PC Hardware

General Hardware

• 10 Ways You Are Accidentally Damaging Your PC
• 32Bit, 64Bit, 128Bit
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• Batteries on the Motherboard
• Battery Acid - How to Clean
• Bits and Bytes
• Bits and Bytes Units Of Measurements for Data Storage
• Breath New Life into an old PC
• Build your Own Computer
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• Docking Station NVMe M.2 + SATA HDD and SSD Dual Bay
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• Explaining Computers.com by Christopher Barnatt
• Explaining SD Cards: 2025 Update - YouTube
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• File System Formats - SD Cards and USB drives can be formatted using the same File Systems: FAT32, exFAT & NTFS
• File Systems NTFS/FAT32/ExFat - Explained in Detail -
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• Hardware found inside your desktop
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• Ink Station
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• Laptop Batteries
• LaptopWhat to look for when shopping for a new laptop.
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• Motherboards
• Motherboard Sizes Explained
• Modems and Routers - How do they Differ -
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• No, No One Is Forcing You to Buy a New Machine - YouTube
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• Power Supply (Computer)
• Printers
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• Repair Manuals for just about everything
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• Samsung Galaxy A15 5G - Full phone specifications
• Should you Upgrade or Replace?
• SD Cards
• SD Cards part 2
• SD Card Format
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• Virtual Memory
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• Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
• Windows processor requirements
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Hard Drives

• 6 ways to check Hard Disk Health in Windows.
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• Allocation Unit Size on your Hard Drive
• AOMEI Partition Assistant
• Clone a Hard Drive using Hasleo This is a Free Program
• Crystal Disk Info
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• Don't make this common SSD firmware mistake
• Explaining Devices, Disks, Drives, Partitions & Volumes -YouTube-
• Fragmentation Defragmentation
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• Hard Drives
• Hard Drive Storage Explained
• Hard Drive Repair Tools
• Hard Drive Sizes Explained: Why 1TB Is Only 931GB of Actual Space
• How to Format a SSD
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• Long Term File Storage
• M.2 Slot Motherboard connector for SSD
• M.2 Solid State Hard Drives (SSD) - M.2 / NVME / SATA Explained
• Optimize SSD / Defragment HDD
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• Partitions; What is a Partition?
• Partition Wizard Portable
• Partition? - GPT or MBR?
• Solid State NVME Drives
• Storage Devices EXPLAINED!
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CPU

• CPU Central Processor Unit Explained
• CPU Socket types explained
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• AMD CPU Sockets Explained
• Intel CPU Sockets Explained
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• Intel CPU Name Change - i has been dropped
• CPU Central Processor Unit - See Which One You Have
• CPU - Core Temp Program
• CPU - Keeping it Cool
• Graphene thermal pad for AMD CPUs
• LGA1851 and LGA1700 Socket Incompatibility

Graphics (GPU)

• Display Port
• GPU - Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) Explained
• GPU aka: Video Cards
• Video Cards
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Connectors

• Explaining Display Connectors
• PC Connectors and cables
• HDCP - What is it?
• ------- USB -------
• USB Connectors
• USB Ports
• USB-C (USB4)
• USB-C cables specifications matter
• Thunderbolt
• Thunderbolt - High Speed USB-C -
• Thunderbolt-5 - Latest Version -
• How to Optimize USB Storage
• Safely Remove USB
• USB Device Not Detected
• USB Port Not Working
• Detect and Test for FAKE USB Flash Drives
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• USB-C CABLES SPECIFICATIONS AND PRICES
• $8 - .5amp - for charging small devices
• $11 - 20volt 5amp - best option for charging and data transfer -
• $15 - 65W 480Mbps - has multiple connectors -
• $119 - Thunderbolt 40Gbps 100Watts - for gamers -
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BIOS/UEFI

• BIOS/UEFI/CMOS What's The Difference?
• BIOS/UEFI video
• BIOS/UEFI/CMOS - How to Clear CMOS settings
• UEFI/BIOS Set Up Guide
• How to Recover the BIOS on a Dell Computer
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Optical Drives

• Optical Disk formats explained
• Blu-Ray
• Blu-ray the Last Optical Disc Format Ever?
• DVDs Ripping with Make MKV
• DVD Ripping Tools - WIN X DVD Ripper
• CD/DVD Burner - CD Burner XP -
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• Special Note about MKV Beta version. Requires a reg code to run which can be found at:
• Make MKV Reg Code
• If the reg code expires and you can't find a new one on the Forum, just change the date of your computer to an older date befrore the expire date.
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RAM (Memory)

• RAM - YouTube Video
• RAM - What Kind Do I Have?
• RAM What You Need to Know
• Memory and Storage Converter
• Computer Memory
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