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I have a mid tier system (back when I built it) which I would like to upgrade a little. The problem is that when I looked for this system I chose the ram with the lowest latency and lowest timing. I've found a lot of 2x16GB sticks that have higher latancy and higher timing, though they may...

I'd like to get some inexpensive speaker system that I can play audio files from my computer, either MP3's or things like podcasts/youtube streams or somethign like IHeartRadio. I personally don't like wifi or bluetooth, but have a router that supports it. If it can connect to a smartphone...

I have had the M570 basically since the day it came out and have a few of them (for diff machines) and before that I had the older wireless model and then the USB model, so I've had all the products from this line since about 2000, and I love them and they've all gotten better. I did find that...

MSI GF63 8RD-088 GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB GDDR5 Intel Core i7 8th Gen 8750H (2.20 GHz)(6 core) 16 GB Memory 1 TB HDD 256 GB SSD 15.6" 1920 x 1080 eDP IPS-Level 45% NTSC 14.13" x 9.99" x 0.85" 4.10 lbs. 1 x HDMI (4K @ 30Hz) 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C 3 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Win 10 Home $899 + tax...

I remember years ago when there was a decent selection of PCIe SSD's that were much more expensive and much faster than standard SATA SSD's. Now that M.2 NVME is out, those PCIe card's seemed to have disappeared. The problem is that I don't have an m.2 port on my MOBO so I looked into an...

This unit is up for sale from a local university and I need to decide by 5pm today (I know, found out a little late). Current price was under $400 so that is good at least. I'm expecting it to go higher. I need a machine where I can use some of the 40-60 SAS drives I have and get the data...

I've seen a few different card sizes listed: 64GB, 128GB and 256GB - that is a huge difference in storage and I need to get a new/additional SD card and I want to get the largest and fastest that the device will accept. The speed part isn't really a big issue with the phone I don't think...

I've been using the MX570 since it came out and their previous generation (non-mx) before the 570 and have loved them for about 18 years. I need to get a new trackball and was looking at the MX Ergo, while pricey, my 570 lasted alomst 12 years (take it apart and clean with rubbing alcohol 2x a...

My WD 4TB red looks like it is in it's death throws (PLEASE allow me to recover some data!!!!) so I need to figure out a plan for replacement. I'm sticking with WD drives, I have many other WD Red's that are great but I think another model/color might be more appropriate. My other Reds are in...

I was looking at Newegg at the 4TB red Pro and they had 2 listes $164 and $285 and the only difference I could see was the image used and the sticker. The new (gaudy IMHO) image with some cube on the front vs the old ones they used for the last 3-4 years. The more expensive one is the older...

I'd like to be able to work with this system with the monitors plugged directly into it and not have to use another computer to connect to them - though I will connect to some of the VM's from another machine. I'm thinking of someting like 3 19-21" monitors for the VM's and then a smaller 15"...

Well, I keep both devices off the internet 99.6% of the time as everything I need is on it (use it as a reader, calendar, music, etc) and I am scared that the thone will get hacked in swome way if I connect, download more/new apps and upgrade the OS. I currently have a 4.3 on the Galaxy S3...

Been out of the laptop market for 8+ years so I am a little lost and behind the times here. I have a number of concerns that maybe some of you can shed light on or alleviate. For the last 2 generations of the Intel chips, I've been a little concerned about the built in wifi features on the...

I know that many motherboards have a "memory compatibility chart" which lists which memory from what manufacturer will work on the board. Some boards print a small book for the board while other boards list a page or so (even when there is a lot of ram available). I've never tried RAM that...

I have a gimongous project and that is to put my multimedia files in some kind of logical order. I'm mainly dealing with video files from mobile 480x360 resolution to HD 1920x1080. They are movies or TV shows, music videos and YouTube videos (usually demonstrations/how to's). I also have a...

I have an Asus z87-pro board that goes through the boot sequence of looking at the Intel Pro networking cards (looking for network boot connections) and then directly to a GRUB prompt and it says that some device isn't available - with some long alpha-numeric ID for the device. I don't even get...

I'm getting major attitude over on the OpenWRT forum (felt like elite snobs to be honest - unfortunately) when I was trying to get my TL-WDR3600 to work as either double NAT or as the router behind a bridged modem/router combo. I had 12.09.1 installed on the device and I changed a setting that...

I've looked for something that might be available in the microSD size that would allow a device to stream data to a local wifi device and found something from 2009 http://gizmodo.com/5321059/wi-fi-microsd-card-makes-eye-fi-look-obese but have not seen anything else nore this device on the...

I'd love to be able to have a field where I can omit certain words or phrases or other ways of omitting even certain members if that is possible. Also, if results could be listed in specific order, like first by forum, then date, then posted, etc that would be awesome. IDK if that is possible...

