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Grognard:
I'd prefer to have the fans running non-stop to not running at all....
especially on a laptop.
LTK:
Now my battery stopped charging. It can still run off adapter power but the charge level isn't going up no matter what I do. This is probably very bad.
Oh wait, now it's going back up. The solution was to take out the battery and unplug the power and to hold the power button for a few seconds before reinsterting the battery, reconnecting the cord and booting up again. That's the strangest solution that has ever worked for me.
Barmymoo:
This isn't even remotely as fancy as building your own computer, but I just set up my wireless router and I'm feeling quite proud of myself. I researched available broadband deals, and although I took advice from my dad I chose one independently of his suggestion to use the same one, I got a great deal on it, and I set it up all by myself. My dad has basically controlled all my computer-related decisions for my entire life so it was a pretty big deal! Of course now he's cross with me for not setting it up in accordance with his precise instructions, but I don't careeeeeeeeee.
pwhodges:
My present main machine won't be adequate for much longer (4-core Xeon, 32GB memory, 6TB disk). It can't be expanded. But I had a major geek-out on Saturday:
I acquired a redundant 8-core Mac Pro 4.1 (early 2009) from work. I also acquired 12 4GB sticks of registered DDR3 memory, left over from a server upgrade.
The Mac Pro 4.1 does not take registered memory, but the Mac Pro 5.1 does. It turns out that they use the same motherboard chipset. It also turns out that it is possible to patch the firmware in the 4.1 so that the 5.1 bootrom can be installed! My Mac Pro 4.1 now reports itself as a 5.1, and is humming along with 32GB of registered memory!
That's the most economical computer upgrade I've ever done. Already twice the cores I've got now, and the capability to take faster 6-core processors (like the 2012 Mac Pro) and loads more memory (up to 128GB - at a price) when I need them. But although nearly all my main audio programs come in Mac versions, there are still a few that I'll need to keep the PC running for.
Needs quieter fans....
Grognard:
nah. with THAT loadout... may as well BRAG.
like putting 'Glass Pak' and Thrush pipes on a 440.
good job.
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