Aimee Pearcy

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Aimee Pearcy is an accomplished technology journalist, systems analyst, and freelance content strategist currently driving the technical narrative at GetAssist. She studied BEng in Computer Science at the University of York. She brings both academic knowledge and her professional experience in journalism to her writing. Aimee focuses on reporting about the innovation of technology, AI, smart technologies, app development, and web infrastructure. She translates incomprehensible technical aspects into simple, understandable material that can be read by a wide audience.

Her work is based on extensive research, fact-checking, and practical knowledge of new technologies. Aimee believes in guiding readers to the realities of fast-changing digital working using relevant, practical, and authoritative information.

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Internet & Connectivity

I had a similar issue and it ended up being a loose connection on my CPU power cable, maybe double check all your connections before trying anything more complicated.


Internet & Connectivity

I had a similar issue with my GTX 960 a while back, I was trying to run it with a 550 watt power supply and it was causing all sorts of crashes and freezes, ended up...


Gaming Arena

I've had a similar issue with my MSI gaming laptop and Cpu-Z, I found that the readings were off by a small margin compared to other CPU monitoring tools like HWiNFO or AIDA64. I think the...


Internet & Connectivity

I recently experienced a steady DRAM light on my motherboard and it turned out to be a faulty RAM stick, after swapping them out it resolved the issue, but it's worth noting that if your system...


Gaming Arena

Switch to a wired Ethernet connection if you're currently on Wi-Fi, since wireless connections are significantly more prone to interference-related latency spikes, especially in busier households or apartment buildings with many overlapping networks.


Tech Discussions

Check Activity Monitor (Applications > Utilities > Activity Monitor) for processes like "mds" or "mdworker" running high CPU usage — these are Spotlight indexing processes, and their activity should taper off once indexing completes.


Gaming Arena

Make sure you're using the dedicated RTX 2050 GPU rather than the CPU's integrated graphics — in Windows Graphics Settings, manually set your game to use the "High performance" GPU, since some laptops default to integrated...


Internet & Connectivity

Check if the distortion appears in the monitor's built-in OSD menu itself (accessible without a PC connected) — if distortion appears there too, it points to a hardware issue with the monitor rather than a PC/cable/driver...


Internet & Connectivity

Check CPU temperatures under load using HWiNFO64, since inadequate cooling combined with default aggressive boost behavior can push temperatures high enough to cause thermal-related instability and crashes, especially during sustained gaming or rendering.


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