Comments for Mike's Realm http://michael.requeny.com chown -R us ./base Sat, 12 May 2012 21:37:53 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Building a Cost-Effective vSphere ESXi 5.0 Home Lab: Part 2 by Michael Requeny http://michael.requeny.com/2011/11/25/building-cost-effective-vsphere-esxi-5-0-home-lab-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5448 Michael Requeny Sat, 12 May 2012 21:37:53 +0000 http://michael.requeny.com/?p=864#comment-5448 Joshua, Thanks for the feedback! I have not had a any PSODs on my builds (I have 2 identical boxes built). Some things I would try, in order: Update BIOS, Pull any addon cards, Run MEMTEST, Replace PSU (weird, I know--but I have run into "Windoze BSODs" caused by a flaky PSU). Joshua,

Thanks for the feedback!
I have not had a any PSODs on my builds (I have 2 identical boxes built). Some things I would try, in order: Update BIOS, Pull any addon cards, Run MEMTEST, Replace PSU (weird, I know–but I have run into “Windoze BSODs” caused by a flaky PSU).

]]> Comment on Canon Zoom Lens EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Disassembly/Repair: Front Element by Michael Requeny http://michael.requeny.com/2011/03/19/canon-zoom-lens-ef-75-300mm-f4-5-6-iii-disassemblyrepair-front-element/comment-page-1/#comment-5446 Michael Requeny Sat, 12 May 2012 21:32:24 +0000 http://michael.requeny.com/?p=562#comment-5446 Glad to hear! Glad to hear!

]]> Comment on Canon Zoom Lens EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Disassembly/Repair: Front Element by Dan MUuray http://michael.requeny.com/2011/03/19/canon-zoom-lens-ef-75-300mm-f4-5-6-iii-disassemblyrepair-front-element/comment-page-1/#comment-5437 Dan MUuray Wed, 09 May 2012 22:03:53 +0000 http://michael.requeny.com/?p=562#comment-5437 OUTSTANDING!!! You saved me some money and satisfied my inner handyman OUTSTANDING!!!
You saved me some money and satisfied my inner handyman

]]> Comment on Building a Cost-Effective vSphere ESXi 5.0 Home Lab: Part 2 by Joshua http://michael.requeny.com/2011/11/25/building-cost-effective-vsphere-esxi-5-0-home-lab-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5423 Joshua Fri, 04 May 2012 01:52:16 +0000 http://michael.requeny.com/?p=864#comment-5423 Thanks for the very informative posts! I built a very similar box and have had great luck with it using ESXi 5 - except for one very annoying glitch. About once a day I get the VMware "purple screen of death" complaining about "no heartbeats received." I initially thought it was a power-saving option on the motherboard, but I've tweaked and prodded and it's still purple-screening on a regular basis. Have you experienced this issue on your build? Thanks for the very informative posts! I built a very similar box and have had great luck with it using ESXi 5 – except for one very annoying glitch. About once a day I get the VMware “purple screen of death” complaining about “no heartbeats received.” I initially thought it was a power-saving option on the motherboard, but I’ve tweaked and prodded and it’s still purple-screening on a regular basis. Have you experienced this issue on your build?

]]> Comment on P2V: VolGroup00 not found – Linux LVM by CDurazno http://michael.requeny.com/2011/03/25/p2v-volgroup00-linux-lvm/comment-page-1/#comment-5413 CDurazno Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:40:26 +0000 http://michael.requeny.com/?p=527#comment-5413 Very useful thanks a lot. Very useful thanks a lot.

