Re: [H] OB's old PC has died

2014-07-02 Thread DSinc
Paid neither of them zip. OB owns two mature male long-haired black cats. He is quite used to super-sucking cat hair out of odd places. He build a special attachment with a collar and a clip to use when he 'pm's' his PC about yearly. Duncan On 07/01/2014 21:55, FORC5 wrote: how much did you

Re: [H] OB's old PC has died

2014-07-02 Thread DSinc
Greg, Well, congrats accepted, but I can not help wonder for WHAT? Trying to keep his old PC running, or, perhaps helping it die? LOL! Duncan On 07/01/2014 20:10, Greg Sevart wrote: Duncan, Given that you are called upon to support this old rig, it seems to me that congratulations are in

[H] Seeking opinions?

2014-07-02 Thread DSinc
OB has been studying Dell for a replacement desktop PC. He seems stuck at an Inspiron 8700 for $700. OK, I turned him on to Dell(but I was thinking Opti-Plex of old!) Seeking opinions about Inspiron line and Opti-Plex line. It has been 15 yrs since I played with my old Opti-Plex at Xerox before

Re: [H] Seeking opinions?

2014-07-02 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 02:45 PM 02/07/2014, DSinc wrote: OB has been studying Dell for a replacement desktop PC. He seems stuck at an Inspiron 8700 for $700. OK, I turned him on to Dell(but I was thinking Opti-Plex of old!) Seeking opinions about Inspiron line and Opti-Plex line. It has been 15 yrs since I played

Re: [H] Z97 chipset Driver -- The Story So Far -- Complete!

2014-07-02 Thread Steve Tomporowski
The upgrade is complete and the immediate effect is that Windows Explorer seems a lot quicker. The Hero VII is an odd-looking board, they run a bunch of LEDs off the +5VSB so that the board glows red even when off. Using the included fan/heatsink, the processor is running cool. I stuck the