Recent content by nweissma

Verizon now tells me that this network extender needs to work in conjunction with high speed internet... after three or four calls to Verizon tech support, this is the first time that I've been told that conjunctive high speed internet access is sine qua non! I just moved into this apartment...

I didn't ask for a model number because I tuned out as soon as Verizon told me that, "$200 is the most that we can discount" Why do you need the model number?

Can someone translate this; is he just clobbering me with technobabble: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2112863/network-extender-smartphone.html#xtor=EPR-8809

@Mushkins: why wouldn't this be acceptable .. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00AWR...Z7ILFDXN3&vs=1

Verizon's 4G LTE signal is strong in my NYC Bronx neighborhood, but my apartment is located in the rear of the building adjacent to an alleyway, so the signal in my apartment vacillates between "1X," "3G," and LTE, and never more than 2 bars of strength for these 3 modes. Verizon wants to...

so, how can i design a test to ascertain whether data is being lost on my hd204ui mfg'd april 2011?

that same argument was implicitly ascribed to ubuntu a few years ago. i told ubuntu to install on D, and leave C alone ... the ubuntu install tsunamied *both* C and D. [C held vista] am i correct in saying that the hdd identification process is being invoked by the SYSTEM -- such as by a...

I'm sure that this is a common scenario but I receive silence when I ask it. I am using both Vista-32 and XP Pro-32. A 1-terabyte internal hdd (Samsung) in an external enclosure used for archival purposes... i powered off the computer by hibernate and turned off the external enclosure...

do you have any thoughts about whether i can successfully flash the firmware while the HD204UI is in a usb 2.0 external enclosure http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-042-_-Product or is integration into the tower sine qua non? call me chicken little but i am seriously worried about...

but what are the consequences of invoking the firmware patch to an HD204UI that does not need it (because it was manufactured after Dec. 2010) -- can it cause permanent damage? http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=31905330#post31905330 ? is it possible that the firmware patch is...

consider this samsung HD204UI hdd: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...20110603072217 } there appears to be a serious firmware problem with it based on the one-egg ratings. samsung acknowledges this and provides this firmware patch: http://www.samsung.com/global/busine...bbs_msg_id=386...

Thanks. {"Cheap" is pejorative; nothing wrong with being frugal -- "a fool and his money are soon parted".} What case and power supply do you recommend? What about cables?

This will be my first attempt at building a PC. I expect to use it for several *Nix flavors, which implies ancillary and applications software, which might be extensive in storage and processing power requirements. I want it to be reasonably high-powered (dual core and 4GB RAM, eg). I will...