by Shane Grantham | Nov 16, 2025
I got a phone call from a new business this week. When I arrived, the contact showed me the inside of their Dell computer. They tried changing the CMOS battery because a message said the battery was low. Somehow they broke the battery mount holder and a plastic...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 10, 2024
A client called me this week when there 1 year-old All-in-one computer died last week. It was working fine one day and then the next – nothing. The screen was blank and no internal noise when they mentioned a week before the speakers were starting to make a...
by Shane Grantham | Dec 5, 2022
In my computer business, I try and answer my phone days, nights and weekends. I got a phone call on Thanksgiving from a desperate computer owner. Their recently purchased a liquid-cooled gaming computer went dead while they were using it. A day earlier, it stopped...
by Shane Grantham | May 24, 2020
Last December I got a call from a long-time computer client about his Dell desktop computer. He tried turning it on and nothing was happening on his monitor. I showed up on site and tried powering it for myself but got the same result. The computer cover was removed...
by Shane Grantham | Jul 19, 2019
Today I was posting some items for sale on FaceBook Marketplace. Pictures were taken with one of my old smartphones and they needed moved to FB. My goal was to connect the smartphone’s USB port to the computer. The USB connector was on the rear of the computer...
by Shane Grantham | Jul 17, 2019
One of my business networking friends contacted me this week about their Dell laptop which wouldn’t power on. I picked it up at their business and brought it back to my workbench along with one AC Adapter. They said they have two AC adapters and neither powers...
