How To Tell If a BenQ or Lite On Drive Is Inside Your Xbox 360 console

If you are thinking about flashing the disc drive inside your Xbox 360 to play back up games, then you will need to make 100% sure which drive type is inside your console. This is so you buy the correct tools and equipment to flash the drive. There are different types of drives because some of them are more easier to flash Ixtreme firmware onto them. If you do have a lite on drive inside your Xbox 360 console, it is better than a BenQ drive because it is much more quite, when loading games.

To identify whether you have a lite on or BenQ drive you have inside your Xbox 360 console, without removing the top cover and not voiding your 1 year warranty, then all you have to do is remove the faceplate. This is easy all you have to do is get a good grip of it and pull it off, but carefully!

Once you have removed the faceplate, you will see a small hole with 2 small wires, below the disc tray bezel. If the two wires are colored white, then that means the drive is a Lite On type. If wires are white colored, you have the BenQ drive.

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How To Make a TomTom Say The Street Names On Route

A TomTom is a excellent satellite navigation system that is known to be very reliable very it comes to the road, but for some reason most of them for sale will not say the street names. This can make it difficult for you to drive down streets, as you wont know the name of the next street, if you dont look at screen and look at the maps that are displayed on the screen. All TomToms from the factory come with a features that allows the TomTom to say street names out loud, through the loudspeaker, if you TomTom doesnt say street names, follow the instructions below to enable it.

Instructions:

1)Power on your TomTom sat nav, once it is powered on, let the maps load, then tap the middle of the screen.

2)Go to the setting option, know as preferences, this is by finding the setting icon and tap onto it. 

3)Then find the option that says "Voice Settings", tick the box that says read out street names.

4)Once you have made that change to the settings, your TomTom will read out street names out loud and will be spoken to the driver.

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How To Check Your Credit Balance On Orange Pay As You Go

If you want to find out and check how much credit is remaining on your Orange sim card, you can find out by ringing the number 453. Ringing 453 is free and will not deduct any money from your credit balance on your Orange sim card. The other way to find out the credit balance on your Orange pay as you go sim card is to dial *141*# and it will display the remaining credit balance on screen, which is also free. Both of these methods are great if you want to find out the remaining balance on your Orange pay as you go sim card instantly, without having to wait for a reply text.

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How To Reset a ECU Unit Works On all Cars Including Subaru WRX Honda Civic and Prelude

From time to time, resetting your cars ecu unit is ideal because it allows the ecu to recalibrate all of its settings; this is so it runs at its maximum efficiency. It also helps the ecu unit get rid of  unwanted "Engine Check Lights" to appear inside the dashboard cluster, which can put people buying your car, if you have put it for sale. Resetting a car ecu is not hard, you dont need to be a advanced mechanic, follow the instructions provided below, they will guide you step by step on what needs to be done to reset the ecu unit.

Instructions on how to clear the ECU units memory:

1)Open the hood of the car and then locate the location of the car battery. When you have found the car battery, using a spanner, remove the negative terminal from the battery post. Once it has been disconnected, leave it for 20 minutes and then connect it back onto the battery post and tighten it up with a spanner.

2)Insert the key into the ignition in the first position and leave it in that position for 6 minutes.

3)Start up the vehicle and let the engine idle for 8 minutes.

4)Turn off the engine and turn it back on and go for a quick spin around your block.

5)At this stage, the ecu unit will be reset.

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How To Fix Alarm Clock Bug On a iphone 3gs 4 0 2 4 01 4 2 1 Firmwares

The iphone can be used as a alarm clock, just like any other mobile phone created today, however the reliability of using the alarm clock feature on it sucks because it suffers a major bug that causes that alarm to set off too late, not the time you set the alarm for, or the alarm clock altogether doesnt work at all. If you expereince either of them two problems on your iphone or ipod touch, then below is the solution to solve this problem:

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How To Fix a PSP Thats Stuck On The Please Wait Screen

If your psp is stuck on the please wait screen, the reason why it is because the psp is overheating and the CPU freezes up and locks up. To fix this, simply remove the battery cover, then remove the battery pack, this will allow the psp CPU to cool down. Reinsert the battery pack after 5 minutes and replace the battery cover and power on your psp console.

If your psp console persists on getting stuck on the please wait screen, the firmware that your psp is running can have a bug, so i suggest you update the firmware if there is a latest available version released for your psp.

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