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I was supposed to win an APC 1500VA UPS from a local auction. I got to pick up the device and found out it was huge and weighs a lot. Turns out, the box had an APC UPS SMT3000 in it (which I got for $70). The batteries are from July 2017 and the display on the unit works fine. This takes a...

I took a gamble and bought a supposed "new" Dell 24" 4k monitor from a local auction for $50. It's a model P2415q. Of course, it's an auction with no returns. You win some, you lose some. When I turn the monitor on, it powers up but is stuck in a color cycle mode showing a full white screen...

I bought a used system about 2 years ago (from the HardForums!) that features an ASRock P67H2-A mobo, Core i5 2500k processor, Corsair water cooler, Corsair 400W PS, and Patriot DDR3 2X2 2000MHZ ram (and a decent case) - I got this for $175 delivered, so it was a pretty good deal. I added in my...

I'm going to need a license key for Windows soon. I guess Windows 10 Home would work. Anyone know of any deals?

I have a 2 servers in my basement that I'd like to have on a UPS. I'm not sure the power draw - one has 8 hard drivers and is running an old Core2Quad processor. The other is a Supermicro server - somewhat power hungry Xeon processor, 64 gigs ram, and has 2 HD's in it (plan on expanding this...

I have two kids that are starting to use computers - a lot. They are 8 & 9. Right now, I'm more concerned about them accidentally stumbling across bad content that actively seeking it out (I'm sure that will happen in the future at some point). I realize that I need to do something to try to...

I'm currently a manager of developers where I currently work. We do mobile app development. I hate being a manager - current job will never have me developing software (nothing personal or performance related - it's a strange job which I won't get into). I never sought this out, but kind of...

Might be a weird feedback question. I recently bought a projector for my basement. It says it has 2200 lumens and native resolution is 1280x800. In a dim/dark environment, it looks pretty nice. (This is not a high end projector - I got it for $250 from Amazon.) For what I paid, I'm happy...

I think I kind of know the answer, but thought I'd throw this out anyway. I have an old Onkyo receiver that has SVHS support. It's probably every bit of 15 years old. Long story, but it hadn't been used in 10 years (got married, had kids, moved, etc). I recently got the bug and fired it up...

I have a Silicon Dust HD HomeRun dual tuner for ATSC. Asking $50 OBO. You plug your OTA antenna into this device, plug in your Ethernet - bam, you have two TV tuners available on your network. This works with MythTV and other software DVR solutions. I think it supports WMC as well - but do...

I have a used DroboFS for sale/possible trade (??). The unit does not include any disks - I bought a used server from Ebay and am using that for my storage needs now. It will be reset when sold. $150 OBO/possible trade (looking for an HD Homerun with DLNA support) The unit is about 4 years...

My current gaming rig/general use system is a few years old. I have a 2600k (i7 quad core), Nvidia 560 TI video card, 16 gigs of ram, etc. I'm thinking about replacing the video card with something in the $300 range - the Nvidia 970 looks appealing. I'd also consider an AMD Radeon that is...

I'm interested in getting scheduled image backups on my home network. I currently have the following types of systems on my network: -Windows 8 -Windows 7 (2 system) -Mac OS X (Mountain Lion, not too important to me) -Ubuntu I have a Linux server with plenty of hard drive space to use as...

So, my wife volunteered me to fix her friends laptop. It's running Windows 7 and it was a total mess. I started off with Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware - it removed several items. Next, hit is with Super Antispyware. It found a removed a few more. Got Microsoft Security Essentials running - it...

Ironically, I used to be a system programmer for Computer Associates and worked on Unicenter. Now, many years later - I am looking for a simple tool that does some of what Agentworks used to do (and I do not have a license nor do I work for them anymore). I am looking for a recommendation on...

I'm looking for some input on how to troubleshoot an occasional problem I have watching media using Plex to stream ripped movies. Most of the movie will be fine - this tends to happen towards the last 15-30 minutes of the movie (and not consistently). My system is a little complicated, but not...

Saw this the other day. I have head 3 Seagate's die on me in the last month (although they had 2 years of NAS use, so not griping a whole lot). Interesting report from this company... https://www.backblaze.com/blog/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy/

I've been reading over a lot of the posts related to JBOD, media servers, etc. Do to a Drobo that flaked out on me, I saw some used storage servers on Ebay and got very excited. I was advised the ones I'm looking at are power hogs and very noisy. To get more to the point, I'm looking for...

Again, I repeat that I must be a magnet for hard drive problems. Last week, I replaced a failing 2TB Seagate. Today, I get reports of problems from two of my drives. WTF? Both of these drives are older and have seen some action. The WD 500 GB is jsut a download drive - no big deal if I...

I swear I'm a magnet for disk problems. First, my Drobo craps out on me. I lost some data, spent a lot of time recovering the data I could. Finally get things back in order using Ubuntu and SnapRAID. Tonight, my BIOS told me one of the drives failed its SMART tests. Crap. Using the...

