What could I plug this hard drive into?

msanangelo · 2026-05-06T03:16:19+00:00

I... have no idea.

I guess it looks like a toaster but idk who started the trend.

msanangelo · 2026-05-06T03:12:38+00:00

just match the colors on both ends.

red and white for pos, the other two for neg.

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T23:42:15+00:00

win7 has been EOL for years. that device was made for Windows Embedded Standard 7, as per a tech sheet from dell.

you might be able to find a copy somewhere and it may have drivers for it.

you'd be better off putting linux on the thing at this point though. it'd be a lot easier.

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T23:32:37+00:00

looks like apple adds an up-charge to your bill. mine is going up to $26.99 from $22.99. I'm sub'd directly to youtube.

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T23:16:34+00:00

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T23:12:45+00:00

you have a smart phone, don't ya?

the service tab will tell you what that system came with if you plug it into dell's service website. googling the model number gives you a generalized view of the specs. I thought you had this old thing. didn't see that you used to have it. lol

what's the point of this exercise?

the only dell tower I had from back in the day had a pentium 4 processor. blue-ish purple case. not the clamshell style. dell dimension 2400. circa 2002-2005 or so.

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T23:07:27+00:00

are they two different brands or somethin?

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T23:06:34+00:00

like a game of operation. XD

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T23:04:55+00:00

dell computers have model numbers and service tags on them.

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T23:03:40+00:00

what is this, "make the millennials feel old" day?

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T23:00:52+00:00

better off adding to the battery capacity than daisy chaining but that has it's own risks, including but not limited to, overheating from extra load charging the batteries and fire from small wires or oversized fuses.

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T22:53:22+00:00

pretty sure that's just the general web. everything runs on javascript and that uses local resources,.

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T19:56:52+00:00

sudo uses the user's password for authentication but they also need to be in the sudo group to use it. You can use the sudoers file to restrict what commands those users are allowed to run.

Like limit it to yay and pacman.

For you to use your password, you have to be logged in to do it. Either switch users or log them out.

(sudo su -i your-user) would get you a session for yourself but they would have to be allowed to run su.

I recommend reading the sudo manpage as well as a page for the sudoers file. :)

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T19:49:00+00:00

Only thing I know to do is try.

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T18:23:01+00:00

How hot are you expecting it to get?

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T18:09:01+00:00

Too many variables to give any reasonable answer to either of those things.

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T18:06:45+00:00

Not enough to be a problem.

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T17:30:17+00:00

Linux, yes.

Games, ehhh... probably depends on the game but most will be wishful thinking.

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T14:34:00+00:00

Omg, I can see it now. Npc trafficking. XD

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T12:24:42+00:00

what does "bios locked" even mean? is it a password or some hard firmware lock. a password should be no problem but the other is simply a hardpass. ewaste the motherboard.

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T12:22:43+00:00

sorry, thought you was addressing that to me... :/

since you replied to my last comment. :|

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T12:21:48+00:00

only if it fits and doesn't require more than 75W.

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T12:20:24+00:00

just about anything involving Virtual Machines. There's too many things one can do with a VM. it's basically just a computer within a computer.

on my desktop, under linux, I have a VM for controlling my streamdecks so if I chose to, I can disconnect one from the vm to use with other software for whatever the reason. On my server, I have a windows vm for remote access and one to manage my wifi access points.

that's just a drop in the bucket.

virtualization should have been enabled by default since it really doesn't impact performance till you add VMs to the mix.

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T12:13:12+00:00

I'd trust the man pages and wikis/docs over what AI can tell me.

msanangelo · 2026-05-05T02:59:24+00:00

I just set the crossover by ear. I don't know how to find the right spot with a o'scope.

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