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Having some crazy issues getting this to work.
 
I don't know where to start.
 
So Currently I have a fully licensed version of ESXi 6.5 (Update 3 version 650.U3.9.6.10)
HP DL385 Gen8 
32 CPUs x AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6376
127.97 GB of Ram
AMD FirePro S9300 x2  ((one card))  I am using the AMD FirePro Retail WHQL -15.201.2401
 
This card is currently plugged into the Mezzanine x16 card slot and powered approperatly.
 
 
When I try to pass through it works so far as in the devices are see by the guest OS, but no matter what drivers I give the guest, I never am able to render on them.
 
Any ideas? where do i start to debug this?
 
 

They work fine.  Just get a PCIe or USB sound card.
 
Also, getting a full size GPU into a 1u server is a challenge.  I used a flexible PCIe riser to put the GPU outside the case.

Dark mode task manager! Finally!

Windows 11 first major update is coming up soon. Rumors suggest Sept 20th.
Microsoft marked its first Release Candidate of this OS update all the way back in June under the Release Preview ring. It seems that Microsoft really wanted the OS to be well tested as much as possible. Numerous updates have been released since, with lots of bug fixes. So, a good sign.
 
It’s been almost a year since Windows 11 was released and it’s time for its grand update. Unlike the early days of Windows 10, Microsoft has focused more on polishing the OS, and brought more Quality-of-Life improvements, rather than on new features. All-in-all, while it is mostly all small changes, all together, it really elevates Windows 11 experience.
 
Let’s start with the elephant of the room:
 
"Forced MS Linked Account on Pro edition"
 
 
What’s New?
A new Home
File Explorer now features a ‘Home’ page when you open which replaces the ‘Quick Access’. It is an evolution of Quick Access. It features the same quick access section of, well, Quick Access,  but includes Your recent files accessed (including those accessed from OneDrive folder), and you can pin them in your Favorite, by simply dragging the file to the Favorites section, or right-click on the file and pick ‘Add to Favorites’.

 
 
 
Taskbar Drag’n Drop
Drag and drop between app via the task bar has been finally added. As before, you can just drag a file over a Task bar program to make it gain focus and drop it there.
 
 
 
Start Menu Customizations
The Start menu can now be customized a bit further by selecting if you want more pinned icons, and a few Recommended items, or the reverse.

 
The option is found under Settings > Personalization > Start

 
 
 
 
Start Menu Folders
You can now create pinned app folders like you could under Windows 10 Start menu with its Live tiles.
Just drag a pinned app on the Start menu over another pinned app on the Start menu, and a folder that can be named can be set. To add more items to the folder, simply drag and drop to the folder more pinned apps. And yes, the folders can be named.
 
 
 
File Explorer – Folder Content Peek
It’s baaaack! Microsoft re-introduces folder preview of files on the folder icons. Keeping with the theme of simplicity, it only shows the latest file in the folder.

 
 
 
Updated Task Manager – With Dark Mode Too
Don’t adjust your monitor image settings, you read that correctly. Windows 11 now has an updated Task manager:

 

 

 
 
File Explorer – Improved OneDrive Integration
Note: This applies to all folders synced with OneDrive, and the main OneDrive folder itself. Nothing shows in other places.
You can now see the update of uploads/downloads from File Explorer without having to dig the OneDrive panel.

 
 
 
 
Mica for All
Mica is the transparency effect that excludes anything behind it. It just considers the background; it is now applied to all Win32 desktop applications and Windows panels. The effect is very subtle, though.
 

 

(Legacy application from 2000)
 
 
 
Improved Touch Gestures
Now when you swipe up to open the Start menu, it follows your finger, and not play a generic animation. Same for all other panels and swiping under the Start menu.
 
 
Also, there is a new gesture to show the quick settings. Simply swipe up on that area of the screen:

Swipe down to dismiss.
 
