Posts by Siran d'Vel'nahr
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New "Thermal Pad" to replace Thermal Paste between CPU & Heat Sinks?
(Message 2131188)
Posted 12 Jan 2024 by  Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: ... And that very much looks like unaccommodating snake oil... (IMMHO) Hi Martin, Actually, it is a thing and it does work. I watch a video of JayzTwoCents where he reviewed it. It's not "snake oil". The only thing I don't like about it is that it is electrically conductive. Rick |
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All things Window's 11
(Message 2128699)
Posted 18 Nov 2023 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: Hi Doc, Uh, yeah, happened to me a while back. Motherboard died and the RAM too, upgraded to new mobo, CPU and RAM and now Winders 11 is no longer activated. Not too much of a big deal anyway; I mainly use Linux Mint. Windows is only if and when I play an online game which is not very often. Have a great day! Siran |
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All things Window's 11
(Message 2124907)
Posted 1 Sep 2023 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: All in yer face to get right up yer nose?! Hi Martin, Not me! Recently, I have gone back into STO to play in the Star Trek world once a week. That is my limit to using Winders 11. Linux Mint for everything else... Have a great day! :-) Siran |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2124204)
Posted 18 Aug 2023 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: Cable management nightmare! lol ;-) |
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How to cool an Intel Core i9 13900K processor
(Message 2123339)
Posted 30 Jul 2023 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: Hi David, Perhaps this video will help. I watch his JayzTwoCents videos all the time. Have a great day! Siran |
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All things Window's 11
(Message 2121720)
Posted 28 Jun 2023 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: Just another reason to move over to Linux... I have Winders 11 installed on one M.2 NVME drive and Linux Mint v21.1 on another M.2 NVME drive. Originally I had Winders installed for playing online games. I no longer play online games. The only reason I keep Winders 11 now is when I have to do something that can only be done using Winders such as using software that only runs on Winders where there is no Linux version. Everything else I do on this PC is done on Linux Mint. Have a great day! Siran |
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NVIDIA fined for failure to disclose cryptomining sales boost
(Message 2107012)
Posted 17 Sep 2022 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: Very true, but... If other AIBs were to follow EVGAs example of not being screwed by NVIDIA any more, it could hurt NVIDIA in the long run. By NVIDIA getting into graphic cards and undercutting the AIBs, they (AIBs) won't take it any longer. That example Jay showed, where NVIDIA had a 3090 (I think it was) $300 bucks under EVGAs 3090... Well, EVGA did say if they lowered their price just to match NVIDIA, that would make EVGA lose money on the deal... Talk about reverse scalping... Have a great day! :) Siran |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2101554)
Posted 19 Jun 2022 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: Not used by me except to download Firefox. lol Have a great day! :-) Siran |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2092688)
Posted 22 Jan 2022 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: Leaked benchmarks show Intel Arc Alchemist GPU performing like a GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. Hi Grant, Yeah, I've been watching the prices of the GPUs and they are just ridiculously high. You can get a pre-built with a 3070/3080 in for about the price of the GPU alone. Weird! ;-) Have a great day! :-) Siran |
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All things Window's 11
(Message 2086233)
Posted 15 Oct 2021 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: Hell freezes over again?... Hi Martin, I'm currently running the v5.4 Linux kernel. Since moving all but my gaming over to Linux, I have been reading from and writing to NTFS formatted drives. Now just because something is proprietary doesn't mean that Linux and open-source developers can't reverse-engineer it or finagle some way of using it... Is this why I have been able to? I don't get it, why bother messing up the Kernel with Micro$oft crap? Have a great day! :-) Siran |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay? (2)
(Message 2078493)
Posted 23 Jun 2021 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: Greetings, Well, here's a video of Windows 11 from PC World. I watched the video and even though I hate Winders and Micro$oft, I was impressed with the changes except for one glaring discovery; the app windows are no longer re-sizable. The questions I now have are these: Will Micro$oft "give" it away like they did with Winders 10? What will be the EOL for Winders 10? Why does Windows 11 look so much like Winders 10 just with a new suit on? Have a great day! :) Siran |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay? (2)
(Message 2078371)
Posted 21 Jun 2021 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: Really?... The end of Windows 10?!! Hi Martin, And here I thought, back in 2015, that WINDOWS 10 was going to be the last Winders coming out of Redmond, Washington. So much for thinking... :-\ Have a great day! :) Siran |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2076805)
