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  2. Factory reset - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 December 2024. Restoring the software of an electronic device to its original state For the Tilian Pearson album, see Factory Reset (album). A factory reset, also known as hard reset or master reset, is a software restore of an electronic device to its original system state by erasing all data ...

  3. Serial presence detect - Wikipedia

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    In computing, serial presence detect (SPD) is a standardized way to automatically access information about a memory module.Earlier 72-pin SIMMs included five pins that provided five bits of parallel presence detect (PPD) data, but the 168-pin DIMM standard changed to a serial presence detect to encode more information.

  4. Reset (computing) - Wikipedia

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    User initiated hard resets can be used to reset the device if the software hangs, crashes, or is otherwise unresponsive. However, data may become corrupted if this occurs. [ 6 ] Generally, a hard reset is initiated by pressing a dedicated reset button On some systems (e.g, the PlayStation 2 video game console), pressing and releasing the power ...

  5. Reset vector - Wikipedia

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    The reset vector for PowerPC/Power ISA processors is at an effective address of 0x00000100 for 32-bit processors and 0x0000000000000100 for 64-bit processors. The reset vector for SPARC version 8 processors is at an address of 0x00000000; [14] the reset vector for SPARC version 9 processors is at an address of 0x20 for power-on reset, 0x40 for ...

  6. Booting - Wikipedia

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    Restarting a computer also is called rebooting, which can be "hard", e.g. after electrical power to the CPU is switched from off to on, or "soft", where the power is not cut. On some systems, a soft boot may optionally clear RAM to zero. Both hard and soft booting can be initiated by hardware such as a button press or by a software command.

  7. Comparison of S.M.A.R.T. tools - Wikipedia

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    Also shows temperature of CPU, GPU, CPU core speed, Intel Turbo Boost status, CPU power consumption, system load and system fan speeds. Can control speed of GPU and system fans. CrystalDiskInfo: Windows: MIT GUI IDE(PATA), SATA, NVMe eSATA, USB, IEEE 1394: Several RAID controllers [4] Yes No Mail, sound and popup Sister utility to ...

  8. Browse Speed & Security Utilities - AOL

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    Get the tools you need to help boost internet speed, send email safely and security from any device, find lost computer files and folders and monitor your credit.

  9. SpinRite - Wikipedia

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    SpinRite was originally written as a hard drive interleave tool. [3] At the time SpinRite was designed, hard drives often had a defect list printed on the nameplate, listing known bad sectors discovered at the factory. In changing the drive's interleave, SpinRite needed to be able to remap these physical defects into different logical sectors.