On 10/03/2013 05:11 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
No apology necessary. I'm on many open lists (LKML) where hitting
reply-to-list only goes to the sender. So I've been guilty myself a few
times.
so that is list specific... I wondered, because sometimes I hit reply
it goes to the person, other
On 10/4/2013 4:44 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On 10/03/2013 05:11 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
No apology necessary. I'm on many open lists (LKML) where hitting
reply-to-list only goes to the sender. So I've been guilty myself a few
times.
so that is list specific... I wondered, because
On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 05:44:44AM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
On 10/03/2013 05:11 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
No apology necessary. I'm on many open lists (LKML) where hitting
reply-to-list only goes to the sender. So I've been guilty myself a few
times.
so that is list specific... I
On 02 Oct 2013, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
[snip]
No apology needed. You did in fact peg my age correctly; I will be 61 next
month. And I too have known people who run less than the native resolution
to make the fonts bigger. When I get to that point, though, I will simply
increase
the
On Thursday 03 October 2013 05:52:06 Stan Hoeppner wrote:
In my early 40s
A mere strippling! And there was I pegging you as a sage*. ;-)
Lisi
* a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment (Wiktionary)
P.S. Sorry Stan - I did not mean to send to you personally. I am
trying to
On Oct 3, 2013, at 12:52 AM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
If your broadband router has QOS features, many newer models do, you
should be able to program it to give priority to game traffic. That
would prevent the lag and stutter due to Skype or any other traffic.
It's
On 10/3/2013 7:49 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Thursday 03 October 2013 05:52:06 Stan Hoeppner wrote:
In my early 40s
A mere strippling! And there was I pegging you as a sage*. ;-)
Lisi
* a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment (Wiktionary)
I'm sorry, I'm not [The One]. I'm
On 10/1/2013 9:16 AM, Joel Rees wrote:
On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
On 9/29/2013 6:01 AM, Joel Rees wrote:
...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_mobile_microprocessors
tells me that AMD A4-1250, AMD A6-1450, and E2-1800 all have AMD-V.
On 10/1/2013 5:13 PM, Catherine Gramze wrote:
On Sep 30, 2013, at 10:33 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com
wrote:
Actually they were, up to the point you finally told us what screen
resolution you use. That changes things quite a bit, or I should say
changed one thing dramatically.
On 10/02/2013 04:59 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
On 10/1/2013 5:13 PM, Catherine Gramze wrote:
I have also looked at my memory usage. At this very moment, not running
WoW, I have 5.22 gig being used. 4 gig would not be sufficient for me.
You would be correct if the number you're looking at
On 10/2/2013 5:41 AM, Jeff Bauer wrote:
On 10/02/2013 04:59 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
On 10/1/2013 5:13 PM, Catherine Gramze wrote:
I have also looked at my memory usage. At this very moment, not running
WoW, I have 5.22 gig being used. 4 gig would not be sufficient for me.
You would be
On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 03:59:15AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
This will really throw you for a loop. Open a shell window and execute
~$ sudo echo 3 /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
She'll probably get 'Permission denied', you need elevated permissions
for the writing process, which in this case is
On Oct 2, 2013, at 4:59 AM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote
This is the limiting factor. And this is why I implore people to buy
the fastest dual core and forgo the quad, six, eight core models. And
in fact, for non gamer daily use, I recommend the single core AMD
Sempron,
On Wed, 2 Oct 2013 10:42:57 -0400
Rhiamom rhia...@gmail.com wrote:
On Oct 2, 2013, at 4:59 AM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote
...
You would be correct if the number you're looking at reflected
application memory usage. But it doesn't. On any of the modern
operating systems
On 10/2/2013 8:23 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 03:59:15AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
This will really throw you for a loop. Open a shell window and execute
~$ sudo echo 3 /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
She'll probably get 'Permission denied', you need elevated
On 10/2/2013 9:42 AM, Rhiamom wrote:
On Oct 2, 2013, at 4:59 AM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote
This is the limiting factor. And this is why I implore people to buy
the fastest dual core and forgo the quad, six, eight core models. And
in fact, for non gamer daily use, I
On Mon, 2013-09-30 at 20:15 -0400, Charles Kroeger wrote:
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 00:00:03 +0200
Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
in
Germany in 2012 was around 0.26 €/kWh. (0.26 EUR = 0.351604 USD)
Btw. this is the statistical mean for Germany.
