Wibtown

If you own an eeePC an have looked into upgrading it you may have heard of Runcore SSDs which are a direct replacement for the SSD which comes with the eeePC as standard and are far far quicker. The problem for 701SD users though is that the 701SD never seems to be mentioned in the compatibility list for the devices which leads many people to wonder if they will work with the 701SD.

The good news is that I received the 16GB RCP-I-S7016-C yesterday and it works fine, was very easy to install and has made my XP installation run far quicker than it had previously even though I’d already upgraded the memory to 2GB.

I don’t know if all models of Runcore SSDs built for eeePCs will work and I don’t know if the model number mentioned will work with different versions of  the 701 but if you have a 701SD it’s worth getting.

To install it’s simply a matter of removing the back panel of the eeePC and then replacing the original SSD by removing a couple of screws. One thing to keep in mind is that you will have to reinstall your operating system so you will either need an external DVD drive or a bootable memory device with the needed files.

Favicons are those little icons that sometimes show up next to a website address in your address bar or next to a site name in your bookmarks but recently I’ve noticed that mine are a little broken. Most of them are fine but a few are showing favicons from the wrong site and whilst it’s not exactly a big deal I’ve decided to do something about it.

The instructions are below and luckily it is pretty simple to fix but as ever if you do decide to follow these instructions you do so at your own risk and agree not to hold me responsible if something goes wrong. I’m currently using version 3.0.4 of Firefox so if this doesn’t work and you’re not using 3.0.4 that could be why. (more…)

Part 3: Using the Ipod.

If you’ve managed to get this far without any problems well done and the good news is that this is the last part and should also be the simplest.

The whole point of these posts is to be able to shut down Windows using an IPhone or Ipod Touch so to do that you’re going to need to install some telnet software on your Ipod. This is easy enough, just go to the Itunes store and search for telnet. I’ve been using the app that’s simply called telnet and priced at £1.19 but I notice that there is a free telnet app on there as well. (more…)

Part 2: Static local IP and testing the telnet server.

An IP address is a unique number that is assigned to your PC and other devices connected to your router so that they can talk to each other, the problem is that these numbers are assigned by your router on a first come first served basis and as such if you have more than device connected to your router the address will vary depending on the order in which your devices are turned on. This will cause a big problem as it means that the address of your PC and telnet server will vary and unless you know the address you can’t logon.

Luckily this is easy enough to fix, click start, network, network and sharing center, manage network connections and then right click on the adapter that you are currently using. Select properties, highlight internet protocol version 4, click properties and select the use the following IP address button. (more…)

OK there’s probably not many of you who will need or want to do this but if like me you sometimes use your PC as a media server and would like to be able to shut it down or reboot it without being in the same room then this could come in handy.  Also I mention using an IPhone or Ipod Touch but so long as the machine you are using has a telnet client it should also work for that.

I would just like to say though that whilst I have done this to my own PC with seemingly no ill effects I’m not exactly an expert on it so use these instructions at your own risk and don’t blame me if you break your PC or open up a few security holes.

Part 1: The telnet server. (more…)