Monthly Archives: April 2013
Stuck drive tray on Panasonic Q
I recently dusted off my Panasonic Q GameCube to play some Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. It powered on successfully, but unfortunately the drive tray would not open. Thus began my quest to fix this classic game console.
STEC SSD firmware updates with IBM SAS/SATA update utility
I have an IBM-branded STEC MACH8 SSD installed in a Supermicro server with a PDSME+ motherboard. This 50 GB SLC SSD works great as a Logzilla for ZFS, but updating the firmware can be a hassle. Getting the latest firmware … Continue reading