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This thread describes the issues with installing an Optiplex 7010/9010 motherboard into a 3rd party ATX case. There is another thread for the Optiplex 7010 power switch and power LED pinout. Optiplex 7010 power switch I have observed if the front I/O cable is detached from the motherboard, there is an 'Alert! Front I/O Cable failure.' error message when booting up the PC. The F1 key must be pressed to continue. I thought I would investigate what causes this and other 'Alert!' messages. The Optiplex 7010 and 9010 (I have both) appear to use virtually the same motherboard in the mini tower (MT) variant. The key difference is 9010 has BIOS support RAID. The Precision T1650 looks very similar and also supports ECC RAM - it is also offered with Xeon e3-1200v2 family of processors, the fastest being the i3-1290v2. The fastest Dell certified processor for the 7010/9010 is the i7-3770. However, the e3-1230 v2 Xeon processor is apparently known to work in the 7010 too according to one Youtube video posted back in 2015. The Front I/O socket on the motherboard is smaller than normal. It appears the pins have a 2mm pitch instead of the typical 0.1" (2.54mm) pitch too. Update (30 Oct 2018): I've since discovered a post on reddit created by 'BlastingKap' two months earlier, who had also examined the Front I/O pinout on an Optiplex 7010: https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/98y8x2/optiplex_7010_9010_motherboard_transplanting/ Update (28 Apr 2019): I also came across this youtube video https://youtu.be/Bz6s4wB-MDM Update (2 Jul 2021): Just a quick update. I'm still using 7010 and 9010 MT models. No changes to BIOS or Windows drivers since posting in this long thread more than 18 months ago. The 9010 runs macOS Mojave, I haven't upgraded to Catalina. Only issues I have encountered is the task bar in Windows 10 failing to respond every once in a while for past few years - restarting the Windows Explorer fixed the problem every time. I recently found instructions on how to reregister Start process - too early to say whether it will fix the problem once and for all. I fitted a cheap i5-3475s cpu into the 7010 in late 2020. In early 2021, the 7010 also started to freeze or crash after exactly 30 minutes of use - I traced the problem to possibly defective or poorly seated Samsung PC3-12800 DIMMs. I replaced the pair with Hynix PC3-12800 DIMMs. Note the presence of a 1k resistor to limit the current through the LED. The front USB3 sockets are served by a separate cable which plugs into blue coloured USB header socket on the motherboard. The pinout for the microphone and heaphone have a non-standard layout. The HDD LED requires an extra 1k resistor. The USB2 pinout seems to have a standard layout but a normal 0.1" pitch USB2 header plug won't fit onto the 2mm pitch pins. It wouldn't surprise me if the Optiplex 7020/9020 and Precision T1700 uses the same pinout for the Front I/O connector. The key features of the 7020/9020/T1700 are the use of Intel 4th gen Haswell processors. The MT/DT motherboards have an 8 pin power connector, and a 24 pin ATX to 8 pin adapter is required when planning to use a third party ATX PSU. The Optiplex 7010/9010 runs Windows 10 just fine. I have encountered some USB3 and HDMI issues. Fortunately, there are some fixes for them. The 7010/9010 can run macOS High Sierra or Mojave when using a processor with Intel HD4000 graphics, otherwise specific graphics card such as a low cost GT710 is required for any other processor. A mac/macbook is required to create the USB bootable installation media for macOS. https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-install-high-sierra-or-mojave-on-the-dell-optiplex-7010-9010-desktop-pc-revision-ii.251736/

I'm getting kind of annoyed at one plus with the way that they allow you to customize their alert slider. All I want is the top position to be completely silent with not vibrate, the middle to be vibrate with not sounds and the final position to be sound and vibrate. Has anyone found a fix for this?

