Joined on 03/27/07
Ok drive for Dell E1505
Pros: Working fine.
Cons: Not completely fit into Dell E1505. It has a tiny gap when pushed all the way into the laptop.
Overall Review: Other than the cosmetic issue, the drive is working fine.
OCZ SSD
Pros: NA - not seeing so far.
Cons: Failed on second boot on all OS setup. After the initial installation, Windows (I have tried on XP Pro,WinXP Media, 7) reboot and it would stuck in a blank screen and with "Disc Read Error". I have tried to re-installed it for 14 times. It appeared that this is a common issue when I read it from OCZ forum. I tried it on Ubuntu. Initial setup was fine. I can use everything in the Ubuntu such as browsing internet and using the apps. When trying to rebooted, it refused to shutdown. When hard rebooted, it prompted for Grub Rescue> when it's coming back up. It's basically not finding the SSD on second reboot. When plugged in with enclosure, WindowsXP will not be seeing this drive while the USB stated that new hardware installed. From Win7 64 bit, it says the drive corrupted. It can be reformated to NTFS but that's about it. So, this SSD will not take any OSes on second reboot. Total waste of time.
Overall Review: Once bitten twice shy.
Great bulb
Pros: Very little heat compared to normal to normal halogen bulb. Using much lesser energy. Bought 3 of these and replaced them all. No more guilt turning them on for longer hours.
Cons: None. Still working fine. May be slightly dimmer than normal halogen bulb but that's ok.
Great cheat PS for Dell XPS 435MT
Pros: - More power than stock although my computer running at 43.8 Watt at all times. - Cheap after $30 rebates. - Quieter than stock PS from Dell XPS - Dimension match exactly with the original PS.
Cons: - 80% of the cables I do not need for my XPS. - You will need to navigate around to hide the access and bigger cables.
Overall Review: Spec Dell XPS 435MT - Corei7 - Mid 2009 model - Power outage causing original powersupply to go bad. - Mobo has orange light and power supply has green light on. However, upon pressing power button, it powered up and fan runs very briefly and shutdown again. Working on it If you have a larger hand than average person, you need to do the following - Remove the rear fan - Remove the front cover and unscrew 2 BluRay drive and push it a bit towards the front. - Unplug the power from bluray - Unplug the rest of the power cable to the drives and mobo. - Slight out the old PS. - Since the new PS has long cables, I plug them all in first then slight PS back to the case.
Best all-in-one
Pros: It works as stated. Not issue with it.
Cons: NA
Cheap Rosewill
Pros: Finally working .. ok I have been using this product and its combo for a few months now.
Cons: Took about 7 days to stable down. About 2 dozens of modem and all computers reboots. Somehow it works ok after 7th day. Not sure what I did really ... instructions were straight forward (the pdf from manufacture website) but couldn't get it to work. Connection wise. If you plan to have full blast of 150 connection speed, you have to stay less than 10ft away. My connection strength drop to 2-3 bars 2 floors up (less than 40ft away). I have to get a $60 wireless booster to get 5 bars (Hawking 300 extender). I have 4 usb type of wireless adapters. The one that came free with the router is by far the worst if used more than 10ft away or on sharp corner. I have to get a usb cable extension so that I can have better flexibility of where to point the adapter to.
Overall Review: My other thought is getting a better wireless router in next couple months. This unit's signal simply weak else I think it could have been a good product.