Koeshi

Yeah, I thought that might be the case, just hoped to find a nicer solution, makes me sad what has been done to this poor machine. I know, sadly not for this exact model but for some similar ones. Forgot about needing to deal with the webcam/mic as well Quite likely where I will go (possibly get some epoxy) and then resort to gutting a dead one if that fails. But I wanted to put this out there to see if other people had similar experiences and other ideas.

Yeah, problem with that is the new part would be the actual laptop itself, the hinges themselves are fine, its the chassis where they connect that is snapped. I could maybe find a dead laptop of the same model and gut it just for the chassis, but that entails the hassle of dealing with laptop screens and antennae that run up into the screen.

I received a Lenovo Ideapad 520s back from someone in pretty awful condition. In addition to losing a lot of the screws they have managed to tear off the rubber feet and do serious damage to where the hinge connects to the chassis. The screws I am not concerned about but I was hoping for some advice on replacing the feet and what can be done about the hinges. As you can see they have somehow managed to snap the plastic divots in the chassis that the gripping bolts of the hinges go into. The best I can think of as a solution is to superglue the bolts down to where they used to be but I am hoping that someone might have a more reliable and less irreversible solution.

Can't say for PopOS as their installation method is unusual but for the majority of Linux distros they shouldn't change anything that you do not tell them to. Does the Pop installer let you choose the disk it installs to? If so then I expect it would just install to that disk and leave the others alone.

Hah at a previous job we needed to maintain multiple virtualised Windows Server networks on our PCs, so naturally the boss man buys us all Surface Books (1st generation). Dual core processors and almost no cooling trying to emulate 3 connected Windows servers all interacting with each other and also managing our local work on the host system as well. Could have just gotten us each workstations plus a notebook for the same money but that wouldn't have been shiny and Microsofty enough.

Watched most of the Wotakoi live action film. Unless you are really determined to see a nerdy Japanese musical I would say stick with the anime and avoid the film.

I'm not denying that, but that comes down to particular workloads and the optimisations that the developers have made. In cases where both CUDA and OpenCL are properly supported CUDA doesn't have any real edge, but because most of the compute workloads out there are already optimised for CUDA rather than OpenCL

The annoying thing with CUDA is that that it isn't particularly better than OpenCL in terms of actual performance, but because the software out there is almost all optimised for it rather than OpenCL. Which of course leads into the cycle of people that need compute buy Nvidia, so developers target CUDA, so people buy Nvidia, so developers...

Also of note if this is going to be accessible via the internet is whether your ISP provides you with a static or dynamic IP.

Not an odd combo, he is just dressing like a man 20 years older than he is my dad would do the same thing if my mum would let him.

Obviously, they are part of him now

They support Linux now: https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/217664628-How-does-Backblaze-support-Linux-Users-

I knew that would draw someone out And yeah I know what you mean, the days of a series or two a week are far behind me.

Those are rookie numbers https://www.anime-planet.com/users/koeshi

Thanks for all the info. Parts have now been ordered Here's hoping all goes well.

Okay, thats a lot to take in on just cleaning. I take it from the need to not expose nickel and acrylic to aggressive solvents, that the radiators should be filled up with vinegar/water by themselves (like in a bucket/tub) rather than assembling the loop and then flushing it out? Also, is it necessary to clean out the blocks when they are brand new? I apologise for all the basic questions, but I want to be very sure before I get started.

If you haven't already done so, try making sure that "os-prober" is installed and then updating GRUB again.

Okay, thanks, I think I understand that. From what I see the connector that I have is just a pre-made way of shorting the pins. Does that seem right? Sorry for not being clear enough, this is what in mind: pump/res -> fans -> radiator -> case parts are: HEATKILLER 100 (and its fan mounting kit) -> EK VARDAR -> Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 -> case I hope that is clearer, though my take away from what you said is try with the shorter ones first and then switch to the larger ones if needed. Okay, thanks. I'll take a look and see what I can find. I was going with deionised because of the price difference. Thanks for the feedback

I have all my parts picked out for my first custom loop, and just want to clarify a couple of details with more experienced people before purchasing. The first is about test running the loop. I know that it is recommended to run the loop for a while (even a day) without the system powered on in order to check for leaks, but I am unclear how that is supposed to be done exactly. I don't believe that even with the pump drawing power from molex that it will work without the motherboard being turned on. I have this from my PSU box that I feel is related: but I would like clarification. Second question is regarding pump/res mounting. If I want to mount the pump/res to a radiator that also has fans attached, is it simply a case of using the longer screws that the radiator comes with, or is there more to it than that? I would like to avoid both puncturing the radiator and having too loose of an attachment. Lastly, just to confirm, using de-ionised water plus biocide should be fine, right? There is no need to use specifically distilled water. I'll probably have more questions as things go on, but these are what is on my mind right now.

Or maybe some people just like having their system that way. There are plenty of noob friendly Linux distros, if some people would rather have a DIY kit because they enjoy that, then why shouldn't they?

Its really not. I've had times when my smartphone has died in me and o have had to go back to an old feature phone. All it really does is reduce the amount of time I spend on Reddit and reading manga. Also, some people still manage without bank accounts. I don't know why they do it, but its possible.

That really depends on the game, some will not have a performance hit and some will have an improvement due to the increase in available system resources. Again that really depends on the game and what anti-cheat it uses. VAC works fine for example and from my (limited) experience so does the 7Days implementation of EAC.

It's a joke because Hoover is a brand name of vacuum cleaner like Dyson is. Some people don't want/need/afford a smartphone. Why is it an issue if people don't want to spend money on a luxury item?

If you are referring to the tests where AMD had N/A rather than a number, most of those were CUDA tests which is Nvidia's proprietary computing implementation. AMD uses OpenCL and very few programs will support both, typically they just support CUDA or OpenCL, so AMD literally cannot compete in a CUDA test. Two takeaways I had from the video: 1. holy shit, I did not realise Radeon was that much better at CATIA. My workplace is heavily CATIA focused and all the workstations have Nvidia cards in them, so that came as a bit of a shock. 2. It seems wrong for Linus to primarily compare the 3080 to the 2080. With the 3090 taking the place of the Titan it seems to me that the 3080 should be compared against the 2080 Ti, or do people think I am missing something here? EDIT: ignore the second part, I re-checked the prices and I can see why you would do it that way.

Yes it is more expensive (which I acknowledged), but also India is a lot cheaper to run a business in. Even putting that aside we can see from the data here that in Italy (a country with much higher operating costs than India) the average price per GB is 0.43USD. So the prospect of the cost in India (a much cheaper country) raising the cost to 100INR (1.34USD) per GB seems completely unfair and unreasonable. This is painfully true for pretty much all of the telecoms industry