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Hi, I am Aaron. (Hello Aaron) I am a repeated victim of dismal hardware failure, too. I cannot get enough of it. Remember the desktop workstation DIABLO with the upgraded video card to provide two DVI outputs? I thought I was reaching a state of equilibrium with its setup and could finally just use it in peace. Heck i could even stand-by and ...

Note to self When journeying into harsh environments of nature, where dust, dirt, pollens, web, leaf flakes, wandering viral spores, do not bring a camera body that does not have weather sealing. When dripping a lot of sweat, keep camera by the side of body instead of hanging off neck directly in front. When undergoing strenuous ...

When I purchased the low-end Dell Inspiron 1501 in the mid of 2007, my intention was to make it my mobile platform for at least two years. For the pricing back then, it was a steal, despite sporting only average hardware. I tried to increase its 733tn3$$ by pasting a Razer sticker, but it failed to boost the speed up any ...

In opting to return my bluetooth unit back to the shop for them to send off to the service centre for checking, I retrograded back to prehistoric cable ways for audio transmission. For like close to a month. When it was finally ready for collection, I was annoyed they had not thoroughly tested the device and returned it status quo. I guess they ...

This story actually spans a long time. Like, ever since Bluetooth technology became available for widespread consumerism. I never understood what's with all this rage over Bluetooth. My past experiences nearly every bluetooth device just about proved that it is an extremely unreliable wireless technology; connectivity and pairing ...

icelava:One thing certain is the Western Digital Raptor WD74 disk is causing all these pain. This expensive 10,000rpm model I specifically selected to provide my system with speedy spins is ironically weighing me flat on my face with performance lockdowns. So not only does it spin fast, its time-to-failure is pretty fast too. And what do we ...

 Log Name:      SystemSource:        nvstor64Date:          15/4/2009 09:22:55Event ID:      5Task Category: NoneLevel:         ErrorKeywords:      ...

It sucks to be a technology enthusiast. Attempting to move quickly through progressive improvements (but practically warranted, nonetheless) in hardware is a loss-making business. Getting somebody to buy over old hardware is such a challenge, I'd probably earn more as a coolie carrying sacks of rice off the pier for the amount of time spent. The ...

Following the death of my father I thought it was time to look back ahead, and re-align myself with the rhythm and joys of life. My gaming PC is in need of being powered on; time to put this entertainment hardware to good use before it becomes obsolete. Or maybe, it already is? Totally? Given my current job and developer community ...

My life with my desktop workstation has been a long-term experience of tolerance and endurance. All too similar to its predecessor, it has successfully carried on the tradition - to this day - of generating endless problems of hardware stability. Following the episode of transplanting a real man's video card into the system to solve my virtual and ...

''Those cursed for all eternity shall receive bad sectors on their hard disks'' ~ Anonymous hi-tech god Remember that new disk I bought just last weekend to stand in for my broken Raptor disk? Log Name:      SystemSource:        ...

One of the features boasted about Windows Vista is how visually responsive it remains despite being placed under load by simultaneous programs. Well, in the past month I have been battling with a Windows Vista that would occasionally freeze up, somethings even to the point of sticking the mouse pointer in its place. It would take around a minute ...

Electronic and computer hardware (well, except RAM) are always on a sloped trend when it comes to pricing. That is good for the consumer, falling prices make it more affordable to mainstream population who aren't lucky enough to win Big Sweep or Toto. This allows for more sales, and in effect, widespread adoption. But why do prices drop? Or put ...

I'll never truly understand pet owners. Raising pets are mightily expensive endeavours, in my perspective. Not only do you need to dish out the money to feed, groom, and maintain the pet's well being, all that factors in heck of a scary amount of devoted time. And here I am finding not enough time to even sleep to keep my job in check. But, it ...

Sweet loving. It is well past 3am. What am I still doing awake? Well I certainly ain't performing a variety of video tests on my newly acquired high-resolution monitors. What I have been doing is trying to get out of another technological mess I fell into. I had completely forgotten this workstation of mine was built on a really unstable ...

When I finally got around to clearing my surplus leave enbloc at the end of last year, I decided to reward myself for the past half year of swamping through treacherous terrain a.k.a. project work. By purchasing hardcore keyboard and mouse to give me that decisive edge in gaming, I had high hopes of boosting myself into uberness and leetness, ...

Note to self: when an ailing external hard disk exhibits signs of the end times, throw it away before its pessimism and depression affects the rest of the hardware. Lest a bad apple in the basket spoils all the good ones. That means detaching the USB cable connecting to the desktop computer. The power adapter of that external disk has shot ...

*shhhh* I am going to let you in on some secrets. Secrets on how to exploit some vulnerabilities in Windows Vista, thereby stalling the system, rendering in that frustrating despair of useleness. Sounds like fun, huh? Read on. Drag the taskbar around the screen. Yeap, it's that simple. Windows Vista occasionally trips and falls flat on its face ...

So I could finally get my new computer to reboot with ease, and to actually resize the video window during playback; I thought things could simply get better from now on. What a foolish thought that was, for not taking past trends to predict the future. One of the incredibly entertaining aspects of Indian movies is the imperial edict thou shalt ...

One of the activities I thoroughly enjoyed when studying computation mathematics in university was to explicitly penning down all possible combinations of values given a certain bit array length. Formulas are for wussies. Ok, I lied. But heck, that sure is more enjoyable of the chore of figuring which combination of BIOS settings work in a stable ...