Re: Are there regular users here with profession away from tech industry?

Posted on 2024-04-25, 19:30

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I worked in IT for 5 years and burned out faster than an Athlon without heatsink. Local jobs never wanted to pay a decent wage so the only option was the city but that meant sitting on the bus for 2 hours every day. The job was okay most of the time but they always expected me to do everything even …

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Re: Do you need the 5VSB(12VSB) wire connected to the mb if you start the PSU with green-black wires?

Posted on 2024-04-10, 19:03

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Brickpad wrote on 2024-04-10, 19:01: You shouldn't need the stand-by power, --- Works fine with a toggle switch with the pw_on and ground wires. Superb, thank you!

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Do you need the 5VSB(12VSB) wire connected to the mb if you start the PSU with green-black wires?

Posted on 2024-04-10, 18:07

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I have a Dell board I need for CPU testing purposes but of course it's using that obscure proprietary Dell SFF PSU that has to be different from everything else ever designed before. The board is from a HP Elite 8100 SFF and here is the PSU and its connectors: 71P0CtP7LjL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg …

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Re: Is the core 2 extreme qx 6700 considered a collectable/rare cpu?

Posted on 2024-04-10, 16:12

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Quite common actually, worth maybe $15. It doesn't matter though because it's still a lucky find among the sea of Celeron Ds and Core 2 Duos so not bad at all!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-31, 17:56

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I’ve been trying to score a 771 motherboard for quite some time now without success when I realized that it was the wrong strategy and I should’ve looked at complete workstations instead. Got this dual Xeon Dell Precision 690. What an absolute monster! Here it is next to it’s little brother, a 1366 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-26, 09:56

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I haven't seen a slot1 Celeron with the plastic cover so I snatched this beauty. It's a Celeron 300A Sl2WM.

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Re: Looking for a Windows 11 compatible sound card for an older computer

Posted on 2024-03-08, 07:30

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Thanks, I see that the new Realtek driver is available in the optional updates menu, waiting patiently to ruin my day. I had to install gpedit.msc because it's a Windows 11 Home edition and enabled the Do not include drivers with Windows Update policy. It should be good now.

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Re: Looking for a Windows 11 compatible sound card for an older computer

Posted on 2024-03-07, 13:51

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I started fiddling with Windows 11 again to get it to play nice somehow and succeeded. I checked the exact driver version that worked under 7 (v6.0.1.6662 (2.70)) and installed it under 11. I didn't expect a 12 year old driver to work but it did. I also had to set the Realtek manager to select Sub/ …

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Re: Looking for a Windows 11 compatible sound card for an older computer

Posted on 2024-03-07, 08:05

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Thanks guys, this is where my problems start. ASUS has terrible driver support and most of their budget offerings are old and about to be EOLd. 92928.jpg The Xonar DX is also EOLd already so ASUS is out of the picture. That basically leaves Creative. The Audigy FX has a Realtek chip and isn't any …

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Looking for a Windows 11 compatible sound card for an older computer

Posted on 2024-03-06, 18:45

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I finally gave up on holding onto Windows 7 so I decided to upgrade it to Windows 11. It's a Xeon E3-1230 on a Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2PV with an integrated Realtek ALC887 and I ran into the usual problem of not being able to find a driver that works with my analog 5.1 speaker setup. That means it's …

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Re: eBay sellers can effortlessly delete their negative feedback

Posted on 2024-02-23, 10:10

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I don't really care about feedback because it's useless information to me. If someone's sitting at 97% but has the item I need then I'll buy it without looking at the numbers. If something goes wrong I'll just open a case, simple. I also find it hard to believe that someone could keep a perfect …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-02-08, 18:34

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Yes, many people in the world will only be able to afford the "$1000 rig" through enormous sacrifice (plus a 36-60 month bank loan; ask me how I know! ) For these people, paying $50 for a game (which is actually more than the monthly payment for the aforementioned $1000 rig) is simply not possible. …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-02-08, 18:17

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SPBHM wrote on 2023-02-08, 18:00: I don't know what you mean The fact that campaign was extremely short compared to adv so stealing D3 was like stealing Q3 with the SP campaign only.Entirely pointless.

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-02-08, 17:49

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Again, people who can't afford buying games will NOT buy them: with or without DRM. Yes thieves will steal no matter what.But thieves won't get a game when the whole content is online only.People on reddit tpb/piracy are mighty pissed about that;) Can't afford to buy a $50 game but can buy a $1000 …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-02-08, 17:47

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the game (diablo 3) was on ps3 and xbox 360 a year after the PC, which are heavily pirated platforms, same for switch later on and as I said the PC launch was a mess because of the "DRM", definitely at the beginning the paying customer on PC lost more than gained with this server dependency You …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-02-08, 17:27

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people did it on consoles or with switch emulators afaik, also afaik the PC diablo 3 was messy because of their "DRM" (keeping it very server dependent when not needed as the console versions show) When did they do it,years after D3 was released?Diablo 4 is also online only so it couldn't have been …

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-02-08, 17:22

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bloodem wrote on 2023-02-08, 17:16: Not sure why that matters and why you think it contradicts what I said in my previous post. 😀 Because it's bs.Piracy ends with online only games that need part or 100% of the game on their servers with online accounts.

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-02-08, 17:06

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bloodem wrote on 2023-02-08, 16:59: it does not affect people who pirate the game. Sorry but bs.How many people played Diablo 3 who didn't pay for it?

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Re: Original Voodoo 5 6000 prototype for sale on eBay

Posted on 2023-02-08, 16:41

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People stealing content are afraid that they can't steal anymore.It was never about physical media or collectibility,it was just an excuse to hold onto the old days of getting everything from tpb 2 days BEFORE the official release while honest buyers paid $50 to play the game.Standard drm didn't …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2022-12-23, 07:50

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Sometimes I feel like I'm going to have a meltdown because sellers send me shit that was supposed to be tested and working. I know old stuff is going to break eventually but I have a hard time believing that it happens between the time they tested it and the time I got it. I also know that I can …

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