Testing A New VPS Provider - IPXcore

I was surfing the web today and I found, what I think, was a great deal. It was a VPS with 4 Virtual CPUs and around 300MB of RAM for just 1.75 a month at a host called IPXcore. So I thought, yea sure, why not. I purchased the package to give it a try.

I wish I could tell you more. The interface and management looked nice but I wasn't able to try the server out. The company's data center was having an outage just when I got this new VPS. Now this isn't IPXcore's fault as they don't have too much control over troubles in their data center but it was kind of annoying not being able to start using my new VPS. I had plans to get a debian LAMP server up and maybe a VPN as well.

One thing that was nice was the support. I was able to live chat with a techi about the issue. He was always there and gave quit, ENGLISH HUMAN responses within seconds. Also note that all of this was on a Sunday.

Ohh well, I don't mind too much. Hopefully they will get things fixed and I will be on my way setting up my new VPS. If not, it was just a buck seventy-five.

I'll update if once they come back and let you know what I think of their services. 

Want to give them a try? Click this link and use promotion code MTTechBlog to get 15% off every payment you make for their services!

Update 7/31/2012: Sorry I didn't update this earlier, I was too busy playing with my new VPS. First of all they had their problems sorted out at the data center by the end of that very same day and I've been using my VPS every since then. I like the thing so much that I even purchased a second one! I would HIGHLY recommend this company!

Dell Poweredge 1800

Yes, it may be a little out-dated but it's still my first actual dell server!

Dell Poweredge 1800 Pictures
Dell Poweredge 1800 Specs

G.Skill Ares Review

A few weeks ago I came to realize that I needed some more RAM. 4 GB just wasn't enough to play some Battlefield 3 at the end of the day. So here the easy solution would be to just purchase some extra RAM for my tower and stop complaining. Well the actual solution was a little different. My Thermaltake Frio cooler covered the two DIMMs closest to the processor. I needed to find some RAM that would just fit under it. That is where the new G. Skill Ares came in to play.

I saw these mentioned on a blog somewhere so I hopped onto Newegg and ordered an 8GB orange kit. Installing them was simple, just like any other RAM. I just had to remove one of the fans on the heat sync temporarily while I installed the RAM. Once installed I had about half a centimeter of clearance!

Here are some pictures of the great stuff!

Once installed I had just a narrow gap between the top of the modules and the bottom of the Thermaltake fan. 

 Below is a screen shot form CPU-Z.

 Ohh and this little sticker made the deal all so much better!

Overall this stiff is great and my computer has been running wonderfully. If you want a little more in depth review of this new series of RAM check out the review on Overclock3D!

Fix Insufficient Space Error On Android

Recently I have been receiving a lot of errors stating that I am out of space on my phone when I clearly have over 50MB free. When I install a small app (~1-2 MBs) I still receive this error but I have now found a solution.

There is this free app in the Android Market called MarketFix. This app requires root access but it works wonder! All I did was install it, granted super user rights, and clicked the button to fix the error. Now I can install apps and I won't receive the insufficient space error!

I think the app works by moving the cache partition for the market app over to the SDCard to make it appear as if there is more space on the phone to download apps to the internal memory.

EA Origin Battlefield 3 Multiplayer Down - February 2012

Just to let all of you know that your not alone... It would appear that Origin is experiencing an outage today, Feb 18. I tried to play Battlefield 3 multilayer earlier today and I kept getting authentication server errors. After looking around I found some updates on their Twitter feed.

They are aware of the problem.

Origin is currently experiencing an outage and we are investigating the issue. Thanks for your patience.
— Origin (@origin_EA) February 18, 2012

They are still figuring things out... 2PM CST

We are still investigating the outage and are working as quickly as possible to resolve it. Thanks again for your patience.
— Origin (@origin_EA) February 18, 2012

Sounds like everything's back to normal!

The temporary outage earlier is now resolved and we are currently looking into the cause. Apologies for the inconvenience. Thanks everyone.
— Origin (@origin_EA) February 18, 2012

Bookmark this page and come back later for updates. I will continue posting any information I find on this page until this problem is fixed. You can also follow me on Twitter and Facebook for updates. I guess this give you all a chance to finish the campaign if you haven't done so yet...

Thermaltake Frio Instalation - Temps & Review

For the past year I have been running the stock AMD Phenom x6 cooler and that thing was horrible. It was load under load and wouldn't do a great job keeping my rig cool. I would peak around 50C under full load with that old thing. Recently one of my friends went water cooled and he sold me his frio. Now that I have it installed I was able to overclock and still achieve lower temps on full load than I did with the stock cooler.

OpenVPN Sucks

I was very interested in OpenVPN. I was looking for a good secure solution to access of home network from outside of it. So I proceeded to attempt to instal OpenVPN... Well that didn't go very well.