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The InWin BP655 Mini-ITX Computer Case

The InWin BP655 Mini-ITX Computer Case

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Hi everyone, Today, I will show you the InWin BP655 Mini-ITX Computer Case. This is a Mini-ITX computer case which includes a 200-Watt Power Supply. This desktop computer case came on this box: And it came well protected inside: Unopened, it looks like this: It came with the Power Supply cable, a stand for vertical standing, and the required screws for the motherboard installation. Installing the board was very easy. I placed my Jetway NF9G-QM77 motherboard in it: Here’s how…

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Mario Party Superstars Nintendo Switch - Box Front
Mario Party Superstars box

Mario Party Superstars box

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Hi everyone, On Friday, I got the new Mario Party Superstars game for the Nintendo Switch and forgot to post about it over the weekend, so today I’m sharing it. The game features some of the Nintendo 64 Mario Party trilogy game boards as well as minigames from previous game entries. I’ve never played the Nintendo 64 games but did play Mario Party 4, Mario Party Advanced and Mario Party 10. From those, I enjoyed both Mario Party 4 (My…

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Silicon Power DDR3L 16GB 2 x 8GB CL11 1.35V SO-DIMM DDR3 RAM Kit 1
The Silicon Power DDR3L 16GB 2 x 8GB CL11 1.35V SO-DIMM DDR3 RAM Kit

The Silicon Power DDR3L 16GB 2 x 8GB CL11 1.35V SO-DIMM DDR3 RAM Kit

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Hi everyone, A few months ago, I purchased the Silicon Power DDR3L 16GB 2 x 8GB CL11 1.35V SO-DIMM DDR3 RAM Kit for my desktop computer which uses a laptop 3rd-gen Intel i7 CPU. The RAM Kit I got is from Silicon Power. It’s 2 modules of 8GB, having a voltage rating of 1.35V and a latency rating of CL11. The motherboard I’m using is a Jetway NF9G-QM77, which effectively makes using Intel 3rd-gen i7-3610QM laptop CPUs as a desktop…

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ULANSeN 7-Port USB 3.0 PCI-E Expansion Card Box
The ULANSeN 7-Port USB 3.0 PCI-Express Expansion Card

The ULANSeN 7-Port USB 3.0 PCI-Express Expansion Card

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Hi everyone, Today, we will see the ULANSeN 7-Port USB 3.0 PCI-Express Expansion Card. This is a USB 3.0 PCI Express Expansion Card that provides us with up to 7 USB 3.0 port, of which 2 are USB-C. This card is also a PCI Express x1 card, so it will fit on any PCI Express slot you may have available. I got this card because I was having some issues with the integrated AMD USB 3.0 ports where my devices…

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SmartBuy DVD+R DL (Media Code: RITEK-S04-66 in the LiteOn (PLDS) DU-8A5LH Optical Drive
Burning the SmartBuy DVD+R DL 8.5GB disc in the LiteOn DU-8A5LH drive

Burning the SmartBuy DVD+R DL 8.5GB disc in the LiteOn DU-8A5LH drive

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Hi everyone, Today, we will see how well a SmartBuy DVD+R DL disc burns in the LiteOn DU-8A5LH drive: This unit supports burning these discs at a speed of 3x, 4x and 6x. This post will focus on a disc burned at 6x. Burning the disc seemed to have gone well until it switched to the 2nd disc layer: Unfortunately, the drive could not burn this disc successfully. I retried it and it seems this time it worked: This drive…

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PlexDisc DVD+R burned in the Pioneer DVR-XD09 External Optical Drive
Burning a Windows ISO to a DVD+R disc from PlexDisc using the Pioneer DVR-XD09 drive

Burning a Windows ISO to a DVD+R disc from PlexDisc using the Pioneer DVR-XD09 drive

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So, now that we have successfully downloaded the Windows UUP files, created the ISO image, and optionally patched the Windows 11 ISO, now it’s time to burn it to a DVD. While today most people prefer to make a bootable USB drive, burning the image to a DVD have the advantage of archiving it for later use, while a USB drive may be formatted later for additional use. I always prefer to burn the images to disc because they provide…

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PlexDisc DVD+R burned in HP LG GT80N 2
Burning the PlexDisc DVD+R Disc on the HP version of the LG GT80N

Burning the PlexDisc DVD+R Disc on the HP version of the LG GT80N

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Hi everyone, Today, we’ll see how well the PlexDisc DVD+R discs burns in the HP version of the LG GT80N optical drive: We will be using ImgBurn to perform the writing and verification. It reports the media code to be OPTODISC-R16-00 and supports writing at 4x and 8x. We will be burning it at 8x: The drive burned the disc using a CAV (Constant Angular Velocity) strategy, starting at about 3.3x and gradually going up until reaching 8x: The disc…

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PlexDisc DVD+R in the LG GP96YB70 External Slim Optical Drive
Burning the PlexDisc DVD+R Disc in the LG GP96YB70 optical drive

Burning the PlexDisc DVD+R Disc in the LG GP96YB70 optical drive

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Hi everyone, Today, we will be burning a PlexDisc DVD+R disc in the LG GP96YB70 external slim drive: This drive supports burning these discs at 4x and 8x. We will be burning it at 8x: This unit supports setting the DVD+R Book Type to DVD-ROM. This is useful as this can improve the disc compatibility with older drives: The drive was able to burn the disc successfully: And verified it correctly: The drive burns the disc in Constant Angular Velocity…

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PlexDisc DVD+R Burned in LG BP60NB10 2
Burning the PlexDisc DVD+R Disc on the LG BP60NB10 optical drive with the 1.02 firmware – Part 2

Burning the PlexDisc DVD+R Disc on the LG BP60NB10 optical drive with the 1.02 firmware – Part 2

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Hi everyone, Today, we will be attempting again to burn a PlexDisc DVD+R disc in the LG BP50NB40 crossflashed to the BP60NB10 firmware 1.02. This time, we will burn the disc at a speed of 2.4x, the slowest and only speed it allows us to use besides the 8x speed we used before: As we can see, the drive only supports either burning the disc at 2.4x or 8x. We will use the 2.4x: The burning process was successful, but…

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Samsung SE-506AB 1
The Samsung SE-506 External Blu-Ray Writer

The Samsung SE-506 External Blu-Ray Writer

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Hi everyone, Today, we will see the Samsung SE-506 optical drive: This is an External Blu-Ray Writer that can burn CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray and Blu-Ray XL media. I could not find a data sheet with the supported write speeds. This drive is already discontinued. ImgBurn reports that the drive can read and burn all of the popular disc types: This drive is a standard slim tray-loading device: It uses a Micro USB connector: Here, we can see the optical mechanism:…

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