How to Change Your Laptop Wireless Network Card To Keep Up With The Joneses.

We all know that in other to get your laptop connected to a wireless network, or if you want to browse on the go,  you must have a wireless card installed in your hard disk. However, you and I know  that wireless technology is ever changing. Meaning that you will have to change your wireless card to keep up with the changes in the wireless industry, Let me show you how to change your wireless network  card to keep up with the joneses. 

• Turn your laptop off.
• Remove the old wireless network card from your card slot, following your manufacturer's manual off course. Your card slot should have a button to press and eject the card
• . Restart the laptop.
• Remove the wireless card drivers.
• Click "Start " "Run" to open a run window.
• Type "devmgmt.msc" in the "Open" text box in the Run window, then click the "OK" key. This takes you to the Device Manager Control Panel.
• Click to expand the Network Adaptors icon in the device tree.
• Click the driver icon you want to remove and click "uninstall" in the context menu.
• Follow the prompts to remove the drivers.
• Insert the installation CD for your wireless network card in  your laptop's CD drive.  The setup wizard starts automatically.
• Follow the prompts in the wizard.
• Place the new wireless card in the card slot. Depending on your manufacturer's manual, you may be prompted to insert the new wireless  card in the card slot while the wizard is running or after it finishes.
• Connect to your wireless network using the same information as with the previous wireless card to complete the process.

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• Amazon.com

That's a wrap  on  " How to Change Your  Laptop Wireless Network Card to keep up with the times."  Hope the above suggestions help you get through this exercise without a hitch.

cheers!

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How To Fix The Broken Laptop Key Back On

Conventional  laptop wisdom has it that when one of your keys on your laptop fals off you need to get a  new laptop. But what if it is possible to fix the key back o life? I mean look at this way. Why would you want to shell out $10-15 for a new keyboard over one broken  key. Here is howto fix the broken laptop key back on. But First:

Things You Need For This Exercise

• Tweezers
• Superglue

Now Onward to the Exercise:

• Gather all the parts of the broken key that fell off. For those who're not sure, the keyboard key consists of the keycap, (the part that you press down) and the key retainer( two plastic keys underneath the the keycap).
• Reinstall the key retainer without the key cap.  But before you do that, make sure the key retainer is not stuck to the key cap. If it is, remove it from the key cap.
• Now use the tweezers to gently snap the key retainer back into the metal casings in the keyboard.
• Snap the keycap back on the retainer. This should snap the keycap back in place with kittle downward pressure. If the key retainer did not pop off initially thn all you have to do is snap the keycap back in place to fix the ke.

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How Do I Replace My Keyboard?

You've been working on your laptop for a while now. But then suddenly the keys on your keyboard start falling off. You then say to yourself "oh oh! it's time to replace it. But how do I replace my keyboard?"  Let me show you how. But first:


Things You Need For This Exercise

• A replacement keyboard
• T-8 screw driver(star-shaped) or Phillips screw driver
• The correct RAM for your laptop
• ESD Anti Static Wrist Strap
  

Now onto the exercise:

To Remove The Old Keyboard

• Turn the laptop off. Make sure the adapter is unplugged and the battery taken out.
• Turn the laptop over.
• Remove the screws with your T-8 or Phillips screw driver
• Turn the laptop over again. Look out for plastic pieces or clamps tucked under the keyboard. If either of the two exist, remove them.
• For the plastic pieces carefully remove them with a toothpick
• If there are any screws unscrew them and remove the keyboard from top to bottom.
• You will then see a thin data cable connecting the keyboard to the system board. Take the plastic pick to connect the plastic connectors holding the data cable.
• Then carefully remove the data cable to completely release the old keyboard

To Replace The Old Keyboard

• Take out your brand new keyboard
• Slip the data cable back in between the plastic connecters on the system board. Make sure the data cableis all the way in.
• Use the plastic pick to re-insert the plastic connectors and make sure they are holding the data cable.
• Slip the new keyboard into place from bottom to top.  Make sure the screws line up at the top.
• Tighten up the new keyboard at the top
• Replace any screws that you removed. If there are plastic pieces that you removed, snap them back in.
• Now turn the laptop over and replace all keyboard screws
• Last but not least, put the batery back in, and turn on the power.
• The keyboard sould be ready to roll.

Tips:

• Each laptop model varies but the general idea is still the same
• Make sure you wear the ESD Antistatic wrist strap before you start working the laptop. The last thing you want is to be electrocuted.

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That's a wrap on "How Do I Replace My Keyboard." It may look a bit difficult. But with a little patience and persistence, you should get the hang of it.


