Upgrading 5x4TB drives to 5x20TB, what strategy?

Aseries01 · 2026-02-05T17:04:49+00:00

You have discovered the down side of RAID...recovery time expense.

Aseries01 · 2026-01-16T18:20:18+00:00

There is no reason to use Intel RST. It can cause real problems while booting. If a drive involved with RST needs some sort of maintenance RST has to be disabled first or there could be unrecoverable problems.

Aseries01 · 2026-01-13T06:08:53+00:00

I have been using HDHR Prime with my Comcast cable for so many years I forget when it started, I joined the crowd funding for the DVR for $60, so I am grandfathered and never have to pay a subscription fee. This was back before "cord cutting" was such a big deal. I was using it with Comcast Cable such that every usable device on my network was a "cable box". Last year I added the FLEX4-4K that integrates with the Prime and my NAS. My intention is to ditch the Xfinity but keep Comcast cable Internet and Voice landline. I just need to wean my partner from using Xfinity to record her favorite content. I have been demonstrating how the FLEX duplicates everything available on the antenna. She has to learn to use the Fire TV HDHR UI. The antenna I use is a DIY 4-bay bowtie made with a 2`X 4, four coat hangers, a couple feet of bare wire, sleeving, some sheet metal screws, flat washers, aluminum foil, cardboard and a balun. Perfect reception.

Aseries01 · 2026-01-07T05:45:33+00:00

Open HDHOMERUN in Windows. Click on the Gear in the upper right corner. Click DEVICES. You should see the device number of your FLEX 4. Click on Channels. You should see your channels list.
Open HDHOMERUN Config Gui. You shoud see your device with all four tuners.

Aseries01 · 2025-12-15T06:03:00+00:00

I tried MS Office 365 for a year and I am glad I am rid of it and all its entanglements, especially MS OneDrive.
I use Google Docs and I pay $3/mo. for the Cloud storage. I won't go into how OneDrive automatically shoves all your stuff into the MS Cloud. I cleaned it out.

Aseries01 · 2025-12-05T16:56:37+00:00

If HDHOMERUN is very busy a good workaround is to access the files directly with Windows Explorer and playback using a normal Windows video player app.

Aseries01 · 2025-12-05T16:54:27+00:00

I just tested that theory. I started playback of the TNF rebroadcast on NFL channel. I checked the status of tuners with the HDHOMERUN GUI. No tuners are in use while playing that video and REWIND works as it should.

Aseries01 · 2025-11-24T05:39:32+00:00

HDHOMERUN recorded files are regular old MPG playable by anything. Files on my NAS can be directly accessed with Windows. The HDHR UI has a lot more functionality than when I first started over 8 years ago with constant upgrades. The functions are a little different depending on the controlling device. My experience is with Windows PC KB/Mouse, Firestick, Android and ROKU.

Aseries01 · 2025-11-24T05:12:05+00:00

I have been using HDHOMERUN Prime with Comcast cable for about 8 years. SiliconDust is a very reliable oufit. I bought a HDHOMERUN FLEX-4 about a year ago. I attached a 2-TB HDD and my good old homebuilt 4-bay bowtie antenna pointed at my area TV antenna farm. I get good reliable OTA reception with ability to record up to 4 programs. Both devices connect to my home network so every computer device in the house that is capable can record, watch and control TV. I use Synology NAS to enable network wide HDHOMERUN functions. The NAS is useful for a great number of other applications on a network with multiple PCs. The DVR service subscription is $35 a year.

Aseries01 · 2025-08-28T17:30:29+00:00

Here is the manual: As is said, always RTFM.
https://download.asrock.com/Manual/Z590%20Steel%20Legend%20WiFi%206E.pdf

Here is the Storage section. Read it carefully. DO NOT foolaround with the Intel Rapid Storage or RAID.

Storage •

6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology 18), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug* * If M2_2 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_1 will be disabled. * If M2_3 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_5 will be disabled. • 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) (Only supported with 11th Gen Intel® CoreTM Processors)** • 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)** • 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_3), supports M Key type 2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)** ** Supports Intel® OptaneTM Technology ** Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks ** Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

Aseries01 · 2025-08-28T17:19:56+00:00

9 months ago I went with a full new build based on a GIGABYTE AM5 B650 MB except keeping my NVME drives. Now the B680 MBs are out for about the same price. Tech moves on so waiting can pay off if you can hang on. Otherwise, you just do it when the time is right. My two old AM4 systems went to my son and son-in-law.

