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Many Drobo FS owners out there who upgraded to Lion were unpleasantly surprised by the fact that their Drobo no longer behaved like they used to. After months, drobo released new firmware, but it didn't improve things all that much. With the new firmware, the Drobo FS: * is slow or entirely unresponsive, Time Machine …
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Maybe the title of this post should read "how to open a Krups XN2001 Nespresso machine". The Krups XN2001 is almost identical to the newer XN2002 and XN2003. While the XN2003 has normal Torx screws, Krups was a bit more "protective" when they built the XN2001. It has screws that can not be gripped …
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Months ago, I got this broken Aeroccino milk frother for free. This week I fiddled with it for a few hours, and got it to work: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNEqWH3ILDc] ... and this is how you get it apart. First carefully pull out the button on the front: And then remove the rubber plugs to get to the …
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Recently my left headlight broke. I thought I'd change it quickly, but after half an hour of fiddling I decided to ask my dealer to do it for me, while I was looking. That was not a bad idea. It turned out to be not so straightforward after all, and you actually need tools (which you don't get when buying the car) to …
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Last week I tried to pull the rotor by using a rotor puller, and a socket (from a socket wrench set) to block it. The socket burried it's way into the first thread of the crankshaft. After realising this, I tried to fit the rotor bolt, and it wouldn't go in. Since only the first thread was damaged, I carefully drilled …
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