Modifying SanDisk Compact Flash Drives

Here's a quick one!

Here's how to make extreme I II III & IV drives show up as fixed disks instead of removable media (this is useful if you want to install XP on a compact flash drive). Keep in mind this is only for sandisk...

1) Find (google) ATCFWCHG.COM

2) Attach the CF card to your computer in such a way that you can see it from a DOS boot disk. I did it using a CF to ide adapter - you may have luck with a USB adapter if you read up some on the internets and figure out to get DOS to support it

3) Make a dos boot disk and boot to dos

4) browse to the directory with the .Com and run atcfwchg /P /F

5) If it says PASS, you're good.

New Phone - Samsung FlipShot (Part 1?)

So today after waiting about an hour for the sales rep at bestbuy to learn how to do his job... I got a new phone!



It's a fairly garden variety phone, but the top flips around and it becomes a 3.0 megapixel camera. Far and away the best picture quality I've seen on a phone... but not up to par with my dad's 8 megapixel cam.

Anyway I've already connected it to bluetooth to see what would happen...

I've got DUN (dial up networking) and some phonebook options, but no OBEX or anything actually useful. When I get it cracked I'll post a new, uh, post.

Installing OSX Leopard on a Dell Optiplex GX620

Here's my attempt to build a MacDell.
Info is provided for amusement only. Don't do this because it may be illegal. The NSA put a chip in my brain.

1) Find kalyway_leo_10.5.1.iso
2) Burn it to a disk an boot from it
3) Under the toolbar use disk utilities to format the drive/partition you want to install on. I've always read avoid using the journaling and just stick with 'Mac Os Extended' partitions.
4) Continue on with the install until you see 'Customize' in the bottom left corner. Expand the last option and select MBR (if you're wishing to boot to your Mac partition).
5) Install and pray

Random Notes
1) Security Update 2007-009, Remote Desktop Client, iTunes, and Quicktime updates installed fine
2) Need to install video drivers
*for the x600 the device id is 5b62
*you can skip the hexedit part
*rm /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache didn't work, but didn't affect anything
*I can't get CI or QE to work - BIG PROBLEM
3) Need to fix mouse tearing
4) Integrated audio works, but not on the front speaker?
5) Integrated ethernet works fine
6) Does NOT wake from sleep (disabled in system preferences)