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| Razer Thunderbolt 4 Dock Chroma |
Further Info:
Thursday, 16 June 2022
Tuesday, 10 May 2022
Friday, 8 April 2022
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
Wednesday, 12 January 2022
Wednesday, 22 December 2021
Drive!
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| Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD |
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| Orico NVMe M.2 SSD Enclosure |
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| Satechi USB-C Aluminium Multi-Port Adapter V2 |
Thursday, 11 November 2021
Sunday, 10 October 2021
Win10 Starter Kit Update
The 2013 Rig was still working but needed a replacement power supply. The Backup Device turned out OK, but I bit the bullet and updated to a new 2021 Rig. There's now a bunch of Win10 installations floating around.
Security
- Private Internet Access
- And turned File History on!
Productivity
Media
Further Info:
Thursday, 9 September 2021
NEW RIG 2021
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| Streacom FC5WS Alpha Black w/out Optical Slot |
- ASRockZ 590M-ITX/ax LGA1200 W-Fi Mini ITX Motherboard
- Intel 11th Gen Core i7 11700 2.5GHz 8C/16T 65W 16MB Rocket Lake CPU
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (2x32GB) DDR4 3200MHz Memory
- Streacom ST-ZF240 ZeroFlex 240W Passive PSU
- Samsung 980 PRO 500GB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD (6900/5000)
- Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Further Info:
New Monitor(s)Friday, 6 August 2021
Work Backup Device - Azulle Access 4
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| Azulle Access 4 |
WARNING - DEVICE NOT RECOMMENDED
- After Win10 update the device becomes unstable (BSOD restart loop after 'Driver Power State Error', with updates getting to the dreaded 42%).
- Pretty sure it is a network adapter driver problem as the wireless network and ethernet options both become non-functional (even if it says there's an internet connection)
- The problem can be temporarily fixed with a factory reset (instructions below) but then Win10 updates cause the problem to recur. Maybe it will be fixed in future who knows?
- Product support from the company was unhelpful and unprofessional. I told them I tried the factory reset. They said, hey try this factory reset procedure. I said, yeah I've done that 3 times. They said nothing. Now I'm leaving this review.
Specifications
- Intel Celeron J4125 @2.00GHz
- 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
- 64GB eMMC Storage
- Intel HD Graphic 600
- Intel AC3165 Dual Band WiFis / Bluetooth 4.2
- 1Gb Ethernet
- HDMI Out (with an HDMI extension cable)
- 1xUSB 3.2, 1xUSB C (have not yet tested dual monitor as the USB C to HDMI adapter isn't included), Micro SD slot up to 512GB
- Power 5V/3A
- 13cm x 5cm x 2cm, 580g
- Win10 Pro
Anyway the device can probably be used with a minimal Win10 install for business continuity purposes
- Disable Win10 updates using Local Group Policy (Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Disabled)
- Uninstall bloatware - Xbox, Skype, Office365 trial, OneNote, OneDrive, Solitaire
- Enable system restore
- Install
- Avast Antivirus
- Chrome ... turn off autofill etc.
- Private Internet Access
- K-lite codecs
- Via Microsoft Store
- Citrix
- Set restore point
- Leave disgruntled review
Further Info:
New Monitor(s)Factory Reset Procedure (warning - will wipe the hard drive)
- Download the 6GB restore media file, which requires FTP (2020 called they want their file transfer protocol back)
- Format a USB drive as NTFS and named WINPE
- Unzip the restore media and copy over to the USB drive
- Power down the Azulle Access 4 device and insert the USB drive
- Restart the Azulle Access 4 device and press F7 to access the bios (password is 0000)
- Select the USB drive from the one-time boot menu
- Wait a while for the process to run then hopefully you should be back to a clean install of Win10
Sunday, 4 July 2021
Saturday, 19 June 2021
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
Thursday, 8 April 2021
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Wednesday, 17 February 2021
Wednesday, 6 January 2021
Monday, 21 December 2020
Thursday, 5 November 2020
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