On 04/19/2016 08:39 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:18:49 -0700 > Wayne D wrote: > >> The EXISTING scenario: Win 7 machine with stability issues that are >> most likely due to a combination of gremlins that this user attracts >> like dust to a mop over a period of 6 to 9 months of use. Data >> corruption is a possibility, Virii and other nasties are most likely >> lurking as well. I suspect MUCH of it has been a result of internet >> activity. > > But, unless you've done more tests than you mention here, the cause > could be bad caps, or a bad RAM stick, or iffy disk drive, or an > intermittent connection, or a single bad OS config setting, or > temperature problems caused by the excessive dust you mention. Except > for bad caps, these things could be fixed without purchasing a new > machine, and if the current machine has kvm capability, you can still > implement the software strategy you mention. It has had problems since day one apparently. MY fix for the old box, which will become his emergency fall-back- machine is to install a monster cpu cooler in it and upgrade all the fans in it. > By the way, what I do every time I set a tower computer on the floor, > is I set it on a 10" blank 3 or 4 inches higher than the floor, to > lessen acquisition of carpet-dust. THAT is actually a part of the issue - the machine's location IS in a space that could recirc some of the air. THAT is going to stop. >> It's a 4 core machine and the user is not happy with the speed AND >> has complained of heat issues. > > >> MY solution: Build a a new HYBRID machine that hardware for hardware >> is a updated clone of my own primary machine. Based on LinuxMINT >> 17.3 Cinnamon and run win10 inside a VM for those apps that require >> it and run chrome or Firefox for the web based stuff from the Linux >> side.. Backups via clonezilla and copies of the vm file. > > Sounds good to me. I'd recommend Qemu rather than Virtualbox for the VM. HMM, qemu??? Never heard of, or used it. WHY is it better than virtualbox? >> Alternate is to run pure win10 with ACRONIS for backup. > > You could also run a VM guest for Mint on the Windows computer. I never considered that, only because it makes the core OS the one that is vulnerable to attack. >> The new machine will consist of: >> ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 8 x SATA 6GB/s USB >> 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS (MILITARY GRADE MB) > > I'm not a fan of UEFI boot. Does this mobo have legacy boot so that you > can boot to an MBR? On my box I boot to a 256GB SSD, with big >2TB > spinning disks mounted on mountpoints on the SSD. MY /usr > and /usr/local are on SSD, so they're fast, but there's very little > write activity on my SSD. It's fast, and it's been running well for > about a year. > > Some day UEFI might be good, but right now you hear too much about > people bricking their mobos via interaction with their OS and the UEFI > storage area, or Linux people doing rm -rf only to find out that > included the mounted UEFI variable area. > > And then there's the whole Secure Boot fiasco. No problem if you use a > major Linux that's purchased a key from Microsoft, but all bets are off > if you compile your own kernel. You really know how to pee on a parade... LOL Ya, I'm cringing a little over this one. > If I were going to get this case, I'd splurge for the optional 2nd > 120mm top fan, and the optional 120mm front fan, and probably tape over > the fan mount on the left side. And of course I'd mount my hard drives > where the front fan blows on them, and try to keep distance between > them. > Ya, I have three 120mm Noctua's in the build. (I) am using the same setup but with a Arctic Freezer Xtreme Rev 2 I ran eight instances of BurnK6 loading all cores to 100%. 78 room temp, got to 122 and NO HIGHER on the cpu. A HUGE difference from the stock AMD fan setup. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss