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Theresa K.

Theresa K.

Joined on 03/13/02

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Most Favorable Review

Works as advertised

Tek Republic TIU-3000 3.5" Front Panel USB 3.0 2-Port Hub
Tek Republic TIU-3000 3.5" Front Panel USB 3.0 2-Port Hub

Pros: Installed into new motherboard and it came right up on 1st boot. Snapped nicely into place. No annoying LEDs. Mounts nicely/firmly into 3.5 inch drive bay case.

Cons: None that I see so far, its only been 2 weeks.

Most Critical Review

Did not last....Works great

Netgear WN3000RP Universal N300 Wi-Fi Range Extender IEEE 802.11b/g/n, IEEE 802.3/3u
Netgear WN3000RP Universal N300 Wi-Fi Range Extender IEEE 802.11b/g/n, IEEE 802.3/3u

Pros: Easy Set up. Works well

Cons: Non so far

Overall Review: Plunged in. Connected my laptop to the wireless signal, opened web browser and the setup ran. I had it synced with my wireless network in about 5 minutes. I also did the firmware update with wireless and did not have a problem. Its been working good for about 2 weeks and I have not had a problem. Update Lasted about a year and started Dropping. I switched to an Engenius ap.

Happy Camper, easy Install...mostly

MSI 970A-G43 Plus AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 & SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX AMD Motherboard
MSI 970A-G43 Plus AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 & SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Other than Win 10 activation, I had no issues installing into an existing build of windows 10. Using paragons hard drive manager suite version 15 and there P2P Adjust OS Wizard. I was able to tell my existing Win 10 build to load new drivers for the new mother board and it booted right up. I installed a AMD Phenom II X4 965 and 8 gigs of ADATA XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model AX3U1866W4G10-DR with no issues. After 1st boot I loaded MSI's update software and it updated to all the latest drivers. Board runs smooth and has been running for about 10 ten days. Audio sounds fine also although I am just using an old set of logitech 5.1 speakers. Latest bios was installed when I received Motherboard.

Cons: Windows 10 will need to be reactivated after a motherboard change, If you have version 1511 or higher of win 10 you can use your old win 7 or 8 keys. This board and/or my version of win 10 would not accept these keys for some reason, I think it was more a problem with my insider build of windows than the motherboard, but I am unsure. This also could of been due to my utter lack of understanding of the new Windows UEFI secure boot mode that came out with win 8. After a few hours of tech support and googling I ran across a post about UEFI hard drive secure boot interfering with windows/os installs. After turning this feature off in my bios and rebooting I was able to activate windows with my original win 7 key. I later turned UEFI back on with no issues. I hope this helps someone!

Overall Review: I would recommend this board to anyone with AM3 or 3+ CPU

Works great !!

EnGenius EAP350 N300 High-Power Wireless Gigabit Indoor Access Point/WDS/Repeater
EnGenius EAP350 N300 High-Power Wireless Gigabit Indoor Access Point/WDS/Repeater

Pros: Strong signal strength. Smoke detector style All my devices connect to it apple, android, windows, and smart tv. <br>You are able to turn off leds and adjust power out at web interface.

Cons: Initial set up a little tricky. The default IP address is the same as my router.

Overall Review: Affordable Access Point. I was able to eliminate all of my other wireless points, (dlink repeater and wireless on my router) and use this only for all my wireless devices. Much easier than having the devices switch points from one side of my house to the other. I ran a cat 5e cable to the center of my house and installed the ap using a poe injector, the hardware was simple to put up. The software was a bit tricky at 1st but after a few attempts it was good. 10 months up time and great signal!

Quit after 3.5 years

SAMSUNG 830 Series 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PC128B/WW
SAMSUNG 830 Series 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PC128B/WW

Pros: Worked well. then died without warning taking all its precious data with it. Disappointed!

Cons: Worked well then died without warning taking all its precious data with it. Disappointed!

Overall Review: Worked well then died without warning taking all its precious data with it. Disappointed!

Lasted 6 months

Seagate Momentus ST160LM003 160GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive
Seagate Momentus ST160LM003 160GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive

Pros: Worked well till now

Cons: Lasted just over 6 months in a lightly used Toshiba laptop. Worked well but started getting smart errors

Overall Review: Should have bought new.