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Ok an update on this. I made the mistake of updating my BIOS and it trashed my RAID install, so I had to start from scratch again. Thought it would be a good test anyhow... well the issue remained, even though I skipped the key this time, I simply could not get this activated without Microsoft...

I think this is where I tripped up. What I should have done I think is NOT entered the key during install, and tried the phone activation instead. I bet it would have worked. Nevertheless.. Microsoft got me fixed up so even though I couldn't understand the nice Indian lady at the other end of...

I do not recall seeing one either, but Microsoft still honored it as a valid pirchase and re-activated me anyhow. Had I known it was going to be this kind of hassle I would have opted to just buy a retail copy instead. I bought the full copy as I was not ready to give up my Win 7 Ultimate...

Posting this here as both a question and FYI for anyone that may run into this in the future. Last November, I purchased Windows 10 Pro (full retail) from the Microsoft Store as a digital download. I found it strange that they did not send me a key, so no problem I'll just use Produkey to...

Awesome.... thank you! I opted to skip the M.2 for now.. went with a pair of Samsung 500GB 850 Evo's instead that I'm going to run in RAID 0. I'll probably eventually upgrade to the Samsung M.2 drive, but want to see if the price comes down first over time. All the parts are ordered... I'm...

Hi guys... planning a new build and I am looking hard at this motherboard combined with a 6700K and 32GB of RAM. I would also like to purchase the new Samsung NVME drive (http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-950-512GB-PCIe-NVMe/dp/B01639694M) to use with this board, but I can not determine if the M.2...

Ill throw in a vote for FlowRoute... I've been with them for almost 5 years with a ported landline number even and the quality has been excellent and price is cheap. I'm using the FreePBX distro in a VM and have a Polycom 670, 650, and a handful of ATA's to connect standard phones to.

I have 4 Western Digital WD20EFRX drives that I purchased for a server project, but I am unable to utilize them. $80.00 each, or $300 for all 4 plus shipping. heat: -kernel- ebay: http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=voipguy

Hoping someone can answer this, as I don't have any direct experience with it, and Supermicro has been helpful, but not helpful enough :( For starters... I have this case and motherboard: case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811152234 mobo...

Thank you :) That was my suspicion, but couldn't really find any info on it.

Just deployed my first SLI setup with a pair of MSI Nvidia 680's. I noticed there are two connectors on each card, I only installed one bridge, do I need to install both? What is the second connector for? It works as expected, but was just curious if I was missing something....

Where did I say that one was more reliable than the other? My point was simply go for what's best for your particular application. I wasn't debating which one is better than the other, there was no "feeling" about it for me. I don't have time for the care and feeding of a DIY NAS solution...

Ditto.... my thoughts exactly. I was running a small FreeNAS box that I built using spare parts I had laying around, and while it worked fine, I never took it serious enough because I didn't feel comfortable trusting my critical data to it, plus I was running out of space on the two 1TB drives I...

I just faced this dillema myself and it came down to either building my own ala FreeNAS or going with something pre-built instead.... You called it! Go for a Synology ;) lol all jokes aside it's been great and I love the AD integration they have built in, it's even more robust in the DSM 4.2...

Sub'd.... just found out about this wonderful little gem today and have pre-ordered one. I'm hoping to replace my Cisco 1811 with it as this will do everything I need it to that I have implemented now. Reading through this thread I also just learned it's based on Vyatta which is based on Debian...

I'm looking for suggestions on the best way to tackle this problem I have. I have a (very) remote site where the only connectivity available to me will be via Verizon Wireless 4G LTE. I will be getting a Pantech UML290 4G LTE USB modem and pairing it with this router...

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Thanks.... I'm actually looking at all of my available options, I'm thinking of going with Nvidia this time around and that's where I started running into the problem. I'd like to at least get a 680 or 7970, and I honestly had not considered doing an HDMI to DVI cable. That's actually a really...

bump... no one has any ideas?

