cover
Andrew B.

Andrew B.

Joined on 06/17/07

0
0

Product Reviews
product reviews
  • 29
Most Favorable Review

Works Great, bad power cable

BYTECC BT-200 USB2.0 to IDE Cable With Power Adapter
BYTECC BT-200 USB2.0 to IDE Cable With Power Adapter

Pros: Reasonable price, works well for recovering data from HDDs.

Cons: Power cable went bad after a year or so - easy fix.

Overall Review: I thought the power supply had gone bad, but replacing the main three-prong cable fixed the issue!

Most Critical Review

Can't boot from it

Rosewill RC-200 PCI IDE (ATA) Silicon Image RAID (0/1/0+1/JBOD) Host Controller Card
Rosewill RC-200 PCI IDE (ATA) Silicon Image RAID (0/1/0+1/JBOD) Host Controller Card

Pros: Allows you to add 4 IDE drives. RAID works fine. You can pull a drive out of a mirrored array and it will work fine as a regular single drive. Installed XP to a mirrored RAID (before I realised I couldn't boot to it), then pulled a drive out and used that single drive (not connected to the RAID card) as the boot drive and it worked.

Cons: Can't get my fairly new system to boot from the RAID configured on this card, which was a disappointment. I ended up having my OS installed a single drive connected to the motherboard, and then using two drives (mirrored) connected to the PCI card for data storage. No RAID 5 support, but that's clearly stated in the description.

Overall Review: Great inexpensive RAID card - for data security.

Ports Go Bag

LINKSYS EZXS88W Smart Switch
LINKSYS EZXS88W Smart Switch

Pros: Matches other Linksys products, optional wall mount bracket, when it worked it performed well

Cons: Ports started going bad after around 24 months, one after another

Overall Review: I don't regret the purchase, but I can't recommend it to others.

Best mouse I've ever used

Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000
Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000

Pros: Small, light, comfortable, good battery life, bluetooth, accurate, includes bag

Cons: Doesn't come with a bluetooth dongle

Overall Review: This is the best mouse I've ever used! Very comfortable and accurate.

Great keyboard

Logitech Deluxe 250 Black 104 Normal Keys USB Wired Standard Keyboard
Logitech Deluxe 250 Black 104 Normal Keys USB Wired Standard Keyboard

Pros: Keyboard has a great feel and build. Price is right.

Cons: At times it seems that there's a slight rattle in the keyboard, though that may be the surface it's on.

Overall Review: I'd definitely buy this keyboard again.

Thumbs Up

CORSAIR 512MB 200-Pin DDR SO-DIMM DDR 266 (PC 2100) Laptop Memory Model VS512SDS266
CORSAIR 512MB 200-Pin DDR SO-DIMM DDR 266 (PC 2100) Laptop Memory Model VS512SDS266

Pros: Works great in a Dell Inspiron 1100!

Cons: None really...shame older memory is more expensive though.

Overall Review: I think I'm going to have to start ordering memory whenever I order a Dell. Recently I've fixed 1 Dell Desktop and 3 Dell Laptops by replacing the memory...