Archive for category Hardware
sTRX4 Linux RAID driver
Switching from Intel HEDT to AMD HEDT, to be more precise from Intel i9-7900X to Threadripper 3960X was enjoyable experience. More then double the core count, very attractive pricing (relatively) and support for more recent technologies. Code compile is just flying …
Unfortunately not all aspects of new platform are smooth sailing and main problem is with driver side on Linux. Using RAID on Linux is practically impossible due to … lack of driver.
Arduino Nano 33 BLE infinite loop upload issue
While working on code it’s common to make mistakes, but some mistakes are more severe than other.
I was playing around with BLE on Arduino Nano 33 BLE board and I thought that it would be good idea to delete BLE.central() in loop() as I had some issues with BLE communication. After uploading program immediately noticed orange blinking diode…
Disassembly LCD matrix on Compal FL90 laptop
A few days ago I noticed a bug (more like a small worm) on my LCD screen. First attempt to take it off failed, and I soon realized it was under my screen. Strange thing was that when i poke my screen with finger worm started to move. Unfortunately for me in that process (poking screen to “corner” it) i manage to kill it (or he just stuck in bottom corner of screen). In the end I got black area, similar to dead pixels.
Samsung HD753LJ and WindowsXP partition utillity
Samsung HD753LJ
I got my hands on this piece of hardware about one week ago, and first impression is rather nice. After plug-in it to PC everything went smooth, motherboard detect it without any problems [Asus A8N-E nForce4]. Next step that i did was run, under WindowsXP, partition utility to create appropriate logical drives. From that point win horror began. Read the rest of this entry »