Thinking Out of the Box and Into the Fish Tank
It’s nice to see that some guys in the computer world are thinking out of the box and into the fish tank. The guys at Puget Custom Computer’s have designed and build a custom pc submerged in mineral oil. We’ve heard of computers being cooled by vegetable oil but they were all very crude looking. [...]
How to Clear the Cache in your Xbox 360
Want to perform maintenance on your Xbox 360 storage device? In the Dashboard go to System then Memory. Once you are here, press X,X,Left Bumper, Right Bumper, X,X. Once you do this a blade will pop up saying: “This will perform maintenance on your Xbox 360 storage devices. Do you want to continue? Pick yes [...]
Easy Optical Mouse Prank to Play on your Friends
Check out this cheap and easy trick you can play on your friends and family. You’ll need tape and an optical mouse. Once your friends figure it out, they will just feel silly. If your friends can’t figure out what’s wrong, you should worry.
How to Make Sure Your CPU is Stable When Overclocking
Computers are all about speed, so it is no surprise than many more advanced users like to “overclock” their computers, especially the processor. Overclocking is basically just increasing the speed of the processor to make it faster. This has a few bonuses, as well as a few drawbacks. The biggest drawback is heat because, obviously [...]
How to Monitor Your Computer Temperatures
Everyone knows that computers generate quite a bit of heat. Obviously, that heat is bad for the computer if it is too hot, so, it makes sense that you should want to keep an eye on your computer temperatures. Probably the most important piece of hardware to monitor the temperature of is your CPU, or [...]
Windows 98 is NOT dead yet
With all the talk about Microsoft not supporting Windows 98 or older PC hardware, one would think that if you are using a Windows 98 PC you’re in trouble. This couldn’t be more untrue. It just takes a little understanding on how Windows 98 works to get the OS running and doing everything Windows XP [...]
Common Windows XP Myths
This article lists the most common Windows XP myths and also shows why they are just that… myths. When I sneeze Windows XP crashes… Yes, a lot of the naysayers who say Windows XP crashes a lot are actually over-zealous Apple/Linux users. These people like to scare unsuspecting people that worry their Windows XP will [...]
More Cardboard Computer Pictures
More Cardboard, sadly this motherboard was too tall for every case I had laying around.