My Computer Power Supply Blew-Up
About 7 years ago I was playing a game on my Windows computer that I built the previous year. I was having a great time playing a First Person Shooter game (forgot which one, I have played so many) online against other people. All of a sudden I heard a loud “POP!”, actually it... Read more
Virus Deleted All Folders on a USB Drive, Kaspersky and a Mac Solved the Problem
A couple of weeks ago a coworker asked me to help him with a problem. A virus infected his USB drive. The virus appeared to delete all the folders on his USB drive. I cleaned out the virus from the USB drive with Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009. There was still a problem; the folders the... Read more
The Main Hard Drive on my Computer Just Crashed Today
I was working on an experimental website earlier today when Vista slightly froze. It also gave a weird write error message that I have never seen before. I figured it was just some weird Vista glitch I had never seen in my life. I reset my computer. Suddenly the computer would not... Read more
Static Electricity Killed My Computer
I had been working for about a year with a computer company. I was given a computer to take home. It would be used to demonstrate my company’s PC hardware products. At the time it was a really nice computer with all the bells and whistles every computer gamer would want. My... Read more
No Power or Sound Coming From Computer Speakers
I was working for a computer multimedia company. My job for the day was to train the computer department of a national retail store. I was training them on my company’s speakers and a few other items. The store allowed me to take over a small room for half a day. I setup my... Read more