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10M dollar L-Prize winning bulb from Philips, review and teardown

I was thinking more along the lines of; why a fusible link instead of a easily replaceable cheap fuse or mini resettable circuit breaker or something?
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #27
- Mar 28, 2012
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Can a Radeon 5450 Drive Two Digital Signals?

I have a 5450 as my media center PC vid card. It has 1 VGA, 1 DVI, and 1 HDMI port. It is currently driving a 1280x1024 19" monitor on the DVI port and a 40" 1920x1080 (1080P) TV on the HDMI port. While not the exact configuration you have, it does show this card will drive two digital outputs...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #8
- Mar 25, 2012
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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10M dollar L-Prize winning bulb from Philips, review and teardown

Looks to me like a area where the OP removed a connection as part of the tear down for photos. If it was a simple heat and pull-out part disconnect performed by the OP, it's not going to look pretty until it's cleaned up. Reason I think the OP did it as part of the tear-down is I doubt...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #20
- Mar 25, 2012
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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10M dollar L-Prize winning bulb from Philips, review and teardown

Nice teardown and review! So I have a question.. So what good does the fusible link do for the consumer? So maybe there's a power surge for whatever reason. Blamo, the fusible link blows. What good is the fusible link? The light's still dead, the consumer can't replace it. It still has to get...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #16
- Mar 24, 2012
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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So it's time for a new phone...

Take your cracked screen iphone4 and get it repaired (assuming you can't do yourself). Wait until iphone5 comes out, judge best phone then. Sell old iphone4... profit.
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #6
- Mar 22, 2012
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Which Card for RAID 0 with SSD

I'd bet he was referencing cheap <$150 RAID add-on cards like the High Points and such which do suck. Even some higher end (as in rather expensive) 6G SATA3 caching RAID Host Bus Adapters like Adaptec 6805 or the ATTO R608 seem to not be great with SSD's (at least in my testing) in typical...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #8
- Feb 24, 2012
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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poor SATA performance on X79 chipsets compared to P67

Hm Intel must be falling behind on their search engine. i went to the download center, put in the chipset, OS, driver menu requester and got 10.8 drivers as the latest according to the search.... oh well go figure.. :rolleyes: I'll try tomorrow at work and see if the v11 still tells me "not...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #17
- Feb 21, 2012
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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poor SATA performance on X79 chipsets compared to P67

Looks like I figured it out.. Something about the motherboard's OEM disk's 9.2.3 inf updater and the latest downloadable RSTe3 driver. Redid the system OS but used the downloadable 9.3 inf updater (skipped the 9.2.3 version) from Intel then directly installed the downloadable RSTe3 driver...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #14
- Feb 21, 2012
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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poor SATA performance on X79 chipsets compared to P67

Ahh, sorry, didn't see the pictures of the benches because I was at work and stupid IS blocks everything related to pictures because god forbid some boobies might show up accidentally :-). I can see the pics now that I'm at home. Thanks!
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #9
- Feb 20, 2012
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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poor SATA performance on X79 chipsets compared to P67

The issue where we can get 75+K marks in PCMark Vantage HDD Suite on a p67 chipset versus around 63K on an x79 chipset with the same SSD, same firmware, same OS, approximate same CPU clock speed, same amount of RAM, etc, etc. The assumption is that even though a new chipset, performance should...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #7
- Feb 20, 2012
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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poor SATA performance on X79 chipsets compared to P67

Well, since we make that SSD, I know it's not a firmware issue causing this issue. :-) The z68 showed no statistical difference in performance from the p67 for us, even just after it was released (they use pretty much the same HBA drivers). It's the x79 that is being a dog, even with the fastest...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #5
- Feb 20, 2012
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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poor SATA performance on X79 chipsets compared to P67

Well, the low-level formats we do in the R&D labs are not standard. Ours are scripted to include returns to blank factory state with a given test firmware. Longevity is not an issue when we produce the drives :-) Guess we'll just wait for different/newer drivers..
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #3
- Feb 20, 2012
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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poor SATA performance on X79 chipsets compared to P67

Has anyone noticed a markedly poorer SATA3 performance on the Intel SATA3 ports using motherboards with the x79 chipset (LGA2011) versus the p67 chipset (LGA1155)? In testing SSD's with the latest intel drivers, the x79 chipset is a good 10-15% behind in overall performance numbers compared to a...
- adamantinepiggy
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- Feb 20, 2012
- Replies: 25
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Older motorcycles - Anyone like em?

