Recently ran into an issue with a Poweredge r620 and iDrac. The server was up but giving a memory error and I couldn’t get into iDrac. This is the error I saw when trying to login. RAC0218: The maximum number of user sessions is reached Very frustrating when I knew there was no one else […]
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It all began with a Diamond Stealth III video card
The very first time I got serious about computers was when I decided to buy a video card to upgrade, so I could play Delta Force. I don’t remember exactly what I had at the time, in fact I don’t even think it was my PC. I’m pretty sure it was my parents PC, and […]
Read More →Microsoft Data Protection Manager taking full backups of MSSQL and interrupting timeline
Recently at work I ran into an odd issue with a customer and MSSQL backups. The customer had setup some maintenance plans to backup their databases according to a schedule, fulls one day a week followed by differential backups and then rolling over. Pretty common. But when the poop hit the fan and the customer […]
Read More →Bat script to backup MySQL on a Windows Server
Use the script below to backup your MySQL server running on a Windows server. Just create the bat file then create a scheduled task to run it. This file will append the date to the file name and keeps files up to 7 days. Adjust as needed. *Backs up the files to C:\MySQLBackup. Make sure […]
Read More →DOCSIS 2 vs DOCSIS 3 speed test results
A while back I upgraded my modem from a DOCSIS 2 to a DOCSIS 3. I purchase my own cable modem to save some money over leasing it from Comcast. It pays for itself within a year. I was using a DCOSIS 2.0 modem and pretty content with the results but then a brand new […]
Read More →Intel Core i5 4670k + MSI Z87-G45 4.4GHz Overclock
I’ve been going back and forth overclocking my haswell 4670k. MSI has a built in overclocking button called overclock genie, which would take the CPU to 4GHz but I don’t trust auto overclocking and I did have some crashes happen with apps and games. So after reading some more guides and seeing what others are […]
Read More →Battlefield 4 Mantle vs DirectX Real World Benchmark Results
The reason I bought my 7970 GHz was in anticipation of Mantle, and it was on sale. But Mantle is here and BF4 has Mantle and I believe I am the perfect case study because I have the average gamer PC stock without overclocking. Because I can’t afford to replace burnt out video cards and […]
Read More →How to play Batman Arkham Asylum with Windows 8
Batman AA is a game I’ve been meaning to play for a long time. So long that a new OS has been released from Microsoft and I’ve upgraded. So when I tried to run my install from Steam nothing happened. After I quick view of the event logs I found the warning below. The application […]
Read More →Long time no post – how about some SATA disk benchmarks?
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted to my fledgling blog, mainly because I’m working … aLOT. … And I really do care about this blog a lot. And the two people that have left comments made me care just a little more. Unfortunately I just don’t get a chance to post all […]
Read More →Remote into your workgroup Windows 2012 Core server with Powershell
PS101 … In the corner of my basement is a media server running Windows 2012 core. I never have to log into it, I never have to update it, I never have to do much with it. The server simply runs, which is the whole point of core right? Unfortunately there was another thing that […]
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