There may be varied reasons as to why you want to connect your PC to your TV. Some would want to watch movies from their PC and use the TV as the monitor. Some would just want to play games and use the TV for clarity of visual effects. Regardless of what the reason is, connecting the PC to your TV is easy. You don’t need to be a professional IT solutions provider to do this. Be your own audio visual services.
1. Identify the output of the PC and input of the TV you are going to use. This varies from HDMI, DVI, VGA, or S-Video. Check what is common to both your PC and TV. Most common in computers is the VGA output and most common in TV’s is the S-Video input. You can purchase VGA to S-Video adapter if your TV and PC don’t have a common connection.
2. After identifying which connections you shall use, connect the appropriate ends of the cable to the components including the RC Audio cable which should go into the headphone jack of your computer.
3. Go to the properties of your computer by right clicking on your desktop. Change your settings to switch from your computer to your television set.
4. Turn your television on and you should see your computer output on your tv.
All laptop batteries’ lifespan will eventually decrease through the years. Newly purchased batteries lasts up to four hours after charging. After a year or so, this becomes half the time as it used to. In the long run, the hours may only become minutes and then you may have to just continually be on power supply.
To maximize the lifespan of your battery and lengthen the time before you go back to your computer retail provider, here are some tips that you may practice:
• FULLY CHARGE NEW BATTERIES – Charge your new batteries for up to 12 hours prior its first use. This maximizes the charging power of your new battery.
• GET A SPARE BATTERY – An addition to your cost, yes. But alternately using a spare battery will increase the life of your batteries as each will divide the “wear and tear” of only one battery.
• CONSERVE ENERGY – Other components that you connect with your laptop may be run using separate power. Plug them on the wall sockets instead of having them draw power from your laptop’s battery. Reduce the brightness of your screen, this does not only save up on battery power but it is also easier on your eyes.
• ONLY RUN APPLICATIONS THAT YOU WILL WORK ON – Run few applications, only those that you really need at that moment. Leaving them open, even if you don’t work on them, draws power from your battery.
• SWITCH TO LITHIUM – Lithium Ion batteries have longer power and are less prone to damage from charging and recharging.
A rechargeable battery’s lifespan is an average of two years. For efficient batteries, you may want to purchase a new one from your computer retail provider after the said period. Your first battery will still be usable but the second one will be much more efficient.
There are times when some minor dysfunctions occur with your trusted computer. Oftentimes, a quick rebooting is what it needs in order for the applications or components run efficiently again. Save yourself the hassle of going to your IT solutions provider and try rebooting your computer by yourself.
When your computer “hangs”, meaning it has stopped being interactive in the middle of working with an application, you can try rebooting it in two different ways:
Press the CTRL+ALT+DELETE keys at the same time. The Task Manager will appear and then find Users and then choose Disconnect
Press the Restart/ Reboot button in your CPU. It is usually a smaller button right beside the CPU’s Power button.
There are other kinds of rebooting that you may need to perform.
A soft reboot is done when you are required by the computer to do it. Oftentimes, the computer prompts you to do this after you have installed new applications or software in your computer. For a soft Windows reboot, go to the Start menu and then choose Shut Down or Restart. In Shut Down, the computer shuts itself off and then you have to press the Power button on the CPU again. Restart makes it boot up without further intervention from you.
A hard reboot is performed by pushing the CPU’s Power button until the computer shuts off. Wait for about a minute or so and then push the Power button again to restart the computer. Sometimes, doing this prompts you to work in Safe Mode – this allows you to restart properly and work on programs in a safer way. Take note that this method may also cause you to lose data or change the normal operation of some of your programs, but it may be the only way for you to go on if your computer’s hard drive is frozen.
Usually, when your hard drive becomes frozen, you have to go to your computer retail provider and let them find ways to fix the problem
Shut down all the computer’s components and disconnect all the cables (printer, monitor, external hard drives, audio device, mouse, etc…). Plug them all back again and then restart your computer.
Find or purchase and install reboot programs that reorganize the hard drive reboot process. Check online for these kinds of programs. These applications help prevent problems that arise after your computer’s repeated use by making sure that your hard drive maintains the configuration you opted for your computer.
If your computer dysfunctions repeatedly, despite doing the above-mentioned methods, then, you might just need to take it to an experienced IT solutions provider to fix the problem for you.
