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  • Not A Fan of Dell Inspiron 7386

    Not A Fan of Dell Inspiron 7386

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    Recently, a deal came out for the Dell Inspiron 7386. I bought it from Dell but here’s a Best Buy product page if you want to check out how it looks and see the specs. On paper, the specs are impressive. Intel i7-8565U 16GB DDR4 2400MHz ram (soldered, not upgradable) 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD…

  • Surface Pro 6

    Surface Pro 6

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    Every year during back to school time (July to September), stores would have great deals on laptops and mobile devices. This year was no exception. One of the best deals I’ve seen this year is the Microsoft Surface Pro 6. Costco is currently offering a price discount plus they will include both keyboard and pen.…

  • Storage Expansion on NAS

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    It’s that time again to expand my storage capacity on my Synology NAS. This is not my first time. You can check out my post when I last expanded my storage. Recently, I swapped out my 8x 4TB NAS set up with 8TB drives. With the 4TB drives, I set up a RAID6 where 6…

  • My Dell Inspiron is Dying

    My Dell Inspiron is Dying

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    My Dell Inspiron is a little over 3 years old and it’s already dying. First the fan. I love how Dell checks many different hardware during POST. It tried to detect the CPU fan and failed. From what I’ve noticed, this check only happens when the CPU is heating up. So when I rebooted after…

  • Upgrading Ram on Late 2015 iMac Retina

    Upgrading Ram on Late 2015 iMac Retina

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    Back in 2017 I purchased a refurbished late 2015 iMac MK482LL. It’s still going on strong for what I use it for – mainly development. It came with a 27″ screen, 2TB Fusion drive, and an Intel i5 3.3GHz quad-core CPU. The Fusion drive truly makes a difference and the 2TB model has a larger…

  • I found my old PSP Go

    I found my old PSP Go

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    I was digging around the house and found my old PSP Go. I charged it up and found out that it uses old network security settings that my current router does not support. The PSP Go supports WEP and WPA (version 1). I wanted to see if it had any updates but it needed to…

  • Network Closet Makeover

    Network Closet Makeover

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    My home networking makeover has started off in a good way. I only just begun. Can’t wait to get more things done but check out what I have so far.

  • Updating Software on 2016 Prius

    Updating Software on 2016 Prius

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    Ever since I got the Apple iPhone X, I’ve had issues with the bluetooth system and the phone. The radio system would just restart when I try to place a phone call. The radio would not respond and pause thinking that it would swich over to the phone then it would just crash and restart.…

  • Traded in iPad Mini 4 for 6th Gen iPad

    Traded in iPad Mini 4 for 6th Gen iPad

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    Apple and Best Buy have a good trade in value for iPad Mini 4 – but not for long. I took advantage of it and upgraded it to the 6th gen iPad (2018).

  • 10GB Network Between Windows 10 and Freenas

    10GB Network Between Windows 10 and Freenas

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    I recently picked up a pair of Mellanox MNPA19-XTR 10GB Ethernet cards from eBay for a really good price. I wanted a faster way to do back ups. Currently, I have a Synology DS1815+ as my main storage server. It has 8x 4TB configured as a RAID6. This will give me up to two drives…