by Kelvin | Aug 24, 2016 | Technology
If you have a first generation Xbox 360 Kinect that you are not using, you can repurpose it as a webcam for Skype on Windows 10! I happen to have purchased the Kinect add on kit previously which includes the external power supply and USB cable adaptor. I was lucky....
by Kelvin | Apr 20, 2016 | Technology
If you have an old PC with a full height ATX case and lots of extra disks, you can consider installing Synology NAS! A good Synology NAS costs a lot of money. The Synology DSM 5.2 is a very good OS with lots of capabilities if installed in a fast PC with lots of RAM....
by Kelvin | Apr 16, 2016 | Technology
Some of us re-use disks that were once part of an array without first removing the array information written in the disks. FreeNAS has problems with those disks and will not allow use of those disks until the array information has be wiped away. It is not easy to find...
by Kelvin | Apr 9, 2016 | Technology
Althought FreeNAS is based on FreeBSD, the method of installation of drivers are different. You need to follow the following steps (Assuming you have installed FreeNAS in a bootable USB disk) : Download the drivers for FreeBSD for your respective HBA at the Adaptec...
by Kelvin | Apr 8, 2016 | Technology
Older PCs have BIOS that uses MBR on the storage media for information for access. Modern systems have UEFI that uses GUID with GPT partitions on the storage media for access. If you have an old system with a new boot disk with a GUID partition, you may not be able...
