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  1. Santilli

    Mech keyboards

    Just got diagnosed with carpal tunnel, in both arms. I use an ice pad in the morning, since my fingers are usually numb after sleeping. Funny, since it hurts enough to keep me up. Anyone else have it?
  2. Santilli

    Mech keyboards

    The only problem with the Strafe is it doesn't work to get into the bios. Have to use Unicomp for that...
  3. Santilli

    gog.com?

    Thank you both for the information..
  4. Santilli

    Mech keyboards

    Does anyone have a way to compare switches, without buying a whole set?
  5. Santilli

    Mech keyboards

    Been having a lot of fun with this one. Have 4 keyboards. 3 are Cherry red silents, the other is a Unicomp. https://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/NEW_M I've been tempted to buy a Drop, hot swap keys, 200-250 keyboard...
  6. Santilli

    Something Random

    HP 4000N? People still offer printer cartridges. Brother HL-L2395DW
  7. Santilli

    gog.com?

    Trying to figure if I can find Tex Murphy, Oregon Trail, and get them to run on 10, or 11...
  8. Santilli

    gog.com?

    Hi Anyone use this site? Comments, experiences, recommendations? Thanks ahead of time.
  9. Santilli

    Video Cards

    Posted the wrong link: Parts are ordered: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dtkjVW
  10. Santilli

    Video Cards

    I have a bunch of Chinese POS 8k cables. Out of three of them, none would plug into the card. I'm using a really old one, in slot one, and it does 3840 at 120mhz, but, it cuts out. If I drop the frame rate to 60mhz, it runs fine, and doesn't cut out.
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    Video Cards

    " 1.0 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTELY NO SUPPORT FOR FAILED DRIVE - WORTHLESS 5-year warranty Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2024 Capacity: 2TBVerified Purchase Drive failed with errors after less than 7 months. Attempts to contact SK Hynix were fruitless. Sent request for assistance at...
  12. Santilli

    Video Cards

    From amazon reviews: "It comes to find out that a few months ago Puget Systems, a Washington-Based tech firm, using analytical data discovered that there are a significant amount of drive failures reported on the Samsung 980 Pro specifically with the 2TB model which when investigated comes from...
  13. Santilli

    Video Cards

    Thanks. I haven't used over 300 gb on my Samsung 860. I was thinking of a 2 gb SSD 980 Pro. They both are near 90% on good reviews. Seems like Samsung service is lacking so far.
  14. Santilli

    Video Cards

    Thanks. Won't be running it for long with the i7. Tenative upgrade: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FGPVKX?__cf_chl_tk=AljnEg3EjULhC8CLhlbjED6hzWPEVyw_BS10LohLU_o-1717117904-0.0.1.1-6185
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    Video Cards

    Turns out the pricing on Passmark wasn't accurate. Best card around 500 turned out to be a 4070. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQJKJZBK?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details comes in tonight. It's OCED to 2495 MHZ IIRC, putting it ahead of any other 4070. Hope it doesn't blow up...
  16. Santilli

    Video Cards

    Just ordered a 2.1 cable, Snowkids? What do you use.?
  17. Santilli

    Video Cards

    My setup was near that. I had an 8k HDMI cable, but, plugging into the back of the computer, it wasn't seated properly. This created intermitent black screens, even though I could hear the computer working on the speakers. I rechecked everything that could cause this, since this monitors...
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    Video Cards

    https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-48gq900-b-gaming-monitor?gad_source=1 I have to look up FreeSync...
  19. Santilli

    Video Cards

    What video cards work to power 120mhz monitors?
  20. Santilli

    Consumer Laptop SSD Drive Replacement

    Running with 8 GB setting: 284,276,237, 21, Reads 254,265,615,173 writes
  21. Santilli

    Something Random

    My Toyota EZ went 320k. Bought it cash. Great investment. After that, my cars seemed to have trans that blew around 180-180k, and the cost of the trans replacement is more then the value of the car: 3-4K. EZ didn't like SF hills. Trans went.
  22. Santilli

    Hard Drive Recommendations

    Likewise. I've never had a bad 14TB drive...
  23. Santilli

    Hard Drive Recommendations

    HGST WD Ultrastar DC HC530 14TB SATA 6Gb/s 3.5-Inch Data Center HDD - WUH721414ALE604 0F31152 (Renewed) 128.00 !!!! Also have
  24. Santilli

    Consumer Laptop SSD Drive Replacement

    DD set my desktop up with a Raid 0, using two Samsung 860 EVO. Worked great for what, 7 years? one of the drives died, but the other is still working and going strong.Using an old diskmark, speed is: Reads: 1756 3781 1057 261.90 Writes 2112.73 2104.16 684.81 177.95 Suspect the true speed is...
  25. Santilli

    Need a Decent Phone

    I don't know if a move from a 6.2 to a 6.4 screen, 9s+ to A54, hardly seems worth it. The Sonys are a REAL jump up. 12 mb of RAM? 6.5 wide screen? HMMMM. Do Sony phones come with Sony junk software, like Samsungs junk software?
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    Windows Update Down

    Thanks M It's running right now. It's been a long time since updates worked...
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    Need a Decent Phone

    DD: I'm still stuck on 9S+. I can't find any phones that have an SD card slot. Big deal, because I like the variety of 230 mb of mp3's. The 6.8" screen on the S22 isn't big enough? I was thinking about moving to that size, but passed.
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    Windows Update Down

    Thanks M "There's a downloader executable that gives users the option to pick what you want to store and keep and for which OS/CPU architecture/version number and there is a client executable that runs the updates sequentially on PC." Where do I find the above?
  29. Santilli

    Heat management: Water Cooling in an Apartment?

