Right before black Friday, Newegg put the Seagate ST3000DM001 3TB hard drives on sale. I picked up 3. It’s been a few weeks now and I finally found time to install it in my server.
Well 1 of the 3 is DOA. This could be my first DOA hard drive. It failed the tests using Seatools so now I’m trying to see if it’s repairable. If not, I’ll be sending an RMA to Newegg.
A couple of weeks ago Borders bookstores had a sale on the Sony PRS-505 eBook ready. I decided to pick one up. I didn’t need one but I’m starting to get a couple of eBooks so for the price, I though it would be worth it to check out. After opening it, I didn’t realize…
I got a couple of upgrades for my [home server]/blog/2012/07/04/my-new-home-server/. First, I got more ramGSkill F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL. Not really sure what the difference is with my first set of ram. The specs are the same, CL9, 1.5v, DDR3 1600. It recognized them and no problems so far. I ‘m now running a total of 16GB. The…
I was using an Apple Extreme Base Station for a few years now. It’s the model right before they added the gigabit ethernet support but it does have wireless N. There were several things I hated about this router. The one thing I just can’t stand is it has to reboot every time you make…
So I recently got an Amazon FireTV Stick. Actually, I got a few of them. Amazon had a really good deal for Prime members, 50% off for preordering it. My whole goal is to find the most flexible, compatible, and inexpensive solution to use throughout every television in the house. This might be it. Upon…
Over the holidays, Microsoft discounted the HP Stream 7. I was curious about the device, so I picked one up. The hardware itself isn’t that powerful but it matches the budget price. Hardware 7-inch HD IPS touchscreen 800×1280 Intel Atom processor Z3735G 1GB DDR3L-RS 1333 MHz ram 32GB SSD for storage It doesn’t sound too…
I finally was able to pick up a brand new 64GB iPhone 6 Plus off contract and wow it’s pricey. I don’t like contracts, so I have to pay the price. This time I opted to go with a larger 64GB capacity. I filled up my 16GB iPhone 5S quickly with media and apps. I…