You will need:

• Your Motorola V3r phone
• A USB cable to connect phone to computer
• A fully charged battery in your phone

Before you start, backup everything on your phone. Flashing may remove all your contacts and all your music, photos etc. It is safe to have a backup.

You will need to download RSD Lite. It can be found here. Unzip and install it. Next you will need flash or flex files. Monster packs include both, therefore easier to handle. Monster packs can be found here for the V3r. Flash is mainly the software of the phone, flashing will adjust the features and menus of your phone. The flex is the system files. You could gain new programs, or lose some. Flexing will remove branding, or change it, depending on the flex file. Flexing will remove all personal settings like contacts, but flashing won't.

To find the right flash/flex/monster pack, press *#9999#. It will come up with the S/W version (software version) and Flex version. When choosing flash/flex/monster pack, make sure it is newer than your current version. The higher the number at the end, the newer it is. The ones given in the link are R4515, so your phone's version must start with this.

Once you have your flash/flex/monster pack, plug in your phone. Make sure it is fully charged. Open RSD Lite and it should detect your phone. Browse for your flash/flex/monster pack and open it in RSD Lite. Press start. If a message comes up with something about the chip type, it means you have the wrong flash/flex/monster pack. The most likely cause is that the first few numbers/letters aren't the same. If not, it should start the process. Your phone will come up with the boot loader version. Wait for it to finish. If anything happens; loss of power, crashed computer etc. the process has failed and it is most likely that your phone is ruined. There aren't many ways to fix this, so make sure that the phone is fully charged, just to lessen one factor of failure. Once it has completed flashing/flexing, restart your phone, and you are done.

If you have separate flash and flex files, repeat with the flex after the flash.

One of the most obvious reasons is when you see something that asks for bank account numbers. It will ask for credit card numbers. (don't get me wrong some good things require it but be cautious.) Don't give it to the scammers. Some will try to entice you into it by telling you that they will give you part of a sum of money for you bank numbers.

Make sure to ignore all get rich fast options. People try to get you to do it. Remember there are professional scammers. Make sure when you are looking into something that you look for complaints against the website or company. Make sure to note the terms of privacy and the other terms. If repairs or something like that is happening make sure that you have a guarantee on it.

Know that all pictures on items are real. Check people who are selling things to see if they have a good rating. Be careful online when attempting to buy something. A great way to do things is to deal locally like craigs list and other local dealers.

I hope you don't get scammed after reading my guide.s

You will need two programs:

• RivaTuner: Download

• ATI Tool:Download.

It doesn't matter which card you have, the programs will work with any cards. Once you have installed the programs, run them. RivaTuner can be used to overclock and to change fan speeds, and ATI Tools can be used to overclock and test for artefacts. I personally think ATI Tools is better for overclocking, because it has an easier interface to use. You should start off with RivaTuner to change the fan speeds, because overclocking makes your graphics card run hotter than usual. So first open up RivaTuner, and under the heading "Driver Settings" click the little box next to customise.

Then Click on the first icon.

Then Click on the tab labelled "Fan."

I would recommend setting it to 60% first. Once set to 60% click "Apply." If you want RivaTuner to load the fan speeds when the computer starts up, then check the box "Apply fan settings at Windows startup," and click the "Save" button. Click OK and close RivaTuner.

Now open ATI Tools. This part can take a long time, so you need to be patient. You can see on the left of the window there are "Find Max Core" and "Find Max Mem." DO NOT CLICK ON THESE. ATI Tools pushes the card a lot, and may cause permanent damage to your graphics card. Under the columns labelled "3D perf," increase the numbers, only by five at a time. Pushing too much at a time can cause the card to overload. After increasing the clocks by 5, click on "Scan for Artifacts." This puts your card under stress so it can test if there are any flaws in the graphics.

Do it for at least 20 minutes before stopping and increasing the clock. If there are artifacts then it means the clock is too high, so you need to decrease it. Once there are artifacts found and you decreased the clock, do the artifacts scan for 30 minutes or more, in case it finds anything new. If the temperature goes too high during the scan, stop it immediately. A temperature above 80-90 degrees Celsius would be high. If the temperature is too high, increase the fan speed with RivaTuner. Once you find a stable clock, save at the top and create a profile name. You can make ATI Tools run this on startup if you want. Click on "Settings" in the bottom right corner. Click the drop-down menu, and then click on "Startup." Check the boxes "Every time ATI Tool is launched, load profile;" and "Load on Windows Startup Via." Under "Every time ATI Tool is launched, load profile," select the profile you saved earlier, and under "Load on Windows Startup Via," select "Registry Key." You have successfully overclocked your graphics card.

