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MSI B450M MORTAR got AGESA1.0.0.3 while ASRock's X470 is still stuck at 1.0.0.1 (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/mellow.gif)

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This post has been edited by Super-hujan86: Jul 14 2019, 07:08

MSI B450M MORTAR got AGESA1.0.0.3 while ASRock's X470 is still stuck at 1.0.0.1 (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/mellow.gif)

It's because MSI managed to find a workaround to cram AGESA 1.0.0.3 into the small 16MB UEFI chip. I'm still waiting for a non-Beta Bios from Gigabyte. Currently the latest version of AGESA for Gigabyte X470 is 1.0.0.2, uploaded way back in May.

Looks like Pcie sound cards aren't dead yet.

Heh, I use this in my PC. PCI cards still aren't dead, let alone PCIe. Sound cards are just mature to the point that new ones don't need to be released every thirty minutes, so they can keep selling the same products.

It's pretty nice that mine has hardware mixing. Makes Alsa simpler than on my laptop to set up satisfactorily. Oh, and having a firewire port is nice, too, for old external HDD's and video cameras.

On another audio related note, I just got another USB MIDI controller, and this one doesn't drop packets so I can finally use my MT-32 without random glitches every 15 seconds or so.
It also freed up the gameport on my SB Live (I have two sound cards) so I can use it with my old MS sidewinder joystick now.

way back in May.

Of this year?
But honestly, I'm more shocked that they didn't leave any room for growth, if the fit of the older boot ROM was that tight, in this modern age of "we'll just fix it later."


This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Jul 14 2019, 10:50

Most of the bios update stuff is designed to run from a certain version of windows, an OS agnostic, or way to do it from the bios itself way would be nice.
I really ought to clean out and re thermal paste my laptop soon. I can unplug a few hardware bits I have disabled in software too..

Spent a day on gitlab and didn't realize it wasn't github.

An AI that automatically cleans text balloons.

Well, as we all know, cleaning the Raws has always been an "annoying" task, and seeing as there is AI that can identify photos, I wondered if an AI could be created to clean the text balloons automatically .
I speak of whitening the balloons, since an AI that does the redrawings would be much more difficult.

Sorry for my bad english.

Most of the bios update stuff is designed to run from a certain version of windows, an OS agnostic, or way to do it from the bios itself way would be nice.
I really ought to clean out and re thermal paste my laptop soon. I can unplug a few hardware bits I have disabled in software too..

I updated my BIOS by extracting the OEM-provided bootable CD's DOS image, installing FreeDOS in a QEMU VM on a tiny drive image (25MB, which is still overkill), and then modifying its 'config.sys' file to not load any high memory stuff. I then mounted the disk image in linux and copied the flasher tool and BIOS image to it.
After that I just wrote the disk image to a flash drive and booted it. The flasher ran fine under FreeDOS and now I don't have a whitelist.

An AI that automatically cleans text balloons.

Well, as we all know, cleaning the Raws has always been an "annoying" task, and seeing as there is AI that can identify photos, I wondered if an AI could be created to clean the text balloons automatically .
I speak of whitening the balloons, since an AI that does the redrawings would be much more difficult.

Sorry for my bad english.

I've been wondering the same thing, but more for the white levels of the image and removing 'pulp' from the scan.
Waifu2x's ability to denoise JPEG's relatively well makes me think this would all be possible if we could train the AI on a sufficiently huge number of images.

This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Jul 18 2019, 05:53

Ordered a new keyboard. I'll do it, thermal paste+cleaning, and unplug touchpad and cam at the same time. I might jussst get an intel 1.6TB ssd, but undecided yet.
Edit: Or a micron 1100 2tb for $30 more..
Or Crucial mx500 2tb for +$40 instead?

This post has been edited by Wayward_Vagabond: Jul 18 2019, 21:46

Double'd instead of editin to death. Went with the MX500 2TB.
Also got one of those keyboard covers, I'll see how it feels.

