Recent content by Iama

You guys rock! I've had more questions answered in the last couple of hours of perusing these pages than in MONTHS of playing around on my own. Just so you understand.. I've gone through 4 (or 5?) different DVR situations, the last a Lorex HD with 16 cameras that stopped accepting video after 2...

That.. is.. AWESOME!! yes, thank you for sharing!

wow.. $100 for a Core-i7 3770, Mobo, 16 GB RAM, PSU, and a case? Dude, totally worth it IMO. Even if you put Ubuntu on it. However... I ran into problems when trying to simply switch my BI hard drive (running Windows Server 2008) from an old Core2 duo to a Dell 3010. Same thing with an SSD from...

ditto: I run one PC as my server, and have 3-5 other PC's log into it on varying basis. However, I AM contemplating another BI license for another PC because it will run a completely different camera system (internal, as opposed to external/public). Although I *could* run the BI with different...

This is good advice. Also, if you're going to recrimp/rewire, you might want to use a better tester than the basic ones. I went through several of them until finally just spending a few extra $'s and got this one. Been VERY happy with it, and thousands of crimps, and years later, it still runs...

I'm with Nayr, pretty much any $100 UPS will do. Your PC will use more power than all your cameras/switches/modem/router. e.g. your basic video card may use up to 150 watts alone. (Which may be another good reason to just use the onboard video..) However... you really only need to be sure of 3...

Hi everyone, Looking forward to finally getting some straight answers to a LOT of questions I just don't have the time or money to figure out myself. My thanks in advance to any help or advice. I'll be perusing the threads a bit first so I don't duplicate questions/answers, but please be patient...