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Ok great, good to know. I was doing the same thing: I had a powered hub connected to the switch.

Ok cool, that's an interesting idea. How do you like the Aimos USB switch? I had something similar by UGREEN but it caused my keyboard to flake out on occasion and died in about a month anyway.

Can anyone recommend a reliable KVM? Only need two USB outputs and HDMI or DP. It seems like the market these days is flooded with dubious Chinese stuff.

Yeah I was using Synology Drive. The recycle bin is disabled for all of the shared folders, so the "empty recycle bin" button is greyed-out everywhere.

I just got my first NAS, a synology DS220j. I have two 4tb drives in there using SHR. I had set it to backup my desktop computer overnight. When I woke up this morning I checked on it and saw that it was duplicating the backup: that is, putting it into two different folders, thus doubling the...

Does anyone have any experience with Tripp Lite UPSs? I'm looking at the SMART1500LCD model. I need a decent UPS for my home desktop. I'm self-employed and use it all day, and lately we've had a few power outages here and it's becoming a problem. TIA...

Thanks for the input everyone. Realistically I know I will probably end up spending around $1300. Performance-wise it doesn't have to be much, I will mostly be using it for writing and editing large documents. However, I absolutely do not want to buy a cheap piece of plastic that will crack or...

After many years I'm in the market for a new laptop. I'm looking for something for work, which mostly involves lots of documents. I don't need something for gaming. The last laptop that I really loved was my trusty old Thinkpad X301. (It actually still works fine, I just want something with a...

That's what I was thinking, too. I was looking at this passthrough kit so I could plug the adapter right into the wall, and then the powerbar into the adapter - https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704278CVF&cm_re=powerline_passthrough-_-33-704-278CVF-_-Product There just...

Hi all, I could use some advice on networking in my apartment. I have some weird constraints and I'm trying to figure out the best way to go. I'm using an old N300 dual-band router. The internet comes into the apartment at the back, but all the electronics are at the front. I can't move the...

Yeah, something like that seems like it would do the trick. I don't know much about amps re: sound quality tho. I was talking to a guy at a local stereo store today and he was suggesting a Denon receiver to pair with the Wharfedales, because they have a very warm sound and the Denon would...

My old living room receiver is dying, and I'm thinking about ways to juggle around equipment without busting the bank. However, I don't know too much about home audio - until recently I was too poor to have anything particularly nice. I currently have a Denon DM40 mini receiver connected to my...

I recently discovered that the power supply to my USB hub had died without me realizing it. The hub's "power on" light was still coming on when the system is running, but it was turning off when the system is off. It normally doesn't do that. Now I need to find a replacement AC adapter for it...

Yesterday I put together a new PC, and my NuForce uDAC2 was working fine with it. I rebooted to let Windows update do it's thing, and now Windows won't cooperate with the NuForce. It won't output any sound, and when I try to test the NuForce I get a generic error saying Windows failed to play...

Ok, I was hoping to make some use of the speakers if at all possible. The shelf system is just getting pretty shitty - the CD player doesn't work, the radio doesn't work, and the remote almost doesn't work, plus it's fairly large and bulky. I'm moving in a few months and so was thinking of...