I've wasted too much time trying to figure out what forum to post my topic in b/c it could fir in many of them as it pertains a little to a number of forums or it really isn't specifically covered by any of them. Of instance the eyefi SD card that is storage (but not SSD or Hard drive) and it...

I'd like to test/compare some software packages, probably 10-15 at a time, on either virtual machines or older desktops or laptops and none of them have OS's of current viability (they have Vista I believe). So I'd like to test anythig from Win 7 onward as well as possibly multiple OS's for the...

I'm trying to find out if my devices support OTG. I would think that it would be listed on their site but it isn't (at least I didn't see it). It makes no sense that less expensive devices have it as well as older (and less expensive) Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 - SM-T330NU - Android ver 5.1.1...

I'm not sure what the deal is with DP converters. I have 4 identical monitors and another that has VGA, HDMI and DVI-?. I need to replace my current card that supports the 4 monitors but all the cards in my price range have a odd configuration of outputs (probably for a reason I don't...

With the advancement of servers over the last 5 years, I'm not sure what the possibilities of this hardware is and what potential it has from an economic standpoint. I know they would work for web servers, file servers, VM hosts, etc but some of the new servers out there with 4 CPU's with 12...

I'm looking for a linux hosting package with full root access (hopefullu) and price is an issue. I'm guessing that a VPS might be the way to go but it seems like a lot of these only offer SSD drives which drasticlly reduces storage (from unlimited) to some pretty low numbers. IDK why I would...

I have this cable that seems to work with any cell phone, tablet or other device I've ever tried that has a micro jack. It came with the first HP Touchpads which were released and they notoriously had problems accepting anything other than non-HP cables. Well my Samsung loves it. I have...

I'm trying to find some routers that would allow for multiple WAN inputs and preferable some kind of load balancing or someother form of traffic sharing/splitting. If there was one that allowed for USB input that would be awesome as that means a cell phone could be used as a hot spot w/o having...

It's been awhile since I've accessed a VM I had some stuff saved on it and the drive is encrypted so I need to reset the password. I've done this on physical machines with the NT password recovery CD (like 2-3mb ISO) that runs on Linux (live boot). I'm working with Win 7 here and am wondering...

For years I've used the IP address to access some sites. The browser connects to the IP address as the domain name is only the pointer to the IP address so using the IP removes the DNS resolution from the step to get to the webpage and if the domain name changes, the site can still be accessed...

I really don't know how to explain the technical "name" for where the customer name is used, I believe it is the "hostname" of the IP address - so I appologize for the title. Here is an example of \wWhat they are doing, without telling customers. Let's say the customer has a static IP...

Well I had to search some areas and take note of the buildings of interest noting their address. I started using google maps as I've used it and google earth and it seems to get the addresses I know, and have searched before, correct. Well this time, I made note of 200+ locations and needed...

As per another post, I've said that I have had MAJOR connectivity issues on my DSL line. My modem used to keep a log but somehow it mysteriously purges randomly and I am lucky to have more than a weeks of data available. I experince service outages of fairly often (many times weekly) and...

This happened to me a while ago while I was having "line work" done by my ISP to ensure there weren't problems with my DSL line. I was getting a new modem for a 12/1 Mbps DSL connection with Windstream. The modem had their "windstream" username in the PPPoE while the technician was there doing...

I have this home LAN that has been giving the same problems for years. It seems to not like any wifi cards from laptops or desktop systems but works with phones and tablets. I have tried 5 different routers (3 WRT54Gl's, a Netgear 3600-NAS and an Asus 66RT - or something similar). I I get...

I need to run video from one source (currently from PC to monitor) to PC Monitors and or TVs. I need to play the same thing on all screens in separate rooms. I have seen some devices with HDMI in and 3-5 CAT5 ports that use UTP. I've also seen HDMI and USB extenders that use CAT5 that don't...

I've seen so many people complain about battery life (if they only knew what people dealt with in the 80's, 90's and earl 2000's...) especially with the Note 7 problems b/c of trying to cram "battery life" in it. What I'm wondering is why we haven't seen case mod's like a new case back that has...

I got a used Tab 8.4 and it seems like there is either something wrong with the OS, has a "fake" OS, or something. I have a Galaxy S4 phone with standard OS and the systems aren't that similar. There seems to be a lack of system options like getting into device settings and such. I feel like I...

I was thinking about HD security and was wondering if there was a way to tell the last time a HD was powered on and or the bus accessed if only power was applied but no bus activity. I would think that an internal clock (I guess it would require a battery though..) that was independent of the...

I have a device that "needs" to be on my network to report usage/stats of various devices on the home power grid. The device uses ethernet over power line (or somethign similar) to talk to the devices in the house, then sends the information to an external webserver via the home network (cat5)...

I'm trying to figure out what my options are for setting up an additional layer of security behind my router firewall (that's another topic all together). I don't have a ton of traffic and my ISP speeds range from 10-20Mbps (sometimes 2 connections so an additional 12Mbps). I'm ok with hooking...