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PIO Mode from The Tech ARP BIOS Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: June 18, 2018
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PIO Mode from The Tech ARP BIOS Guide

PIO Mode Common Options : Auto, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 Quick Review This BIOS feature allows you to set the ...

PIO Mode Common Options : Auto, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 Quick Review This BIOS feature allows you to set the PIO (Programmed Input / Output) mode for the IDE drive. Setting this BIOS feature to Auto lets ...

June 18, 2018
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How To Choose The Best Drive For Your PC

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: December 29, 2017
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How To Choose The Best Drive For Your PC

Western Digital colour-codes their hard disk drives not to make the drives look sexier, or to help sell m ...

Western Digital colour-codes their hard disk drives not to make the drives look sexier, or to help sell more hard disk drives. They created the WD drive colours to help users understand the distinct a ...

December 29, 2017
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The Transcend StoreJet 200 For Mac Revealed!

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: December 20, 2017
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The Transcend StoreJet 200 For Mac Revealed!

Transcend Information Inc. just announced the StoreJet 200 for Mac portable hard drive. This is a large c ...

Transcend Information Inc. just announced the StoreJet 200 for Mac portable hard drive. This is a large capacity and lightweight drive for Mac devices. The Transcend StoreJet 200 For Mac Featur ...

December 20, 2017
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WD Introduces MAMR Technology For 40TB & Beyond!

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: October 16, 2017
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WD Introduces MAMR Technology For 40TB & Beyond!

October 13, 2017 — Western Digital just announced a breakthrough innovation for delivering ultra-high cap ...

October 13, 2017 — Western Digital just announced a breakthrough innovation for delivering ultra-high capacity hard disk drives (HDDs) to meet the future demands of Big Data with proven data center-le ...

October 16, 2017
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The 10TB WD Red (WD100EFAX) Hard Disk Drive Review

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: August 16, 2017
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The 10TB WD Red (WD100EFAX) Hard Disk Drive Review

The popularity of Network-Attached Storage (NAS) systems has fuelled a surge in demand for large capacity ...

The popularity of Network-Attached Storage (NAS) systems has fuelled a surge in demand for large capacity hard disk drives. This interest led Western Digital to create the WD Red NAS-optimised family ...

August 16, 2017
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The 8TB WD Gold Datacenter Drive (WD8002FRYZ) Review

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: July 15, 2017
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The 8TB WD Gold Datacenter Drive (WD8002FRYZ) Review

WD Gold Datacenter Drives On April 20, 2016, Western Digital launched the new WD Gold family of hard disk ...

WD Gold Datacenter Drives On April 20, 2016, Western Digital launched the new WD Gold family of hard disk drives. These hard disk drives are designed for maximum performance and reliability in the hig ...

July 15, 2017
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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10TB WD Purple Helium-Filled Surveillance Drive Launched!

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: June 09, 2017
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10TB WD Purple Helium-Filled Surveillance Drive Launched!

Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC), a storage industry leader, today announced the availability of ...

Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC), a storage industry leader, today announced the availability of the 10TB WD Purple HDD, the newest member of its high-capacity hard drive line for surveillanc ...

June 09, 2017
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10TB WD Red & Red Pro Helium-Filled Drives Launched!

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: June 09, 2017
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10TB WD Red & Red Pro Helium-Filled Drives Launched!

Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced the 10TB WD Red (Lowest Price) and 10TB WD Red Pro (L ...

Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced the 10TB WD Red (Lowest Price) and 10TB WD Red Pro (Lowest Price) NAS hard drives lineup with the introduction of 10TB capacity models optimized for ...

June 09, 2017
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New WD G-Technology Drives With Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: June 09, 2017
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New WD G-Technology Drives With Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C

Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced upgrades to its award-winning G-Technology prod ...

Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced upgrades to its award-winning G-Technology product lines, including the addition of Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C connectivity technologies. To be o ...

June 09, 2017
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Fixed Disk Boot Sector – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: May 22, 2017
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Fixed Disk Boot Sector – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Fixed Disk Boot Sector Common Options : Normal, Write Protect Quick Review The Fixed Disk Boot Sec ...

Fixed Disk Boot Sector Common Options : Normal, Write Protect Quick Review The Fixed Disk Boot Sector BIOS feature provides rudimentary anti-virus protection by write-protecting the boot sector ...

