OK I hadn't noticed, I just had 4 updates go through and had to do a restart and so far fingers crossed. I didn't get an update for flash player though, at least not yet.
OK I hadn't noticed, I just had 4 updates go through and had to do a restart and so far fingers crossed. I didn't get an update for flash player though, at least not yet.
Ah. Here's to hoping it works on your end.
Which ones showed up KB wise?
As usual more info about the patches look here: https://www.askwoody.com/
I am installing a Dell T3400 workstation, it is quite old, about 10 years but it was pretty high end in the day, Core2Quad Q6600 8Gb RAM and a 1Tb spare drive I had lying around, the graphics card though is a Nvidia Quadro something something, it works but I have the feeling this isn't a really fast card.. also has a proprietary connector so you have to use an adaptor cable to connect a monitor to it, might switch that thing out for the all mighty Geforce 315 OEM card I have lying around..
I am installing a Dell T3400 workstation, it is quite old, about 10 years but it was pretty high end in the day, Core2Quad Q6600 8Gb RAM and a 1Tb spare drive I had lying around, the graphics card though is a Nvidia Quadro something something, it works but I have the feeling this isn't a really fast card.. also has a proprietary connector so you have to use an adaptor cable to connect a monitor to it, might switch that thing out for the all mighty Geforce 315 OEM card I have lying around..
Quadro were the business oriented cards (and still are) and they never speed demons. Sometimes it was about floating point precesion, other times it was about support for business features but often it was matter of software support. Although the cards were pretty similar to their consumer counter parts (often the same chip) you couldn't use consumer drivers with them - and the business drivers didn't extract as much speed.
And it still goes on. If you want to use VDI or PCoIP in virtualised environments you still need to hand over the cash for the Quadros even when the chips are the same as what's on your GTX 10XX because ESXI for example will throw a wobbly when it detects a consumer card.
Hyper-V with RemoteFX isn't much better.
Hmm. Looks like yours went through ok.
Never come across that connector before that I can recall (can't be be bothered to check my notes to see if was mentioned in Comptia's A+)
Reading up on it, seems the idea was to drive two monitors through one connection. Nice in theory but obviously a failure in practice.
having a wiki gander, looks like the port was common on a number of the Quadro cards but seems that it was an optional thing because they had cards using DVI & display port at the same time.
Further searching reveals that HP also had systems that used it.
Just can't see why people would want to use it. Doesn't seem offer beyond 1 port/2 monitors.
I assume it is like the current dual monitor setups, handy for programming or webdesigning, one screen for programming/mucking about and the other one showing the thing you're working on like the website you're designing.
I've installed the Geforce 315, much faster, the drivers are more up to date and also much cooler running, as a backup machine the old Dell will serve well.
I've installed the Geforce 315, much faster, the drivers are more up to date and also much cooler running, as a backup machine the old Dell will serve well.
Well so far no issues. Fingers crossed.
Been a while since I've installed Windows 7 lots of stuff to download and trying not to install all the frigging extra spyware M$ is trying to push onto it, so far so good.. decided to use portable apps as much as possible for everything, keeps the OS clean and it is all open source which I like.
Decided to dust off the old Optiplex and install XP on it, went quite well, the graphics card has that DMS-59 connector, found out it was X1300 Pro not a FireGL, strange card this one, no sensors but it is a bit of a hot head, replaced the TIM which was dry and crumbly, might actually find a better cooler for it since the mounting clips consists out of plastic bits that have become brittle, I'll see if I can fix that, else I'll use Arctic heatpaste/glue to fix that heatsink..
What's the strangest case you have encountered on a PC?
I've seen some real oddities in my time like the Lian li snail shape case, which I like as it's full size ATX but even brand new it wasn't affordable.
Thermaltake level 10 GT was mine for 6 months and it was big, heavy, but very easy to work with and had 5 removable hdd trays that slid out from the side of the case.
I've seen some real oddities in my time like the Lian li snail shape case, which I like as it's full size ATX but even brand new it wasn't affordable.
Thermaltake level 10 GT was mine for 6 months and it was big, heavy, but very easy to work with and had 5 removable hdd trays that slid out from the side of the case.
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I like the round one that looked like a jet engine. That was different. Lian Li did a case that was shaped like a steam train, and it had a gimmick where the chimney could do smoke.
For the most all I can say is UGH and double plus UGH.
I like a clever made case mod.. but I loathe that RGB fad that's going on at the moment.. just NO I do NOT want a computer to look like there's a unicorn farting rainbows inside it!
Gods yes.
I wanted a mechanical keyboard, and you think they are easy to find without the damn leds. The one I settled on at least is just red back lit so I can type in low light without problems.
But its really going nuts now - not only do high end RAM modules come with massive heat sinks but they have damn rgb leds.