 
 
 
Quick Bluetooth Management
Talking about Quick Settings, you can now easily connect/disconnect and remove Bluetooth devices from there. Similar to how Wi-Fi section works, just click on the arrow:
 

 

 
 
 
Color Profile Change on Quick Settings
Introduced in Windows 10, but was lost when Win11 was released, is that you can have a button to switch between your device color profiles. As you tap/click on it, it will cycle through the different supported color profiles that have been registered. Please note that this applies only to embedded display devices, not desktop displays (unless the manufacture offers drivers that will add support for this)
 

 
 
 
Cast Notification Icons
A new Cast icon will appear at the lower-left corner of the taskbar to show you are casting (WIN + K) 

 
 
 
Windowing Improvements
Snap group thumbnail preview visuals now include the desktop wallpaper to better differentiate a window and a layout set.
 

 
Also: Improved animations transitioning between snap states:
More fluid, less janky.

 
 
Additional things:
Rotating a device between portrait and landscape orientation is now snappier and more responsive.
  Reduced the number of notifications sounds that play when you connect and disconnect docks and monitors.
  It is now easier to move your cursor and windows between monitors, by letting your cursor jump over areas where it would previously get stuck.
his behavior is controlled in settings with System > Display > Multiple displays > Ease cursor movement between displays.
  Small changes to the snapping options under System > Multitasking to help simplify them and make them easier to understand.  
 
Graphics Related Improvements
Dynamic Refresh Rate (DRR) has been improved. Currently (before this build), DRR was limited to scrolling in Office and when inking (to reduce latency) (this feature obviously applies to laptops/tablets running Windows 11 with a 120Hz or more). Now, it applies to the cursor. As you move it, it will boost to 120Hz, and drop down when you stop. This will make the system feel more responsive on those devices, Microsoft says. Edge now supports DRR feature as well.
  Windows HDR Calibration app. This will allow you to improve color accuracy and consistency on your HDR display. The app can be found under the settings panel: System > Display > HDR. Download app manually: https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/windows-hdr-calibration/9N7F2SM5D1LR (HDR display required with a supported graphics card, this release of Windows 11, and HDR needs to be enabled)
  Windowed Gaming Optimizations: windowed games get some love! Under System > Display > Graphics > Change default graphics settings (under the Settings panel), you'll have the option to enable this new optimization mode. This mode adds Auto HDR and Variable Refresh Rate support to games running in windowed mode and reduces latency. You can also exclude some games if you have some games having issues with this feature. This of course, only affects DirectX games.
Full details here:
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/updates-in-graphics-and-gaming/  
 
 
Spot the Light
Spotlight arrives to your desktop. Spotlight daily background images can now be enjoyed on your desktop environment. When enabled via Settings > Personalization > Background:

 
You will get a desktop icon that will show, which will allow you to double-click on it, to learn more about the image, or you can right-click on it, to say if you like it or not, or change the image:

 
 
 
Volume / Brightness indicator – Updated Look
Yes, finally, no more metro there as well! Windows 11 now has its Volume and Brightness slider indicator have been updated. And yes, there is dark and light theme for both.
The indicator will appear at the center of the screen, above the task bar. (Now you’ll need to retrain yourself 😊)

 
 
Alt-Tab – Updated Look
Alt-Tab look got updated, and now has the glass effect background limited to the window/app selection, and no longer full screen

 
 
 
 
Input Switch – Updated Look
The language input switch panel has been updated to Windows 11 style.

 
This also applies to the lock screen.
 
 
Accessibility Flyout Improvement – Lock Screen – Updated Look
Talking about Lock screen, the accessibility flyout panel also got updated to Windows 11 style.

 
 
 
Lock Screen Media Control Player – Updated Look
The lock screen media player no longer has the Windows 10 Metro style. It has been updated to Windows 11 look.
 
 
 
 
Snap Layout (Aero Snap) – Window resizing updated
When resizing windows that have been snapped, the unfocused windows will now fade to an icon of the application like so:
 
 
Improved Snap Layouts
To improve the discoverability of the previously improved snap layouts, when you drag a window to the top middle of the screen, you'll have the option you normally have when you roll over the "maximize/restore" button. This also makes it easier to do on a touch focused device.

