Author: Jamie Lenehan
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Debian on a QNAP TS-464 NAS
For the past four years I had been running a Probox HD7-SU31C USB-C direct attached storage (DAS) enclosure connected to a NUC10 as a NAS solution. This JBOD only enclosure supported 10GBps and UASP and worked very well. But it wasn’t perfect, as a I found out after a power outage and after dealing with…
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Pioneer SC-LX57, Linux, MythTv, Intel (i915) GPU and HDMI issues
Notes on my long running project to build a HTPC to replace my aging PVR has had many issues. The HDMI output is from the GPU on an Intel i3-3220 CPU in a Gigabyte GA-Z68M-D2H motherboard which is then connected to a Pioneer SC-LX57 AVR and then onto a Panasonic TH50PZ700A 50″ plasma screen. No sound…
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Pioneer SC-LX57 (SC-75) I/O assignments
The following image shows the inputs available on the rear of the Pioneer SC-LX57: There are eight HDMI inputs (IN1, BD, IN2, IN3, IN4, IN6, IN7 and IN8) on the back panel with an additional HDMI input on the front (IN5/MHL). There are two component inputs, two coaxial digital inputs, two optical digital inputs and…
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Leopold FC700R Keyboard
Everyone is going crazy over mechanical keyboards these days and if everyone else thinks it is a good thing then surely it must be? As someone who spends a good part of everyday using the keyboard and mouse I consider these tools of my trade and having a keyboard you can use day in and…
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ASRock motherboard COM header
I recently found the need to have a serial cable connected to my server, but like most systems these days there was no serial port to be seen on the back panel. The motherboard in the server is an ASRock Z77 Extreme4 which includes a COM port header on the motherboard. Looking around the office…