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Can that really work?
Like the old-school motorcycle nut or vintage hi-fi fanatic, the true PC enthusiast finds it impossible to resist a spot of tinkering. Where others will live with a noisy hard drive or dirty keyboard, they can't resist thinking of ingenious ways in which they might remedy the situation, preferably without spending any money and using whatever oddments - Velcro, tape, rubber bands - they have to hand.
What's more, the true PC enthusiast would rather chew off their own leg than admit a faulty component can't be fixed or, God forbid, take it to a professional for repair. If several thousand years of human advancement have taught us anything, it's that there's nothing one can't do with a few basic tools and a positive mindset.
Here at PC Pro, we salute that can-do spirit, no matter how hapless the results may be. We've consulted our forums, polled our experts and trawled the web for the finest homebrew PC fixes known to man. Then, where possible, we've found manufacturers or repair professionals to give us their opinions on whether
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Some may leave you wincing in horror, but some you might want to try yourself. Just one warning: follow any of the tips found here at your own risk, and don't even think about doing it to mission-critical equipment or anything that's still under warranty.
2 Silencing hard disks with velcro.
3 Freezing failed hard drives.
4 Cooling a computer with a desktop fan.
