Category Archives: Hardware

Problems pertaining to hardware

How to revive a drained Lithium Ion Laptop Battery

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Jack

Many of us that have owned a laptop have noticed that their battery eventually just does not last as long. In my case I was cleaning out some of my hardware stockpile and came across an old Dell Inspiron 2650 … Continue reading →

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LCD touch screen calibration on a Savin copier

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Jack

While setting up a network at an office, the owner asked if I knew anything about copiers, I should have said no! The LCD touch screen calibration was way off, you basically had to touch below and to the right … Continue reading →

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Paper jam on a Samsung CLP-315

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Jack

When attempting to print on this unit, it would immediately paper jam with about half an inch of the paper making it past the top roller and sticking out. At first i thought it was the top roller not grabbing … Continue reading →

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No sound on a HP DV6000

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Jack

I came across a HP DV6000 that was having an issue where the sound was not working. A re-install of the factory Vista operating system did not help and in fact the sound hardware was not even showing up in … Continue reading →

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