142 posts tagged with "Misc"

Razer – a company well known for its PC gaming peripherals.

With its sleep black and green designs Razer has captivated many a gamer – including myself as I type this using my Razer Blackwidow keyboard.

Now – out of nowhere the company has released concepts for two products – the Razer Nabu a digital wristband that connects to your mobile phone offering various options – and Project Christine the modular PC design.

Computer components themselves are of a modular design – as soon as they are compatible with each other you can swap and upgrade most parts – Project Christine takes this modular design further in a fashion that reminds me of lego.

Simplicity​

• The design like all of Razers products is simple yet aesthetically pleasing.
• Modular – pick & part parts – want another CPU or SSD? Simply plug it in.

Future proof(ish)
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• Razer are claiming that when technology changes so do the modular modules.
• Up to date technology with the latest brand GFX & CPU chipsets.

Silent & Cool​

• Each modular component will feature inbuilt water cooling.
• The water cooling will allow the components to be cool and quiet.
• As an added note – the water cooled components will most likely make purchasing the modules already overclocked easier.

The Downside​

• It is only a concept and prototype at the moment – usual Razer product lines seem to take 1 year to hit the shelves. This will probably be a 2015 product.
• Even though the modules will connect via the PCI-E BUS this will depend on manufacturers reselling Project Christine part “modules”.
• No pricing has been released yet.

All in all – I quite enjoy the look of Project Christine and may well see it in my office space next year.

I have recently found a good web resource – 90 day restricted Virtual Machines, compatible with Hyper-V/VMWare & Virtual box that I thought I would share.

These Virtual Machines are intended for web development testing and include Windows XP machines running Internet Explorer 6 to Windows 8.1 machines running Internet Explorer 11 (as of this post).

1. To access these Virtual Machines – go to: Modern.ie and select “Get Free VMs” to see the download list.

Note: This website also has a modern interface – with a lot of resources for webpage development in Internet Explorer. Useful for any webpage builder and is developed by Microsoft.

VMWare have launched a campaign to show off their new 3 VMWare Certified Associate exams.

• VMWare Certified Associate – Workforce Mobility
• VMWare Certified Associate – Data Center Virtualization
• VMWare Certified Associate – Cloud

The following is a code that will lower the exam cost from $160.00NZD to $80.00 before the end of the year. The code has limited uses – get in as soon as you can – it can be used for any of the 3 VMware Certified Associate exams.

_Note: To register to the code sign up for the exam, log into pearsonvue & enter it at the Payment Information wizard screen.

Exam Code: VMRT7A0D9F9B

If you just had this error and are GASPING like I was at 10PM at night – never fear there is still hope!

Note: Tested with the Drobo 5N.

1. Go to the Drobo Support website & download the correct latest firmware for your Drobo.
2. Take ALL the internal drives out of the Drobo (this is to make sure your Drobo applications – even Drobo Port applications & storage are not affected).
3. If you haven’t already got the Drobo Dashboard you can also download that from the Drobo Support website – Open the Drobo Dashboard.
4. Wait 5 minutes till it scans the network and locates your Drobo.
5. Once located click on your Drobo & select Tools within the Drobo dashboard.
6. Click Manual Update
7. Navigate to the location of the firmware update file and upgrade. This will require a restart.
8. Once the process has completed restart the Drobo & reinsert your drives.

1. Go to: User Tools/Counter (top left)
   
2. Select: System Settings
   
3. Select: Interface Settings
   
4. Select: Machine iPv4 Address
   
5. Select: Auto-Obtain (DHCP)