Hello,
My name is Monte Russell
and I am located in Sunny Glendale, Arizona.
I was born in South Dakota and lived the majority of my life in Wyoming.
As the son of a Heavy Duty
Equipment Operator and Mechanic I learned
how to fix anything mechanical at an early age.
My first
bike I built from a frame I found in the local dump. Now that was a heck
of a bike, it was a 'Springer' front end and made for a smoother ride out in the
boonies. Today they are called 'Mountain Bikes'.
My first car
was a '32 Chevy Coupe, never did get it on the road. One of my favorite cars is
the El Camino, I have a hobby web site dedicated to the
Classic Muscle Car of the late '60s and early '70s.
I
graduated from high school in 1966. Due to the economy I decided to join the US
Air Force before going to college even though I had a scholarship to a large
University, but would have had to work part time to complete my degree.
I started my first career in 1966 as a member of the U.S. Air Force.
As an Airman I went to tech school on the USAF's latest and greatest
Jet Fighters (F-102, F-105, F-106, F-4, and T-38).
After over 20 years of dedicated duty, traveling around the world (three times), and working on the F-16, I decided that I need a change in life and retired from Active Duty.
I went back to school and graduated from Glendale Community Collage
with an AAS (Associate Applied Science) in Computer Design Technology.
Along the way I accumulated a lot of knowledge, some of it was hard earned, some
of it came from years of study (a MCSE - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer is
a University course that is highly condensed) and of course the experience.
There were
times when working and studying made me want to find another job, then I would
think about what I would be leaving behind and after some soul searching would
buckle down to the job at hand and complete the task. Overall it was a very
rewarding career.
After a long career as computer repair tech and network
administrator for a large company, I decided to change careers once again.
I
created diy-computer-repair to use my knowledge as an "Authorized Computer Repair Technician" and all around mechanic to help others gain their confidence to fix their computer problems.
I am glad you stopped by to see what I have
accomplished. I would like to invite you to come back often to see the new
information I am always writing about. I receive a lot of questions through
email and some of these emails trigger the thought process to write another
article.
Although computers are very complex the hardware is in a modular design that
makes the very easy to repair, once you have done the troubleshooting to find
out what has failed. If you follow the technical advice I put forward here,
in my
publications, and
Blog then repairing a computer just became that much easier.
And remember - "There is no such thing as a DUMB question".
This site contains a lot of information. As
with any publication not all information is available due to space, time, or
subject constraints.
If you have a question that you did not find the answer
on this web site you a can
ask your question here and we will endeavor to get you the most up to date
answer possible!
