I was preparing some Vista drivers for the impending migration when I noticed a BIOS firmware update available for my Samsung laptop. Decided to go for it & succeeded without any hiccups. Feeling adventurous, I decided to overhaul the physical innards of my laptop to clean the fans & reduce heat build-up. This proved to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘laptop’
How I spent my year-end holiday part 2 of 6: Laptop midnight fiasco aka Electronic Operation aka Tearing-my-laptop-apart-&-putting-it-back-together-again
Posted: December 18, 2009 by ralliart12 in 1-hour notebook, RoadblocksTags: bluetooth, broke, cross-reference, diagnose, disassemble, fan, fix, heat, itchy, key, keyboard, laptop, noise, notebook, Samsung, schematics, snap, touchpad, troubleshoot, vent, ventilation
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How I spent my year-end holiday part 1 of 6: Migrating my production laptop to Windows 7
Posted: December 17, 2009 by ralliart12 in 1-hour notebookTags: 7, backup, cloud, format, fresh, holiday, install, itunes, laptop, main, migration, music, notebook, production, setup, seven, system, win
It has been many days since my last blog entry. System re-format of my production laptop has been completed to a satisfactory level. In a way, it proves to be a major refresh in my experience with setting up new systems; as well as a (coerced) opportunity to archive, restructure & organize my critical data. [...]
An email about laptop selection & purchase
Posted: June 8, 2008 by ralliart12 in 1-hour notebookTags: laptop, notebook, PC Show, purchase, selection, trade shows
I recently wrote an email to an acquaintance of me asking me for advice on an upcoming purchase of a laptop. I suppose he’ll be committing this purchase at the PC Show 2008 & tailored my response to him accordingly. Since I invested some due effort in composing the email, I figure why not post [...]
“Power is…”
Posted: April 1, 2008 by ralliart12 in 1-hour notebook, QuotesTags: battery, extend, finally, laptop, power, rechargeable
“the capability to extend the life of a dying entity. Sometimes power comes in 2 sizes. Power also comes in a cardboard box & cost $148″
Items bought during IT Show 2008 – Part 2
Posted: March 13, 2008 by ralliart12 in 1-hour notebookTags: battery, extended, IT Show, laptop, Samsung
Next major item, finally a new battery for my 1-hour laptop, & an extended one at that! My laptop has a very special feature: it can only last 52min(excluding boot-up consumption) on a single charge. Pretty cool eh, that’s why you always see me typing very fast in school. I understand battery are normally not [...]
