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Video Problems – Monitor or Video Card?

Recently subscriber Joe Tann wrote with a video problem.
Terry,
I need you help. Lately my monitor picture begins to occasionally on a random basis do the “shimmeys” (very thin lines of black spread across screen in varying bunches of intervals and the lines begin to vibrate but picture [...]

Preparing An Old Computer to be Recycled

Recently, Agnes Brach wrote to me with a question that, eventually, applies to all of us:
Hello Terry,
I enjoy your newsletter very much. I have a question that has been on my mind for a while. I have an old computer which i would like to recycle, but have absolutely no idea how [...]

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My Dell Notebook Repair Experience

My call one Monday evening to Dell Support was met with the ubiquitous automatic answering system, with the standard message that said something like “We are experiencing heavy call volume right now. The best time to call is Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm.” Of course, since this was the tech support group for Dell’s [...]