Processors and heat sink fans will always need to have Silicon paste applied in between them when being installed. After dis-assembly for cleaning, you will find the paste between to have hardened and have breaks, some stay on the processor and others stick to the heat sink. These will have to removed and the surfaces cleaned well with a cotton bud dipped in rubbing alcohol.
When Silicon paste is not applied during re-assembly, chances are the computer will turn off on its own in a short while. This is because the processor has heated up and can not be cooled down by the heat sink fan.
In applying Silicon paste, it should be well spread out evenly on the surface of the processor. About a millimeter thin film of the paste should do the work to help the heat sink cool down the processor. While too much paste can drip down the processor and could ruin some of parts of the computer motherboard.
Almost all, if not all, late model printer cartridges have the print heads and contacts integrated in them. So, if you replace an empty cartridge not only do you get a new fully inked one with a new set of contacts and print head. Unlike earlier models, the printer heads were part of the printer assembly and not in the cartridges themselves. Once worn out, most of the time the print head could not be replaced.
With the printer cartridges now, especially those that can be or are being refilled, it is frequent that the printer would show an error that the cartridge is not being recognized or improperly installed. What actually happens is that the contacts are not clean or even smudged by ink. The reason why the printer could not recognize it.
It would be good to try, as remedy, to clean the contacts at the cartridge with cotton by softly wiping it. If the contacts seem dull or have a film over them, use a pencil eraser to clean the contacts much like erasing pencil writing. It often works because contact surface is renewed and can be detected by the printer. This will save a lot of money instead of buying a new printer cartridge.
The usual tool in mind to loosen the bolt of a crankshaft pulley is an impact wrench. Many though have not been successful in using them. There are other methods that can be used to loosen a crankshaft pulley bolt.
One quick way to do it is fit in a socket or box wrench (usually 19mm size) and let the other end rest against something fixed and sturdy where the engine would rotate. The starter then could be 'flicked' several times until the bolt loosens up. Before flicking the starter make sure that the high tension wire to the distributor is removed so the engine will not run.
When doing this method, make sure no one is around or near where the crankshaft pulley is. There is a tendency for the wrench to fly-off when the crankshaft pulley bolt comes loose.
Fibromyalgia never came to me as disease I had for more than 30 years now. All the while, I also never thought that I was fighting it that made me overcome the feeling of fatigue when I wake up and the entire body pain that I was experiencing in the early stages of it. Often on days I wake up and feel that way, I suspect that I am about to have flu or had one drink too many the previous night.
What was I doing to overcome body pains and the feeling of fatigue? Here is how to:
- When I wake up with that feeling, I force myself out of bed, have a cup of coffee then find something to get busy with.
- Physical activity makes the pain and feeling of fatigue go away.
- I do not take pain killers.
- When walking, especially uphill, to avoid pain in the knee and feeling of having cramps on both legs, I rest every 200 meters or less.
- I have made longer strides when I walk instead of my usual and normal short steps.
- I do not lie down to rest during daytime for more than an hour as it triggers the feeling of fatigue.
Now that I am aware that it is Fibromyalgia that has been causing me this odd feeling, I will no longer wonder why I frequently feel that way. With my age at 58 and getting older, I should be more physically active as fatigue and body pains get lost with the activity.
Unknown cause of disease and no cure: Fibromyalgia
Your computer has been working good and connected to the internet for as long as you know you have been using it. But suddenly, one day, when you switch it on it shows you have no internet connection. What needs to be checked are:
- Your cable or wifi connection
- Verify with your ISP if there's anything wrong with their service
- Check on your network adapter for any flaws
Most likely when you try to establish internet connection through the network it would not go through because of missing requirements. You find this impossible because you are aware that it was working fine and now this! No matter how often you try to install the the network adapter and try several drivers for it, it simply would not work.
That's what exactly happened to one of my CPUs in our network. I almost concluded that it was a motherboard issue. After some thorough research, I found out that there is a reset button or hole near where the headset is being plugged at the rear of the casing! (Most desktops would have and some might not) All that needs to be done is switch off the CPU, unplug the power cord then press the button for a couple of seconds. After that, plug in the CPU and switch it on. It should have the internet connection again. (TIP: If there is a small hole for the reset, use a paper clip to be inserted in the hole to press on reset.
Another possible cause would be the CMOS is corrupted and needs to be reset. If clearing and resetting does not do the job, check on the CMOS battery, chances are it is already drained and will have to be replaced. Symptoms of a CMOS battery going bad is the CPU time always resets to default whenever the computer is turned on.
Times come when you need to level a pool table, a stove or anything that needs to be leveled. They seem to look awkward when tilted to one side. It is irritating to see it is obvious for liquid to flow to just one side or higher on one side in a glass or container.