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How to Change Corrupted RAM in Your Laptop

You are working on your laptop one day when all of a sudden, your laptop starts beeping like crazy.  Then the proverbial  blue scree shows up on your screen and you are like  "oh oh something is wrong here.  You try to run Photoshop and all of a sudden, our laptop crashes...kaput! Do you want to know the cause of your laptop's  demise? It's your corrupt RAM. corrupted RAM causes the applications on your laptop to crawl like a tortoise.  When that happens, remove your corrupt RAM immediately or else Memory Optimizer laptop could be  seriously damaged. Here is how to change your corrupted RAM.

• Run the memory test software to determine if your RAM is really corrupt.  Download Memagent Memory Optimizer or Memory Optimizer Expert to do the memory test . These two pieces of software come highly recommended.
• If you have multiple memory sticks, you need to test them individually.
•   If you establish your RAM is really corrupt, switch off your laptop and turn off the power.
• Depending on the type of RAM on your laptop, installl either SIMM(or single-in line memory module) or DIMM(duak in-line memory module)chips. You can have either a single 1 GB chip or a pair of MB chips.
• Open up your laptop with a + screwdriver
• Check the RAM slots for dirt. If you find any clean it out before inserting the RAM chip. Use a vacuum cleaner to clean the memory slots.
• Now open the RAM socket latch. The RAM  socket  latch should hold the RAM chips in place.
• Place the chip in the latch and re=clip it. If you hear a snappy sound it suggests  successful attachment.
• Next test the RAM installation. You can put the covers on but do not screw the laptop case on completely. Reconnect all your cables and turn on your laptop. Check your BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) . IF you are not sure, F2 or F8. And then check your "Control Panel, click on Sysyem and Maintenance to locate the RAM memory and make sure the  RAM you installed is reflected.
• Reboot your laptop. and  tighten all the screws. Hopefully your laptop should run with the newly installed RAM.

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That's a wrap on "How to Change Corrupted RAM in your laptop." Just follow the above instructions and your laptop should be up and running again.

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The Downlow on Changing Your Laptop Processor

Ask most laptop experts and they’d   tell you that changing a laptop processor (or CPU) is a breeze once you take the laptop apart. The tricky part about working on laptops is dealing with the delicate and smallness of the laptop components. So tricky that you could end up placing the wrong component in the wrong place. Lucky for you, most laptop manuals have detailed diagrams showing you, step by step where each component fits. The laptops manuals   furnish you information on the type of processor you need for your laptop. You have all the information at your finger tips.  So here is the lowdown on changing your laptop processor.

Things You Need For The Exercise:

•          Laptop Manual
•          Assembly Guide
•         New Laptop processor
•     Thermal Compound
•         Small screwdriver

Onward:

•         Turn off the laptop and unplug it.
•       Remove the battery, CD/DVD drive and the hard drive. In case you don’t know the hard drive is located on one side of the laptop
•         Use your screw driver to remove the screw that holds the laptop cover, and then pull the           hard drive out.
•        Turn the laptop over and then use the screw driver to remove the screws holding the keyboard.
•          Flip the laptop over, open it and then remove the keyboard.
•          Unplug the keyboard connecting the keyboard to the motherboard.
•         Unplug the heat sink fan.
•         Unscrew and release the old mechanism holding the old processor and then remove it from the laptop.
•          Apply a small layer of  Thermal Compound  to the  the new processor.
•         Make sure the processor is tightly secured and aligned in the processor compartment and then replace the heat sink  fan.
•          Connect the keyboard to the motherboard  temporarily , restart it then, following your manual instructions, enter the system BIOS.  Hopefully, the new processor should be recognized by the processor.
•          Once the BIOS   recognizes the new processor, turn off the laptop, unplug it and remove the keyboard.
•       Reassemble the laptop. Just don’t tighten  the screws to hard while putting the laptop back together.

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Well, that’s a wrap on “ The Downlow on Changing Your Processor.” The exercise is a bit challenging but so long as you take your time and get every component in the right place you should have no problem replacing your processor.

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Time to Replace Your CD/DVD Drive

You are working on your laptop and you decide pop a DVD into your laptop. When you pop the DVD all of a sudden you hear this strange noise. You are like ”What is going on here?” You try to pop in the DVD one more time and this strange sound rings in your ear again. Then a still small voice tells you ”It’s time to replace your CD/DVD drive. You need to get a new one.” Then you fire back with another question” What could possibly have caused it to make such a strange noise?” Then the still voice responds saying” Well, it could be a virus or that the drive itself just jammed.” So now that we’re through with the formalities let me show you how to replace your CD/DVD drive.

