CPUs are the most delicate and most expensive part of your system. Mount the CPU wrong or CPU cooler wrong or improperly apply thermal paste and you just bought your self a really expensive hooker anchor (who uses paper weights any more when our hookers keep running from us) Its not hard to install a [...]
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Synergy – A real bad ass
I love having a KVM but cords are expensive and sometimes I just want to control my Linux laptop. Since I have two monitors on my Desk, how cool would it be if I could control the laptop with my desktop keyboard and mouse. Well this is where Synergy comes into play. Synergy is a [...]
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Xen Server
Virtual Servers has always been the par when it comes to running multiple servers. A long time ago you would have a single hardware server for a single OS used for a single task. This architecture is so archaic that only the US military still designs their network in this fashion. I needed to upgrade [...]
How to revive a dead Video Card
I have a system that runs two Nvidia cards in SLi. One day video was not working correctly. There were artifacts and signs of over heating. One of my cards was dying and died very quickly after a test reboot. I noticed two capacitors that were leaking with protruding paper. Well why pay for a [...]
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pfsense – Internet access on OPT interface
pfsense, a very powerful open source router OS that supports multi-WAN. So you want internet access on an OPT interface for a second LAN or even a Wi-Fi network, or maybe even a DMZ network? Enable the OPT1 interface. Go to interfaces –> (assign) –>Click the and add an OPT1 interface. Assign a static IP [...]
