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My wife’s computer is about nine years old. I got the motherboard and CPU in San Francisco when my family was with my parents-in-law. It is an Intel i5 6500 and an Asus H110M-C. I know it has been over...
This afternoon, I found my site was not accessible when I tried it. So I went to the Webmin panel. It loaded, but with a warning, disk space is running out. It is kind of urgent. All websites on this...
I changed the battery of the Mi A1 cellphone last week. The battery was so bad. It needs a charge even if I just used it for one or two hours as a hot spot. I bought the battery from...
I have a Kindle Touch 4th generation. It is 12 years old. Working but the battery is only a few hours in standby mode. I bought a replacement battery on Tmall.com. Chinese Yuan 36. The very first step is to...
I want to introduce a software, KillDisk. I used it to wipe out or erase an HDD. I have an HDD with a Smart Warning. Western Digital WD Caviar Green. WD20EARS, 2.0TB SATA/64MB Cache. Product of Thailand Date: 19, Jul...
I just upgraded one Ubuntu server from 22.04 to 24.04. Then I did a php engine upgrade from 8.2.28 to 8.3.13. Both php are in php-fpm mode. Opcache JIT enabled. Here are some php performance benchmark tests on the server....
Today, I upgraded my Gitlab CE install OS from Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04 using the distro upgrade. Before upgrading, I made a full backup of the VM. When the OS upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04, I added the two repositions back...
Here I just upgraded my NAS from Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04. I check the services running on the NAS. I found Transmission Daemon is not active. I reboot the Ubuntu server. Transmission Web UI is live for a while, then...
I bought the Btootos Wireless Earbuds in Nov. 2023. Almost one year now. I used it about once a week—not very often. So, when I found it was a problem, it was June 2024. The problem is that the right...
First, install the program, ncdu, to the Ubuntu VM Then, run the command ncdu in the terminal window. The program will scan the files and folders under the current prompt directory. The old school command window shows the space usage...
I am using two HP 24f monitors side by side. I bought them three years ago at Costco. Here is the setup look. There is a big foot under the monitor. I want to change it and mount it on...
I bought a 3D printer, a Bambu Lab A1 mini, from the official website. It took three days to arrive at my front door from the warehouse. Here is the list of the order. A1 mini Printer $249.00 Hotend with...
I used Sogou Pinyin IME for many years. It is easy to use. Save your time, the conclusion is: Do not use Sogou Pinyin IME. https://shurufa.sogou.com/ Here is the problem I found last month. The blue circle with the mouse...
I received my order, a PCIe to SATA adapter yesterday. I installed it immediately to add the fifth hard drive to my PC. Here is my PC situation. The motherboard is an ASUS Prime B450M-A II. The storage posts are...
Here is the comparison of coping files from HDD to SSD and from SSD to SSD I have an HDD, which has a lot of game files. I want to move it to an SSD with a SATA connection. Look,...