]]> Comment on VMware Capacity Planner: Guided Consolidation by Michael Requeny http://michael.requeny.com/2011/05/01/poor-mans-vmware-capacity-planner-guided-consolidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5400 Michael Requeny Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:57:23 +0000 http://michael.requeny.com/?p=495#comment-5400 Mike, I'm not familiar with that one-- Other offerings: NetIQ (formerly Platespin) Recon - <a href="http://www.netiq.com/products/recon//index.asp" title="http://www.netiq.com/products/recon//index.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.netiq.com/products/recon//index.asp</a> Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit - <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd537566" title="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd537566" rel="nofollow">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd537566</a> Mike, I’m not familiar with that one–
Other offerings:
NetIQ (formerly Platespin) Recon – http://www.netiq.com/products/recon//index.asp
Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd537566

]]> Comment on VMware Capacity Planner: Guided Consolidation by Mike http://michael.requeny.com/2011/05/01/poor-mans-vmware-capacity-planner-guided-consolidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5386 Mike Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:26:27 +0000 http://michael.requeny.com/?p=495#comment-5386 They have taken Guided Consolidation away in v5. What would you recommend using now? I have been on the hunt ever since we upgraded and have come up empty handed so far. I found the 5nine P2V planner, but am having problems getting it to work so far. They have taken Guided Consolidation away in v5. What would you recommend using now? I have been on the hunt ever since we upgraded and have come up empty handed so far. I found the 5nine P2V planner, but am having problems getting it to work so far.

]]> Comment on N-1000 Command Reference Cheetsheet by dmessana http://michael.requeny.com/2011/02/20/n-1000-command-reference-cheetsheet/comment-page-1/#comment-5381 dmessana Sun, 08 Apr 2012 03:51:23 +0000 http://michael.requeny.com/?p=338#comment-5381 I wanted to mention that the panel i had works fine, the readers i have work fine and i purchased new cards and they work fine. i just finished programming it with a few things that need to be ironed out. btw, i just noticed that you said you were looking for a copy of win-pak, if you still need a copy email me and we can figure out a way to get it over to you. the key i have still only lets you register i believe 10 cards because the software needs some sort of activation or secondary key. onto my next projects. I wanted to mention that the panel i had works fine, the readers i have work fine and i purchased new cards and they work fine. i just finished programming it with a few things that need to be ironed out.

btw, i just noticed that you said you were looking for a copy of win-pak, if you still need a copy email me and we can figure out a way to get it over to you. the key i have still only lets you register i believe 10 cards because the software needs some sort of activation or secondary key.

onto my next projects.

]]> Comment on Canon Zoom Lens EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Disassembly/Repair: Front Element by Michael Requeny http://michael.requeny.com/2011/03/19/canon-zoom-lens-ef-75-300mm-f4-5-6-iii-disassemblyrepair-front-element/comment-page-1/#comment-5366 Michael Requeny Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:45:54 +0000 http://michael.requeny.com/?p=562#comment-5366 Thanks for the feedback & extra tips Mike! Thanks for the feedback & extra tips Mike!

]]> Comment on Canon Zoom Lens EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Disassembly/Repair: Front Element by Mike http://michael.requeny.com/2011/03/19/canon-zoom-lens-ef-75-300mm-f4-5-6-iii-disassemblyrepair-front-element/comment-page-1/#comment-5364 Mike Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:48:30 +0000 http://michael.requeny.com/?p=562#comment-5364 Very helpful page - thanks. I will just add that the same advice applies to the original Mk I version (and presumably the Mk II and USM versions too). For me the pins needed a fair amount of force and I found it helpful to tweak them slightly with a screwdriver first. I also found that inserting a small flat-headed screwdriver blade into the apertures where the front ring screws were helped to loosen the front element. You'd have to be very careful to only insert it a very small distance though, otherwise you could probably scratch the glass. But mine wasn't budging until I tried this. I agree that the position of the zoom and focus controls appears irrelevant to the operation. Great lens, by the way...there is a lot of rubbish all over the web written by people who just bought more expensive lenses. My brother has shot magazine front cover shots with his. Very helpful page – thanks. I will just add that the same advice applies to the original Mk I version (and presumably the Mk II and USM versions too). For me the pins needed a fair amount of force and I found it helpful to tweak them slightly with a screwdriver first.

I also found that inserting a small flat-headed screwdriver blade into the apertures where the front ring screws were helped to loosen the front element. You’d have to be very careful to only insert it a very small distance though, otherwise you could probably scratch the glass. But mine wasn’t budging until I tried this.

I agree that the position of the zoom and focus controls appears irrelevant to the operation.

Great lens, by the way…there is a lot of rubbish all over the web written by people who just bought more expensive lenses. My brother has shot magazine front cover shots with his.

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