Sup So I own a farm [cow farm]. They live outside and it's hard to tell if the fence is giving electricity or not. So I always need to go and check if there's a problem, or if the electricity is there. So I was wondering if there is a gadget of some sort that gives me an alert when the cows have broken the fence etc. Cause if the cows do get outside the fence it could be thousands of dollars in losses. Does anyone know a gadget that provides me an alert when the electric fence is not pulsing? It would be really handy Thanks!

Hi I am looking for any solutions that will alert me with an email on every windows start or account login, I share the same PC with my gf and I want to know when she is looking around my pc when i'm gone, obviously I can't deny her access by simply changing the password... thanks

Intel has finally issued a security alert telling users and manufacturers that there is a security flaw in the Intel Management Engine firmware versions 11.0 through 11.20. I recommend everyone go to the detection tool on Intel's support website (linked above) to download and test their machine for vulnerabilities. If you own an Intel Core processor (including Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7) that is Skylake or later, an Intel Xeon processor (including E3-1200 v5 & v6 Product Family) that was released 2015 or later, you may be vulnerable to remote attack. This attack also extends to some Atom and Apollo Pentium/Celeron processors used in IoT devices and mobile devices. I also recommend checking your motherboard manufacturer's website to download any UEFI flash updates that may be needed to remedy these issues. Source: ArsTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/intel-warns-of-widespread-vulnerability-in-pc-server-device-firmware/)

I can't figure out how to get a substring from a specific part of a string in PHP. The $output looks like this: Array ( [result] => success [clientid] => 1 [serviceid] => [pid] => [domain] => [totalresults] => 1 [startnumber] => 0 [numreturned] => 1 [products] => Array ( [product] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [id] => 1 [clientid] => 1 [orderid] => 1 [pid] => 1 [regdate] => 2016-06-23 [name] => [translated_name] => Shared Hosting [groupname] => Shared Hosting [translated_groupname] => Shared Hosting [domain] => testdomain [dedicatedip] => [serverid] => 1 [servername] => s9 [serverip] => 68.180.229.225 [serverhostname] => fest [firstpaymentamount] => 0.00 [recurringamount] => 0.00 [paymentmethod] => mailin [paymentmethodname] => Mail In Payment [billingcycle] => Free Account [nextduedate] => 0000-00-00 [status] => Active [username] => testdoma [password] => redacted [subscriptionid] => [promoid] => 0 [overideautosuspend] => 0 [overidesuspenduntil] => 0000-00-00 [ns1] => [ns2] => [assignedips] => [notes] => [diskusage] => 0 [disklimit] => 0 [bwusage] => 0 [bwlimit] => 0 [lastupdate] => 0000-00-00 00:00:00 [customfields] => Array ( [customfield] => Array ( ) ) [configoptions] => Array ( [configoption] => Array ( ) ) ) ) ) ) I need to get the part of [translated_name] =>, where it says Shared Hosting. I can't seem to figure out a good way to do it.

Note: if anyone that has the sufficient rights to sticky a post, please do so to this post. People need to know what's going on! DO NOT INSTALL THE LATEST NVIDIA DRIVERS. IT WILL CAUSE ARTIFACTS AND CRASH YOUR PC. PLEASE MAKE SURE AUTO-UPDATE IS OFF AND DISABLE AUTOMATIC WINDOWS UPDATE. WE ARE IN TOTAL LOCKDOWN, PEOPLE! EDIT: (This may only be a problem that happens with multi-monitor setups currently. Even if you do not, take extreme caution) EDIT: Just to clarify, not all GPUs are affected by this. I am warning you because if your GPU does have issues with this driver, you really don't want to test it out yourself, do you? Source: http://bit.ly/1QyORjv WARNING! (I give total credit to ThatCarlosGuy for bringing up this problem a few minutes ago. I wanted to warn everyone about what was happening so I posted this.)

