Once a week we round up some of the interesting questions we’ve answered from the Ask How-To Geek mailbox and share them with the greater readership. This week we’re looking at Xbox 360 upgrades, Christmas light wiring, and stripping Kindle DRM.
每周一次，我们从Ask How-To Geek邮箱中回答一些有趣的问题，并与更多的读者分享。 本周，我们将探讨Xbox 360的升级，圣诞灯的接线以及Kindle DRM的剥离。
如何在Xbox 360 Slim上升级硬盘驱动器？ (How Can I Upgrade the Hard Drive on my Xbox 360 Slim? )
Dear How-To Geek,
亲爱的How-To Geek，
Hi! I have a new Xbox 360 Slim 4GB. It doesn’t come with a hard drive and I can’t afford the 250GB hard drive add-on. I do have a laptop hard drive (the Western Digital Scorpio 120GB). Is there anyway I can use this drive instead of buying the pricey upgrade? Thanks!
嗨！ 我有一个新的Xbox 360 Slim 4GB。 它没有硬盘驱动器，我买不起250GB的硬盘驱动器。 我确实有笔记本电脑硬盘(西部数据天蝎座120GB)。 无论如何，我可以使用此驱动器代替购买昂贵的升级产品吗？ 谢谢！
Sincerely,
真诚的
Hard Drive Hacking in St. Helens
圣海伦斯的硬盘黑客
Dear Hard Drive Hacking,
亲爱的硬盘黑客，
We don’t think we’ve ever had a reader email that involves such a fortunate coincidence. Yes it is possible to hack your Xbox 360 slim (or any Xbox 360 for that matter) to use a third party hard drive. Not only that but the Western Digital Scorpio line, specifically the 120GB, is the drive most modders will recommend because so many people have used it with such success. What are the chances that you’d have the exact drive we’d recommend you get? All you need to do now is to swing by Amazon.com and pick up this dirt cheap $3 Xbox 360 Slim HDD Caddy (trust us, you don’t want to free mount your drive in the case, even if some videos online will show people doing just that). With the caddy and HDD in hand, hit up this tutorial over at GamerWok. It’s not the only tutorial on the topic (so feel free to check Google and YouTube for additional tutorials and videos) but it should get the job done for you.
我们认为我们从未收到过涉及如此幸运巧合的读者电子邮件。 是的，可以破解您的Xbox 360 slim(或与此有关的任何Xbox 360)以使用第三方硬盘驱动器。 不仅如此，大多数改装者还会推荐Western Digital Scorpio系列产品，特别是120GB，因为有如此多的人成功地使用了它。 您有什么机会获得我们建议您获得的确切动力？ 您现在要做的就是在Amazon.com上转悠，拿起这只便宜的3美元Xbox 360 Slim HDD Caddy (请相信我们，即使某些在线视频将显示，您也不想在这种情况下免费安装驱动器。这样做的人)。 手持球童和HDD， 在GamerWok上找到本教程 。 它不是该主题的唯一教程(因此，随时可以在Google和YouTube上查看其他教程和视频)，但它应该可以为您完成工作。
如何解决和修复圣诞灯？ (How Can I Troubleshoot and Repair My Christmas Lights? )
Dear How-To Geek,
亲爱的How-To Geek，
I know you guys normally cover computer stuff but since I do see electronics projects pop up now and then I figured it was worth asking. I’m late putting up my Christmas lights this year and so far everything has been a mess. I have tons of strands with bad bulbs. I have a bunch of extra bulbs so it’s not like I can’t replace the bad ones… but with the whole strand dark there’s no way to tell which one is the bad one! Surely there has to be some sort of tool for this kind of thing? It’s got to be cheaper than buying all new strands! Help!
我知道你们通常会讲计算机的东西，但是由于我确实看到电子项目突然出现，所以我认为这值得一问。 我今年迟到放圣诞灯了，到目前为止，一切都一团糟。 我的灯泡坏了很多。 我有一堆多余的灯泡，所以好像我不能不能替换坏灯泡…但是整个灯泡都漆黑了，无法分辨哪个是坏灯泡！ 当然需要某种工具来处理这种事情吗？ 它必须比购买所有新线便宜！ 帮帮我！
Sincerely,
真诚的
Clark Griswold
克拉克·格里斯沃尔德
Dear Mr. Griswold,
亲爱的格里斯沃尔德先生，
Since you’re talking about burnt out bulbs, we’ll assume you’re talking about incandescent mini lights. You’re right, there are tools available to help you. In fact the tools in question work so well most home owners would call them down right magical. What you need to help with your Christmas light woes is a multi-function tool; we highly recommend the Light Keeper Pro. It’s highly reviewed and the comments on it are absolutely glowing. It will help you do several things including testing strand fuses, pulling bulbs, and fusing shunts. The last one is the most important feature and it does it very well. Mini Christmas light strand bulbs are designed with a fail-safe mechanism. In the event that the bulb burns out there is a small shunt that will melt and fuse the two wires together so, despite the bulb being burnt out and not illuminating, the current will continue to flow through the strand and the rest of the bulbs will stay on. The most common cause of total strand blackout is one or more shunts failing to melt and re-form the circuit. The Light Keeper Pro (and similar tools) send pulses of electricity through the line that melt the improperly joined shunts. Without a tool like that you’d either have to throw the line out or go through and test every single bulb in the whole strand. For a little over twenty bucks we think you’ll find it’s a worthwhile investment and a huge time saver.
