A burning smell emitting from your laptop indicates that your machine's cooling system is not functioning properly. If your laptop smells like something is burning, this usually means that your ...

A non-functioning (or improperly functioning) keyboard can be a sizable problem if you interact with your computer beyond just mouse-clicking. Writing, coding, gaming, composing, editing, or even ...

We’ve all experienced that magic moment when, after countless frustrating hours of experimentation and racking your brain, the object of our attention starts working. The 3D printer finally produces ...

The keyboard on Therese Gween’s laptop is misbehaving. What can she do about it? Too bad you own a laptop. Desktop keyboards are easy to fix. Just buy a new one (they can cost less than $15) and plug ...

This sample chapter, taken from Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, 2nd Edition, discusses how to fix some laptop and portable PC hardware problems. Troubleshooting laptop and portable PC hardware ...

Gaming laptops promise desktop-class performance in a backpack, but repair benches tell a different story. High failure rates, cooked components and batteries that give up early are so common that ...