VDI or something else?
Hi Guys, we have a new project that consist of 40 end users, each end users will be using PCs, we are having 2 types of workloads for this: 1st are the 30 office users that will basically use their...
View ArticleDell Latitude E7470 Crashes
We have about 30 of this model and they we are using the Windows 7 Sp 1 ISO (VL) and MDT and it is patched to the latest. The drivers are all up to date from support.dell.com. Randomly they will crash...
View ArticleInspiron 7373 will not clone it's display to any projector via HDMI
I have an Inspiron 7373, several HDMI cables and several projectors to connect to, on e of shich is Epson, the other two are DEll projectors.This laptop will NOT clone its display over HDMI to the...
View ArticleGraphic Designing/3Ds Max/Rendering PC Guide
Hello I need some suggestions for PC. This PC will mainly be used for 3d modeling and VRay/Octane Rendering.My budget is around 600$ so PC will be second hand. I have already got SSD and LED so...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge R610 -- iDrac video works -- no VGA?
I have an R610 that I just upgraded the hard drives and RAM in.The VGA was working just fine, I config'd the RAID controller for mirror, rebooted, started initializing the array.Reboot the system, and...
View ArticleIncrease Drive space on Dell EqualLogic PS6100
We have two Dell EqualLogic PC6100 units. One has 24 300GB 10K drives and the other has 24 600GB 10K drives. New to the VM world, so forgive if I ask this question incorrectly. Can I hot swap the...
View ArticleUnReserved space on Dell EqualLogic Group Manager
Need help in expanding on of our volumes in our SAN. This will be my first time touching a SAN Storage System so I really don't want to make a mess.We are currently having some space issue in some of...
View ArticleUSB cable/adapater to convert a internal CD/DVD-ROM or BLURAY
I know there is an adapter out there, but I don't know what I"m looking for as I noticed the Startech USB to SATA (https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-USB3S2SAT3CB-Drive-Adapter-Cable/dp/B00HJZJI84)...
View ArticleDell R630 and changing raid controller
Dear Community,a customer, with a Dell R630, H330 mini embedded, 24 hd (3 virtual disks, R1+R5+R5+spare),because low performance, would to add a H730P or similar controller.How to manage migration?...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge T410 with degraded RAID5 virtual disk, won't boot
So I'm dealing with an older PowerEdge T410 server (long out of warranty) running Server 2008 Standard (not R2) that doesn't seem to boot. Things were fine at the end of the day yesterday. Users came...
View Articlenew DELL from the PowerConnect 6224
Hello everyoneI would appreciate your help on this subject.I received a new DELL from the PowerConnect 6224I made a backup of the running config and turned off the startup config.Now I want to know...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge Drive Caddy
Hi,I have a Dell PowerEdge T330 that currently has three 3.5 SATA drives in hot pluggable front mounted bays. The backplane board connecting to these bays have room for a total of 8 drives. I do not...
View ArticleDell PC as a Service (PCaaS) - Do you use it? Do you like it?
We've recently been looking at Dell's PC as a Service (PCaaS) offering. I'd like to know if your business uses it? What do you think about it? Do you find that the value produced is worth the cost? Any...
View ArticleMoving Raid 10 controller from dead server to other server
I am new for moving rAID from one server to other server.I have Del r720 server with ten physical hard disks configured in to two array (5 in one array) and the remaining in to other array. Both are...
View ArticleDell x1052 WEB GUI not loading
Hey All,I have a Dell X1052 switch but i can;t get the webgui to load. The switch was working fine for the last 2 months but now i can't access the Web GUI anymore. Chrome shows Connection refused. It...
View ArticleDell Optiplex 9020 4k Polaroid TV mouse lag
Hello Spiceworks, new guy here.I've got a user with a new Polaroid 43" 4K TV as his display. Upon installing the new TV, the mouse began to lag, there was no lag before, so I assume its an issue...
View ArticleTrouble configuring self-encrypting NVMe drive in Latitude 5580
Hey everyone! We recently purchased several Latitude 5580s with the "M.2 256GB PCIe NVMe Class 40 Opal 2.0 SED Drive" option. In the past we had purchased Dell Latitudes with the SATA SED...
View ArticleAbsolute cannot be found on Dells
We recently purchased 8 Dell laptops with the Absolute security product installed during the system build. All systems arrived with no mention or installed software for Absolute. The Dell digital...
View ArticleDell Poweredge R720 Perc H710 mini issues
We currently have a Dell R720 server with a Perc H710 mini RAID controller. The server is setup in a RAID-5 configuration with 4 136GB drives. The issue here is that I only have access to 272 gigs of...
View ArticleDell XPS vs Precision
I have been tasked with setting up a new media editing PC (photo and video) for our marketing department. I'm very familiar with all the hardware, but I don't know quite as much about 'workstation' vs...
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