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 [...]
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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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the Ultimate series ~:~ Samsung SGH-i900
Posted: April 20, 2008 by ralliart12 in Ring-dingTags: 3.5G, GPS, i780, i900, keypad, MotoQ, PDA, phone, QWERTY, Samsung, wifi, Windows Mobile
The past few months seen the influx of a heightened interest in PDA phones, particularly those with a full qwerty keypad which the Blackberries are the representative models. I was looking out for a mobile with full qwerty keypad also, and my initial choice was the Motorola Q9M, as shown below: However, Singapore telco like [...]
Ménage à trois – the Lumix, a finepix & the dandy NV24
Posted: April 4, 2008 by ralliart12 in TechnopiaTags: almost, cheaper, compact, F100, F100fd, finepix, Fujifilm, FX520, haiz, HD, lumix, manual, not quite, NV24, panasonic, PnS, Samsung, TZ5
Ever since the demise of my Konica Minolta Z3 (due to my negligence, left the batteries in for an extended period of time & mercury leakage ensued), I’ve been searching high & low for another worthy successor. Furthermore, Konica Minolta’s digital still cameras division has been sold to Sony; so I couldn’t get another KM [...]
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 [...]
