fishmech posted:

There is basic driver support for ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series on AGP slots and a few other ATI cards. There's also a few random NVidia AGP cards that still work.

In both cases you will not get as good performance as in Windows 7, but they will be able to handle the desktop and such.

Raymn posted:

This seems the most relevant place to ask for suggestions and I apologize if I missed somewhere better. One of my users got a 2tb SSD drive that he wanted to slap into an external enclosure. I bought him https://amzn.com/B00DW374W4 but I think it is failing or has decided it doesn't like his Surface book and will randomly decide to unmount itself or completly bork his keyboard attachment requiring a reboot. I tested using a different external SSD and didn't have any issues so I'm hoping I just need to get a different enclosure.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a 2.5" compatible external drive enclosure? Does not need to be USB3, I just need it to be reliable as hell because he kind of abuses his gear. Also I need to buy it from Amazon. Thanks for any suggestions!

fishmech posted:

There is basic driver support for ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series on AGP slots and a few other ATI cards. There's also a few random NVidia AGP cards that still work.

In both cases you will not get as good performance as in Windows 7, but they will be able to handle the desktop and such.

Edit: To be clear this is for Windows 10. For Windows 8/8.1 there's full driver support for those cards with no performance impact, and same for Windows 7.

Wilford Cutlery posted:

Just for fun and curiosity, I'm thinking of reviving an old desktop of mine. Last OS I used on it was Vista. For the sake of driver support in Windows 7, 8/8.1, or 10, should I replace the video card? It currently has an ATI FireGL X1, so I'd need an AGP or AGP Pro card if I should replace it. Don't need gaming performance, just for web videos and streaming.

Paul MaudDib posted:

EVGA still has some AGP cards in their B-stock store from time to time, you might want to check that out.

Wilford Cutlery posted:

6200 AGP with 2 year warranty for $43, not bad. Thanks!

Rexxed posted:

I've been very happy with this sabrent one. It seems to be a good controller and USB 3.0 gets decent speeds. I can't promise it's bulletproof but I've never had any weirdness:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LS31KQG/

quote:

I initially suffered from some of the similar issues other folks reported here; for re-iteration purposes they include a) freezing your computer's USB bus b) not mounting the hard drive c) seeing the hard drive, but can't transfer data d) randomly disconnecting and e) slow response.

Alereon posted:

Keep in mind that there could be a lot off variation based on how good the USB controller in your computer is (Intel will work best), how current your drivers and BIOS are, how much power your USB ports supply, and interactions between the enclosure and drive. For example, an enclosure could work great on all computers with one drive, but only work on some machines, or intermittently, with a drive that uses more power.

Raymn posted:

Why can't I just throw more money at the problem to make it go away?!

Flipperwaldt posted:

You can! Just keep buying different drives, enclosures and computers until you've got a combination that works.

Paul MaudDib posted:

FYI their B-stock only has a 1-year warranty. It's likely enough time for it to fail if it's going to, but it's not 2 years.

I assume the one with the DDR2 is better?

edit: 1 year, not 90 days

Raymn posted:

Why can't I just throw more money at the problem to make it go away?!

Raymn posted:

Thanks for the suggestion! The first review actually more accurately describes what was happening with the previous one and got me looking to replace it:


Have you ever run into any of these? Obviously a YMMV sort of situation like all things but it sounds like a common issue if two different brands can have the same sorts of problems.

Wilford Cutlery posted:

It says 2 years right there on the B-stock website.

Wilford Cutlery posted:

Why does your price say $7.99?

EDIT: Weird, I swear when I first looked I saw one for $42.99 that said 2-year warranty. Can't find it now, though really I'm not worried about it. The card is cheap enough that if it craps out and the warranty is useless, I'd get another if I really want to keep that machine going.

