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Review, Teardown: Transcend SSD340 256Gb 2.5″ Solid-State Drive (TS256GSSD340)
Solid state drives are now a vital part of every computer I build and use. Most of my commonly used machines in my fleet have already been outfitted with SSDs, and it has paid dividends in terms of...
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An SSD in a USB 3.0 Enclosure: Part 2 – Transcend SSD340 256Gb + StoreJet 25S3
Having just done a review and teardown of the Transcend SSD340 256Gb SSD, astute readers will note that the product was purchased in a bundle with a Transcend branded USB 3.0 2.5″ enclosure. While the...
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Review, Teardown: Sandisk Extreme II 480Gb Solid-State Drive (SDSSDXP-480G)
I think there’s no doubt that I love solid state drives. Can’t have enough of them. While on a “per gigabyte” basis, they look expensive compared to hard drives, their true economy is in saving time...
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An SSD in a USB 3.0 Enclosure: Part 3 – Sandisk Extreme II & Transcend SSD340...
For those who are interested in the topic, they might also want to see Part 1 and Part 2 to better understand the caveats and limitations, as it will put this article in a better context. So far, I’ve...
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Quick Review: Sandisk Ultra 128Gb UHS-I microSDXC Card
I was pretty disappointed to have been dudded in my first attempt to get a hold of a 128Gb microSDXC card, but I won’t let an eBay fake stop me. After all, Sandisk products are supposed to be high...
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Review, Teardown: Apotop Wi-Copy (DW21) 5200mAh Power Bank
Towards the end of 2014, I entered a competition held by Scorptec for a chance to win an Apotop Wi-Copy power bank. Guess what? I won! Thanks Scorptec! As a bit of a hobbyist photographer, backing up...
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Review, Teardown: Corsair Flash Voyager LS 32Gb USB 3.0 Flash Drive
Corsair has been a trusted name in DRAM memory for a long time, which resulted in a brand expansion into peripherals, accessories, power supplies and more. It seems like whatever Corsair puts their...
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Review, Teardown: AverMedia C875 Live Gamer Portable HDMI Capture Box (GL710)
When HDMI was conceived, it was to be the one style of connection you would need around your home media centre to carry video, audio, remote control signals and even Ethernet. While it was digital, and...
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Review: Prof Revolution S2 8000 PCI-E Satellite Tuner Card
Very recently, I was thinking of expanding my satellite system with a third and fourth receiver, only to be shocked to discover that my favourite tuner (the pricey, but otherwise rock solid TBS 6925)...
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Review: Seagate Archive 8Tb 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive
Hard drive storage space is one thing which always seems to run out regardless of how much you have. Hard drive manufacturers have been working to push the capacity of perpendicular magnetic recording...
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Slow Hard Drive? Things to Check
Since I posted my review article on the Seagate 8Tb Archive HDD, which uses SMR technology, I have had several readers complain that I was getting much better results in benchmarks than they were, and...
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Salvage, Teardown: Seagate Cheetah 10K6 & 10K7 SCSI Ultra320 Hard Drives
A few weeks back, an undisclosed location had a technology waste “clean-up” which was definitely a golden opportunity for any tech-salvagist and word-inventor like myself. Interestingly, this salvage...
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Salvage, Teardown: ST3250310AS 250Gb & WD1600AAJS 160Gb Hard Drives
This post is a bit of a follow-on from last salvage posting. The undisclosed location provided many bits and pieces, including a large number of hard drives from (mostly) HP branded computers. Well, I...
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Salvage: HTS541680J9SA00 80Gb HDD, Duracell AAA, Optus Cable Card &...
I’ve been occasionally accused of being a hoarder, which I suppose is true. The result of this is that I do end up collecting interesting tidbits, mostly broken things, which I can take apart and...
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Review, Teardown: Astone ISO DOC-130 2.5″& 3.5″ SATA II to USB 3.0 Dock
When you have a pile of small bare hard drives to use, giving them all a SATA port to use or an individual enclosure is prohibitively expensive. Maybe you have a hard drive to quickly test, or an...
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Teardown: element14 Wi-Pi USB Wireless 802.11n 150Mbit/s 2.4Ghz Dongle
The end of financial year almost always means discounts and sales, and this year was no different. My favourite shop, element14, had run some promotions in their Connect magazine, which included a...
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Project: Physically Damaged USB Drive Repair & Data Recovery
A while back, on 16th July, I was contacted by a fellow Sydneysider, and a fan of my blog with a request for help. While, ordinarily, I don’t respond to these, there was a rather long story behind this...
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Teardown: Vonets VAP11G Ethernet to 802.11g Wireless Bridge
What do you do when you have some device that only supports wired-Ethernet, but it’s going to be deployed in a place where it isn’t practical to install cabling? Well, the easy solution is to use...
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Tech Flashback: iomega ZIP 100 Parallel Port Drive (Mint in Package!)
My fellow readers who have been following for a while would know that I’m literally swimming in Zip disk gear. Amongst the things I’ve done include taking one apart, looking at the performance of the...
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Tech Flashback: Fellowes Neato 2000 CD Labeler Kit
It’s the year 2000 and CD recording at home is a new development. Discs are expensive, and individually wrapped in retail packaging. These discs will have branding all over their faces and inserts....
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