hints & tricks in no particular order
18/07/2026
While using my 858D hot air rework station, I noticed the temperature display had changed from °C to °F unexpectedly. I tried following general instructions online, but the guidance I found (including a Reddit thread) didn’t match how my unit behaved. What I discovered On my particular 858D PCB, the °C/°F behavior is […]
10/12/2021
I recently acquired a TerraMaster F5-221 to replace two older NAS (a ReadyNAS and a Synology) that were running in parallel. Nothing really wrong with that except maybe for power consumption. However, when the OpenVPN started to act weird on both NAS, I decided an upgrade would be nice. According to reviews, the […]
18/08/2021
As I bought a very handy TL866 II Plus USB flash programmer to replace my old and trusted Willem parallel programmer, I noticed this newer device could check and enforce chip IDs. As I already knew, many (if not all) of my EEProm chips are fake or at least remarked. Well, as long as they do work fine... What I […]
02/02/2015
Source : http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/Hardware/carte-mere/topic-unique-zotac-sujet_841219_77.htm ZOTAC 9300-ITX DDR3 Tested CPU list CPU type Speed CMOS CPU power Celeron 420 1.60GHz 65nm 35W Celeron 440 2.00GHz 65nm 35W Celeron Dual-Core E1200 1.60GHz 65nm 65W Celeron Dual-Core E1500 2.20GHz 65nm 65W Celeron Dual-Core […]
22/04/2014
To adapt when looked more closely: shamelessly stolen from Source: Hacking the Marantz MCR-610 for the time being. Information gathered through the Owner's Manual There is some open source software in use, namely: Boost: Set of C++ libraries Expat: XML Parser Toolkit FastDelegate: "Member Function Pointers and the […]
22/04/2014
More a shameless copy/paste compilation of some articles (in case they vanish from the internet) Low Rent Firmware Hacking Quick'n Dirty Firmware Reversing Some tips Tip 00x01 - I normally like to look for bootcode if I have the choice. If not, I just deal with what I have. Tip 00x02 - Firmware files are in hex and […]
14/12/2013
Also known as ZuniDigital ZR301, and maybe others too. Based on Realtek 8196C (SoC) + RTL8192CE (WLAN) + MXIC 25L3206E (4MB of flash) + Winbond W9825G6 JB-6 (32MB of RAM) But no success, it appears that 8196C is based on "broken" Lexra MIPS Microarchitecture. Not sure if it will ever get good support. On top of that […]
21/04/2012
Already got the issue in the past on my Asus P6T Deluxe V2, solved it and forgot about it. But a recent Clear CMOS operation (to retrieve full USB 2.0 ports that were somewhat downgraded to 1.1, weird issue) brought it to light again. After checking this post High Pitched Noise Coming From Vertex 2 60GB SSD, it became […]
12/11/2011
12/02/2011
I got myself a very unexpensive laser printer bundled with a third party toner. The printing industry being quite conservative when it comes to refilling, the printer didn't accept the toner in question. I had to flash a modified firmware so that the printer wouldn't complain anymore. Note that the following procedure […]