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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.0&return_msg=42603.36"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.11">11–20</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.21">21–30</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.31">31–40</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.41">41–50</a>…<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.71">71–76</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=42603.36">Lockdown fiddling</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="42603_36_76_10"> <a name="a42603_36"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_36"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">14 Apr 2020 19:34</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 14 Apr 2020 19:51"></span></span> <span class="message_count">36 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.36">42603.36</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.35">42603.35</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Messrs Manthorp & Gulzar - how curious</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.36&return_msg=42603.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.36"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_37"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_37"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">14 Apr 2020 19:51</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">37 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.37">42603.37</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Update on my lockdown diversion: this morning it would not boot, freezing mid-post, unresponsive to 3-finger salute. Thought I might have done something terrible by impatiently hot-plugging a ps/2 mouse yesterday. (the k9mm-v is usb-finicky).<br /> <br /> I decided to try clearing the cmos. Shifting the sound card and some sata cables out of the way, I had just enough room to grasp the jumper (MrsD.'s cosmetic tweezers not up to the job). After it came back to life, I ran updates on Fedora 31, installed xfce desktop to it and turned my ministrations to xp, which was mysteriously ignored by the FC31 grub two -- it's now a subitem in the Windows 7 boot menu, listed as "fucking old windows" or words to that effect. The OS that dares not speak its name.<br /> <br /> Where Win7 was running quite snappily yesterday immediately after the install, I found it sluggish, and messed around with the memory cache settings, which seems to have helped. No doubt Win7 wants a lot more ram than xp, but the mb is maxed out at 2G <span class="emoticon e_sad" title=":-("><span class="e__">:-(</span></span> .<br /> <br /> I did a brief trial run of Dead Island Riptide on it. It ran about as well as under xp on this old rig, which is to say not great, but playable. I need better headphones though.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.37&return_msg=42603.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.37"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_38"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_38"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">14 Apr 2020 21:06</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 14 Apr 2020 23:19"></span></span> <span class="message_count">38 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.38">42603.38</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.36#a42603_37" target="_self">42603.37</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Life, and old laptops, are like that sometimes</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.38&return_msg=42603.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.38"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_39"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_39"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Manthorp<span class="message_time">15 Apr 2020 08:27</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Apr 2020 08:27"></span></span> <span class="message_count">39 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.39">42603.39</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.36#a42603_36" target="_self">42603.36</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Still got a handful of them left, too.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.39&return_msg=42603.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.39"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_40"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_40"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time">15 Apr 2020 08:53</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Apr 2020 15:23"></span></span> <span class="message_count">40 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.40">42603.40</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.25">42603.25</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Oh well that's better then. Always thought it was odd that the Pi3 added gigabit ethernet onto an already crowded bus.<br /> <br /> Kind of stupidly amazing how much processing they've crammed into these ARM SoCs. I mean I'm considering replacing a quad core Xeon tower with something a bit bigger than a credit card >.<</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.40&return_msg=42603.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.40"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_41"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_41"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time">15 Apr 2020 08:58</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Apr 2020 09:01"></span></span> <span class="message_count">41 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.41">42603.41</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.29">42603.29</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I'll have a look at that. Still kinda want to resurrect the proper server, but if it's totally dead I'll remove the motherboard etc. and put a Pi4 in an IBM tower case <span class="emoticon e_happycry" title=":'-D"><span class="e__"><span class="emoticon e_happycry" title=":'-D"><span class="e__">:'-D</span></span></span></span> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.41&return_msg=42603.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.41"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_42"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_42"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">15 Apr 2020 11:01</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Manthorp <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 16 Apr 2020 07:39"></span></span> <span class="message_count">42 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.42">42603.42</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.36#a42603_39" target="_self">42603.39</a></div> <div class="message_body"> It all comes back to me now <a href="https://tehforum.co.uk/forum/index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41886.1">41886.1</a></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.42&return_msg=42603.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.42"> <span class="rating">+1/1</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_43"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_43"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">15 Apr 2020 11:03</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Apr 2020 13:42"></span></span> <span class="message_count">43 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.43">42603.43</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.36#a42603_41" target="_self">42603.41</a></div> <div class="message_body"> A proper MAN'S solution. None of this snowflake, nouvelle cuisine, coronavirus-catching, miniature nonsense.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.43&return_msg=42603.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.43"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_44"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_44"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">15 Apr 2020 13:32</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">44 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.44">42603.44</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I've about chalked up the Win7 experiment as a fail, due to 1) jim# likely won't pass activattion in 30-days -- though there's a hack to extend that a couple of times, and 2) the hardware's too sucky for it anyway, certainly for Steam games. Which is, after all, why I built a new one.<br /> <br /> So I went back into xp and installed my store-bought dvd of Ghost Recon AW2 and fired that up. It plays pretty well at 1920x1080/medium settings, but could be improved with further tweaks. Game play, graphics etc. hold up pretty well for a 2007 release, plus there's a vast library of mods, including some awesome user-made missions, guns and whatnot. I've got most of it squirrelled away on disk(s), somewhere.<br /> <br /> I think this is my best bet for gaming on the old PC.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.44&return_msg=42603.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.44"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42603_45"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_45"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">15 Apr 2020 15:24</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 16 Apr 2020 20:50"></span></span> <span class="message_count">45 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.45">42603.45</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.36#a42603_40" target="_self">42603.40</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Yeah it's nuts. If I didn't game I could probably get by with one of these things as my main PC these days.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.45&return_msg=42603.36" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.45"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="42603.46" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>