May 22, 2017
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ATAPI 80-Pin Cable Detection – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: May 15, 2017
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ATAPI 80-Pin Cable Detection – The BIOS Optimization Guide

ATAPI 80-Pin Cable Detection Common Options : Host & Device, Host, Device Quick Review The ATA ...

ATAPI 80-Pin Cable Detection Common Options : Host & Device, Host, Device Quick Review The ATAPI 80-Pin Cable Detection BIOS feature was incorrectly named because it actually refers to the ...

May 15, 2017
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GIGABYTE 200 Series Motherboards Now Optane Ready!

Posted by Carolyn Ng
|Date: April 04, 2017
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GIGABYTE 200 Series Motherboards Now Optane Ready!

Taipei, 30 March 2017 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd is proud to release the all-new advanced capability t ...

Taipei, 30 March 2017 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd is proud to release the all-new advanced capability to utilize Intel Optane Memory on its 200 Series Motherboards. Intel Optane Memory enhances trad ...

April 04, 2017
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32-bit Transfer Mode – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: March 06, 2017
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32-bit Transfer Mode – The BIOS Optimization Guide

32-bit Transfer Mode Common Options : On, Off Quick Review This BIOS feature allows you to command ...

32-bit Transfer Mode Common Options : On, Off Quick Review This BIOS feature allows you to command the IDE controller to combine two 16-bit hard disk reads into a single 32-bit data transfer to ...

March 06, 2017
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IDE Detect Time Out – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: February 20, 2017
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IDE Detect Time Out – The BIOS Optimization Guide

IDE Detect Time Out Common Options : 0 to 15 or 0 to 30, in 1 second steps Quick Review Motherboar ...

IDE Detect Time Out Common Options : 0 to 15 or 0 to 30, in 1 second steps Quick Review Motherboards are capable of booting up much faster these days, with the initialization of IDE devices now ...

February 20, 2017
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IDE HDD Block Mode – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: November 28, 2016
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IDE HDD Block Mode – The BIOS Optimization Guide

IDE HDD Block Mode Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The IDE HDD Block Mode BIOS fea ...

IDE HDD Block Mode Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The IDE HDD Block Mode BIOS feature speeds up hard disk drive access by transferring multiple sectors of data per interrupt in ...

November 28, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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WD Gold – The Gold Standard In HDD Technology

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: November 09, 2016
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WD Gold – The Gold Standard In HDD Technology

Hard disk drives have evolved into many distinct families to cater to different requirements - performanc ...

Hard disk drives have evolved into many distinct families to cater to different requirements - performance, low cost storage, NAS, surveillance, etc. They often emphasise one attribute over others, to ...

November 09, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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Mainstream Hard Disk Drives Keep Getting Better

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: September 15, 2016
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Mainstream Hard Disk Drives Keep Getting Better

Hard disk drives have become so commoditised that most users assume that one hard disk drive is no differ ...

Hard disk drives have become so commoditised that most users assume that one hard disk drive is no different from another. That's not true, of course, because there are performance-grade drives, NAS-o ...

September 15, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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Is Your Hard Disk Drive Optimised For CCTV Recording?

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: August 20, 2016
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Is Your Hard Disk Drive Optimised For CCTV Recording?

Once the fearsome tool of a totalitarian state in George Orwell's iconic novel - 1984, CCTV surveillance ...

Once the fearsome tool of a totalitarian state in George Orwell's iconic novel - 1984, CCTV surveillance is not only ubiquitous, it is even considered essential. Forget Big Brother. Many modern homes ...

August 20, 2016
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10TB WD Gold Increases Storage Capacity By 25%

Posted by Carolyn Ng
|Date: August 18, 2016
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10TB WD Gold Increases Storage Capacity By 25%

15 August 2016 – Western Digital Corporation today announced a new, high-capacity configuration of up to ...

15 August 2016 – Western Digital Corporation today announced a new, high-capacity configuration of up to 10TB for its award-winning WD Gold datacenter hard drives. Designed for modern enterprise stora ...

August 18, 2016
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High Performance PCs Need High Performance Drives

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: June 15, 2016
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High Performance PCs Need High Performance Drives

In the early days of personal computing, hard disk drives were just a place to store our applications and ...

In the early days of personal computing, hard disk drives were just a place to store our applications and files. Our requirements were simpler back then, and so were the hard disk drives. Over time, o ...

June 15, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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5 Reasons To Only Use NAS-Optimised Drives In Your NAS

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: May 27, 2016
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5 Reasons To Only Use NAS-Optimised Drives In Your NAS

Network-attached storage (NAS) drives provide fast and secure storage for backup files, or a central repo ...

