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Unboxing and setting up the APC Back-UPS PRO 1500 (BR1500G)

Unboxing and setting up the APC Back-UPS PRO 1500 (BR1500G)

Hi everyone, Today, I’ll show you images of the APC Back-UPS PRO 1500 Uninterruptible Power Supply. I got this backup battery for 2 main reasons: To protect my equipments To maintain them running if a power blackout occurs. I got it on Amazon and it is currently handling 600-700W of power with no issues at all and gives me an estimate 5 to 8 minutes of runtime. Please keep in mind this number can be increased as this UPS supports…

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Unboxing and installing the LG 29UM68-P UltraWide IPS Monitor

Unboxing and installing the LG 29UM68-P UltraWide IPS Monitor

Hi everyone, In this post, I’ll show you my unboxing of my brand-new monitor, the LG 29UM68-P UltraWide IPS Monitor. My main reason to get this monitor is related to productivity, as I like to use a lot of windows at a time and this monitor is actually the one I have at my work. It’s really a game changer when it comes to multitasking, as I can now place a window at a side and see all of the…

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Let’s put my laptop fan to work at maximum speed!

Let’s put my laptop fan to work at maximum speed!

Hi everyone, In this post, today I’ll share you this method that will surely end with your laptop overheating issues. As you may know, CPU fans comes normally with 3 or 4 pins. 3-pin fans are Voltage-controlled, where the variance in voltage changes the CPU fan speed. The 3rd cable sends rotational speed information to the computer and depending on the heat and the BIOS, it will either increase or decrease the fan to a specified RPM. This is very…

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Unboxing the HP OfficeJet 4650 Printer

Unboxing the HP OfficeJet 4650 Printer

Hi everyone, In this post, I’d like to show you a series of photos unboxing the HP OfficeJet 4650 printer. This is a very nice printer. It’s cheap, and offers office-quality printing. I purchased it at Best Buy. Let’s begin! The box: Here’s the front of the box: The Side: The other side: The front side: The back side: Opening the Box: Opening the box, we find these: There are the manuals, ink and power cable. After taking all of…

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Unboxing the Aukey Dual USB Port Car Charger with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0

Unboxing the Aukey Dual USB Port Car Charger with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0

Hi everyone, In this post, I’ll present you this charger, which is to use it in the car and allows you to charge your Quick Charge-enabled devices at fast speeds as well as this is Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 compliant. The back of the box: The side: Another side: With the wrap taken off: When opening the package, we can see some of the contents. Here you see the manual: Looking further, we can see the 24-month warranty card: It…

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The PortaPow Data Blocker USB Adapter with Smart Charge

The PortaPow Data Blocker USB Adapter with Smart Charge

Hi everyone, Today, I’ll show you the PortaPow Data Blocker USB Adapter with Smart Charge. This is an adapter that, as the title says, blocks Data. This means that when you use this adapter in a PC USB Port, it will allow your tablet/phone to charge at the port maximum speed, overriding the 500mA USB limit. This is because when a PC detects a data connection, it negotiates the power with the controller. Some devices uses 100mA, like mouses and…

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USB 2.0 to Slimline SATA Cable Overview

USB 2.0 to Slimline SATA Cable Overview

Hi everyone, In this post, I’d like to show you this product I found on Amazon.com. If you have ever had a laptop, you may have recycled them when they die or it’s no longer usable, but some people remove their parts like RAM, Hard Disk Drive/SSD, and Optical Units, or maybe you have got a new shiny DVD or Blu-Ray drive to replace your laptop drive. In any of these cases, you may have DVD drives around you that…

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The SanDisk Ultra Flair 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive

The SanDisk Ultra Flair 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive

Hi everyone, In this post, I’ll talk about the SanDisk Ultra Flair 16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive. This is a USB 3.0 drive meaning file transfers should be fast. However, is it worth it? Let’s find out below, but first, let’s see a few pictures of the product: This is the USB Drive in its package: Opening the package: The USB Flash Drive (Front): The USB Flash Drive (Back): And now, to the benchmarks! Here, I’m testing with CrystalDiskMark 5 when…

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Open-Source Project: JavaScript Function Finder, written in JSP

Open-Source Project: JavaScript Function Finder, written in JSP

Hi everyone, In this post, I’d like to present you to this project. JavaScript Function Finder is a project I made in my University years as part of the Advanced Programming course when I was studying Computer Science. We were assigned to make a function parser and each student was given a different programming language. Mine was JavaScript. We would then build the project using JavaServer Pages (JSP) using a JSP IDE. We mostly worked using NetBeans in the course….

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Reviving a Crucial M4 mSATA SSD

Reviving a Crucial M4 mSATA SSD

Hi everyone, In this post, I’d like to tell you how I revived my Crucial M4 mSATA SSD drive. So, it seems that sometimes, when a power failure happens, the drive will not be detected in the PC BIOS. I thought the drive was dead, but luckily, I found these instructions at Crucial forum and I immediately proceeded to follow them. The result? The SSD was REVIVED! Here’s my Desktop System: The steps I performed where the following: With the mSATA drive…

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