My BIOS has a lower speed limit (in rpm) setable for each of my fans. It states that it will generate an alert if a fan goes slower than its limit, but also that I need a software that is able to catch these alerts. For practicing purposes I decided to write such a piece of software myself (in C#, because of GUI reasons). Unfortunately, I could not find any information about how these alerts are thrown or how to possibly catch them. So, my question is: Has anyone a rough idea of how this happens? Is this probably already recognized by windows (i am working on win10 btw) and can it be somehow intercepted or subscribed to? Any idea where I should start looking for? Thanks in advance, Fitzi

Hey there spoiler alert. I warned you. The only TV shows I've been watching lately is the flash on the CW and The X-Files on Fox. I liked the reverse flash return episode the best so far. Last Tuesdays tar pit episode was kind of hard to follow. I hated how it turned into like a Barry to a Cisco to a Harrison to a joe west episode so fast. Like what. I liked how Cisco was like "who's the best hacker" and Barry and Caitlyn were like "felicity smoak". A arrow reference. Cisco was not happy. I literally lol'd. The first time we see Harrison pull off a evil eobard thawn Harrison wells version and steal the flashes speed and not to mention all this happening Barry first encounters tar pit. And takes him out very easy with just water. Smartness. Later in the episode joe punched 2 people in less than 5 minutes I believe and I just laughed. I hated how iris made drag racing look so bad. Drag racing is not that bad. She was so focused on the negative. Did you see Wally wests drag car. It was in the classic color scheme of the Wally west flash. Classic red with yellow stripes. Tar pit at the ending was similar to the comic book version. So far I'm glad that Barry and Cisco are going to Earth-2 and to see a Seductive and Alluring Earth-2 Caitlyn Snow Frost is going to be sexy. And hopefully we get to see a Earth-2 nerdy Barry. That's enough of the flash so onto the X-Files. I loved Mondays episode so much. I think it was well written and had such a great plot twist with some Easter eggs. I won't spoil it all but 1 I will is Kim manners who I believe passed away in 2007 of lung cancer. He was a great team member to the x-files. Anyways it turned out that the park ranger was the "Monster" and the actual monster was bitten by the "monster" park ranger and it kind of turned the monster into a "were-human". It's so fresh and original I never thought of it. So the monster turns into a human I would say at different intervals but is not moon triggered. Oh and I'll say the monster had quite a imagination with scully. I'll leave it at that. I hope the next few episode of this mini-season will be fresh and have twists. I'll leave it at that. "If you find any typos or errors please let me know" feel free to comment. Editor Justin.

