jd-inflames
Melodic Murderer
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JD's N00b Guide to PC Maintenence
Here is a quick guide for proper PC maintenence. This is the way that you can keep your machine running as fast as possible, 100% of the time
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Hardware
Most of those tasks are pretty simple. The only one you may find difficult is testing your hardware, and that takes some possible troubleshooting.
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Software
That really is all you need to do to keep your machine healthy. Sure there will be times when that isn't enough, but this is basically all the average user needs to know. I have noticed on several occasions where the computer runs, but not to its peak because of this. I will post more guides in here later on that I salvaged from BloodTech before I deleted it. I will post more later.
Here is a quick guide for proper PC maintenence. This is the way that you can keep your machine running as fast as possible, 100% of the time
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Hardware
- Clean all fans with compressed air
- Run temperature checks (Normally found in BIOS under PC Health Status
- Make sure all hardware is running properly
Most of those tasks are pretty simple. The only one you may find difficult is testing your hardware, and that takes some possible troubleshooting.
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Software
- Run LiveUpdate for Norton, or just update any Virus software you own
- Run Scandisk, Disk Defrag, and Disk cleanup (Click on 'My Computer', then right-click on your hard drive and go to properties. Do this for all hard drives.)
- Run a Virusscan
That really is all you need to do to keep your machine healthy. Sure there will be times when that isn't enough, but this is basically all the average user needs to know. I have noticed on several occasions where the computer runs, but not to its peak because of this. I will post more guides in here later on that I salvaged from BloodTech before I deleted it. I will post more later.