Posted 28 May 2021 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: Me too. Can only come up with maybe he had to sell his kidney to purchase the video card?? Hi Keith, Hmmm... Never thought of that one. Thanks! :-) Have a great day! :) Siran |
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Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
(Message 2076775)
Posted 28 May 2021 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: Hi Grant, I fail to understand the significance of that photo. Did the guy have a RTX GPU installed in his gut? What? :\ Have a great day! :) Siran |
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(Message 2076511)
Posted 24 May 2021 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: 22 years at SETI as of yesterday May 23. :-D Have a great day! :) Siran |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay? (2)
(Message 2073942)
Posted 21 Apr 2021 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: What the ...! Hi Martin, Good thing I quit gaming then. This PC and my new laptop are running v20H2. They haven't been "updated" for quite some time now. ;-) Perhaps Micro$oft should just give up on Winders 10 for good. :-) Have a great day! :) Siran |
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SETI orphans
(Message 2070753)
Posted 15 Mar 2021 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: Until WCG releases their application. I'm interested to hear where people would recommend I put my RTX 2070? Running Windows 10 https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/ is a good choice. Have a great day! :) Siran |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay? (2)
(Message 2063253)
Posted 9 Dec 2020 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: I have a Linux Virtual Machine with SuSE Tumbleweed on a Windows 10 host. It is updated almost daily and I have to reboot it every time. Its kernel is now 5.9.12. It is true that only kernel upgrades require a reboot but it is advised on all upgrades. Hi Tullio, For Linux, except for the kernel updates, I don't do a reboot for other updates. Now upgrades will definitely require a reboot. I did a clean install of Winders 10 v20H2. Looks like Micro$oft has taken total control of our PCs. There are 2 choices for an account login and BOTH demand an account on Micro$oft's server(s). I never once entered my real name and now when I log into Winders, my real name is shown. When I upgraded my laptop to Winders 10 Pro, I bought it from Micro$oft and had to create an account with them. That's how I see my real name at login. :( My laptop does not show my real name because when I upgraded to Winders 10 Pro, it was still on the on-device login method, no "pin" required. :) Begs to ask: What are they watching us do on OUR computers? The only thing I do with Winders is gaming, everything else I do on Linux, EVERYTHING! :) I'm posting this on Linux using the Vivaldi web browser. :) Have a great day! :) Siran |
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Windows 10 - Yea or Nay? (2)
(Message 2063083)
Posted 6 Dec 2020 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: Greetings, Micro$oft Winders 10 SUCKS!!!!!! This morning I got a notification that there were updates. Yeah, ok, might as well take care of them. About 2 hours later the updates were done. The machine is now on v20H2 of windows 10, up from 1903. I logged back into Linux and thought no more of it. I took a nap and when I was done I decided to update my laptop. It didn't take over 2 hours for it. Everything looks hunky dorey. I went back into Winders on this machine to play a little World of Warcraft. I noticed that everything was taking forever to run. I figured it would take the machine a few times to clear itself out. I tried to go into WoW from the launcher and I get a message that my video card, a GTX 1660 Ti, was not supported by the game. Funny. I was in WoW just before the update happened. Ok, so let's go get the latest driver. Got it downloaded and started the install. On the driver install it sat for about 5 minutes doing nothing and then I get an installer error. Oh great, now WTF! I go into Task Manager and find that some service for cryptographic stuff is eating up CPU, memory and causing excess SSD reads/writes. Checked the Internet for it and found a website that describes how to fix the service. I followed it precisely and it DID NOT FIX the problem! So, I'm stuck. I can either re-try to get World of Warcraft to run on Linux or I can do a complete, clean install of Winders 10 AGAIN! Good thing I have my games installed on a separate SSD, all I have to do is tell the launchers were the games are at when I install the launchers. Since I don't use Winders for anything BUT gaming, I really don't need to install any of the other programs I have installed right now. Problem with the second option is that I have to use Winders to put Winders on a flash drive. My current one is from the last version and I DON'T want to go through update H E double hockey sticks again. Updates for Linux is SO much easier and better. The only restart needed is for a kernel update. Micro$oft needs to take lessons from the Linux community on how to handle updates and NOT screw with user's PCs. lol Have a great day! :) Siran |
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Cafe SETI :
Rest in Peace Byron Leigh Hatch, team Carl Sagan founder
(Message 2062772)
Posted 2 Dec 2020 by Siran d'Vel'nahr
Post: Greetings, R.I.P Byron, my friend. I really enjoyed the times we chatted here on SETI@Home. You will be missed my friend. :-( Siran |
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