Just taking this beautiful MacBook Pro to the next level. Installation of 8GB of RAM.

Jason’s AMD Beast System Specs: COOLER MASTER Elite RC-310-OWR460 Black SECC 460 W Power Supply AMD Phenom II X6 1035T Thuban 2.6GHz Thermaltake A4022 92mm CPU Cooler 2 – COOLER MASTER SickleFlow 120 ASUS M4A88T-M AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM HD Future plans include a 2 GB Graphics card; overclock; more efficent cooling; and perhaps a new...

This Dell Latitude E6400 was running very slow and core temp was showing the processor near 160 F. Now we all know laptops run a bit warmer  than desktops but this is insane. With enough experience with these machines the first thing I did was separate the heat sink from the processor. Sure enough the thermal paste was dry like the desert, and flaked off like a dry scab. This is definitely why the system was running slow… Why...

This HP Pavillion a720n was on its death bed… Took over 8 minutes to boot before I got my hands on her. Tons of dust clogged the fans too. It looked like the processor heat sink had a fur coat underneith the fan. What’s funny though, is this is not the worst that I’ve seen. Plan of action: Full Clean (remove all panels & fans) Reassemble Copy user information Wipe and reload Windows XP Install all drivers, and...

This poor Compaq wouldn’t boot at all! Bad HD, but a new 1 TB HD loaded with Windows 7 ultimate did the trick… Also threw in a deep cleaning to finish her off. Disassemble, clean, and re-assemble Install new 1TB HD Install Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit Install all drivers, and Windows updates Install all users requested applications Overall the rebuild wasn’t too stressful. Taking apart a Compaq is never fun, but it went...

Another hot Dell Latitude E6510… Yeah, I’m no stranger to this subject that’s for sure. This will be quick and right to the point. User reported this system was “burning my lap” and running like “#$%!.” Damn PC to the rescue…. Core temp displayed 168 F after 15 minutes of idling… Thats just not right. The fan was pumping out air that almost burnt to the touch. New thermal paste applied,...