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.

Saturday, July 15, 2006




I bought this Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 laptop last week as a scrap deal off Ebay. It's a Pentium 3 x 800 hmz system with 512 MB RAM, 20gb HD and DVD-ROM/CDRW combo drive with a WiFi-G pc card. Well, I fixed the broken hinge on the lcd cover, replaced the HD caddy and installed a new 20gb hard drive. I am just installing Windows XP now since I sold it this afternoon for $300 to a customer who will be picking it up tonight.