I hope this assessment is wrong... but you are probably correct in understanding the big picture.
Shipping back the ThinkPad T470 laptop I did some upgrades and service on.
The customer used to live in my area, but moved away. Still wants to do business with me, so shipping the laptop.
Service is done, so shipping back to him.
#thinkpad #business
"The return of cassettes, LP's and CD's might just be a passing fad, but it might be an early sign of societal rejection of our present digital culture. A desire for a less invasive, "every keystroke logged" impersonal life."
-- @waynegnarlie1 - in a youtube comment
#retro #privacy
Successfully upgraded a Dell Optiplex 3010 to a Xeon e3-1225 v2 processor, replacing the i5-3450 that was originally in the computer.
Also was able to replace the memory with ECC memory (PC3L-12800E) - Registered memory won't work, though.
https://video.retroedge.tech/w/7m5tHDCnYkKtjfBZvEy6GR
#peertube #retroedge #dell #xeon
If you do not like what a company is doing... don't continue buying products and services from them.
Use your money (life force) to support what you want more of and slow the flow of resources to what you see as being harmful.
#cashfriday
I am upgrading a ThinkPad T560 laptop to 16GB memory - two modules of 8GB PC3L-12800s
Also had to turn off "Fast Boot" in Windows 11 to make sure the keyboard works properly from a cold boot.
This laptop is reserved for a customer who plans to get it next week.
#thinkpad #t560
Blog post on the topic: Broken Fediverse
https://battlepenguin.com/tech/the-broken-fediverse/
written by djsumdog
Good summary of the situation. Also glad that he mentioned alternatives like Nostr
#fediverse #nostr
I am attempting to tighten the screen hinges on a Dell Latitude 7490 laptop. I need to find a tiny pliers... or further disassemble to get better access to the hinge nut.
I'd rather not have to further disassemble.
#dell #latitude
Going to be a busy day. Lots of appointments on the calendar for this afternoon.
I am okay with disk encryption if the owner of the device enables it themselves and understands at least a little bit about it.
Microsoft enabling it on people's computers without their knowledge is really scummy.
I have full disk encryption on my ThinkPad laptop with Linux and I'm okay with that... because I set it up and I know about it.
#microsoft #encryption #linux #thinkpad
I am okay with you not looking at the camera at all while you are driving.
Would be good to talk with your employer about moving forward with the media work they wanted you to do.
Today I will be attempting a data recovery from a Dell XPS laptop that was dropped and no longer has proper display output to the laptop screen.
To anyone thinking about getting an Dell XPS, I recommend that you don't. The extra cost premium is not worth what you actually get as I think Dell makes a lot of poor design decisions with the XPS line that look "premium" but are really problematic.
That's my opinion on the XPS series. The Latitude line is much more reliable, if you want to go with a laptop from Dell.
#dell #xps #datarecovery
I am still using #Devuan as my primary OS on both my laptop and workstation. It is solid and "just works" the vast majority of the time.
Would like to do more with Void Linux and NetBSD, so I will make time to do that soon.
The power adapter did not work with either USB-C jack. My power adapter, for testing, did not work on the primary power port, but did work on the secondary USB-C port.
I think this is because of the firmware issue that made charging ports burn out on Intel ThinkPad laptops. I will be updating the firmware, but won't bring the charging back to the primary port. That port is not physically busted as it still works to connect USB devices, such as a USB ethernet adapter.
#thinkpad
Today I will be cleaning and testing a ThinkPad T490s laptop. The owner thinks the DC jack may be broken, but I am not sure yet that is the problem.
I will try with another power adapter to check to see if the charger is the problem.
This T490s is not the normal flat black color, but a steel grey color.
#thinkpad
I had a need to upload a video. A requirement was that the file size be 20MB or less.
The video I took was 50MB. I used this ffmpeg command to keep the same video content and duration, but reduce the file size to about 18MB. Perfect!
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -crf 23 -preset medium -movflags +faststart -c:a aac -b:a 128k output.mp4
#ffmpeg #linux #video
Fix weird keyboard issue that is common on ThinkPad laptops with Windows 11
Turn off "Fast Boot"
https://video.retroedge.tech/w/3thNuK6JoYWXJsTdn6uNvP
#thinkpad #windows #windows11
On brand identity, I think it is okay to post on multiple topics from the same channel (or at least to reference them). In your case, especially if you are going with "The Pentographer" that already is a blending of two separate topics in the name.
I plan to post on a lot of different topics, but hopefully mostly somewhat connected under "Retro Edge" themes. That includes hardware, both older and newer, software, programming. Most things I am interested can be loosely connected logically with thematic "content pillars".
Due to the recent development with the #x11Libre fork, X11 has a chance of working well for a long time to come.
I replaced the motherboard on a HP EliteBook 840 G6 laptop. Success. Upgraded from an Intel i5 to i7, since I found a good price for a motherboard with i7 on ebay.
#upgrade #repair #hp #tech
I don't know (or at least I think I don't). Perhaps I will have to do more research later.
#mayonnaise
Why would they lie about mayonnaise?
Yesterday I acquired another ThinkPad T420 laptop.
Classic.
#ThinkPad
I am doing some research on the differences between the E series and L series ThinkPad laptops. I am wanting to focus more on ThinkPad laptops with Ryzen processors.
The big differences between the L and E series laptops is that the L series has two memory slots, which the E has some soldered on board and only one memory slot, and the L series has the cooling fan vent out the side instead of the back, which give the L better airflow and cooling than the E.
#thinkpad #laptops