We've recently bought an Acer Aspire V5 laptop and prior to purchase had great difficulty finding out the default memory configuration to see how many slots for RAM were available and how many were used.
Our Acer Apsire V5 had a Pentium B987 processor with 4Gb RAM installed. This is a single RAM chip that occupies one of the two slots available.
If you want to upgrade the RAM in your Acer Apsire V5 then you can add another RAM chip into the memory slot up to 8GB so giving a total of 12GB. If you replace the original RAM you could go as high as 16Gb of memory in your Acer Apsire V5
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Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Google Censorship Protecting Scams
Are you aware how much Google is now protecting scams in the UK by censoring search results?
It is now possible for companies to get information removed from Google so that it isn't visible in the UK but is available elsewhere.
So the UK version of this blog only shows a Google page warning content has been removed.
http://modelling-advice.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/luxe-models-review-is-it-free-are-kube.html
But if you are outside the UK and able to view the US version of the site the information is still visible
modelling-advice.blogspot.com/ncr/2013/01/luxe-models-review-is-it-free-are-kube.html
Is this really what we want to be happening in the UK?
Certainly if information is illegal or defamatory there should be a process to get it removed but factual, true information being deleted with no legal process would make even the Chinese government proud of our systems.
Shame on you Google, maybe "Do no evil" doesn't matter when you are now a massive company!
It is now possible for companies to get information removed from Google so that it isn't visible in the UK but is available elsewhere.
So the UK version of this blog only shows a Google page warning content has been removed.
http://modelling-advice.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/luxe-models-review-is-it-free-are-kube.html
But if you are outside the UK and able to view the US version of the site the information is still visible
modelling-advice.blogspot.com/ncr/2013/01/luxe-models-review-is-it-free-are-kube.html
Is this really what we want to be happening in the UK?
Certainly if information is illegal or defamatory there should be a process to get it removed but factual, true information being deleted with no legal process would make even the Chinese government proud of our systems.
Shame on you Google, maybe "Do no evil" doesn't matter when you are now a massive company!
Friday, 22 March 2013
VW Injector Recall for Golf Passat TDI Models
VW are sending letters to all owners of VW Passats with Diesel PD140 and VW Golf 170BHP engines for the injectors to be checked and replaced. Apparently the failure rate of these has been exessively high and when they fail the car engine stops immediately so it is a fairly important safety issue.
My VW Passat 2007 Sport went to the main dealer yesterday and all 4 piezo injectors were replaced as part of this replacement programme. Not bad at all when some owners have previously been charged over £1000 for a single injector to be replaced! Even better when the car has over 125,000 miles on the clock and these should last the same mileage again
I have been very impressed with the way Volkswagen handle warranty and safety related issues on their cars. Some time ago when I owned a VW Golf Mark 2 it was recalled for replacement of the heater matrix. Quite incredible when the car was 13 years old at the time and the original matrix had clearly worked ok for all that time.
More info about the VW Passat injectors can be found here
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| VW Passat Volkswagen Golf TDI Diesel Piezo Injector Replacement Recall: Photo credit : 1810martin |
I have been very impressed with the way Volkswagen handle warranty and safety related issues on their cars. Some time ago when I owned a VW Golf Mark 2 it was recalled for replacement of the heater matrix. Quite incredible when the car was 13 years old at the time and the original matrix had clearly worked ok for all that time.
More info about the VW Passat injectors can be found here
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Whos On Heart Name Ideas
The first correct guess for Whos on Heart was David Duchovny.
I'm absolutely convinced that another one of the voices is DIDO. She wasn't guessed as an answer for the 2012 Whos on Heart competition and hasn't yet been given as one of the names for Whos on Heart 2013.
If you manage to get through give the name a try - if you win the £20,000 or £125,000 as a result remember you read it here first and a few quid won't go amiss!
I'm absolutely convinced that another one of the voices is DIDO. She wasn't guessed as an answer for the 2012 Whos on Heart competition and hasn't yet been given as one of the names for Whos on Heart 2013.
