Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) can sometimes show small pixel-sized spots. You will see these spots as either white, black, red, green or blue dots. A free application we carry in our TechnologyTips Software Library to check for dead pixels is Dead Pixel Buddy. It is the color of the pixel that determines the problem or […]
If you’ve upgraded your computer display to Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), your old Cathode Ray Vacuum (CRT) monitor most likely collects dust somewhere. Sending it to the local dump is not so easy. It is a very dangerous item. Its CRT tube must be disposed of properly. Usually you can pay a small fee to […]
Flash drives are all the rage in the high technology world these days. These portable storage devices are based on flash memory, called also non-volatile memory. Translated into normal language: your data is stored on memory chips that can be plugged into and unplugged from different computers and devices. Flash drives are the new floppy […]
How to tell if you’re LCD is dead or just needs a new bulb? So you’ve had that LCD monitor or laptop for a few years and it has been working like a charm. Great, until one day, you see red. The sky is red, faces are red, you get the picture (or maybe not) […]
RAID helps kill weeds. That’s pretty useful. But a computer RAID is at least as useful. Hidden behind the acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks, it helps safeguard your data in case your hard drive goes bonkers and make your system – generally – more reliable. It’s used mostly by businesses that would rather […]