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In this short disassembly video we show how to remove the keyboard, battery, backing cover, screwed, hard drive, DVD, WiFi card and back cover plate to gain access to the CPU fan. We then clean out the CPU fan with some compressed air to and reassemble the Dell Inspiron 17″ Read more…
If you are a Google Chrome user, and 75% of the internet usage is, you have likely found that Google Chrome is shown potentially dozens of times in Windows Task Managers PROCESSES tab. This is quite unexpected for many. Often people think they have a virus or some other malware Read more…
We have just started evaluating CloudFlare but were unable to locate a simple setup instructions. Below is our 12 minute video explaining: What CloudFlare does How to get it setup in just 5 minutes on WordPress What extra things (performance tweaking, SSL…) you will likely want to change TOP 5 Read more…
Now that Google has Auto Ads, you no longer need to struggle to get advertisements onto your phpBB bulletin board. To Add Google Adverts To Your phpBB: Login to your Google AdSense account and expand CONTENT > AUTO ADS > SETUP AUTO ADS (blue text link in top right corner), Read more…
UPDATE 2019: The processes below were very helpful, but we just upgraded from 3.2.2 to 3.2.5 and needed more effort than what is described below so if if this does not work for you, read our new NO INPUT FILE SPECIFIED fix. I just finished struggling through updating phpBB 3.1 Read more…
We recently migrated a dozen WordPress sites from one GoDaddy host to another GoDaddy host and then to a totally different host named InMotion.com. As a result we had to put a lot of time and effort into learning efficient migration strategies. We moves sites completely manually and using tools. Below Read more…
If you installed the DELL SAN HEADQUARTERS ‘SERVER’ on a new server and are connecting to it from your desktop (or another server), you will likely want to get delete the old server in SAN HQ. The problem is REMOVE SERVER is not an option. Fortunately the solution is easy: Read more…
We have been looking at car GPS systems for some time and for a variety of reasons have settled on Garmin products. However, Garmin has a lot of product and they do a very poor job of explaining the differences between them. So we spent 2 hours grinding through Garmin.com and other sites trying to create a list of the meaningful differences between the current generation “Garmin Drive” products. Below is the product Garmin GPS feature table we developed.
Before you get to the table be aware that there are a few gotcha’s:
We settled on the Garmin DriveAssist because it has a front facing webcam that:
If you want to see a video of the unboxing, core configuration and review of the Garmin DriveAssist 51, we have ours HERE.
Take note that we are not Garmin experts so, while it is unlikely, it is possible there are mistakes in the table. If you are using this table for a purchase decision, please double check your specs before buying.
We highlighted the main features of the current generation “51” line we thought you would care about.
| Feature | Garmin Drive | Garmin DriveSmart | Garmin DriveAssist | Garmin DriveLuxe |
| Lifetime Live Traffic data from FM??? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lifetime Live Traffic data from Cell | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lifetime Live Parking Data | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WiFi For Updates | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Smartphone App | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Voice Activated Navigation | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bluetooth | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Display Texts (from your cell) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Speaker Phone (from your cell) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lifetime Map Updates in NA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Two Finger Pinch & Zoom Touchscreen | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Powered Mount | No | No | No | Yes |
| Screen Size | 5 or 6″ | 5 or 6″ | 5″ | 5 or 6″ |
| Screen Resolution | 480×272 | 480×272 | 480×272 | 800×400 |
| Colour Screen | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MicroSD Expansion Memory Slot | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dashcam | No | No | Yes | No |
| Lane Departure Warning | No | No | Yes | No |
| Collision Avoidance Warning | No | No | Yes | No |
| Driver Alerts (i.e. sharp curve ahead) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Red Light & Speed Camera Warning | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Weather Related Routing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Can Pair with Garmin Backup Cam | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Battery Length in Mins | 60 | 60 | 30 | 60 |
| Weight | 170g | 243g | 191g | 231g |
| Chassis Material | Plastic | Plastic | Plastic | Metal |
This video shows you how to remove and replace the drum (Samsung CLT-R406), toners & waste toner bottle on Samsung c460 which is the same as all the products listed at the end of this article: From several websites, it appears that this part and this video will be relevant Read more…
The Dell Latitude 5490 is the 2018 replacement for the 5480 released in 2017. The Latitude 5480 was an amazing corporate grade laptop that had the option to add a “Caching SSD” to massively boost the performance of a spinning hard disk. Unfortunately the, that functionality has been removed from the Read more…
UPDATED: May 11 2019 – See Year Two: How Does the Ryobi 40V 20″ Lawn Mower Stand Up at the bottom The Ryobi RY40180 40V Electric Lawn Mower is much much better than when I: Expected – from experience with older battery lawn mowers: Old Lead Acid batteries don’t last very Read more…
If you have to change text or update links in many of your WordPress pages, there is a simple solution with BETTER SEARCH REPLACE. We recently removed a YouTube video player that required all of our YouTube links to be prefixed with httpv:// (not the ‘V’) . The plug-in is Read more…
Google Earth for the desktop is a NEAR end of life product, but it is still available. They are replacing the GoogleEarth desktop app with a GoogleEarth Web App. Google said: While rebuilding the new Google Earth from scratch we decided to start with features that are essential for exploring Read more…
In this video we show how to disassemble a 3.5″ Seagate Backup Plus External Disk Chassis. In particular, we show how to remove the harddrive and explain that any 3.5″ hard disk could be inserted in the chassis to replace it.
Many people think that using a debit / credit card with a chip that requires them to enter a PIN code is safe. It is not. There are many ways to hack Chip and PIN cards: The stores chip and PIN machine can be hacked to send your information to Read more…
Crytojacking may sound like a method of extorting money by encrypting files against someones will and then charging them for the decryption key. However it is not. Cryptojacking is using unsuspecting peoples devices to cyrptomine (compute solutions to make new cryptocurrency), like Bitcoin. Can Cells and Tablets be CryptoJacked? When Read more…