The AI-generated cat pictures thread
05-14-2019, 01:46 PM
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In other news, very few things surprise me at work. Seeing three large tanks of liquid nitrogen in the mail room is one of them.
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05-14-2019, 01:48 PM
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Lightning hit my parents house and blew up a lot of stuff. Verizon FiOS Frontier people are out there and got all of the components replaced for phone and internet and television. The tech said my fathers computer was going to need another network card because it was fried. This is what his motherboard looks like. Somebody please tell me what I need to order from Amazon to fit this thing.
Dell XPS8100
Motherboard model number DH57M01
We already replaced the swimming pool pump, the air conditioning unit, one of the televisions, two telephones, security system, irrigation system, and I had to put a new power supply in the computer case just trying to solve this little problem.
Dell XPS8100
Motherboard model number DH57M01
We already replaced the swimming pool pump, the air conditioning unit, one of the televisions, two telephones, security system, irrigation system, and I had to put a new power supply in the computer case just trying to solve this little problem.
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05-14-2019, 02:02 PM
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Lightning hit my parents house and blew up a lot of stuff. Verizon FiOS Frontier people are out there and got all of the components replaced for phone and internet and television. The tech said my fathers computer was going to need another network card because it was fried. This is what his motherboard looks like. Somebody please tell me what I need to order from Amazon to fit this thing.
Some folks may say "Eeeew, USB?"
But I buy these things by the ten-pack at work, and they're awesome. Never had one fail to function perfectly on any machine.
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05-14-2019, 02:35 PM
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The one I posted isn't WiFi, it's just a USB 3 wired adapter.
I agree that WiFi is plenty fast, but for stationary machines, I prefer the simplicity of wired networking. Especially since Papa Six already has the cable in place.
I agree that WiFi is plenty fast, but for stationary machines, I prefer the simplicity of wired networking. Especially since Papa Six already has the cable in place.
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05-14-2019, 02:39 PM
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https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-.../dp/B00M77HMU0
Some folks may say "Eeeew, USB?"
But I buy these things by the ten-pack at work, and they're awesome. Never had one fail to function perfectly on any machine.
Some folks may say "Eeeew, USB?"
But I buy these things by the ten-pack at work, and they're awesome. Never had one fail to function perfectly on any machine.
Sincere thanks for the help.
Maybe I should buy a card that has a few of additional USB 3.0 ports on the back of the case instead of trying to work with the remaining two on the top front. Any suggestions there. I haven't bought computer components in 10 years and don't remember what the different slot configurations are called, lol. It's out of my wheelhouse.
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05-14-2019, 04:32 PM
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The three black slots are PCIe (PCI express). The one at the far-right is a PCIe x16 (16 data channels) and is generally used only for video cards, RAID controllers, etc. The middle two are single-channel PCIe slots, which is most common expansion cards (network, USB, etc) work with.
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05-14-2019, 07:00 PM
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05-14-2019, 08:06 PM
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My problem is that I have a pretty large number of machines at the station which rely on a some sort of PCI card (IEEE 488, GPIO, etc) and when said motherboard dies, you're hitting eBay to find a replacement.
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05-15-2019, 10:50 AM
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Well, I was already afraid of heights, but this is beyond terrifying. Happened this morning here in OKC:
https://www.news9.com/clip/14824370/...at-devon-tower
https://www.news9.com/clip/14824370/...at-devon-tower
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