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I got an old rear end Logitech speaker system hooked up to my computer. It's got a subwoofer unit that plugs into my computer and then 4 or 5 speakers that I only use 2 of attached to it. Anyway the sub unit also has a RCA input. I have a laptop that runs a monitor on my desk and a headphone to RCA cable going to the sub. This lets me get audio from both my computer and laptop at the same time. But it causes light buzzing. Usually it's not noticeable if I'm just browsing but when I play games on my main it's louder and more irritating. What is a proper setup for doing this? Run output from my desktop and the laptop to a receiver that outputs to speakers? Is there a step below that so I don't need a receiver?
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May 11, 2019 23:13
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Rexxed posted:Hooking up two inputs is causing a ground loop. You'll want a ground loop isolator: Cool, thanks.
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May 12, 2019 01:42
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A 1080 can run 3 monitors, at different resolutions. You will probably run into a frame rate issue if you have one that is higher refresh than the others. I don't think Nvidia has fixed this yet.
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Jul 12, 2019 21:38
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I have a 1440p 144hz gsync and a 1080p 60hz with a gtx 1080 and got the frame rate issues enough that I just quit using a second monitor this way. I haven't hooked it up in awhile, but the issue definitely used to exist.
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Jul 13, 2019 17:23
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Sounds like you're missing a cable.
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Aug 21, 2019 18:17
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I would suspect that the Apple trackpad is the best because their laptop trackpads are the best. Earlier this year our head of HR had some kind of accident and her right arm was in a cast. She's right-handed so we got her a trackpad off CDW. I seem to recall the selection of trackpads there all seemed the same and were in the $50 range. I don't remember which one we ordered for her but she was happy with it until the cast came off.
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Oct 2, 2019 22:35
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Azhais posted:I've heard that having two monitors with wildly different resolutions running off one card is a serious performance hit. Is that accurate? If so is it viable getting a dirt cheap $30 pci-1x video card to drive a browsing only second monitor? Having different refresh rates is problematic on Nvidia.
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Jan 22, 2020 22:20
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Azhais posted:The LG is 144hz and everything else I own is 60. Is the second card thing an option? I get conflicting reports from my google searches on how well Windows/Nvidia drivers react to such things I don't know if a second video card will work or not. I have a 144 and 60 too, I did only really notice the problem when gaming on the 144. For awhile I just disabled my second monitor before playing. Then I switched to running the second monitor off my laptop and using Synergy to control it from my main keyboard/mouse. Now I do the same, but I have a dedicated second mini computer instead of the laptop.
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Jan 22, 2020 22:40
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Statutory Ape posted:
If those options aren't there under Power Management, check which drivers are installed. If it's Microsoft, you'll need to find and install the Realtek ones. My second computer has an Intel nic and by default the MS drivers get installed, they show the settings in Power Management, but WOL will not work unless you install the official Intel drivers. And my main desktop for some reason you can't enable WOL if you also enable USB wake up. Like I normally shutdown my computer when I'm not using it, and then just slap my keyboard to power it up. But with my current motherboard, you can't do that and have WOL enabled, it's weird.
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Feb 11, 2020 00:40
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Schiavona posted:I have a Qnix 27'' IPS from back when you could get these Korean panels off eBay for less than $200, and a Dell adapter for DVI -> DisplayPort This doesn't really help you, but back in the day I had one of those Qnix monitors too and mine every once in awhile when turned on would do that diag screen thing too. Just turning mine off than on again would fix it until a few weeks later it would do it again.
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Apr 14, 2020 23:23
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Axolotl posted:I have a similar problem and am also looking for a solution. I have work and personal laptops that I'm trying to get to share a 21" HD monitor with only DVI input, bluetooth keyboard and mouse, and possibly internet via ethernet. My laptops both have USB-C and HDMI. I've currently got my personal laptop hooked up to the monitor via an HDMI-to-DVI cable. So far I've come up snake eyes on an all-in-one solution, but I'll admit that I haven't looked very hard and maybe people with more knowledge about these things know of a solution. If you're only trying to use 1 of those laptops at a time, you could just get a laptop dock. Plug everything into this dock, you'll need to use that HDMI to DVI cable. Then you just plug the USB-C from the dock into whichever laptop you're using. https://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-WD15-USB-C-MONITOR-DOCK-WITH-POWER-ADAPTER-K17A-BLACK/124200866129
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May 31, 2020 19:10
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GeorgieMordor posted:Does anyone have any experience with the range of these one-size-fits-all Logitech wireless dongles? I'm trying to use a K540 from my couch and the range seems like it gets flaky as far as 6 feet away from where the USB dongle is physically plugged into my computer. Max distance I'm away from it is only like, 8 feet maybe. 10, tops. Is that the unifying dongle (has a little orange star on it)? We have tons of those at work, they are standard issue for every employee and in our conference rooms. I just tested my M585 and it worked ~18 ft away, that's about as far as I can get and still see my screen. My home computer mouse uses their Lightspeed dongle and I believe has even further range, but these can't share dongles. It's 1 device per.
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Jun 29, 2020 19:04
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:So I have an Asus x570 tuf gaming mobo that I need to RMA, and the instructions say I need the CPU covering plate it came with. I'm trying to find it now, can anyone kinda show me a pic of what it should look like? They typically look something like this:  I have an Asus B550 that definitely did not come with one though.
