Joe's Basement -Computer Sales & Service


Welcome to Joe's Basement!

This is my personal blog of my home-based Computer Sales & Service business. My shop is on the far NW side of Chicago near O'hare Airport. I service all makes and models of PC's, workstations, servers and related peripherals running under Microsoft Windows. I also repair and rebuild used computers for resale.

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Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States

I have been in the Computer & Information Technology industry since my college days back in 1993. I have worked profesionally since 1999 with various Companies, contractors, staffing firms and outside vendors in and around Chicago. My strongest background is in computer, server and peripheral hardware and support in an Engineer or Technician capacity. I have a strong technical aptitude and a knack to figure and fix pretty much any hardware or software related issue. I am mainly a Microsoft guy and have only done limited work with Linux, mostly Fedora and Red Hat. I am honest, professional and sincere with all my Customers and strive to get the job done in a timely and efficient manner.

Wednesday, May 31, 2006


Today, I worked on Carlos' old Canon S300 inkjet printer to see if I can get it running again. I was able to use strong alcohol to clean off all the gummed up stuff on the pickup roller so now paper gets pulled through. Sadly, it has a failing controller board as every other print job chokes and never gets completed. There is an intermittent failure somewhere as is common in these cheap low end inkjet printers. I advised him it is not worth fixing so he decided to just buy a new one at Micro Center.