Introduction A few days ago I managed to brick my Compaq Mini 311 netbook by mistakenly flashing the wrong BIOS image. The computer only switched on the CPU fan for a moment when I pressed the Power on button, then it switched off, nothing worked, no lights were on. Since …
Introduction I have been using a cheap, no-name wifi repeater in our house for about a year. It is of the type that you plug in a mains socket on the wall (after configuring it with a computer) and you forget about it. It’s done a good job (i.e. zero …
Introduction In the past few weeks I have neglected this blog a little bit. With a good reason, though: I had the privilege to travel a bit in Indonesia. I could write a book about my experiences on this trip, but it would be off topic on this blog. However, …
Introduction Over the years I have collected quite a few laptops (among many other things…). I usually pick them up when my friends and relatives get a new laptop and they throw away the old ones. Most of these laptops are not working and/or very old (i.e. around 15 years …
Note: The problem and solution(s) described in this article are related to the Sony Bravia KDL-46EX402 television, but they may affect other televisions in the Sony Bravia line. Introduction I have a Sony Bravia KDL-46EX402 TV that after a couple of years of operation I decided to upgrade it to the …
Introduction I have been using a 500GB Verbatim Gigabit NAS External Hard Drive for backup purposes for the last few years with no problem – I can recommend it to anyone. Now, that I ran out of space I looked into the possibility of replacing its hard disk for a …
Finished look Introduction Years ago, before I started this blog, I created a digital picture frame out of an old laptop and two wooden picture frames from IKEA. The choice of operating system was Windows XP because I had a license that I didn’t need any more and, coming from …
Problem After an update of some software on a 64 bit Windows computer you might run into the following message when you start MPLAB X: Also, when you try to program your device it fails. PICkit2: Loading code from F:/Projects/PIC/LilBang.X/dist/default/production/LilBang.X.production.hex…Loading symbols from F:/Projects/PIC/LilBang.X/dist/default/production/LilBang.X.production.cof…Loading completedConnecting to programmer…The programmer could not be …
Introduction A couple of months ago I called our ISP’s customer support line as our speeds dropped significantly. This happened overnight, with no warning, or any apparent reason (change of hardware, software, or even our internet usage habits). Furthermore, this was not the first time it happened – in the …
