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What is the best course of action if your power supply's fan no longer works?
Y. Dawne, Content Blogger
Answered: Feb 07, 2019
Replace the entire power supply. You cannot repair your desktops power supply; you can only replace it. You should not ever open your computer power supply or try to fix it yourself. If the...Read More

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Which type of computer component is supposed to be inserted into an AGP slot?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 05, 2025
Video Card

An AGP slot, or Advanced Graphic Port Slot helps to attain high performance levels and is derived from PCI specification. The AGP slot is only used for video card adapters.

1 Answer

540 views
Which universal command is used to access a computers CMOS settings?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 05, 2025
There is no universal way of accessing CMOS

1 Answer

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What is the most likely cause if you receive a parity error every time that you turn your computer on?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 05, 2025
Your RAM is bad

RAM does occasionally misfire, and is capable of making mistakes. This is not typically a big deal for a home user, but it can be for applications that are mission...Read More

1 Answer

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Which files are loaded when loading safe mode?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 05, 2025
The Keyboard, the Mouse, the VGA Driver

1 Answer

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What term is used for running your processor at a speed that is higher than the rated clock speed for that processor?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 05, 2025
Overclocking

Manufacturers of processors will guarantee a specific rated clock speed for their processors. At your own risk, it is possible to run your processor at a faster rate, a...Read More

1 Answer

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Which function key should be pressed in order to bypass both CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT during the DOS booting process?
Wyatt Williams
Answered: Jan 05, 2025
F5
F8

In order to bypass both CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT during the booting process for DOS, you need to press the F5 key. To selectively bypass one or the other, the F8 key would be...Read More

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Will USB devices disappear in the near future?
L. Sevigny, Doctor
Answered: Feb 21, 2019
The computer does not need to be restarted whenever you would place a USB device. This is a well-known fact because a lot of people use USB devices in order to save their different documents...Read More

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What suggestions may be helpful if when trying to burn to a CD-ROM, a user continues to get buffer underrun errors?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 05, 2025
1. Try burning at a slower speed.
2. Replace a broken CD burner.
3. Shut down all open applications.
There are actually a few different things that can cause buffer underrun...Read More

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390 views
What is the name of the process that is responsible for verifying who sent a message?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 05, 2025
Digital Signing

Public key cryptography can provide a reliable method for digital signing by using public and private key pairs.

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Which key should be pressed in order to boot directly into Safe Mode while booting your computer?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 05, 2025
F5

Pressing F5 while booting your computer will allow your computer to boot directly into Safe Mode.

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How does the CPU communicate with a device?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 05, 2025
It uses the device s I/O addresses over the address bus.

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Where is the inkjet printers printhead moved in order to keep the ink from drying out?
Mandy rawat, Marketing executive in printer company
Answered: Nov 27, 2019
The correct answer to this question is The Maintenance...Read More

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Which sockets are used for a 3.4 GHz Pentium 4 processor?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 05, 2025

Socket 478.

Socket 478 is a type of cpu socket used for intels pentium 4 and celeron series cpus.

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What type of RAM is this?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 05, 2025
SDRAM. The essentials exam may ask you to identify ram and these can be difficult because ram looks alike. SD-RAM is can be identified because it has 2 notches along the pins. DDR and SIMM...Read More

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