In Western New York last bill
On Tue, 2013-10-01 at 10:04 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Mon, 2013-09-30 at 20:15 -0400, Charles Kroeger wrote:
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 00:00:03 +0200
Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
in
Germany in 2012 was around 0.26 €/kWh. (0.26 EUR = 0.351604 USD)
Btw. this is the
On 10/1/2013 12:38 AM, Doug wrote:
On 09/30/2013 08:15 PM, Charles Kroeger wrote:
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 00:00:03 +0200
Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
in
Germany in 2012 was around 0.26 €/kWh. (0.26 EUR = 0.351604 USD)
In Western New York last bill was circa 0.21$/KWh
In West
On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
On 9/29/2013 6:01 AM, Joel Rees wrote:
...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_mobile_microprocessors
tells me that AMD A4-1250, AMD A6-1450, and E2-1800 all have AMD-V.
The E2-1800 has a half-Meg L2 cache, but
On Tue, 01 Oct 2013 06:40:01 +0200
Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote:
it's nothing
like the prices shown unloaded, above.
.21 cents is nothing like .22 cents, who knew.
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On Tue, 01 Oct 2013 04:40:01 +0200
Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
People convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
Stan, you know what Jesus said: cast your pearls before swine and they will
turn
on you and tear you to pieces.
There are opinions and facts. Many
On 10/1/2013 12:29 AM, Rhiamom wrote:
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 30, 2013, at 10:33 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
...
It's quite funny to see someone of your knowledge level tell me I'm
wrong by quoting the cardboard box as your evidence, while I'm
demonstrating how the
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
Stan Hoeppner grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
On 10/1/2013 12:29 AM, Rhiamom wrote:
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 30, 2013, at 10:33 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
...
It's quite funny to see someone of your
On 10/01/2013 10:57 AM, Charles Kroeger wrote:
On Tue, 01 Oct 2013 06:40:01 +0200
Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote:
it's nothing
like the prices shown unloaded, above.
.21 cents is nothing like .22 cents, who knew.
The unloaded prices above refer to the 8.6 cents and the 9.75 cents
On Sep 30, 2013, at 10:33 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com
wrote:
Actually they were, up to the point you finally told us what screen
resolution you use. That changes things quite a bit, or I should say
changed one thing dramatically.
I recommended a fast dual core CPU because more
Never waste money on Windows OEM license. If you cannot afford retail license,
better do not buy Windows at all. If you had retail license, you could
reinstall Windows in Legacy mode and then install Linux on other partitions and
you would be able to simply choose which OS to boot from
On 9/28/2013 9:16 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote:
Le 28.09.2013 22:46, Stan Hoeppner a écrit :
On 9/28/2013 8:14 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote:
Le 28.09.2013 13:33, Stan Hoeppner a écrit :
Hi Catherine,
I haven't caught up with the rest of the thread but just wanted
On Sep 30, 2013, at 5:00 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
No, no. Context is important here. The OP stated she needed more than
4GB of RAM. I stated that WOW on Wine shouldn't even require 2GB, but
for argument's sake, if it did need 2GB, then all of her other stuff
would
On 9/29/2013 6:01 AM, Joel Rees wrote:
...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_mobile_microprocessors
tells me that AMD A4-1250, AMD A6-1450, and E2-1800 all have AMD-V.
The E2-1800 has a half-Meg L2 cache, but higher speed CPU (1.7GHz).
The A4-1250 has 1 Meg L2 cache but lower
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 00:00:03 +0200
Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
in
Germany in 2012 was around 0.26 €/kWh. (0.26 EUR = 0.351604 USD)
In Western New York last bill was circa 0.21$/KWh
In West Texas for September circa 0.14 $/KWh
1.00 EUR = 1.35229 USD Mid-market rates:
On 9/30/2013 4:32 PM, Catherine Gramze wrote:
On Sep 30, 2013, at 5:00 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
No, no. Context is important here. The OP stated she needed more than
4GB of RAM. I stated that WOW on Wine shouldn't even require 2GB, but
for argument's sake, if it
On 09/30/2013 08:15 PM, Charles Kroeger wrote:
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 00:00:03 +0200
Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
in
Germany in 2012 was around 0.26 €/kWh. (0.26 EUR = 0.351604 USD)
In Western New York last bill was circa 0.21$/KWh
In West Texas for September circa 0.14
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 30, 2013, at 10:33 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
Here is a prime example. Where did you arrive at 1.8GB of shared RAM.
