Category: Blog

Gamestop.com recently had a crazy sale on a 1TB external NVME for $50. It’s hard to get a 1TB SSD for that price, let alone an NVMe one with an enclosure. But what kind of drive is inside? Is it shuckable? Turns out the internal drive is much more Blue than Black. Here’s what Hard Disk Sentinel told me: Turns… Read more →

This website is old, and uses a long unsupported theme called Arcade Basic. This means it, like many other prehistoric themes, often breaks in fun and varying ways when I upgrade to a newer WordPress version. The latest snafu my website ran into upon a recent WordPress upgrade was all my posts were missing comments! Users could still comment and… Read more →

So far, the only winners of the Xbox Series X/S launch are those with bots instantly draining inventory from retailers as soon as they go in stock. But it turns out the arguably most reputable seller of the Xbox makes it pretty darn easy to snag one if you know how to insert JavaScript into Chrome and have a little… Read more →

2021 Update: Based on post and Reddit comments, the approach to unlock undervolting works for a number of models, including the XPS, Inspiron, G5, 11th Generation Intel processors, and 2021 Dell models and other lines. If it works for you, please leave a comment below so others may know! Disclaimer: Changing voltages or editing BIOS settings not surfaced by your… Read more →

2020 was a terrible year for people, but a pretty good one for monitor manufacturers. I got an ASUS PB277Q monitor for working from home, which features a nice 1440p (2560×1440) resolution and HDMI, DVI, VGA, and DisplayPort inputs. I found the DVI port was able to handle the max 1440p resolution at the max refresh rate…most of the time.… Read more →

If you Google steps for how to troubleshoot an iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus, you’ll get plenty of suggestions: let it charge for 30 minutes, try different power chargers, perform a hard reset (holding the sleep/wake and home buttons at the same time for 10+ seconds), and more. But if you, like me, try all these steps and still… Read more →

Note: These directions worked for me when using the card on a Z97-based motherboard with AMD Radeon Driver version 16.9.2. As always, be wary of flashing any custom BIOS as there is always a risk of bricking your card. On 6/19 Frys had a great sale for the HP Pavilion 560-p015hvr desktop PC. So there are now HP OEM RX… Read more →

Figured I’d leave my experience with getting my Ethereum mining hashrate up for anyone who has the same card as me, which appears to be a new variant of the (non-plus!) Nitro Radeon RX 470: 1. Bought a Sapphire Nitro (NOT Nitro+) Radeon RX 470 with the SKU 11256-10-20G and batch number A1722 2. Stock ETH hashrate using Claymore miner… Read more →