Check jumpers of any motherboard mounted card to be sure a jumper has not been lost or loose.If you have been inside your system,its always a possibility to have moved card.

MONITOR WORKS BUT POOR DISPLAY

If your monitor works but images appear fuzzy,or flickering often,and text are hard to read,it may be time to adjust video card's resolution and refresh rate.

Right click desktop,select properties and open display properties dialog box.Choose tab for settings and adjust slider to change your display resolution.Most 17-inch monitors will have a resolution of 800 x 600 but choose best resolution for your eyes.

After adjusting resolution,check display to see if all flickering and other problems have vanished. If not,optimize refresh rate.The refresh rate is rate in which video card redraws screen.Lower refresh rates sometimes cause flickering.

To adjust this rate,open display properties dialog box in desktop, and choose settings tab once again.Click advanced button and choose adapter tab if your operating system is Windows 98.

If you have Windows XP,choose Monitor tab.And from there you can set refresh rate to about 70Hz or 70 Hertz.Check your monitor's manual or web site to see maximum refresh rate for your monitor.

To effectively maintain your video display,visit supporting web sites for updated software patches and device drivers.Watch for new control software for your card that will greatly boost its performance.

Take time to clean system unit case which will allow air to flow freely.This in turn will help keep video components cool which will allow card perform smoothly.

Rush over to www.ultimatepcrepair.com/photos.html and study video components.Then open your PC ,locate video card,and know if it is motherboard mounted or not.To learn much more in great detail, get PC Super Pack with detailed video all about video display system.

A corrupt device driver can also cause mouse to misbehaveCheck device driver by opening Control Panel,and open System folder.

Select device driver tab and use down arrow key to scroll down to mouse.Expand mouse to see if driver is installed.

If you see a yellow icon,the mouse has a problem and you can try to re-install device driver.First uninstall mouse from Windows and reboot PC.

After system reboots,the operating system will find mouse and re-install driver.If you have a wireless or USB mouse,re-installing special software may be in order.

A misbehaving mouse may occur when you install another device on your system.If this happens,the mouse and new device may be conflicting with each other by using same address.

Unplug any hardware you installed and uninstall any software recently installed.See if mouse operates properly.

Use System Restore utility to set your computer back to a time when mouse was working as it should.The Registry can be culprit of mouse behaving badly.

You can connect your mouse to another computer to verify it is bad.If mouse works on another system,check problems mentioned in PC's operating system.

MAINTAINING YOUR MOUSE

To keep mouse performing at its very best,you should take time to clean components of your mouse.Regularly clean mouse ,both inside and out.

Clean outside of mouse with rubbing alcohol. This solution is best since it does not leave any residue.Take time to clean a small area first,to to certain any damage to plastic will not occur.

The components inside mouse to be cleaned are Rollers, as well as Ball.These two parts are most important to be kept clean and always take great care in doing so.

Carefully take apart mouse by turning retaining ring counter clockwise to unlock it.Remove Ball and clean it with warm water and not alcohol.

The rollers inside moise cavity can be cleaned with alcohol by dampening a Q Tip and wiping rollers gently.

With clean hands,insert ball back in mouse and replace retaining ring.Now enjoy your mouse and should it cause any problems,you're armed with knowledge of how to diagnose and repair most problems