TITAM - Technical issues that affected me

This only applies to systems that use Intel Rapid Storage Technology drivers. The symptoms on this one are any of the following: Hot-swap SATA bays and other hot-swap SATA devices not being recognized when plugged in and out "Intel rst is not running" when hovering over the Intel Rapid Storage Technology icon in the system tray "IAStorUI has stopped working" with error code CLR20r3 when trying to start Intel Rapid Storage Technology More than likely, your BIOS has somehow gotten the SATA configuration changed from "AHCI mode" to "IDE mode".  Reboot, go into your BIOS, and change it back. For those wondering just why in hell you would ever change it in the first place, there are reasons.  For example, I back up my system with a BartPE bootable CD-ROM, and my BartPE build doesn't have drivers to support the mainboard operating in AHCI mode.  This means that to back up, I change to IDE mode, then change it back when I'm done. ...

A media player is to your media library what a DVD player is to your DVD library - a way to transfer your media so you can watch it. This is basically what the X8-H Plus and other similar devices are supposed to do for you, and that's why I got it.  So this review is going to be all about that.  If you want to know how to take advantage of the secondary features (games, Plex, whatever) you can look at the other reviews. I tried the X8 out because it was one-third the cost of a barebones Brix PC.  Since it's a single-purpose device intended to only drive my home theater, I figured - why not?  Yeah, the PC can be upgraded (until parts go obsolete in 2 years) and could do additional things (like recording) at additional cost, but that's not what I need. So how does it do?  Pretty damn well, as it turns out.  In short, I haven't had a single issue with it so far, and it seems at least as good - if not superior - to a roll-your-own media cent...