TF2 Dub
Posted by Rob Holmes in Games on February 5th, 2010
Found this great video and thought I would share it with you all!
RAID0 – Is it worth it?
Posted by Rob Holmes in Hardware on February 2nd, 2010
Yes…
No I’m joking its not that simple. When I setup my new RAID0 arrary all that time ago I did some tests with 1 drive and then 2, to see if RAID0 was worth it. And here are the results.
That is with 1 None RAID Seagate F3 500Gb
That is with 2 Seagate F3’s in RAID0
There is 1 drop which I think is to do with the RAID controller that is used, otherwise its a lot higher transfer rate.
This is just the first bit of information on this. I am hopefully going to get the rest up later, or some else might 
Server Upgrade – HDDs and TV Cards
Posted by Rob Holmes in Hardware, Personal on February 2nd, 2010
About 4 weeks ago I upgraded my server after we got Freesat put in. I put in a old 320Gb SATA2 HDD I had spare form my RAID upgrade (Checked and all working now) and 3 TV cards, yes 3. I don’t think I will ever get all 3 working or need all 3 but we will see. The latest is a Prof 7301 PCI DVB-S card for the freesat connection (Its signal tuner even tho it has dual F connectors, 1 in, 1 out). Then I have some old analog tuners form back in the day. I also installed a ’small’ fan just to help a bit with cooling, its only small but will do. 
I haven’t ‘yet’ managed to get them all working. I’ve had bad look with TV cards (Hence why they are spare) and it isn’t changing. I am trying to use Media Portal but as I am using Windows Server 2008 on the server it seems to be coursing problems. I will try and fix it someday but for now BBC iPlayer will have to do.
BTW sorry for the lack of updates but due to my new job! WOOT I am no longer able to keep up to date with updates on here, but fear not because I am getting more time now I am settling in to the job and hopefully getting a little help posting updates form a Mr Shakey. More on that soon!
Ergotron MX LCD desk arm
Posted by Rob Holmes in Hardware on January 3rd, 2010
I got this Ergotron MX LCD desk arm for Christmas after the great review on Neowin. So here is a few pictures:
Mounting it was a bit hard due to the ‘troff” down the back for the cables, but we used the metal that fixes to the bottom as a wall mounting one, made a slot in the lat fixed to the wall and slotted it in. Then put a angel bracket on the front mounting hole of the metal plate underneath to stop it pulling off the wall. It now needs the slot filling in to hold it a bit more. The cable are also able to flow under the mount without having to go over. Great job Dad!
My Office/Workshop/Bedroom update
Posted by Rob Holmes in Personal on January 3rd, 2010
I have finally got my new screen mount installed (See above post in a bit) and so I wanted to share a few pictures of it all finished and everything in its place.
Looking good no?
Microsoft wants my assignment now!
Posted by Rob Holmes in News, OS, Software on December 31st, 2009
Sorry for the delay in posting on here, I am far from my 2 posts a week. I have a full time job now and with that a college there isn’t a lot of time left. Still I will try to update this at least once a month. I have a few things in the pipeline to come, like these; Freesat in Win7, TF2 Videos, PC Building, News, Updates on myself…
For now tho, I would like to show you this, Microsoft must need my college assignment now!
Desktop Nov
Posted by Rob Holmes in OS on November 10th, 2009
Here is my desktop for November:
I have updated to rainmeter 1.1 (Few problems with been on a domain that’s got folder redirection) and its looking good. Love the WAN IP address that is very useful!
I am using wallpaper rotation thats built in to Windows 7 (Windows 7 was my idea, GOT IT!), here are links to the images:
My new room/office!
Posted by Rob Holmes in Personal on November 10th, 2009
Hi all, sorry for a LONG delay in posting but I have been busy with my new room! I have been wanting a new room for ages now and a few weeks ago my parents gave the go ahead. Now most of the work has been a dad, he has done a GREAT job and thank him a lot for it! Its great!
Anyway, here is some pictures of the work:
The room has units at one side and a desk at the other, because room is very small my dad suggested a fold up bed, this meant that the units could be placed right back agaist the wall and when the bed is up, it allows a lot more space for my chair to run up and down the desk.
I came up with the idea of have a ‘channel’ down the back of the desk, this means cables can lay in it without hanging down the back and getting your legs in them. My room was also a little sort on power sockets, so we put in another 1 down the bottom, 3 desk level and 1 higher up for the network rack.
The network rack has been improved today with the addition of a PDU (Power Distribution Unit) which has made cable management easier. It also means unplugging devices is far easier and I have a spare port for another device 
That’s all for now, desktop next!
Cosmos S – Water Cooling Flow Test
Posted by Rob Holmes in Hardware on October 15th, 2009
Here is a video I made of my flow test on my new computer.
Looking good no?
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