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For a forum sub category called "hobby electronics", there aren't many hobby electronics enthusiasts here. Yes, one can just buy a lot of things new. I thought these solutions were interesting and used parts I already had lying around and/or would otherwise be recycled, rather than buying more crap.

The issue: A headless security camera software computer has integrated graphics and an nvidia GPU. Some "AI" calculations running on the GPU don't work if the GPU turns off due to no monitor being plugged in. Various forums and posters described making dummy plugs to keep the nvidia GPU active. Without one, I couldn't even remotely connect to the computer, and the integrated graphics on this particular Dell computer don't work if you have a discreet graphics card. From what I gathered, dummy plugs made from a few resistors don't work for digital video connectors like DVI. I found no solutions to this problem anywhere. I came up with two solutions myself that I did not see on the internet, so maybe future web searches will find this. The solution: 1) Make a dummy plugs using a USB to DVI adapter and then a DVI to VGA adapter. It's jank and it works. 2) Tear apart an old broken monitor and keep the display board. It's basically a digital dummy plug.

If you had one of these cases from back in the 90's, you'll recognize these 5.25" drive rails. I got a bunch for free one time from an NCIX forum member, but, the cases have since been recycled after far too much amateur modding. I only found one place on the internet selling them, so, maybe they're hard to find and someone out there could make use of them. If you want them, just pay for some postage from BC Canada. Cheers.

Hey, new to the forum, old school NCIX forum guy here. I installed Folding@Home again but am not getting any work units after a day of waiting to download one for my CPU/GPU. Can someone point me in the right direction? Not sure what I'm doing wrong.