Category Archive: Hardware

April 2, 2017 / by Marco / dl380g, hp, memory, raid controller, server

HOW TO FIX HP DL380G ARRAY CONTROLLER IS IN LOCK-UP STATE

I recently borrowed my brother’s HP DL380G server as I wanted to see if there was any difference in rendering speed for video content. When I tried installing Windows 7 on the server it kept freezing. Upon restarting the server several times, I noticed there was an error message during bootup. The message was: Slot […]

February 25, 2017 / by Marco / fix, power supply, problem, rebooting, router, stuck, tp link, Video, W8960W

HOW TO FIX A REBOOTING OR STUCK TP-LINK ROUTER W8960N – I WISH I KNEW THIS EARLIER

The Internet goes down! What do you do? I was in this situation just recently and when I checked my TP-Link router, model W8960N I noticed it was constantly rebooting. All the lights were flashing and it kept going into a loop. My heart sank when this happened as I knew my router was dying on […]

September 6, 2016 / by Marco / dd wrt, features, firmware, hack, router, tp link, Wireless, wireless router

HOW TO INSTALL DD-WRT ON TPLINK WA830RE

I had a spare TP-LINK wireless extender lying around and decided to try installing DD-WRT (a free Linux-based firmware for several wireless routers) so I could see some of the software features on this firmware. Why? Apparently, there are so many features the wireless extender can do if it has the right software, so I […]

March 13, 2016 / by Marco / drivers, ethernet, gigabit, intel, nuc, nuc5i5myhe

INTEL NUC NUC5i5MYHE ETHERNET DRIVERS

Today I’ve been testing the Intel NUC model number NUC5i5MYHE. After installing Windows 7, I noticed that the Ethernet adapter was not working and I assumed Windows would use a standard Intel network driver but this was not the case. When I went to the Intel Downloads page and selected the model NUC5i5MYHE, the only […]

March 12, 2015 / by Marco / annoying, clx6220, confirmation, environment, printer, report, Samsung

How to Disable Printing Confirmation Report Samsung Printer

We’ve had the Samsung Printer CLX-6220 Series for several years now. It has served us well and has been very reliable. There was one feature though that I had to disable even after all these years of putting up with it and that was to disable the Printing Confirmation Report. This is what I’m refeering […]

November 30, 2014 / by Marco /

NFC Tags under a microscope

NFC tags are now becoming more popular. NFC stands for Near field communication and it is a new technology which allows small data transfers between two NFC enabled devices. [infobox type=”info” clickable=”no” boldtext=”Definition”]NFC Stands for Near Field Communications […]

September 5, 2014 / by Marco / awesomeness, car, cool, hud, navdy, technology

The future of the car driving experience

When you come across a technology that gives you the chill, it’s definitely worth sharing. So have a look at this video (the acting is pretty funny too!): Yes, it’s the NAVDY. As you saw in the video, the NAVDY has voice recognition, touchless gestures (swiping with fingers) and works with your Iphone and Android. […]

August 12, 2014 / by Marco / internet, network, problem, tplink, Wireless, wireless internet connection, wirelessspeed

How I fixed my Internet Wireless Speed

Do you feel like your Internet speed is slow when you’re using your Wireless connection? You could be right – it’s possible there is a configuration problem. I recently experienced this with our work Internet connection and having an IT Networking background I needed to get to the bottom of this. Here’s the scenario and background: SCENARIO […]

May 27, 2014 / by Marco / 3g, internet, modem, USB, usbmodem

How to automatically connect to the Internet using a USB modem

If you have a USB modem and need to automatically connect to the Internet here’s what you need to do on a Windows OS (Windows 7 to be exact) SETUP INSTRUCTIONS – USB MODEM Install the drivers and make sure you can connect to the Internet using the USB modem In the run command type […]

March 7, 2014 / by Marco /

Buffalo LinkStation MySQL password

I thought I’d better record this somewhere as I tried figuring this out for a while. It has been a few months since I logged into phpMyAdmin on the Buffalo NAS server and I completely forgot the username and password. So I tried figuring out how to reset it and couldn’t work it out but […]

January 3, 2014 / by Marco / optus, post-paid, pre-paid, recovery, v9, zte

Recovery of the Optus ZTE V9 after failing pattern and gmail

So my brother had his Optus ZTE V9 tablet tucked away in the cupboard for over a year. When he decided to use the tablet he couldn’t remember what the unlock pattern was. Android has a cool feature to perform a reset after you incorrectly enter the pattern more than 5 times. If you tried […]

October 21, 2013 / by Marco / dc-unlocker, Free, mf60, modem, telstra, unlock

How to unlock Telstra Elite MF60 for Free

Here’s how I unlocked my Telstra MF60. All credit goes to this website: https://sites.google.com/site/mf60guide/ for the patch. There were other more complicated methods which I used but using this patch was the easiest. NOTE: Unlocking the Telstra MF60 voids all warranty so take care and use at your own risk. If you can’t find the […]