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Matt R.

Matt R.

Joined on 11/06/06

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Product Reviews
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Most Favorable Review

Works as long as your phone's software is up to date!

SanDisk 8GB microSDHC Flash Card Model SDSDQ-8192-A11M
SanDisk 8GB microSDHC Flash Card Model SDSDQ-8192-A11M

Pros: 8GB, it's a Sandisk, 5 year warranty, MicroSD to SD adapter

Cons: Only Class 4 (4MB/s) and not Class 6 (6MB/s), not 32GB :)

Overall Review: What a pain in the a ss. I have a Motorola Q9h that is AT&T based. The problem was when I put the Sandisk 8GB in, I could not see the MicroSD card nor any files I put on it. Windows Explorer via ActiveSync 4.5 would supposedly transfer but I could find nothing on the memory card. I even attempted to format the card and receive an "storage card greater than 4GB" b ullshit message. I was really p issed at this point and thought the card wasn't compatible. Therefore, I went on Motorola's website and updated the OS via the USB cable to the 1.09 firmware and from Windows Mobile 6.0 to 6.1. This thankfully solved the problem. Windows Mobile 6.1 has a snazzy new GUI and I was able to see the 8GB MicroSD card properly.

Most Critical Review

This cooler needs to be revised!

CORSAIR Hydro Series H75 CW-9060015-WW 120mm Water / Liquid CPU Cooler
CORSAIR Hydro Series H75 CW-9060015-WW 120mm Water / Liquid CPU Cooler

Pros: Has good cooling...I'm using an Asus Maximum VI Hero with a i7-4770k and I get about 28c-30c in CPU temperature idle - with no other case fans in my Corsair Obsidian 650D...The Corsair video makes it easy to assemble and you can forget about having to read the small manual

Cons: Stripped screws on the backplate! Needless to say, I was p issed that I kept trying to screw in the standoff screws and they would not tighten! I ended up having to take off the CPU cooler (the plastic cover came off too; I had to snap back in place), apply Artic Silver (because their thermal pad is bulls hit for enough CPU protection) and then get a pair of plyers to hold the screws in place while tightening with my screwdriver. Thankfully, I got two of the backplate screw holes to tighten enough near the processor so I didn't damage any capacitors on the m/b. I called Corsair about this and spoke to Jacob in tech support. Corsair IS aware of the issue but have no fix for it yet. Legitreviews did a review on this cooler and had the same problem as I did with the backplate.

Overall Review: The product should be pulled from the market until Corsair gets their s hit together. What should have been an easy install turned into a nightmare!

12/25/2013

These converters suck!

Syba SATA/IDE Adapter, Connect IDE Devices to SATA Port on Motherboard
Syba SATA/IDE Adapter, Connect IDE Devices to SATA Port on Motherboard

Pros: Protective plastic covering

Cons: Everthing else since it freezes the PC!

Overall Review: I installed 2 of these using a BFGTech 680i motherboard. I have two IDE Western Digital drives (120 and 250) which I properly set to Master. On POST, the BIOS takes 25-30 seconds just to see the hard drives attached using the SATA-to-IDE converters. Then, the whole machine freezes on verifying the DMI pool data. I can't wait to return these back to Newegg since I already bought a Promise IDE UltraTX2 instead. Apparently, you can't do this half a ss. Just buy a PCI IDE controller and save yourself the hassle instead of going through what I did.