 
Notice also the improved animation of the Snap Assist feature.
 
Global Mic Mute – Keyboard shortcut and on-screen notification
When using the global microphone mute button (apps needs to support it), you can mute/unmute via the keyboard shortcut WIN + ALT + K, and a pop-up status will show:

 
 
 
 
Focus Mode / Do not Disturb - Reworked
Microsoft ‘re-imagined’ Focus and Do not Disturb mode.
 
Do Not Disturb
From the Notification Center, you can now easily enable "Do not disturb", which will mute notifications from popping up, and will directly show up in the Notification Center list.

 
Under Settings > System > Notifications, you can setup rules to turn it on automatically, similarly to "Focus assist" feature that we have now (well... prior now)
 
 
Focus Mode
When you open the Notification Center, you'll have the option to start a focus session for a period of time that you can define.

 
 
When enabled: 
Taskbar badging will turn off Flashing of applications in the taskbar will turn off A timer will appear on screen 'Do not disturb' feature will turn on  
You can also set a Focus Session with Music (more on that later).
 
 
 
Voice Access – Accessibility
Control your system via your voice. Settings > Accessibility > Speech
Once enabled, you can use the keyboard shortcut Alt + Shift + C and Alt + Shift + B to enable voice listening or not, and control the system, or you can say “Voice access wake up” or “Unmute”, and the reverse “Voice access sleep”, “Mute”. The list of commands is long, and worth reading the full documentation if you are in the need of such feature. But some basic commands are: “Open <app name>”, “Switch to…”, “Minimize ….”, “Right-click ….”, “Scroll down”, “Press <key combination or key name>”.

You can also split an app into quadrants to help focus better on an area or show the numbers for all elements on the screen that can be interacted.

 

 
 
Voice Typing Improvements
Voice typing has been improved with anew navigational commands.
It can now handle "Enter", "Backspace", "Space", "Tab" actions by saying them when needed based on the program you are using.
 
 
 
 
System Wide Close Caption – Accessibility
Windows 11 introduces a system wide close caption that works on everything coming out from your audio source. You’ll get a top bar on the screen where you’ll see text being live captioned.
To turn on this feature: Settings > Accessibility > Caption, and turn on Live captions
 
 
Narrator
New male natural voice called Guy.
 
 
 
Windows Update
Windows Update can adapt to your energy grid to reduce carbon footprint.
Basically, it will attempt to schedule update installations at specific times of day when doing so results in lower carbon emissions.
Of course, this doesn't apply if you manually check for updates.
 
To do this, Microsoft will use the data it partnered up with: electricityMap and WattTime.

In my case, it is 100% renewable (Hydro), so I guess it will update whenever it feels like, as before.
 
 
Power Saving 
Windows will now have more aggressive power saving settings by default compared to before to save power when the system is idle.
 
 
Networking
TKIP and WEP are deprecated security standards and Windows 11 will no longer allow connections to those types starting with this build. Windows 11 Home will no longer enable SMB1 by default. If you have it enabled right now, it will remain so. (If I am not mistaken, this was the last remaining edition of Windows with it that was enabled).  
 
Input
Touch screen keyboard, in it's small layout, now has an IME On/Off key (Japanese, Korean, and Chinese Traditional IMEs) Some Emoji have been updated to better fit Windows 11 style further Additional kaomoji were added Hungarian for handwriting support has been added
   
Settings
Size of the icons in the Settings navigation pane have been increased to be easier to see. Storage Sense will now be enabled by default for new accounts (and new installs). You can turn it off under:  Settings > System > Storage Settings Time & Language category and Date & time page to now include a live digital clock and information about currently selected option. Updated the design of Network & Internet > Dial-up when you have a connection set up to align with the overall design of Settings in Windows 11. Adjustments were done to Settings > Personalization > Fonts to improve the design of the page, including the drag-and-drop area for installing fonts is now larger.  
Windows Sandbox
Aligning with Hyper-V behavior, even if you’re not in full screen mode, modifier keys and shortcuts will now be intercepted by Windows Sandbox if the window has focus. It also now supports basic environment variable usage like %USERPROFILE% inside in mapped folder paths. It now support mapped folders now support relative paths  
 
Security
Smart App Control (SAC) is a new security feature part of Windows Security/Defender where when enabled it can block untrusted or potentially dangerous applications.
Microsoft notes that this feature can only be enabled on Windows devices that have performed a clean install with the latest Insider Preview build.
 
