Dell shipps mobo infected with malware!
FYI, just received this yesterday, it's dated July 22, most probably already know, but I wanted to share it anyway... Actual US-CERT noticed attached. "US-CERT Advisory-10-203-01: Dell Server...
View ArticleWhat to do with Optiplex with bad capacitors?
I've recently had about 8 Optiplex computers die because of bad capacitors. This represents about 10% of our inventory and leaves those staff with no computer to use. These were all purchased as...
View ArticleMoving drives in a MD3000i with 2 MD1000
hi, I have a MD3000i and 2 MD1000. I need to move a drive from one enclosuer to another. Will this cause a problem? I would stop the servers that use the LUN, and move all drives from one enclouser to...
View ArticleBoot Issue with PowerConnect 3248P
As a warning this post may belong in Dell or Networking, as the switch is a Dell Model I'm assuming it belongs in the Dell group. When booting the switch with serial cable attached, I receive the...
View ArticleLogical Device Degraded
My Dell PowerEdge is reporting a "Logical Device Downgraded" I know the hard drive is in good health, why would this be happening? Better yet how do I resolve it?
View ArticleDell Optiplex 380 WDSClient network driver error
I have been having a serious issue with Dell Optiplex 380 WDSClient network driver. I am currently testing WIN7 image capture/ deployment via WDS; whenever I perform a client PXE boot, I am able...
View ArticleSystem Board Capacitor Problem.
We have approximately 35 Dell OptiPlex GX270s with bad system board capacitors. With budgets tight I have been considering ordering the capacitor replacement kits and replacing the bad components. I...
View ArticleSCSI Array downgraded 1 Logical Device
OKay I had an intern pull the connector from one of my scsi arrays and now it just beeeeps. It s a Dell PowerEdge 600sc I can select Control A to go into the array but don't know how to rebuild it...
View ArticleLaptop woes
We purchased Dell Latitude 13 laptops for our Year 9 1:1 program. These are very pleasant devices to use, a good 13” LCD & full size keys. They are thin & light, with a brushed metal shell,...
View ArticleDell Inspiron 530: Need to run VirtualBox VMs
Hello I have a Dell Insipiron 530 with the following specs: Intel Pentium E2160 @ 1.80GHz Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family 2 GB DD2 RAM ( I can easily upgrade this) 250 GB HardDrive Windows XP...
View ArticleMonitoring Dell PE 64-bit H/W
Hello, Fairly new to SW, but like what I've played around with. I've just setup a couple Dell PowerEdge servers for clients, both 64-bit OS'es. They're both small single server shops (although one of...
View ArticleDell Agrees To Acquire 3PAR For Virtualization-Optimized Storage
Just got this...though it was interesting; Greetings from 3PAR, I want to thank you for attending the VMware event at the Hollywood Hard Rock on 8/11. I thought you would find the recent news on 3PAR...
View ArticleNew Dell Server Racks
So i was contacted by dell the other day to see if i would like to beta their new Server Rack system. It is a new light weight, portable, biodegradable rack that comes with the server. I have attached...
View ArticleDell 1000W UPS - Flash Error
Yesterday I found firmware and software upgrades for the Dell 1000W UPS. I installed them 3 of 4 places. One of the 3 places though, the update said it failed. I was going to reboot the server, and...
View ArticleDell 1720 Printer
I have a Dell 1720 laser printer that may have printed 50 pages since new. It sat unplugged for 6 plus months but this weekend I decided to plug it up to my Ubuntu server and share it out. I plugged...
View ArticleDell 2135cn
I would like to set up all my scans to go directory in a specified folder on the network. I am having problems making this work anywhere, but the C: on my local drive. Any suggestions? wonder what i...
View ArticleSetting up Dell 2335dn with LDAP
Has anyone had any luck setting up LDAP on a Dell 2335dn multifunction printer? I have 7 of these printers that I am setting up to allow people to email documents around the office but they won't do...
View ArticleRequirements/Setup forr Dell Poweredge server cluster
Hello guys I was hoping I could get some assistance from you guys. I need to setup a critical system operation and the branding is Dell. I did some research and saw that I could setup a server cluster...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge 2950 fan / temperature issue
I have a rack with 4 x Dell PowerEdge 2950 servers, and 1 x Dell PowerEdge 6850 (which is in position 2 of 5, counting from the top down). The top server has been ramping it's fans up lately, causing...
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