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Brother MFC-7840W Test Scan

A sample scan from my Brother Multi-Function Center at my preferred quality settings; color 300 dpi in PDF format. The scan took 28 seconds and the file's about 500kB.

Posted to Documents (FileGallery) by Matt Williamson on 02-20-2010
Brother MFC-7840W All-In-One Laser Printer Review

I'll get right to it, I can't find enough reasons to use this thing! I'm going to call it the best home office all-in-one (aka, MFC, Multi-Function Center) printer/scanner/copier/fax money can buy! Not that I have any experience with other units, so take it for what it's worth, but I've...

Posted to Matt Williamson's Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 02-20-2010
HP ProLiant Server Motherboard Batteries

It's pretty tough finding the right motherboard battery if you don't have the dead one in hand. I couldn't find much information on the web and I tried to look on the motherboard for the battery code but couldn't find that either. Finally figured it out... HP DL585 G1, G2 - CR2032 Battery...

Posted to Matt Williamson's Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 11-04-2009
HP 5i Smart Array Windows Server 2008 R2 No Device Driver Found

I'm installing Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 on an HP DL585 G1 server with a built-in Smart Array 5i RAID controller. But during setup the installation routine doesn't recognize any of the logical drives configured on the 5i controller. I browsed to the HP site and found the corresponding download...

Posted to Matt Williamson's Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 11-04-2009
Windows 7 SSD Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) 0x0000007b

I've got a Lenovo Thinkpad T61p running Windows 7 on a newly installed G.Skill Falcon 128MB SSD. If that wasn't cutting edge enough, I was trying to run triple monitors while it was docked in a Lenovo Advanced Dock with a PNY Quadro FX 570 PCI-E video card for a total of 3 DVI ports. Unfortunately...

Posted to Matt Williamson's Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 08-24-2009
Asus Eee PC 1000HE Windows 7 Installation

Asus Eee PC 1000HE Windows 7 Installation Update BIOS - I first updated the BIOS from Windows XP. They say updating the BIOS improves video quality at the expense of turning the Dolby surround sound to regular stereo. Sounds good to me, unfortunately Hulu is still choppy. Windows 7 Installation - I borrowed...

Posted to Matt Williamson's Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 08-20-2009
Thinkpad T61p Windows 7 Experience Index

My Lenovo Thinkpad T61p Windows 7 Experience Index jumped way up to a 5.0 after installing a solid state disk . I don't think anyone is going to beat that with a machine from February 2008!

Posted to Matt Williamson's Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 08-17-2009
Thinkpad T61p G.Skill Falcon 128GB SSD Installation

With the release of Windows 7 available on MSDN, I decided to upgrade to a solid state disk to really bring my Lenovo laptop up-to-date. I went with the G.Skill Falcon 128GB SSD from NewEgg because of the price, favorable reviews, and the fact that it supports the new "trim" command which is...

Posted to Matt Williamson's Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 08-12-2009
Official Lenovo Petition of the Thinkpad T6xx SATA Limitation

I have just joined the ranks of the many very unsatisfied Lenovo Thinkpad T6xx owners who's 3.0Gbps capable SATA bus speeds are being capped at 1.5Gbps. What does that mean? It means if you put an SSD (solid state disk) hard drive in your T61p it only performs at half it's ability! Lenovo has...

Posted to Matt Williamson's Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 07-21-2009
Memorex Optical Media is Absolute Garbage!

I backed up a number of my DVDs to blank discs about a year ago and when I tried to play one this weekend it failed to be recognized by my computer. It either showed up as a blank disc or absolutely nothing at all! So now I'm going through all of my backup copies and finding out which ones don't...

Posted to Matt Williamson's Blog (Weblog) by Matt Williamson on 03-29-2009

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