DIY: PCMCIA RS232 Card
Posted on October 30th, 2006 by ReviewZine.com
Need a serial port for new laptop which doesn’t have one built in? ElectricStuff has published some tips on how you can use an old PCMIA modem for your new serial port.
“I figured that old PCMCIA modems might use standard serial modem chips, and therefore have accessable serial data somewhere inside. I was right! I pulled apart my old 14,4K IBM modem card, and plugged it into my laptop up using a PCMCIA card extender…”
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DIY: Laptop Water Cooler
Posted on October 16th, 2006 by ReviewZine.com
Tired of hearing your annoying fan noise while watching movies from your laptop? Bard has a nice water cooling hack where he built a simple water cooling system that can be manually inserted into the cooling system of his laptop.
“This device is a dual mode home made laptop cooler. It was made for the purpose of watching movies without being disturbed by the annoying fan. The following pics are mostly self explanatory.”
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