Recent content by Skelshy

Testing and validation, mostly

Anyone have a machine recipe for a setup that does SR-IOV (requires x2apic) I think this is supported by non-k sandy bridge machines. I found a couple of biostar and asrock boards that let you turn on x2apic in the bios. It would be cool to actually have it confirmed working before I go and buy...

Could be - there is certainly no reason to keep the box running when not in use. This is called hybrid sleep (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_Vista#Sleep_state).

Duster - I have a Kingwin XT-1264 (s775) currently (was $10 AR at Frys). However I would not recommend it for this mb - it blocks DIMM slot 4, so I can't use the other 4GB I have. Also it uses the intel push pin design. I can literally lower the load temp by 10C by applying pressure on the...

I'm not overly happy with my EVGA P55 FTW. This is mostly due to the long POST time (30+ seconds w/ one harddrive and one USB device). I basically turns on, then off, then on again and that wastes a lot of time. EVGA support has said this is by design. I don't think that is an acceptable boot...