Laptops quietly monitor their own health, but most people never tap into the tools that can warn of trouble long before a crash or data loss. Built-in hardware diagnostics sit below the operating ...

Even after using laptops for years, many users don’t even touch the most important tool: the built-in hardware diagnostics. These tests are preinstalled on every Windows laptop and Mac. Since they are ...

The HP PC Hardware Diagnostics is a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) that provides diagnostic tests to see if your PC hardware is working properly, by isolating hardware failures. After ...

I have a late 2012 Mac mini. Well, actually, I have four of them. But one of them was sick. In this article, I'll show you how I figured out what was wrong and then fixed it. It started a few months ...

Apple Diagnostics is designed to put your hardware through a variety of tests designed to detect power supply, battery, graphics, logic board, USB and a huge range of other potential problems. While ...

Chromebooks are great devices for power users and the budget-conscious. They are easy to use and secure, which makes them great devices for everyone from younger students to older parents. Even though ...

For the average user, diagnosing potential hardware issues on their device can be a somewhat complicated process. However, Google wants to make this easier by integrating on-device diagnostics into ...

I have lots of computers - desktops, laptops, etc. I've been going through them one at a time, testing everything, and inventorying the specifications of each. It's a tedious, mind-numbing ...