How to open the Western Digital “My Passport” Drive.
DaleStep 1. Don’t bother. As there are “user serviceable parts inside.” Step 2. Well if you insist on opening this piece of crud, the actual steps follow. Step 1 -…
The iMate Ultimate 9502 PDA
There is a lot I like about this PDA. It’s got a 640x480 screen resolution for starters. It has video output to TV. It’s got your GPS built-in and a…
Western Digital “My Passport” drive? It sucks.
Had to open the case on my Western Digital “My Passport” drive tonight. You might remember, that I talked about the drive previously. Well the drive sucks, and here’s the…
The Western Digital “My Passport” External Drive
Update: Thinking of buying one? Don't, they suck. The Western Digital “My Digital” External Hard Drive pictured right, is my latest IT purchase. The reason I went for a WD…
“One of these things is not the same as the others.”
When I was growing up, that was a game on Sesame Street. It’s the same with Mobile/cell phone & PDA earpiece attachments: The sharp eyed amongst you will have noticed…
Tip for installing Windows 7 : update your BIOS first.
Windows 7 uses your BIOS version to determine what hardware drivers should be downloaded to your PC. So updating my BIOS is one of the first things I do before…
“My screen has waves on it.”
Back in 2001, the users were complaining that their computer screens had waves on them. The cause of these “waves” were the HUGE electromagnetic fields being generated by the power…
“Can you tell me whether the drive inside this newer FreeAgent Go is SATA or IDE?”
That will be yes, which is what I answered in the comments. In particular, my FreeAgent Go drives have the following SATA drives in them: Model SATA Drive Name Drive…
How to open the Seagate FreeAgent Go External Drive.
(very carefully) Step 0 – read all these instructions before trying this yourself. In particular, you can probably get away with removing the top cover only. Step 1 – using…
Questions I ask when I’m asked “What PC do I buy?”
What do you want to do with it? What's your budget? Are you technically minded? A "Yes" might lead you down the path of Linux and a "No-brand" or "White…