Upgrading/replacing a parity drive in unRAID
I’m preparing to upgrade my 2TB WD Green parity drive to a 2TB WD Black parity drive on my unRAID system. I did a lot of searching for resources on this topic and while there are some great forums...
View ArticleUpgrading a Dell M4400: Dual Hard Drives, 2.8GHz CPU, 4GB RAM
UPDATE: new post with specific M4400 upgrade questions and tips as a result of questions from commenter David. NOTE: you can also view all the entries in this Q & A series… The Dell M4400 has been...
View Article[HOWTO] upgrading M4400 (RAM, CPU, SSD, BIOS)
NOTE: you can also view all the entries in this Q & A series… I received the following question on my previous post about upgrading a Dell M4400 laptop: Q. Great J.D. Thank you. I also have an...
View ArticleUpgrading M4400 -> How to backup/get my favorite folders from XP to Win7
NOTE: you can also view all the entries in this Q & A series… On 10/7/2011 11:38 AM, David wrote: PS. My 4400 is pretty clean (hard drive that I am swapping out). What I mean by that is I only have...
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Upgrade Acer Aspire One AO722 memory/RAM
UPDATE: Many readers have asked what memory I recommend for upgrading the A0722. My recommendation is 4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 Kingston memory because it offers a lifetime warranty, solid performance AND it...
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ASUS A53 laptop memory upgrade
If you own one of the nice ASUS A53 laptops you may be wanting to maximize the amount of memory your lovely laptop have. Here is how a photo tutorial showing how to upgrade the RAM on an ASUS A53...
View Article7mm SSD list / 7mm HD list
UPDATE 2012.05.30: added a list of 7mm SSD and 7mm HDD at the end of this post… The most-excellent Lenovo Thinkpad X220 laptop supports a rather odd thickness for its hard drive/SSD: 7mm This is...
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Acer Aspire One AO722/AO725 8GB memory upgrade, recommended RAM? [ANSWER]
Q. I am looking at buying either an Acer Aspire One 722 or 725. Do either the AO722 and AO725 support 8GB of RAM? and if so, what is a memory module that is FOR SURE supported? -Carly A. Hi Carly,...
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Add bluetooth to the Acer Aspire One 722
If you would like to add bluetooth to your AO722, there are a couple easy (and pretty cheap) options: #1 Compact USB bluetooth adapter These are about $20 with free shipping at Amazon and this...
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Acer Aspire One 722 Performance Upgrades
If you have the lovely little AO722 netbook you may be looking for some simple and cheap upgrades. Here are my top upgrades for the AO722: Upgrade the RAM to 4GB for $20 or even 8GB for less than $40!...
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Lenovo Yoga 13 memory upgrade
Here are photo instructions for upgrading the RAM on a Lenovo Yoga 13. Surprisingly, there are not any screws to be removed. Instead, the keyboard is secured via double-sided tape. You must pry up the...
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S200E/Q200E 2nd antenna for upgraded WiFi, Bluetooth, WiDi
The ASUS S200E and Q200E are lovely laptops, but unfortunately they lack Bluetooth and they do not support Intel’s WiDi Fortunately, all is not lost! With a bit of perseverance and a few dollars...
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By: j j
thank you for the guide. that was very helpful. i didn’t know those two screws are retaining screws and i had been trying to remove those two screws to no avail for a long time. then i read this to...
View ArticleBy: J.D. H.
Hi j j, Thank you very much for your kind words, I am very glad that my guide was helpful! Also, thank you VERY much for the informative info about 8GB of RAM in the AS7560. I think your tips will be...
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By: Sol
You’re photo of the upgrading process was very helpful (AS7560). I just brought a NV-75s Gateway on secondipity for 279 and it’s similar specs. Surprising, similar parts as well. The under cartridge is...
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By: J.D. H.
Hi Sol, Thank you for your very informative comment! I had not heard of the NV75s, nor the secondipity site. Both are very cool If you decide to go through with it, please keep us posted on how your...
View ArticleBy: Lauren
Very nice pictures of how to do this…My problem is even after loosening all the retaining screws it won’t lift off..In fact in your picture where you are lifting up the back is like glued down…Have you...
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Hi Lauren, Thank you for your question. I remember when taking off the access panel, I first started by pulling up the little area that has the memory/hard drive icons next to it:...
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I was having difficulty finding out the real maxinum RAM for the 7560 motherboard. There are good deals (<$50) for 16 GB laptop memory (2 x 8GB) and there are several posts on SD/Newegg that state...
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