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Ellis J.

Ellis J.

Joined on 10/23/13

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Most Favorable Review

Using it for a video wall: works perfectly with Linux

VisionTek Radeon HD 5570 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Small Form Factor (SFF) Graphics Card 900901
VisionTek Radeon HD 5570 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Small Form Factor (SFF) Graphics Card 900901

Pros: Installs flawlessly on Liinux (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS). Drives four HDMI tv sets properly to show tons of data on a video wall. After three weeks' experience it seems very stable in 24x7 use. Reasonably priced.

Cons: I have nothing negative to say about this device.

Overall Review: FYI: I have no idea whether this is good for game-level performance. I'm just using it for data. It IS good for that.

Most Critical Review

Does not connect at 60Hz to 4K monitor, only 30Hz.

Wavlink USB-C Dual 4K USB-C/A Docking Station with Dual 4K@60Hz&Single 5K, 2 x DisplayPort1.2, 2 x HDMI, 3 x USB 3.0, 2 x Type-C ports, Gigabit Ethernet, Certified by DisplayLink For Windows Mac OS
Wavlink USB-C Dual 4K USB-C/A Docking Station with Dual 4K@60Hz&Single 5K, 2 x DisplayPort1.2, 2 x HDMI, 3 x USB 3.0, 2 x Type-C ports, Gigabit Ethernet, Certified by DisplayLink For Windows Mac OS

Pros: Everything work well except the 4k@60Hz.

Cons: 4k@60Hz: no go, only 30Hz. monitor plugged into laptop works 4k@60Hz. WAVLINK's online support form, which they call a guest book, rejects all input. There seems to be no way to contact them.

Overall Review: If you're looking for 4k@60Hz, beware.

This printer / scanner combo just works.

Brother DCP-L2540DW Duplex 2400 x 600 DPI USB/Wireless/Ethernet Monochrome Laser MFC Printer
Brother DCP-L2540DW Duplex 2400 x 600 DPI USB/Wireless/Ethernet Monochrome Laser MFC Printer

Pros: I use it for scanning dozens of documents, and for casual printing. It works flawlessly with Windows 10 on WiFi.

Cons: It's easy to work around the missing duplex scanning feature. Duplex scanners cost a lot more.

Why pay more than 2x more than the cheap laptop batteries? This is why.

HP 6530b, HP 6535b, HP 6710b, HP 6730b, HP 6735b, HP 6930p laptop battery - 6 Cell 4400mah DSMiller battery TD06 KU531AA HSTNN-UB85 HSTNN-UB69 491173-542 486296-001 484786-001 463310-542
HP 6530b, HP 6535b, HP 6710b, HP 6730b, HP 6735b, HP 6930p laptop battery - 6 Cell 4400mah DSMiller battery TD06 KU531AA HSTNN-UB85 HSTNN-UB69 491173-542 486296-001 484786-001 463310-542

Pros: This battery holds more power than the cheaper ones. I've had a bunch of cheaper ones, but they all were used up after a couple of hours. I have to carry the battery. Then at the end of its useful life, I have to get rid of it. These are toxic, so getting rid of fewer of them is a good thing.

Cons: Price. But I got what I paid for, both with the cheap batteries, and with this one. "There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse, and sell a little more cheaply. The person who buys on price alone is this man's lawful prey." John Ruskin (1819-1900) I'm tired of being somebody's lawful prey.

10/15/2016

Excellent once installed

Crucial MX100 2.5" 512GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT512MX100SSD1
Crucial MX100 2.5" 512GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT512MX100SSD1

Pros: It's fast and low-power.

Cons: It was hard to clone my old drive and get this working on my AMD ASUS laptop. The included Acronis True Image 2014 software caused trouble, and I finally got it to work Cruicial's suggestion to remove SATA/IDE drivers and reboot worked badly.

Overall Review: Installed Acronis True Image 2014. Went into View Local Services, into which Acronis installed three services. I set Acronis Nonstop Backup Service to "Disabled" (double click the service). I set Acronis Scheduler2 Service to Manual and started it. I set Acronis Sync Agent Service to Disabled. I MADE A RESTORE POINT (!!!) I started Acronis, and got the cloning process ready to go. I Went back to View Local Services, and stopped the Acronis Scheduler2 Service. I Did the clone and proceeded to put the new SSD in the system in place of the old drive. When the new, SSD, system came up, I did these things: -Made another restore point. NOTE WELL: System Restore needed to be turned on for the new disk drive. - Uninstalled Acronis True Image 2014 - Got back to work with my wizzy new SSD

Fast and reliable, once it was working

SAMSUNG 840 EVO 2.5" 1TB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7TE1T0BW
SAMSUNG 840 EVO 2.5" 1TB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7TE1T0BW

Pros: This SSD is fast and reliable. I have not had the aged-file read slowdown problem that plagued many users. It's been in service for six months now. The Samsung Magician software makes it easier to sort out the Windows OS settings to optimize operation.

Cons: When I heard about the aged-file read slowdown, the device was about four months old. I had to spend (waste?) an hour or so to make sure it wasn't affecting me.

Overall Review: This is in an old workhorse 3gbps SATA laptop. I had some early problems with bootup, which were solved by cleaning the SATA pins. DON'T FORGET TO ENABLE the overprovisioning (use the Magician). You'll extend the lifetime of the device at the cost of some capacity.