Re: [Discuss] Think I need a new computer

2024-06-17 Thread Kent Borg
On 6/16/24 20:04, Steve Litt wrote: Yeah, don't spend $1200. I know it memchecked OK, but did you do a smart tools check on your disks? The only "disk" is the internal Micron 2200S NVMe 512GB SSD, and "smartctl -a /dev/nvme…" (of each its five devices) seems completely happy. Though for a 4-y

Re: [Discuss] Think I need a new computer

2024-06-17 Thread Rich Pieri
On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 09:45:26 -0700 Kent Borg wrote: > I suspect the video hardware because have seen occasional funny video > glitches, basically from the start. II assumed driver problems, GPUs > are not well documented and probably full debt. It has otherwise been > a reliable machine, the gli

Re: [Discuss] Think I need a new computer

2024-06-17 Thread Kent Borg
On 6/17/24 10:23, Rich Pieri wrote: I was burned quite badly doing this not too long ago: Intel changing sockets after Haswell, nVidia dropping the MXM socket entirely, leaving me with a very expensive "upgradeable" computer with no upgrade path. And Framework has not magically solved that proble

Re: [Discuss] Think I need a new computer

2024-06-17 Thread Steve Litt
Kent Borg said on Mon, 17 Jun 2024 09:45:26 -0700 >On 6/16/24 20:04, Steve Litt wrote: >> Also, just for fun, reseat all your >> daughtercards and ramsticks and cables, internal and external. >> Elapsed time: Maybe an hour. > >An hour? No way. This is the smallest reasonable notebook computer

[Discuss] Video for May 2024 BLU meeting posted

2024-06-17 Thread John Abreau
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