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james j.

james j.

Joined on 08/10/04

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Most Favorable Review

3 TB review

Seagate Backup Plus 3TB USB 3.0 3.5" Desktop Hard Drive STCA3000101 Black
Seagate Backup Plus 3TB USB 3.0 3.5" Desktop Hard Drive STCA3000101 Black

Pros: lotsa tb. own two, on sata one usb.

Cons: the seagate usb drive has no power switch...turns on when senses usb power.

Overall Review: good experience so far...a little trickey getting the 3tb sata version to go gpt instead of mbr. windoze on ssd, but data on 3tb partition, and ubutu on separate partition on th 3tb.

Most Critical Review

DT-1130 detector

DT-1130 50Hz - 2000Hz Electromagnetic Radiation Detector EMF Nuclear Gamma Microwave Exposure Detector
DT-1130 50Hz - 2000Hz Electromagnetic Radiation Detector EMF Nuclear Gamma Microwave Exposure Detector

Pros: detects RF one inch or less from source

Cons: reads 0 at any range that would be useful. here is a sensitive circuit that will detect RF hundreds of yards from source. voltmeter, with a small signal germanium diode connected between the leads. set to dc millivolts. returning the dt1130 now.

Overall Review: has complex circuitry, built in antenna, four chips, etc. should do better. simply bad engineering.

itx msi review

MSI Z87I AC LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
MSI Z87I AC LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

Pros: booted up right away, once everything plugged in samsung 120 gb ssd, seagate 3tb windows 7 rates cpu as 7.9, disk at 7.8 and graphcs as 6.8

Cons: g skill 2400 8 gb often reverts to 1600

Overall Review: installed haswell 3.5 ghz 4770 4 core.. windows rates it 7.9. disk io 7.8. graphics 6.8, using built in process.r runs cool . 53 to 58 C managed to dual boot from bios..windows 7 and ubuntu. coolermaster 50 dollar box. Please Please MSI and cooler master indicate what each pin does. its scary plugging a 450 watt PS into a 140 dollar MB and a 320 dollar cpu.

1tb drive

Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1Tb 5400Rpm Sataii 7Pin Mobile Hard Drives. 8Mb Buffer 2.5Inch Low Profile (1.0 Inch)
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1Tb 5400Rpm Sataii 7Pin Mobile Hard Drives. 8Mb Buffer 2.5Inch Low Profile (1.0 Inch)

Pros: ran continuously for 5 hours cloning asus laptop hard drive, using WD acronis clone software, booted from CD. used usb-sata adapter.

Cons: none

usb sata adapter

USB 2.0 to SATA Adapter Cable For 2.5" HDD Laptop Hard Disk Drive
USB 2.0 to SATA Adapter Cable For 2.5" HDD Laptop Hard Disk Drive

Pros: installed in win 7 automatically. then cloned hardrive to external with seagate/western digital acronis clone software, booted off CD.

Cons: none

better than eoc2611p

EnGenius ENH202 N300 Wireless Outdoor 800mW Long-range Multiple Client bridge/Access Point
EnGenius ENH202 N300 Wireless Outdoor 800mW Long-range Multiple Client bridge/Access Point

Pros: i use it in client bridge mode.. they fixed the save and apply hassle making the earlier mods confusing. added a reboot to factory settings on the power injector...big help, so you do not have to get it down when your configuration fails. just push button on side of 24volt supply for 10 sec.

Cons: configuration guide still has to be read carefully.

Overall Review: you better understand DHCP and IP address assignment