Recent content by MGaddict

If anybody is curious, here is the update... Got Geforce GTX 680 installed with an 8x to 16x pcie riser cable. I replaced the thermal paste and pads on everything and now the RAM is all being detected, the fans are running much quieter, and it doesnt feel like an inferno behind the case. I...

Puppy won't do anything on this system. I think its too light weight. But thanks for the suggestion.

Haven't fixed the RAM issue, but I did figure out the ATI Rage XL card is no good. I've never enjoyed using Puppy Linux, don't know what it is about it, but I just don't enjoy it. Plus, I want to use a 64bit OS so I can take advantage of the 8GB of RAM and the hyper-threading on the CPU. I think...

So, I'm feeling really stupid. I put the original boot disk back in the machine that had Windows 7 installed to check device manager for anything that looked odd. Then it dawned on me that Windows was using the standard VGA driver. Then I saw device manager was showing an error on the graphics...

I will have to give that a try. Thank you.

So update from this evening's progress... Got Debian 10.4 installed without a GUI. That actually went really well. I've figured out it's trying to start x server where it hangs. And it's not really hanging, I can Special+F3 to a prompt. I thought it might be the 8meg graphics card. But in...

I inherited an IBM eServer with a 64bit P4 with hyper-threading. It has 8GB RAM and 4x 500GB SAS drives. I enjoy playing with a lot really retro computers and thought this would be a good system to bridge the gap allowing me to connect via serial without needing adapters, make floppy disks as...