Recent content by SouthOfHere

Had a good think about your post, honestly would probably make a really good VM host. With the file services in Win 16 server and training would make it an ideal scenario for storage training. I think I will go Windows Server 2016 with desktop experience GUI (which I have a license for) and run...

Quite sound info you have there and some things I hadn't really thought about. The specs of the machine are: i7 2600k 8GB DDR3 RAM 1800Mhz ASUS P8H61 Motherboard Antec 1200 V3 which I replaced the 5.25" bays with vertical 3.5" bays, a total of 15 A little old but still a very capable...

So I wish to utilize my old desktop as a NAS. Realistically I only need shy of 2TB but I'd like to set it up with at least 4TB. I have a HighPoint RR2840A card that supports up to 16 drives in RAID and I have a box of 20 or so WD Blue 2TB disks ripped from brand new desktops on my last job. Is...

Had a similar problem a few days ago, running diskpart and cleaning the disk and installing with all other drives unplugged worked for me, then just plugged them back in after. A few things you could try: Ensure the boot media if USB is created for UEFI Ensure BIOS is updated Disable CSM...

Hadn't specifically seen that illustration but thanks, makes sense now. Would the Samsung 960 EVO 500GB be a good buy then?

Quick question, I have an M.2 slot on my ASUS X99-S board which I tried to install an M.2 SSD on but it isn't detected. Now from what I have been reading there are two types, SATA and NVMe, correct me if I'm wrong. The SSD I tried using unfortunately the label is missing, all I know is it's a...

I have a HighPoint RocketRAID 2840A card that I'd like to put in an older desktop to essentially run as a NAS box. This is the card in question: http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/series-rr2840a-overview.htm Port Type: Four SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD My question is what exactly do I need to be...

I'm about to reinstall Windows 10 as it's running into a few issues. I'm looking to setup a virtual lab for some training provided by work, so I'd like the storage to be focused more towards VM performance. I'll be running VMware Workstation, VM size won't be a massive issue but I definitely...

Hi, I'm looking for a case that will allow me to mount 5x 2.5" SSDs and 7x 3.5" HDDs. Currently the SSDs are stacked with an elastic band around them and it really doesn't look good. I'm having trouble finding the right case that will accommodate these drives, I am more than prepared to...

RAID 4 is obsolete and I doubt there's more than a handful of people still using it, if any. RAID 5 was introduced as a successor to RAID 4 and is generally considered to provider better performance and suffer less disk failures due to the distributed parity. Use RAID 5, most boards these days...

Thanks for that. I managed to find it on the Amazon UK site plus I have an unwanted Amazon voucher given to me. I may get the play and charge kit but for the time being I have a ton of rechargeable AA and AAA batteries lying around but changing batteries mid-game might become a nuisance. :)

That was exactly the problem. When plugged into my brothers PC it was fine but he sits perfectly still when gaming, I tend to move around a bit and noticed it when I plugged back into my own PC. Every time I moved the cord I noticed it disconnects. I'm going to order a new controller this time...

I actually think that cracked it, just played a round of rocket league and it didn't disconnect. I think I may have been using an 8.1 driver since there was no 10 release for a while. Fingers crossed as it disconnects every round but update, reboot and round of RL seems to be ok.

Wired.

My xbox controller keeps connecting/disconnecting, I hear the audio notification from Windows 10 that it's connected then disconnected constantly. I'm trying to play rocket league but my controller keeps going on/off. I've tried different ports front and rear on my PC and disabling USB power...