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Troubleshooting your coffee maker before you’ve had your cup of coffee can be frustrating. Let’s dig into this troubleshooting guide to get your morning cup brewing and start the day off right. While this guide is focused first on automatic drip coffee makers, a good starting procedure for any device is to follow proper maintenance and cleaning practices — follow this coffee maker cleaning guide and replace old filters. When using soft water, clean your machine with a 1:1 vinegar and water solution every 3 months; when using hard water, clean every month....

Difficulty Easy Steps 2 Time Required 5 minutes Sections 1 Fan Blades 2 steps Flags 0 BackComfort Zone CZ6C Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Step 1 Fan Blades The metal cage is kept in place by three plastic tabs on the plastic body. Focus your pulling around these tabs to make the job easier....

The ancient Romans had a saying “de gustibus non est disputandum” or, loosely translated, “there’s no arguing matters of taste.” When it comes to input devices keyboards, mice, trackballs, and game controllers that’s indisputably true. An input device that one person loves another may hate, and vice versa. So, although we won’t presume to recommend specific models in this section, we will tell you what to look for when you are choosing one for yourself....

Difficulty Easy Steps 7 Time Required 10 minutes Sections 2 Back Cover 3 steps Front and Rear Facing Camera 4 steps Flags 0 BackCraig CMP801 Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Step 1 Back Cover Locate the opening line between the cover and the device. Then locate the groove near the charging port....

Your computer screen or monitor is comprised of millions of carefully programmed tiny lights known as pixels, which create the images you see. Within the pixels are sub-pixels that emit RGB (red, green, and blue) colors, which when lit altogether, emit a pure white light, while other colors are emitted by changing the levels of each of the three colors. A stuck pixel occurs whenever one of these sub-pixels gets stuck on one color – red, green or blue, and appears as a persistent, bright dot on your monitor...

Difficulty Very easy Steps 1 Time Required 30 seconds Sections Bottom Cover 1 step Flags 2 Grammar Police Embrace your inner English teacher and help improve this guide’s grammar! Member-Contributed Guide An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff. BackDell Chromebook 3100 Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes...

Difficulty Moderate Steps 16 Time Required Suggest a time?? Sections 4 RAM 5 steps Optical Drive 1 step Keyboard 5 steps Palm Rest Assembly 5 steps Flags 0 BackDell Inspiron 14z-5423 Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Step 1 RAM Close the display and turn over the computer. Make sure your device is powered down and unplugged before beginning the replacement....

Difficulty Moderate Steps 9 Time Required 5 - 10 minutes Sections 2 Battery 3 steps Keyboard 6 steps Flags 0 BackDell Inspiron 17-5755 Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Step 1 Battery Make sure the computer has been shut down, and isn’t plugged into an outlet before attempting to remove the battery....

Difficulty Moderate Steps 3 Time Required 5 - 10 minutes Sections Battery 1 step Base Cover 1 step Memory Module 1 step Flags 1 Member-Contributed Guide An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff. BackDell Studio 1735 Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications What you need Step 1...

Difficulty Very easy Steps 2 Time Required 2 - 4 minutes Sections 1 Battery 2 steps Flags Member-Contributed Guide An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff. BackDell Vostro 3550 Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction Step 1 Unlocking the Battery Slide the release latches to unlock the battery....

Difficulty Moderate Steps 8 Time Required 15 - 30 minutes Sections 3 Back Cover 3 steps Battery Cable 1 step SSD 4 steps Flags 1 Provided Hardware A manufacturer provided iFixit with this device or component. BackDell XPS 13 9305 Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction Note that the SSD shield is only required for 30 mm-long (M....

Difficulty Moderate Steps 11 Time Required 10 - 15 minutes Sections 2 Battery 7 steps Solid State Drive 4 steps Flags 1 Member-Contributed Guide An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff. BackDell XPS 13 9365 2-in-1 Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Step 1...

Difficulty Difficult Steps 9 Time Required 1 hour Sections 3 Removing shoe and boot. 3 steps DeWalt DCS380 Grip Disassembly 2 steps Motor Brushes 4 steps Flags 0 BackDeWalt DCS380 Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Step 1 Removing shoe and boot. Remove the battery before disassembly. Remove the shoe by pressing the yellow button on the left side of the hand grip....

Difficulty Easy Steps 1 Time Required Suggest a time?? Sections FUNCTIONS BUTTON 1 step Flags 2 Member-Contributed Guide An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff. Needs Transcription This guide is in video form only. Help make it more accessible by transcribing each action of the procedure into a separate step and adding photos. BackDexter 1100W Rotary Hammer Full Screen Options History...

Difficulty Moderate Steps 4 Time Required Suggest a time?? Sections 1 Disassembling LaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive 4 steps Flags 2 Member-Contributed Guide An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff. Better Introduction Improve this guide by completing or revising its introduction. BackLaCie Starck Desktop Hard Drive Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide...

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Student-Contributed Wiki An awesome team of students from our education program made this wiki. The projected image is fuzzy or blurry. Adjust the sharpness setting if projecting from a computer using a lower resolution or matching the projectors native resolution. Press the auto button for automatic tracking and sync of the image. If this does not work, manually display the image on screen and adjust the tracking and sync settings....

Setup is preparing your computer for first use This happened to me on a Windows 7 machine. Actually, I had created an image of Windows 7 and then restored that image to a different machine. When I booted up the machine, I kept getting this message every time and it was really annoying. You’ll probably only ever see this error if you tried to restore an image of Windows 7 to different hardware....

Bluetooth has several functions on your computer besides helping you transfer files between devices or connect to other devices like a Bluetooth speaker or headset. If you’re using a PC that runs Windows 11/10 and Bluetooth is missing, there are several reasons for that: Your PC doesn’t support Bluetooth.You haven’t enabled Bluetooth on your PC.Airplane mode is enabled on your PC. Bluetooth drivers are missing or are corrupted.Issues in the integration of Bluetooth frameworks or software....

Difficulty Moderate Steps 1 Time Required Suggest a time?? Sections Fix iPhone 7 Plus Touch ID/Home Button dose not return function 1 step Flags 3 In Progress This guide is a work in progress. Reload periodically to see the latest changes! Slice and Dice The steps in this guide should be split up and made into a series of prerequisite guides. Member-Contributed Guide An awesome member of our community made this guide....