This is for people who don't listen and interrupt the flashing BIOS for unknown reasons.This will work provided the BIOS BootBlock isn't screwed up while your Main BIOS Image is gone so remember when flashing DO NOT FLASH the bootblock.The bootblock is to initialize emergency BIOS recovery for some reason the BIOS screwed up.Download the CrisDisk here.Do the following on a spare working computer to prepare the BIOS Recovery Drive:Rename a working copy of the BIOS to bios.wph.UnZip & Extract CrisDisk to a folder called CrisDisk.Copy and Paste...
Sunday, 25 October 2009
Thursday, 22 October 2009
If you play around with Windows System Files sometimes it is not possible to delte them off after you had your fun.The following commands will make it possible to force their removal:For Files: takeown /f file_name /d yicacls file_name /grant administrators:F For Directories (will perform action recursively): takeown /f directory_name /r /d yicacls directory_name /grant administrators:F /tOf Course you need admin permission as alwa...
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
I wish to share with you guys this tool ThaiPhoon Burner, I was introduced to recently by der_mali of Notebookreview.Quite a guy as he had quite a few tip and tricks up his sleeve.I will not reinvent the wheel instruction of how to use here.BEFORE I FORGOT, YOU NEED A SUPPORTED CHIPSET TO READ THE RAM CORRECTLY!THE SOFTWARE WILL NOT RUN CORRECTLY ON CERTAIN CHIPSET.I did as instructed and flashed both my RAM to PC2-6400 from PC2-5300 but Aspire 4530...
Friday, 9 October 2009
Please take note when installing NForce DriversMake sure your Add/Remove Nvidia Driver has the entries below:Use the 15.45 NForce Drivers I advised (Can be downloaded on Guru3d.com) DO NOT USE 15.37 NForce Drivers from Nvidia except for the AHCI Storage Driver from 15.37.Note you get SMU Driver and PCI System Management Drivers, otherwise you get a Fatal Machine Check error occasionally in Windows 7 Event Log, you won't see any BSOD but the error...
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BEVT Unfortunately my drive has failed so no direct comparison will be available. However I will run pretty commonly available tools (No Downloads required), to get the benchmark score so you can compare it to the BEVT in your laptop.5400 RPM SATA 3 Gb/sec 12 millisecond seek time 8-megabyte buffer Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BEKT 7200 RPM SATA 3...
I am not sure if you guys know you can manually invoke Windows 7 defragmentation Tool to do boot optimization by using the /b flag.When you run defrag.exe, you get the followingMicrosoft Disk DefragmenterCopyright (c) 2007 Microsoft Corp.The parameter is incorrect. (0x80070057)Description:Locates and consolidates fragmented files on local volumes toimprove system performance.Syntax:defrag | /C | /E [/H] [/M | [/U] [/V]]defrag | /C | /E /A [/H] [/M | [/U] [/V]]defrag | /C | /E /X [/H] [/M | [/U] [/V]]defrag /T [/H]...
Monday, 5 October 2009
Firstly, if the Harddisk came from an integrated OEM System, the warranty is honored by the OEM.The warranty is not going to be the responsibility of the Disk Manufacturer unless the Harddisk is bought separately in a retail store, so if you run out of warranty you will have to buy a separate harddisk replacement by yourself.Symptoms of Harddisk Failure:Windows hangs while Booting or takes a unusually long time.Windows hangs while shutting down.BIOS...
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Basically there are only a few questions you need to ask. 1.SizeHow big you need your laptop to be?Keep in mind size is related to weight, the smaller the laptop the lighter it usually is.<12.1>13.1 inches (Mainstream Laptops)14.1 inches (Mainstream Laptops)15.1 inches (Mainstream Intensive Gaming Laptops)16.1 inches (Desktop Replacement)>16.1 inches (Desktop Replacement)Usually if you need to move it around 14.1 -15.1 inches would be around...
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