Tech support to customer: I think I know how to solve your problem. Customer: Really? Tech support: I'm sure this will work. Customer: OK. What do I do? Tech support: Are you in a cubicle? Customer: Yes. Tech support: Stand on your desk chair. Be careful not to … [Read more...]
QNAP TBS-h574TX-i5-16G-US NAS heat management
My current working hypothesis about the apparent drive failures is a combination of inadequate cooling from the NAS box combined with SSD thermal throttling not working right. I updated the fan setting to "performance." I ordered 5 low-profile (5mm) M.2 heat sinks. And I told … [Read more...]
QNAP TBS-h574TX-i5-16G-US NAS OOBE
Don't you just love those NAS model numbers? The QNAP TBS-h574TX-i5-16G-US is a Network Attached Storage (NAS) box that has slots for five hot-swappable E1.S Solid State Disk (SSD) modules. It comes with adapters so that you can use M.2 2280 SSDs, which are more available now … [Read more...]
ATTO NS-3252 Thunderbolt 3 to 25 GbE adapter
The adapter arrived today. A card in the package said to go to www.atto.com/gettingstarted. I tried that, and got a page not found. I went to the ATTO website and registered tha product. I looked for Windows 11 drivers and found a page that said I could download them … [Read more...]
Anker SOLIX C1000/C1000X Portable Power Station woes
My Anker power station, which I'm using as a UPS, stopped charging the battery. I watched the charge decrease over a couple of weeks, and when it got down to 78%, I figured I needed to do something about it. I poked around the 'net, and found that someone had fixed the same … [Read more...]
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