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Computer Update
09 months ago
by Erin
Well, I finally got myself a new laptop. I’m now the proud owner of this bad boy…
Toshiba Satellite L650
I loved the last Toshiba that I killed, so it only made sense to upgrade to another Toshiba when I had some extra money. It has a 320GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive which is fine for me; I use an external HD so I don’t really need my machine’s local HDD to be incredibly beefy. What was important to me was that the thing be fast, so I got a Intel Core i5-480M dual core processor and 4GB (2GBX2) 1066MHz DDR3 memory. If I went with a desktop I could have gotten a better processor, but I’m liking the speed this laptop is providing.
Unfortunately, once I received it I realized it only has two USB plugs. Luckily, I just did a lot of research on USB Hubs, so I ordered the Tulip USB hub. Unfortunately, when it arrived it did not come with a power cord, and without that external devices such as an external HD or iPod won’t work. I contacted the manufacturer, there was not one available. Stupidly, I found a power cord around my house, plugged it into the Hub and… shorted the HDD on my NEW laptop. 
Luckily, I was able to send it in for repair since it was still under warranty. Hooray!
I ended up ordering a different, not cute USB hub. As long as it works and doesn’t short my computer though, I’m happy.
Installing New RAM in MacBook and Sony Vaio VGN-FS8900
011 months ago
by Erin
A couple of weeks after the tea disaster of 2010, I bought new ram for my MacBook and my Sony Vaio VGN-FS8900 laptops. Both were equipped with only 512MB of RAM (help!) but had a max capacity of 2GB, so for only about $80 I was able to get more RAM for both of them.
I’m not that computer technical, but replacing the RAM was a BREEZE! A helpful Mac employee directed me to a website that would walk me through the process called iFixIt.com. All I had to do was follow this simple tutorial and voila! I now had 2GB of RAM.
The Sony was a bit trickier. After lots of searching, I found this user manual and it has some text instructions starting on page 110. I had a bit of a scare (the computer wouldn’t boot at first) but eventually the operation was successful!
I felt like such an elite geek afterwards, like Angelina Jolie in Hackers!
Cute USB Hubs!
11 year ago
by Erin
I was at Target the other day and bought a USB hub, but when I brought it home and plugged it in, the thing didn’t work! So I decided to poke around the interwebs and see what I could find. (For those of you who don’t know, a USB hub is a USB device that plugs in to one USB port and splits it into many. Think of it as a power strip for USB ports.)
Mouse USB hub
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