Three components are required to transfer files using FTP protocol. First is an FTP server. Then an FTP client and third, FTP connectivity. The FTP server or FTP site is a computer with large storage capacity. It is dedicated to receiving requests to upload files and respond accordingly. Files are stored in this FTP server in a well organized manner so that they can be easily retrieved on request. The FTP server can provide security to the files by utilizing user names and passwords. Files without security are categorized as public and accessible to everyone. Most of the web sites from which you can download files are examples of FTP servers. The server computer from which a file is to be downloaded is identified by its URL. An FTP address has the same form as a normal web site address. For example ftp://ftp..server name. An FTP client is required to access or download files from FTP servers.

 An FTP client is a software used to exchange files between two computers. The web browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and NetScape are examples of FTP clients. FTP connectivity is the medium used for transfer of data between server and client. Internet is the medium used for FTP connection. The main objective of FTP is to transfer all types of files over the internet. If an interrupt occurs in the middle of a download process, FTP is capable of resuming the download from the point of interruption. Resuming an upload process is supported by the protocol but it is not implemented in the commonly used web browsers. FTP protocol can be used to implement remote sharing computers; the power of another computer can be utilized over the Internet.

One reason for the universal acceptance of FTP is, it is independent of the operating system used or the way in which a file is stored in a computer. FTP is the ideal protocol for file transfer owing to its reliability and efficiency in data transfer.

Limewire is a file sharing software that lets you download things off of other peoples computers, and them downloading from your computer. Of course you can choose whether to share and not to share things, and you don’t have to share anything at all. Limewire is totally legal, but it is usually used for illegal purposes, like downloading copyrighted content for free. If you are sued for downloading copyrighted content off Limewire, it could lead to substantiall fines. One way to avoid this is to use a proxy, or choose the option of not sharing any files on Limewire. Limewire is for sharing files with family or friends, like movies that are too large to email. Almost no one uses Limewire that way though, and there are endless viruses that are waiting to destroy your computer. Here are some guidelines you can follow before downloading off Limewire.

The first step is to scan everything you get with antivirus software. Some of the best antivirus software that I have used is Norton.] But if you want a really good free antivirus program, Avast antivirus is the way to go. Click here to download Avast Antivirus.

The next step that you should take be looking up the file on Bitzi. Every file on Limewire has this option to look it up. When you right click on the file and choose to look it up on Bitzi, you will be redirected to a website where other people that have downloaded the file can tell what it really is, and if it is harmful. I use Bitzi a lot, and it really works for most of the popular files.

The next step to make sure you are downloading the things you want to download is to see how many sources the file has. Usually the more sources a file has, the safer it is.

Files on Limewire are frequently mislabeled to mislead you into downloading them. Movies are usually mislabeled, and are not what you are looking for unless you want to download porn. Music is usually good. Be careful when you download cd cracks and other software that you would have to pay for, because a lot of times there are viruses packed in with the software.

Never download antivirus software off limewire because 90% of the time the files are viruses. When downloading off Limewire, use common sense, and be careful. I have had my computer messed up beyond repair due to viruses in the past, before I started following these tips, and I hope your computers stay safe, while letting you listen to music, and download software.

If you have read my Dual boot Ubuntu onto XP guide. This one will be similiar.. To get started boot up in Windows Vista and go into the Disk Management (right-click My Computer, go to manage, then Disk Management). Again, right-click on the main Vista partition and hit Shrink Volume.

The Shrink tool tells how much space can be freed up. In the menu type how much space to leave open. Try and give each OS atleast 10 GB of space to work with. Hit shrink and the tool will reduce the volume of Vista partition.

Installing Ubuntu

The first thing you should do before fully installing Ubuntu is deciding if you like it or not. You can do this by obtaining a copy of the Live CD or by downloading the ISO. You can do this by going to Ubuntu's website. If your internet speed is really slow and you do not want to bother with the time you can purchase the Live CD and it will be shipped to your house in 2 , to 4 business days. Remember you are just paying for the shipping. Or you can get a free Live CD by mail, but the downside is that it will take 10 to 20 business days to ship.