Microsoft says:
 
 
 
Print Queue Panel
The print queue panel is a new panel which shows what is being sent to your printer and its status.

 
 
 
New GPO's:
Disable Quick Settings flyout Disable Notification Center and calendar flyouts Disable all taskbar settings Disable search (across Start & taskbar) Hide Task View from taskbar Block customization of ‘Pinned’ in Start Hide ‘Recommended’ in Start Disable Start context menus Hide ‘All apps’ in Start (They may be others, please consult a more IT focused document)
 
 
 
Nearby Share - Improved
The feature has now been improved with UDP support, and not longer Bluetooth exclusive.
Also, when you use the Share feature (right-click on a file > Share), you’ll have shareable system nearby listed:

 
 
 
In Box App Updates
In-box apps of Windows got updated, 2 got removed, and a new 1 was also introduced:
(Please note that because they are delivered separately, you may already have access to them or have them available)
 
 
Media Player
This app replaces both: Groove Music and Movies & TV. This means that they are no longer included in Windows 11 when you do a clean install. It also aims to replace the classic Windows Media Player 12 introduced all the back in Windows 7.
 

 
Like Groove Music it allows you to view your albums and music in similar fashion, this was not lost.
CD Audio support is present, INCLUDING CD Audio Ripping. Supported formats: AAC, WMA, FLAC, and ALAC.
Video playback, with the same codec supported is still present
 

 
And yes, EQ control is there:

 
 
As well as Speed control

 
And Video color adjustment controls:

 
 
Sound Recorder
Replaces Voice Recorder.

 
The recorder brings wave form presentation, and the ability to add mark points for you to help refer back to. No, it’s not Audacity, just a basic, but more useful, voice recorder
 
 
Clock
Remember Focus Assist I mentioned before, with Music playback support, well it goes hand-in-hand with the new Clock app with Spotify integration, as well as Microsoft To Do integration.

 
You can sign-in to your Spotify account to have quick access to shortcuts and focus playlists from Spotify, and music will play when you start your focus session. Break can also be defined from there. Your To Do list appears as daily Tasks, which can be added from the same Clock app, and can be checked.
 
 
 
Clipchamp - New App
A new video editor app that is more involved and feature rich then Photo editor video editor, with video templates which you can generate (type in text and it will generate a clip that you can insert), it includes sample clips both video and audio which you can use in your work for personal and commercial purposes, define your own template via “Brand kit” to help ensure that all your videos matches the same style. You have slideshow, text overlay, quote animations, social handles animations and lots more. It is of course, not a professional video editor. Simplicity of use is the main focus.
 
The app has 2 plans: Free and paying one.

 
 

 
 
 
Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA)
Note: Not all features listed here might be delivered on day 1 of this release. WSA has a different release schedule, and its own Insider program.
Lots of improvements are being presented for this feature. Including but not limited to:
·       Android OS updated to: Android 12.1 / 12L with Chromium WebView 100
·       Performance improvements
·       Networking improvements
·       VPN support
·       Scrolling and navigation
·       Redesigned UX WSA settings panel and diagnostics data viewer added
·       Simpleperf CPU profiler recording support
·       Windows taskbar now shows which Android apps are using microphone and location
·       Windows taskbar now shows which Android apps are using microphone and location
·       Hardware video decoding support (VP8, VP9 and H.264)
·       Mail integration with Windows email clients and Android app.
·       Compatibility for games with joysticks (mapped to WASD)
·       Compatibility for gamepad in games
·       Compatibility for aiming in games with arrow keys
·       Compatibility for sliding in games with arrow keys
 
