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General Discussion / Re: Frinkiac/Morbotron gifs.
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: Can't find a single good desktop case
« Last post by Serious on May 04, 2019, 14:42:34 PM »Case arrived. Heavy duty steel. No instructions of course, as if I need them. Chocolate fireguard lock - better than nothing.
Think it will do.
Waited so long the next gen AMD should be shipping in a few months...
Think it will do.
Waited so long the next gen AMD should be shipping in a few months...
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: Can't find a single good desktop case
« Last post by Serious on May 01, 2019, 14:40:57 PM »OK, decided to do something completely different - 4U rack mount case.
Yes, totally mad. But there is method in it.
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07G4KF134
Yes, totally mad. But there is method in it.
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07G4KF134
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: Computer <grumble>
« Last post by Serious on May 01, 2019, 14:33:30 PM »Yes, it's EUFI. MSI put in a special fast boot option that seems to ignore the USB and doesn't check what drives are attached. It seems to store detected drives in a look up table or similar option and refers just to that.
That saves a few seconds on boot up as it avoids spinning up/checking the actual drives. When working properly it's often got Windows running before I've got an image on the monitor. But, if the battery has failed, it starts up, goes to the look up table and, finding nothing, falls through with a message to insert boot drive.
Seems to be working fine now.
That saves a few seconds on boot up as it avoids spinning up/checking the actual drives. When working properly it's often got Windows running before I've got an image on the monitor. But, if the battery has failed, it starts up, goes to the look up table and, finding nothing, falls through with a message to insert boot drive.
Seems to be working fine now.
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: Computer <grumble>
« Last post by Clock'd 0Ne on April 28, 2019, 09:33:59 AM »Strange that it wouldn't simply redetect the drives every boot, is it a EUFI BIOS?
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Entertainment & Technology / Computer <grumble>
« Last post by Serious on April 28, 2019, 09:06:53 AM »Strange problem. MSI Z87-G43 mobo kept losing the drives. Wouldn't boot, not even to a USB stick. That seems to have been the MSI speed boot.
When I managed to get into Bios all the drives missing. Took a couple of weeks to get that far.
Replaced CR2032 battery... Cost of new Kodak one 12.5p (8 batteries for a pound). Why do they have to put the battery right under the graphics card slot?
<Homer Simpson> Doh!
When I managed to get into Bios all the drives missing. Took a couple of weeks to get that far.
Replaced CR2032 battery... Cost of new Kodak one 12.5p (8 batteries for a pound). Why do they have to put the battery right under the graphics card slot?
<Homer Simpson> Doh!
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General Discussion / Re: The Flat Earth Crazy
« Last post by Serious on April 11, 2019, 04:10:20 AM »I would say something else but anyone who has watched the news today should know... 
Britain in extension hell
Britain in extension hell
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: Minecraft with ray tracing
« Last post by Serious on April 11, 2019, 03:50:14 AM »Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor... 
Looks damn impressive.
Looks damn impressive.
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Entertainment & Technology / Re: Minecraft with ray tracing
« Last post by Clock'd 0Ne on April 10, 2019, 17:14:25 PM »Water aside, the lighting quslity itself doesn't seem much better, just more HDR like.