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Entries for February, 2010

How to clean the cooling fan and apply new thermal grease on Acer Aspire 5315 CPU

This guide explains how to clean the cooling module and apply new thermal grease on CPU in Aser Aspire 3515 series laptop, but most likely this guide will also work for some other Aser Aspire models. In this model you first have to remove the CPU fan and then remove the cooler ( heatsink ).

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How to remove and replace the keyboard in a Packard Bell MX37 series laptop

This guide will help you to remove and replace the keyboard in a Packard Bell MX37 series laptop, but most likely this guide will also work for some other Packard Bell models.

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How to clean your optical drive

Today I will try  explain to you how to clean your optical drive. When I say clean I mean cleaning the optical part of the device, which is much more sensitive to dust and grime, than the mechanical part, which you will hardly ever need to clean. As maybe some of you know optical drives [...]

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How to Extend Your Laptop’s Battery Life

It is very annoying when the laptop stops working at the wrong time because of low battery. As you know, mobile computers are becoming more compact with every passing day. This also applies to their components as well as their batteries. Thanks to high technologies, the capacity of modern batteries has increased (compared with batteries [...]

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How to Clean a PC Power Supply

It often happens so, that after a certain period of time the old power supply becomes making strange grinding sounds. Usually these sounds are a precursor of the final stop of the cooling fan, which already poses serious risks. As you’ve probably noticed, over the time, a large amount of dust accumulates on the fan, [...]

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