This is silly.
Silly? I admit to being off by .1 gig; it is actually only 1.7 gig as confirmed
by the specs for the HD4600 on
Yes, though they are for different voltages, typically 3.3V and 2.5V or
1.8V, see the voltage monitoring in the BIOS or MB monitor for the
values for a particular board.
You'll find two inductors, probably toroids, and a group of tall
aluminium electrolytic capacitors in the area. These
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote:
On 09/28/2013 03:23 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
On 9/27/2013 6:37 PM, Joel Rees wrote:
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com
wrote:
A point I forgot to make. This is something everyone should
On Sun, 2013-09-29 at 19:02 +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
I7m confused. Did you mean can't produce a gain in current or power?
Assumed there should be a linear voltage regulator able to provide the
needed Ampere, how large should the heat sink be? The voltage isn't an
issue. By a quick search I found
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 1:59 AM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
On 9/27/2013 6:03 AM, Joel Rees wrote:
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com
wrote:
On 9/26/2013 5:45 AM, Joel Rees
/msg01214.html
From Stephen:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/09/msg01245.html
From Stan:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/09/msg01285.html
Also, the thread
Building a computer for compiling and CPU emulation (Re: Building computer)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/09
On 09/29/2013 06:02 AM, Joel Rees wrote:
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote:
/snip/
Do I understand correctly that there are two switching power supply
chips at the input to the CPU to produce 3.3Volts? Obviously, a linera
regulator cannot produce and gain in
On 09/29/2013 06:47 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Sun, 2013-09-29 at 19:02 +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
I7m confused. Did you mean can't produce a gain in current or power?
Assumed there should be a linear voltage regulator able to provide the
needed Ampere, how large should the heat sink be? The
On Sun, 2013-09-29 at 11:36 -0400, Doug wrote:
So a linear regulator is a lossy device
law of conservation of energy ---
energy exchange --
thermal conduction
If you use it as voltage stabiliser + heater, it provides 100%
efficiency too. It's simply a question of the point of view.
;)
--
To
On Sun, 2013-09-29 at 13:20 -0400, Doug wrote:
On 09/29/2013 06:47 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Sun, 2013-09-29 at 19:02 +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
I7m confused. Did you mean can't produce a gain in current or power?
Assumed there should be a linear voltage regulator able to provide the
From http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2011/05/#offtopic ...
Have you ever wanted to discuss things completely unrelated to Debian or
even computers with fellow users or developers? On debian-user the
custom is to put [OT] in the subject and fire away.
Unfortunately, this can be disruptive for
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 12:36 AM, Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote:
On 09/29/2013 06:02 AM, Joel Rees wrote:
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote:
/snip/
Do I understand correctly that there are two switching power supply
chips at the input to the CPU to
On 09/28/2013 04:04 AM, David L. Craig wrote:
On 13Sep27:2054+0530, Balamurugan wrote:
On 09/27/2013 04:08 PM, David L. Craig wrote:
Your fact is not. I installed Debian Sid on a G500 a few
months ago and it dual-boots with Win8. The trick is to
use the smaller alternative power button to
Hi Catherine,
I haven't caught up with the rest of the thread but just wanted to
address a couple points here.
On 9/26/2013 11:12 AM, Catherine Gramze wrote:
On Sep 26, 2013, at 1:05 AM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
What desktop applications are you using that require 8GB,
Le 28.09.2013 13:33, Stan Hoeppner a écrit :
Hi Catherine,
I haven't caught up with the rest of the thread but just wanted to
address a couple points here.
On 9/26/2013 11:12 AM, Catherine Gramze wrote:
On Sep 26, 2013, at 1:05 AM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com
wrote:
What
On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 22:10:01 +0200
Catherine Gramze rhia...@gmail.com wrote:
So, I am looking for recommendations on hardware, particularly
motherboards, known to play nicely with Debian and boot consistently.
I hope I'm not late to the party, but here's my new setup (bought in
June) which
On Sep 28, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Jack Malmostoso fabio.rosci...@gmail.com wrote:
I hope I'm not late to the party, but here's my new setup (bought in
June) which runs Debian Sid without problems:
You may be too late for me, but not late for somebody else. This type of info
is sadly hard to find
On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 16:10:01 +0200
Catherine Gramze rhia...@gmail.com wrote:
Could you
be so kind as to tell us whether the board came with default settings
that worked, or whether you needed to make changes in the BIOS?
