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The reality is that noone spends any time to actually do some sane calculations on airflow and air dynamics inside a case as each case and each CPU fan/heatsink are different and if you attach to them any number of case fans, different GPU's (and their fans), besides the PSU one, with different airflows you will have an almost infinite number of possibilities, then you add to it the external variable of the room temperature (that can be anything between - say - 16 and 32 C ) and the (large) variations in heat produced by the CPU and by the other components and in the end you find out that the only possible solution is actually the current "solution" (if the "normal" CPU and PSU fans are not enough) add more fans and have some thermostatic control of them to slow them down when there is no need for them. Even with the (in theory) more advanced solution (the PWM fans controlled by a single sensor via a PWM hub) there will anyway be some differences unless all case fans are exactly the same make and model. (in the sense that even if the PWM cotrol sets fans at - say - 60% - one will likely be at 50% ad one at 70%, and the air flow produced by them is not linear) so ultimately the best approach is to experiment. A nice set of experiments: https://www.bit-tech.net/reviews/tech/the-big-cooling-investigation/1/ jaclaz

The probem is not with the script about the selection, but rather with showing the selection, You need to re-draw the whole screen, ( and you need some ANSI code) for the colours. ANSI codes example: https://gist.github.com/mlocati/fdabcaeb8071d5c75a2d51712db24011 Generic redraw/set options: @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS SET Option1=NO SET Option2=NO SET Option3=NO CALL :drawloop SET /P Option1= Option1? [%Option1%] SET /P Option2= Option2? [%Option2%] SET /P Option3= Option3? [%Option3%] CALL :drawloop PAUSE GOTO :EOF :drawloop CLS ECHO 1. [%option1%] Option1 ECHO 2. [%option2%] Option2 ECHO 3. [%option3%] Option3 GOTO :EOF jaclaz

Delock (Tragant GmbH) is German, and as said it is usually placed "above" the normal home/consumer stuff, most probably in the USA has not much of a presence (while it is actually common enough to find their products in the EU), as an example amazon.co.uk has it: https://www.amazon.co.uk/DeLOCK-5-25-USB-3-0-Card-3-0-Hub-Ftersteuerung/dp/B01D68LFDS (but seemingly not amazon.com) Since the thingy is anyway made in China, very likely it exists with some other branding in the US, this one seems pretty much like the same: https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Controller-Cards-4-Charging-Indicator/dp/B01GHGX7RI jaclaz

Curously we are having a strictly related thread (cross posting): What you may want is a thermostatically controlled variable speed fan (example) : https://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/arctic-f12-tc.html Such devices are independent from the PC board and from manual controls, they simply have a temperature sensor and run according to temperature. The TC in the model name should mean Temperature Control: https://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/products/cooling/case-fan.html Are your fans PWM (i.e. 4 pins)? https://www.ekwb.com/blog/what-is-pwm-and-how-does-it-work/ If yes, you may look for a PWM fans hub, again example: https://www.enostech.com/silverstonetek-1-to-8-pwm-fan-hub-sst-cpf04-review/ jaclaz

Cannot say anything abot the specific item but DeLock is a brand dedicated to professionals and prosumers, so - generally speaking - they are not particularly cheap but tend to have good quality products. The idea of a front panel fan controller is that (if you have them) of balancing/regulating the speed of front (intake) fans, casually the topic just came out here: and to reduce noise by slowing down the fan if there is no need for it. The DeLock one has only one fan controller, but there are many with 2 and (another example) this with 4 fan controllers: http://www.deepcool.com/product/dcoolingaccessory/2013-12/12_664.shtml and this has (another example, but USB 2.0) 6 of them : https://www.quietpc.com/kama-panel A model that actually makes some sense if the idea is to control temperature via (front) fans is this one (another example) with 2 controllers AND temperature indication: https://www.reichelt.com/us/en/us/de/front-panel-fan-control-card-reader-sempre-mp-5u3lcd-p138487.html?GROUPID=6212&START=0&OFFSET=16&SID=96XnH1NawQAT4AAD87w7U133c39ce625f0d86eb599fbc317fcf36&&r=1 jaclaz

I am not following you. The temperature detection is temperature detection, and it works even if you have no fans connected. The basic logic behind the temperature detection driven fan controller (what we highly specialized technicians call a thermostat) is (or should be): I am hot, have the fan blow (or suck) more air until I am cool enough. (i.e. switch to ON) I am cool, have the fan blow (or suck) less air (until I become hot again, i.e. switch to OFF). A more sophisticated approach implies to ramp up and down in steps the fan speed. Now, the point might be if to more fan speed corresponds a reduction in (local) heat or not, i.e. if the fan (no matter if intake or exhaust) is capable (at max speed) to effectively reduce the heat. @Mcinwwl Well, no. The idea (in PC desktops) is to have a "flow" of fresh air, you shouldn't have on opposite sizes two fans blowing (or sucking) air, air should flow from front (and bottom) to back (and top). Two fans blowing in would create a (strong) positive pressure inside the case, i.e. (hot) air will need to exit from wherever it can. Two fans blowing out would create a (strong) negative pressure inside the case i.e. (fresh) air will need to enter from wherever it can. What is usually wanted is neutral pressure and a definite air flow: https://www.neweggbusiness.com/smartbuyer/over-easy/pc-cooling-how-to-set-up-computer-case-fans/ https://www.howtogeek.com/303078/how-to-manage-your-pcs-fans-for-optimal-airflow-and-cooling/ and that depends from a number of factors, including the capability of the fans (and the amount of heat, and the response of the fan controller(s), etc.) In theory a fixed speed intake fan and a variable speed exhaust one tends to create a (slightly) positive pressure, whilst a fixed speed exhaust fan and a variable speed intake one will tend to create a negative one, but it all depends on the capacity and actual speed of the fans. jaclaz

