I received the video card from NewEgg today and was able to get it installed and working. Found out that one of my monitors was “bad” since it kept going into power-save mode, even when the cable wasn’t plugged in. I was able to swap it with another I had on hand and get it all working. I can’t get too good of a shot since I don’t have a lot of space before I hit the wall behind the desk. I’m not necessarily happy with the PCI card performance, but it’ll probably be sufficient for reading pdfs or until I am ready to upgrade again. I can see visible lag when dragging windows onto the PCI card desktops; I guess I am just spoiled.
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I’ve got a few projects that I’ve had on the back burner for awhile, so in an effort to get things done AND generate some content, I’ve decided to make them articles for Phil’s Comments. Here is the list of planned projects for Q2:
- DIY 4.5TB Nas. In this DIY project I will give new life to an old server.
- DIY firewall. In this DIY project I will install m0n0wall on a neoware eon workstation.
- DIY Wall Mount computer. As detailed here.
Since I have 3 racks of equipment in my office (not all of which is running), I will be paying particular attention to heat and power usage statistics. Tune in for further updates.
I saw this on LifeHacker originally, where it caught my eye as a project I could easily do with all the spare hardware I have laying around, most of it which has little to no value but still functions correctly. Head over to Glowview to give the original article a read.
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I’m especially fond of this idea, as I have 2 things working in my favor:
- A brother-in-law and a father-in-law that are professional framers. SCORE!
- The number of used laptops I have laying around that are missing plastic parts that cost a fortune on eBay or the number of laptops I have laying around that need new batteries. I currently count at least 3 that I could do this with. SCORE!
If I decide to do this I will have a follow up post to show off the work. Now if I could just make it touch screen too, that would make it that much cooler. I suppose I could slap a bluetooth dongle in there and use my HTPC keyboard or something similar (maybe a gyro mouse?).
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