Virtualization complicates the process of finding and remedying hardware problems, but a few techniques and tools can make the process more manageable. Although it's usually easy to troubleshoot ...

Open the Start menu, search for "Command Prompt," right-click the option that appears, and choose Run As Administrator. Paste ...

Gadget blog Tested explains how to stress test your computer's most important hardware—and likely pain points in a buggy system—in order to diagnose and fix hardware problems that can commonly crop up ...

We rely on a complex mesh of hardware and software for work and play, and any issues that arrive can affect our income and ...

When your laptop computer goes on the fritz, start your search for a solution with the usual suspects: the battery, memory modules, and hard drive. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace ...

I’m almost surprised I have to write this, but when my friends and roommates come to me with technological quirks to solve, I always hit them with one answer off the top of my head. And more often ...

Hardware troubleshooting can be difficult, but a methodical approach can do wonders. Here's how it's done at one of the world's largest IT services companies. Troubleshooting hardware and software ...

You’ve designed a new piece of hardware and populated the PCB for the first time. You connect power and turn on the supply only to notice that your current is maxed out and something is terribly wrong ...

Watch for these signs of trouble in your desktop or laptop computer. Viruses can cause issues that seem to be hardware related. Mouse, keyboard and Internet problems may stem from viruses. Installing ...

Linux Mint team developed new graphical troubleshooting tools to help you identify hardware and get the details needed for ...