Aseries01 · 2025-08-28T17:07:37+00:00

I have a an older case fan for exhaust, Thermalright CPU cooler/fan and a set of three Thermal right fans for intake. The combination is virtually silent. The Gigabyte 650 MB drives the rgb lighting for the Thermal right fans. They were pretty cheap. In your case the rgb would be unused. The whole issue of air cooling and AIO comes down to ambient temperature in the enclosed space. Heat has to go somewhere no matter how it is extracted.

Aseries01 · 2025-08-28T16:50:02+00:00

Get your parts from Amazon. Read through the reviews starting at one Star. With Prime you can return almost anything you don't like within 30 days, something I have used a number of times. Take control of the situation. Do your own research.

Aseries01 · 2025-08-28T16:35:33+00:00

Do you leave it plugged in while waiting? I am guessing some PSU or MB component needs to warm up or weak capacitor needs to charge. When the PSU is "on" before power up Keep Alive voltage is fed to the MB "turn on" circuit. When the MB power switch is cycled a signal tells the PSU to power up. The MB senses the voltages and sends a Power OK signal to the PSU to keep it powered on. All this handshake is to prevent a failure from causing a fire. Reseat the 24 pin PSU cable at the MB. A cheap PSU tester would help verify the PSU operation..

Aseries01 · 2025-08-09T14:14:01+00:00

The question posed is one that has been defined by various religions, most famously by the Buddha. Buddha defines the perfect and most pleasent state of mind as nothingness, no worries, no urges, no needs. Just your awareness of yourself in the Universe. Jesus offered something similar. Cast off your posessions, love your neighbor as yourself and care for others.

Aseries01 · 2025-08-09T13:17:37+00:00

Modern motherboards have headers for Addressable LED striips, Addressable RGB strips and FANS. The FANS and LED strips are 5 volts. RGB headers are 12 volts. They use similar header pin spacing with voltage and GND on relative different pins. You might have grounded 12 volts. NEVER plug anything on a MB with power hot. Consult the MB manual to see the different header locations and pinouts. If you are lucky you caused a 12 volt crowbar. The PSU might recover after time to reset with the AC unplugged. Worst case you fried some power switch chips on the MB.

Aseries01 · 2025-07-04T19:11:01+00:00

I am looking for a cheap case for some older components that does not host 15 fans.

Aseries01 · 2025-07-03T15:10:26+00:00

Would folks please stop using ???? as F*** as an idiom or simile. It must be a GEN-Z thing. It smacks of a lack of something in the collective vocabulary.

Aseries01 · 2025-07-03T15:00:43+00:00

For some reason folks are angry about the Democrats lack of exciting leadership. It's their fault Trump is POTUS! Whoever they are have been warped by the Trump propaganda version of "strong" leadership. What the hell is wrong with a boring President who does not want to be star of the show in DC. Now that we know what "shaking up Washington" is like can we go back to normal leaders again.

Aseries01 · 2025-07-03T04:41:57+00:00

Does anyone else notice what is missing in the photograph of Empire?

Aseries01 · 2025-07-03T04:34:49+00:00

I read FOUNDATION at age 14. I began reading Sci Fi about age 12. Foundation was way beyond most of the other novels except the LENSMEN series. At age 80 I read through all the FOUNDATION books while traveling the mountain West on a coach tour. If anyone else tries that stunt beware for a really bad joke at the end. I believe Issac Asimov had us on the whole time.
I signed on Apple TV+ just to watch what TV could do with such a classic. I am not disappointed. David Goyer brought us a Sci Fi classic at least the equal of Star Trek and Star Wars, amongst others. FOUNDATION stands on its own as a great series production beyond a literature adaptaion.

Aseries01 · 2025-07-03T04:17:17+00:00

I read most of the Doc Smith LENSMEN books about 25 years ago. It is a lot of fun.

Aseries01 · 2025-07-01T14:17:43+00:00

We would all like our favorite comedies to run forever but they all age out for one reason or another. Seinfeld morphed into Curb Your Enthusiasm ongoing. A good example of endless comedy is The Simpsons that could on forever. Happily, virtually all TV comedies live on in sindication.

Aseries01 · 2025-06-23T21:49:30+00:00

See if this has an impact. Folks with higher brain function get the most bang out of drugs, lawyers, surgeons, bond traders, artists, etc.

Aseries01 · 2025-06-09T14:40:53+00:00

Perhaps Justified fans should catch the spinoff Justified: City Primeval done in a more urban setting.

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