Category Archives: Hardware

MacBook Pro vs Soniq TV vs HDMI adaptor

Most things on the Mac are purportedly easy since many of the un-ncessary options are removed.  This is great until you want to non-conform (read, use some hardware that is old, cheap, or just un-ordinary). Trying to get HDMI with … Continue reading

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Asus M51SN LCD Screen Upgrade

I wanted to upgrade the resolution of my laptop screen recently but couldn’t find any resources in the ASUS forums or elsewhere online of anyone who had done it previously.  The other requirement I had was that I wanted to … Continue reading

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Asus M51Sn and OS X

Just some links related to getting OS X Leopard running on the M51Sn. Hardware still not fully covered, but there is a bios update so that the second CPU core doesn’t get aliased which prevents OS X from identifying the … Continue reading

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Recycling PC’s

I found, ready for throwing away, an old PC with an ASUS A7V-E motherboard. It was in our trash area in our block of flats. It had a 30gb disc, a Geforce 2 MX 440 gfx card, a Soundblaster Audigy, … Continue reading

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