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Wilfred H.

Wilfred H.

Joined on 12/29/03

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Great Product!

Brother MFC Series MFC-7840W MFC / All-In-One Up to 23 ppm Monochrome USB / Wi-Fi Laser Printer
Brother MFC Series MFC-7840W MFC / All-In-One Up to 23 ppm Monochrome USB / Wi-Fi Laser Printer

Pros: Great Printing Resolution. Good Scanner overall. Easy to administer via the BR Professional Admin, or via any browser. Small footprint. Quiet operation after startup. Setup was a snap (if you follow the directions). Worked well with both my XP computer and my Vista 64-bit notebook.

Cons: No Duplexer (oh well, you can't have everything). You have to use the manual feed slot instead of being able to use the ADF, which would have been a nice feature. Didn't recognize my SSID, even though I was broadcasting it so I had to enter it manually (again, no biggee there). Only comes with the TN-330 "starter" toner cartridge (1000 pages) instead of the full-sized TN-360. Would be nice if Brother either shipped the MFC-7840w with the TN-360, or gave you a coupon for a reduced price when you have to purchase the TN-360 after the TN-330 is used up.

Overall Review: I research a lot of MFC devices and found the Brother MFC-7840w, to be the best product for the price (Newegg was having a monster sale on it - Yay Newegg! You Rock!). Out of the box, it appears to be everything I hoped it would be. Setup took a little longer than say a simple printer. But silly me, I followed the step-by-step instructions, and low and behold, it worked the first time I tried to print and scan. Maybe this is a "Duh!" to everyone else, but I was frantically search for the MAC address to I could add it to my exception list so it would work on my network. I went into the device via a web browser and found it that way. However, the MAC address is the same as the Node name minus the prefix BRW. The documentation doesn't mention that, but it may save someone else some time in locating it and adding to their MAC address list in their router.

Great Little SATA Controller card

SYBA SY-PEX40039 2 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x1 Card
SYBA SY-PEX40039 2 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x1 Card

Pros: Low cost, simply works, revives older hardware

Cons: Only PCI-e, only two SATA ports

Overall Review: This is a follow up to an earlier review. If you use Disk Imaging Software (i.e. Acronis, Ghost, EaseUS Todo, etc) you need to know that if you need to do a restore, your Imaging software may not be able to recognize you Boot Drive (normally C-Drive) with your drive connected to this controller. The "trick" to making it work, is to first have created a Boot Media/Win PE boot disk. Then shut your computer down and connect your boot drive to the one of the motherboard SATA Connectors (Probably SATA 0 or SATA 1 depending on how they are numbered). Now boot up and go into BIOS and make sure your boot drive is set to IDE/Compatibility mode (instead of AHCI or RAID) if it isn't already that way to begin with (mine was) and put in your Boot Media Disk. Now boot into your boot media disk. You'll find your Imaging software now recognizes the boot drive and you will now be able to perform your restore successfully. Note: Depending on your Disk imaging software, you software might actually "see" the boot drive, but when you go to actually do the restore, it tells you it now can't see the boot drive or can't restore to it. If your Imaging software offers the option of shutting down the computer after the restore is complete, choose that option as you will need to move your SATA cable from the motherboard back on to the PEX-40039 controller card. Assuming the restore was successful, your computer will boot up perfectly. As you can probably guess, I have run across this problem and have now figure out the work around and wanted to share it with you to make sure you don't blame the PEX-40039 for the problem, since the problem lies with the imaging software not having the correct driver for this controller card built in.

Digital Multimeter review

Palm-Size Handheld Digital Multimeter
Palm-Size Handheld Digital Multimeter

Pros: Inexpensive, compact, nice LED display, solid test lead connections

Cons: Dial markings not as clear and understandable as previous multi-meters I've owned. No battery access panel. You have to remove the two screws from the back case to change battery. No owner's manual. Skimpy instructions pamphlet.

Overall Review: Good little meter at a very good price. Good for basic around the house electrical needs.

Important Follow-up Info to initial Review

TRENDnet TEW-733GR N300 Wireless Gigabit Router IEEE 802.11b/g/n, IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab
TRENDnet TEW-733GR N300 Wireless Gigabit Router IEEE 802.11b/g/n, IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab

Pros: Good-price, Fast, secure, good range, good connect speeds for both wired and wireless

Cons: Must use the Router wizard to connect to your cable modem. You can't simply pre-configure it and just drop it into your network. Comes pre-configured with IP Range 192.168.10.1 instead of 192.168.1.1 which is more customary.

Overall Review: The Trendnet TEW-733GR's MAC Address filter blocks both wired AND wireless connections. If you have previously had another brand of router (and perhaps older) (i.e. Linksys) the MAC Address filter in those routers only blocked the WIRELESS connections, not the WIRED ones as well. Also, make sure you update the TEW-733GR's firmware to the latest version as it addresses other MAC address filter issues. Hopefully this information will save someone a lot of frustration and time with respect to the MAC Address filtering in this router. Trendnet needs to put this information in their Quick Start guide and inside the router interface itself under the Access - Mac Address Filter section of the router to communicate how this particular MAC Address functions. It definitely works differently than my old Linksys WRT-54GS router, so I hadn't expected this router to act an differently. In any case, Trendnet needs to do a better job with their documentation so that customers don't blame their product for not working and/or giving it a bad rating when it does not deserve one, as it truly is a very good router.

Great DVD Burner!

LITE-ON 22X DVD Writer 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black IDE Model iHAP422-98 LightScribe Support
LITE-ON 22X DVD Writer 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black IDE Model iHAP422-98 LightScribe Support

Pros: Low cost, has LightScribe, fast, and is easy to install.

Cons: May not be as fast as some other drives out on the market, but at this price, what do you expect?

Overall Review: Had absolutely no problem installing this drive. Other reviews have said they had to drill some holes to get it to fit. That must be a computer case issue, as my case has elongated slots to easily accommodate this or any other drive. Works great with Roxio 6 - didn't even have to uninstall it. It picked up the new drive without a hitch. If you want a low-cost drive that will handle most burning tasks with ease, then buy this drive.

Setup Pretty much a Snap

SimpleTech STI-NAS/500 500GB SimpleShare NAS
SimpleTech STI-NAS/500 500GB SimpleShare NAS

Pros: Easy to set up, low cost, small foot print, huge storage, two USB ports to boot! Some people say the drive case gets warm, but mine doesn't after running it for hours and hours.

Cons: Only having a 10/100 ethernet connect does limit its throughput if you're pushing huge files to the device. A gigabit ethernet connection would solve that limitation.

Overall Review: Overall the drive was easy to setup. The one caveat to that was that when I tried to name the drive something other than SimpleShare during the setup wizard, I got the dreaded "53" error. Once I just accepted the default name, setup was easy and seamless. Overall, I like the device, transfer speed to the device is very good for the documents I transfer to it (i.e. Wordprocessing, Spreadsheet, digital pictures and Ghost images). You can't beat this drive for convenience, ease of setup, drive size and price.

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Seller delivered product as advertised and on time

Seller delivered the exact product that was advertised. The price was excellent. Product actually arrived a day EARLIER than the original estimated delivery date. Based on my customer experience, I would purchase from this seller again.

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