Some time ago, I was hired to try and revive a server that died. It was an old Dell server that running as a Windows Domain Controller.
This was the boot up screen.
After a lot of research, I discovered in a forum that the specific SCSI card was prone to bulging capacitors. Obviously the dust doesn’t help.
So being the true geek that I am, I went searching through my pile and found the specific replacement capacitors and heated up my soldering iron.
End results …… happy customer !
This highlights another step in computing. The next step is video. Sounds like Raconteur from Kill Decision
How to copy a file from one computer to the another over a remote desktop connection.
With over 10 years of experience as an IT professional who moves around, I have had my share of tools to allow me to increase my productivity. Here is a snapshot of what I use now. And like everything in my field, it changes.
* Items are sensitive items. Ask me directly if you want to know .
Work tonight:
#techlife
I have introduced friends to #Netflix and now they are addicts. They are finding all sorts of content(e.g documentaries) that they would never had access.
Damn you Reed Hastings…..
I…. feel….dirty…
Computer simulations by Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson have shown that offshore wind farms with thousands of wind turbines could have sapped the power of three real-life hurricanes, significantly decreasing their winds and accompanying storm surge, and possibly preventing billions of dollars in damages.
… keeps Stanford away.
#true
… by a Black Geek !! I love it !!
Testing a scanner system and realizing the lab doesn’t have any paper.
#paperless #office