    HMMM. What did you have in the garage in Salinas?
  30. Santilli

    Windows Update Down

    Hi M What does this do, exactly? I have a system that won't update, as well.
  31. Santilli

    Heat management: Water Cooling in an Apartment?

    Didn't you have a tower that used to use rising air to cool components in Salinas, combined with water cooling? Seems to me you did just fine with having silent cooling, or getting the components in a place where the sound wasn't a bother... You might post pics. That was a NEAT setup...
  32. Santilli

    Ancient PC with Windows 98

    Just because the ide standard says master and slave, it doesn't mean the chipset supports it. My 2000 Dell had a chipset that only supported one drive per ide channel, and no one at Dell knew it, at least it took them 8 months to admit it. So don't assume that the drive that doesn't work is...
  33. Santilli

    SSDs - State of the Product?

    Awesome you got it to work.
  34. Santilli

    SSDs - State of the Product?

    https://forums.evga.com/NVMe-M2-on-X58-m2609961.aspx
  35. Santilli

    SSDs - State of the Product?

    I did some research, and I think you can, but the gymnastics involved where really beyond my expertise to do so. I was looking at it for my old board, and guys got it to work, but it was a really involved process, so much so that I decided I would rather go with a SSD for SATA III, and just copy...
  36. Santilli

    SSDs - State of the Product?

    See if it works with old hardware first?
  37. Santilli

    Curved Ultrawide Monitors

    It was a mistake. I was trying to remember where I put the cat image. I attached files that were wrong. Before I posted, I thought I had removed them from the post. Since they are a waste of bandwidth, I've already reported them and requested they be removed.
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    Curved Ultrawide Monitors

    Multiscan e400 isn't a monitor? What's that other, 19" thing next to it? It was intended for Tannin as I too have fond memories of a tri-monitor system, with a 21" in the middle, and two 19"s on the side, and all 1080. Also relevant in that it made my cat quite happy. She loved being the center...
  39. Santilli

    Curved Ultrawide Monitors

    For Tannin: Moving the 70 pound, 21" was not something I want to do now.
  40. Santilli

    Curved Ultrawide Monitors

    I tried a 4k 43" for a couple months. Worked much like having two normal monitors. When I played movies in 4k, they are clearer, and more detail. After a couple months, I decided it wasn't a great value, since the cost of 4k TV's is dropping like they are in the stock market. Also most of my...
  41. Santilli

    SSDs - State of the Product?

    Got it. Thanks.
  42. Santilli

    SSDs - State of the Product?

    Rapid Mode, a setting in the Samsung SSD Magician software, Yields absurd, impossible data transfer speeds, and random access numbers. Wonder what it actually does? Anyone else played with it?
  43. Santilli

    BT Headphones

    Sound has separation that's incredible. Gives you the feeling that the sound is 3 dimensional, and if they are singing, and are in different parts of the room, it comes through. Highs are incredible, and I don't hear well up there. Mid-range comes through with punch, and from 3D type feeling...
  44. Santilli

    BT Headphones

    "" In our opinion, those would probably be the Sennheiser HD1 Wireless (full review here), which sound absolutely fantastic for their $400 price tag. " At delivered for 200. they are truly fantastic. A huge step in depth of sound, highs, lows and midrange, all deeper more detailed, precision...
  45. Santilli

    BT Headphones

    "It also helped that the rest of the sound quality, outside of the bass, was equally solid. These aren't quite the richest and most expansive headphones in this price range, in terms of audio quality. In our opinion, those would probably be the Sennheiser HD1 Wireless (full review here), which...
  46. Santilli

    BT Headphones

    Sennheiser HD1 Wireless Headphones with Active Noise Cancellation - Black (Certified Refurbished) by Sennheiser https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-Wireless-Headphones-Active-Cancellation/dp/B079VTDHBB/ref=sr_1_23?keywords=sennheiser+wireless+headphones&qid=1554081423&s=gateway&sr=8-23 200,00...
  47. Santilli

    BT Headphones

    I thought the Sennheiser Urbanlites for 80 bucks had better sound quality then the Bose 35's, at 330. That said, they are not wireless, nor are the earpads well constructed, or easy to replace. Handruin: The Sony reviews say they are close if not the same as the Bose 35s, sound wise. The other...
  48. Santilli

    BT Headphones

    HMMMM. Tried these: https://www.costco.com/Sony-WH-H900N-Bluetooth-Noise-Canceling-Headphones%2c-Black.product.100403345.html The Bose and the Sony are both really close, and really overpriced. The Sennhieser Urbanlites were about the same sound quality. for 80 bucks. I'm after something...
  49. Santilli

    BT Headphones

    Nothing like resurrection;-) So far, I've gone through Bose 35's, 330.00, over priced, sketchy software, weird proprietary plug in design so when the wire goes, you have to get one from Bose. Poor range. Constant disconnects from the phone and the computer. Appears to have a conflict with my...
  50. Santilli

    SSDs - State of the Product?

    Got done working with the old drive, or at least one of them. Decided to go back to ACHI mode. Computer blue screens, and won't boot. Switched to Raid, and have the following numbers: 279. 210 207. 40. So random are now 5 times faster. See if it's noticeable.
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