Computers and stuff...

[guerney]

Like most house dust it's human skin flakes, circulated in between layers by the internal fan(s) plus dust from degrading parts within the case, I think, which is probably why they glued the screen layers in later versions. You'll know for certain, if it smells like athlete's foot?

 

[soundwave]

was a iso on a usb drive and nuked the osx partition in windows setup had to reset it 2 times and then got it to install.

Bluetooth does not work nor the web cam, also got no sound output as set to spdif digital

 

[Woosh]

was a iso on a usb drive and nuked the osx partition in windows setup had to reset it 2 times and then got it to install.

Bluetooth does not work nor the web cam, also got no sound output as set to spdif digital

it's still a good result. Did windows activate OK?

 

[guerney]

was a iso on a usb drive and nuked the osx partition in windows setup had to reset it 2 times and then got it to install.

Which installed? 32 bit or 64?

Bluetooth does not work nor the web cam, also got no sound output as set to spdif digital

There might be drivers for bluetooth, soundcard and the webcam out there somewhere? You could always install a USB sound card, if USB works fine. Does it have firewire?

 

[soundwave]

not going to activate it yet just need to try and sort out the sound drivers but it is more usable like this than with osx.

also need to clean the dust out of the screen but the twat on ebay sent me the wrong size tape

was a 64 install win 10 pro

 

[guerney]

Some dude has just sent me a text saying I've won 1 million pounds, and to send and email with the code lol, the scam is supposed to progress as "Send me your bank details for the tranfer of 1 million". Blocked.

 

[guerney]

not going to activate it yet just need to try and sort out the sound drivers but it is more usable like this than with osx.

No sound drivers running Linux Mint either... so it's very likely you're out of luck for Windows 10?

 

[soundwave]

i could fix it i just cant be bothered as just needs the right driver sound is there just not coming out the speakers.

tho in device manager there are 2 audio devices but cant choose the nvidia one in windows.

apart from that and the Bluetooth usb host controller and web cam not working the rest is fine driver wise.

 

[guerney]

I had to delete drivers and reinstall/detect hardware on one of my Windows 7 PCs which has an nVidia graphics card - nVidia's hdmi kept hijacking all sound. I eventually got Windows using Asus Xonar PCIE. It was really irritating, because with the Xonars, one can switch the DAC with a higher quality Burr-Brown, although the Wolfson is very good. Still, there's too much noise from PC RF, so I use external DACs via USB for recording. I'm going on about sound again.

 

[soundwave]

well i got control of the fan so can dump a i7 in there now so might keep it.

 

[guerney]

Can you change multiplier in EFI? TBH that's plenty powerful enough for most things including music creation and video editing - you'd just need to wait longer for rendering.

Intel Core i5-3330 Benchmark

If the fans can't keep your i7 cool enough, you could always send it back to the cex shop. I always ask them how they feel about working in a cex shop.

 

[soundwave]

no it is just software but with the fan flat out got it down to 43c idle and 55 ish with a 4k vid playing.

got it activated now as had old key i bought years ago so good until 2025 when win 10 support dies.

will wait on the i7 and see if they come down in price as no real need for it atm and needs more ram anyway.

 

[guerney]

You can sometimes find i7s of the right type for that kind of PC in "Spares or repair" ebay auction laptops, which can sell for less than a secondhand i7, which is weird.

 

[soundwave]

only the i7 s version will work in this mac and way faster than my old 4 core amd from 2006.

but in device manager i cant see the thunder bolt ports

 

[guerney]

Do you need Thunderbolt? Maybe use a USB to Thunderbolt adapter?

 

[guerney]

Is your quad core a Phenom? That i5 is pretty quick in comparison:

AMD Phenom 9750 Quad-Core Benchmark

 

[soundwave]

want it for 2nd monitor but got adaptor on the way so will find out if they work or not.

they are display ports DP just tb2-3 can do more data and 4k monitors ect

 

[soundwave]

no it is a 9850 and had a dual core cpu b4 that.

 

[guerney]

Sounds what you really need is a PC you can upgrade properly. You've completely put me off ever being tempted by a cheap and appealing looking secondhand iMac lol.

 

[guerney]

no it is a 9850 and had a dual core cpu b4 that.

That i5 is speedier than that, no slouch

AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Benchmark