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End of my Dell 9 Cell Laptop Battery tale

End of my Dell 9 Cell Laptop Battery tale

Sep 19, 2008 | Technical

Last pose of my Dell 9 Cell Laptop Battery. Tested before disposal. It gave me pretty good life and almost 4+ hrs backup when it was alive. From past few weeks, it was troubling me. Got to place an order for a new one. New expense when there is a financial crunch in...

Dell Remote Access cards and Linux

Aug 2, 2008 | General, linux, QuickFix, Technical

Yesterday I got to work on a Dell Power Edge server remotely. My idea was to checkout how DELL DRAC Card works and How I can enhance the remote server management capabilities. I found that DRAC interface needed Virtual media plugins for browsers before allowing me to...
Dell PowerEdge-2850 Firmware upgrades

Dell PowerEdge-2850 Firmware upgrades

Jan 13, 2008 | linux, Technical

It was scary to upgrade some firmware when there were no one to help you on board at DC on a weekend and you are sitting in a remote location connected via broadband facing technical glitches. Firmware upgrades failed yesterday as I had directly started upgrading the...