Super Power
Picked this guy up this morning because it wasn't booting. PSU fried due to electrical surge... However, this guy was dirty! Continue reading
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HP and Compaq Laptop Blink Codes
Someone may find this useful in diagnosing their HP or Compaq laptop boot failures that generally just show a black screen.
Cisco 7960 How to Create Conference Call
How to create a conference, or "3-way" call on Cisco 7960 phone... Begin with one caller already on the line (It does not matter who initiates the first…
Belkin F5U409 Windows 7 64bit Driver
Found a great post by Benjamin which outlines the work he did in finding a driver suitable for the Belkin F5U409 in Windows 64bit systems. Here's the blog…
IOPS Calculator
Here are some of the links I have for IOPS calculators on my site: https://techish.net/hardware/raid-iops-mbps-and-more-excel-cheat-sheet/ https://techish.net/hardware/iops-calculator-and-raid-calculators-estimators/ Some useful information on some of the graphing I had done with…
Samsung Galaxy S3 for $99?
Seems that AliExpress is having a Samsung Galaxy S3 for $99 go up for sale (only 5) in about 11.5 hours. Not sure I can trust this, but…
Lenovo Yoga 13 Fan Noise
[stextbox id=info]Update: This is an update from "Bloo" on the Lenovo forum thread surrounding this issue. tl;dr I've approved an update that contains a new thermal map that…
Belkin F5D5050 10/100 USB Ethernet Adapter
This is a handy little adapter to have in the tech bag I found out this morning. =) Download the driver at Belkin's site. Continue reading
Valkyrie Wireless Equipment
Here’s a gallery of some of the old photos (2004-2008) of Valkyrie Internet Services (Valkyrie Wireless) network and tower equipment I had the privilege of working on. Definitely…
Set Ambient Temperature Alarm VMware ESX Host
I had some temperature spikes in the data center recently that caused havoc and for some reason I never received notifications. I guess this isn't configured to email…
RAID, IOPS, MBps and more Excel Cheat Sheet
I’m working on an Excel spreadsheet (cheatsheet) that will allow for user input to calculate some of the following: Calculate IOPS, Usable Space, MB/s based on Number of…
Testing Disk in Linux using fio
I recently discovered a utility called fio that allows you to benchmark disk subsystem in Linux. Here are the results for this test. What is fio? fio is…
RAID, IOPS, MBps and more Excel Cheat Sheet
[stextbox id=alert]Hi Everyone! I have taken the XLS file offline. There were a ton of bugs, as pointed out in comments and through emails/Twitter. I am working on…
How to factory reset Cisco Small Business SLM2048
One of the Cisco Small Business Smart Switches, this easy-to-install, high-speed small-business switch offers many of the same quality of service (QoS) and security features found in Cisco's…
Samsung Galaxy S2 Stock Kernel for AT&T SGH-I777
A few links here for the stock kernel to revert back to non-rooted. Stock Kernel PDA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18535109&postcount=174 Odin3 One-Click: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18859438&postcount=199