How to Diagnose Motherboard or Processor Problems. The motherboard and processor are two of the most important hardware components inside the computer. The various pieces of hardware inside the PC ...

I've got some nonresponsive silicon here, folks. I try to power it up, and no results. No fan, no beeps, nada. So my assumptions are that it's either the CPU or the MB. Power supply is fine.Now ...

Do you have enough USB ports for all the things you want to plug into your computer? Here are all the ways you can count them to find out an exact number.

Here are all the different ways to check what motherboard you have on your PC, including Windows System Information and CMD.

How to update the BIOS Different motherboards use different utilities and procedures for BIOS updates, so the steps highlighted below may be slightly different for you based on your motherboard.

After many, many years buying pre-configured machines I decided to try assembling one (although that is just part of the story.. I just didn't find a store with all the parts I wanted with the ...

Check your BIOS setting to be certain, and make sure your new motherboard’s settings are the same before fully booting for the first time.

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