Keep your Laptop Screws from falling out with these simple fixes

We’ve all been there: that sinking feeling when you turn your laptop open and a screw goes bouncing across the floor. A lost screw can be frustrating to deal with, especially if your laptop uses proprietary screws, for which sourcing a replacement can be a near impossibility. Exposed screw holes can also allow dust, grime, …

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iPhone Gets Hot on a Wireless or MagSafe Charger? Try this

While Apple has designed your iPhone to remain within safe temperatures when charging wirelessly, excessive heat can slow down your iPhone’s charging speed or, worse, degrade its battery life. If your iPhone gets too hot on a wireless or MagSafe charger, follow the steps listed in this guide to prevent it from overheating. Why does …

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Where is the SIM Card slot in the Samsung Galaxy Watch

Where is the SIM Card slot in the Samsung Galaxy Watch?

If you’ve recently purchased the regular, classic, or pro variant of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 or 5 LTE, then you’ll be curious to know where the sim card slot of your Galaxy Watch is. Cellular models of the Galaxy Watch can connect to mobile networks independent of a smartphone, and to do this, they …

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Is your Galaxy Watch 4 overheating? These fixes worked for us

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 is a popular fitness-focused smartwatch powered by WearOS. We’ve noticed several reports of the Galaxy Watch 4 overheating, with users complaining of discomfort and minor burns while wearing it. Our retail 40mm model with LTE was also prone to frequent overheating during calls and occasionally while charging, so we decided to …

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How to replace thermal pads on a GPU?

Graphic cards can get pretty toasty when pushed hard in games and professional workflows. Using thermal interface materials like paste and pads is essential to their operation. However, GPUs run in poor conditions tend to build up gunk and dirt inside, which degrade thermal pads and affect their ability to conduct heat from critical components …

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How to connect SAS hard drives to your PC

You can often find cheap SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) drives online, thanks to their use in enterprise environments, where drives need to be upgraded periodically for better reliability. However, one downside to buying them is their lack of compatibility with consumer hardware. It’s easy to mistake these drives for more common SATA (Serial ATA) drives …

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