Relf: The Fate of My Optiplex 7050 Issue :-)

[Physfitfreak]

As I said before, I encountered total loss of display that at first was
sporadic then became permanent. I've been using my funky Optiplex 9020
($12 from thrift store) for the past month or so as a result.

My tests with my 7050 which is my main Linux machine had eliminated my
monitor and its plugs as sources of the problem. So the culprit was
either the 7050 (plugs as well as GPU), or the display cable, the latter
being Relf's favorite culprit in response to _any_ computer problem.

Today my order of a new display cable arrived and I checked it with my
7050 and all display issues disappeared into thin air :)

So perhaps Relf knew something when he recommended changing the cable
with a new one for ANY computer issue :-)))

Well, he was sure right this time.

I had checked the bad display cable end to end many times, looking for
cat bites or some other form of damage. Washed both ends clean of cat
urine a few times and dried it well. I could see no sign of any damage.
None. So I'd stayed a bit worried it was my $75 Optiplex 7050. I've only
had it a year or so.

So I'm gladly back at my main Linux computer :)

Did anybody find out more about Relf? I think Covid killed him. That
would explain the unusual lag between his last post and his death.

Survival of the smarter, and the more mature.

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Physfitfreak
As I said before, I encountered total loss of display that at first was
sporadic then became permanent. I've been using my funky Optiplex 9020
($12 from thrift store) for the past month or so as a result.
My tests with my 7050 which is my main Linux machine had eliminated my
monitor and its plugs as sources of the problem. So the culprit was
either the 7050 (plugs as well as GPU), or the display cable, the latter
being Relf's favorite culprit in response to _any_ computer problem.
Today my order of a new display cable arrived and I checked it with my
7050 and all display issues disappeared into thin air :)
So perhaps Relf knew something when he recommended changing the cable
with a new one for ANY computer issue :-)))
Well, he was sure right this time.
I had checked the bad display cable end to end many times, looking for
cat bites or some other form of damage. Washed both ends clean of cat
urine a few times and dried it well. I could see no sign of any damage.
None. So I'd stayed a bit worried it was my $75 Optiplex 7050. I've only
had it a year or so.
So I'm gladly back at my main Linux computer :)
Did anybody find out more about Relf? I think Covid killed him. That
would explain the unusual lag between his last post and his death.
Survival of the smarter, and the more mature.

After getting my 7050 in order, I went back to my $12 one and placed its
original HD in it which has Windows on it. Since its resources are
somewhat inferior to the 7050, I looked for a light Linux to install on
it and destroy the Windows crap.

And I found a suitable one and installed it. Guess what Linux flavor it
is... LUBUNTU..! :-) Hehe :)

Right now I'm testing it with sending this message. If you see it, it is
set.

[chrisv]

Post by Physfitfreak
After getting my 7050 in order, I went back to my $12 one and placed its
original HD in it which has Windows on it. Since its resources are
somewhat inferior to the 7050, I looked for a light Linux to install on
it and destroy the Windows crap.
And I found a suitable one and installed it. Guess what Linux flavor it
is... LUBUNTU..! :-) Hehe :)
Right now I'm testing it with sending this message. If you see it, it is
set.

I see nothing.

[Physfitfreak]

Post by chrisv

Post by Physfitfreak
After getting my 7050 in order, I went back to my $12 one and placed its
original HD in it which has Windows on it. Since its resources are
somewhat inferior to the 7050, I looked for a light Linux to install on
it and destroy the Windows crap.
And I found a suitable one and installed it. Guess what Linux flavor it
is... LUBUNTU..! :-) Hehe :)
Right now I'm testing it with sending this message. If you see it, it is
set.

I see nothing.

Oh, that's Physfit's dick blocking it off. Poor you. Keep your distance
from what you don't understand.

[DFS]

Post by Physfitfreak
After getting my 7050 in order, I went back to my $12 one and placed its
original HD in it which has Windows on it. Since its resources are
somewhat inferior to the 7050, I looked for a light Linux to install on
it and destroy the Windows crap.
And I found a suitable one and installed it. Guess what Linux flavor it
is... LUBUNTU..! :-) Hehe :)
Right now I'm testing it with sending this message. If you see it, it is
set.

I see nothing.

[vallor]

Post by chrisv

Post by Physfitfreak
After getting my 7050 in order, I went back to my $12 one and placed its
original HD in it which has Windows on it. Since its resources are
somewhat inferior to the 7050, I looked for a light Linux to install on
it and destroy the Windows crap.
And I found a suitable one and installed it. Guess what Linux flavor it
is... LUBUNTU..! :-) Hehe :)
Right now I'm testing it with sending this message. If you see it, it is
set.

