Windows 7 Sleep Debugging

So after I added the SSD to the HTPC and moved my hard disk into the  NAS drive, I began to notice the machine no longer automatically goes to sleep.    If I hit the power button (set to sleep) or run it from the command line (%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Standby) the machine goes to sleep just fine,… Continue reading Windows 7 Sleep Debugging

Jumbo Frames, iSCSI and Disabling Nagle

So the new project (which I get to spend about 15 minutes a week on) has been to remove the mechanical harddisk from my HTPC and have it run completely silently off the SSD.   The first stage was purchasing the ReadyNAS NV+.  2TB drives have dropped below $100 so a NAS device with 1Gb networking… Continue reading Jumbo Frames, iSCSI and Disabling Nagle

Intel CPU Info tool.

Cool geekware to tell you about your CPU: http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/cpu-z/1.55-setup-en.exe. Be sure to disable the evil Ask toolbar window from the install wizard.

Open Apple Pages .pages files in Windows

Quick fix for Grammie.   Someone had sent her some .pages files and she couldn’t open them on Windows 7.    Turns out that they are a Winzip compatible file archive with a PDF preview in them.      Since she doesn’t even have Winzip installed, I simply exported, edit, and imported the .zip registry entry so the Windows… Continue reading Open Apple Pages .pages files in Windows

More CPU Envy

So just completed the configuration of my new Dell M4500. Intel i7 Q72o @ 1.60GHz (not the fastest i7, but uses the least power) 8GB memory 60GB SSD drive 500GB HD Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit The machine measures twice as fast as my old 4300 and the i7 excels at running VMWare machines. (Task… Continue reading More CPU Envy

CPU Envy

When I first started working for SCO in 1989, Xenix was the ONLY 32 bit operating system available for the Intel 386 platform.   In fact, in 1983, when Linus Torvals was 14 years old, SCO had Xenix running on two platforms:  the Mac Lisa and the Intel 8086.   Yes,  years before Tanenbaum’s Minux was released,… Continue reading CPU Envy

Every SSD could use a little TRIM

So I was an early adopter of a Corsair P128 SSD drive for my media center machine.   I was extremely pleased with the fact that it eliminated 95% of the disk noise, even though I left the 1TB HD in the machine.   Even when recording to the HD, it barely makes a noise since the… Continue reading Every SSD could use a little TRIM