You mean something like this? https://www.delock.com/produkte/G_91494/merkmale.html jaclaz

BUT that wouldn't come out in the lower part, after "Country:" (where you have the US one). This is more a "belonging to" issue than a merely graphical one. jaclaz

Sure , and I represent the Tuscan,(not Roman) speaking community, I should have the same right as you have, and my banner of choice is also neither CIS nor national). It is a pretty much symmetrical situation (I love symmetry[1]). jaclaz [1] besides pressing the 5 key on telephones, calculators and numpads ...

By the same token (right to be represented by an arbitrary flag) I want to have this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany (unless there is a cut-off at - say - 20 years past) jaclaz

USSR, last time I checked, was dissolved https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union#Dissolution jaclaz

How would you rephrase (if you think it is needed) "one billion people have chosen"? https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/03/16/windows-10-powering-the-world-with-1-billion-monthly-active-devices/ also (IMHO) choosing != loving jaclaz

Vista and 7 (let alone 10) have changed a few things that make *somehow* more difficult (or however "different") to create drivers for hardware, so a lot of tools that are used in the manufacturing would need new drivers for the new OS's and possibly noone wants to risk production issues due to some possible bugs when they already have tested and working ones. A common example is those "manufacturer tools" for USB stick controllers, some need a dedicated driver to talk to the controller, and AFAIK those were made for XP and never re-created for later OS's. jaclaz

The disk (I believe you actually mean file system) corruption is "queer", whilst 95 A was different, both 95 B and C should have no real differences when compared with 98, regarding file systems and disk access, jaclaz

Check this here: Maybe it helps jaclaz

Try using this: https://rjnoe.home.xs4all.nl/0/pc/soft/win/setup/msbt95a.txt as a reference, it is a thoroughfully commented MSBATCH.INF example. I seem to remenber, but a lot of times has passed and besides my fading memory it could be related to 98/Me (instead of 95), that you need to modify MSDISP.INF. But wouldn't it be easier - since your "unattended" actually boots, though to a "different" video driver, to install the VBEMP driver via Runonce or however through a script after install/at first boot? jaclaz

Here it is: MSFN links translated (see converter in my signature): https://msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=90495 https://msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=112610 You'll need Wayback Machine for most of the other ones, particularly those in this post: READ ATTENTIVELY this: before anything else. jaclaz

Good , you are welcome. I checked the Wayback Machine copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20080111095518/http://www.msfn.org/board/WinRAR-SFX-Commands-t34343.html and the copy/paste of that works, so definitely is (stupid) board software corrupting the contents of the "CODE" box. jaclaz

https://aware7.de/en/blog/eternaldarkness-critical-vulnerability-in-windows-10/ The article provides some mitigation info, but the no compression is seemingly only working on the Server versions. jaclaz

It is well possible that the copy/paste (or even the original on MSFN due to a number of board software updates) is no good. Read this: jaclaz

Naah, no bags, let alone aplenty. Though we have saddlebags besides holdalls and carryalls (UMPTEEN of 'em). jaclaz

Yep, to clarify, the spammer sent PM's and the board sent notification of the (new) PM to the e-mail address, So, the e-mail address is not viewable/usable by the spammer (or by anyone else) directly, it is the board notification system that actually sent the e-mail. jaclaz

They are actually countless. jaclaz

Not necessarily, unless the chip itself is damaged, if the issue is simply a corruption of the contents it can usually be reprogrammed "externally", either through some manufacturer provision or with a proper programming tool see - only as examples - these: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-B-and-G-Series-Notebooks/Unbricking-G580-after-BIOS-update-failure-Solved-Guide/td-p/3953208 https://www.chucknemeth.com/flash-lenovo-x230-coreboot/ Of course, if *something like* the first is available/possible on that Dell, it is easy/fast/cheap, if *something like* the second is needed, then it has to be evaluated if it is convenient in terms of time and money spemt for the tools. jaclaz

Maybe they were these; https://qemu-devel.nongnu.narkive.com/2tj5RqNp/es1370-problems-with-win98se https://web.archive.org/web/20060222083500/http://franklinschools.nls.k12.la.us/download/drivers/audiopci.zip jaclaz