I had to deactivate the Secure Boot option in order to be able to
boot
On Sep 28, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Jack Malmostoso fabio.rosci...@gmail.com wrote:
The onboard graphics depend on the CPU. In my case, it's HD4600, which
is the fastest you can get with a socketed CPU.
It's supported by the Intel driver in Wheezy for most things, however
now in Sid it is used
On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 17:00:01 +0200
Catherine Gramze rhia...@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you for the additional info. It sounds a whole lot like what I
am getting in the Zareason computer I ordered. I am waiting very
impatiently!
I was scrolling through the thread and I see you want to add a video
On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 17:00:01 +0200
Catherine Gramze rhia...@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you for the additional info. It sounds a whole lot like what I
am getting in the Zareason computer I ordered. I am waiting very
impatiently!
I was scrolling through the thread and I see you want to add a video
On 9/27/2013 6:03 AM, Joel Rees wrote:
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com
wrote:
On 9/26/2013 5:45 AM, Joel Rees wrote:
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com
On 9/27/2013 6:37 PM, Joel Rees wrote:
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
A point I forgot to make. This is something everyone should know.
Subject: The marketing myth of multiple +12V rails
[...]
What I want to know is why Intel CPUs still need
On 09/28/2013 03:23 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
On 9/27/2013 6:37 PM, Joel Rees wrote:
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com
wrote:
A point I forgot to make. This is something everyone should know.
Subject: The marketing myth of multiple +12V rails
[...]
On 9/28/2013 8:14 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote:
Le 28.09.2013 13:33, Stan Hoeppner a écrit :
Hi Catherine,
I haven't caught up with the rest of the thread but just wanted to
address a couple points here.
On 9/26/2013 11:12 AM, Catherine Gramze wrote:
On Sep 26, 2013, at
On Sep 28, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Jack Malmostoso fabio.rosci...@gmail.com wrote:
I was scrolling through the thread and I see you want to add a video
card, and I checked on the Zareason website what they offer. I hope you
got a power supply with more than the 350W standard. I am not sure it
has
On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 16:18:30 -0400
Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote:
On 09/28/2013 03:23 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
On 9/27/2013 6:37 PM, Joel Rees wrote:
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Stan Hoeppner
s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
A point I forgot to make. This is something everyone
On Sat, 2013-09-28 at 16:55 -0400, Catherine Gramze wrote:
On Sep 28, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Jack Malmostoso
fabio.rosci...@gmail.com wrote:
I was scrolling through the thread and I see you want to add a video
card, and I checked on the Zareason website what they offer. I hope
you
got a
On 9/28/2013 3:18 PM, Doug wrote:
On 09/28/2013 03:23 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
On 9/27/2013 6:37 PM, Joel Rees wrote:
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com
wrote:
A point I forgot to make. This is something everyone should know.
Subject: The marketing myth
Le 28.09.2013 22:46, Stan Hoeppner a écrit :
On 9/28/2013 8:14 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote:
Le 28.09.2013 13:33, Stan Hoeppner a écrit :
Hi Catherine,
I haven't caught up with the rest of the thread but just wanted to
address a couple points here.
On 9/26/2013 11:12 AM,
On Sat, 2013-09-28 at 19:15 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
However, another cost saving aspect to this I didn't mention
previously is component commonality. If a vendor sizes it PSUs
optimally, most if not every PSU in the line can use the same
regulator FETs. For instance, a 25A regulator can
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:57:43PM -0300, Beco wrote:
On 26 September 2013 22:22, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
(I've compiled a kernel on a netbook; you'd better have a few hours to
spare...)
Questions for people who compile kernel and their machines:
You are better off
On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 23:57 -0300, Beco wrote:
How long a considered fast kernel compilation would last? I'd like
to have a clue. And in what kind of computer (processor / RAM /
anything else relevant)?
Building older and current kernels with configurations that are close to
Debian, Ubuntu
On Fri, 2013-09-27 at 09:30 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 23:57 -0300, Beco wrote:
How long a considered fast kernel compilation would last? I'd like
to have a clue. And in what kind of computer (processor / RAM /
anything else relevant)?
