Tech geek. Life geek.
It is a question. And I have the answer. I used an Ammeter to measure the power consumption of the 4-bay NAS system. The NAS is built based on the U-NAS hardware. HARDWARE INFORMATION CPU Model: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J3160 @...
All the home lab servers are running 24 hours, 7 days. So power consumption is one of the critical facts of maintenance. Reduce it to save your electrical bill. For my Proxmox VE machine. The hardware specs: Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M...
My Proxmox VE is running on the old PC. Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2400G RAM: 2X8GB 2400Mhz DDR4 Storage: 1TB NVMe SSD, WD Blue SN570 Last week, I ordered a 2X8GB kit on Amazon.ca. Cost me...
My Xbox One S game console is over five years. Since last winter, I sometimes get stuck when I play the game. The Xbox One S replaced the Xbox 360 which was 6 years old. So I am thinking about...
In Jan. 2020, I bought a Toshiba External Hard Drive, 2TB as the external storage for Xbox One S. Because the games are bigger and bigger. I feel the internal 1TB storage will be full soon. You can still buy...
I did some tests of the HDD I took down from Xbox One S yesterday. Later, I get the software, HD Tune Pro 5.75 to do the surface check of it. The S.M.A.R.T Health information is as below. The C5...
I took down the HDD from my Xbox One S console today. it is a Toshiba HDD. Toshiba Disk Drive MQ01ABD100 Drive REV AGM AB01/AX102V DC +5V 1.0A Date: 10 May 2016 5400RPM Buffer Size: 8MB MTTF: 600000h Interface: SATA...
I have a few TP-Link devices running in my home. One is the network switch, TL-SG3210XHP M2, and a pair of AP, Deco 6 X90. Today when I turn on my PC, there is no Internet connection. So I restarted...
I am working on some small wood projects. Aliexpress is the place I bought tools and hardware parts online. It is a good resource you can find the cheaper stuff with reasonable quality. No surprise. Hinges are very expensive in...
I had a Wii game console for many years. Until a few years ago, it is not working anymore. But I am still keeping the game discs and all the remotes and the sensor bar. Recently, I downloaded the Wii...
Here is a simple guide for my record. I learned it from another player. First, to play the Wii game on PC, I need Dolphin Emulator. I download it from its official site. The latest version is Dolphin 5.0-18498 build. ...
I received a USB Hub today. I searched for it on Google. On Amazon, it is USB C Hub, UtechSmart 6 in 1 USB C to HDMI Adapter with 1000M Ethernet, Power Delivery PD Type C Charging Port, 3 USB...
When I am in San Francisco, I went to Central Computer many times. It is just located the way I walk home. One day, I bought a Kingston DTX 64GB Data Traveller Exodia USB disk. I can remember the exact...
When I order my 2.5Gbe PCIe adapter on Amazon, I ordered Westen Digital Blue SN570 1TB at the same time. It is US$57.99 plus tax when I purchased it. Now it is even cheaper, only $52.99. Please be noticed that...
I bought a 2.5Gbe PCIe adapter on amazon.com last month. It cost me $19.98 plus tax. But now it is $25.89. It is a small box with the brand name on the front, ubit. I have no idea what kind...