I see nothing.

I didn't see the original post.

By design.

[CrudeSausage]

Post by vallor

Post by chrisv

Post by Physfitfreak
After getting my 7050 in order, I went back to my $12 one and placed its
original HD in it which has Windows on it. Since its resources are
somewhat inferior to the 7050, I looked for a light Linux to install on
it and destroy the Windows crap.
And I found a suitable one and installed it. Guess what Linux flavor it
is... LUBUNTU..! :-) Hehe :)
Right now I'm testing it with sending this message. If you see it, it is
set.

I see nothing.

I didn't see the original post.
By design.

It didn't have frosting on it, eh?

[DFS]

Post by vallor

Post by chrisv

Post by Physfitfreak
After getting my 7050 in order, I went back to my $12 one and placed its
original HD in it which has Windows on it. Since its resources are
somewhat inferior to the 7050, I looked for a light Linux to install on
it and destroy the Windows crap.
And I found a suitable one and installed it. Guess what Linux flavor it
is... LUBUNTU..! :-) Hehe :)
Right now I'm testing it with sending this message. If you see it, it is
set.

I see nothing.

I didn't see the original post.
By design.

You didn't miss anything.

For a rare change he didn't talk about his dick. That came 1 post later.

[Physfitfreak]

Guess what Linux flavor it is... LUBUNTU..!

I checked it all out. Much more than any of you gentlemen even deserve
to have.

Who gave you guys in COLA an idea of a computer to add to your dumb
sterile toys in your houses?

Bill Gates?

No! He just wanted you Sheep to pay for it. Nobody ever thought you
could _use_ it.

Fucking biped Sheep.

Play your card games. Read your Pope The Penis X "bibles". That's were
you are.

Ahh.. Too early in the day to kick vermins' asses. But cleaning up this
place is some mighty fucking job and I need to catch my breath.

Fuck you of course. That's what I have for COLA frequenters minus just
one soul. Farley. The only one still breathing.

[DFS]

Post by Physfitfreak

Guess what Linux flavor it is... LUBUNTU..!

I checked it all out. Much more than any of you gentlemen even deserve
to have.

What are you babbling about, Needs Nair Badly?

Post by Physfitfreak
Ahh.. Too early in the day to kick vermins' asses. But cleaning up this
place is some mighty fucking job and I need to catch my breath.

One can only imagine the ungodly stench of you and your rolling shack.

Post by Physfitfreak
Fuck you of course. That's what I have for COLA frequenters minus just
one soul. Farley. The only one still breathing.

Do you have a spare mattress on your trailer floor for when Feeb's Mom
cuts him off?

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Physfitfreak

Guess what Linux flavor it is... LUBUNTU..!

I checked it all out. Much more than any of you gentlemen even deserve
to have.

Works great. This $12 one with lubuntu will be my back up computer.

Eat your hearts out hh :) Spend a couple of more thousands on yours.
Hehe :)

And rest of you, place "Christmas lights" inside them. Gift wrap your
computers.

Hahhahhahhahh :-))

You Bozos will get more out of them that way.

[-hh]

Post by Physfitfreak
Works great. This $12 one with lubuntu will be my back up computer.

If it does what you need it to do, great.

Post by Physfitfreak
Eat your hearts out hh :) Spend a couple of more thousands on yours.
Hehe :)

Nah, I'm not jealous of your frugality. Indeed, if I had a need for a
minimally capable PC, I have a couple of them sitting around that I
could put back into service...plus I wouldn't have sold one last month
for more than 10x your bargain find.

Post by Physfitfreak
And rest of you, place "Christmas lights" inside them. Gift wrap your
computers.
Hahhahhahhahh :-))
You Bozos will get more out of them that way.

Which still comes back to the question of if one's capability needs are
being satisfied or not, such as you and your $12 Special: it seems that
being able to post texts to USENET is met, but is there anything else
that its needed for which is more demanding? If not, great: you're all
set.


-hh

[Physfitfreak]

Post by -hh

Post by Physfitfreak
Works great. This $12 one with lubuntu will be my back up computer.

If it does what you need it to do, great.

Post by Physfitfreak
Eat your hearts out hh :) Spend a couple of more thousands on yours.
Hehe :)

Nah, I'm not jealous of your frugality.  Indeed, if I had a need for a
minimally capable PC, I have a couple of them sitting around that I
could put back into service...plus I wouldn't have sold one last month
for more than 10x your bargain find.

