Recently I received a Multimedia 500 from Lenovo for review. I was a bit stoked to get it, because the side I do in home computer repair, and often I need a keyboard that I can drag around with me.…
Molex Pins and Sockets
Have you ever worked on the electrical system and run into what appears to be cheap plastic connectors with cheap tin pins and sockets? Chances are pretty good they are Molex pins, sockets and connectors. You can try using standard…
Screen Stuttering when scrolling
I have been contacted about a dozen times in the last couple of weeks about this issue. At first I thought it was a Windows update that could have been at the root of the problem, but I have also…
My Lenovo Yoga 11S (not anymore)
Just before Christmas I received from Lenovo a Yoga 3 Pro (very nice machine http://blog.donhoover.net/?p=43) to replace the Yoga 11S that they had previously sent me. One thing I had to do was to pass along my 11S to a…
Windows 8.1 does not go to sleep but powers off.
It may be even worse. In my case Windows 8.1 was crashing during the sleep process or in the wakeup procedure. Never really pinned that down. For me, and I have found out with others, it is a case of…
Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro
I received a Yoga 3 Pro yesterday from Lenovo. I have read a few reviews about the Yoga 3 pro, so I was prepared to receive anything from a TI-99/4A all the way up to a brand spanking quantum computer.…