Author Archives: Dominic

Crucial MX100 SSD and Amazon GC Winners

The winners of the Crucial MX100 SSD and the Amazon Gift Cards have been selected. I have notified the winners via email. Thanks to everyone who participated! If you didn’t win this time, stay tuned for future giveaways! I am already starting to plan the next one.

The winners

Crucial SSD: Timmy Mimm
Amazon Gift Card: Muhammed Uysal
Amazon Gift Card: Mark Foley
Amazon Gift Card: Danikko Tiu

I will fill in TBA with the winners names as I hear from the winners. Winners have until 2/12/2015 at 12 EST to get back to me. Otherwise, I will draw new names.
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Giveaway: Win a Crucial MX100 128GB or an Amazon Gift Card

    

This giveaway is now closed. The winners have been notified by email.

It has been awhile since I have had a giveaway on the site and thought it was time again to do one.

DomsTechBlog.com, in conjunction with Elite Gaming Computers is giving away a Crucial MX100 128GB SSD and 3 x $25 Amazon Gift Cards. That’s a total of 4 prizes! Thanks so much to Elite Gaming Computers for providing the SSD as part of this giveaway! The SSD has an impressive 4.7 out of 5 stars on Amazon. If you haven’t jumped onto the SSD train yet, this drive will surely help to improve your PC’s performance. read more

Computer is Slow Except in Safe Mode

It is very frustrating when you are trying to use your PC and it is running sluggish. Recently, a friend had a problem where their PC was running slow, however, in safe mode it was running fine. After some research, this seems to be a pretty common problem for Windows users.

This symptom is a classic sign of one of 2 things. Either a driver is corrupt or some program, whether it be a malicious program or not, is causing problems. Let’s take a look at a few tips to help fix your computer if it is running slow except in safe mode. read more

Chrome is Slow – Tips to Speed It Up

Google Chrome seems to be ahead of its competitors like Mozilla, Opera and Explorer. It is responsive, user friendly and most important of all, fast. However, as any Chrome user will tell you, the browser can get snagged up from time to time causing it to slow down or even hang. The biggest cause of a slow Google Chrome browser is too many unnecessary things including extensions, plugins and browsing history.

Below are some tips that you can implement to speed up your slow chrome browser and greatly improve your browsing experience. read more

Is Upgrading Your Ram Worth It?

It is of no doubt that RAM is a very important determining factor of a computer’s performance. This is why a lot of desktop and PC owners automatically turn to RAM upgrades when their machines show signs of slowing down. But before you go down that road, ask yourself whether spending money on adding RAM will really result in added performance.

If you still have a computer with a 1GB of RAM or less, upgrading your memory is a no-brainer. The only exception might be if you only use your computer for very simple tasks, and one at a time. However, if you need to create an Excel file, browse the internet and stream a video you may want to consider a RAM upgrade. read more