Now if you are going to download the Live CD from the website continue reading (If not skip this section). You are now at the download screen where it is asking you what version of Ubuntu do you want. You should check 7.10 under the desktop edition. After that is done, under what you just chose it should be asking you, "What type of computer do you have?" I run on an AMD 64 bit processor but for some reason it doesn't recognize the install disk correctly. So it is highly recommended you choose the first option, Standard personal computer. After this select the closest location near you under the drop down menu below the previous option. Then click start download. You will be redirected to a page that starts your download and asks you where to save it, just save it to desktop. Now go relax and wait for your download.

Supposing you have downloaded the ISO file of the Live CD and you are ready to host it. Go download Infra Recorder if you do not have a program that burns ISO files. If you are using Infra Recorder, insert your blank CD into your drive and if it auto loads select cancel, next open up Infra Recorder and select Actions > Burn Image, from here select your ISO file and hit open and it should begin to burn. After your image is complete you are ready to do a live boot of Ubuntu Gusty Gibbon.

Whether method you used to get a Live CD you should be ready to boot up in Ubuntu now. Insert your Live CD into your disk drive and restart your PC. When it gets to the screen where it displays your disk drives and memory amount you can either start mashing F9 or if you have timing just hit it once when you need to, to get to the boot menu. From here select boot from disk and a screen with multiple options of Ubuntu should pop up with the first option being "Start or Install Ubuntu", Select it and let Ubuntu load. The first time it loads off the CD it may take three or four minutes so be patient.

After the Live CD is done loading mess around with the Live session and see if you like it. After you decide that you want to install it (it is recommended that you back your window's portion of the guide) click the install icon on the desktop.

A welcome screen will come up and ask you what language you would wish to use. Then after that it will ask you what timezone you live in. Just select one that is relatively close to where you live. After this choose your appropriate keyboard layout.

Ubuntu will then load the disk partitioner to determine where it's going to be installed. Choose ,Manual - use the largest continuous free space. This will automatically select the unpartitioned space we created earlier using the Shrink tool. Click Forward. If you feel brave you can can edit the portions manually. After you have selected all of your needed information, Ubuntu has enough knowledge to install itself. Now go relax a second time if you have downloaded the CD, if not it will be your first!

After Ubuntu is done installing itself your computer will automatically reboot and will come up with the GRUB system select screen. Your very first option would be what you want to boot up in if you want Ubuntu, but if you want windows choose either the fourth or fifth option. After 10 seconds of no responding it will automatically boot up in Ubuntu. If you were like me and accidentally installed Ubuntu on your second HDD, you may have to reboot up into Vista for Ubuntu to recognize all of the hard drives and their space.

Now go out and enjoy your new operating system!

In a personal computer (PC), the biggest enemy of performance is heat. Nowhere is this truer than in the case of the central processing unit (CPU). Cooling for the CPU can be accomplished by either air or watercooling, but either way, the CPU is connected to the cooling system by way of a flat metal piece. No matter how hard manufacturers try, neither this metal piece (the bottom of the heat sink in the case of air cooling, and the CPU block in watercooling) nor the top of the CPU will be perfectly flat. The little imperfections in the surfaces of both of these components hold heat in, and in turn affect how well your cooling will cool the processor. Thermal paste fills in these gaps, eliminating the excess heat.

Some heatsinks have a thermal pad on them, furthering the cooling power of the heatsink. In these cases it is not necessary to apply thermal paste, but it will still improve the contact of the heatsink to the CPU. Make sure you remove the plastic cover from the thermal pad first, though.

For most people, the difference in how you apply thermal paste and which type you use will not matter, but for those who insist on getting the utmost power from your rig (and I'm assuming you are one of these people seeing as you are reading this article), the few degrees of heat you save will make a difference.

PASTE:

The most commonly used thermal paste by the end user is Arctic Silver 5. Specific instructions for the application of this product can be found on their website, www.arcticsilver.com.

There are, however, other brands out there, and the application process may differ from brand to brand. This guide is based on Arctic Silver 5, though, as it provides great performance at a low price.

