Fix my LG SmartTV remote control
Today I would like to record how I fixed my TV control. The TV was bought three years ago. LG NanoCell 55-inch Smart TV. The control has a name: Magic Remote Control. If you want to buy a replacement...
Category: Hardware
A wonderful tool for Ear
I got this tool during the New Year season. I like it. If you like to clean your ear wax, you will like it. It is a set of “Ear Cleaner with Camera”. There are a lot of similar products...
I got a new Wireless Earbuds
Update: Do not buy Btootos earbuds. It sucks. It is my first Wireless Earbuds. Btootos A90 Pro True Wireless Earbuds. I ordered from Amazon.ca. I paid $33.51 including TAX.
It is time to upgrade Tp-Link devices again
Almost every three months, I will try to upgrade the device firmware. Here are the simple records for today’s updates. Upgrade the TP-Link Switch. The latest one is v1.0.13. After the upgrade, it will reboot automatically. It is a...
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB
Recently, I bought a new NVMe M.2 SSD, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB on Newegg.ca. I ordered it on Nov. 16. The price is good at $69.97. They put a small label, “black friday price protection”. So, I believe it...
Fix the problem of Printer share between Win 11 and Win 10
It is a problem bothered me for a long time. I have a printer, Canon MF4450. It is connected to my desktop PC through USB cable. I use it for printing and scanning. I own it for more than 11...
Upgrade Acer Nitro 50 Gaming Desktop
It is my daughter, Gloria’s desktop. I bought it two years ago on Costco.ca. Cost $900 plus tax. The specs of it were a little bit different from what was on Acer’s official website. Windows 10 Home Intel Core i5...
Summer Clean on the PCs
It is summertime. A lot of people like to do the summer cleaning. For me, I would like to clean my PC. In my house, there are three PCs. Including mine, my daughter’s, and my wife’s and son’s desktop. I...
Upgrade the PC BIOS firmware
It is time to check the BIOS version of my PC. I do regular maintenance for a few months. The upgrade procedure is the same as before. The motherboard is Asus PRIME B450M-A II. The version of BIOS on the...
How much power does a NAS use?
It is a question. And I have the answer. I used an Ammeter to measure the power consumption of the 4-bay NAS system. The NAS is built based on the U-NAS hardware. HARDWARE INFORMATION CPU Model: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J3160 @...
How to save the energy bill with the home lab servers
All the home lab servers are running 24 hours, 7 days. So power consumption is one of the critical facts of maintenance. Reduce it to save your electrical bill. For my Proxmox VE machine. The hardware specs: Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M...
Upgrade RAM of my Proxmox VE Host
My Proxmox VE is running on the old PC. Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2400G RAM: 2X8GB 2400Mhz DDR4 Storage: 1TB NVMe SSD, WD Blue SN570 Last week, I ordered a 2X8GB kit on Amazon.ca. Cost me...
Fix the Xbox by upgrading the HDD to SSD
My Xbox One S game console is over five years. Since last winter, I sometimes get stuck when I play the game. The Xbox One S replaced the Xbox 360 which was 6 years old. So I am thinking about...
Toshiba External Hard Drive
In Jan. 2020, I bought a Toshiba External Hard Drive, 2TB as the external storage for Xbox One S. Because the games are bigger and bigger. I feel the internal 1TB storage will be full soon. You can still buy...
One more test on HDD
I did some tests of the HDD I took down from Xbox One S yesterday. Later, I get the software, HD Tune Pro 5.75 to do the surface check of it. The S.M.A.R.T Health information is as below. The C5...