We are getting in some new CF-53 – Standard laptops. My task is to find some drivers that are missing. One was
ACPI\MAT0019
The driver is for the hot key’s. You can get it from Panasonic’s website, or you can pull it from here (this one is for windows 7 32bit sp1) :
http://www.uploadland.com/?d=4F43AE1D1
If you have a different model Toughbook, you will want to go through Panasonic’s driver website, searching with your specific model laptop.
Enjoy :).
1: Launch iTunes
2: Find the song that you want to use for your iPhone ringtone, make note of the start and stop times of what you want to be the actual ringtone (the chorus, or whatever).
3: Control-click (Mac) or Right-click (Windows) the song you chose and select ‘Get Info’
4: Click the ‘Options’ tab and set the start and stop time of your ringtone in the settings below. Keep the selection at 30 seconds or less. Click ‘OK’ – Note: I suggest making a backup copy of the song so you don’t accidentally shorten the song itself.
[zp src=”ringtones-itunes.jpg” album=”vivi” width=”600″]
5: Control-click (Mac) or Right-click (Windows) the song again and select ‘Convert Selection to AAC’ and iTunes will convert the song as another copy in the AAC format.
6: Now Control-Click or Right-click the ringtone and select ‘Delete’ making sure to click on the “Keep Files” button
7: Locate the file you just created. Typically located in your home directory under Music > iTunes > iTunes Music and then under the band’s name, the file you’re looking for will have an m4a extension
8: Now replace the ‘m4a’ extension of the ringtone file with “m4r” , so if the file is named MrRoboto.m4a the new file will be called MrRoboto.m4r – you’ll get a warning about changing the file extension time but click “OK”
9: Double click to open the ringtone file you just renamed. iTunes will automatically add this new ringtone to the Ringtones folder within the application
10: Finally, connect your iPhone and sync your new ringtone! You can then select it as any other iPhone ringtone via your iPhone settings.
Looks like my Lenovo x220 got a new BIOS update!
official download link : 1.26 BIOS
changelog :
<1.26.1.13>
UEFI: 1.26 / ECP: 1.13
– (New) Allow to enable WWAN and WLAN device simultaneously.
– (Fix) Fixed an issue that might not resume from suspend state with combination of
specific CPU and BIOS setting for Intel Hyper-Threading Technology.
– (Fix) Fixed an issue where the maximum number of failed password attempts for WMI
was not 3.
– (Fix) Fixed an issue that error message is displayed when system is undocked from
slicer.<1.25-1.13>
UEFI: 1.25 / ECP: 1.13
– (Fix) Fixed an issue where SATA BIOS might return timeout error with
SATA compatibility mode.
– (Fix) Fixed an issue where updating BIOS might not be completed if it is
executed after resume.<1.24-1.13>
UEFI: 1.24 / ECP: 1.13
– (Fix) Corrected a description of VERSION in this README document.<1.24-1.13>
UEFI: 1.24 / ECP: 1.13
– (New) Improved memory resource allocation process to reserve more memory space
for optional hardware devices.
– (Fix) Fixed an issue that intranet account login failure for ThinkVantage
Hardware Password Manager.
– (Fix) Allowed system recovery from POST 191 error without loading setup defaults
in BIOS setup menu by press F9 key.<1.22-1.12>
UEFI: 1.22 / ECP: 1.12
– (New) Add support for old type external fingerprint reader.
– (New) Add support an option to change product name and version format in
SMBIOS.
– (Fix) Fixed an issue where system boot might be slow with special condition.
– (Fix) Fixed an issue where system might be halt when some mobile phone is
attached on USB port.
– (Fix) Fixed an issue where system performance might be down in high stress
configuration.
– (Fix) Fixed an issue where Flash Update utility fails when DEP (Data Execute
Prevention) is enabled.
– (Fix) Fixed an issue that Hard Disk Password is unintentionally enabled for eSATA
HDD on dock.<1.21-1.11>
UEFI: 1.21 / ECP: 1.11
– (Fix) According to the smartphone issue below, following smartphones are tested:
Motorola: Droid 2, Droid X
HTC: Nexus One, EVO, Droid Incredible, Droid Incredible 2, ThunderBolt, Aria
Samsung: Captivate, Galaxy Tab<
So I was in the process of moving a users cPanel account from an old server where he only had Reseller access to, on to my server, where I have root access. Typically you can use the method of the built in transfer within cPanel, but it is required you have root access on both servers. Because of this, it makes reseller accounts tricky. We need to do the following :
On the old server, where you have the reseller, or shared account :
1. Login to accounts cpanel www.domain.com/cpanel (or http://10.10.10.10.:2082)
2. You will then search for backups and hit enter
3. Now click on back up wizard option
[zp src=”reseller.jpg” album=”blog/cpanel/transfers/” width=”600″]
You can select wherever you would like to store it, but I prefer to jut SCP it right over to my new server.
on the new server, where you have root access :
1. Login to your server via SSH using something like putty
2. cd /home
3. wget http://domain.com/backup-1.30.2007_06-36-16_durbidge
4. log in to WHM & /Backup Restore a Full Backup/cpmove file
Note that you do need to 0777 the back up file, or you will run into permission issues when copying (if doing the backup to HOME DIR).
