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Just clean it with some alcohol already.

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My GT-AC5300 had firmware issues when I bought it in late 2018. It had firmware issues when I stopped using it in 2019. It had firmware issues in 2020 when I tried using it again. It had firmware issues in 2021 when it would do one of the following: 1.) Not boot at all 2.) Boot without DHCP 3.)...

Short answer: yes Long answer: What you're describing isn't called virtual memory, it's called page swapping. Page swapping is a technique used by operating systems to evict infrequently used process memory from physical memory and store it to a location in secondary storage, either a swap...

The Xeon E5-1650 is a generation older than the i7-3770 but it's a 6 core product rather than a 4 core product. It also has four memory channels and oodles of PCIe lanes, a better piece over all. If memory serves me correctly, Intel did not release a reference air cooler for the LGA-2011...

No. They're cheaper. Multi-channel memory architectures require at least one rank in each memory channel in order to take advantage of as much memory bandwidth as possible. Thus, system builders need to include at least one DIMM per channel. The most cost effective solution is one single-rank...

DIMMs that have chips on one side only are usually single-rank DIMMs. There's a limit to the number of ranks that can be installed per channel; on consumer motherboards the typical limit is 4, two per DIMM slot. This is unrelated to single/dual-channel.

All Intel microprocessors since the Pentium Pro have supported more than 4GiB of memory. Microsoft Windows has supported this in the kernel since Windows 2000, however only certain server variants have support for this enabled. If the system has more than 4GiB installed, the rest is simply...

I'm not entirely surprised given that Linksys routers are absolute trash.

Are you sure that model is correct? The F2A58M-HD2 pictures that I'm looking at are all black and white, I see no green or orange footings. EDIT: Are you referring to the wiring harnesses on your case? I could use some clarity, perhaps some pictures

All network adapters that have an IPv6 stack enabled will have an IPv6 address. This is the link-local address. IPv4 interfaces will assign themselves a random IP address in the range 169.254.0.0-169.254.255.255 if they do not receive an IP address in another fashion, either statically assigned...

This is a known issue with the Killer E2400 network adapter that can be found on the Gigabyte G1 Gaming 7 and many other gaming motherboards. The default driver (the one included with Windows and updated via Windows Update) results in a memory leak in the kernel which can only be resolved via a...

Modem is short for Modulator/Demodulator. Modems convert a signal from one format to another format, such as from IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet) to DOCSIS (Cable) If you have a residential internet service, then you have a modem of one form or another. You may have a cable modem (coaxial connector), a...

Firmware updates are cumulatice images, not incremental patches. Install the latest one. Very rarely a device will have an intermediary update that must be installed before later updates can be installed. If this is the case, the download page or update tool will advise appropriately

You don't need to buy a power supply for that server unless you require a redundant PSU. It has one installed already. A few thoughts: 1. Rackmount servers are noisy beasts, especially 1U servers (1U = ~1.75 inches in height). The fans included have to be of very high RPM and numerous. 3U and...