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Laptop Battery Maintenance Tips
A new laptop battery will provide around 500 charge cycles during its lifetime. A charge cycle is a single instance of a fully charged battery being drained to 0%, then back to full. Draining to 50% then back to full would count as half of a charge cycle. Poor battery usage and other factors can cause the battery's life to…
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How to Unload Filament in the PowerSpec Ultra 3D Printer
This article describes how to unload filament in the PowerSpec Ultra 3D 1.0 and 2.0 printers. 1. Power on the printer. 2. Select Tools from the Printer menu. 3. Select Filament. 4. Select load left or load right. Standing in front of the printer, the extruder on the left will be the left extruder, and the extruder on the…
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How to Load Filament into the PowerSpec Ultra 3D Printer
This article covers how to load filament in the PowerSpec Ultra 3D 1.0 and 2.0 printers. This also works for similar models of 3D Printers. 1. Power on the 3D printer. 2. Select Tools from the Printer menu. 3. Select Filament. 4. Select load left or load right. Standing in front of the printer, the extruder on the left…
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ESET Frequently Asked Questions
This article contains some of the most frequently asked questions about ESET Internet Security Programs we receive at Micro Center. Q: I tried activating my license, but the format RTL-xxxxx looks different than the activation instructions. What do I do? A: For RTL-xxxxx formatted codes, it is necessary to register on…
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Variable Refresh Rate Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is “Variable Refresh Rate” (VRR)? A: Variable Refresh Rate or “VRR” is a technology that allows the monitor refresh rate to synchronize with the framerate output of the graphics card. Q: How does this technology benefit me? A: It helps make your gaming experience smoother by reducing jitter and helps makes dips in…
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How to figure out what component may be bottlenecking your PC
A system will always have a bottleneck somewhere. In a sufficiently powerful system, you may never notice. If you do encounter a bottleneck, it's probably one of 3 things: Your CPU (Processor), GPU (graphics card), or your RAM. Other components, like your hard drive can also become bottlenecks for large file transfers or…
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How to Adjust Switchable Graphics for laptops with AMD GPUs
Here is how to adjust between using built-in CPU graphics and AMD graphics on a laptop that offers switchable graphics. 1. Check your display drivers to make sure they are properly installed. You can do so by opening your Device Manager and opening the Display Adapters. You should see both the processor, either an AMD or…
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How to Adjust Switchable Graphics for laptops with NVIDIA GPUs
Here is how to adjust between using built-in CPU graphics and NVIDIA graphics on a laptop that offers switchable graphics. 1. Check to see that both display drivers are installed in the system properly. You can check this by going into the Device Manager and opening Display Drivers from there. You should by default see the…
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Coil Whine Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some of the most commonly received coil whine related questions we receive at our Micro Center stores: Q: What is coil whine? A: Coil whine is a high pitched noise or “whine” generated by cables or wires inside electronic devices. It is usually outside the range of human hearing, but when it is audible, it can be…
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Do You Carry This Laptop Battery or Power Adapter?
We carry a wide variety of different laptop batteries and power adapters. To browse our selection of batteries that we currently have in-store, check out our Laptop Batteries and Laptop AC adapters. To ensure that you see the most accurate stock of what we have in store, please be sure that you have your local store…
