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Mark W.

Mark W.

Joined on 11/17/09

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Most Favorable Review

Bioriffic!

BIOSTAR H61MU3 LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
BIOSTAR H61MU3 LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Nice price, visually high quality, works with Windows XP.

Cons: Bios made for trouble and had to be updated, but after that it works very good. Has a nice Biostar splash screen with the new bios. Installing the drivers was a bit of a game. Must download the series 6 Intel chipset drivers from Intel website and then the series 6 Intel Management Engine drivers from Intel website too so that the final yellow question mark would go away in device manager.

Overall Review: You will need a minimum Windows XP SP-2 installation disk or you will get blue screen early in the installation. You can slipstream SP-2 or SP-3 into a Windows XP original/SP1/SP1a CD. Google for instructions how you can so that. You might need to use F6 installing Windows XP to load the SATA drivers. This is my second Biostar motherboard and I am happy with the quality so far.

Satisfied & Happy

HP Laptop Pavilion AMD A10-4600M 6GB Memory 750GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7660G 17.3" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit dv7-7010us
HP Laptop Pavilion AMD A10-4600M 6GB Memory 750GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7660G 17.3" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit dv7-7010us

Pros: Large display, long batter life, runs cool, good price. The software allows you to use a USB flash drive to create a system restore backup. You will need 17 GB free on a flash drive to make the backup. I ran this on battery for 5 hours under heavy usage with the screen on full bright. I browsed the Internet, installed several programs and even ran disk defrag that took over an hour.

Cons: None that I see.

Overall Review: Another reviewer climes there are sharp edges on this. There is no sharp edges. This is my second HP laptop and I could not be happier with their laptops and their technical support is always better than I have experienced with other laptop manufacturers.

TP-RIFFIC!

TP-LINK TL-WN722N Wireless N150 High Gain USB Adapter, 150Mbps, w/4 dBi High Gain Detachable Antenna, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, WEP, WPA/WPA2
TP-LINK TL-WN722N Wireless N150 High Gain USB Adapter, 150Mbps, w/4 dBi High Gain Detachable Antenna, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, WEP, WPA/WPA2

Pros: Very nice. Super price and easy to install.

Cons: Ron Paul is not President yet.

Overall Review: I have used Netgear wireless products in the past for over 10 years and ~60% of their products are very poor quality, won't work on newer PC slots, or the software does nothing but blue screen windows and you have to disable it. I have used some Linksys early pc cards for pocket PCs many years ago and they were buggy at best. Many people rave about how great D-Link is, so I bought a D-Link wireless router and a network card. They were total junk that made the network run about 2/3 speed. I am always worried about buying wireless products that will give me nightmares because they seemed rushed and put out on the market to have the latest and greatest features in them.

11/17/2011

DVDRIFFIC!

SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model SH-222AL/BSBE LightScribe Support
SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model SH-222AL/BSBE LightScribe Support

Pros: Works, Price

Cons: Ron Paul is not President yet.

Overall Review: Why would someone buy an OEM drive and then complain it has no bundled software?

11/10/2011

Bioriffic!

BIOSTAR Radeon HD 5450 512MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Graphics Card VA5453NH56
BIOSTAR Radeon HD 5450 512MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Graphics Card VA5453NH56

Pros: Visually high quality, works with Windows XP, quiet, low price.

Cons: Ron Paul is not President yet.

Overall Review: I put this on a Biostar H61MU3 motherboard and it installed easily with latest drivers downloaded from AMD.

Good Quality

Link Depot DVI-AVGA-ADPT DVI To VGA Adapter
Link Depot DVI-AVGA-ADPT DVI To VGA Adapter

Pros: This is a standard item that is sold by many different brand names. If you look at all the pictures of any brand of these, it has the same embossed logo on it. Some sell for more than this.

Cons: Ron Paul is not President Yet.

Overall Review: Please vote for Ron Paul in 2012 and help save our country. Thank you for your support.