Dell Inspiron E1505 Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sat, 15 Apr 2017 13:10:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 Why PC makers love tablets, or should https://dfarq.homeip.net/why-pc-makers-love-tablets-or-should/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-pc-makers-love-tablets-or-should Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:00:01 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6510 PC Magazine has a nice analysis of why tablets are selling well and will continue to sell well, but they aren’t taking over the entire industry. PCs are mature and not changing a lot at this point, while tablets are

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]]> 6510 How I bought a battery for my aged laptop https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-i-bought-a-battery-for-my-aged-laptop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-i-bought-a-battery-for-my-aged-laptop Sat, 30 Jun 2012 13:47:51 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=5688 The aged battery in my aged Dell Inspiron E1505 held on better than I expected, but when I went to upgrade the machine–I upgraded it with two unsupported but perfectly functional 2 GB SODIMMs and then installed a Samsung 830

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]]> 5688 The Dell Inspiron E1505 and its maximum memory https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-dell-inspiron-e1505-and-its-maximum-memory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-dell-inspiron-e1505-and-its-maximum-memory Fri, 25 May 2012 11:21:23 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=5165 Last year, I got a deal I couldn’t refuse on a Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop. It’s old and quirky, but modern enough to make it serviceable. It has a dual-core processor and SATA2, so you can put an SSD in

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]]> 5165 A snafu when installing an SSD in some laptops https://dfarq.homeip.net/a-snafu-when-installing-an-ssd-in-some-laptops/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-snafu-when-installing-an-ssd-in-some-laptops Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:41:46 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=5219 I hotrodded an old Dell Inspiron e1505 laptop by installing a Samsung 830 SSD in it. I hit a snag along the way. The fix is easy but not necessarily obvious. The replacement drive went in easier than the old

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]]> 5219 The amount of system memory has changed – Dell https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-dell-inspiron-e1505-and-its-weird-memory-message/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-dell-inspiron-e1505-and-its-weird-memory-message Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:54:15 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=3833 I added some memory to a Dell Inspiron E1505, an aging but serviceable Core 2 Duo-based laptop. And it greeted me with this: THE AMOUNT OF SYSTEM MEMORY HAS CHANGED . IF YOU DID NOT CHANGE MEMORY TO RESOLVE ISSUE RESEAT

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