Re: Right to repair discussion (split from What retro activity did you get up to today?)

Posted on 2021-10-21, 17:57

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Also there's the positive feeling of repairing devices by ourself that often is worth more than the final product usage. Lately I changed two pieces inside the lawnmower engine carburetor that were broken and couldn't start anymore. I used my old motorcycle repairing memories to simply open it and …

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-10-21, 11:44

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Spending too much in external computer devices for job remote interviews that requires too much configuration time/effort to be ready for and each time companies use different apps, rules or interview requirements. I even had to buy one of the few newer wifi usb adapter that has linux drivers cause …

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Re: Right to repair discussion (split from What retro activity did you get up to today?)

Posted on 2021-10-21, 10:58

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From an enviroment point of view the real benefit I do see on a newer TV would be the total power usage compared to older panels. I still have a functional repaired old TV/monitor 26" not-led backlighted device that ask 150W at the wall with no power saving features when functioning. Instead modern …

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Re: Right to repair discussion (split from What retro activity did you get up to today?)

Posted on 2021-10-20, 11:30

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I suppose just like external free DVB-T2 H265 cheap decoders that would solve most generic TV needs even on very old devices, people will always prefer the "let's change the whole TV" decision anyway sometimes maybe even for the "cheap" look of the external decoder might have. I know people having …

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Re: Right to repair discussion (split from What retro activity did you get up to today?)

Posted on 2021-10-20, 09:41

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I don't have a 'smart TV' but I was expecting that considering their internal "phone hw" we were talking about having the same lifetime points of discussions. And computers even if much more expandable are not also immune to that. Let's think to vga cards. Some still sold low end cards only has H264 …

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Re: Right to repair discussion (split from What retro activity did you get up to today?)

Posted on 2021-10-20, 09:00

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Imho there'd be no problem if some companies would make a closed unrepairable by the consumer product if that would not possibly led theorically others or the entire market to consider that specific road and this seems a time where it's not like there're many products alternatives. I understand many …

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Re: Technology and job interviews

Posted on 2021-10-12, 16:13

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Also I quite confirmed that this cheap latest RTL based Wireless N 300Mbps 2,4Ghz USB keys, doing a speed test on a native Win o.s. with its drivers works more or less as expected with both download/ upload speed @ 20Mbps on a 4G wireless hotspot on a slow Atom based system, instead of the 10Mbps/0, …

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Re: Technology and job interviews

Posted on 2021-10-12, 08:50

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Thanks for the opinions. ;) I am not used to live remote video job interviews or similar configs so I thought about everything computer related even installed an amplified PCI audio card to boost the headphones output but I forgot to actually test the upload speed of my cheap internet connection …

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Technology and job interviews

Posted on 2021-10-10, 19:12

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Hi, Just some thoughts, I was reading that a company job interview I had, didn't go well with the usual automatic negative mail and the "good luck for your job career.." mail line. This make me think about what went wrong beside I know the job description being not perfectly compatible but still …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-09-29, 17:46

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Oh yeah that IGPU is a royal PITA, got an atom DC netbook here with it in, ended up on win7 after going all round the houses trying to get it working on 10. Sorry dear, looks like your speed demon dual core that takes 4G is stuck on 7 while I attempt to enjoy W10 on my n470 with 2G lol I know it's …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2021-09-29, 16:29

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Reinstalled my usual mini-itx Atom Dual Core trying to build a microatx lowest power SBC like everyday old hw config. And with only the onboard devices so I had to use the x86 version of W8.1 to make use of the problematic GMA3600 igpu. Too bad it had WDDM 1.1 x86 drivers only cause it suffers …

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Re: Noise on pass-through of a Voodoo2 card

Posted on 2021-09-26, 15:35

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From my experience with Voodoo and Dxr3 decoder cards and their cables I am not surprised to see these problems. Imho maybe other brands might have better components or PCB design to avoid that but much might depend on both the VGA original pass cable and the monitor cable itself. Sometimes I've got …

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Re: Why some video cards refuse to work in some systems even when paired period correct hardware?

Posted on 2021-09-23, 10:51

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Back in the 90's it sure was a complex situations but beside any nostalgic retro hardware passion, I'd say I might prefer the multi companies multi standards multi products situations of those times than the modern completely standardized with mostly no differences (and mostly few consumer choices) …

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Re: Why some video cards refuse to work in some systems even when paired period correct hardware?

Posted on 2021-09-23, 08:43

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Imho some of these modern PCI cards, not to mention the GT610, were built for some of the last decade mainboards/chipsets/bios and not not nearly intended for older ones. So as said above, the problems might be more than one and for example the same power draw from the PCI bus might be a problem. I …

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Re: SiS 6326 AGP great card!

Posted on 2021-09-22, 10:22

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The SiS6326 should support up to 8MB maximun of SDRAM or SGRAM for what I remember. I don't know if any later variant of that chip did support more.

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Re: Lots of cheap Rage XL PCI graphics cards for Socket 7 on eBay and Aliexpress

Posted on 2021-09-22, 09:22

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I imagined that the chip itself might have been not even "new" from some unused chip remaining packages, but the important thing should be that beside some incompatibilities it's really sure that the card was built as supposed to and not becoming a problem for the old mainboards it might work on …

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Re: Are GeForce 256 DDR cards that rare?

Posted on 2021-09-20, 07:44

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That's an extra slow version of the GeForce 256 SDR, since it has a 64-bit memory bus instead of 128-bit. Ok that's why i didn't even remember there was such version but I remembered the original SDR to be a bit better. Is it possible they were trying some cheaper solution MX like, when in fact …

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Re: Are GeForce 256 DDR cards that rare?

Posted on 2021-09-19, 17:40

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Maybe I have wrong memory of those times but the original Geforce 256 SDR sure was much slower than the DDR version but I wasn't remembering that much compared to those TNT2. Is that possible that with a time correct mobo/cpu/chipset the card would results better?

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Re: Any advice on a new PSU for an ASUS P4S533

Posted on 2021-09-18, 13:01

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I don't know if voltage ripples can damage over the years the components but at least shouldn't we expect to at least work enough good inside the warranty period? You only know the qualities of a PSU if you put it on the test bench and meter it in various load configurations, measuring the output …

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Re: Any advice on a new PSU for an ASUS P4S533

Posted on 2021-09-18, 11:59

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I understand Seasonic are really impressive PSUs but as far as I understand it seems like modern version of lower end brands seems to improve at every new models. I know they might not have a warranty lifetime or perfect voltages like the mentioned brand but compared to the past common PSUs things …

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