PC Repair Glossary

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Terms your technician might mention — explained so you understand exactly what’s being fixed and why.

Thermal Paste

The compound between your CPU and cooler that transfers heat — it dries out over time and causes overheating.

A CPU or GPU slowing itself down to avoid overheating. The reason a PC starts fast and turns sluggish after a few minutes.

Converts wall power for your components. A failing PSU causes random shutdowns — a cheap one can kill your whole PC.

The hardware check a PC runs before Windows loads. Fans spinning with a black screen usually means POST has failed.

Windows stopping itself after a serious fault. The stop code on the screen points to the cause.

Copying a whole drive, Windows and files included, onto a new SSD so the PC starts up exactly as before.

A used graphics card that was run for crypto mining — what wears out, and how to test one before you pay.

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