Double'd instead of editin to death. Went with the MX500 2TB.
Also got one of those keyboard covers, I'll see how it feels.

I hate keyboard covers
Also have fun I guess.
Your laptop has some alternate means of input? Like a trackpoint or something?

I replaced the palmrests in both my thinkpads (X201 and X201 tablet) with their X200 versions that don't have a touchpad at all (i.e. ones you can actually rest your palms on).
Those are the last models that I think you can do that to, though, unless you fabricate your own palmrest.

This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Jul 19 2019, 10:56

The touchpad is beyond useless even when enabled, and I always use a usb mouse. It doesn't even have hardware buttons.
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Inspiron 5765 17"
Sits fairly flush, so no issues witb it as a palm rest, and ple ty of space to have the maus on the laptop and still type.

The thinkpad I'm playing with is an ancient R52 1858.

You may want to change hosts for your sig pic.

One day, I will manage to post a topic about what I want to do, on this section.
One day...

My Amiga 500's floppy drive is murdering disks (shredding them, cleaning didn't help), and I can't find a replacement unit that I can afford since no one sells the "catweasel" controller board for converting PC floppy drives anymore.

So I'm feeling pretty sad right now. I mean, I can get a lot of stuff by using one of those USB floppy drive faker things, but that won't let me back up some of my disks.

This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Jul 22 2019, 05:19

For some reason I can only do quick reply, new reply or thread return a 503 error.
Keyboard replacement in an inspiron 5765 is a fool's errand. Instead of coming out the top, the 'palm rest' has the frame attached underneath it, and every single other part must come out/off. Once you have the palmrest assembly out, they board is sandwiched between it and the frame, with no less than 100 plastic posts holding it together. Cut each one, take everything apart, fold new cables in correct spots for the model, then CA glue where each post was and some under the frame to get it to hold- lile 1.5 gram worth by the time it was said and done.
Everything seems to work good now, and replaced the old thermal compound with some silicone thermal grease. And unplugged webcam+mic and touchpad boards.

I was looking at some stuff about the catweasel the other day, it'd get basically any format out of a standard drive. Too bad it doesn't seem like many were made. Was looking into how to add a floppy drive to a system where the motherboard doesn't have a controller.

Dubs to test.
it seems it's only broken on my phone. wonder if it's a client side issue or what?

This post has been edited by Wayward_Vagabond: Jul 23 2019, 05:11

For some reason I can only do quick reply, new reply or thread return a 503 error.
Keyboard replacement in an inspiron 5765 is a fool's errand. Instead of coming out the top, the 'palm rest' has the frame attached underneath it, and every single other part must come out/off. Once you have the palmrest assembly out, they board is sandwiched between it and the frame, with no less than 100 plastic posts holding it together. Cut each one, take everything apart, fold new cables in correct spots for the model, then CA glue where each post was and some under the frame to get it to hold- lile 1.5 gram worth by the time it was said and done.

Once again I think myself lucky to have an older laptop. My Latitudes and my thinkpads never give me that crap.

I was looking at some stuff about the catweasel the other day, it'd get basically any format out of a standard drive. Too bad it doesn't seem like many were made. Was looking into how to add a floppy drive to a system where the motherboard doesn't have a controller.

It truly is a damn shame.
I'm sure some day someone will make something with an FPGA or similar that has the same sort of functionality again; it's just a shame that someone else will have to because they didn't release any schematics or software/HDL for the catweasel when they discontinued it.

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DF0: BAD

This is a sad day for my Amiga. I've determined I can't fix the FDD. Hope I can find another compatible drive cheap that works so I can back up my remaining good floppies.
Then I'll move to emulating a floppy drive, probably. But I still really wish I could find a Catweasel board so I could just replace it with a PC floppy drive.

Full size attached.


Anybody selling a drive? (or a cheap A1200/A4000/A3000?)

This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Jul 23 2019, 21:36

Could use a little more fins in the middle, Gigabyte or at least some notches and ridges rather than leaving a flat surface.

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