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Following up from my previous post, it was time to replace the thermal paste on the CPU/GPU on the Samsung NP-Q460 laptop (known to Best Buy and Future Shop as the Q460-JS01CA in Canada) to see if I could reduce temps. It involves some fairly major disassembly. Worth noting a few things before we get started here: [...]

I lied. After writing this up and realizing I had to scroll a lot to get back up, it’s anything but quick. If you’re considering the Q460, hopefully you find it helpful though. I picked up the NP-Q460 from Best Buy Canada ( both BB and FS list it as a Q460-JS01CA ), as I [...]

Here I’ll be looking at the Storm Scout’s filters, and doing a few mods. Scroll down if you simply want to see the purdy pictures – otherwise, we’ll start with some background. I was looking for a case to replace my current Antec Sonata III. The Sonata’s not bad, except that it’s incredibly heavy (I [...]

I was tempted to do a commentary on Plex vs XBMC (both fantastic btw), and why I decided to go with Plex (and jailbreak an ATV accordingly), but… let’s just get to the process. – Prep To jailbreak the Apple TV (2nd generation), you’ll need the AppleTV, the cord to plug it into some electricity, [...]

To be upfront, this isn’t a performance review with benchmarks and stuff. It’s more of a purchase review. I’ll sum this up pretty quick for those who are reading dozens of reviews and just want the “gist” of things: 1 stick was good, 1 stick was faulty. RMA service to Canada is kinda awful. 2 sentences. [...]

When I picked up the 2011 MacBook Pro, I needed a mouse at the same time. I’ve used Logitech mice almost exclusively over the years, but they haven’t been without their issues. Poor Mac software, inaccurate scroll wheels, and (more importantly) feet that either wear off or aren’t held on well by the glue. Razor’s [...]

Actually, at the moment the biggest look is inside the MBP itself and is at this… I recently grabbed a 15″ MacBook Pro (the 2011 flavor with the 6750m). I’d read about the temps being quite high, although I was quite surprised to find out just how high they could get…. 100 degrees C when [...]

To start, this was done in Windows 7 64-bit on an iMac (mid 2010). It uses the 5730m (although Apple refers to it as the HD5670, it’s actually the AMD / ATI Mobility 5730). — If you’re planning to overclock, it’s a bit of a pain, but here are the quick steps: Grab the latest [...]

We’ve had a DLink DIR825 wireless router for about a year. It’s biggest pro is that it’ll run 2 separate wireless networks at the same time, so you can have say… a 5Ghz N-band running as well as a separate 2.4GHz G/B band. When we bought it, it cost well over $100, so the thinking [...]

Previously, some overclocking attempts with this chip and the Asus P5KPL-CM didn’t go incredibly well, due to the RAM not being adjustable (and the board not booting with a BSEL’ed processor). The highest it pushed was 285Mhz on the FSB (2.28Ghz). I grabbed a Gigabyte board this time around – the G41MT-ES2L. In many ways, [...]