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on February 20, 2014

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Kogan Atlas x14fhd laptop TEARDOWN UPGRADE FIX BENCHMARKS WORKAROUND

OK, this is not the worlds greatest teardown, but such as it is I hope it to be a helpful resource. You get a preview of what is inside the box. Before I went at it, I had found nothing useful on the internets, and when I contacted Kogan for a Service Manual all I got was a link to the User Manual. BTW, this follows my previous post, expressing the joys of my latest acquisition.

After receiving the laptop, testing it with Ubuntu via a USB boot, installing Ubuntu on a temporary basis along side of the preloaded software, installing Ubuntu with a clean format, my next step was to go inside and swap the HDD with an SSD from my previous laptop. So did that, and rebooted with F2 into BIOS. The SSD was detected on the first tab, but not in the boot tab as a bootable drive. It could not boot. I expected it to be boobable because it was bootable on the previous laptop from which it was pulled. After wasting about an hour looking for solutions, I had realized that I should simply install Ubunt…

Aldi xfinity plus 20V Rechargeable Li-ion Battery PT166213302 5irn19/65 2Ah 40Wh teardown

I purchased one of these multi-tool batteries out of curiosity. The moonshot aim is to adapt the pack to operate my laptop, but that's gonna have to wait. In the mean time I had a look inside.

The pack contains 5x Samsung 18650 batteries, which is wonderful because they are quite versatile.

The 20V format also means 18V, depending on manufacturer probably. The voltage varies between full charge and full discharge, but should be somewhere around 5*3.7V or 18.5V on average.

Interestingly, the charger outputs 12V and connects to the thrid pin on the battery pack.

The battery outputs 20V (+).

BTW, Li battery nominal 3.7V x 5 cells ~= 18.5V.

The T pin that battery and charger I presume is for temperature safety monitoring.

23 June 2017
Found new applications for the battery pack:

1) Portable speaker with d class amplifier module

2) Laptop power. The starting full charge was 20.5V. About 3 hours later power to the laptop was lost in the usual manner, with a remaining charge at 16.8V.

Reid Cycles Condor bike

On 22 February 2012 I took delivery of my new road bike, the Reid Condor, via reidcycles.com.au!

I had to improve it by removing the orange wheel reflectors.
Got this free stuff with it. The LED frog lights are good. The D lock I'm not so confident about.

SPEC:
Weight 11kgsFrame 700C ALLOYForks Shimano 2300Bottom Bracket VP Sealed Bearing Bottom Bracket CartridgeRelease Hubs QUANDO Quick Release Hubs (Same As Aquila And Osprey Hubs)Deraillers SHIMANO Deraillers (TY18, TZ31)Freewheel SHIMANO FreewheelRims Double Wall Alloy Rims (700C) [inner tube 700x23-25c]Brake Levers PROMAXHandlebar PROMAX Alloy HandlebarStem PROMAX Alloy StemBrakes PROMAX Alloy DUAL PIVOT BrakesChainwheel Alloy Dotek ChainwheelChain KMC ChainSeat Post PROMAX AlloySeat VADERSizes Small: 5'0-5'7, Medium: 5'7-5'11, Large: 5'11-6'3, Extra Large: 6'3' +
DESC:
The REID CONDOR FLAT BAR is perfect for those wanting the speed of a road bike with the comfort of a mountain bike or hybrid. I…

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