Archive for October, 2008

Webbalert or WebPonyExpress

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Morgan Webb’s great “Webbalert” newscast is down to about 3 days a week.
This show is a gem but it can’t become a daily habit for viewers if the production schedule is so irregular.
I am disappointed when I sit down in front of the computer in the morning with my daily bowl of grub clusters and there is no new WebbAlert.
A smart sponsor should get in on the ground floor of this show.

Seagate disk wizard new version

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

The latest version of Seagate Disk Wizard (Acronis) fixes  SATA and chipset incompatibility issues.
Throw your old versions away. This works much better.
The “Automatic” mode is still scary because, in every test we have tried, it identifies the “new” drive as the “old” drive and wants to copy the blank drive over the source drive, therby erasing your Windows install and all your data.
Oh well, nobody’s perfect.

ACER driver woes

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Driver downloads for Acer Aspire 5100 are a headache. I have been trying for days to download. Corrupted drivers and download time outs.  Trying European FTP site.
When people ask for my advice about laptops I will remember.

K8S-MX IDE EMULATION

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

BIOS update is needed for ASUS K8S-MX for “IDE by BIOS” option to appear in BIOS Setup Utility.
ASUSTEK website does not display the BIOS updates in the correct order. “BIOS History”.

1018(beta),1015,1014,1013,1012,1011,1010,1009,1008a,1007,1006….and then the one you want: 1017 followed by 1005, 1004.

Maddening. Wasted hours.

Great job ASUS webmaster!