HOW TO – Hard Drive recovery from a full stop
Nak writes – “Just the steps taken to get a harddrive back up (Maxtor in this case) from 0 rpm and no bios detection, to 7200 rpm in a few easy steps!” – Link.
Computers & Mobile
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Mountain dew PC mod
Tyler writes – “In a desperate attempt to alleviate the aforementioned problems, I sat down with my friends and concocted the ultimate gaming machine. Unfortunately, unable to overcome the challenges of bio breaks and real life (without taking steps we would rather not go into at this time) we had to settle for the version […]
How many computers can you carry?
Turns out you can fit a lot of computers (and other things) on the back of a truck – here’s a gallery of the “overloaded” – [via] Link.
HOW TO – WinXP and OSX dual boot on a MacBook Pro
Nirlog.com has a how to on dual booting a MacBook pro to OS X and Windows XP – “Finally I’ve succeeded in installing Windows XP in MacBook Pro. Now it can dual boot between Windows XP and MacOS X. There’re few issues with windows xp but being able to boot smoothly between these 2 OSes […]
Economical Wi-Fi rover
Ken writes – “I’ve created a modular, teleprescent, WiFi rover for $103. Pictures, CAD drawing, and more on the site. The project was created with an 8-year old laptop running Slackware Linux. Hope to add some neat gadgets like GPS, thermometer, IR…. Took my project to my local science fair this weekend and won 2nd […]
HOW TO – Repairing a Pocket-PC with a bad Li-ion charger
Bill writes – “I recently repaired a Pocket-PC that wouldn’t charge its battery. To do this, I built a new charger circuit and stuffed it into the Pocket-PC. I thought others might benefit from this information so I’ve documented the result.” – Link.
Linux based, 24 monitor, Quake 3…
Best.setup.ever from the gang at Plastk.net – “Here are some videos featuring Quake 3 Arena being played with a gyro mouse (the technology that the new Nintendo Revolution controller will be using) as well as a standard mouse. The resolution of the game is still 10240×3072 and runs on a 24-monitor Linux cluster here at […]
