10

Mar/08

UPS Failure

Filed Under Hardware, Website at 10th March 2008 12:17 by

Sometime during the night the UPS had failed. After about 3-4 years of use it has died. It won’t turn on but it still works. I’m guessing the AVR and battery backup won’t work. I don’t have it connected to … Continue reading →

07

Mar/08

£30 CPU Upgrade

Filed Under Hardware, Linux at 7th March 2008 15:09 by

Pictures of the new CPU and HSF upgrade below:

05

Mar/08

Lian Li Tidy Up

Filed Under Hardware, Linux at 5th March 2008 21:47 by

I bumped into a cheap CPU for my Linux box which only costs £30! I remember pay more than twice that for the one I have. Before it goes out of stock like my last last generation graphics card I’ll … Continue reading →

25

Feb/08

Antec SmartPower 400 Broke Again (update)

Filed Under Hardware at 25th February 2008 14:56 by

I got a replacement power supply back from Antec and … They have upgraded it to a newer model! It has 30 extra watts but I’m not sure about the rails and ampage. I will wack the unit in later.

22

Feb/08

Warped MacBook Pro Battery

Filed Under Laptop, Mac at 22nd February 2008 12:07 by

This is worrying:

20

Feb/08

Gumstix

Filed Under Hardware at 20th February 2008 21:32 by

A company makes sticks of hardware and has software to as well. It’s a really good idea. They have various boards in shape of “gum” sticks and modules can be added to them to add ethernet port, bluetooth, display, etc. … Continue reading →

06

Feb/08

Antec SmartPower 400 Broke Again

Filed Under Hardware, Linux at 6th February 2008 17:31 by

I tried to turn on the linux box the other day only to find it powers on for 1 second then it goes off. I did a bit of investigating and found the root cause to be the power supply … Continue reading →

10

Jan/08

PC Cases On The Market

Filed Under Hardware at 10th January 2008 9:23 by

I have been trying to find a decent small form factor (SFF) case and all of the ones I have found seemed not up to scratch. Shuttle was the manufacturer who stuck out in my mind but their range have … Continue reading →