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I have just bought the Asus X93SV 18,4″ laptop (specs are equal to K93SV) and I wanted to add more ram.

When opening the bottom lid I got a surprise; there are only 2 slots and their were filled already with 2x4GB.
I start googl’in and didn’t find the information as easy as I wanted.

Sharing is caring you know, so here is a tip:
Below the keyboard is two free slots!

You have to dismount the keyboard by following the guide on this picture:

(Source of picture)

Make sure that you unscrew the correct screws, there is a small “K” mark in the plastic for them.
You only need to unscrew 2 of them, the third is used to push the keyboard up.
On mine there is a blank metallic screw near the 3,5″ drive and black above the RAM.

Note:
When keyboard is loose, handle with care!
There is a small ribbon-cable that you don’t need to unplug just to install the RAM.
Just flip the keyboard, install and snap the keyboard back in it place.

Suggestion:
Change the 2,5″ drive with a SSD to experience great speed and less noise, you’ll never regret that!

Continue reading…

If you aren’t familiar with XBMC, please check out my earlier guides.

My hardware is: Asrock ION330 (works great for 720p and 1080p)

I have been running XBMC on 8.10 (Intreprid) for quite a while and now I have updated to 11.04 (Natty).
Everything works fine, but HEY!, tearing on SD / HD material, argh!!!

Step 1. Getting rid of Unity
Guess I’m getting old, but I don’t like to “search” or pin my stuff to a bar + many people reported that Unity is a tear problem.
First go to the system settings:

Goto the systemsettings in ubuntu

Second to the login screen:

Start the Login Screen function and change the session variable to "Ubuntu Classi"

With these changes you are rid of Unity and back to the god’ol Ubuntu.
Tip: You can also make your user automatic login on the Login Screen, check it out while you’re there.
(Pictures are snagged from here, thanks mate…)

Step 2. Changing the xorg.conf
I tried several tips on how to get the tearing off.
I didn’t know that the Composite was manadatory to disable on my ION box, but it is…

To add this open a terminal then write

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Goto the bottom and add the text below.

Section “Extensions”
Option “Composite” “Disable”
EndSection

Tip:
While you are in the xorg.conf, why not add all the entries suggested by the XBMC wiki:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO:Install_Ubuntu_and_XBMC_on_Asus_EeeBox_PC_EB1501#Generate_an_xorg.conf_file

Tip 2: Alternative to write the xorg.conf yourself;

sudo nvidia-xconfig -no-composite

Now reboot and get your tearfree VDPAU ION computer to work as expected! 🙂

Compiz and others, check this out:
If you are running Compiz or maybe have a ATI card (or something) please check out this post

Not for the faint heart 😉
I use the unstable NVIDIA drivers, if you experience any trouble you should try them.
Use this guide to add a new entry to the repositary, then include this PPA: ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
(Get more updates here and here)

When you live in Norway you are looking over the pond and say; Internet is better in America.

They have services like Hulu.com, Pandora.com and Netflix.com that we don’t.

Now how do you get in contact on these services without installing any TAPI devices on a computer? (like eg hotspotshield.com or Hamachi does)

The answer: UltraSurf.com

For a visual guide on how it works check out this video:

I had successfully connected to all services and love that Pandora is back on my pc! 🙂