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Talking with the folks in the local #vintage / #retrocomputing community, they clued me in that the #ThinkPad #RAID is a steaming pile of 💩 and not worth the trouble.

🤷 Oh well. Thanks for cluing me in

So I swapped out the two testing #NVMe drives I was using and reinstalled the original sticks - to have #windoz10 demanding for the #bitlocker recovery key. 🤦‍♂️

Well, time to wipe & install #windoz11 then.

Install went fine, only 4 rando #drivers to find for all #devices to be recognized and working.

Using my #CTT scripts to install the majority of applications, then to remove the #spyware #bloatware and other garbage #micro$oft added to #windows11

Then migrate my #data from my other ThinkPad. Welcome to my #sunday #funday

#siliconValley #SillyValley #sanfrancisco #sanfran #sanfranciscocomputers #sanfrancomputers #sanfranciscovintagecomputers #sanfranvintagecomputers #sanfranciscovintagehardware #sanfranvin-tagehardware
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#vintagehardware #computerHistory #retro #VCF #vintageComputerFestival
#retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
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#IBM #thinkpad #thinkpads #VintageThinkPad #X86 #WindowsVista #IBMhardware #lenovoHard-ware #Thinkpadnium
#upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #ThinkPadRepair #WasteNotWantNot #Thinkpadnium
#makeShitMonday #showmewhatyougot

#NVIDIA consciously simplified the RTX 4090 power input circuitry to remove a safety feature that existed in the RTX 3090. In the 3090, two wires would get combined to one, and there were three separate power shunts. Any problem in the power delivery would lead to the card shutting down.

In the 4090, all six 12V lines combine to a single terminal, which is then power-shunted as one. Any problem in the individual wires or connector pins will not be noticed. If there is a power delivery problem, the remaining connections will take the load and melt or catch fire. RTX 4090 cards have been melting connectors regularly.

So, RTX 5090 is now available. The cards are several thousand dollars/euros. They also omit this RTX 3090 security feature that likely cost a maximum of a couple of euros/dollars to add.

- 12VHPWR on RTX 5090 is Extremely Concerning - youtube.com/watch?v=Ndmoi1s0ZaY
- How Nvidia made the 12VHPWR connector even worse - youtube.com/watch?v=kb5YzMoVQyw
- RTX 5090 Power Connectors Are Melting... Again - youtube.com/watch?v=e569djy75vE
- The real "User Error" is with Nvidia - youtube.com/watch?v=oB75fEt7tH0
- An Electrical Engineer's take on 12VHPWR and Nvidia's FE board design - reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1

Who has the best RTX 4060 on the market currently? Gonna be upgrading my system soon. I'm currently running a GTX 980 for display 3 and encoding streams, and a GTX 1660 Super for displays 1 & 2 and gaming/video rendering

My only stipulation is that it can't have a white plastic housing. The hardware in my computer utilizes a black theming with red or rgb lighting and some pink external hardware for contrasting colors

Since I recently moved here, this is my #introduction

I'm a CPU engineer by trade in the SF Bay Area.

I've loved #anime since I was a little kid like 30 years ago. My first was probably #DragonBallZ on toonami.

I'm also into #videogames (typical Japanese/Japanese-inspired ones and #ParadoxInteractive strategy).

I like #opensource and software freedom as a whole (I run #linux ).

You'll also notice #computerhardware posts, especially since I'm looking to upgrade my CPU and mobo soon!