Mr. Box

03/22/2023

This is a great video that shows you just a fraction of the amount of tracking and telemetry Windows 10 and 11 does on a brand new computer with no software installed.

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03/20/2023

Both Windows 10 and 11 come with a tremendous amount of junk software that most people will never use. Not only does this waste space and clutter the Start Menu, some of it is basically spyware and sends your usage habits to the evil tech overlords. In our first Mr. Box Field Guide, we show you a very simple and easy way to get rid of all the garbage that comes with Windows.

Welcome to your fresh, new, clean installation of Windows. Here's how to get all the crap off it.

03/17/2023

Mr. Box is happy to announce the launch of our new site! We've updated everything with fresh content, new systems, and services. Take a look and let us know what we can do for you.

A Colorado Springs computer repair, mobile device, and technology service provider.

01/18/2023

It's been a while since we've posted, but 2022 was a busy year. With GPU prices still being insane, new gaming system builds were much less prevalent, but we did upgrade and a repair them quite a bit. Our most common repair for these kinds of computers were replacements of iBUYPOWER liquid coolers. Others were CPU upgrades, new cases, and better cable management. If you're looking for a new gaming system or want to beef up your existing one, give us a shout.

05/22/2021

For those of you with a gaming system or production workstation built by us before 2019 that utilizes any Corsair Hydro GTX CPU water cooler, Corsair is no longer supporting these devices with their latest iCUE software.

Version 4 won't show the cooler. This means you cannot see fan/pump speeds, monitor temperatures, or manage fan/LED profiles. Luckily, you can still use version 3 or continue using the original Corsair Link software if you've still got it and it'll still work with the hardware.

Corsair is claiming they thought long and hard about the decision to remove this product and others from the latest version of iCUE, but it seems like a misstep to me considering these coolers have excellent performance and fantastic longevity.

Don't hesitate to reach out if you've noticed your CPU water cooler is suddenly running differently or at higher speeds and you no longer have control; it's not broken and you don't need to replace it.

03/07/2021

11/25/2020

Just finished a gaming system build for a client: A Ryzen 5 3600X with a GeForce RTX 2060 SC, 32GB of DDR4 memory, and a wicked fast Samsung EVO 970 Pro Plus NVMe solid state drive. It runs cool and quiet with Corsair's H100i RGB liquid cooler.

It fully installed Windows in under 3 minutes and goes from power button press to Windows in just under 8 seconds in default boot mode with no overclocking. And it's pretty.

07/04/2020

Happy Independence Day! And don't forget...

Happy Independence Day, folks! Remember, when playing with fireworks, you only get 10 chances to do it right!

06/17/2020

Admit it. You wouldn't wear it in public, nor would we blame you, but you totally want one.

06/11/2020

There's nothing like a good pandemic to get you to stay indoors for a little while and update your business site. We'll finally be launching the new Mr. Box site in early July, shuffling off all the old IONIQPC stuff and updating our store with new systems.

In the meantime, here are some Mr. Box "Pro Tip" posters featuring laughably bad computer repair stock photography. Enjoy!

03/29/2020

It's been too long since we've posted here, but we're still around, even through this COVID-19 crisis. If you need computer support that doesn't require replacing hardware, we can easily take care of you remotely as long as you have working Internet and can navigate to a web site with little trouble. Shoot us an e-mail, give us a call, or message us and we'll fix your box!