Hardware

Hardware, Microsoft Windows, Mini-ITX, Windows 7

Zotac ION-ITX-F Wi-Fi Dual Core 1.6GHz Atom N330 Mini-ITX Motherboard with PCI Express x16 With Windows 7 Home Premium

Zotac ION-ITX-F Originally uploaded by paulfarrow After putting a power meter on my home entertainment system realised that my equipment was using a lot of power 350 watts at peak. So thought I would do some investigation into a recent low power mini-itx board from Zotac. I chose this one because it was dual core and it has a pci-express… Continue reading Zotac ION-ITX-F Wi-Fi Dual Core 1.6GHz Atom N330 Mini-ITX Motherboard with PCI Express x16 With Windows 7 Home Premium

Hardware, Microsoft Windows, Technical, Vista

Vista, Windows Media Center, Windows Media Player And Blu-Ray DVD's

My last upgrade of my media center included a blu-ray media player, it was  a cheap LG player although wasn’t as cheap as they are today.  This was bought a few years back when they first came out but didn’t install it for some time until now. Well I thought Vista was bound to support blu-ray and didnt think anything… Continue reading Vista, Windows Media Center, Windows Media Player And Blu-Ray DVD's

Hardware, Microsoft Windows, Software, Technical, Vista

Antec Fusion Remote HTPC Case – Audio Control Doesnt Work

Just upgraded my media center case to an Antec Fusion Remote.  Now its a very well made case and has 120mm fans in them with variable speed control which is why it took my fancy.  It has full size slots as well as my older case could only take half height cards which is always a problem finding them.  I… Continue reading Antec Fusion Remote HTPC Case – Audio Control Doesnt Work

Hardware, Microsoft Windows, Software, Technical

Front USB Ports not working on my Shuttle running Vista x64 Ultimate

After taking the Cypress update my front usb ports stopped working.  How did I fix it well if you go to the device manager (right click the computer icon in file explorer, click properties then click device manager [left hand side]) under Universal Serial Bus Controllers (right at the bottom) there is a device shown now called HX2LP kit (3.03.0000.2)… Continue reading Front USB Ports not working on my Shuttle running Vista x64 Ultimate

Hardware

Returns / Warranty From Seagate

Well I sent back some drives in April 2007 and they say they never received them.  Basically they were some old IDE drives that were just in warranty so I wasnt too bothered.  Then this weekend May 2008 got an email saying they were sending me one of the drives repaired under warranty.  The other they say they never received… Continue reading Returns / Warranty From Seagate

Hardware, Technical

Scythe Kama Connect 2

Ok bought the Scythe Kama Connect 2 device from Quiet PC yesterday.  Took delivery and at the same time as ordering it bought a Samsung 500GB SATA 3Gb/s hard drive to connect to it.  The reason for buying this little baby is that I hate opening cases everytime I want to configure a new drive.  Before buying looked everywhere, did… Continue reading Scythe Kama Connect 2