Tag: USB

  • Review of generic USB to Serial (RS232) adaptors

    Having purchased a number of generic USB to serial adaptors from eBay, I thought I would go over the pros and cons of the types available. Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (counterfeit) The least expensive of those found on eBay, apparently these have a counterfeit Prolific chip, which limits them to working only on Windows XP.…

  • ComputerSphere – modding the original base to include a DVD burner

    I thought for a change in scenery, I would look at modding the original square base. The square base was an attachment that could be used to support the Videosphere, it wasn’t needed if the Videosphere was hanging. To keep with this idea, I decided to make the base a removable DVDRW drive, with a…

  • Review of USB Safely Remove – the device cannot be stopped right now

    Sick of constantly experiencing the Window’s “The device ‘Generic volume’ cannot be stopped because a program is still accessing it.” message, I decided to give the program USB Safely Remove a test. The first time trying to stop my USB hard-disk-drive I get the following “Could not find any processes locking USB device!”, great, the…

  • USB Wireless Presenter with Mouse and AutoHotkey

    I bought this USB Wireless Presenter for 12 USD from eBay as I needed to control the music and slideshow at a reception. It turned out to better than I expected, some of the reasons i purchased this was; Radio Frequency technology – no need to ‘point’ it at a receiver. 25m operating distance –…

  • Huge Pine USB to Serial Ports Driver

    Looking for the Huge Pine USB to Serial Ports driver? Setup_For_HugePine.exe Install, then connect your USB device and chose to automatically search for driver.