Introduction This article will explain how you can reduce the rainbow effect with subtitles. The rainbow effect occurs in some DLP (Digital Light Processing) projectors, and it’s a visual artifact that can be very noticeable to some people. DLP and Laser projectors utilize a technology known as Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) to create images by … Rainbow Effect with Subtitles – Improving Viewing Experience
There has been significant debate regarding the efficacy of ReFS (Resilient File System) integrity streams and their ability to detect and repair “bit rot” or corrupted data. Specifically, I wanted to see how ReFS behaves when storage is presented in different ways to a Virtual Machine (VM). To ground this test, I referenced several discussions … Testing ReFS Integrity Streams: Can Windows Actually Fix Corrupted Data?
Rationale I’ve been using the MSI B450 Pro Carbon as my motherboard for a long time. It came with a very neat audio feature, called Nahimic Sound Sharing. Windows, by default, will only output audio to a single device. So, if you have two people trying to listen to music with their own headphones, you … Nahimic Sound Sharing alternatives: VoiceMeeter
WARNING: Some people reported bricked disks with this process, read this thread carefully before proceeding. If you own a Seagate Exos (in my case, X16), the drive usually comes pre-formatted with 512E sectors, but does support 4KN Advanced format. While the performance advancements of this conversion are unproven, I thought I’d do it just for … How to convert your Seagate to 4KN Advanced Format on Windows
NOTE: Chris Hill wrote a very detailed post on Reddit with more information on ReFS with integrity streams, and also created a pretty impressive automated PowerShell script. His results are very concerning, and I’d advise to not trust ReFS until further notice. I will be redoing my testing and will update the post once we … ReFS with Integrity Streams on Windows 11 – Can it be trusted?
Introduction This post will show you how to convert NVME to 4KN Advanced Format, as by default the vast majority of NVME SSDs will ship with logical sectors set to 512 bytes. In my previous post I discussed performance differences between 512 vs 4096 bytes sector format, and showed that at least as far as … How to convert NVME to 4KN Advanced Format
On this blog post I compare 512E vs 4KN Performance on NVME SSDs. I have been using 4K native sector size on my Exos disks, and recently came across a way to convert NVME SSDs to run in native 4K sector size as well. If you have a Sabrent drive, there is an easy way … 512E vs 4KN Performance on NVME SSDs
Introduction A large concern with 3D printing indoors is the printer particulate emissions, especially considering how harmful these can be. The SDS011 is an air quality sensor that can be used to monitor PM2.5 and PM10 levels. Since I have used it quite successfully to monitor the forest fires around my home in British Columbia, … Printer particulate emissions: Can the SDS011 monitor it?
WARNING: Flashing a Video BIOS (VBIOS) carries a significant risk of permanently damaging your graphics card. This guide is for educational purposes only. Proceed at your own risk (YMMV). After a recent upgrade to an MSI B450 Pro Carbon, I attempted to reinstall Windows using a pure UEFI configuration. However, after switching the BIOS setting … Fixing UEFI Boot Failure (1 Long, 2 Short Beeps) on MSI B450 Pro Carbon
In this blog post, I describe how to flash the Seagate Exos X16 to the latest firmware version. I recently purchased some of these Seagate Enterprise drives, and looks like they shipped with the SN02 Firmware. Upgrading on Windows is quite easy. Just be aware I tested with the drives still clean, while not in … How to Flash the Seagate Exos X16 from the SN02 to SN03 or SN04 Firmware