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Can some software physically damage hardware?
I know a question similar to this one has been asked before however it was about installing a 32bit OS on a 64bit laptop. My question is more....damaging.
I was wondering if there was a way of ...
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Can a power failure or forceful shutdown damage hardware?
Can computer hardware suffer damage from forceful shutdowns (holding the power button for five (5) seconds) or power failures?
I believe that normal PC hardware does not suffer from this - after ...
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Laptop water damage repair procedure
I'd love some advice in repairing a water-damaged laptop.
My girlfriend spilled a glass of water on her Sony Vaio and now it doesn't turn on...at all...dead! What steps should I go through to work ...
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Windows 7 UFD not responding after hard ejection
On a specific Windows 7 installation, I've got a USB flash drive that was removed while writing to it and since then on that specific machine the OS will not recognize it.
When I plug it in, it take a ...
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Water damaged parts, is there any chance of recovery?
I live in the Philippines and our house here was one of the many that was submerged by the flash floods that Typhoon Ketsana brought. We moved one of our computers from the first to the second floor ...
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How to avoid damage to ISO archives?
So had a problem where a 16GB ISO was damaged(likely my own fault using standard windows copy dialog instead of proper copy tool like robocopy with verification turned on).
It took several hours but ...
