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Difficulty Moderate Steps 1 Time Required 20 minutes Sections Electrolytic capacitors in the timer circuit of a bathroom extractor 1 step Flags Member-Contributed Guide An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff. BackFan Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Video Overview Step 1...

If you want to run Linux on your Windows computer in a dual-boot configuration, consider installing Ubuntu. It’s a solid, user-friendly Linux distribution that goes out of its way to co-exist happily with Windows on your computer. In this guide, we’ll be installing Ubuntu 16.04 alongside Windows 10. These instructions should also work with Windows 7 and Windows 8. Download Ubuntu Begin by downloading the Ubuntu installer image. It’s called an “image” because it’s a snapshot of everything that needs to go on an entire disk, all in one ISO file....

If your concerned with data being read or recovered from your hard drive after it is sold or given away, we recommend trying the following utilities. These utilities remove all your existing data and make it impossible to be recovered or read. After your data is erased or overwritten, you can then reinstall Windows or another operating system. How to format a hard drive, SSD, or USB flash drive. How to erase my hard drive and start over?...

On legacy computers running MS-DOS, you can send the contents of a text file directly to an attached printer. Sending MS-DOS command output to a printer To print information from MS-DOS to the printer the ‘> LPTx’ command needs to be used after the command typed. This command tells the computer to reroute all information to the appropriate LPT port, x represent the port number. An example and most commonly used command is shown below....

Restarting a smartphone or tablet, also called performing a soft reboot, is helpful for the following reasons. Your phone was recently frozen or is currently frozen. Clearing your device’s cache can fix app errors. If you reinstall a program or app, restarting your smartphone is recommended. If your smartphone isn’t performing well or is often slow, you can do a soft reboot to fix speed issues. To proceed, select your device from the list below and follow the instructions....

A bad hard drive can cause an assortment of different issues on your computer. Below are a few of the possible issues you may encounter. It is important to remember that the issues below can also be caused by more than a bad disk drive. Errors when reading, copying, moving, or deleting data on the computer. Extremely slow. Operating system unable to boot. Other random errors or computer reboots. Software solutions Below is a list of diagnostic software designed to test your computer’s hard drive for errors and determine if it’s faulty....

Difficulty Moderate Steps 6 Time Required 10 minutes Sections 2 Battery 2 steps Screen 4 steps Flags 1 Needs Better Images Better photos will improve this guide. Help out by taking, editing, or uploading new ones! BackHP 15-af013cl Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Step 1 Battery Start off by flipping the laptop on its back....

Difficulty Moderate Steps 10 Time Required 15 minutes Sections 2 Keyboard Mount 5 steps Keyboard 5 steps Flags 0 BackHP Chromebook 11 G3 Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Step 1 Keyboard Mount Flip the laptop upside down so that the lid lies flat on the table. Remove the nine 6mm Phillips #00 screws that line the border....

Difficulty Moderate Steps 10 Time Required 15 minutes Sections 2 Keyboard 7 steps Battery 3 steps Flags 3 Bullets! Better coordination with markups and the color/type of bullets will help make this guide more clear! Member-Contributed Guide An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff. Better Introduction Improve this guide by completing or revising its introduction. BackHP Chromebook 11 G6 EE Full Screen...

Difficulty Easy Steps 5 Time Required 10 - 20 minutes Sections 1 LCD Screen 5 steps Flags Member-Contributed Guide An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff. BackHP Chromebook 14 Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Step 1 Nylon Covers Pry up the nylon covers at the lower left and right of the display to reveal two Phillips head screws....

Difficulty Easy Steps 4 Time Required 2 - 5 minutes Sections 2 Back Panel 2 steps Hard Drive 2 steps Flags 0 BackHP Envy Touchsmart m6-k125dx Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Step 1 Back Panel Turn the laptop over so that the bottom is facing up Using the J0 screwdriver, unscrew all 12 M2....

Difficulty Easy Steps 5 Time Required 5 minutes Sections 2 Side Panel 2 steps Video Card 3 steps Flags 1 Bullets! Better coordination with markups and the color/type of bullets will help make this guide more clear! BackHP Media Center 876x Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Step 1...

Released September 2011, identified by model number 110-3735dx Student-Contributed Wiki An awesome team of students from our education program made this wiki. The HP Mini 110-3735dx will not boot. If the indicator light, located on the power switch, is blinking white, your HP Mini 110-3735dx is in sleep mode. Try sliding the power switch or pressing any button on the keyboard or touchpad. This should wake the HP Mini 110-3735dx up, and you’ll see the screen turn on....

Difficulty Moderate Steps 3 Time Required Suggest a time?? Sections 1 Camera 3 steps Flags 2 Missing Prerequisites This guide is missing information on how to start the process. Make a prerequisite guide! Missing Details Some of this guide’s details are missing. Help users by adding tools, difficulty, or time. BackHP Omni 10 Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide...

Difficulty Easy Steps 5 Time Required 1 - 2 minutes Sections 2 Back Panel 3 steps Heat Sink 2 steps Flags 0 BackHP Pavilion 14-bk061st Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction The heat sink is an important part of any computer that disperses heat away from the CPU (Central Processing Unit). A faulty heat sink can put your CPU at risk of overheating, which can result in a system failure of the entire computer....

Difficulty Moderate Steps 15 Time Required 15 - 30 minutes Sections 2 Google Pixel 3 XL Opening Procedure 11 steps Fingerprint Sensor 4 steps Flags 0 BackGoogle Pixel 3 XL Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction This guide shows how to remove and replace the fingerprint sensor for your Pixel 3 XL....

Name: Gottfrid Svartholm Warg Born: October 17, 1984 Computer-related contributions Swedish computer specialist. Co-founder of the BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay together with Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde. Former co-owner of the web hosting company PRQ. Created the tracker software Hypercube (open source software under no specific license). Related computer pioneers Fredrik Neij Peter Sunde

The Windows operating system has a file directory structure that hasn’t changed much across major releases. You’ll find the core system files in the Windows folder, user profile data in the Users folder, and program files in the Program Files and Program Files (x86) folders. What about Microsoft Store apps, however? Unlike other desktop apps, Microsoft Store apps remain hidden in a secret WindowsApps folder. Windows limits access to this folder from standard Windows user accounts, so to view or edit it in any way, you’ll need to make some changes....

Android’s “Google keeps stopping” error is so random that it can occur at any time while you’re using your phone. You may see the error while downloading apps from Play Store, browsing around your home screens, or even using Google Search. If you’re sick of the error and it won’t go away no matter what you do, here are a few possible ways to fix the issue on your phone....