The Official Computer Tech Support Thread

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by WWWP

Ok, I guess the real question should have been why have the console plugged in and hidden without being connected to a monitor or Bluetooth device?

He needs it to be plugged it so he can turn it on especially if he's using remote play. There is a device called backbone where he can play his consoles games straight from his phone as long as the device is plugged in.

[WWWP]

Originally Posted by djchameleon

He needs it to be plugged it so he can turn it on especially if he's using remote play. There is a device called backbone where he can play his consoles games straight from his phone as long as the device is plugged in.

Ok, but what about if he didn’t have his cell phone? It has to be turned it at bedtime, but staff could hear controller clicks and a back and forth conversation coming from his room. Is there another device he could be using to access remote play? I thought maybe he had a projector we didn’t know about but there weren’t any hdmi cables or anything attached, only the power cord. This is driving me nuts!

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by WWWP

Ok, but what about if he didn’t have his cell phone? It has to be turned it at bedtime, but staff could hear controller clicks and a back and forth conversation coming from his room. Is there another device he could be using to access remote play? I thought maybe he had a projector we didn’t know about but there weren’t any hdmi cables or anything attached, only the power cord. This is driving me nuts!

He must have a second cell phone and only turns in one. The second one he uses the backbone controller with as far as talking it might be just a regular Bluetooth mic he might be using or a corded headset that has a mic on it.

https://www.google.com/search?client...7zM&lnspr=W10=

Look for one of these devices or just take the power cord from his console so he can't turn it on. All he needs for it is to be in rest mode and he can use it.

[innerspaceboy]

An update - I finally had a day free to tackle the corrupted Linux filesystem. I attempted to restore a system snapshot using the TimeShift utility but sadly the root system file ownership error persisted, so I was forced to wipe the drive and start from scratch.

Thankfully I had hundreds of pages of notes from my last system build so I was able to follow my process guide troubleshooting various new version bugs along the way. In 4 hours' time I had restored all my applications and their respective configurations.

It then just took the rest of the day to re-index my media server. So far... so good.

[innerspaceboy]

Well-done! The Optiplexes were my last international corporation's go-to machines to deploy en masse. Stable hardware with fairly reliable support and warranty policies.

It should serve you well!

[Trollheart]

Sweet machine. What did it set you back? Dell are very very expensive here. I considered one of their machines before buying mine, but there was like a four-month wait or something so I said sod that and went with a refurb.

[The Batlord]

Is this for crypto mining?

[Trollheart]

That's a hell of a price. Are you sure there aren't possums building a nest in the motherboard or something?

[Trollheart]

Originally Posted by Mindfulness

I hope not


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...1?ie=UTF8&th=1

I just think prices for computers have gone down because these specs for a brand-new machine are only like $450-650 so the refurbs are just way cheap. I have bought refurbs online before with no problem

See for me you're adding an extra 109 dollars for shipping. Let's see if Amazon UK have it, and what the difference is.

Closest match:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-OptiPl...8-2-fkmr0&th=1

Oh, and can't be delivered to Ireland.
Inb4 Batty with "Island Monkeys" joke...

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by Mindfulness

Thanks; this is also a refurb, and only $183 total cost! I figure it can't be that bad with those specs because what I am using now is an I3 processor and only 4GB of RAM. Plus this thing I am using now was acting funky yesterday so I figured what I bought would be nice.

that's a nice deal!