An engineer at work repairing a computer Image Credit: Wavebreakmedia Ltd/Wavebreak Media/Getty Images A thermal shutdown occurs when a computer case or central processing unit temperature reaches a critical level at which point the computer will automatically shut down to avoid permanent damage. There are a variety of factors that can cause your computer to […]

A CPU fan on top of the heatsink A CPU fan is attached on the top of the CPU heatsink and plays a crucial role in cooling down the processor. The fan cable is plugged to the special connector on the motherboard that allows a user to regulate the fan speed. Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) […]

You can split up PDF documents that have been scanned using Adobe Acrobat. When a paper document is scanned, you need to select a conversion format, such as PDF or TIFF. To convert a scanned document to PDF, you need a PDF writing program, such as Adobe Acrobat. Once the document has been scanned, you […]

Hands on a laptop computer Image Credit: amanaimagesRF/amana images/Getty Images The laptop fan is an integral part of the system, responsible for keeping the internals of your laptop cool under pressure. Without the fan, your computer would overheat in mere minutes, ruining an investment of several hundred (or thousand) dollars. Testing your computer fan requires […]

Image Credit: Poike/iStock/Getty Images The command prompt is a keyboard-based feature built in to the Windows operating system. The program has a long list of uses, like modifying network profiles or writing batch files that modify how other programs will run. After working with the command prompt for a while in a single session, the […]

Log in to your old RocketMail account using Yahoo’s free mail service. Image Credit: scanrail/iStock/Getty Images Yahoo Mail and RocketMail have merged into a single email service. While creating a new RocketMail account is no longer possible, you can still access an existing RocketMail account through Yahoo Mail just by logging in. Access Your Existing […]

A well-written passage can conjure images and convey emotions just as well, if not better, than a painting, so you may want to add text to a work of art or even a simple image you’ve created using Microsoft’s Paint application. By taking the text of a Word document and moving it into Paint, you […]

How to Create a PDF From a Word Pad File Image Credit: PeopleImages/E+/GettyImages If you’re using Microsoft Wordpad, the popular Microsoft Windows text editor and word processing tool, it’s sometimes useful to convert Wordpad files to PDF format so they can be viewed on more devices and be harder to accidentally edit. On recent versions […]

Visual Boy Advance is an emulator for the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance. Visual Boy Advance is a popular emulator for the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance. Visual Boy Advance allows you to play ROMs, or digital images, of games for either system on your computer. Properly configuring Visual Boy Advance will help […]

You can fix your LCD TV error. Image Credit: Dennis Fischer Photography/Moment/GettyImages The “PC Mode Not Supported” error is the result of a miscommunication between a Samsung LCD TV and a connected computer. Essentially, the computer settings and television settings are misaligned, and the picture does not display. Adjusting the settings to match the display […]