I got Windows 8 RTM installed on my two SuperMicro SuperWorkstation machines, with a bit of trouble along the way, but nothing I could not work around. But, I ran into a problem with NVidia Quadro 5000 cards causing a VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE BSOD during the Windows 8 install process. I was running my two workstationsContinue reading “Windows 8 Install Crash With NVidia Quadro 5000”
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Windows 8 Install Hangs Booting From LSI 2308 SAS Controller
I’ve previously posted about problems installing Windows 8 on SuperMicro machines, and that SuperMicro released a Beta BIOS that solved the install problems. I’ve since run into two more problems; the install hanging when booting of the LSI 2038 SAS controller, and a BSOD when using a Quadro 5000 video card (more on that inContinue reading “Windows 8 Install Hangs Booting From LSI 2308 SAS Controller”
SuperMicro Beta BIOS supports Windows 8 and Server 2012
In a previous post I reported that my SuperMicro SuperWorkstation 7047A-T failed to install Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 due to a ACPI_BIOS_ERROR. I contacted SuperMicro support, and I was informed that new BIOS releases are on their way that will support Windows 8 and Server 2012. This morning I received an email fromContinue reading “SuperMicro Beta BIOS supports Windows 8 and Server 2012”
Debugging Windows 8 Install BSOD
In my last post I described how to prevent Windows from automatically restarting when encountering a BSOD during the OS install process. This allowed me to see the ACPI_BIOS_ERROR fault code while installing Windows 8 on my new SuperMicro workstation. The new Windows 8 BSOD page looks friendly, but no longer displays any error parametersContinue reading “Debugging Windows 8 Install BSOD”
Windows 8 and Server 2012 on SuperMicro results in ACPI_BIOS_ERROR BSOD
I ran out of disk space on my development workstation, all those VM images add up. The machine has four drive bays, and all four have 3TB drives. I can replace the 3TB drives with 4TB drives, but migrating the RAID5 array will be time consuming and risky. I can add an external SAS storageContinue reading “Windows 8 and Server 2012 on SuperMicro results in ACPI_BIOS_ERROR BSOD”
CrashPlan Memory Utilization
I’ve been using CrashPlan as an online backup solution for quite some time, and it works really well. I like the fact that I can subscribe to the consumer plan, with almost 3.5TB of data backed up, and that the backup client installs on a server OS. Many of the other “unlimited” backup providers IContinue reading “CrashPlan Memory Utilization”
DELL 2408WFP loosing settings on power cycle
In my last post I discussed the calibration of my DELL 2408WFP monitors. After calibration, and changing the monitor settings, the monitors looked pretty good, but I later found that the monitor colors looked all weird again. It turns out that the monitors reverted to their default settings, invalidating the calibration. It seems to meContinue reading “DELL 2408WFP loosing settings on power cycle”
How difficult can it be to transfer a .name domain?
How difficult can it be to transfer a .name domain? I was reading an article where it was noted that .name names can now be used for OpenID registrations. With a little more research I found that the sites only supported new registrations, unfortunately they did not support transfers. Several years ago when the .nameContinue reading “How difficult can it be to transfer a .name domain?”
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