If you want to re-assign the reseller account, you do need to go to the reseller central, and apply the accounts to the reseller that owns them now.
I just received my new MacBook Air 13.3″ (MC965LL/A) and I heard that they put in 2 different SSD’s in each one. I found the best way to check which drive you have, and which is technically ‘better’.
Go to : Apple Menu > About This Mac > More Info > System Report > Serial-ATA.
You should see something called APPLE SSD :
[zp src=”MBA-SSD.png” album=”blog/apple/” width=”600″]
If it is TS it is a Toshiba and probably a bit slower. If it is SM, it is a Samsung drive and faster.
Not only are there different SSD’s in the new (MC965LL/A) MacBook air’s, but they also seem to have different LCD’s. Everyone seems to think the Samsung is better looking, but here is how to check
Launch the Terminal Applications – > Utilities
Copy and paste the following command onto a single line and hit return:
ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed "/[^<]*
If it starts with LP, it is LG, if it is anything else, it is Samsung. Like mine, it is Samsung :
[zp src="MBA-LCD.png" album="blog/apple/" width="600"]
Ever have issues with duplicate lineups? Duplicate channel listings in your guide? Or just overall quirky issues with your media center? I found a quick and simple way to reset it to default.
All you need to do is go to the C/ProgramData/Microsoft/eHome folder and rename or delete (I would advise rename) mcepg2-0.db and the folder mcepg2-0. Then just restart your Windows Media Center services. The way I went about it was through safe mode, as I could not do it while the system was running within windows itself. Once you do that, reboot, and you have a fresh Windows Media Center copy. If you need to re import your recordings, now is a good time.
I needed to reformat my DVR computer, and I wanted to keep my subscriptions, and recording lineup, etc. So I needed to find out how and where Media Center stores this information, so I could easily restore it.
What to back up :
I backed up this folder : C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\eHome , the folder you are really after is the one called mcepgX-X-X, mine was called mcepg2-0. I was backing up that entire directory (C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\eHome) because I was unsure if they would ever change that directory for some odd reason. So I figured better be safe then sorry. I just had a robocopy script that did this nightly for me.
This is what my directory looks like :
[zp src=”storage_pic1.jpg” album=”blog/mediacenter/” width=”600″]
How to restore
Open a command prompt windows and run this C:\Windows\ehome\loadmxf.exe –i locationofbackupfiles
This is what mine command looked like :
C:\Windows\ehome>loadmxf.exe -i "C:\Users\1337sk33t\Desktop\Media Center Backup
backup\recordings\20151022_214547"
Loading... 100%
C:\Windows\ehome>
You noticed I pointed it to the files without extensions themselves. I did the recordings, I wasn’t sure what the subscriptions or lineup were so I skipped them. I then went to download the latest TV Guide and everything popped right up!
Tasks > Settings > TV > Guide > Get Latest Guide Listings
Enjoy, please test your back up, make sure you have a reliable back up. Something like SugarSync/DropBOX are pretty reliable, and free sources of backing up.
I am doing a second round of tests on my Corsair flash drives, first round was here : Link
Same hardware as the test rig :
Asus P8P67 PRO
i5 2500k
16gb ddr3
Corsair 600T case
Test devices :
Corsair Flash Voyager 32GB USB 3 (CMFVY3S-32GB)
Corsair Flash Voyager 16GB USB 3 (CMFVY3-16GB)
Corsair Flash Voyager 1GB USB 2 (CMFUSB2.0-1GB)
The newest one being the CMFVY3S-32GB. I also took a picture of them, as usual, nice and weak iphone 4 photo :
[zp src=”corsair voyager2.JPG” album=”blog/corsair usb3/” width=”600″]
Right to Left (16GB USB3, 1GB USB2, 32GB USB3)
First test is the CMFVY3S-32GB
[zp src=”32gb-usb3.jpg” album=”blog/corsair usb3/” width=”600″]
Second is the older generation USB 3, CMFVY3-16GB
[zp src=”16gb-usb3.jpg” album=”blog/corsair usb3/” width=”600″]
And the third is my 6 year old USB 2, CMFUSB2.0-1GB
[zp src=”1gb-usb2.jpg” album=”blog/corsair usb3/” width=”600″]
overall, very similar speeds, in a smaller device, when comparing the two usb3 drives. The old style is a bit bigger, and the new one is the same size as the old usb2 drives, which people will like. The newer drive has about double the writes as the old drive, but the old drive seems to have higher 4K and 4KQD32 compared to the new drive, almost double!
I like them both, they’re high capacity, but I would probably go with the newer one based on size alone, and speed bump in the write arena.
I wanted to get rid of safe sleep, aka hibernation on my new macbook air (MC665/AMC965LL/A)
Apparently they make a few programs that do this for you, but they do not remove the large safesleep file, they only disable the sleep mode.
To disable safe sleep mode: sudo pmset hibernatemode 0
To remove the sleep image file: sudo rm -rf /var/vm/sleepimage
It’s as easy as that, and with the Lion auto save and resume feature, there really is no need to waste that much SSD space! Make sure to not let your laptop battery die either!