What is this Clicking Sound When I Move my MacBook (Pro)?

MacBooks and MacBook Pros, like laptops made by most major vendors, are still installed with a good old HDD. When you move your Macbook, the HDD makes a clicking sound. It’s coming from the head as it moves to a safe position in order to protect itself from possible damage.
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Atom 330 Dual Core

Atom 330 dual core processors are made by Intel, and are basically two of the single Diamondville N270 cores. They are often found in nettops, where power consumption is of little priority, but they pop up in netbooks just as well. Whether they’re worth it or not is up to your own decision.
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Replacing Your Laptop’s Power Supply

If you’ve had a laptop for any length of time, you’ve found that one of the most frustrating situations is to have your power supply die on you. This might happen from dropping the computer on its side, or overheating and electrical issues, or maybe it’s just been worn out from excessive use. No matter how it happens it can be a bit of an annoyance trying to find a…
Read more...About the Laptop Video Card

Laptops are one of the most popular ways of starting out with computing in general, but they haven’t been like that before the 21st century. A laptop was a very costly solution, which were only available to those who made a living by being able to work on the go. Everybody else had to use desktop computers, and even those who could afford a portable computer had to put up…
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IBM Laptop Battery – Things You Should Know to Keep it Going

An IBM laptop battery just like any other lithium ion batteries out there are prone to deterioration and damage if handled without prior knowledge. Should you have an IBM laptop, reading this article will give you the basic knowledge about handling these batteries so that they have the maximum life expectancy. Lithium ion batteries are not nearly as easy to send south as the old nickel cadmium variations were. Basically…
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How does the Laptop Harddrive do it?

Hard disk drives have been around for a few decades now and though they still work on the same principals. A handful of decades passed and the technology is still the same but the interpretation has improved a lot. A 1TB hard drive is not out of reach anymore, it’s here and you can buy it reasonably cheap. Laptop harddrives are closing up on their desktop cuisines, though there are…
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6 Things You Should Check Before Purchasing a Notebook Hard Drive

There are a few type of notebook hard drives out there and picking the best is not always easy, at least without proper understanding of what they do and what types are there. This article tries to provide a quick checklist about what to look for when deciding to buy a new laptop HDD. 1. Is your notebook under warranty? Most of the notebooks out there hide the hard drive…
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The Secret Life of a 2.5″ Hard Drive

2.5″ hard drives are otherwise known as laptop hard drives, but you’ll see them sold separately the most as external hard drives. These external cases usually work with laptop drives because the currency USB can give is limited to 1A and since the voltage is 5V, it is easy to calculate that the maximum power a USB device can draw is 5 watts. 2.5″ hard drives are just like their…
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