My Tech Adventures

As usb drives get bigger & bigger, you tend to store a lot of stuff on them to carry around making use of the protability. But, I don't know if you have noticed or not, as you keep moving your drives around, the contacts start to attract a lot of dust and all sorts of stuff. The usb ports have no protection from dust and the way they are designed and positioned makes it difficult to clean them especially when using shared computers in libraries or labs. Naturally, dusty areas will complement the problem. This can lead to a very shocking situation, in which, if you start copying your files from the usb to any other place, you can recieve a message that the file cannot be found ... you navigate to the drive's folder and there's nothing there ... don't panic ... just safely remove the drive and re-plug it ... you'll find the files there. So, here's what you can do: 1. Always keep the contacts of the usb connectors clean ... you can use a contact cleaner...

If you have been using TFT LCD monitors for quite some time, you might have come across different short-comings of LCDs including the inability to produce quality black levels and the performance of the tubes (CCFL). A CCFL Assembly Although these problems are being worked upon including the move towards LEDs for backlighting, you can still improve the performance of your LCD and extend its life as well. First of all, CCFLs are just like the normal tubes used in homes for lighting, a high voltage inverter circuit is used to turn them on and operate them. Just like the "tubes", LCD backlights have two shortcomings; limited start-up cycles and reduction in brightness with age. An ordinary tube-light However, the way to extending their life, also comes from the way ordinary tube lights work: 1. Set the brightness and contrast to 80 % from monitor controls. This helps the lights to start-up easily. 2. Use software to control brightness, c...