Building older and current
On 9/26/2013 12:34 PM, Doug wrote:
On 09/26/2013 01:05 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
On 9/25/2013 12:52 PM, Catherine Gramze wrote:
On Sep 25, 2013, at 12:52 AM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
/very large snip/
I just left this final section to illustrate the tome of the whole
On 13Sep26:2109-0400, Tom H wrote:
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Balamurugan emailstorb...@gmail.com wrote:
On 09/25/2013 04:59 AM, Bob Proulx wrote:
Catherine Gramze wrote:
I intend to build a computer for the specific purpose of running
Debian. I have had a bad experience with a
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
On 9/26/2013 5:45 AM, Joel Rees wrote:
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com
wrote:
On 9/25/2013 12:52 PM, Catherine
A point I forgot to make. This is something everyone should know.
Subject: The marketing myth of multiple +12V rails
Switching regulator MOSFETs provide the 3.3, 5/5VSB, and 12VDC output
current of a PC PSU. Before the days of waffle iron CPUs and GPUs, PSUs
had a single 12V regulator
On 9/26/2013 9:57 PM, Beco wrote:
Questions for people who compile kernel and their machines:
How long a considered fast kernel compilation would last? I'd like to
have a clue. And in what kind of computer (processor / RAM / anything else
relevant)?
This depends entirely on what you
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 09:30:57AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
Building older and current kernels with configurations that are close to
Debian, Ubuntu or Arch Linux defaults takes around 90 minutes (in the
past perhaps a little bit less and today perhaps around 120 minutes, I
need to check
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Beco r...@beco.cc wrote:
On 26 September 2013 22:22, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
(I've compiled a kernel on a netbook; you'd better have a few hours to
spare...)
Questions for people who compile kernel and their machines:
How long a considered fast
On Fri, 2013-09-27 at 07:36 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
It simply makes wiring your PC more difficult, as you have to balance
your 12V devices across an arbitrary boundary placed across the 12V
output current of your power supply.
And of course, now you should be asking yourself, given what
On Fri, 2013-09-27 at 09:02 -0400, Tom H wrote:
On a 2.4 GHz i7-4700MQ laptop with 16 GB of RAM (sorry Stan!)
The question is, if more cores and more RAM really make a difference for
averaged desktop usage. AFAIK more cores and RAM should be important for
video production, but for averaged
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Catherine Gramze rhia...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sep 26, 2013, at 10:50 PM, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
I'd call it obscure rather than magical.
Any sufficiently obscure technique is indistinguishable from magic - (my
apologies to Arthur C. Clark).
:)
On 09/27/2013 04:08 PM, David L. Craig wrote:
On 13Sep26:2109-0400, Tom H wrote:
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Balamurugan emailstorb...@gmail.com wrote:
On 09/25/2013 04:59 AM, Bob Proulx wrote:
Catherine Gramze wrote:
I intend to build a computer for the specific purpose of running
On 09/27/2013 09:21 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
/snip/
However, undersized voltage for capacitors for switching power supply is
an often used fraud against consumers and switching power supplies
pollute the mains. Exotic resistors sometimes make them a PITA when you
want to repair one and you
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 6:38 AM, David L. Craig dlc@gmail.com wrote:
On 13Sep26:2109-0400, Tom H wrote:
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Balamurugan emailstorb...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 09/25/2013 04:59 AM, Bob Proulx wrote:
Catherine Gramze wrote:
I intend to build a computer for the
On 13Sep27:2054+0530, Balamurugan wrote:
On 09/27/2013 04:08 PM, David L. Craig wrote:
Your fact is not. I installed Debian Sid on a G500 a few
months ago and it dual-boots with Win8. The trick is to
use the smaller alternative power button to the right of
the large power button, which
On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 22:57:43 -0400 (EDT), Beco r...@beco.cc wrote:
Questions for people who compile kernel and their machines:
How long a considered fast kernel compilation would last? I'd like to
have a clue. And in what kind of computer (processor / RAM / anything else
relevant)?
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 2:29 AM, Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote:
On 09/27/2013 09:21 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
/snip/
However, undersized voltage for capacitors for switching power supply is
an often used fraud against consumers and switching power supplies
pollute the mains. Exotic
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
A point I forgot to make. This is something everyone should know.
Subject: The marketing myth of multiple +12V rails
[...]