The battery box for the Kawasaki is the black box under the seat. It's one of the glass mat any-orientation batteries. The Honda has a wheelchair battery. Both are setup basically stock bikes with a bit of jet tuning. I don't see a point in trying to make super speed machines out of them when I...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #6
- Jan 8, 2012
- Forum: The Garage
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Older motorcycles - Anyone like em?

Here's my two. 1967 Honda CL360 and a 1981 Kawasaki KZ550. Both are done up CAFE style. Neither can keep up with modern rockets, but the the quirks and personalities of these older bikes makes them so fun. Yes, I'd love to restore an old Triumph or Norton, etc, but the prices of these Brit bikes...
- adamantinepiggy
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- Jan 8, 2012
- Replies: 17
- Forum: The Garage
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Thanks, Apple...

So why don't you just go with IPAD"1"'s? a whole lot cheaper and does everything the Ipad2's does. The kids aren't going to see any differences in performance. Same OS, same screen rez, same warrantee, etc, etc. Only real diff is the processor, and the real-world performance difference with...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #114
- Jan 8, 2012
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Video of carrierIQ in action

Neither is ROM replacement, however the average person is not even aware that this key logging type stuff is going on, much less are worrying about fixing it.
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #24
- Dec 1, 2011
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Video of carrierIQ in action

Oops double posted sorry! Can't figure out how to delete it.. Outside of privacy issues, the problem with this root level key logging software is that, although the chances are that carrierIQ might never intends to take advantage of any personal or secure info (like logins and passwords) that...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #21
- Dec 1, 2011
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Video of carrierIQ in action

Outside of privacy issues, the problem with this root level key logging software is that, although the chances are that carrierIQ might never intends to take advantage of any personal or secure info (like logins and passwords) that is transmitted, unscrupulous crminals can simply hack the paths...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #20
- Dec 1, 2011
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Any difference between 2x4GB & 4x2GB?

The physical slot connection is often a source of memory issues (not always, but it does happen). Why? Because all signals have to travel through the physical connection and associated attached circuitry. More slots, more likely issues (more depending on QA of motherboard). Therefore, all else...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #3
- Nov 26, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

Imagoon is right on in that the compressions are better, but I never see them sell the compression fittings (just crimp and twist) at local type hardware stores (so just keep the local availability in mind). If you order over the internet, just make sure you get plenty for the job, because...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #48
- Nov 18, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

Coax cable crimper. They sell them (+ cable + terminations) for around $27 at any Home Depot, Lowes, or Ace Hardware assuming you want to buy locally. The ends are called RG6 coaxial connectors. They make crimp-on and twist-on type. Stay away from twist on because they suck bad.
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #46
- Nov 18, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

I will concede, the consolidation point is not what I meant. I have always referred to the actual junction I meant to say as the main interconnect, but got the non-what-I-normally-used terminology of consolidation point in my head as it's named in the TIA spec. For what the consolidation point...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #45
- Nov 18, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

Heh, I already had my fun with imagoon so I'll pick on this one that is talking out his ass once he brings up "codes and standards". There is only "one" standard by which the data wiring is supposed to conform to. That is TIA/EIA-568 (TIA = Telecommunications Industry Association). Now if you...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #38
- Nov 17, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

As I mentioned, fastest test is plugging it in, best way you don't mess anything up by movement is to leave it in and not move it again. $100 for a possibly junkie panel or an extra $100 on a better/bigger switch/router. Your decision. IMHO, cheap patch panels are worse than NO patch panels...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #32
- Nov 15, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

