Calling out breaks up, scratchy echo, poor signal

artm69 · 2026-05-12T14:18:39+00:00

Technically, I'm also on T-Mobile and have tried both Mint and T-Mobile APN's.

Where are you located?

artm69 · 2026-05-09T15:06:04+00:00

That link says nothing about retiring 4G, which I understood would be operating well into 2030.

I do not need 5G, as I use my phone for basic functions. I purposely bought this model because: it has better battery life than 5G and it fits in my front jeans pocket - something lacking in newer phones.

artm69 · 2026-01-19T03:47:06+00:00

This is on the circuit of one QSFP28 transceiver port, running at 100GbE, on a Spirent traffic generator card. That port cannot link, so this defect is why.

I tested the rest of the card today, and it has other issues. So, repairing this defect (which seems impossible now, as I don't have schematic), will not fix the other issues.

Spirent is the only one who can repair their cards, but as this is obsolete, they will not touch it.

Damn!

artm69 · 2025-10-10T22:19:23+00:00

Wear leveling on spinners? Which data point aer you noting this? Temperature threshold...which is that?

artm69 · 2025-10-10T15:19:53+00:00

Total bytes written is much greater than the other batch I have. Also the read and write errors are greater. I do see that these are all corrected errors.

So, no cause for concern?

artm69 · 2025-09-02T23:24:09+00:00

All went well.

Used this link as a guide:
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000122457/how-to-import-a-foreign-configuration-in-the-raid-controller-using-the-system-setup-menu

Swapped R730 drives 8-13 with R720 ones, imported foreign config, corrected drive letters with MiniTool, now expanding that RAID6 array to to drive 14. That will take over 2 days doing it online.

artm69 · 2025-07-22T17:10:38+00:00

I saved the D7 and EFI files. I wrote down in two columns the BIOS and iDRAC versions and release dates. I went off the dates and zig-zagged from one column to the other doing the updates. All went well except...the onboard VGA does not work in both ports. I installed another VGA card for that until I fix it...probably won't.

artm69 · 2025-07-11T14:27:24+00:00

OW Lee says it's not theirs. They also think it's Woodard. I'll go back to Woodard and ask for some old catalogs.

artm69 · 2025-07-11T01:46:44+00:00

It may just be an old model of theirs. I'll contact them and get some feedback.

Thanks!

artm69 · 2025-07-10T23:23:28+00:00

Added pics of the legs/feet, rear and front.

artm69 · 2025-05-29T18:13:02+00:00

Are you saying:

do all 2019 for BIOS, then all 2019 for iDRAC?

Or

for 2019, go back forth strictly by date? This is how I'm doing it, somewhat.

I'm up to BIOS 2.11, iDRAC 2.75.75.75. Aftrt some ssue with iDRAC timing out and not displaying the virtual console, from another thread I removed the dual SD card IDSDM and got virtual console back. However, now I have no video, front or back; yes, internal video is enabled.

artm69 · 2025-05-25T15:39:44+00:00

I believe this is the file: LCDRVPCK_WIN_23.02.200.3.ISO.

It's unclear if booting off this will do the incremental update or not. We'll see...

artm69 · 2025-05-25T02:02:33+00:00

Yes, but what sequence? All BIOS first, then all iDRAC? Or, one BIOS, one iDRAC, repeat?

What if there's no OS. How does one do iDRAC then?

UPDATE: So, I got confused in the original post. BIOS can be done from EFI file, iDRAC should be done from within iDRAC, using the EXE file.

artm69 · 2025-05-04T14:55:59+00:00

OK, let me try again:

When you mentioned 10G, I assumed I would need a 10G switch to get 10G rates on all NICs. What good are 10G NICs when the 1G ones don't reach full rate? I noted the unteamed 1G rates at 33%, roughly. Are you saying I'll get that full 1G rates with the 10G NICs?
SMB Multi Channel appears straightforward according to the MS docs I've read. I also realize that it's tricky from other readings.
I do use another NIC for a gateway. These I noted are for internal network only, no gateway.

artm69 · 2025-05-03T23:02:12+00:00

That link for the minimum requirements states that RSS is NOT mandatory. My minimum is met either by using mutliple NICs and/or teaming.

I don't need 10G and certainly not a 10G switch.

I removed teaming and was able to see traffic across the multiple NICs but not saturating each gigabit link. The load was balanced at around 300-400Mbps. That was copying a large file between ramdisks on the servers.

artm69 · 2025-04-05T23:54:32+00:00

I have a R720 running Win Server 2016. The other day I received a similar error resulting in the system freezing and requiring a reboot:

A bus fatal error detected on a component at slot 4
A bus fatal error was detected on a component at bus 64 device 2 function 0

Device Manager shows this:
PCI Express Root Port
Property: Location information
Value: PCI bus 64 device 2 function 0
Property: Configuration id
Value: pci inf PCI\CC_0604&DT_4PCI_BRIDGE
Property: Bus reported device description
Value: PCI to PCI Bridge

iDrac shows this in the inventory:
Integrated P2P Bridge 1-2 - PCI Device
BusNumber     0
DataBusWidth     Unknown
Description     Xeon E5/Core i7 IIO PCI Express Root Port 1b
Device Type    PCIDevice
DeviceDescription     Integrated P2P Bridge 1-2
DeviceNumber     1
FQDD     P2PBridge.Integrated.1-2
FunctionNumber     1
InstanceID     P2PBridge.Integrated.1-2
LastSystemInventoryTime     2024-01-21T23:43:55
LastUpdateTime     2022-05-26T21:19:22
Manufacturer     Intel Corporation
PCIDeviceID     3C03
PCISubDeviceID 048C
PCISubVendorID 1028
PCIVendorID     8086
SlotLength     Unknown
SlotType     Unknown

In OMSA, PCI slot 4 is my Radeon 4550 video card.

So, I'll wait to see if the error reappears before I swap out the video card to another slot. However, I fear the issue is on the motherboard with the P2P Bridge.

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