Tips for Getting the Most Life Out of Your Laptop Battery by Eve Larson
As more and more people are becoming part of the mobile workforce and using laptop or tablet PC’s battery life is often a primary concern. Today’s portable computers use lithium-ion batteries instead of older style nickel-cadmium power sources. In addition to being able to hold a greater charge,... If you find that you are often using the computer with the battery at full charge while connected to the main power supply you may want to remove the battery. ... Keeping the battery fully charged while it’s at a high temperature, which is typical of conditions of a laptop that is always plugged...

How to Choose a PC Case by Gary Hendricks
One of the most important but overlooked components in your PC is the PC case. Selecting a good PC case is an important step in building your computer, since it determines several things. It determines the number of PC components you can have, as well as how well your system's temperature. ... Power Supply Most PC cases come with power supplies. ... My advice is to go for at least a 400W power supply. ... With more and more components being fitted into a PC, you will certainly need enough juice to power them.

Developing E-Government for Developing Nations; a Task Often Misunderstood by Lance Winslow
In the Industrialized nations we understand the importance of efficiency of our government, civilization, society and the systems that run them are paramount to us. That is a given. We understand the impact of computers and IT systems and the value of eGovernment in the United States and other... Disruption of power supply is a huge hurdle. ... There are often issues with Flooding, Weather, Civil Unrest and of course any government computer system will be amongst the Guerillas First Targets. ... What about the power supplies to run things.

Why Build Your Own Gaming Computer? by Nathan Holsing
The best way to get the gaming computer that you want, that will provide optimum performance is to build your own computer. If you think you do not have the technical knowledge or are not capable of building a computer you are wrong. I'm pretty certain that I could teach my mother (who has a... Just because a company gives them the best deal on a power supply that allows them to increase their profit margin on the computers they sell doesn't make it the best power supply. ... If you've ever wondered why your store bought gaming computer with the top of the line graphics card and ultra fast...

Building Your Own Computer: How Many Steps Are Involved? by Michael Quarles
In the space of this very short article, I’m going to tell you every step it takes to build your own computer. Why? Because I want you to know just how easy it is. First, you start with the motherboard. Before you install it in the case, attach the CPU, heatsink, and fan. ... Screws hold it in place, and it will take a wire from the power supply to run it. ... You’ll also need to connect it to the power supply using one of the four-wire leads. ... There’s no power to connect. ... It gets a ribbon cable, and the same type of power line.

Required Parts to Building a Gaming PC by Julien David
If you are new to building your own custom gaming computer, this article will introduce you to the main components that make up a gaming PC. These components will be the guts of your gaming machine, so you need to choose them carefully. Starting with perhaps the most important part of any... The power supply provides power to your PC. ... Case and Power Supply Pretty self explanatory, the computer case houses all your precious little components under one roof. ... RAM The RAM (Random Access Memory) in a computer is the memory that running programs rely on.

History of the Computer: Cooling, Part 2 of 2 by Tony Stockill
Computer manufacturers specified the heat load required to be handled, the required flow of conditioned air, and the temperature to be measured at the cabinet entry points. Most systems were installed on false floors, with a space of about 1 meter or 3ft below the floor. ... The computer user already provides a close tolerance power supply, sometimes at different frequencies, such as 400Hz instead of 50 or 60. ... He must also supply air conditioning with temperature and humidity gradients specified within tight limits.

Tell Me About Computers by Khal Nuwar
So you want to know about computers? The most important thing to remember, if you are new to computers, is not to be afraid of them. They are just another electrical appliance, and unless you do something drastic, I promise you they won't blow up in your face! ... Power Supply The power supply unit in a desk top computer is a component that converts AC voltage to DC. ... The Computer Case Computer cases are the outside casing of your tower, or box in your computer; these cases come in an array of different sizes and styles.

Building Computers: A Short History Lesson by Michael Quarles
In only a few years, the task of building your own computer has gone through remarkable changes, almost entirely for the good. It’s less complicated, and far less prone to the devilish sort of problems presented by certain steps in the process. One of the most notable improvements has to do with... Often, this great mass of cables had to be plugged into a cluster of ports on the motherboard that were all jammed together right beside the power supply. ... Building a computer required a lot more circuit cards back then.

Paper Records in an Electronic World by Edward Duval
In my fifteen years in the computer industry I have seen far too many businesses lose their data to realize data backup isn’t a fail-safe enterprise. We had a guy who owned an auto shop who brought his system in and said it was dead. We took a look at it and realized the power supply had... The CPU fan had also been clogged heavily and combined with the death of the fan in the Power Supply it delivered a fatal blow to the system. ... This is only one example I can give of one of my customer’s who relied too much on their computer systems.