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May 21, 2019

Dell G7 Upgrading RAM

So I recently purchased a Dell 2019 Premium Flagship G7 15 7588 15.6 Inch FHD IPS Gaming Laptop and wanted to upgrade my RAM to it’s max so I decided to purchase (2X16 GB) 16GB DDR4 2666MHz PC4-21300 Unbuffered.  

Changing out the RAM was such a breeze.  

First step would be unscrewing the single screw from the bottom of the G7 laptop.

Dell G7 Upgrading Hard-drive

Next get something flat where you could pop up the clips from around the laptop.

Once you have the bottom enclosure of the laptop removed you will see the RAM like shown in the image below.  You need to push on the side of the clip holding the ram into place and the RAM will pop out.  Take note on how it’s inserted because you need to insert the new RAM the way.

Once the RAM has been installed, place the bottom casing back on the laptop be sure to snap in all the clips and tighten the center screw.

Next power on the laptop, you will see a message telling you the amount of system ram has been installed.

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April 18, 2019

How To Get Louder Volume on Your Samsung Galaxy Buds

I received my Galaxy Buds about a month ago.  I think they are an awesome device however the sound was a little to low for me.  Here are a couple tricks can you do that will allow you to get louder Sound on your Samsung Galaxy Buds.

First of all Enable developer options
 
1. Open Settings app on your Galaxy Mobile. (Swipe down from top to open notification center, Find and Tap on Settings gear icon). Tap on it.
 
2. Once, you open settings app, Scroll to end and tap on About phone.
 
3. Next, to About Phone, Tap on Software information.
 
4. Now, Tap seven times on Build Number. You will be prompted with a password, pin to make changes. You will get the message like Developer mode has been turned on.
 
5. Once it’s completed, Go back to previous screen or re-launch settings app > Developer options > Enable Developer options.
 
And disable absolute volume under Developer option. 
 
1. Go to the Settings app > System > Developer Options and Toggle off to Disable Absolute volume
 
Right away the volume was louder and can feel the thump of the music better.
 

Next Option Change the Volume from the touchpad

Get out Buds from charging case, and put on your ears. Now Touch and Hold on Earbuds touchpad. Once you do that.

 

Increase Samsung Galaxy Buds Volume using Touch Pad

 
 
 
You will also volume up using the Bixby option. Touch and hold on a Touch pad, Until you listen to beeps and goes to the max volume that also set the music volume high.
 
on some reasons, a volume is slow because of some reasons by default, and you can change it.
 
 

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December 3, 2018

Smart Home – Ring Video Door Bell 2 upgraded from Aeotec Doorbell

If you followed my last post about my Smart home door bell that I installed in January of 2017.  I was able to use my Aeotec by Aeon Labs ZW056 Doorbell to work with SmartThings and all of my Sonos speakers throughout my house.  I’ve been waiting for another alternative for so long because of such lag and delay with the Aeotec.  My house is so old and never had an actual doorbell wire installed so this was an issue; I’ve been waiting for Ring and Nest to carry a product that didn’t require a wire.

So finally after some Black Friday specials I decided to go ahead and purchase the Ring Video Door Bell 2 I was a little skeptical on how good this would integrated with SmartThings and if I would still be able to have the notifications play throughout Sonos. 

Man I was impressed.  Let me start off by saying the installation was the easiest.  The doorbell button just feels right and people actually know its a doorbell not like the Aeotec doorbell.  There is absolutely no response delay.  When I press this button it triggers instantly to SmartThings/Sonos there is no audio delay what so ever.  

With that being said I wanted to add some different notification sounds to my doorbell.  Since its Christmas I stuck with Christmas Vacation doorbell chime’s.  Below is my entire code for the Sonos SmartThings Smart App.  If you are looking for step by step instructions on installing the Smart App click here.

[snippet slug=doorbell2 lang=csharp]

Another awesome feature since my entire house is Amazon/Alexa powered you can now say “Alexa, show me the doorbell“.  I have FireTV cubes installed on all of my TV’s but this will also work with Echo Show devices as well.  It takes roughly 5-10 seconds but the video does work!

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