
    • BSD disklabel ( FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD )
    • CramFS, Compressed File System
    • DOS/Windows FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32
    • HFS and HFS+, Hierarchical File System
    • JFS, IBM´s Journaled File System
    • Linux Ext2 and Ext3
    • Linux Raid
      • RAID 1: mirroring
      • RAID 4: striped array with parity device
      • RAID 5: striped array with distributed parity information
      • RAID 6: striped array with distributed dual redundancy information
    • Linux Swap (versions 1 and 2)
    • LVM and LVM2, Linux Logical Volume Manager
    • Mac partition map
    • Novell Storage Services NSS
    • NTFS ( Windows NT/2K/XP/2003 )
    • ReiserFS 3.5, 3.6 and 4
    • Sun Solaris i386 disklabel
    • Unix File System UFS and UFS2 (Sun/BSD/...)
    • XFS, SGI´s Journaled File System
    PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost pictures (Photo Recovery) from digital camera memory and lost files including video, documents and archives from Hard Disks and CDRom. PhotoRec ignores the filesystem and goes after the underlying data, so it´ll work even if your media´s filesystem is severely damaged or formatted. PhotoRec is safe to use, it will never attempt to write to the drive or memory support you are about to recover from. Recovered files are instead written in the directory from where you are running the PhotoRec program.

    PhotoRec is free, this open source multi-platform application is distributed under GNU Public License. PhotoRec is a companion program to TestDisk and is included in the download.
    Downloads available for DOS, Linux, Mac OS X are located on the developer´s download 

    Download TestDisk 6.14

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    My Program Won’t Start. What Can I Do?

    My Program Won’t Start. What Can I Do?

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    Your personal computing experience could become lot easier and convenient if you know how to deal with the programs and applications that you use on a regular basis. More specifically, when they don’t work at all or don’t work the way they should, and you can take few relatively easy technical steps to bring them back to life. In this case, when you program won’t start, it is far better than having a computer that won’t start. At least we can access the computer to solve this problem.

    You could face many different scenarios when it comes to babysitting your computer programs and applications; some programs may have worked for a while and then stopped and some could be more stubborn – don’t work at all from the very beginning.

    Additionally, I have seen many cases when a particular program works today and then will not work tomorrow and then back to normal the very next day! This sort of sporadic behavior is quite common with regards to several widely used programs as well. For example, Adobe Flash Player fits perfectly into this category. As far as my personal experience is concerned, I end up re-installing it every other week to be able to get my work done on the internet.

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    DirectX Error – Failing to Load DirectX

    DirectX Error – Failing to Load DirectX

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    Avid gamers, who love playing games on their PC, sound composers regularly employing enhanced multimedia functionalities through software to create magnificent sound effects, or 3D animation designers producing unbelievable animation movies, would often require hi-performance DirectX functionalities enabled in their PCs to get best results. Therefore coming across a DirectX error is very annoying.

    What is DirectX?

    DirectX is a combination of Microsoft’s Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that provides enhanced capabilities while running multimedia based applications like computer games, or sound processing applications. In simple term, DirectX boosts up the power of your PC’s multimedia functionalities like video, animation and sound processing by optimum utilization of your PC’s hardware resources, in order to provide you with better gaming or multimedia experience.

    DirectX is actually a 7-in-one combo that includes – Direct Draw (for 2D gaming), Direct3D (for 3D graphics), DirectSound (for 2D sound), DirectSound3D (for 3D sound), Direct Music (for Music), DirectPlay (for networked based multiplayer gaming), and DirectInput (for input device support like joystick). Depending on the type of DirectX application you launch – the corresponding module will come into effect in your PC, creating the platform for the application to run with full force.

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    My Computer Doesn’t Recognize My USB Device – What Can I Do?

    My Computer Doesn’t Recognize My USB Device – What Can I Do?

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    USB stands for Universal Serial Bus, and USB devices are those devices that use USB ports to send and receive data. This line of devices achieved huge popularity in the IT industry after getting their roots in the early part of 1990s. Before that, we had no other option than to settle with troublesome serial and parallel port configurations, in establishing communications with auxiliary devices like keyboard, mouse, external storage drive or a digital camera for example. Stable connection, simple integration and no need for a separate power supply are some of the key factors contributing to this massive acceptability and demands – USB devices are enjoying today.

    As nothing is perfect in this world, USB ports and devices can also pose major concerns occasionally when they hide themselves and don’t get detected by the PC. Because of their wide range of applications and frequent use, the degree of frustration is often greater when they don’t show up. But, if you keep your cool, and try to sort out the problem, you can make them work quite easily – most of the time.

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    Basic Computer Troubleshooting Techniques

    Basic Computer Troubleshooting Techniques

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    If the problem is resolved, chances are you have identified the faulty component. For instance an Award BIOS code for a video card issue would be one long beep followed immediately by two short beeps. For instance changing out one memory module.

    As you use the process of elimination to track down the issue, check to see that the issue still exists each step of the way. Make sure that the computer is located in a cool room, there is not a build up of dust on the heat sink of the processor and all of the fans are working properly.

    Random problems are very difficult to troubleshoot. Having this information will be helpful to your technician. If there is a printer, external hard drive or other peripherals attached to your computer, it is recommended that you power these devices down at the same time that you shut down the computer. 

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