There are still many older computers out there that will work just fine with Windows 11, but some drivers or updates may fail to run properly on the latest versions of Windows 11, such as 25H2. Recently, I updated the BIOS for a bunch of Lenovo M710e workstations, with 16 GB of RAM, an M.2 […]

This…is Important… Any Hardware device, whether it’s a camera (CCTV, Digital..etc.), a printer/copier, hard drive/SSD, mouse/keyboard, headphone/headset, motherboard, VoIP or cellphone, Arduino or Raspberry Pi, has a built in memory or storage chip housing software specifically made to communicate with the Device’s hardware. This is called the BIOS (sometimes referred to as CMOS), UEFI, or […]

The Dell Optiplex 7040 is an amazing Mini or SFF PC for homelabs and even office workstations. It is flexible, offering both M2 NVMe 2280 as well as a SATA 3 drive ports. And even though this one in particular has an Intel Core i7-6700 at 3.4 GHz, a Kingston SATA SSD with 16 GB […]

This problem started after installing a Backup/Secondary Internet on the X2 Interface; the connection provided by Spectrum. I started receiving alerts at random times, sometimes hourly, but on average every 4-6 hours. The Event triggered was Multi-Interface Link Up or Multi-Interface Link Down, with message: Interface X2 Link is Up or Interface X2 Link is […]

This is another post similar to: Although I expect the Drivers to be updated or the filenames changed, it’s very important to know where to go to download drivers for each one of these Manufacturers. The same situation happened with the Beelink SER5 Max Mini; after a Windows 11 install, several Drivers were not available […]

Received a call with several people’s Excel crashing when trying to print. They were using a Konika Minolta C251i connected through the network, and upon inspecting the Job history, the following line was displayed: After performing some research, there is a strong possibility that Windows Update installed a new Driver which caused the problem. The […]

Up next we have a few Minisforum UM890 Pro Mini PCs which needed drivers, very similar to many of the other Mini PCs we have already published. Below is what we found after installing Windows 11 24H2: Want to know how much power this Mini PC uses? Click here The missing Drivers and Hardware IDs […]

Although button boxes, flight simulator or cockpit builds are mostly static or unchangeable, there is a very easy way to swap avionics or switch panels, either to get the configuration of another plane, or if you are prototyping. Best of all, the Hardware to accomplish this is affordable, modifiable, printable, very easy to mount and […]

Note: This article will be updated with Drivers as I obtain them. I have contacted GMKtec Support about this. Update: The drivers for the NucBox 10 can be downloaded hereSupport and Drivers for their other Mini PCs are listed here The zipped file above contains the following folders:10_Lan_Realtek_8125_1125.019.0704.202411_Audio_3.48.42.100312_PCI_Serial_Port_1.5.2024.091_Chipset_10.1.19899.85972_ME_2425.6.26.03_SerialIO_30.100.2417.304_Intel_GFX_31.0.101.60785_Intel_Dynamic_Tuning_9.0.11701.442816_Smart_Sound_Technology_10.29.00.109817_Intel_HID_Event_Filter_2.2.2.108_Thunderbolt_Rev939_AX201_23.60.0.1 Even though I had written about missing […]

Spectrum (Charter) offers a solid VoIP Trunk which I have used for years. The setup, however, is more complex because it requires multiple connections and routes between some of the networking interfaces. The following guide is mostly targeted for FreePBX running CentOS or Debian, but the diagrams and Trunk parameters, if used and applied correctly, […]