If you manage to get through give the name a try - if you win the £20,000 or £125,000 as a result remember you read it here first and a few quid won't go amiss!
Monday, 11 March 2013
New Email Spam Attacks with Weblink, Account Name and Date March 2013
There seems to have been a massive increase in email spam that is getting past spam filters over the last week or so. The messages appear to be sent from compromised email accounts that then distribute spam to all the people in their contact list.
The format of the mssages is a link to a website followed by the account name and sometimes a date as per the messages below:
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3/9/2013 11:02:09 AM
Becky Marshall
The format of the mssages is a link to a website followed by the account name and sometimes a date as per the messages below:
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http://www.occamobile.com/ qeru/smmht/dddcb/ezyig/tli/ ywdxl/mbgdx.fng
Pedal Lovers
Pedal Lovers
==============================
http://www.pedeplanta.com/tc/ doa/nrbg/hrxp/msfuk/lcna
3/9/2013 11:02:09 AM
Becky Marshall
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Friday, 8 March 2013
Fujitsu Lifebook AH512 Pentium B960 Laptop Review
Fujitsu Lifebook AH512 Pentium B960 Windows 8 Laptop Review
The Fujitsu Lifebook AH512 with Intel Pentium B960 2.2GHz processor is a bargain priced laptop but with some premium features not consistent with a price of £240 from Ebuyer.com. The standard Lifebook AH512 laptop comes with only 2Gb of RAM but this is installed as single chip so it is easy to upgrade as there is second DIMM slot free. At the time of purchase I bought an additional 8Gb RAM to upgrade. This was easily fitted - once the rather stiff rear panel was removed - to bring the spec up to 10Gb RAM which is an ideal amount for Windows 8 to use for decent performance.
Thursday, 7 February 2013
What is First Correct Answer for Whos on Heart 2013? David Duchovny, Jamie Bell and ???
Whos On Heart 2014 now ruhning - First Correct Answer
The first correct name has now been guessed for Whos On Heart competition 2013. By a process of deduction the correct answer for one of the Whos On Heart 2013 voices is:
David Duchovny
Update: The second correct answer guessed is JAMIE BELL.
But in order to get the list running I need the names guessed each day to be posted so I can add them. I have some info already as well as the answers guessed for 2012 but if anyone can post the names guessed each day that would be really helpful. If you guess the next correct voice as well as David Duchovny then you will win £20,000!
Click here to Search List of 2013 Whos On Heart Guesses
I might even post the name that I'm convinced one of the celebrity voices is - the person saying Whos!
The first person to name one of the celebrities wins £10,000, second gets £20k and the one naming all 3 gets £125,000.
The first TWO names have now been guessed - David Duchovny and Jamie Bell. I'm certain that the third name is Dido so if it wins you £125,000 please share some with me!
Whose on Heart 2014 Listen to the 3 Voices
The first correct name has now been guessed for Whos On Heart competition 2013. By a process of deduction the correct answer for one of the Whos On Heart 2013 voices is:
David Duchovny
Update: The second correct answer guessed is JAMIE BELL.
But in order to get the list running I need the names guessed each day to be posted so I can add them. I have some info already as well as the answers guessed for 2012 but if anyone can post the names guessed each day that would be really helpful. If you guess the next correct voice as well as David Duchovny then you will win £20,000!
Click here to Search List of 2013 Whos On Heart Guesses
| Search List of 2013 Whos On Heart Guesses |
I might even post the name that I'm convinced one of the celebrity voices is - the person saying Whos!
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| Whos on Heart 2013 Searchable Guesses & Wrong Answers |
The first person to name one of the celebrities wins £10,000, second gets £20k and the one naming all 3 gets £125,000.
The first TWO names have now been guessed - David Duchovny and Jamie Bell. I'm certain that the third name is Dido so if it wins you £125,000 please share some with me!
Whose on Heart 2014 Listen to the 3 Voices
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