Now available to more regions:
Andorra Austria Belgium France Germany Gibraltar Guernsey Ireland Isle of Man Italy Japan Jersey Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco San Marino Spain Switzerland United Kingdom United States Vatican City / Holy See  
 
Download
Official ISO (English US x64): 
https://software.download.prss.microsoft.com/dbazure/Win11_22H2_English_x64.iso?t=a4e5c695-01df-4294-9ebc-683ed65ebb75&e=1663775373&h=0d52cc56f1c271a4bde785b34ba593abd229b071d97923b0d7d0d9bc1fd52244
 
Update Assistance and Media Creation Tool:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
 
 

the only way i can see that will work to make your server quiter is to put it in another room. linus did something like this with his server in which it was in a room where he surrounded it with foam on the walls to dampen the sound of it and had it with its own intake and ventalation to make sure it still had moving air to keep it cool.

Then you are wrong, simply not enough volume of work would be required to sustain the business which is why it's not viable. You can do the easy and obvious stuff but you would have to charge for more complex and longer repair.
 
The business that do exist here that actually offer electronics level repairs live and survive solely on broken screens and water damage, and even then most are never around for more than a couple of years before they close.
 
In the last 3 years I've seen 3 laptop repair companies open and close in my town (well city close by where I work) each within a year, all for the same reason.
 
And that his cost to bare, scale down and you could not offer free shipping. Out the gate shipping it for repair is about $30 NZD in each direction so a fixed $60 cost, this would be more for a rural customer as well.
 
This entire business model simply does not work in my country such is why it does not exist. You can find basic PC service and repair however no electronics repair (beyond clean liquid damage and replace fuse/cap/resistor), at least not dedicated to PCs and computer parts. 
 
Edit:
Just to further illustrate the population problem HPE have two service companies for my area, one is actually good and proper while the other is essentially a toaster repair (electronics repair) business. We had a CPU fail in a HPE DL580 Gen9, a 8890v4, the primary company was not available so they sent the toaster repair guy. This person didn't even know how to open the server let alone get out the board module with the CPUs on it, I had to do it and we pay extra for same day support. No disrespect to the toaster guy, I'm sure he could fix those with his eyes closed but a toaster is not a 100k+ server.

Rx30 and DL3x0 Gen9 don't actually use a lot. Even the previous generation don't either. Pretty much most Intel Z series high end motherboards are tuned in a way that causes them to use more than a dual socket server at idle and light loads, they are actually quite bad.
 
DL360 Gen9 2x 2690v3 384GB ram:
 
Idle Server (doing basically nothing)

 
Another that is running a few very light VMs (they aren't actively doing anything other than running the OS), 4 VMs to be exact.

 
Now lets go back a generation to the next older CPUs
 
DL380p Gen8 2x 2667v1 64GB ram

 
Now lets take it to even more extreme, 4 socket servers of these same generations
 
DL580 Gen9 4x 8890v4 256GB ram

 
DL560p Gen8 4x 4650v1 512GB ram

 
All the peaks (the bottom smaller graphs below the big ones) are when they were running HPC workloads, think F@H or BOINC (sometimes literally were during LTT team events). None of these server are even tuned for power efficiency either, they are set to static high power in the power regulation settings.
 
Anyway high server power usage was from the generation before E5-2600v1, Xeon 5500/5600 series etc. More modern stuff is more power efficient than a typical gaming desktop unless you've gone in and manually fixed all the bad defaults (in terms of power anyway).
 
Of course you can build out a new system using modern consumer desktop parts in a rackmount chassis and get the idle power much lower but you'll spend way more than what you'd save in power doing that anyway.

Hello guys,
 
I recently tried installing a Quadro K4000 into my HP Proliant DL580 G7. The GPU should be fine without a power cable since it can draw the 70W needed right from the slot.
Shoved it into the slot, turned the server on and it told me to connect a power cable. So I went downstairs again, took the cable of my DL380 G7 and put it in the 580. Still the same issue.
I suspected the cables are probably not interchangable for whatever reason so I ordered a powercable specifically for the 580.
Now I just put the cable in, turned the server on and the issue still persist. I couldn't find any solution to the issue, apparently there aren't many people putting a GPU into those things, especially nowadays.
Does anyone have any idea what I might be doing wrong? I tried 3 of the 4 connectors on the board - always the same issue.
 