To make surfaces or things sit squarely flat horizontally, a carpenter's leveling tool is used for that. It is not common household tool so chances are you would not have one at home. How to make a home made temporary one is really easy. Take a glass or plastic jar with a cap. Draw a line about an inch high from the bottom around the jar. Put water in the jar up to the line you have drawn.
By setting the jar in the middle what you want to level, you will see what side needs to be elevated. The lower side will show water in the jar to be higher than the line. That should solve your problem on a surface that needs to be leveled.
Cars that have their headlight switch on the same lever as the turn signal switch become loose as they become old. In this situation, you could accidentally switch off your headlights at night when signalling left or right turn. Replacing the entire headlight turn signal switch assembly could cost anywhere from $50.00 and above, depending on the car make.
To avoid those costs, I fixed a thin strip of stainless steel at the non-rotating part of the lever extending about half an inch above the rotating switch. On the rotating switch, I formed a flattened sheet that holds umbrella wire frames into a ribbed aluminum band and used superglue to bond it. With that, the headlight switch fix now turns accordingly as it used to switch on the headlights.
Please refer to my first post here on what you can do with aluminum rivets and the wire cut from it. View the YouTube video on how to properly use a Rivet gun. There are sizes and lengths of rivets that are appropriate rivets for the thickness of what you have to bind or fasten together.
http://youtu.be/0bGAiC0_i_k?hd=1
When filling plastic or steel drums from a faucet, we normally use a water hose to do the job. It is mostly troublesome to use the entire length of a rubber or plastic garden hose because of its bulk. Cutting from it a short length to reach the drum could just be a waste because the faucet connector will need to be replaced at the main hose. If the tap water faucet has no threads to screw it on makes another problem.
Instead of that, I looked for alternatives on how to get the water from the faucet reach the drum. We had different sizes of plastic bottles and I chose the right size to make it as a conduit in place of the hose. I put a hole the size of the faucet almost at the bottom of the plastic bottle. With that inserted, it is convenient to fill the drum and I could hear water flowing in. Once the deep sound becomes lighter, you know the drum is almost full. Compared to a hose, it is mostly submerged in the drum and you do not hear the water flowing.
The charcoal tray of our griller rusted out with use and had a big hole in the middle. I never considered taking it to a welding shop to have the tray fixed as it will again cost me something I might not be willing to pay. Laying a metal sheet on top of the tray bottom will also work, but the thought of ashes going under it will make things messy, was not a good option.
Instead I thought of forming a galvanized flat sheet with the same dimensions as the inside of the charcoal tray will be better. With my experience in metal sheet working and moulding, it was done in half a day. Trimming sharp corners made it safe from injury when grilling or cleaning the charcoal tray. Excess on the edges were folded out for more convenience in lifting it out for cleaning. It only cost me $1.00 for the piece of galvanized sheet I bought from a welding shop.
Problems with loose or worn out threads with screws, bolts and nuts come at a time when you're about done with a job. It often happens when using metal or aluminum screws on plastic and wood because of over tightening. To avoid this, stop tightening when twisting the screwdriver or wrench finally resists from turning any further. Forcing it will either damage the wood or plastic thread pattern. It also happens when tightening metal-to-metal or aluminum-to-aluminum screws, bolts and nuts.
Never force tighten screws, bolts and nuts beyond reasonable strength. Always bear in mind that only heavy duty equipment and machines would require extra effort in tightening bolts and nuts with the use of a torque wrench. Hexagonal bolts with a cross slot for a Philipps screwdriver do not require extra torque. For this, it is still best to tighten with a screwdriver than a wrench. Avoid using tools like pliers, vise-grip or forcing wrong size wrench for loosening them up unless utterly necessary.
Our toilet did not have any shelf where we could put stocks of tissue paper and other things. Fortunately a neighbor had lots of large scrap plywood that I was able to salvage. For the base of the shelf, I cut the largest board to 9-3/4" x 22", for the top 5" x 23" and two boards of 11" x 8" for the sides.
The base was cut shorter by 1 inch so I could nail and fasten the two side boards to its side while the top board nailed onto the top of both side boards. The bottom of the shelf was fastened that way so that nails hold it horizontally thus more holding strength. If it were nailed vertically to the bottom sides of the side boards, time will come when the load of the base would slowly undo the nails and board down because of weight.
Fastening the toilet shelf to the wall, I fashioned three cuts of 1/8" x 1" x 3" aluminum flat bars into 2" x 1" 90 degree angle bars. Two for bottom and one for the top. I drilled 1/8" holes to screw them on the shelf then to the wall.
