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SMIs Are EEEEVIL (Part 1)
As a quick introduction, SMIs were introduced to the x86 world by the 386SL. It was created to...
Author: carmencr Date: 08/31/2005
Favorite Hardware Bugs
Want to know why I started posting again just now? Adi Oltean posted a great entry about his...
Author: carmencr Date: 08/31/2005
Back from a long hiatus
Well, I sort of had to stop blogging for awhile there because I moved on to a slightly different...
Author: carmencr Date: 08/30/2005
NUMA and you, perfect together (Part 1)
I know this is a slightly more esoteric topic, even for me, but I want to address cc:NUMA platforms,...
Author: carmencr Date: 08/30/2004
The Frustrations with Social Engineering, Even in Support
I just got another first-hand experience in the difficulty of trying to affect computing through...
Author: carmencr Date: 08/20/2004
Support is not Manufacturing: Part 2
Ok, my arm is warm now. Time to start tossing some theory bombs out there, and hope none get picked...
Author: carmencr Date: 08/13/2004
Support is not Manufacturing: Part 1
Ok, I know I said when I started this blog that I wouldn’t be going into the support aspects of my...
Author: carmencr Date: 08/12/2004
Self-Monitoring and Diagnosing Hardware
This is something that most people in the mainframe business have taken fom granted for decades now....
Author: carmencr Date: 08/10/2004
Execution protection (NX) and PAE
A comment from the earlier memory management entry posed a good question. How does PAE factor into...
Author: carmencr Date: 08/06/2004
If you can’t stand the heat…
You should get out of the PC kitchen. This is another silent system killer that most people...
Author: carmencr Date: 08/06/2004
THE Killer Server App for x64
IMO, it's not what anyone else might think. SQL, Exchange, and Web Services get all the hype, but I...
Author: carmencr Date: 08/05/2004
Bluescreen Debugging for Dummies: Prologue
That could probably help 90% of the developers at Microsoft, to be honest. Kernel mode debugging is...
Author: carmencr Date: 08/05/2004
Thermodynamics of Seattle Traffic
On my way into work today, I realized that Seattle traffic is one of those human systems that...
Author: carmencr Date: 08/04/2004
Memory Management Confusion (a.k.a. What The Heck is PAE?)
Ok I want to get this one out of the way, since I end up answering these questions far too...
Author: carmencr Date: 08/04/2004
Bad RAM is Not Good
I know that title must seem silly, but it’s the title of a mock KB article that floated around...
Author: carmencr Date: 08/03/2004
A Quick Introduction
My name is Carmen Crincoli, and I am an Escalation Engineer in Microsoft's Product Support group....
Author: carmencr Date: 08/02/2004