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Jul 13, 2020 21:22
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MarcusSA posted:Is there a reason to hook a monitor up via display port vs using the HDMI port? If you have a gsync monitor, then you have to use display port for it to work. Or I guess if you wanted to use the daisy chain feature of DP that I've only seen on a few monitors.
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Aug 2, 2020 20:21
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Tony Phillips posted:Assuming the supply issues aren't still completely broken - looking for a rec on a webcam. We've bought quite a few of these for Skype and Zoom. Haven't heard anyone complain yet. https://www.amazon.com/Amcrest-Microphone-Computer-Streaming-Superior/dp/B085STB7FR/
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Aug 12, 2020 22:14
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Charles posted:I have an i7-7700 based system with 2x8GB. I want to upgrade to some more RAM since I hear it's cheap. Should I buy the same kind (it's $60 on Newegg) or should I get something else for some reason? You should buy the same kind. Ddr4-2400 is the max speed for that processor so no reason to get anything else.
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Aug 20, 2020 01:38
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We have hundreds of the Logitech M510s at work, I haven't heard any complaints about them. And I use a G305 at home and it's worked great. I used to have problems with the click mechanism, but some time ago Logitech switched to a different click thing and since then they've been ok for me.
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Aug 20, 2020 21:55
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Fame Douglas posted:Well, at least hackers will have an easy time with the company you work for. post links
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Aug 20, 2020 22:34
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What are my options if I want an indoor security camera. It must not require any dumb poo poo like setting up an account with the company or cloud services or anything like that. I want to run it in my apartment, off a vm on my server, recording to my nas.
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Aug 31, 2020 19:47
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FCKGW posted:You'll want an IP camera that has ONVIF/RTSP support. Most consumer focused cams will do all the cloud poo poo because it's the simplest and easiest way to watch video remotely so you'll either need to look at more IP Cam focused hardware like Hikvision and Dahua or cheaper ones like Reolink and Amcrest, or find some custom firmware for consumer cams like Wyze offers. Rexxed posted:FCKGW's post is probably what you should do but you can also do the comedy option of a raspberry pi + camera running motioneyeos if you really want to control your own stuff. You can run iSpy (free but a little clunky) or BlueIris (paid and pretty nice) on a windows vm to get the stream from any camera and they both can provide a webserver for LAN access if you want to view them on devices (which you could optionally port forward but you know, probably not securely). I've got a couple of foscams and a wyze cam (running the dahuahacks firmware) streaming to ispy64 here keeping an eye on mouse traps so I don't have to go check them in the basement every day. Thanks. Think I'll start with a Wyze with iSpy and see how that works out.
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Sep 1, 2020 00:41
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Rolo posted:Didn’t we have a desktop speaker thread at some point? https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3444077
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Oct 7, 2020 13:34
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DildenAnders posted:I have a Dell Latitude E5450, it's treated me well so far, decided to max out the RAM and noticed the battery appears to be stock (it's dated to 2015.08.). The battery life is not spectacular (~2\3 hours depending on what I'm doing and what settings I have on) but I usually use it when it's plugged in anyway. Am I exposing myself to any risks by continuing to use this old battery, or will I be fine outside of continually declining battery life? I'd really not spend half of what I paid for the machine just on a new battery, but if I'm risking leakage or performance loss I'd bite the bullet. The only worry is if/when the battery expands. Have you checked Amazon for knock off batteries? They are usually pretty cheap, although they are very hit and miss in terms of battery life.
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Nov 20, 2020 14:28
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I had a nuc about 4 years ago and i liked the little form factor but it didn't take much for the fan to spin up and be pretty noisy.
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Dec 19, 2020 15:54
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Weird question, I thought I remember someone posted about a mini vacuum that was good for cleaning keyboards? I get all these dirty keyboards cycled in for work and would like to clean them. Amazon seems full of rebranded junk and there's no real way to know if the comments are to be believed.
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Jan 21, 2021 18:36
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I use Clonezilla to do that. https://clonezilla.org/
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Feb 25, 2021 20:01
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Ajaxify posted:I'm in this exact same situation except my monitors are DP. One option is to just remote desktop into your work laptop if you're able to.
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Mar 17, 2021 23:14
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Fireside Nut posted:Hey thread, if this post should be directed to different thread, my apologies. I did try to look around before I have a BW laser from Brother and if I were buying a color, they'd be the first company I would look at. The thing just works, don't need to install a bunch of software or subscribe to some bullshit. The one time I tried printing from my phone it worked too.
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Aug 30, 2021 20:15
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My Dell experience is if you're a corp customer and buy prosupport, the reps are actually empowered to do things to help you. If you have to deal with the non prosupport as a normal customer you're hosed.
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Aug 26, 2022 00:02
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I have a Dell WD19 dock, obv works great with my work Dell laptop. I haven't investigated very far, but my M2 Air charges fine and one monitor is ok. I guess that I can't do 2 external monitors with an M2 or something anyway. edit: Ethernet works too. This is a great dock, if the laptop supported it the dock can do 3 monitors too. phosdex fucked around with this message at 13:39 on Oct 21, 2022 |
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Oct 19, 2022 13:18
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That was nice, Best Buy chat person let me price match Microcenter on an Intel cpu, even though I don't have a Microcenter nearby.
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Feb 21, 2023 03:26
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Guess I need a new power supply too. Ordered an i7-13700k without looking at how much power it pulls. That plus my 3080, I think I need like 850w?
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Feb 21, 2023 18:54
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I don't know if you'd really call it a usb connector, but there's a square one you'll see for things like monitor hubs.
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I would think that could be done right now.
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