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	Top 10 Computer Hardware Fixes and Upgrades from LifeHacker

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4b200e13-5a31-41d3-b6da-b6e057f3faf5/B8290368-AFF2-4969-B235-FBDCED82153E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://lifehacker.com/5327676/top-10-computer-hardware-fixes-and-upgrades" href="http://lifehacker.com/5327676/top-10-computer-hardware-fixes-and-upgrades" style="font-size: 11px;">lifehacker.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/5327676/top-10-computer-hardware-fixes-and-upgrades"><H1><A class="top" href="http://lifehacker.com/5327676/top-10-computer-hardware-fixes-and-upgrades">Top 10 Computer Hardware Fixes and Upgrades</A></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/5327676/top-10-computer-hardware-fixes-and-upgrades"><P><A href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2009/08/motherboard.jpg" rel="lytebox"><IMG width="500" class="left image500" src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/17/2009/08/504x_motherboard.jpg" /></A>If your desktop or laptop parts have died or seen better days, you've got a friend. All of your Lifehacker editors—and many helpful net denizens—have upgraded or repaired faulty systems, and we've rounded up some of their most helpful tutorials.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/5327676/top-10-computer-hardware-fixes-and-upgrades"><H3><A href="http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/002790.php">10. De-bulk your MacBook's power cord</A></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/5327676/top-10-computer-hardware-fixes-and-upgrades"><P><IMG width="158" class="left image158" src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/17/2009/08/thumb160x_3d79695b7767cacb9cf2ee0bbe40545b.jpg" />For all their design emphasis on elegance and minimalism, MacBooks come with rather bulky power cords that aren't easy to coil up and tuck away. Gizmodo editor Brian Lam travels quite a bit with his MacBook Pro and doesn't dig the bulk of the cord leading up to the two-prong "brick," so he details the not-so-tough technique of swapping it out for a lighter, more flexible PlayStation cord, which shares the same adapter at the end. (<A href="http://lifehacker.com/5327676/Hack%20Your%20Mac%20Laptop%20Power%20Cord%20-%20MacBook%20-%20Lifehacker">Original post</A>)<BR clear="all" /></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B8290368-AFF2-4969-B235-FBDCED82153E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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