Celebrating 5 years!
Grateful to share that Techlogist.net has reached its 5th anniversary milestone, with hopes for many more years to come! ...
How to deal with the recovery mode error -1008F in your Macbook?
After updating my Intel based MacBook Pro to macOS Sonoma, I noticed an immediate increase in CPU temperatures, fans at full blast, and even some applications started freezing. When I attempted to identify the root causes, the Activity Monitor and Terminal crashed at every attempt. I did not have any unbacked ...
Raspberry Pi 4 and the 52PI NAS case
Recently I bought my self a Raspberry Pi 4 with 8GB of fast DDR4 memory to add to my home lab, with the goal of using it as platform to run a 2 or 3 virtual machines by installing a compatible hypervisor. The little green credit card sized computer does ...
How to prepare an Windows laptop for sale or donation?
Selling or donating an old laptop besides being a great way to earn some money with something you no longer want, or by allowing someone else to reuse it for free, be both noble and environmentally conscious. As the old saying goes "one man's trash is another man's treasure". Depending ...
Need to test an old Intel laptop?
I was trying to sell my old laptop, but I didn't use it for a while and wasn't fully sure if the computer was working correctly. So before posting an ad, I wanted to ensure that the next owner wouldn't have any surprises and the ad description would be accurate ...
How to export and import Jitsi Desktop contacts in Windows 10?
Jitsi Desktop is an application that supports the most common instant messaging and telephony protocols. It includes an audio and video internet phone and messenger. In this post I will share a simple manual way of backing up or sharing the locally stored contact list in a Windows 10 computer ...
End-user Inventory spreadsheet
Inventory is defined in the Cambridge Dictionary as "the amount of goods and materials owned by a company at a particular time, including parts, products being made, and finished products". In a previous post I shared a few tips to improve inventory reception, tagging and tracking. I created an easy ...
HP DL360 G7 Windows server 2012 error: “We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one.”
My wish to experiment with a bare metal installation of Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V Server 2012 on my HP DL360 G7 was met with a very inconvenient error "We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the setup log files.". I reviewed ...
Configure and update HP iLO 3
HP servers come with a integrated remote management solution called Integrated Lights Out, abbreviated as iLO. My HP DL360 G7 has version 3. The configuration process involves waiting for a precise moment during the server boot sequence and pressing F8 to enter the iLO menu. Since the server is refurbished ...
HP DL360 G7 firmware and BIOS update
One way to guarantee the optimum and stable operation of a server involves keeping the firmware for the different components updated. The easiest way to update all firmwares at once in an HP server is through the Service Pack for ProLiant ISO. This CD/ISO can only be downloaded through a ...
Homemade vertical server stand
In a previous post, I wrote about my purchase of a HP Proliant DL360 G7 server. It was designed to be rack mounted, but I don't own or wish to possess a 19 inch rack. After searching online for a ready made solution that would allow me to vertically mount ...
Server RAM and storage upgrade
After receiving my server, doing the basic setup and even designing a cheap vertical stand, it was time to upgrade it. Servers like any other computer, are designed around several international standards to ensure compatibility between parts from different manufacturers from all over the world. But servers are slight more ...
