The 660HW-67 was distributed in Germany as the “WLAN Modem 100” through the Arcor ISP. It came with the firmware QD.7 which seems to be originally made for AOL. To get the router ready for ADSL2+, I needed the QQ.7 firmware which is the original one. Firmware crossgrade Manual: dslrouter-hilfe.de The big problem is that… Read More: ZyXEL Prestige 660HW-67 »
Microsoft distributes the Windows Genuine Advantage Notification Tool (KB905474) through the WindowsUpdate mechanism. This tool should detect fake Windows serial numbers and nag the user. Interestingly, Microsoft hid a small paragraph in their EULA after that the tool sends daily(!!) reports to Microsoft. According to MS this “is neccessary” since the tool is BETA and… Read More: Remove WGA Notification »
Homepage: fortuna.com.tw No fix since 2005-07-11 There is an error in the original firmware of the GPSmart that the device almost never get a fix since July, 11th 2005. The function to calculate the visible satellites is erroneus and gives wrong values since that date. So the device searches for satellites which are not visible.… Read More: Fortuna GPSmart BT »
I got a Samsung ZM-60 from T-Mobile (incl. SIMlock). The first shock came after switching it on for the first time: Everything was in the T-Mobile magenta color. After some research, I found out, that it’s originally a SGH-Z300. Firmware flashing Instructions on how to flash a new firmware are on handy-faq.de. There also was… Read More: Samsung SGH-Z300/ZM60 »
After that, manpages will appear more colourful.
Some MEDION PCs have hidden BIOS settings. To get to them, get into the BIOS and press F11. If you’re asked for a password, try am8888egh or am8888egc. Maybe you can even omit the last letter. According to a MEDION employee, there are only 2 employees who know this password. Also it shouldn’t be leaked… Read More: MEDION BIOS settings »
Service mode Hold keys 1, 4 and 7 while turning on the phone. You will see the display test. Service menu Power-on the phone into service mode and type 76200 (4000er series) or 46395 (2000er and 3000er series) to get to the service menu. There you can… Read More: SIEMENS Gigaset »
Virtual Expander is a software which is bundled with the following models: The following information is based on the 1.x version since the 2.x was not available at the time I figured this out. But I guess it will work on that versions also. How it works Basically, VE is a compression tool. It lets… Read More: SONY Virtual Expander »
Endless feeding If the printer starts feeding a blank page between 2 printed pages or is endlessly feeding blank pages instead of printing something, you might have the problems mentioned in this forum. The printer has two coils in the paper cartridge which pull a metal sheet for recognizing the end of a sheet. There… Read More: hp Laserjet IIIp »
To use these keys with e.g. Segher’s Wii.git, you have to put them in binary files, i.e. use a Hex-Editor and paste these keys so that you get a 16 Byte long file for each key. Segher’s tools expect them to be located in ~/.wii/<keyname>, e.g. ~/.wii/common-key. common-key sd-key sd-iv md5-blanker