Don’t use Memtest86 3.x on newer computers

Posted: December 23, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Technology | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

So I was troubleshooting this Toshiba Notebook when I wanted to check if the memory/RAM was in working order. Here comes in Memtest86. The only problem was that I didn’t have a dedicated CD-R boot CD made of the latest release.

I used an old version of Memtest86 it was version 3.3 or something. It loaded and ran the tests. Saw the CPU as a Intel Pentium III @ 2.0 Ghz.  In actuallity the CPU was an Intel Pentium Dual core @ 2.10 Ghz

Mozilla Firefox 24 reminder

Posted: October 4, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Technology | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

Version 24 of Mozilla’s Firefox Web Browser was released last month. Performance and security fixes. Also adds “Close all tabs to the right” feature.

Google Chrome 28 is out

Posted: July 17, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: General Tech, Technology | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

Changing the rendering engine to something called Blink. Changing over from WebKit. There are also changes dealing with notifications on the Windows desktop OS. Security updates as usual.

So I uninstalled Google Chrome…

Posted: July 9, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: General Tech, Technology | Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

After experiencing so many  crashes with the past two versions (26 and 27) of Google Chrome, I decided to uninstall it completely from my main computer. The  isolated crashes feature stopped working and with each new update of Adobe Flash, the crashes became even more frequent. I watch a lot of streaming video via Flash Player. Only used two add ons from the Chrome App store.

I’m actually typing this up from Opera Browser.

Loss of a storage Device 2013

Posted: May 31, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Hardware, Technology | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

Earlier today I plugged in one of my USB pen drive/thumb drive only to find that it is no longer readable. I can’t even format it, run checkdisk and what not.  I was using this for nearly a year until this critical failure.

 

Windows just tells me ” Please insert a device / no device found”.

Thankfully I use my pen drives/thumb drives for sneakernet purposes. No real harm done.

 

I will still continue buying this brand product line despite the loss. Another chance.

 

 

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