由于您正在谈论灯泡烧坏，因此我们假设您正在谈论白炽灯迷你灯。 没错，有可用的工具可以帮助您。 实际上，所讨论的工具非常有效，大多数房主会称其为神奇。 您需要帮助解决圣诞灯故障的是一个多功能工具。 我们强烈推荐Light Keeper Pro 。 它受到高度评价，并且对此的评论绝对令人眼前一亮。 这将帮助您完成几项工作，包括测试绞线保险丝，拉灯泡和熔断分流器。 最后一个是最重要的功能，它做得很好。 迷你圣诞灯灯泡设计有故障保护机制。 万一灯泡烧坏，会有一个小分流器将两根电线融化并熔合在一起，因此，尽管灯泡烧坏了并且不发光，电流仍将继续流过绞线，其余的灯泡将继续流过。呆着。 总股线停电的最常见原因是一个或多个分流器无法融化并重新形成电路。 Light Keeper Pro(和类似工具)通过线路发送电脉冲，以熔化不正确连接的分流器。 如果没有类似的工具，您将不得不淘汰生产线，或者对整个灯串中的每个灯泡进行测试。 花20美元多一点，我们认为您会发现这是一笔值得的投资，并且可以节省大量时间。
如何在Kindle电子书上剥离DRM？ (How Can I Strip the DRM on My Kindle Books? )
Dear How-To Geek,
亲爱的How-To Geek，
Is it possible to strip the DRM from my Kindle books so I can do things with them like I would with a book purchased from a DRM-free ebook store? I’d like to be able to give a book to a friend when I’m done reading it or keep a copy on my Kindle and my laptop (as oppose to, you know, start running an underground book store with all my illicit copies). Is there any way I can go about this?
是否可以从Kindle图书中剥离DRM，以便像使用从无DRM的电子书商店购买的图书一样对它们进行处理？ 我希望能在读完书后将其赠予朋友，或将其副本保留在Kindle 和我的笔记本电脑上(因为反对，您开始经营带有所有非法副本的地下书店)。 有什么办法可以解决吗？
Sincerely,
真诚的
Book Worm in Wisconsin
在威斯康星州预订蠕虫
Dear Book Worm,
亲爱的书虫：
As you can imagine Amazon frowns on people cracking the DRM and they usually update their system to squash new techniques that allow users to do so. That said, we completely understand why consumers would want to remove the DRM from media they purchase (whether it’s Amazon books or DVD discs); you paid for it and you have the right to view it, read it, and otherwise interact with it the way you want to.
可以想像，亚马逊不赞成人们破解DRM，他们通常会更新其系统以挤压允许用户这样做的新技术。 也就是说，我们完全理解了为什么消费者希望从购买的媒体(无论是Amazon书籍还是DVD光盘)中删除DRM； 您购买了它，就有权查看，阅读它，并以自己想要的方式与它进行交互。
To that end we can point you towards this helpful blog post. Apprentice Alf has gathered up a bunch of different Kindle and other ebook format hacks and streamlined the process of using them. The most recent update to the package was in October and to the best of our knowledge it’s still working. You’ll need to use the open-source ebook manager Calibre, the plug-ins from Apprentice Alf’s guide, and some DRM enabled books to strip. We’d highly recommend reading over the FAQ and some of his other blog posts to get a feel for the process first.
为此，我们可以将您引向这篇有用的博客文章 。 学徒Alf收集了许多不同的Kindle和其他电子书格式的骇客，并简化了使用它们的过程。 该软件包的最新更新是在10月，据我们所知它仍在工作。 您将需要使用开源电子书管理器Calibre，Apprentice Alf指南中的插件以及一些支持DRM的书进行剥离。 我们强烈建议您阅读FAQ和他的其他一些博客文章 ，以便首先了解该过程。
Have a pressing tech question? Shoot us an email and we’ll do our best to answer it.
有紧迫的技术问题吗？ 向我们发送电子邮件，我们将尽力答复。
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