Lungboy posted:

I asked this in the monitor megathread but got no response and thought this might be a better place:

I dug my old Samsung 940bw out of storage to use as a secondary monitor. I downloaded the most recent (2007 i think) drivers from Samsung and installed them, but I can't get the monitor to display its native resolution of 1440x900. That res isn't in the drop down list. The monitor is defaulting to analogue mode, presumably because it's on a vga cable with a dvi adapter, so I installed the analogue drivers but still no dice. Is it as simple as needing a dvi cable for that res? That doesn't seem right to me. If it's not that, what else could it be?

Alereon posted:

Try it with a DVI cable and see what happens, I don't think there's much point in troubleshooting until you have a digital cable connected.

Alereon posted:

especially if you have a high-draw videocard.

Lungboy posted:

I have a gtx 560, 8 gig ddr2, an ssd, 2 hdd, and a q6600 on an MSI P965 Platinum in an Antec Nine Hundred case.

Alereon posted:

I wouldn't call that high-draw, but honestly since that system is like 9 years old basically anything could be dying. Trying a different power supply is a simple fix if issues persist.

Saukkis posted:

How I've understood the PSU discussions in here, is that since the PSU is such a vital and dangerous you wouldn't dare to use such an old one if you build a new computer, so might as well start the debugging with new PSU. A slightly faulty PSU can probably kill a new motherboard, but a slightly faulty motherboard probably wouldn't kill a new PSU.

A new PSU would also be compatible with any other new hardware you buy, unless you switch to SFX case or something. If you first buy a new motherboard it needs to be compatible with your old CPU. If that doesn't fix it you might try a new CPU, but that also needs to be compatible. And if that isn't either and you then end up swapping the PSU you will realize you probably should have bought the CPU and motherboard with newer architecture.

But first you could test the memory with Memtest++ even if the symptoms don't suggest it, since it's simple and pretty reliable test. Other components are more difficult to test.

Alereon posted:

550W is rather weak for a new power supply, but as long as you don't ever plan to use a higher-end videocard in the system it should be fine. A power supply with a higher current rating would provide cleaner power, more efficiently, at lower noise levels, likely for years longer. In many cases manufacturers also use lower quality components and reduce the build quality on their lower-capacity models.

CORN NOG posted:

Trying to find a decent wireless headset for Overwatch chat. I'd probably have it around my neck 90% of the time for the mic, and use my surround system for audio.

Leaning towards the Corsair Void at the moment. Anyone here have one? Is it comfortable on your neck, or do the earpieces get in the way? And how is the positioning on the mic? Would it be close enough to my mouth to pick up, or would I need to have them on my ears?

Paul MaudDib posted:

Why not buy a desk mic like a Blue Snowball or Yeti? The Snowball is more directional so probably better if you're planning on using speakers, but that's probably going to be an issue even with a headset.

Ideally you really want to have headphones when using a microphone, and frankly most gaming headsets are built like poo poo anyways. Nice music headphones and a desk mic or an Antlion ModMic are really the way to go.

CORN NOG posted:

My pc is in the living room, and I can't have cables running to the couch or the dog will run through them (yep, learned that one the hard way ). Unfortunately most of the options out there seem to be either gigantic ~xtreme gaming~ monstrosities, or $200+ business/call-center voip headsets. I tried using a bluetooth dongle+mic, but it doesn't play well with Overwatch.

Ideally, I'd like something light and small enough to be comfortable around my neck, but have acceptable enough sound quality for the 10% of the time I need to use the headphones. The Corsair seems like it might do, but the way the headband and mic boom are angled it's hard to get an idea from pictures whether it would work on my neck

Puddin posted:

Puddin posted:

Brand is hynix 10600 2x 2gb kit. 1333mhz 204 pin ddr3.

Spec sheet says it should be okay, but im just thinking that it's probably bit the dust.

Alereon posted:

That's not compatible, you're trying to use DDR3 in a DDR3L system. The voltage is lower (1.35v instead of 1.50v) so the RAM won't work without errors. Pick up some decent DDR3L 1600 and you should be good.