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Upgrade Acer Aspire AS7560 memory

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UPDATE: Readers have asked what memory I recommend for upgrading the AS7560 to 8GB of RAM. My recommendation is 8GB of 1333MHz DDR3 Corsair memory because it offers a lifetime warranty and solid performance 🙂 Crucial is another brand that offers some good 8GB memory kits, but sometimes they can be a few dollars more expensive. Here are photos and instructions for upgrading the RAM on an Acer Aspire AS7560 laptop: IMPORTANT NOTE: always remove the laptop’s battery* before beginning any part removal/upgrade. Also, be careful of static electricity! To

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Amazon 30-day Post-Order Price Guarantee 2013

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2013.07.04 UPDATE: July 4th. Amazon has reduced the Post Order Price Matching timeframe to just seven days after delivery of the item. You can find the official policy here. 2013.04.16 OLDER INFO: Commenter aruba19 has notified me that as of 4/16/2013 Amazon honored the 30 day price guarantee again! This is great news and as such the rating has been raised from 1 star to 5 stars 🙂 The rest of the article is merely for historical purposes as Amazon seems to

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Hotel laundry bag, what is the strip for?

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I always wondered what the thin tear off strip at the top of hotel laundry bags was used for. I finally found out: Tear off at perforation and use strip to tie bag 🙂 Top Search Terms:https://www.jdhodges.com/blog/hotel-laundry-bag-tear-off-strip/ (16)hotel laundry bags (6)picture of laundry tag use at hotels (2)hotel laundry bag (2)how to tie laundry bag from hotel (1)how do you tie those hotel laundry bags (1)خشکشویی هتل چيست؟ (1)hotel+laundry+images (1)hotel perforated laundry bag (1)hotel laundry (1)

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Exede satellite internet SpeedTest results

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Test Date: May 25, 2012 7:25:10 am Connection Type: Wildblue (Exede) Server: Wichita, KS Download: 12893 kbps Upload: 3130 kbps Ping: 736 ms External IP: 184.63.158.27 Internal IP: 192.168.1.178 Top Search Terms:exede speed test (13)exede internet speed test (12)exede+satellite+internet (8)exede speed test results (6)speed test exede (6)net speed test in kbps (5)speed test results (5)exceed internet speed test (3)download spedtest (3)exede satellite speed test (3)

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Upgrading A100 to ICS

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Tonight, due to some new internet, I was finally able to upgrade my Acer A100 to Ice Cream Sandwich! Woot 🙂 Cool logo shown during the update: Top Search Terms:cool logo 2012 (4)android logo 2012 (4)cool android logo (3)google (3)android logo (3)android logo ics (3)android tips logo (2)android+logo (2)acer a100 amazon app store (2)flashing bios for acer a100 (2)

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Anonymous secure VPN setup for iOS and Android

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VyprVPN is a really cool VPN service that comes bundled with some Giganews packages. Here are some resources for configuring iOS and Android for VyprVPN: VyprVPN iPhone Setup Guidehttp://www.newsgroupreviews.com/guides/vyprvpn-iphone-setup.htmlHome > Giganews > VyprVPN iPhone Setup Guide VyprVPN iPhone Setup Guide Use this guide to easily setup your iPhone with a VyprVPN PPTP connection in the US (Los Angeles,… VyprVPN — Why & How to Use VPN on Your iOS Device | Hack your Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod!http://iphone.dashhacks.com/2010/09/16/vyprvpn-why-how-use-vpn-your-ios-deviceIf you’re always

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Missing shares after unexpected unraid shutdown

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Recently I had a power outage to my unRAID NAS server. After booting back up I was quite concerned when I browsed to the SAMBA location for the server and found no shares! Thankfully, after waiting a few minutes (10-15) all shares were back 🙂 A parity check had automatically been initiated and I allowed it to complete. No errors were found. A few other users reported that they had to reboot to have their shares appear. However, my recommendation

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