10gbit and 40gbit Home Networking10gbit and 40gbit Home Networking
Aliexpress has a 4 port 2.5gbit switch with 2*SFP+ sockets for $34.35 delivered [1]. 4 ports isn’t very good for the more common use cases (if daisy chaining them then[...]
Month: November 2025
PineTime BandPineTime Band
I’ve had a Pine Time for just over 2 years [1]. About a year ago I had a band break and replaced it from a spare PineTime and now I[...]
EDID and my 8K TVEDID and my 8K TV
I previously blogged about buying a refurbished Hisense 65u80g 8K TV with the aim of making it a large monitor [1] and about searching for a suitable video card for[...]
AMD Video Driver IssuesAMD Video Driver Issues
I have had some graphics hangs on my HP z640 workstation which seem to always be after about 4 days of uptime, in one instance running Debian kernel 6.16.12+deb14+1 I[...]
PCIe ProblemsPCIe Problems
HP z840 Dead Slot I just had an issue with the HP z840 system I’m using as a build server [1]. I had to take it to a site that[...]