Good morning.
Good morning!
The air is much cooler today. Not sure I am ready for the cold season.
There's some sense within the crazy, no doubt.
Finished building a new custom AMD based PC for a customer. I really liked how it turned out.
* AMD Ryzen 7 5700X cpu
* Arctic Freezer 36 cpu cooler
* MSI PRO B550M PRO-VDH WIFI AM4 motherboard
* 32GB Corsair memory
* Crucial T500 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD
* Corsair power supply
* SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7600 8GB graphics
* GAMEMAX MeshBox PRO case
Messing around with repurposing a 1U rack mount appliance. I took the original motherboard out of it and am now testing a Intel Ivy Bridge ITX motherboard with dual ethernet.
If all does well, this will become my replacement pfSense router to be installed in server rack instead of the old Dell Optiplex I have on a shelf right now.
I have a few challenges, such as getting a CPU cooler that fits in the 1U tall case.
I found a low power Intel i3-3220T 35W TDP processor and tested to make sure that works in it.
I have two 2GB 10600 memory modules. Anyone know if the 12800L (low power) modules really consume a noticeable amount less power?
I probably have some 12800L modules around here somewhere, so may end up putting those in anyway.
#pfsense #rack #hardware #efficiency
So glad I have an older car.
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Good morning!
Back to it. Lots of tech problems to figure out and broken computers to repair.
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I'm considering this case because it has the power buttons and USB ports on the front (a request from my customer, as he doesn't like the USB ports on the top of the case, which most are now).
I have not seen a power supply mounted at the front of the case like this. Have you built in a case like this? Any downside to having the power cable routed to the front?
I kind of want to get it just to see how well it works.
Case model: GAMEMAX MeshBox PRO ATX Chassis-Black
#atx #computer #tech
Private Web Search: A Contradiction in Terms
A look at the fine details of finding information online
https://libresolutionsnetwork.substack.com/p/private-web-search-a-contradiction
Here's the first of more to come:
An 80mm m.2 SSD holder
> To figure out how to protect our information online, we have to take a serious look at one of the biggest culprits of not only invasions of privacy, but also online manipulation and censorship: search engines.
-- Libre Solutions Network
Private Web Search: A Contradiction in Terms
I've seen quite a few interviews of endurance athletes doing well on a low carb diet.
Dr. Anthony Chaffee has posted quite a few interviews on that topic.
I am not an endurance athlete, so I can't speak from personal experience on that, but I can say that my chronic fatigue was greatly reduced when I cut most plants out of my diet.
Thank you!
One of my sons also uses a ThinkStation S30.
I have bought and sold this model in the past, though I think the one I am using now I got free in recycling. I put a bit into upgrades, though, as it came with a very weak processor and not much memory.
I used one of your scripts to install the Mint themes on Devuan, so some of your work is actually featured in that neofetch screenshot.
Good morning.
Had some good discussion and conversation with my family this morning.
I value having a flexible schedule due to owning a business. Yes, there can be a lot of work, but I decide when to do it.
Which means I can start later if I want to and do not have a commute every day.
( I did stay out in my workshop until after midnight yesterday, though )
Glad to have completed some upgrades on my ThinkStation S30.
I now have an nvme SSD as my boot drive, thanks to the Clover boot loader.
Also happy to have the Xeon E5-2690 back with its sixteen threads at 3.8 GHz. Upgraded from 16GB to 64GB memory.
I am ready to put this machine to work!
#devuan #linux #lenovo
I have one of these. The display is good, the rest of the computer... not so much.
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Well, my iMac is even older than the one featured in this article.
It also has a great display, but not the super-high-res display in the 2017 model the article features.
I have one of these. The display is good, the rest of the computer... not so much.
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I should at least give Rescuezilla a try sometime. I use CloneZilla all the time and that works for most of what I want to do.
Would be good to know what features and ease of use Rescuezilla has compared to CloneZilla.
#clonezilla #linux
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I just recovered data from a Lenovo IdeaPad laptop that suffered damaged from a water spill.
The owner may also want to have the laptop repaired. I looked up replacement motherboards and they are available.
If replacing the motherboard, I recommend upgrading from the original Intel i3 to a replacement motherboard that has the Intel i5. It is only a bit more for cost and likely well worth it.
#recovery #repair #lenovo