What I want to know is why Intel CPUs still need the +12V.
Have you considered copying
On Sat, 2013-09-28 at 08:25 +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
But the upshot is that capacitors are exposed to higher
voltages and/or effective power than they can handle, and get burned,
and it is a manufacturing problem, and sometimes an engineering
problem.
And sometimes vendors knowingly use
On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 00:05 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
What desktop applications are you using that require 8GB, let alone
16GB, of RAM? I'd think 4 would be plenty. If you wish to over buy
DRAM, that's a personal choice.
I agree, even for heavy audio production I never needed the 4 GiB of
(sort-of-thread-hijacking)
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
On 9/25/2013 12:52 PM, Catherine Gramze wrote:
[...]
And I'm at a loss here. The detailed list below suggests that you were
sand bagging to an extent in your previous post.
Haswell
On 9/26/2013 5:45 AM, Joel Rees wrote:
(sort-of-thread-hijacking)
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
On 9/25/2013 12:52 PM, Catherine Gramze wrote:
[...]
And I'm at a loss here. The detailed list below suggests that you were
sand bagging to an
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 08:11:31PM -0700, Dan Hitt wrote:
Hi Catherine,
This is regarding the question of what computer hardware to buy that
will work with debian, given that store-bought computers were a
problem this latest time.
First, what is the name of the computer you actually
On 09/26/2013 01:05 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
On 9/25/2013 12:52 PM, Catherine Gramze wrote:
On Sep 25, 2013, at 12:52 AM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote:
/very large snip/
I just left this final section to illustrate the tome of the whole thing:
The socket vs upgrade concern
I contacted MSI to ask if they made a motherboard I could use. Here is the
exchange:
Me: I want to purchase a motherboard for a Linux computer. I would prefer one
that would accept the new Haswell processor. The BIOS must allow for Secure
Boot to be disabled, and CSM mode to be enabled, e.g.
On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 13:45 -0400, Catherine Gramze wrote:
MSI tech: MSI does not perform and provide any Linux support for mb,
only Windows.
I don't know any vendor, for any kind of hardware, that does support
Linux, even not the Linux friendly vendors that cooperate with the Linux
community
On Sep 26, 2013, at 1:57 PM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
I don't know any vendor, for any kind of hardware, that does support
Linux, even not the Linux friendly vendors that cooperate with the Linux
community usually don't support Linux. That Linux isn't supported,
doesn't
On Sep 26, 2013, at 2:08 PM, Darko Gavrilovic d.gavrilo...@gmail.com wrote:
What's the motherboard model number? A quick Google indicates you may
not be able to disable UEFI but you can enable legacy compatibility
mode for MSI m/b's.
The specific model I am considering is the MSI H87-43G.
On 09/26/13 10:45, Catherine Gramze wrote:
I contacted MSI to ask if they made a motherboard I could use. ...
This looks to me like a stock refusal to even consider a technical question ...
Ideas:
1. Pick a motherboard and start a fresh post with the make and model in
the subject -- e.g.
On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 14:02 -0400, Catherine Gramze wrote:
On Sep 26, 2013, at 1:57 PM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net
wrote:
I don't know any vendor, for any kind of hardware, that does support
Linux, even not the Linux friendly vendors that cooperate with the
Linux
On Sep 26, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Catherine Gramze rhia...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sep 26, 2013, at 2:08 PM, Darko Gavrilovic d.gavrilo...@gmail.com wrote:
What's the motherboard model number? A quick Google indicates you may
not be able to disable UEFI but you can enable legacy compatibility
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 01:45:20PM -0400, Catherine Gramze wrote:
I contacted MSI to ask if they made a motherboard I could use. Here is the
exchange:
Me: I want to purchase a motherboard for a Linux computer. I would prefer one
that would accept the new Haswell processor. The BIOS must
I have received a response from MSI again. I do like the swiftness of their
email responses, even if the responses are a bit cryptic.
Me: Please advise me as to whether this motherboard:
http://us.msi.com/product/mb/H87-G43.html#/?div=Overview
1. allows Secure Boot to be disabled and
2.
On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 21:50:01 +0200
Catherine Gramze rhia...@gmail.com wrote:
I have received a response from MSI again. I do like the swiftness of their
email
responses, even if the responses are a bit cryptic.
Me: Please advise me as to whether this motherboard:
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