Posts tagged: Hardware
How to Remove Those Old Laptop Stickers
Tired of those old stickers you adorned your laptop with? Me too. No, I don’t mean yours. I’m sure yours are fine; well, except for that Bieber Rocks! one. What were you thinking!? Anyway, here’s couple of tips on how to remove Bieber and his sticky cousins. First, power down your laptop, unplug it, and […] Read More →
PC Build: Intel Core i7 Ivy Bridge
Time once again to upgrade my desktop computer. My current system, an ASUS P67 Sabertooth motherboard (P67 Chipset/Socket 1155), Intel Core i7-2600K (Sandy Bridge) processor, AMD Radeon HD 6950 GPU, and 8 GB of DDR3-1600 G.Skill RAM, served me well, but I wanted to move on to Intel’s “Ivy Bridge” architecture. This post will document […] Read More →
PC Build: Intel Core i7 Sandy Bridge
Recently I decided it was time to upgrade my main desktop computer. My current system, featuring an Intel DP55KG motherboard (P55 Chipset/Socket 1156), Intel Core i7-860 (Lynnfield) processor, AMD Radeon HD 5870 GPU, and 8 GB of DDR3-1600 Mushkin RAM, had served me well, but I was anxious to give Intel’s “Sandy Bridge” architecture a […] Read More →
Install and Configure CrunchBang Linux on the Lenovo T410 Laptop
(20120629- This post has been amended to address changes in current versions of CrunchBang and GParted — iceflatline) This post will describe how I installed and configured CrunchBang Linux for use on a Lenovo ThinkPad T410, the challenges that I encountered, and how those challenges were overcome. CrunchBang is a Debian-based distribution featuring the light-weight […] Read More →
Install and Configure Ubuntu Linux on the Lenovo T410 Laptop
I recently purchased a Lenovo ThinkPad T410 laptop. This post will describe how I installed and configured Ubuntu Desktop Edition version 10.04 LTS – Long Term Support (32-bit) for use on this machine, the challenges that I encountered, and how those challenges were overcome. Following are the specifications for the laptop I purchased: Windows 7 […] Read More →