Network-attached storage (NAS) drives provide fast and secure storage for backup files, or a central repository of shared files that everyone can access. As NAS drives are available 24/7, they offer t ...

May 27, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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2TB WD Black HDD Giveaway Contest Results

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: April 26, 2016
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2TB WD Black HDD Giveaway Contest Results

In our review of the 2TB WD Black hard disk drive, we noted that it is an insanely fast drive. In fact, i ...

In our review of the 2TB WD Black hard disk drive, we noted that it is an insanely fast drive. In fact, it came in second only to the WD VelociRaptor in our tests! Needless to say, it was one of the f ...

April 26, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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SATA Mode – BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: April 24, 2016
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SATA Mode – BIOS Optimization Guide

SATA Mode Common Options : RAID, SATA or AHCI, IDE Quick Review The SATA Mode BIOS feature is simi ...

SATA Mode Common Options : RAID, SATA or AHCI, IDE Quick Review The SATA Mode BIOS feature is similar to the SATA Operation Mode BIOS feature, but with different options available. It controls ...

April 24, 2016
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WD Gold Datacenter Hard Drives Launched

Posted by Carolyn Ng
|Date: April 22, 2016
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WD Gold Datacenter Hard Drives Launched

20 April 2016 — Western Digital Corporation today announced the expansion of its award-winning color port ...

20 April 2016 — Western Digital Corporation today announced the expansion of its award-winning color portfolio with a new line; WD Gold datacenter hard drives. WD Gold datacenter hard drives are desig ...

April 22, 2016
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Sharkoon QuickPort USB Type C Docking Station Launched

Posted by Carolyn Ng
|Date: March 21, 2016
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Sharkoon QuickPort USB Type C Docking Station Launched

Sharkoon expands its range of docking stations and introduces the fastest QuickPort to the product family ...

Sharkoon expands its range of docking stations and introduces the fastest QuickPort to the product family, which thanks to USB 3.1, offers a data transfer rate of up to 10 gigabits per second. The Sha ...

March 21, 2016
| by Carolyn Ng

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Delay IDE Initial – BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: March 13, 2016
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Delay IDE Initial – BIOS Optimization Guide

Delay IDE Initial Common Options : 0 to 15 Quick Review Motherboards are capable of booting up muc ...

Delay IDE Initial Common Options : 0 to 15 Quick Review Motherboards are capable of booting up much faster these days. Therefore, initialization of IDE devices now take place much earlier. Unfo ...

March 13, 2016
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How The Right Surveillance Storage Improves The System

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: March 09, 2016
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How The Right Surveillance Storage Improves The System

When the first event music, “Video Killed the Radio Star” premiered on MTV in 1981, it started a video re ...

When the first event music, “Video Killed the Radio Star” premiered on MTV in 1981, it started a video revolution. A lot has changed since then, but video’s relevance in our culture, has increased, an ...

March 09, 2016
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WD HelioSeal Technology Expands Storage Capacity to 8TB

Posted by Carolyn Ng
|Date: March 03, 2016
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WD HelioSeal Technology Expands Storage Capacity to 8TB

2 March 2016 – Western Digital Corporation today announced the expansion of its award-winning portfolio o ...

2 March 2016 – Western Digital Corporation today announced the expansion of its award-winning portfolio of performance storage solutions with 8TB capacity drives for NAS, video surveillance and deskto ...

March 03, 2016
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HP ENVY 15t (15t-ae100) Laptop Review

Posted by ZY Tay
|Date: January 22, 2016
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HP ENVY 15t (15t-ae100) Laptop Review

The HP ENVY 15t comes in 3 different processor and graphic card configurations : Intel i7-6700HQ quad-cor ...

The HP ENVY 15t comes in 3 different processor and graphic card configurations : Intel i7-6700HQ quad-core processor with integrated Intel HD Graphics, or Intel i7-6500U dual-core processor with an NV ...

January 22, 2016
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ARMD Emulation Type – BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: January 17, 2016
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ARMD Emulation Type – BIOS Optimization Guide

ARMD Emulation Type Common Options : Auto, Floppy, Hard Disk Drive Quick Review ARMD is actually s ...

ARMD Emulation Type Common Options : Auto, Floppy, Hard Disk Drive Quick Review ARMD is actually short for ATAPI Removable Media Device. It refers to devices that use removable media. Examples ...

January 17, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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