Post by Physfitfreak
And rest of you, place "Christmas lights" inside them. Gift wrap your
computers.
Hahhahhahhahh :-))
You Bozos will get more out of them that way.

Which still comes back to the question of if one's capability needs are
being satisfied or not, such as you and your $12 Special:  it seems that
being able to post texts to USENET is met, but is there anything else
that its needed for which is more demanding?  If not, great:  you're all
set.
-hh

The $12 Special goes well with lubuntu, and the package blends nicely in
Usenet where only my dick is in charge. A lot in usenet needs only my
dick to get done. Ask "DFS" if you don't believe me. He's a groupie of it.

Imagine being a groupie of a dick!... Only a female mind ..

My 7050 is way too good for here.

Now that I took a moment about it, I think "DFS" became a groupie of it
not as much for having a female brain, but because he learned from it a
dick like mine created the first cro-magnon, and that he's a direct
descendant. He has respect for my dick. You can bet on that.

[-hh]

Post by Physfitfreak

Post by -hh

Post by Physfitfreak
Works great. This $12 one with lubuntu will be my back up computer.

If it does what you need it to do, great.

Post by Physfitfreak
Eat your hearts out hh :) Spend a couple of more thousands on yours.
Hehe :)

Nah, I'm not jealous of your frugality.  Indeed, if I had a need for a
minimally capable PC, I have a couple of them sitting around that I
could put back into service...plus I wouldn't have sold one last month
for more than 10x your bargain find.

Post by Physfitfreak
And rest of you, place "Christmas lights" inside them. Gift wrap your
computers.
Hahhahhahhahh :-))
You Bozos will get more out of them that way.

Which still comes back to the question of if one's capability needs
are being satisfied or not, such as you and your $12 Special:  it
seems that being able to post texts to USENET is met, but is there
anything else that its needed for which is more demanding?  If not,
great:  you're all set.
-hh

The $12 Special goes well with lubuntu, and the package blends nicely in
Usenet ...

Figured as much. One of my old PCs that's being kept as a 'maybe
project' is IIRC an old Celeron running MS-Vista that has a small SSD
for its boot drive which could make for a Linux boxen for something. I'd
be thinking more 'file server' though, although I'd have to check to see
if it is even new enough to be SATA, and if so, how many bays it has to
stuff with old small hard drives to waste some electricity on.

I've not gotten to it because I already have two Linux boxens doing
that, so do I really need a third one?


-hh

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Physfitfreak

Post by -hh

Post by Physfitfreak
Works great. This $12 one with lubuntu will be my back up computer.

If it does what you need it to do, great.

Post by Physfitfreak
Eat your hearts out hh :) Spend a couple of more thousands on yours.
Hehe :)

Nah, I'm not jealous of your frugality.  Indeed, if I had a need for
a minimally capable PC, I have a couple of them sitting around that I
could put back into service...plus I wouldn't have sold one last
month for more than 10x your bargain find.

Post by Physfitfreak
And rest of you, place "Christmas lights" inside them. Gift wrap
your computers.
Hahhahhahhahh :-))
You Bozos will get more out of them that way.

Which still comes back to the question of if one's capability needs
are being satisfied or not, such as you and your $12 Special:  it
seems that being able to post texts to USENET is met, but is there
anything else that its needed for which is more demanding?  If not,
great:  you're all set.
-hh

The $12 Special goes well with lubuntu, and the package blends nicely
in Usenet ...

Figured as much.  One of my old PCs that's being kept as a 'maybe
project' is IIRC an old Celeron running MS-Vista that has a small SSD
for its boot drive which could make for a Linux boxen for something. I'd
be thinking more 'file server' though, although I'd have to check to see
if it is even new enough to be SATA, and if so, how many bays it has to
stuff with old small hard drives to waste some electricity on.
I've not gotten to it because I already have two Linux boxens doing
that, so do I really need a third one?
-hh

I do. I've had two occasions just last year when I needed to do
something with a working computer and printer and for some reason none
of the 5 computers I thought were working could help me.

I don't know about you, but I never quite know a computer set up is
there when I need it.

Also I don't know how many pets you have. I have enough to ruin any of
my electronic devices years before their time would be up.

[-hh]

Post by Physfitfreak

Post by Physfitfreak

Post by -hh

Post by Physfitfreak
Works great. This $12 one with lubuntu will be my back up computer.

If it does what you need it to do, great.

