Tuesday 04 September 2012
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Being a geek one has to assemble his own machine and not just that it is a lot cheaper than buying one from HP or Dell. I will go into the hardware and then the software I use on this PC. This is my main computer and I use it much more than my...
If your laptop or desktop features an eSATA port, then you can take advantage of it and connect your external drive to the eSATA port for faster data access, when compared to USB. But the standard eSATA enclosures are way costlier. This hack tells you, how to convert your existing USB enclosure to eSATA...
Solid State Drives (SSDs) are the latest craze of the geek community as they have become increasingly affordable. SSDs provide the single most important upgrade that your computer is in need off. I recently got mine. This post is going to list out all the hacks and tweaks that one needs to apply to...
I recently bought a HP Pavilion dm3 laptop, nice looking ultra portable laptop with low power Core i3 CPU. Everything seem to be working fine till I noticed that the laptop battery won’t charge when I plug it in. It would just say Laptop Plugged in, Not Charging. It gave me the real scare,...
There are plenty of softwares that allow you to find the detailed hardware configuration of your desktop or laptop, without having to look under the hood. You can find the number of slots for RAM and even the type and make of RAM installed in these slots without opening the case of your desktop...
Whether your power supply for the computer failed or your computer got spiked during a thunderstorm or your drives motor is stuck or got busted. Whatever may be the reason you might be needing to manually eject the CD/DVD/Blu Ray drive on your computer (desktop or laptop) to yank out the DVD which you...
Most certainly you can, and that too without having to spend a fortune or two and without having to stress your grey cells. All you need to buy is the appropriate controller board kit from ebay. You would have to mention your LCD panel type (manufacturer name and model number and resolution) to the...
Let me put the record straight by saying Apple’s so hailed magical iPad makes no sense to me. To me even the keynote yesterday felt flawed and lackluster. I will try and justify my case, hopefully better than what S J did yesterday. If not, who cares, it is not exclusive right of Apple...
Steve jobs in his introductory statement for iPad said that this is better than a Netbook, and Apple’s website claims it to be “Our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price”. But it seems that iPad is the worst implementation of the most advanced technology out there. It...
If you Nikon SB-600 Flash powers up, makes funny whizzing noise and then the LCD display shows blinking “–” (instead of the lens focal length), then most likely the motor inside the flash has broken off from its original place. This can happen if you drop your flash or bump it against something. If...
If you need to find out the type of RAM and it’s speed or the number of slots available in your computer without having to open the case. Then you can do so in linux machines (Ubuntu 9.10 or Fedora 12 etc) by using the following command: sudo dmidecode --type 17 It would generate...
I needed a computer case. but didn’t want to invest any money in it as I would be making a long distance journey in near future and won’t be able to lug the heavy case along. DIY solution comes to the rescue. Computer case made of cardboard box! This is built for my test...
Build a super cheap cover for your desktop keyboard. It would take you 5-10 minutes, and the raw materials needed are: two sheets of paper (please use paper which is already printed on at least one side and not needed), some glue and a postcard from the junk promotional snail mails that you get....
If your laptop is on the verge of burning your lap, its time to buy a laptop cooling pad. They are easy and cheap solutions, they enhance your laptop’s life and yes it does work. So shedding a 20 odd bucks for your hundreds of dollar worth investment is justified. It would help you...
My Shuttle desktop Core2 Quad Q9550 processor was always showing idle temperature around 50 deg C. I got a little concerned that I overdid the thermal compound application between the CPU and the heat sink. So, I decided to re-seat the heat sink and reapply the thermal paste. I googled on ways to remove...
Recently I was having an argument with one of my friends that it is cheaper to build (assemble) your own PC than to buy it from a seller like HP, or Dell, or Lenovo. Yes this is true, but this is clearly not the only reason for assembling your own PC. Let me list...
Sometimes it is very important to monitor your computer’s CPU and/or GPU temperature, e.g. if you are overclocking your CPU or if you are worried about your computer’s well being or may be you are just feeling geeky. Whatever be the reason, you can do so by using the following utilities: 1. SpeedFan (Windows:...
Some useful linux commands and procedures to help you out with day to day work. 1. Looking under the hood ( how to generate Hardware profile for your system): Assuming that you are running either Ubuntu or Fedora, lets first install lshw
