Archives for the 'Hardware' Category
Death of a SIM card
Published on 25 Apr 2006 at 2:47 am.
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Here is a strange one. I was talking to my father Sunday night on my cell for about 2 hours. I talk to him most Sundays so that was normal. However about 1 hour after I had ended the call with him my cell came up with the message “Insert SIMÃ¢â‚¬Âť. I took the SIM [...]
PC Relocator by alohabob
Published on 29 Nov 2005 at 1:32 am.
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If you have ever thought about getting a new PC but dread spending countless hours, days, maybe even months re-installing software and configuring the new system to just the way you like it then PC Relocator is just what the Doctor ordered. When I think about the headache of trying to find all the CDs [...]
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ATI Radeon drivers battle
Published on 27 Jul 2005 at 9:45 pm.
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I from time to time check the drivers on my system and update them if there out of date. I went to update my ATI Radeon drivers for my Radeon 9600 Pro graphic card with 256MB of memory and it was a battle. The install failed. I could not uninstall the drivers or go back [...]
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New Power Supply
Published on 22 Jun 2005 at 11:40 pm.
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I have gone thru 4 power supplies over the last year and a half. My system is larger than most systems. I made it myself and it has just about everything you can think of on it. Which means it needs more and better power than normal systems. I have found that the $20 power [...]
Scanners with a Transparency Adapter
Published on 20 Jan 2005 at 11:52 pm.
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I have a scanner that has a “Transparency AdapterÃ¢â‚¬Âť on it. It can scan negative, slides etc, and it does a good job of it. They are not that expansive anymore; they start at like $90. The trick the Transparency Adapter uses is just to switch the light source with a high resolution. When you [...]
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Ipod Can’t Hold 4000 CDs
Published on 28 Dec 2004 at 9:49 pm.
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I have a friend that is a DJ and she wanted to get an Ipod because she heard that you can keep you whole CD collection on one. Well that is true for most of us. Ipods come in 4 sizes 5GB (min Ipod), 20GB, 40GB, and 60GB (photo Ipod). A normal 4 min music [...]
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CD Printer
Published on 10 Nov 2004 at 3:10 am.
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I have an Epson R300 printer that can print right on the CDs or DVDs. I show people these and they are so impressed that there is no label. Epson makes a few printers that can do this trick. They are R200, R300, R300M, R320, and R800. The R800 is an 8 color printer and [...]