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“Gotchas” With ASUS KGPE-D16 Motherboards
I’m going to be keeping a list of problems I’ve noted with various applications of ASUS KGPE-D16 motherboards and will be updating this posting as I gather more information. I’ll also be including notes on compatible interface cards and operating … Continue reading
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Tagged ASUS, ASUS KGPE-D16, LG WH12LS30, LG WH12LS38, LSI 9211-8i, LSI SAS2008, OpenIndiana, Opteron 6100, Opteron 6200, PIKE 2008, power management, S1 sleep, S3 sleep, Ubuntu, Windows 7 
2 CommentsEnabling Jumbo Frames Can Be Strangely Hazardous to Network Performance – Example Using Windows Vista With Realtek NIC, Samba, and NX Server
Recently I ran into a snafu with Ethernet jumbo frames that was quite annoying while trying to speed up network performance. This particular LAN has a mix of operating systems with a server running Ubuntu Linux offering Samba file sharing … Continue reading
Posted in Networking, Windows Tagged Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, jumbo frames, NX, Realtek, Samba, TrendNET, Windows 7, Windows Vista Leave a commentAMD’s New Bulldozer FX and Opteron Processors Offer Affordable High Memory Capacity and ECC
When you’re building a workstation or server intended for high reliability and solid performance, one of the chief obstacles you’ll face today is picking a processor and motherboard that can supports lots of affordable and reliable RAM. Ideally you want … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Memory, Motherboards, Processors Tagged AMD, AMD FX, AMD Opteron, ASUS, ASUS KCMA-D8, ASUS KGPE-D16, Bulldozer, CoolerMaster HAF 932, DDR3, ECC, Intel, Intel E3, Intel E5, Intel E7, Microsoft, Opteron, Opteron 4100, Opteron 4200, Opteron 6100, Opteron 6200, registered DIMM, Rosewill RSV-L4000, SDRAM, Superbiiz, unbuffered DIMM, Windows 7, Zambezi 5 CommentsQEMU “Bad RAM offset” Error When Using More Than 3GB RAM in VM
I had a Windows 7 64-bit virtual machine running with 4GB successfully using the QEMU / KVM version that came with Ubuntu 11.04. As patches were offered by Ubuntu Update Manager, I upgraded to a newer version. Now I’m running … Continue reading
AC97 Sound Doesn’t Work In Windows 7 64-Bit Running on QEMU/KVM, Try HDA Sound
While experimenting with Windows 7 64-bit running in a virtual machine on Ubuntu 11.04 using QEMU/KVM, I tried to use the AC97 sound adapter in the virtual machine. After much searching, it turns out that there isn’t a 64-bit Windows … Continue reading
Posted in Linux, Ubuntu, Virtualization Tagged KVM, QEMU, sound, Ubuntu, virtual machine, Windows 7 Leave a commentWhy Doesn’t Windows 7 Task Manager In QEMU/KVM Guest VM Show More Than One Processor?
I’ve been experimenting with Windows 7 running in a guest VM on Ubuntu 11.04 using the built-in QEMU/KVM virtualization solution. The physical processor in this particular machine has 8 cores. Using AQEMU, a graphical configuration tool for QEMU, I set … Continue reading