If your headphone is only working on one side, it is commonly due to shorted or torn wires andmalfunctioning audio jacks. Sometimes, you may even need to bend the headphone cables in a certain way to get sound on both sides, but this is just a makeshift arrangement. The problem can occur due to misconfigured settings like different volumes on each side of the headphone. Nonetheless, this issue is relatively easy to fix if the software side of things is causing the issue....

An SD card is just a piece of removable media that you store files on. It’s like the hard drives you have in your computer, except that it’s smaller and more portable. They’re used in devices like digital cameras, phones, and tablets. SD cards come in three sizes:standard, mini, and micro. Each requires a different adapter type unless you have a hybrid SD reader designed to work with multiple kinds....

DayZ is amultiplayer, open-world survival shooter with zombies, crafting, and survival stats. If you have already survived too long in “Chenarus,” are thereother games like DayZ? Formerly an Arma 2 mod, the 2018 game enjoys over 30K daily concurrent players on Steam. It’s resilient, popular, and originally introduced the setting most survival games use. Particularly, DayZ puts you on a zombie-ridden open-world map that can hold up to 60 players. But the has evolved greatly, so let’s scavenge through thesurvival and zombie experiences, either online or offline, you may want to play....

After its introduction in 2003, Serial ATA (SATA) quickly overtook the industry to become the most used interface for storage devices until the early 2020s. SATA interface requires specific ports, cables, connectors, and controllers to communicate between the motherboard and the storage device. All these hardware components also underwent several improvements, which were documented as separate revisions. Here, I will talk about all the types or revisions of the SATA interface as well as their practical differences, especially in terms of the ports on the motherboard....

A mouse is your best companion when interacting with the computer in a GUI-based experience. Almost every task on your computer requires you to use a mouse. But what if your computer does not even recognize it? There are several reasons for a computer not recognizing a mouse. Reasons lie anywhere from faulty USB cables to outdated mouse drivers, and solutions can be solving the same. But before moving on to the fixes, you should know how to navigate on your PC using a keyboard....

Whether you want to configure a new disk or manage an existing one in your system, disk management is applicable in both cases. However, sometimes the disk management may not load or open properly. For this, you’re able to try a basic fix like restarting the system or the application itself. Here’s what to do next to restore disk management to working condition. How to Fix Disk Management Not Working or Loading There are several factors such ascorrupt system filesand external devices, that can stop disk management from working or loading....

Before you jump to getting a new hard drive for your system, you first need to know whether it is compatible. Although a SATA port is all that is needed to connect the HDD to a system, the hard disk’s physical size also needs to be taken into consideration, especially if you are getting one for your laptop. As for the desktop, you first need to check the PC case specification for the total number of drive bays available and the number of free SATA ports to connect the HDD....

Amulti-monitor setupis excellent for multitasking purposes. While most users prefer connecting all the screens directly to the computer ports, it’s much more advantageous to hook them in a daisy chain fashion. Daisy chaining simply meanswiring all your monitors in a sequencesimilar to the garland of daisy flowers (monitor-to-monitor connection). This way, you do not require additional computer ports, all the cables stay organized, and additionally improve the screen space. However, daisy chaining is only possible on monitors havingDisplayPort 1....

LibreOffice is a popular alternative to the MS Office suite on not just Linux, but Windows as well. While it distinguishes itself from MS Office by being free and open source, there are some unwelcomed similarities as well. Reports of LibreOffice freezing, crashing, or even not opening at all is fairly common. In most cases, a corrupt user profile or misconfigured settings lead to such issues. In this article, we’ve detailed these and other common reasons why LibreOffice doesn’t work properly, as well as how you can resolve them on Windows and Ubuntu....

After you install your CPU into the motherboard, the next thing you do is install a CPU fan to keep the processor cool. It remains valid regardless of whether you arebuilding a new PCor if you need to reinstall another fan when your old one no longer suits your needs oris failing. While you will find different types of CPU fans in the market, they are all easy to install and follow the same general process....

The best way to keep your device drivers up to date is to allow them update automatically. When the Wi-Fi interface is not working or running slow, updating the Wi-Fi drivers can do wonders for you. On Windows, you’re able to perform Wi-Fi driver updates through the device manager. Or, you can manually update it by downloading updates from the manufacturer’s website. However, on the Mac and Linux based devices, the update process is taken care of by the regular system updates....

Due to the threat of Unrecoverable Read Errors (UREs) when rebuilding a failed disk, RAID 5 is rarely used these days. After all, one URE could cause the entire array to fail. RAID 6 or RAID 10 are generally recommended as safer alternatives. But these RAID levels have certain disadvantages compared to RAID 5. And with how large RAID arrays have gotten these days, they can sometimes be inadequate as well....