Mackenzie Putnam

Once you have a fan of the correct size you need to open your case and line up the fan with the mounting area. It will have four screw holes, as will the fan, so you just need to line up the screw holes on e

Overall power draw can sometimes be an issue, as well. Video cards are the primary troublemaker. Be sure to check the power requirements specified by the manufacturer before buying a new video card. If your current supply is below the requirements you should upgrade it before installing new hardw

This has been a dream of mine for years, but I've always avoided the project because of the costs I assumed were involved. However, writing for MakeUseOf often forces me to think a bit outside the box. How would I accomplish a home security system inexpensively or f

When you’re ready to begin, open Start >Control Panel >Add a device and then hold the 1 and 2 buttons on your Wiimote. Windows should detect the device (as Nintendo RVL-CNT-01 ) and add it, before asking you to select a pairing option – you don’t need to choose a passcode to pair this type of device, however, so skip t

One icon – a mouse – will be highlighted at the top of the window. Double-click this and your device will then be listed as Nintendo RVL-CNT-01 – connection is complete, as indicated by the dotted green line between your device icon and the orange sph

As you can see even from this first screen - the software has a lot of capabilities. Not only can you capture input from cameras connected directly to your computer, on your home network, or over the Internet - but you can even generate a web page that you could access from anywhere to watch all of your configured came

This is the place where we can accomplish the magic. A few things to keep in mind here. First, set the sensitivity to what you want to accomplish. For example, in my case my cameras are sitting in an empty house where nothing should be moving. Setting it to 95% will fire off an email at the slightest movement. However, if you have a small cat or dog in the house, you may want to set it for 75% to 80% so that it ignores smaller movements. The last thing you want is a flurry of hundreds of emails because your cat decided to start playing with the web

Choosing the Performance tab option, you should two options. First is Overclock, which you probably won't need to touch. However, ensure that the GPU Memory setting is set to the default 128 MiB. You can change this, however. For instance, 64 MiB is perfect for low-intensity desktop tasks such as word processing and em

For standard office tasks, LibreOffice is preinstalled with the PIXEL desktop.This is the modern fork of the popular Open Office suite, and has been configured for the Raspberry Pi. Including a word processor, spreadsheet tool, database and presentation software, LibreOffice will complete your Raspberry Pi desk

I captured three snapshots of this student who had just walked into the room and stood at the table. Just imagine if this was your home or business security system. No need to rewind and Pcbuildinsight.com review security tape - your wifi surveillance system will automatically capture and store the mugshots, and you'll know about it instantly over email or your ph

Now you may be wondering – what is the difference between three and four-pin connections? It’s all about a feature called Pulse Width Modulation. With this feature, which is enabled through the fourth pin, a computer can control the speed of a fan connected to its motherboard. Having this is nice because the fan can automatically adjust its speed based on internal temperatures or user pres

(Before proceeding, please be aware that some USB Bluetooth adaptors will be unsuitable for this task. Whether or not the following steps work will depend on the build and chipset of the device you are using. Similarly some on-board Bluetooth receivers may prove problemat

The next screen of the startup wizard helps you select which type of camera you want to connect to. Keep in mind that if you've set up a remote Wi-Fi webcam that has its own IP on your network, you can connect to it directly by selecting " Network IP Camer

Installation is as you would expect. Just insert the screws into the holes drilled in the case and then through the holes in the fan itself. Righty-tighty until the screw is flush with the mount and can't be tightened further. Because the screws usually have a very flat base you may find that inserting them is difficult. That’s another reason to temporarily tape the fan in place – it will make inserting the screw eas

Keeping the fan in place is before the screws are installed is a common difficulty. Expensive cases usually have brackets that can hold a fan even without screws, but budget cases do not, making installation a chore. My recommendation is to use a few pieces of masking tape or duct tape to temporarily hold the fan is pl

You should check the specifications of the hardware you’re buying to see what operating systems it is officially compatible with. If you are using a Linux distro, you should check its help forums. You’ll often find lists of fully and partially compatible hardw