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Areas of expertise: PC Hardware, Peripherals, Barcode Scanners, Printers, and Applications, Networking, Microsoft Applications. I am good at researching issues and have a lot of contacts in the IT industry. So, if I can't directly answer a question I can likely find the answer. Areas I won't be much help in: Apple Computers, Linux, older Networking technologies like Token Ring, or Thick/Thinnet.

Experience in the area

I'm currently a Network Administrator for a contract circuit board manufacturer in Oregon, USA. I've been working on PCs from a hobby standpoint for better than 25 years. I've been doing it professionally for 4 years.

Education/Credentials

A+ Certification, Network + Certification, MCP, MCDST, MCSA (in process)

What do you like about this subject?

I've always enjoyed troubleshooting issues and working with my hands so I'm definitely more of an hands on technician. Programming or general coding would drive me mad in short order. I've also always liked being involved with new technology.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

I plan on furthering my certifications and experience in all hardware related aspects of IT. I will also likely start getting more Networking and Server level skills and moving into a Systems Administrator role.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Computers are possessed! If you're a PC Technician you're also part Witch Doctor. If you manage to fix something, don't knock yourself out trying to figure out why it happened, just settle for it being fixed. Sometimes weird things just happen.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

Just the usual Apple/Linux vs. Microsoft/PC debates. Both sides have their die-hard followers who will never change their minds about what they prefer. I personally am on the Microsoft/PC side of things but I'll give the other guys their kudos. Both sides have their definite advantages and strong points.

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Recent Answers from Mike

2009-11-21 hi mike its me sinan again got a question:

It sounds like your floppy disk drive has failed so that is why that message is coming up. You can either ignore it and just press F1 to continue each time you turn the computer on or you can disable

2009-11-20 Dell Motherboard:

Unfortunately there's literally a couple dozen different possible motherboards that Dell has used in that line of desktops so I can't give you an exact answer. You can check the list of compatible

2009-11-19 Appropriate power supply?:

I'd say your selections are pretty solid. The only thing I would recommend is actually switching your memory from 1x 4GB stick to 2x 2GB sticks. Oddly enough, because of load balancing in computer

2009-11-16 hi mike me again sorry:

The several links I have already sent you show you what the computer memory (or RAM) looks like and how to remove and reinstall it, including a couple YouTube videos. At the following link, under

2009-11-15 hi mike i done the things you said:

I am pretty certain it's the computer ram but it is probably one one stick. If your computer only has one stick of memory in it, then it is most likely bad. Your computer has to have ram in it, or

 

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