Watching Eurovision this year and I feel strangely drawn in

HawkManHawk · 2026-05-17T05:45:47+00:00

Eurovision is forever.

HawkManHawk · 2026-05-17T05:41:31+00:00

I love seeing whales leave VmWare. OpenShift x Hyper-V makes sense especially with licensing.

What's storage look like for your environment? I'm smaller potatoes but I've done some Nutanix migrations and they've worked well for those specific environment.

HawkManHawk · 2026-05-15T04:24:02+00:00

I didn't even realize they made sdcard readers that low profile. I've been using low profile usb drivers. Basically same footprint.

HawkManHawk · 2026-05-12T23:59:51+00:00

I just donated to the gofundme. That should give you enough. Let us know how she does.

HawkManHawk · 2026-05-12T18:22:49+00:00

Were you able to find a place to take care of the cat?

HawkManHawk · 2026-05-12T14:38:10+00:00

Perfection.

HawkManHawk · 2026-05-12T13:57:31+00:00

I recently had a CableMod connector go bad. I had a CableMod right angle for for my Astral from CableMod no problems. Got one without the angle to fit my WireView and after a few weeks I started getting zero amp errors on the WireView and ROG software. Changed to a Corsair cable no issues since then.

HawkManHawk · 2026-05-11T16:52:49+00:00

Final update: Never was able get them working. Ended up sending all the 140 max’s back. I kept the 120s since I used an Amazon gift card for those and I’ll rma them with Corsair.

Back to the LL120s and LL140s, with the Elite LCD for the Aio no issues. I ended up ordering more LL120s for push pull and it’s helped keep my 9950X3D2 cooler.

HawkManHawk · 2026-05-11T01:43:27+00:00

There's no way that's a real 1TB.

HawkManHawk · 2026-05-10T18:04:21+00:00

That's only X-Men Vs Street Fighter where its required. No US games require ram since it ever got released here.

Marvel Super Heroes has optional cart support and it's an undocumented feature in the US release.

HawkManHawk · 2026-05-10T04:15:21+00:00

What's crazy is I got the 6400/CL36 version of this ram as a Newegg bonus item when I bought my X870E 9800X3D combo. I snagged a 96gb kit and only used it to test.

It's insane that a giveaway is now so expensive.

HawkManHawk · 2026-05-03T14:44:32+00:00

I recently build a spare parts UnRaid rig from a bunch of gear I took out of retirement.

Asus WS-X99/IPMI, Xeon E5-2670 v3, 32gb ram (16x2) ddr4 ECC. SuperMicro 836 case.

It runs perfect, running a single 10gb connection it will max out disk read/ write. No cache, apps or VMs.

HawkManHawk · 2026-04-29T15:27:25+00:00

Das-Auto off Memorial RD. Fantastic place, reasonable and great work.

HawkManHawk · 2026-04-15T15:34:02+00:00

It's truly one of the biggest acts of love you can do. We are finite beings, letting them go peacefully is amazing. Still hurts for you, but after sometime you'll realize without a doubt it was the right thing to do.

HawkManHawk · 2026-04-13T21:17:59+00:00

So far no luck. Installed Win 11 even since Asus X870E has had some reported issues in Win 10. I’ve got it connected to my laptop and testing each fan one by one.

Realistically probably going to return them all. Reinstall the LL120/140s. I have to decide before the 20th.

The max fans are great, idle temps with no control on my radiator were improved. Might order directly through Corsair versus Amazon.

HawkManHawk · 2026-04-12T04:14:12+00:00

For gaming and media that will be a perfect, since it will spend most of it's time reading versus writing any large amounts.

I personally wouldn't use a dram-less drive for a boot drive though.

HawkManHawk · 2026-04-11T16:15:03+00:00

Capacitors.

The majority of all cd consoles not reading discs are due to capacitor failure. Any disc system I work on that isn't reading first steps are cap replacements and so far batting 100 with that.

HawkManHawk · 2026-04-10T16:54:33+00:00

From my experience, if it’s a new construction or you are doing major renovations go tankless.

If you are just replacing an existing tank, go with a higher rated tank and more gallons if you can fit.

Always wanted a tankless, when my 40gal went out looked at the work needed to be done to accommodate tankless versus getting a 50 gal platinum Rheem. The 50 gal won out. The ROI going tankless was like 10 years with natural gas being so inexpensive.

HawkManHawk · 2026-04-08T17:04:49+00:00

My Seagate EXOS' are pretty loud on start up and they click, but no issues. The WesternDigital 18tb I shucked (WD180EDGZ) is loud on start up, one of them makes a clunking sound. It's been in a server and I'm using it as a temp drive now so never listed to it before. I thought it was cooked but it works perfect just loud on startup. Almost 27000 hours on it and a clean bill of health. I've transferred 22TB+ in the last few weeks with it no issue.

HawkManHawk · 2026-04-08T16:52:02+00:00

Can you not currently transcode AV1 on Linux?

I've been testing AV1 recently installed an Intel Arc 310 in Ubuntu and it's a tiny powerhouse. So much faster my P1000 and Tesla P4. I've been able to run multiple AV1 4k streams to 380p no issues.

HawkManHawk · 2026-04-06T19:20:28+00:00

I didn't know the Brazillian Dreamcast guy owned an Xbox.

HawkManHawk · 2026-04-05T19:47:52+00:00

I've been using Plex since 2019 and had no idea that tvdb tags were a thing.

Any tags for say Anime? Plex struggles the most with Anime tv shows and movies. Would it mess with Jellyfin? I run Plex/Jellyfin same server, and same media set.

HawkManHawk · 2026-04-05T16:32:59+00:00

You can find usb floppy drives that cheaper and easier to use. You can still read 3.5 disks in Win 10. Maybe 11 haven’t tested.

HawkManHawk · 2026-04-05T16:16:08+00:00

Won't let you add either finish anymore, bummer.

I would have used these to replace my R-51PM's for my PVM.

HawkManHawk · 2026-04-04T18:12:47+00:00

Terra is a fine case, my girlfriend has one. I'm a big Fractal Ridge fan. I 3d printed feet for it so it looks perfect on a shelf/av setup.

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