I have an older Core2Duo system I'm still using as a Linux server. It runs Apache, MySQL, stores files, and several Python apps (sickbeard, couch potato, etc). Every now and then, the number of cores bogs the system down. So, I took a peak on Ebay about upgrading to a Core2Quad. Anything I...

I'm starting to use my Ubuntu Server (12.04) which I recently added SnapRAID to. This system is running an Intel Core2Duo CPU (~2.5ghz), 6 GB RAM, and has about 16TB of disk space allocated to SnapRAID. 2 3TB drives are assigned for parity, the rest are a combo of mostly 2 and 3 TB drives...

I ended up getting about half of my data back from my DroboFS. I lost a good 3TB of files (which were not super important, just media files I had ripped and will have to re-rip). I am now using Ubuntu with SnapRAID for my media storage. So, I had a few 2 TB drives and a 1 TB drive "left...

I've maxed out the SATA ports on my MOBO. I'm looking for recommendations on a SATA controller for PCI/PCI-E. I'd like to get 4 ports (or more). This will be going into an Ubuntu server - using SnapRAID. I don't need RAID capabilities on the board.

I was talking with a friend of mine. He suggested using a Raspberry Pi with the Drobo to be a FreeNAS server. We are assuming the SATA controllers, etc are fine - maybe just the Drobo ROM/RAM went bad. After I get recovered, I'm going to see what I can do - would be better than just tossing...

I've installed SnapRaid to Ubuntu 12.04. I'm currently using a 3TB parity drive+ 2TB + 1.5 TB drives for my pool. I am also using mhddfs to for the virtual pool. I'm using Samba so my Windows computer can mount to it. Not too many issues setting anything up. Currently copying a bunch...

In my quest to find a replacement for my failing Drobo, I'm setting up a few different boxes to test out performance. Right now, I'm playing with unRAID (latest beta). I'm copying 1.38TB to it - and it is slow. The system it's in is not a super powerful system, so I'm not expecting the world...

I'm in the process of recovering from a failed DroboFS. I have a hodge-podge of computers that I was either going to turn into FreeNAS or maybe unRAID. I was on Ebay looking at servers and parts. I found a used "Dell Poweredge 2950 III 2x Xeon E5430 2.66ghz Quad Core 16gb 250gb Perc6i 2PS"...

I have a DroboFS that may be failing on me. I'm trying to figure out what to replace it with - currently leaning towards a Linux tower with drives in a RAID array. My main use for the DroboFS was to store videos and backups. It's at my house and gets a decent amount of usage from my...

Alright, I know the general advice on this forum is to steer clear of the Drobo products do to proprietary RAID, custom hardware, etc. Right now, wishing I would have listened. Anyway... My DroboFS was working fine. I saw a sale on 3TB SAN drives so decided to replace a 2TB with a 3TB to...

Does anyone know if the new Airport Extreme has support for Dynamic DNS? What about VPN?

I have an older Core2Duo computer that I am running Linux Mint distro on. This system is running Newznab, Sickbeard, and CouchPotato. In addition, I also have Git and a few Samba shares running. I'm the only user - it's mainly acting as a server. Long story short, this system runs fine and I...

I am trying to use No-IP so I can use remote desktop plus access other services from my computer. I'm not having any luck getting this to work. Under the Port forwarding/repeating section, I have added an entry for RDP. I have the correct port (not using a standard port #) and the correct...

I recently got a network rack and a 24 port gigabit switch. I'm in the process of moving stuff from my basement office to the switch. (The rack is in another area of the basement.) I have CAT 5e cable ran in part of my basement already. It's not too hard to run more cables in the basement...

I'd like to get rid of my network mess I currently have: a few switches chained together. I'm basically out of room and some are only 10/100. I'd like to upgrade to either a 16 or 24 port gigabit switch. I'm trying to decide if it is worth the extra money to go with a managed switch. This...

I will be receiving a system with no OS soon. (Bought it off one of the forum members today!) I need to order a copy of either Win 7 or Win 8. I want the 64 bit Pro version of whichever one I go with. From Microcenter, the Win 7 is $129 and Win 8 is $99 (both are OEM). I have a few other...

I have a system with a Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H mobo, AMD Athlon II X 620, 4 GB Corsair DDR3 ram. The mobo and ram replaced a previous Gigabyte board that flaked out, was RMA'd, but still had some issues. I was fed up so bought a new Gigabyte board. The new mobo and new ram (old board had...

I have a Gigabyte MA785GM-US2H, AMD Athlon2 2.4hgz. This system has been very stable since December 2009. I use it as an HTPC - mainly running Boxee. This week, it developed some problems. I can't get it to POST reliably. Sometimes I can get into BIOS, sometimes cannot. Rare occasions...

I have a system with integrated Radeon HD 4200 graphics. I use the system for my Panasonic 50" HD tv. I only use HDMI - there is no VGA. The HDMI cable is about 40'. The TV is upstairs, the computer below it in my basement. The HDMI cable is in the wall. The system normally works fine...