This isn't a hating thread even if i wanted to just say that they have no life and it isn't good for what are they doing, so i installed windows 8.1 and on metro i have news, this is what ive got. ill just quote! "Imagine driving on the freeway at 60 miles per hour and your car suddenly screeches to a halt, causing a pileup that injures dozens of people. Now imagine you had absolutely nothing to do with the accident because your car was taken over by hackers. Charlie Miller, a security researcher at Twitter, and Chris Valasek, director of security intelligence at IOActive, a security research company, recently demonstrated car hacks at the DefCon computer security conferences in Las Vegas. The researchers completely disabled a driver’s ability to control a vehicle. No brakes. Distorted steering. All with a click of a button, while the demos were with hybrid cars, researchers warn that dozens of modern vehicles could be susceptible. Hackers and security researchers are moving away from simply trying to break into — or protect — people’s e-mail accounts, stealing credit cards and other dirty digital deeds. Now they’re exploring vulnerabilities to break through the high-tech security of homes, cause car accidents or in some extreme cases, kill people who use implanted medical devices. “Once any single computer in a car is compromised, safety of the vehicle goes out the window,” Mr. Miller said in an e-mail interview. Modern cars typically have 10 to 40 little computers in them. “Right now, there aren’t a lot of ways for hackers to remotely attack cars: Bluetooth, wireless tire sensors, telematics units,” he added. “But as cars get Internet connections, things will get easier for the attacker.” Carmakers and the government are aware that our vehicles are vulnerable. In fact, Mr. Miller and Mr. Valasek received a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or Darpa, to research ways carmakers can thwart attacks. The biggest fear is the future: as cars become more computerized — or become fully automated, computers on wheels that drive for you — they’ll become more inviting targets. But the demonstrations by security experts and hackers weren’t a peek at what’s to come. The researchers hacked a Toyota Prius and Ford Escape, two hybrid cars that are already on the road. Certainly, hackable cars are a troubling development for people who don’t even like to use cruise control. Now to add to your paranoia, security researchers warned that our homes are more vulnerable than our cars to attackers. That is, if burglars trade in their lockpicks and crowbars for laptops and Wi-Fi scanners. Devices like the Lockitron, a Wi-Fi enabled front-door lock that can be used with a smartphone, could open a way for technically skilled thieves to break into your home. That’s not to pick on Lockitron. They just happen to be on the cutting-edge of wireless home security. “We’ve built Lockitron from the ground up with security in mind,” the company said in a statement, while acknowledging that “anyone claiming their system is ‘unhackable’ is wrong.” At the conferences, security experts lauded the company for the protection it has built into the Lockitron. Hackers could also turn our televisions and webcams against us, monitoring everything we’re saying and doing. Digital refrigerators could be turned off, allowing food to spoil without your knowledge. Some hacks could be mere practical jokes, albeit messy ones. Researchers have warned that the Bluetooth-enabled INAX Satis model toilets, which can be controlled via a smartphone app, could easily be hacked to spray water up instead of down. In response to warnings that its toilets could be hacked, INAX said it issued a security update for its toilets this month. Yes, in the future, you will need to download security updates for your toilet. And then, there are the usual smartphones fears. At BlackHat, Kevin McNamee, the director of Kindsight Security Labs, demonstrated how to take over an Android smartphone by injecting code through the game “Angry Birds.” Once he had control of the phone, Mr. McNamee was able to remove photos and personal data from the device without the owner having any clue. Other researchers took over an iPhone by hacking a power adapter — yes, a little white power cord — to suck passwords and e-mails from a device that ran operating systems earlier than iOS 7. But some of the most advanced security researchers are thinking about even scarier hacks, of implanted medical devices. Barnaby Jack, who was perhaps best known for a hack that made an A.T.M. spit out cash, was supposed to demonstrate at Black Hat how implantable medical devices, including a pacemaker, can be hacked to kill someone. But Mr. Jack, who was in his 30s, died shortly before he was to make his presentation, of causes that have yet to be determined. He was often referred to as an “ethical hacker” and hoped to show the pacemaker exploit as a warning to device makers. So, should we dig holes in our yards, bury our computers and smartphones and never drive our cars again? Some researchers said many of these demonstrations were provocative, but they were more theoretical than any sort of real risk we had to worry about today. “Sometimes there is a gap between the researcher community and the real world. Researchers bridge this gap often, but it’s not uncommon to see conference talks on exotic technologies that don’t really impact our everyday lives just yet,” said Chris Rohlf, founder of Leaf Security Research, a security consulting company, in an interview. “As technology embeds itself into these everyday devices and other parts of our lives, you will see an increased focus on their security. Anywhere you find technology you’ll inevitably find hackers.” When these technologies do arrive, I would not count on the companies that are installing computers in our cars, homes and bodies to be able to stop rogue hackers. “We haven’t figured out how to stop attacks against Web browsers in personal computers despite trying for the last 10 years, so there isn’t any reason to think that we can stop attacks against cars or other devices in the near future,” Mr. Miller said. “We should be concerned and start taking action now before something bad happens. I’ll still be using my car and refrigerator in the meantime though.” OOOOkkkkkkkkkk, now this is really scary, if there is a post simmilar to this please redirect me but till then, tell me what do you think about this, i don't know why but this reminds me of CarTube video.

Hi, RTC is reset, Bios set up default has been loaded. Alert! Power sensor failure. Strike the F1 key to continue F2 to set up the utility. Neither of these work? The screen just freezes? Can anybody help me please? Thanks Jamie