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Apr/13

Samsung 830 SSD (512GB)

Filed Under Hardware at 22nd April 2013 0:01 by

Overview My Windows system stopped booting up for some odd reason but luckily it only affect my OS drive. As I had to reinstall Windows I thought now would be a good time to get an SSD to save cloning … Continue reading →

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Apr/13

Enabling MPEG2 / VC1 Codec On Raspberry Pi XMBC

Filed Under Hardware, Linux at 8th April 2013 0:01 by

Purchasing License Buy a license from Raspberry Pi site at http://www.raspberrypi.com/mpeg-2-license-key/ Before doing so you’ll need to get the serial number from the Raspberry Pi. This is NOT printed physically on the board. Power up RaspBMC and go to Settings … Continue reading →

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Mar/13

USB Not Booting At Startup

Filed Under Hardware at 18th March 2013 0:01 by

Intel’s newer chipssets, like Intel HM75 are now including fastboot as a feature which allows the system to bypass some of the POST checks to speed up start up times. One of the issues with this is it also bypasses … Continue reading →

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Feb/13

SATA And SATA 3 Speed Difference

Filed Under Hardware at 25th February 2013 0:01 by

A very quick test on a new SATA 3 labelled cable and a generic SATA labelled cable revealed interesting results. I used the same drive on the same SATA 3 port on the flawed Marvell powered X58 Intel chipset. The … Continue reading →

04

Feb/13

Performance Between Hard Drives

Filed Under Hardware at 4th February 2013 0:01 by

I was amazed by some very basic tests how 2 hard drives (Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB) of the same model can have such a difference in performance. The two drives I had were purchased at difference times but it … Continue reading →

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Jan/13

Samsung Series 9 (Jun 2012) Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware, Review at 14th January 2013 0:01 by

Overview I was on the market for a new laptop with my aging 15″ Santa Rosa MacBook Pro (MBP). With Intel finally driving the Ultrabook to compete with the MacBook Air(MBA) I was sure my next computer would one. Limitations … Continue reading →

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Dec/12

Install Clockwork Recovery Mod On Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9

Filed Under Tablet at 17th December 2012 0:01 by

The second step to installing ROMs on the Galaxy Tab is to flash a new recovery firmware. Clockwork Recovery Mod (CWM) is a far more capable firmware than the stock one. Below is a video how to: In summary: Download … Continue reading →

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Dec/12

Root Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 GT-P7300

Filed Under Tablet at 3rd December 2012 0:01 by

The first step to installing ROMs on the Galaxy Tab is to root it so that system files can be changed. Below is a video how to: In summary: To do this visit Galaxy Tab 8.9 Root on XDA and … Continue reading →