Post by Physfitfreak
Eat your hearts out hh :) Spend a couple of more thousands on
yours. Hehe :)

Nah, I'm not jealous of your frugality.  Indeed, if I had a need for
a minimally capable PC, I have a couple of them sitting around that
I could put back into service...plus I wouldn't have sold one last
month for more than 10x your bargain find.

Post by Physfitfreak
And rest of you, place "Christmas lights" inside them. Gift wrap
your computers.
Hahhahhahhahh :-))
You Bozos will get more out of them that way.

Which still comes back to the question of if one's capability needs
are being satisfied or not, such as you and your $12 Special:  it
seems that being able to post texts to USENET is met, but is there
anything else that its needed for which is more demanding?  If not,
great:  you're all set.
-hh

The $12 Special goes well with lubuntu, and the package blends nicely
in Usenet ...

Figured as much.  One of my old PCs that's being kept as a 'maybe
project' is IIRC an old Celeron running MS-Vista that has a small SSD
for its boot drive which could make for a Linux boxen for something.
I'd be thinking more 'file server' though, although I'd have to check
to see if it is even new enough to be SATA, and if so, how many bays
it has to stuff with old small hard drives to waste some electricity on.
I've not gotten to it because I already have two Linux boxens doing
that, so do I really need a third one?

I do. I've had two occasions just last year when I needed to do
something with a working computer and printer and for some reason none
of the 5 computers I thought were working could help me.

Equipment always needs to be maintained, which isn't free. Stuff that's
unreliable is increasingly not worth the space it occupies.

Post by Physfitfreak
I don't know about you, but I never quite know a computer set up is
there when I need it.

I consider reliability & availability/uptime to simply be other metrics
of performance that one should include on one's requirement list.

Post by Physfitfreak
Also I don't know how many pets you have. I have enough to ruin any of
my electronic devices years before their time would be up.

Not having stuff get chewed up is the product of prevention + training.
Ditto for not having stuff get knocked off a table to the floor, etc.


-hh

[Physfitfreak]

Post by Physfitfreak

Post by Physfitfreak

Post by -hh

Post by Physfitfreak
Works great. This $12 one with lubuntu will be my back up computer.

If it does what you need it to do, great.

Post by Physfitfreak
Eat your hearts out hh :) Spend a couple of more thousands on
yours. Hehe :)

Nah, I'm not jealous of your frugality.  Indeed, if I had a need
for a minimally capable PC, I have a couple of them sitting around
that I could put back into service...plus I wouldn't have sold one
last month for more than 10x your bargain find.

Post by Physfitfreak
And rest of you, place "Christmas lights" inside them. Gift wrap
your computers.
Hahhahhahhahh :-))
You Bozos will get more out of them that way.

Which still comes back to the question of if one's capability needs
are being satisfied or not, such as you and your $12 Special:  it
seems that being able to post texts to USENET is met, but is there
anything else that its needed for which is more demanding?  If not,
great:  you're all set.
-hh

The $12 Special goes well with lubuntu, and the package blends
nicely in Usenet ...

Figured as much.  One of my old PCs that's being kept as a 'maybe
project' is IIRC an old Celeron running MS-Vista that has a small SSD
for its boot drive which could make for a Linux boxen for something.
I'd be thinking more 'file server' though, although I'd have to check
to see if it is even new enough to be SATA, and if so, how many bays
it has to stuff with old small hard drives to waste some electricity on.
I've not gotten to it because I already have two Linux boxens doing
that, so do I really need a third one?

I do. I've had two occasions just last year when I needed to do
something with a working computer and printer and for some reason none
of the 5 computers I thought were working could help me.

Equipment always needs to be maintained, which isn't free.  Stuff that's
unreliable is increasingly not worth the space it occupies.

Post by Physfitfreak
I don't know about you, but I never quite know a computer set up is
there when I need it.

I consider reliability & availability/uptime to simply be other metrics
of performance that one should include on one's requirement list.

Post by Physfitfreak
Also I don't know how many pets you have. I have enough to ruin any of
my electronic devices years before their time would be up.

Not having stuff get chewed up is the product of prevention + training.
Ditto for not having stuff get knocked off a table to the floor, etc.
-hh

Speaking of getting knocked off a table, just yesterday, not even 24
hours after getting the new display cable, one of my cats (a muscular
solid 25 pound bundle of muscles and life) knocked the whole micro form
factor off the desk and had it hit the wooden floor, back-end first,
banging the HDMI computer end of the display cable against it and
bending it by about 60 degrees.. Cable is history, and $12 thingy,
again, is what rules now!

This is what I'm talking about.

