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PC Power Supply Modification /Add SATA Connectors and Cable Wrap

Posted on May 23, 2014 by David Orlo

I had this power supply laying around and am currently building a PC that doesn’t require anything special so I decided I would mod it and add the missing SATA connectors and remove some of the old Molex cables and connectors. The power supply is a little older and didn’t include any SATA connectors but it had a ton of Molex style connectors. I had a few modular cables left from an Enermax power supply that I sold and forgot to include a few cables with it. I hung on to them since I sold it to a friend and

Macbook Pro Unibody Hard Drive Disk Activity Light – MOD

Posted on March 18, 2012 by David Orlo

Recently I started to run low on space so I decided to buy a new hard drive and although the speed increase from the faster drive was a nice bonus I still felt like something was missing, oh thats right an HD ACTIVITY LIGHT APPLE! I can see Steve Jobs making this call while saying something along the lines of it distracting from the cleanliness of the design and he probably called it an obsolete feature stating most disks are constantly active with modern search indexing and background tasks blah blah, I obviously don’t agree with this and many others

Asus RT-N16 MMM pt.1 Fan Mod

Posted on October 5, 2011 by David Orlo

The Asus RT N16, I found this router when I was looking for something to replace my D-Link DGL-4500 Gamer Lounge. Although the router was very expensive when I bought it and the flashy LCD sure looks nice it doesn’t actually perform all that well and if I disconnect my Sonicwall and try to use the router by itself it chokes out and locks up under heavy bit torrent load. I decided I would shop for something else and when I read the specs on this unit and the fact it could run DD-WRT I thought it sounded like a

Upgrade ZT MS-16362 to 4GB of RAM

Posted on August 1, 2010 by David Orlo

This is a quick litle guide on upgrading a ZT model MS-16362 to 4GB of DDR-II Memory A.K.A. Ram. The laptop comes with 1-2GB of DDR depending on model but is capable of up to 4GB. How do we unlock this potential you ask? Simple, we upgrade the BIOS. Now hold your horses there little lassy, Before you go hoping over to the beautifully craptified and outdated ZT website I must worn you that just like the website, the BIOS is very outdated. So what do we do now? Well if you read my other post found here you will see

Gas Grill Cooking Utensil / Utility Mod

Posted on August 1, 2010 by David Orlo

We just purchased a new gas grill, The first one we ever purchased in fact. Believe it or not it was actually my wife who wanted it and it was her birthday gift to herself with the help of some money she received for her birthday, birthdays are great eh? So of course I came along and we checked all the local places like Meijer, Walmart, Home Depot, etc… We decided we really liked 2 different models at home depot. Originally she set a total budget of $300 which had to include accessories and propane. The propane was going to

Upgrade your OEM Laptop or Desktop

Posted on November 29, 2009 by David Orlo

You have an HP, Compaq, Dell, or a less known brand like ZT and your starting to envy your co-worker with that brand new laptop, the neighbor that just got the newest Dell deal for half of what you paid for your PC, yet it takes less power to run multiple apps then your PC does to run solitaire. Some computers are just as simple as logging on to the website and finding out what can be upgraded and how much. DavidOrlo.com isn’t another how to for dummies so let’s get into the more difficult upgrades. First and foremost we