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Monthly Archives: September 2010

Ubuntu Sata drive reset VT6421 bug

Upgrade time for an older storage server (really a workstation), running Ubuntu 10.04. The old workstation did not have any Sata controllers in it, so I had to install a new MASSCOOL XWT-RC018 run-of-the-mill PCI Sata controller. Popped in two brand new Samsung Spinpoing 1 TB drives (SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 […]

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Silva Tech Solutions Launches New Technology Services

Silva Tech Solutions is proud to announce the availability of a whole new range of technology services focused on small to mid-level businesses.  Details can be found on our new services page. These new services will focus on more enterprise technology solutions as well as a few new infrastructure consulting […]

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TDL3 Variant Removal

Recently I worked on a client’s workstation that had a very interesting “infection”. Google internet searches would be redirected to random company websites and the Microsoft Windows Update website refused to load properly. The client was running Avast and SpyBot (with Tea-Timer). I turned up the detection level in Avast […]

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