[chrisv]

Post by Physfitfreak
Speaking of getting knocked off a table, just yesterday, not even 24
hours after getting the new display cable, one of my cats (a muscular
solid 25 pound bundle of muscles and life) knocked the whole micro form
factor off the desk and had it hit the wooden floor, back-end first,
banging the HDMI computer end of the display cable against it and
bending it by about 60 degrees.. Cable is history, and $12 thingy,
again, is what rules now!
This is what I'm talking about.

I was afraid that you were going to tell us how your dick
swinging-around knocked it off the table.

[-hh]

Post by chrisv

Post by Physfitfreak
Speaking of getting knocked off a table, just yesterday, not even 24
hours after getting the new display cable, one of my cats (a muscular
solid 25 pound bundle of muscles and life) knocked the whole micro form
factor off the desk and had it hit the wooden floor, back-end first,
banging the HDMI computer end of the display cable against it and
bending it by about 60 degrees.. Cable is history, and $12 thingy,
again, is what rules now!
This is what I'm talking about.

I was afraid that you were going to tell us how your dick
swinging-around knocked it off the table.

Funny you should mention that, because the cat's name happens to be ...



-hh

[Physfitfreak]

Post by -hh

Post by chrisv

Post by Physfitfreak
Speaking of getting knocked off a table, just yesterday, not even 24
hours after getting the new display cable, one of my cats (a muscular
solid 25 pound bundle of muscles and life) knocked the whole micro form
factor off the desk and had it hit the wooden floor, back-end first,
banging the HDMI computer end of the display cable against it and
bending it by about 60 degrees.. Cable is history, and $12 thingy,
again, is what rules now!
This is what I'm talking about.

I was afraid that you were going to tell us how your dick
swinging-around knocked it off the table.

Funny you should mention that, because the cat's name happens to be ...
-hh

That cat's name is nobody's business but mine.

The "25 pounds of muscles and life" I mentioned, if I meant my dick by
that, would've carried the modifier of "Islamic" also, as it rams the
foundation of Islam into any fuckworthy cro-magnon woman that it
chooses. Used to anyway.

Good for you guys' female folks, cause after it found Chaturbate it
hasn't needed anything less.

[Physfitfreak]

Post by chrisv

Post by Physfitfreak
Speaking of getting knocked off a table, just yesterday, not even 24
hours after getting the new display cable, one of my cats (a muscular
solid 25 pound bundle of muscles and life) knocked the whole micro form
factor off the desk and had it hit the wooden floor, back-end first,
banging the HDMI computer end of the display cable against it and
bending it by about 60 degrees.. Cable is history, and $12 thingy,
again, is what rules now!
This is what I'm talking about.

I was afraid that you were going to tell us how your dick
swinging-around knocked it off the table.

Anything you see posted by Physfit here, is from my dick. You have no
other choice there.

[DFS]

one of my cats (a muscular solid 25 pound bundle of muscles and life)

Pics or it didn't happen.

[CrudeSausage]

Post by Physfitfreak
Now that I took a moment about it, I think "DFS" became a groupie of
it not as much for having a female brain, but because he learned from
it a dick like mine created the first cro-magnon, and that he's a
direct descendant. He has respect for my dick. You can bet on that.

The $0 OS nobody wants
running on the $12 hardware nobody wants
in the $100 trailer nobody wants
occupied by the $0 loser nobody wants
You're on a roll, wolfman!

This should be Muhammad Al-Mahmoud's signature going forward.

[DFS]

Post by Physfitfreak
The $12 Special goes well with lubuntu, and the package blends nicely in
Usenet where only my dick is in charge. A lot in usenet needs only my
dick to get done. Ask "DFS" if you don't believe me. He's a groupie of it.
Imagine being a groupie of a dick!... Only a female mind ..
My 7050 is way too good for here.

It's the weakest, slowest, most outdated system here. Like yourself.

Post by Physfitfreak
Now that I took a moment about it, I think "DFS" became a groupie of it
not as much for having a female brain, but because he learned from it a
dick like mine created the first cro-magnon, and that he's a direct
descendant. He has respect for my dick. You can bet on that.

The $0 OS nobody wants
running on the $12 hardware nobody wants
in the $100 trailer nobody wants
occupied by the $0 loser nobody wants

You're on a roll, wolfman!

[DFS]

Post by Physfitfreak
Did anybody find out more about Relf? I think Covid killed him.

There's nothing more to find out. He died early of heart disease, a
result of his slow, conscious suicide by years of overeating, inactivity
and smoking.

https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/WAKING/2024/12/13/file_attachments/3103032/Decedents%20List_12132024.pdf