It’s not the most fun part of owning a computer, but cleaning and regular maintenance are important for the component’s performance in the long run. The CPU, specifically, is a component that’s not often cleaned. For general maintenance, compressed air on the cooler fans and some on the CPU will suffice. If the CPU fan is extremely dirty, or you need to clean thermal paste off the CPU or the socket pins, this will require some deeper cleaning....

We often tend to clean the PC on a regular interval and overlook the condition of the power supply unit inside. Over time, the volume of accumulated dust increases inside the PSU, and it may hamper the air intake of the PSU fan. As a result, the power supply may heat up and burn out. So, the power supply unit also needs cleansing once in a while. In this guide, we are providing the complete steps to clean the PSU from the start....

As TalkBack completely changes your Android’s touch configuration, navigating to theSettings appto disable it will seem impossible. Fortunately, if you’ve enabled the TalkBack shortcut, you canlong-press your volume keysto disable it. Similarly, you may alsoask your Google Assistantto disable TalkBack without going to Settings. Use TalkBack Shortcut to Disable it If you have enabled it, holding thevolume up and downkey simultaneously for three seconds will disable TalkBack. Android phones usually havevolume buttonson the right....

The “CPU over temperature error” is astartup error messagerelated to the AMI-based motherboards. When the motherboard detects theCPU temperature crossing a predefined limit(usually 90-100°C) for a certain amount of time, it will display this message on the next boot. To better understand it, I tried to recreate it on my ASUS Prime B450 Plus system with AMD Ryzen 5 5600G CPU. I succeeded in two ways only— one by unplugging the CPU cooler and another by overclocking my CPU to 4500 MHz....

The Make Command Not Found error indicates that the make utility is either not installed on the system or it’s not present in the PATH variable. On Linux, make is often preinstalled or included with package sets like build-essential. On Mac, it’s included with the Xcode command line tools, whereas on Windows, you must manually install it. Of course, there are ways to manually install make on Linux and Mac as well....

Many users close their laptop’s lid to pause their work. By default, your Windows 11 PC goes to sleep mode after closing the lid. But you may need to keep the laptop open if you are listening to music or want to keepthe second screenon. It’s very easy to change the lid close action settings. There are many methods but they all take less than a minute to execute. you’re able to also change the setting for plugged-in or on battery power modes separately....

Huawei’s next-generation HiSilicon Ascend 910D AI processor is expected to offer better performance than Nvidia’s H100, reportsReuters. The new processor will be slower on a chip vs chip basis compared to Nvidia’sBlackwell B200andBlackwell Ultra B300GPUs, never mind the next-generation Rubin GPUs slated to launch next year. However, Huawei’s approach of building pods with hundreds of processors should allow the Ascend 910D to compete against pods based on Nvidia’s current Blackwell and upcoming Rubin GPUs....

As Huawei is on the U.S. government’s Entity List, the company has trouble obtaining hard drives made by American companies. As a result, the company develops its own storage technologies to replace HDDs. Earlier this year, Huawei introduced its so-calledmagneto-electric disk (MED) storage technology,which combines the performance of SSDs with the capacity of tape. MED is designed to address nearline (warm) and archive (cold) storage applications and is meant to replace classic HDDs, thus reducing reliance on American technology, reportsBlocks and Files....

High energy costs in the European Union are probably among the main reasons behind the bloc’s deindustrialization. Many power-hungry production facilities relocate to Asia because it has become nearly impossible for them to stay competitive with current energy prices. Ireland is not an exception, and this makes Intel very concerned (according toRTE) as it runs its major Fab 34 near Leixlip and has to make sure that the fab produces products at competitive costs....

Intel has added twelve new games to its performance-enhancing Application Optimization (APO) utility. This is the first time Intel has added more game support since the utility first debuted with compatibility withMetro ExodusandRainbow Six Siege. The game list is still quite small, but it’s a sign that Intel is finally paying more attention to APO. Hopefully, this trend will continue and Intel will add more games. The twelve new titles consist of,F1 22, Guardians of the Galaxy, Strange Brigade, World War Z, Dirt 5, World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XIV, Red Dead Redemption 2, World of Tanks, Dreams Three Kingdoms 2, Serious Sam 4,andWatch Dogs Legion....

Intel’s codenamedFalcon Shoreshybrid processor combines x86 and Xe GPU cores to offer formidable performance for AI and HPC workloads, but it will consume an extreme 1500W of power, reportsComputerBase.de, citing a comment by Intel. Such an extreme power consumption will require Intel to use advanced cooling methods. Intel’s Falcon Shores will be a multi-tile processor featuring both x86 cores (tiles) for general-purpose processing and Xe cores (tiles) for highly parallel AI and HPC workloads....

Whether you’re working or gaming, a malfunctioning keyboard can be very frustrating to deal with. We’ve faced this issue a number of times ourselves as well. In most cases, the keyboard keeps disconnecting due to issues with the components (cables, ports, internal keyboard parts, etc.). Misconfigured power settings can also lead to power supply issues that result in a keyboard that doesn’t work properly. Of course, these are only the usual culprits....

If you are an app developer looking to optimize your latest application around Intel’s new AI-focused Lunar Lake CPUs, a development kit may be the way to go. Compact system builder Khadas is selling a modularIntel Lunar Lake development PCthat is extremely slim and can be attached with a plethora of custom accessories, including a matching external RTX 4060 Ti GPU. Khadas removed its Lunar Lake online product listing before we published this report....