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  4 February 20251 min read

  Flashing Wemos D1 mini pro is not that easy if the cable is not right

  Windows refused to recognise a USB-C Wemos D1 mini pro no matter which driver I installed. The board had power all along — the cable was the problem.

  • IoT
  • ESP8266
  • ESPEasy
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  9 April 20203 min read

  Do you remember that motherboard has CR2032 battery?

  A Dell OptiPlex 990 that would not boot Windows 7 and kept forgetting the time. One dead CR2032 battery, and a SATA mode reset to RAID.

  • Windows
  • Hardware
  • BIOS