You may have read about the Intel SSD 310 8M bug. Finally there is a fix. Have you experienced the Intel 510 SSD bug? If you power down your system for more than 35 hours, then get boot sector errors when starting, you too are being impacted. More to come when conclusive testing provides a… Continue reading Intel’s latest SSDs problematic.
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Asus Motherboard warranty Issue UpDate
I have been a proponent of Asus products 13 years. In 1998 I won an Asus notebook at an Intel Channel Conference as a door prize. It still works today. After building systems for 13 years using Asus motherboards, I have had 2 motherboards that were defective. The first defective Asus motherboard was replaced in… Continue reading Asus Motherboard warranty Issue UpDate
ASUS Motherboard Support SWAMPED!
I have been calling ASUS Motherboard support. All support representatives have been busy for over three hours today. Something is not going well for them. They make some of the best Motherboards money can buy. Unfortunate they are unable to manage their support group more effectively. This is not the first time I have… Continue reading ASUS Motherboard Support SWAMPED!
Howto: F14 using ALSA + Intel HD Audio + Pulseaudio
If you find you are loosing mixer settings, when you have Intel HD Audio, pulseaudio and ALSA all installed, try removing the pulseaudio package. This often fixes the issue.
ASUS P7H55M-Pro BIOS update
ASUS recently released a new BIOS update (1303) for the P7H55M-Pro motherboard. The new BIOS addresses memory errors with the 0802 BIOS. Memory tests revealed no issues but on rare occasions I was experiencing a couple of memory related errors. IRQ_NOT_Less_THAN_OR_EQUAL and PFN List corrupt errors indicate your BIOS and memory are not communicating correctly.… Continue reading ASUS P7H55M-Pro BIOS update
Howto: Intel HD Video for Fedora 12
There is a way to install Fedora 12 on a computer that uses an Intel High Definition Video card. This applies to most i5 and i7 processors using the integrated Intel HD video. If you have a PCI express video card or an AMD processor, this does not apply. Book mark this page in case… Continue reading Howto: Intel HD Video for Fedora 12
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Reviews There are many new hardware and software reviews for your perusal. I have also modified the navigation menu to improve ease of use. As always I welcome my readers comments. Spam comments will never be published.
Nvidia “Fake” RAID0 identical in speed to Fedora 12 Soft RAID.
Test Results I have often read that Fedora Logical RAID has better performance characteristics than a “BIOS” or “FAKE” RAID. That may be true in some cases. Today I dispelled that myth in regards to Nvidia BIOS RAID0 versus Fedora Logical RAID0. The test results were identical. Results were obtained with the latest Fedora 12… Continue reading Nvidia “Fake” RAID0 identical in speed to Fedora 12 Soft RAID.
SanDisk Ultra® Backup USB Flash Drive
I purchased a SanDisk Ultra Backup USB Flash Drive. Running Windows 7 the U3 software for this device will NOT work. You have to update the U3 software from a Windows XP system. For more information visit the hardware review of this device or the software review of the U3 software from the Review page.… Continue reading SanDisk Ultra® Backup USB Flash Drive
High Performance Computing. Part 2 of 2. Multiple Core advantages and disadvantages.
There are numerous myths even in the technical community related to the advantage of multiple cores and multi-threading. In part 1 of this article I used my car/highway analogies for simplification. I will use some of that same analogy in this article. Most current applications are written for 32 bit application and only use one… Continue reading High Performance Computing. Part 2 of 2. Multiple Core advantages and disadvantages.