As can probably be guessed from the title, I’m going to write about floods. They seem to be the main topic of news and conversation, depending whereabouts in the country you happen to be. Of course I have sympathy for the people who are homeless and have lost possessions, but Continue Reading
USB 3.0 Fault on a Medion notebook
I spent more of last weekend than planned on setting up a new Medion Akoya S4213 for a family member. I am very glad I had it yo set up, as for a beginner it would have been a very traumatic experience! At first all went well, the machine is Continue Reading
Surprisingly decent Acer laptop.
Tonight’s fix-up project has been an Acer Extensa 4220. My friend tried to format the hard drive and reinstall Windows XP, but in doing so he deleted the recovery partition as well as the OS one. He then tried to install from an XP installation CD, but couldn’t make that Continue Reading
Crap Dell laptop.
For the past few nights I’ve been working on a broken Dell laptop, an Inspiron M5030 which can best be described as a pile of junk. Due to a serious design flaw the case flexes due to overheating. As it flexes and gets hot some of the connections on the Continue Reading