Hehe, struck a nerve? Nothing hurts like the truth ():)..
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #29
- Nov 15, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

Wow, I mention, that most normal people think it's more fun getting laid than it is bragging how easy one can swap cables around, and here you go bragging how fast you can swap cables around.. And there is no "we" attempting to show me anything that you keep mentioning. Just you... Have you...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #27
- Nov 15, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

A home network to akin to a corporate network like an average person in their Camry is to Shumacher in his Ferarri F1. The argument is whether a patch panel is adding anything of overall value to the OP's little HOME network so he can swap around cable assignments easy. You are now implying...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #23
- Nov 15, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

And yet you forget, the main delta everything a patch panel requires... Your price ($70+) for a patch panel, not counting the space, knowledge, time, and labor to install.. Nor do you address added failure/diagnostic points or the fact that one thin strand of solid core has more movement...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #22
- Nov 15, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

Not sure if you are being facetious here, but having also been an electrician, as long as the wiring coming out of the wall is the required voltage and gauge, an electrician simply adds a junction box around a "splice" when tying into a line. The extra portion of wire hanging out of the wall...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #20
- Nov 15, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

As I mentioned earlier. Cable in the walls and attic will always be "static" It doesn't matter if you have a patch panel on one end or the other. Assuming there are no tree rats chewing on the lines, The only diagnostics involved with good cabling is initial length and layout. You almost never...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #18
- Nov 15, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

So as we both agree, the last inch of the cable is the most likely point of failure (you call it the "High Flex Point"), and yet your solution is to spend lots more money on a panel rather than simply cut off an "inch" off of end the extra 5-10 feet of slack if the termination ever goes bad and...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #17
- Nov 15, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

You know how fast it takes to troubleshoot a single ended drop? 5 seconds. You unplug the working drop line next to it on the switch, and plug in the suspect cable. If it works, then it isn't the termination, if it doesn't replace the termination. If in doubt, replace the termination regardless...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #13
- Nov 14, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

A patch panel is definitely not required. Now if you have one already, or like me can get a used one from work for free, then sure, use it (I don't use one even though I can get it for free!). But I would not get one otherwise unless you are a neat freak and don't mind the extra effort. Even...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #11
- Nov 14, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

#1 There is absolutely no need of a patch panel in the majority of "home" setups. The only thing it adds is it looks nice. It just becomes another layer to troubleshoot and loose signal strength. If you want one get one, if you don't you aren't losing anything. #2 Go for 68B, no one uses the...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #7
- Nov 13, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

Only if you move the cables around a lot. I set it up, and never touch it again unless something breaks. In fact, I don't know many people who mess with the router/switch side of things once it's working. It the side connected to the PC's you have to worry about, not the switch/router side. And...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #6
- Nov 13, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

Walls and attic don't need plenum cable. Plenum cable has plastic sheathing with fire retardant built in. It's supposed to be used for cable runs that involve locations designed with forced air circulation in mind. So for example, if you were to run cable "inside" your heating duct work on the...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #3
- Nov 12, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Very low (<2mb/s) transfer rate copying to new Crucial M4 SSD.

That's a lot of extra work that is unneeded as Crucial will exchange it regardless.
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #18
- Oct 9, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Very low (<2mb/s) transfer rate copying to new Crucial M4 SSD.

I'd call Crucial. Seems the drive is borked. Also re-align your intel OS drive partitions if you can. The "31K-BAD" thing in red in ASSD indicates your SSD is not aligned. While not earth shattering, performance is better with aligned partitions. You can also jump to Intel RST drivers for...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #16
- Oct 9, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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SSD caching a HDD is a worthless gimmick

Personally, I think Intel only came up with it to be able to sell their old, "tiny", expensive 311 20GB Larson Creek SSD. Without the SSD caching scheme, there would be absolutely NO market for that drive.. The fact that Intel specs expensive "SLC" NAND (and no matter how you cut it, SLC NAND is...
- adamantinepiggy
- Post #21
- Oct 9, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage

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