Help me out guys... I want to buy a new video card, and everything I've seen so far does not have the port requirements I am seeking. Right now here is what I have: XFX 6970 w/2x DVI ports and 2x Mini Display ports 2 24" monitors, these are tied to the DVI ports 2 17" monitors, these are...

Drat... yep I've seen that before and was hoping for an easier way, I guess that's the only way. I'll tear into it this evening and hopefully get everything updated.

Ooops..... sorry should have mentioned that, I am running the free version.

I've looked high and low and can't seem to put a finger on how to deploy updates to an ESXi 5 machine? Everything I've seen suggests that I need to download a series of packages and apply them manually. My install is getting fairly aged now (about 9-10 months) so I'm assuming there's probably a...

VLAN 1 and 2 are now working just fine, it was a NIC issue. I've got VLAN 1 on the mgmt network, and VLAN 2 for the VM network.

As a recent Microsoft Technet subscriber.... I would LOVE to see this happen. My technet subscription has been money well spent, I have learned an absolute ton and was able to put my hands on software I could have never been able to purchase directly. It's a win win situation for end users...

An update on this.... I got a new network card (Intel flavor, gigabit), VLAN problem solved :D I suspected it might be the onboard NIC causing the issue, and my suspicions were correct. Realtek and linux have always given me fits, I should have just bought an Intel card to begin with, live...

That's for some VoIP phones and ATA's for my VoIP network, not all of them are in use, but reserved them for VLAN 2.... I'm really beating my head against the wall with this. Starting to maybe think there's an issue with the on-board NIC I'm using. It's a Realtek 8168, seems to do everything...

From my first post: So it would appear that I had it setup correctly to begin with based on your suggestion above? If that's the case, I am truly at a loss as this should work as intended..... it worked with Proxmox, which is nothing more than vanilla Debian Lenny with KVM/OpenVZ installed and...

Sure thing, this is how it is config'd now as working with VLAN 4095:

I set it to 25 to test.... crashed and burned :( Can not connect back to it unless I set it back to where it was (PVID of 1)

Thanks a bunch :) No CLI, GUI only, so here's some screenshots. It's a Netgear GS724T switch, router is pfSense. ESXi server is connected to port 9, port 24 is towards router: VLAN 1 membership: VLAN 2 membership: PVIDS: This was working in the past with my Proxmox box...

Yes I 100% agree with you, but never got around to actually changing it so just trying to get up and running at the moment, I will most likely change in the future. Oddly..... the only way I can get this to work is to set the VLAN ID to 4095 on both interfaces. 4095 from the...

So I'm just getting started with ESXi and struggling just a bit to get my networking just right. I have two VLAN's: vlan1 - 10.0.0.0/24 vlan2 - 10.0.1.0/24 I want to use vlan1 as the management network, vlan2 for the VM's. I'm using the on-board NIC on the mobo in the ESXi server and it's...

Ok here's the skinny, and I want to solve this problem once for all (if possible). I have a PC and a Mac Mini, and a Corsair USB headset. For speakers, I have a Logitech 2.1 setup which is currently tied to the PC's onboard soundcard. Is there a product (or method) that exists that will allow...

QFT. This is the trending issue I see here. The telecom and cable companies are losing money because their traditional business model has been replaced by the internet, so now they are going to charge us for bandwidth usage to keep themselves afloat. I understand it really, just don't like it.

I took the plunge and bought one of these cases for my new build and I thrilled with it. It's the best PC case I've ever had. My biggest complaint is that it's bulky and kind of cumbersome under my desk, but that's more of my problem than the case's :) Installation of my new hardware was a...

damn... that was my suspicion. I should have invested in LED's.... GRRRRRR. Oh well, guess I'll use 'em till I can't stand them any longer or they burnout, whichever comes first :(

I've got two ASUS VH242H displays that I absolutely love, one is brand new, the other is approaching two years old. The problem I am encountering is on the older display, it is noticeably dimmer than the new display. I've made sure both displays are set to the same preset, and while not...