Recent content by Recycled

mayankchadha, I am sorry that I can not answer Your question. I'm not sure how many VMs You are going to run at one time, but even if I knew that, I could not estimate the RAM used in Your hypervisors. I'm not sure about the max RAM either. I will say that if I were going to start out with...

Never apply "extra" thermal paste. Replacing the thermal paste may be OK, if You know what You are doing, but adding extra will be a disaster.

If it's full of viruses, I would reinstall Windows. If that's not an option, I would go to another PC and burn a group of (free) bootable CDs with virus scanners on them. Here are a few articles reviewing such discs...

Screen capture programs are going to be limited, since they suck Your computer's resources. I use a stand-alone box from AVerMedia. It takes a component video input, so I used an HDMI-to-component converter box. Here's a much better box they are selling now...

I'd look in the "free" section of CraigsList, and pick up an old bookshelf stereo with cassettes and a CD changer (both of which are broken) but that has a working Axillary Input.

There's a button on the receiver's remote labeled "HDMI" - press it once, wait a second. If nothing comes on the screen, press it twice, then wait a second. If nothing comes on the screen, press it three times, and so on. STOP when it shows something. Pressing that button will cycle through...

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Whatever You do, get a noise cancelling mic. I would replace my headset with a Logitech ClearChat headset with a noise cancelling mic built in: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=clearchat&N=-1&isNodeId=1 $34 with free S/H

A cooling pad for a laptop without holes on the bottom will still blow (or suck) air across the bottom. There are little things that keep the laptop up off the cooler, both on the cooler on on the laptop. I tried varying the height between the cooling pad and the laptop one time. It turns out...

I would not try swapping the SSD on an ultra-thin laptop. That's coming from me, as I type this on a laptop I built from spare parts gathered off FleaBay. The thinnest laptops use mSATA drives or 2.5" drives that are significantly thinner than the traditional 9.5mm. If You get a 5.5mm SSD, it...

Asus' service sucks. I will remember that.

If this is withing 60 days, dispute the charge on Your Visa or MasterCard. Ship it back (preferably with an RMA number.)

Not a good idea. The USB hard disk is a PAIN to keep connected.

I'd contact the manufacturer and ask for a recovery disc. What brand/model is this?

There's a magnet and hall effect sensor in there. Some people would pull out the magnet. I'd leave it open.