Ashleyyyy

i wouldn't risk it. capacitors do age so... 

linus: buys the lowest end configuration

also linus: pc parts are typically more expensive in japan

also linus: why does it come with a hard drive? 




what did you expect

also if selling it is too much of a hassle to you, there's charities you can give it to, they'll pass it on to someone who cannot afford a computer. 

54 minutes ago, Seabottom said:

It's a 12 year old clevo, i7 2820QM, GTX460m and a 1080p LCD. Is it worth selling? A few hundred dollars worth maybe?

The battery is pretty bad and the keyboard is pretty spotty in some zones. The monitor hinge is also a bit loose.

it's less than a few hundred for sure. it's maybe a hundered. i'd buy it though, seems like a nice laptop still

converting to uefi like others have suggested is a huge pain in the ass. if you use https://rufus.ie/en/ to make a Windows 11 installer you can tell it to disable all the checks, it'll install just fine if you do that on legacy bios. 

the only catch is that when a new version of Windows 11 releases for example 22H2, you have to update to it manually, you can't do that through Windows update. you'll get normal security updates though so you only need to worry about that like twice a year whenever Microsoft releases a major update. 

can you check network adaptor settings? that should show if your pc thinks it's connected to 100mbps or gigabit

Windows Settings shows it here: 

stupid question but have you checked if those switches you mentioned are gigabit? 

there's 48 listings on ebay, had a quick look. 

5 minutes ago, jaslion said:

You also gotts keep in mind that the people behind tiny 10, atlas os,... are entire teams with a ton of experience programing experience to untangle the mess that is windows

 

So basically start with just modifying windows for a year or so and see what you can do

modifying windows is illegal regardless.

you do realize that making custom versions of Windows is illegal? 

i have an ancient Benq monitor from 2008 and it looks the same. it's probably just how youtube renders that effect. 

the reason why i mentioned my displays age is because it's about the farthest thing from your monitor (traditional LCD, not even using HDMI, etc etc) and still it does the same thing

13 minutes ago, little_dude said:

I am 38 years old, and like many people my age, we used to do computers, then got caught up in working land, and have lost touch with the current tech market.

the current tech market is stupid anyways. a 12th gen i3 has the same number of cores and threads as a 7700K, and because of the newer architecture is basically as fast as that cpu. 

imo unless you need top end performance the high end tech market makes no sense at all. a core i3 paired with a midrange gpu is nowhere near slow... most software just hasn't caught up to the rapid advancement in power at the high end. 

42 minutes ago, PeteCsD said:

worked perfectly, you just saved my non-exisisting music career ahahaha 
you reckon there's some more smooth ways? or that's as good as it gets?

sadly i doubt it, given that the Mac doesn't output the boot screen due to the gpu. still, this is much better than disconnecting drives etc as it should boot to macOS even with the Windows drive connected, since PRAM reset will simply reset the startup disk... 

2 minutes ago, peotr26 said:

It is not as customizable as Linux. Can you change your sound server, your display server, change your bootloader and theme it, etc? Just go check r/unixporn on Reddit.

why would i want to change Windows's sound and display server? my sound and display output works perfectly. 

3 minutes ago, peotr26 said:

For gaming, it depends, retro-gaming is much better on Linux.

source? Windows can run basically all emulators and it's so backwards compatible you can run a lot of classics from the DOS/9x era on modern Windows. 

4 minutes ago, peotr26 said:

but for a home user that not going to be a big issue, I doubt most people really need MS Office, LibreOffice is good enough.

you clearly have never met my dad. he manages to make a good computer lag with excel. he asked me to upgrade his pc with more ram once because he complained it slowed down if he opened too many excel documents while also having a browser open. his machine has a 4770 in it by the way, an 8 thread cpu. 

6 minutes ago, peotr26 said:

On Linux, you don't need to disable all the bloat because it's already off.

i don't need to disable anything on my Windows 11 machine either. it runs fine totally stock on my 4670K with 16GB of ram. that's the point i was trying to make, Atlas is a dumb OS. 

32 minutes ago, OhYou_ said:

also ngl they would just call and say pls come over again some time the computers broken

i live an hour away by train from my parents and i don't have a car... fantastic idea. 

actually that could be a fix for this. if you want to boot macOS again just reset PRAM like that and it should default to macOS again. 

20 minutes ago, PeteCsD said:

not since I changed the startup disk

that's bad... maybe try clearning PRAM, that should reset the startup disk. 

to do this, with the computer shutdown, hold down command, option/alt, p and r when booting, it'll bong, restart and bong again. once you hear the second bong release the keys, it should boot to macOS then, with the windows drive disconnected. 

21 minutes ago, PeteCsD said:

now that you mention it I forgot to say that the main macOS is on a ssd, which is connected to a Sata to PCI-E card, I could try and mount the ssd onto the rail and plug it in straight in to the motherboard, although in future I'd like both system to ran on ssd to PCI-E as it gives me sata 3 specs rather than sata2, anyway attached is the boot image without the Windows HDD

ah. it's trying legacy mode for Windows for some reason, hence it fucks up. 

have you actually been able to boot into macOS at all? 

5 minutes ago, OhYou_ said:

I dont give those users local admin. if you have low int users with local admin on a computer that is on your internal network then bruh thats all on you. 

either dmz that shit on its own net or take away their admin perms. low int family in general doesnt need admin if you're willing to occasionally support them. 

ah yes i'd love to get a phone call from my mom randomly "what's the admin password i'm trying to update chrome"

1 minute ago, PeteCsD said:

I tried 3 times, once I pressed the left arrow key, once only hit enter and the last one hitting first the arrow key to the right, none of this worked, the pc stayed on but the monitor stayed black, (I have an old macbook and tried the process just to doublecheck the interface and see if any other confirmation was required but no, it should boot up straight away into the drive).
Something else I thought about as well was to use the msconfig and change the bootdrive from windows, but unfortunately it doesn't show any other bootable drive, anyway I still appreciate you taking time of your day to help me out.

i have a 2008 Mac Pro with an aftermarket graphics card, so i know the pain. 

what's odd is if you unplug the windows drive it doesn't boot. it should boot to the next available device but it doesn't seem to detect the macOS drive... can you explain that in more detail? maybe provide a picture of what it's displaying when you do that? 

the BIOS seems to think around 40c too... weird... 

i can't help you further unfortunately since i have no experience with hardware this new, you'll have to wait for someone who knows this platform to see this. 

Just now, Meowzgezifer said:

What do you mean exactly?

go into the bios of your motherboard, and take a look at it's temperature readings. 

it looks something like this: 

what about BIOS? 

the alt key not working is a result of your aftermarket graphics card. you can still use it, just without a display output. what i mean is if you hold down alt, press an arrow key to select the other drive and then enter it'll work. 

what the hell? can you try a few more cpu thermal monitoring apps (CoreTemp for example) just to rule out a misreporting? also what does the motherboard BIOS think?