Channelview PC Repair

06/14/2026

This will be another post I have seen an issue of twice in a week. Same exact computers, same exact game. 2 customers with the exact computer with the exact same parts from the ram to video card to motherboard model, brand name, and version. same hard drives same ram, the exact same computer that was bought in 2 different locations. The game was called COD Warzone. Both played on steam with the exact setup with the same exact problem. I have spent a few hours total trying to solve the issue. I did everything it called for check this or make sure this is updated then test to see if it passes. Everything was up to date, it passed, and it still failed. The one possible issue that could fix it which I have read about is to wipe out the computer and do a clean install of windows with updated drivers, bios and or firmware and doing that will allow the secure boot and the TPM 2.0 to reset with a clean start. I never got to try that on a Ryzen 5000 or older system. but I do know that the 7000 series are newer don't have that problem. Personally, it's getting expansive to play games which I stopped playing them back in 2013. I got too old for games and personally I see it as child's play. that's just my personal opinion and a waste of money in my book, but hey more power to you if you want to spend money on them.

06/14/2026

I was working in this reception hall because they were having issues with their photobooth not counting down when it took pictures. I knew the software was current and nothing seems to be wrong with the setup. The one thing I did was update all of the window's software, drivers and even the bios update which I am showing there. As soon as I started doing all the updates, everything started working like it should. It is important to keep your computer up to date with windows updates, drivers, bios and or firmware updates. This can be done remotely for $40 bucks. If I do go out there, it will very on distance.

06/13/2026

It has been a good while since I posted. The last few months I have delt with 2 losses in my family which both happened back in March. I wont go into that here since this is my business page. But I will have another post here later on. So I am back and i have some updates to share with you.

02/11/2026

Good afternoon,

Starting Monday February 16th, you can now test message me on my main number with questions and quotes. you will not be able to send pictures or video on that number, but I will get your messages.

02/08/2026

Good afternoon, everyone. I have been wanting to post this for a while now, so I am going to share this with you.
Some people know about some electronics and freezing cold weather don't go good together, even trying to charge batteries. I have come across a customer that left her laptop out in the cold in her car overnight about a few weeks ago. She told me that she brought it in and turned it on. It worked for a good while until it just died on her. She called me to see If I can look at it for her.
I got the laptop and charger then plugged it all in. The laptop was charging the battery, but it would not boot into windows. The way it acted it seems like it crashed. After testing the drive, I have almost overlooked that it was reading a secured boot device at 2tb (Terabyte) which was physically a 1tb. After trying to get the drive to respond, it refused and it didn't want to do anything but read 2tb.
She asked if the cold weather might have affected the drive, which that drive was a M.2 SSD (Solid State Drive). I would not thing it could have caused the drive to do that but that was the only logical cause would be the cold weather and turning the laptop on while it was still cold. Turning on a computer that was out in the freeze can cause issues. It is best to let it get to room temperature to prevent a crash on these newer computers.
Personally, I do not know if it can and this will be my very first experience to see this happen. I just want to share my advice that don't leave your portable devices out in the car if there is going to be a hard freeze. There could be a chance that if you try turning it on as soon as you get it out of your vehicle that something might happen to it. let it get to room temperature before plugging it in or turning it on.

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01/19/2026

Happy New Year everyone! I do not have much to say at the moment, other than these prices on computer parts. It looks like they doubled since last year. Anyways, it is what it is.

I also want to welcome Gulf Coast to the page.

12/21/2025

This might be my final update for the year. Fist off, I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

The second thing I wanted to share is that I have tested 2 hard drives these last few weeks running windows 11 and both have been successful in booting in other computers other than their own. If you do use a Microsoft account, you will need your 48 digit bit blocker key to be able to do that and to see anything on that drive. If you do not have that key in your account, it is near impossible to get any data off the drive. I personally hate that if you do any changes to a laptop or desktop that uses the M.2 Drives and they get locked, and you do not have that key. It is a new security feature they use now in computers for theft. So be sure you have the keys to your computers that is on your Microsoft account.

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10/31/2025

Good morning, I have come across my first so called gaming computer from Walmart. My advice, if you want a gaming computer or just a good workhorse of a computer, do not go to Walmart, go to Microcenter or a place that sells computers other than Walmart. Granted. they do have a few decent computers and laptops there, just stay away from the so-called gaming ones.

One more thing, when it comes to looking for a laptop, stay away from the ones that has the LPDDR4 listed and the eMMC Storage. Those laptops are trash and if one or the other goes out, its trash, It could cost more to replace the motherboard in them than buying a new one.

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10/21/2025

Good morning, everyone, I just want to keep this straight and to the point. Windows update 25h2, an update so small that I did not notice any changes to my computer. Usually when they do an update like that, its larger but this was small and quick. So I will say for the everyday windows users and not IT Pros, WTH Microsoft?

06/24/2025

Windows 10 is being discontinued on October 14, 2025. Are you ready to upgrade?