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Computers

• 10.13.08
  Intel i5000 chipset
  Computers, Hardware (0)

  It's not every day you get to see one of these chipsets. Annoyingly one of the metal clips that the chipset heatsink is held on by came detached from my motherboard. A bit of superglue and a lot of swearing later and I managed to get the heatsink back on without resorting to thermal glue. The markings on the chipset read: QG5000p SL972 L607A642 Intel (m) (c) '05 (e1) You can see where the metal clip came off in the upper right of the picture, it's the two tiny holes labelled 'HS10'. When are manufacturers going to improve mounting methods of heatsinks? Never, they'd rather ...
  
  
• 08.06.08
  Why I ‘upgraded’ back to XP
  Computers, Software (0)

  I think this forum post by 'revmoo' sums it up nicely; Things I like about Vista: Aero Things I hate about Vista: Everything else After the VMware autorun debacle (basically turning off autorun in Vista will mess with the ability to actually use your CD/DVD drive) and the constant resetting of folder views, I busted out the trusty N-lite-ed XP SP2 CD and installed it. One problem I will come across is the 4GB RAM limit of XP when I next upgrade. Do I buy a copy of XP x64 or simply live with it? Maybe I could go down the hackintosh route. Hell, I ...
  
  
• 06.02.08
  8-cores
  Computers, Hardware (1)

  Nope, you never get tired of seeing this.
  
  
• 06.01.08
  Supermicro’s Next Blade Server?
  Computers, Hardware, Technology (0)

  Supermicro's blade offerings are being touted as the best solution for a environmentally friendly clustered solution. CRN ranks their blades above the offerings of IBM and Dell. I'm anxious to see what other tricks they have up their sleeves. Obviously the answer is simple: Take their proven blade servers and shrink them even further to improve TCO and space management. Obviously there are plenty of 4U blade servers out there, so when is Supermicro going to join the ranks? They already produce slim dual processor motherboards that feature in their 1U Twin servers, so two-thirds of the battle is already won. ...
  
  
• 05.30.08
  So Crazy It Might Just Work
  Computers, Hardware (0)

  I'm in the middle of redesigning my home network (when I really should be in the middle of my uni work). One of the main points was sneaking a rack into the garage for a firewall, some servers and a beefy NAS. My new workstation has got me thinking of ingenious solutions to a big problem. My workstation is LOUD! Dual Xeons need serious cooling. I could just throw on a fan controller and throttle the two 120mm Akasa fans, but I'm getting back into the swing of Folding@Home and 100% across 8-cores is pushing it. So the obvious answer is ...
  
  
• 05.11.08
  Apple Mac OS X Boot Keys
  Apple, Computers, Guides (0)

  I hardly ever restart my ancient PowerBook, but when I do I can never remember the correct keystrokes for different startup procedures. Press these during startup: X: Force Mac OS X startup C: Start up from a bootable CD N: Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot) T: Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode Opt-Cmd-Shift-Delete: Seeks a different startup volume (e.g CD or external disk) Shift: Start up in Safe Boot mode (temporarily disables login items and non-essential kernel extension files) Cmd-V: Start up in Verbose mode Cmd-S: Start up in Single-User mode
  
  

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