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I wrote too soon. Just when I was ''praising'' the other monitor for ''behaving'' itself the past two years. As though in attempt to mock me, this obedient monitor of mine fizzles out in a flash tonight. Looks like I'm going to get acquainted with the ViewSonic service staff even more. Is it mere coincidence? That this happened so quickly in a ...

Ah yes. Life's been good after I got the monitor back from the service centre, ja? After waiting bloody weeks for the necessary components to be shipped all the way from Taiwan, ja? Well, I thought so too. I thought I could put this matter to rest. But no, some children are downright cheeky and mischievous.  Those who do not understand the ...

In Fullmetal Alchemist, the First Law of alchemy is that of Equivalent Exchange. It states that for something that is to be obtained, something else of equivalent value has to be given. This roughly keeps the balance of material existing in the world. So I have been operating dual monitors for a rather long time now. During that span of time, I ...

It would seem that with a new motherboard setup this year, i would finally be able to carry out my energy-saving plan by putting my desktop on Standby/Sleep when i'm done for the night. For most in this first quarter of the year, that did work out. Although sometimes my keyboard or mouse would oddly go missing and undetected no more how many times ...

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 ...

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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, ...