CLEANING:

Before starting, you must remove the thermal paste left on from previous applications from both the CPU and the heatsink. NOTE: You may skip this step if using a brand new CPU and heatsink, neither of which have pre-applied thermal paste. Iso-Proply alcohol is highly recommended, although nail varnish remover is also acceptable. Arctic Silver also sells it's own cleaner in the ArctiClean if you feel this is necessary. Use a clean, lint-free cloth and wipe the surface clean. Be sure not to touch the surface after you have completed the cleaning, as you will then have to repeat the process.

APPLICATION:

This varies depending upon what type of processor you have, and whether it has an exposed core, or a heat spreader. The basics are the same, in that either way you apply the paste to the CPU and install the clean heatsink/waterblock as the instructions dictate.

EXPOSED CORE:

When applying thermal paste to an exposed core, simply put a small amount of paste on the top and spread it, ensuring you do so in a thin and even manner. Be careful not to use too much, as this will put more material for the heat to travel through before it reaches the heatsink/waterblock, drastically reducing the cooling performance. Spread it very thin and even. It should be no thicker than half of a grain of uncooked rice. After doing this, simply apply the heatsink/waterblock as the instructions tell you to do so.

SINGLE CORES WITH HEATSPREADER:

Heatspreaders are put in place to aid the heat transfer from the CPU to the heatsink/waterblock. These increase the size of the CPU, however, and as such it is not necessary to cover the entire CPU with thermal paste. Simply put a blob in the center of the heatspreader (the size of one grain of uncooked rice for an Intel CPU, slightly larger for an AMD CPU), and let pressure take care of spreading the paste as you apply the heatsink/waterblock.

DUAL CORE WITH HEATSPREADER:

The process is the same as with single core CPUs, but in this case you want a line as opposed to a blob. This is to aid in the cooling of both cores. To make sure you put the line in the correct direction, make sure the corner with the gold triangle is in the bottom left corner, and then apply from top to bottom.

QUAD CORE WITH HEATSPREADER:

For quad core CPUs, the process is the same as with dual core CPUs, except this time, the line should be horizontal as opposed to vertical.

FINAL NOTE:

Please keep in mind that, should the heatsink/waterblock be removed from the CPU, you will need to clean the heatsink/waterblock once again and reapply the thermal paste, as the airtight seal between them will have broken. Thanks for reading to the end, and I hope you enjoy this and other articles I intend to write in the future!

• Archive format:7z
• Compression level: Ultra
• Compression Method:LZMA
• Dictionary size: 64MB
• Word Size:64.

Once done you can delete those files you were trying to hide because they are now in the .7z file you just made. Open command prompt by going to start run and put in cmd. to make it easier make a folder on your desktop and put the .7z file and the .jpg file in the folder so its all in one place.

Lets call the folder its in x123 the .7z file shadow.7z and the .jpg return.jpg. So now in command prompt it should say c:/ documents and settings> "your pc's name">. Now next to that put cd x123 so it opens the folder it should now be c:/ documents and settings>"Your pc's name">x123>. After that put in COPY /B return.jpg + shadow.7z returnsecret.jpg after this it should say 1 file copied and there should be a new .jpg file in your x123 folder called returnsecret.jpg.

To get the files off of the new image file lets say you had passwords there and you need to get them back open 7-zip again and select returnsecret.jpg now press the extract button. There should now be a folder called returnsecret with the files you just hide inside the image. You can delete this folder and extract it again from the image over and over. Hide it in a thumbdrive,psp,external drive, iPod, or any mass media and only you will know that the files are there or even how to extract them.

• Don't go for package deals. Ie. Back to school package; get a new monitor and PC for $700. These are not worth the money. Most package deals include half-ass made computers that go faulty 3 or 4 years down the line, possibly sooner.
• Make sure to read the specifications of a PC before going ahead and purchasing one. Ie. Make sure nothing is integrated into the motherboard other than the sound card. In particular make sure the Graphics card is not integrated. Integrated means the component is built into the motherboard and is therefor consuming power from the motherboard to run that component. You'll also want to go for a good 128Mb graphics card with a good 1Gb RAM if you're a gamer and don't want lag.
• Expect to spend a good $1k on the PC alone. Believe me when I say this, if you want to get a good computer that will last for as long as you mind the whole virus/spyware/hacker/etc. situation, you'll need to spend around this much. I know it's ridiculous.
• You may want to wait for a bit for the prices on flat screen monitors to go down. They've already started dropping in price, so it won't be long before you're spending $100 on a 19".

Hope you liked my guide!