TechTalk

COMMENTS

Thanks for your comment, Steve. Haven’t tested any of those out before, but the more solutions the merrier — would you mind sharing the scripts you found?

— TechMike

There are also scripts available for this that can run all these commands and set fan speeds based on an available temperature reading and be run via a cron command at minute, five minute, etc intervals.

— Steve

Bought Kingston 3200 ECC ram to build a server on a Asus Crosshair Hero VIII. Would you recommend this route? Just want an outside opinion before going forward as this is my first Server build. Thanks for your knowledge it’s much appreciated. Happy Holidays 😎

— Ron Greenwald

Thanks, Zach!

— TechMike

Nice basic virtualization primer. Thank you!

— Zach

Hard Drive Errors (and What to Do About Them)
By Mike April 19, 2023
Data loss is universally acknowledged as a nightmare scenario. And unfortunately, hard drive errors are a common culprit behind it. The consequences can be devastating, so your system will probably try to warn you before disaster strikes. But how can you tell what all those different sounds and lights mean?

flagCompatibility flagData Loss flagHard Drives flagTroubleshooting Series

Read more
How to Reseat RAM in a Dell PowerEdge Server
By Mike February 22, 2023
In today's installment of TechTalk (get it, installment?), we're showing you how to reseat RAM. Note that newer Dell PowerEdge RAM modules are not compatible with older servers; make sure to check the RAM compatibility with your server, as the notch will be in a different location and will not sit in the memory lane. When you first open the server, you’ll notice that you can only see half o...

flagHow To flagRAM flagtips and tricks flagTroubleshooting Series

Read more
TechMike's Quick Fix Troubleshooting Guide – RAID
By Mike May 09, 2022
As part of our continuing series of TechMike's Quick Fix Troubleshooting Guide, we tackle common errors triggered by RAID controllers. (For your reference, here are links to our previous posts: PSU Quick Fixes and RAM and Cables). RAID is such an integral component of virtually any Enterprise rack server that we had to dedicate an entire blog to it – it's TechMike's Quick Fix Troubleshooting...

flagDell 12th Generation flagDell RAID Clips flagHard Drives flagRAID flagRAID Controller flagTroubleshooting Series

Read more

2 comments
TechMike's Quick Fix Troubleshooting Guide – Cables & RAM
By Mike April 29, 2022
Our previous Quick Fix blog post focused on troubleshooting common startup issues associated with PSUs. In this post, we'll continue with the spirit of Quick Fixes and look at other issues that can cause problems right out of the gate, specifically, RAM and cabling. It's TechMike's Quick Fix Troubleshooting Guide – Part 2! Let's go Under the Hood! Cabling While our server builders test every ...

flagBackplanes flagCables flagMemory flagRAM flagTroubleshooting Series flagupgrade

Read more
TechMike’s Quick Fix Troubleshooting Guide - PSUs
By Mike April 22, 2022
Every day our support techs answer questions from our customers – and potential customers – on technical questions with Enterprise servers. We thought it would be helpful to create a blog post series that summarize the common issues that come up and provide the quick-fix solutions and server troubleshooting steps that we frequently offer. It’s our first entry in TechMike’s Quick Fix Guide – P...

flagEnergy Consumption flagEnergy Efficiency flagPower Supply Unit flagtips and tricks flagTroubleshooting Series

Read more