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Motorola Android Bluetooth Keyboard not pairing with iPad
I had an older Motorola Android Bluetooth keyboard that I decide to give my niece to use with her iPad. I figured it would be simple to pair it and all would be good. Turns out it was not so … Continue reading
Sleep mode failing on Dell Vostro 200
This was strange occurrence. I did a fresh install of Windows 7 and every time it went to sleep, when I went to wake it up, the case fan would whirl up at full throttle and stay on, the screen … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Desktop, Hardware, Windows
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Power issue on Lenovo Lynx K3011
This one was an interesting issue. The tablet works great, so I decided to invest in the docking keyboard. The keyboard works great too but then all of a sudden it would not charge. After some head scratching, a few … Continue reading
Posted in Battery, Hardware, Uncategorized
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Monitor shows out of synch
I have a LCD monitor, keyboard, mouse, and power cord setup that I use when testing and/or re-installing a desktop. Recently during a reinstall, the monitor showed “out of sync”, it’s an older Viewsonic VG150 and my first thought was … Continue reading
Posted in Desktop, Hardware, LCD
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HP Laserjet 1012 Windows 7 Driver
A friend recently bought a new Windows 7 desktop and when he hooked up his older HP Laserjet 1012 printer, it couldn’t find any drivers. He went to the HP website and it appears the printer is no longer supported … Continue reading
Posted in Driver, Hardware, HP Laserjet 1012, Printer, Windows
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HP Pavillion DV2000 black screen on boot up
A friend gave me a laptop because it was broken, older and they no longer wanted it anymore. Checking it out, I started it up and yes indeed it appeared to be broken, the blue lights on the media bar … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, HP Pavillion, Laptop
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SATA 2 and 3 not working on a Dell Inspiron
Recently I went to install a second hard drive into a Dell Inspiron 531. It currently had an existing hard drive and DVD drive already installed on SATA 0 and SATA 1. I figured simple enough, add a SATA cable … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Desktop, Hardware, Sata
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Power cord only charges the battery when twisted
I’m surprised how often I see people do strange things to make their computer work. One example is twisting the power cord on a laptop so that the battery will charge. The process of twisting or placing a book on … Continue reading
Posted in Battery, Hardware, Laptop
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Extending toner life on a Brother laser printer
First a disclaimer, do this at your own risk as it may damage the printer drum. Now with that out of the way, on some brands of Brother laser printers, the toner has a sensor on the side that tells … Continue reading
Posted in Brother, Hardware, Printer, Toner
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Paper Jam on a HP Deskjet 450
This seems to be a fairly common issue on this printer model. The paper will jam just as it passes the exit rollers. Sometimes the paper will skew with just one side feeding and the other side stuck. You’ll see … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, HP Deskjet 450, Paper Jam, Printer
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