Category Archives: Hardware

VoIP with DrayTek vigor IP PBX 2820 & Linksys SPA941

Running a small business? Fed up of the limitations and cost of a fixed landline or ISDN 30 phone system?  Moving to a VoIP (Voice Over IP) system may seem daunting but is actually fairly simple. In addition to your existing … Continue reading

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More Dell BIOS fun “Strike the F1 key to continue”

Following on from my last post about Dell hardware here it would seem that Dell machines do not like active SATA ports with nothing attached to them. I’m posting an update here in the hope that it will help frustrated … Continue reading

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Seagate 2TB ST32000542AS CC35 Firmware upgrade

We have a Synology DS1010+ diskstation that has been having trouble maintaining a iSCSI link to a server here at work.  While Synology issued us a patch that seems to have resolved the issue they highlighted that our disks, Seagate 2TB … Continue reading

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Managing the Azure service as a programmer

I’ve been really, really busy this week both in and out of work and have been struggling to find time to get all the interesting things we have been doing with Windows Azure down on paper. This morning while troubleshooting a broken SAN … Continue reading

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The dilemma with old hardware

I’m sure may people who have an interest in computing have a collection of hardware similar to this. I’m also sure that any respective wife / partner / flat mate will have told them more than once to clear out … Continue reading

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