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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=42603.39"> <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=42603.39">Lockdown fiddling</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="42603_39_76_10"> <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">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=42603.39" 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=42603.39" 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=42603.39" 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=42603.39#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=42603.39" 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=42603.39#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=42603.39" 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=42603.39" 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=42603.39#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=42603.39" 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><a name="a42603_46"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_46"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Serg (NUKKLEAR)<span class="message_time">23 Apr 2020 09:01</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">46 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.46">42603.46</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I gave up on fiddling around; took my spare HP Microserver N54L (I have two - don't ask), bunged in two 12TB drives (shucked from WD Elements), a 2TB WD Black that I hadn't been using for ages, added unRAID and Bob's your awkward relative. Does everything fine, on the lookout for the 12TB WD Elements to drop in price again.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.46&return_msg=42603.39" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.46"> <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_47"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_47"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">23 Apr 2020 09:07</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Serg (NUKKLEAR) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 23 Apr 2020 09:16"></span></span> <span class="message_count">47 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.47">42603.47</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.39#a42603_46" target="_self">42603.46</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Is unRAID the one that costs? (but is probably worth it?)<br /> How much were the 12TB drives when you got them?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.47&return_msg=42603.39" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.47"> <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_48"></a><div class="message" id="message_42603_48"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: william (WILLIAMA)<span class="message_time">24 Apr 2020 11:01</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 24 Apr 2020 11:14"></span></span> <span class="message_count">48 of 76</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.48">42603.48</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42603.39#a42603_47" target="_self">42603.47</a></div> <div class="message_body"> As an aside, I am falling out of love with ebay again. They seemed to be getting their act together for a few years, but things like removing their email contact addresses and pushing users into their automated routes are reducing my confidence in them. Ordered a Pi 4 cooler. It arrived very late (OK lets say that was the Covid 19 effect even though it wasn't actually posted until after the due-by date) and was a completely different model and type to what I ordered. So I started a return process. Great - it generates a reply paid label, But I noticed that there was a name and a street, but no house number. So I think maybe it's a well known business premises, or a tiny street without numbers. It certainly looked like <em>somebody's</em> name rather than a business name, so I checked on Google Streetview. It's a very long suburban road with, as far as I can see, no business premises at all. <br /> <br /> Back to ebay. Well, here I find that with a return in progress, the <em>only </em>option is to sent a note to the seller - no way of contacting ebay. So I do that. I say, I'm doing a return - is this address on the label right or should there be a house number?<br /> <br /> Fabulous. The seller replies completely ignoring my question. Send me a photo of what you received. I'll sort it out - only less articulate than that. <br /> <br /> By now, I don't want it "sorted out". I want a refund as I'm entitled to because I've bought a cheaper replacement that arrives tomorrow. I don't want to wait another month for a replacement I no longer need. I just want to know his house number - or that the address is correct.<br /> <br /> And all of this would have been avoided if only ebay was reachable.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 24 Apr 2020 13:02 by WILLIAMA</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42603.48&return_msg=42603.39" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42603.48"> <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="42603.49" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>