Spare me the "what do you need that thing for" and "try this card" or "try this computer" I know it draws A LOT of power and that it's a pretty powerful machine overall. I'm not asking for alternatives or advice. I'm looking for help to get THIS GPU working in THIS machine.

That sad to hear, the tech itself was surely interesting but never managed to ramp up enough in order to get cheap.
 
I always wonder if it'd be a good idea to use one of those 16~32gb drives as a swap drive.

Drat - I was 2 hours late! But good catch @BachChain 😄 I've no personal experience with Intel Optane. OEMs definitely screwed it over in the consumer space. 

Soon every countries will have their own hardware and software just for them. Because none of them can trust one another, for good reason because they DO spy on one another. If it's not China, it's Russia, the US or some other country.

Same issue with Windows and MacOS.
 
Just install Linux on those Chromebooks.

Nope, at least for general vSphere and vCenter, it was a perpetual license.
Support on the other hand I'm sure was a subscription.

TL;DR
Back in late May 2022, Broadcom announced its plan to by VMware for just over 60 billion USD. The announcement (and subsequent follow-through) has sparked concerns in the enterprise space. In late June, VMware revealed more information on Project Artic. Project Artic is VMware's vSphere-as-a-Service offering, and VMware was slated to reveal pricing for it in July. Now, at the end of July, they have finally released said info - but not to the public. VMware is sticking with their per-core licensing and "commit+overage" billing model. Owners of perpetually-licensed vSphere can switch to the subscription model if they decide to. Perpetual and subscription licenses can also run together in the same datacenter. But there are caveats for both:
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
 With the lack of publicly-available information, some IT professionals are considering leaving the VMware ecosystem for other alternatives. An air of "If you have to ask, you can't afford it" exudes from this. This will possibly push smaller businesses toward open source alternatives, and leave legacy VMware customers to get gouged by foot the bill of Broadcom+VMware's need for infinite growth in a finite market. Instead of innovation and steady progression with a decent product and competent customer service, the remaining customers may very well be left with the exact opposite of what they've grown to expect from VMware of years past...
 
Sources
https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/28/vmware_vsphere_plus_project_arctic/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/29/vsphere_plus_prices_not_public/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/brian-maddens-brutal-unfiltered-thoughts-broadcom-vmware-brian-madden/  
NOTE: The last hyperlink is more speculative, and should be taken with a grain of salt.

The Facebook group CRT Collective is going to have a field day with this video...
 
 

First of all, the PC you intend to remote into that'll actually be rendering the games, is that the PC you're shopping for a GPU for? Any desktop gaming GPU will do. If 1080p streaming is the plan, an RX6600/6600XT will be plenty. 
 
The remote PC you'll be streaming to doesn't need anything fancy. 

Hahah ya.
Some people around me are like :
"Well, If they block the legit sites anyway, I guess everybody will go back to the old times, buying pirated game installers"
"And if the govt complains about piracy, we'll just say 'The legit site are blocked, so..' "

lol, nah
shit's been going on since 2015
 

that falls into the 1/3rd greedy corporations

Idiocracy in the making. It can only do downwards from here.

The internet in 1996:  A whole new world of information sharing and awesomeness is coming.
The internet in 2022:  1/3rd ignorant misinformation, 1/3rd greedy corporations and 1/3rd government censorship.
 
 

Guide: How to get voted out at election - This story
lol

Well, there is probably a way.
Problem is the people here will abuse it so much that it will get very well known & then they (kominfo) will try to block the method.
The tech savvy know to play it subtle, the non tech savvy gonna abuse it and spread. Like usual

Intel dumped consumer SSD business to SK Hynix few years ago, then sold 3DXpoint (architecure of the nands used in Optane) business to Micron (in 2018) in which Micron dumped both a fab and the tech in 2021.
 
Signs were clear tbh.