• First turn off the power on your laptop and pull off the power plug from the bag.. Unscrew the screws holding the case cover of your laptop and open the case of your laptop. You now have access to the screws holding the drive 
• Now locate the CD/DVD drive. Unplug the cable transmitting sound to the sound card and label ti for purposes of reference. Next. Unscrew the four screws in the side of the drive . 
• Then remove the power plug from behind the drive and disconnect the cable for the drive. Keep track of the location of the red wire . In some drives it connects to the power connector and in some drives it is adjacent to the connector. 
• Now that you’ve unscrewed everything, remove the drive jumpers and take note of the settings: You should see Slave Master, and Master Only 
• Now take your new CD/DVD Drive drive and set the jumpers on the back of the drive, similar to that of the old drive. 
• Reconnect the drive cable and align the red wire with the pin on the drive connector. 
• You then connect the power cable and slide the drive into the drive compartment and tighten it with the four screws. Finally plug in the sound cable you disconnected earlier. 
• Close the laptop screws and tighten the sides with the screws you removed earlier. Then reconnect the power cable to the laptop and restart the laptop. 

Well, that’s a wrap on ”Time to Replace Your CD/DVD Drive.” Hopefully you should be able to change you’re your drive so long as you follow the above instructions. So if you’re a laptop owner hoping to learn how to fix your laptop including your CD/DVD drive, Download Laptop Repair Videos.

What To Do When Your Laptop Overheats

You are working on your laptop one day and for some weird reason your laptop is placed on your lap. All of a sudden, you get this weird sensation that your thighs are about to catch fire. And then you scream out saying” Gosh, my thighs are burning up!” Well, I have good news and bad news. The good news is yours thighs aren’t burning up. The bad news is your laptop is overheating and your laptop is the cause of your laptop overheating. Overheating is probably the biggest threat to the survival of your laptop.  It can do serious damage to your laptop not to mention permanently disabling it. Oh! and placing your laptop on your lap or any other uneven surface accelerates the overheating of your laptop.  Let me show you what to do when your laptop overheats. But first let’s answer some pertinent questions..


First Question

How Do You Know Your Laptop is Overheating?

Anytime your fan is operating at an unusually fast speed, get worried. Because your laptop is heating up, the fan has to overcompensate by  over-spinning. As a result, it puts your hardware in harms way. Consequently, the CPU has to fend for itself by cutting down on its clock speed to escape the rising heat as well. And when that happens, it could cause the laptop to shut down to protect the hardware from further damage.

Next Question:

How Do You Prevent An Overheating Laptop?

Before  I answer this question,  please do the following

•    Shut down the laptop
• Remove the battery
•      Unplug the AC/Adapter
•      Make sure  your hands are dry to avoid electric shock

Now to the solution:

Clean The Fan

The first thing to do when your laptop is overheating is to clean the fan. The fans provide cooling to the CPU and the graphics card. Over time layers of dust and dirt build up in these fans causing the laptop to overheat. So here is how to clean the fan.

·     Carefully, clean the fan with a cotton swap dipped in a drop of alcohol. Make sure the laptop     has completely evaporated before you turn the  power on.

·         You can also use a vacuum cleaner to remove the dust and dirt which clog up the fan. But make sure your fan is not spinning in the wrong direction or else it could get damaged.

·         You can also use compressed air to clean the fan by holding the fan down.

·         Next you clean the exhaust port by sucking out air with the vacuum cleaner. The exhaust port is located on the side of the laptop and it is the opening where the hot air blows out of.

·         Next spray the intake grills with the same compressed air. The intake grills are the small openings where air is sucked into the laptop by the speedily revolving fans.

·         Finally, apply thermal grease  to the interface between the CPU and the graphics card.

Keep The Laptop on a Flat and Even Surface

Most laptops cool down through their behinds(or bottoms).  So if you put your laptop on an uneven surface such as your pillow, blanket, or your lap, the airflow into the laptop becomes disrupted, causing the temperature of the cooling air to rise and the laptop to eventually overheat. You can easily avoid this situation by placing your laptop on a flat surface such as a tray, laptop holder  or  lap stand 

Buy a Laptop Cooler

A  laptop cooler  will do your laptop  a lot of good as it contributes additional cooling to offset potential overheating. Make sure you get the right cooler  because the last thing you want  is a cooler merely sitting under your laptop and sucking air away from it. This of course will cause the laptop to overheat and we don't want that do we? Buying a laptop that blows air upwards will be beneficial as it will take care of problems such as intake grills at the bottom of the laptop. Or you can buy  a  passive cooler which does not consume power but absorbs heat. So the issue of rapid overheating does not arise.

Well, that's a wrap on "What to do When Your Laptop Overheats"  The laptop is prone to overheating due to a combination of external factors and user habits that threaten  the laptop's existence. However, so long as you follow these hardware suggestions and  treat the laptop with love and care, your laptop should live a little longer.




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