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Dell PowerEdge R250 server OOBE

May 2, 2022 Jim Leave a Comment

It never rains but it pours. I haven't completed the installation of my Dell 7920 workstation, and I've got another computer to bring up. A few weeks ago, Bates, one of my Windows domain controllers, went casters up. I took it out of service and ordered a 1U R250 Dell server with … [Read more...]

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Dell WB7022 4K webcam OOBE

April 25, 2022 Jim Leave a Comment

I got a Dell WB7022 4K (UHD) webcam to replace my Microsoft 1080P one. The Dell unit is just a camera, with no mike or speakers, which I like. I use a condenser mike and headphones. By the way, if you use a condenser mike and are worried about people listening in, but don't want … [Read more...]

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Lenovo P73 sound problems

April 20, 2022 Jim Leave a Comment

I got my first Blue Screen of Death on my two-year-old Lenovo P73 desktop replacement laptop. When the machine rebooted, the sound mute indicator on the keyboard was on. I tried to turn it off with the key, but nothing happened. I tried to turn the sound on with the sound icon on … [Read more...]

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Dell 7920 OOBE — a resource eater

April 12, 2022 Jim Leave a Comment

My new computer started to get very slow. I brought up the task manager, and here's what I saw: I tried to end the task. No joy. I went into the Startup menu, and didn't see anything that looked like it might launch PC-Doctor. I went to services, and stopped the Dell … [Read more...]

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Dell 7920 non-volitile memory access

April 6, 2022 Jim Leave a Comment

The Dell 7920 that I'm setting up came with four 1 TB spinning rust drives attached to the controller on the motherboard. For a baseline, here's how fast they are: That's about 1600 bits/sec at best. Pretty unimpressive. Next up is the 2 TB boot solid state drive (SSD) … [Read more...]

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