IO Sam
@iosam.bsky.social
Reviews, tutorials and DIY projects for PC, gaming and A&V enthusiasts. YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/IOSam
Got one of these obscure VIA C3 cpus (from 2004) to play around... This one runs at 1.2 GHz (socket 370) and was one of the latest with the "nehemiah" core. Now to find a motherboard that works with this... 😬
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Got one of these obscure VIA C3 cpus (from 2004) to play around... This one runs at 1.2 GHz (socket 370) and was one of the latest with the "nehemiah" core. Now to find a motherboard that works with this... 😬
A Fan Control (getfancontrol.com) update (from V248 to V249) just bricked my entire Windows 11 install... Made my main SSD unbootable.
Thank goodness I had JUST updated my backup via Acronis True Image an hour earlier, and was able to restore everything back! This saved me hours of frustration! 🙏
Thank goodness I had JUST updated my backup via Acronis True Image an hour earlier, and was able to restore everything back! This saved me hours of frustration! 🙏
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
A Fan Control (getfancontrol.com) update (from V248 to V249) just bricked my entire Windows 11 install... Made my main SSD unbootable.
Thank goodness I had JUST updated my backup via Acronis True Image an hour earlier, and was able to restore everything back! This saved me hours of frustration! 🙏
Thank goodness I had JUST updated my backup via Acronis True Image an hour earlier, and was able to restore everything back! This saved me hours of frustration! 🙏
Exactly what sooo many of us have been feeling lately... I, for one, am going back to Linux after years away. I'm not replacing Windows on my desktop yet... But instead building a new "sidekick" PC (w/ older parts), to slowly migrate tasks from the main Windows rig (minimizing workflow disruptions).
Screw it, I’m installing Linux
Screw it, I’m installing Linux
It’s the year of Linux on my desktop.
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Exactly what sooo many of us have been feeling lately... I, for one, am going back to Linux after years away. I'm not replacing Windows on my desktop yet... But instead building a new "sidekick" PC (w/ older parts), to slowly migrate tasks from the main Windows rig (minimizing workflow disruptions).
The sound of late 90's nostalgia... "Welcome to Windows 98"
90's Trip-hop was the bee's knees!!!
soundcloud.com/dmitrij-udal...
90's Trip-hop was the bee's knees!!!
soundcloud.com/dmitrij-udal...
Welcome to Windows 98 (feat. Mike Simpson)
While learning Windows 98, I thought about remixing the song that plays when the system boots up after installation. After working with it for a while, I did it
soundcloud.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The sound of late 90's nostalgia... "Welcome to Windows 98"
90's Trip-hop was the bee's knees!!!
soundcloud.com/dmitrij-udal...
90's Trip-hop was the bee's knees!!!
soundcloud.com/dmitrij-udal...
This 👇, plus another fact the writer forgot to mention (optical drives no longer being manufactured), is driving the prices of remaining Blu-Ray drives to new highs...
www.tomshardware.com/software/win...
www.tomshardware.com/software/win...
Optical drive demand surges amid Windows 10 retirement — Japanese users switching to Windows 11 are buying up Blu-ray drives
New system, new disc drive.
www.tomshardware.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This 👇, plus another fact the writer forgot to mention (optical drives no longer being manufactured), is driving the prices of remaining Blu-Ray drives to new highs...
www.tomshardware.com/software/win...
www.tomshardware.com/software/win...
October 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
What a sad (and poetically appropriate) end for EA...
They made a name for themselves buying and killing legendary game studios for decades (before Microsoft asked us all to hold its beer). Now, it is EA's time to die at the hands of unscrupulous vultures.
They made a name for themselves buying and killing legendary game studios for decades (before Microsoft asked us all to hold its beer). Now, it is EA's time to die at the hands of unscrupulous vultures.
September 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
What a sad (and poetically appropriate) end for EA...
They made a name for themselves buying and killing legendary game studios for decades (before Microsoft asked us all to hold its beer). Now, it is EA's time to die at the hands of unscrupulous vultures.
They made a name for themselves buying and killing legendary game studios for decades (before Microsoft asked us all to hold its beer). Now, it is EA's time to die at the hands of unscrupulous vultures.
Reposted by IO Sam
The original 3dfx Voodoo was fast, sure. But what was it REALLY capable of? Turns out, FAR more than most people knew!
youtu.be/C4295RCp0GQ
youtu.be/C4295RCp0GQ
What if we unleashed the FULL potential of the 3dfx Voodoo?
YouTube video by PixelPipes
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The original 3dfx Voodoo was fast, sure. But what was it REALLY capable of? Turns out, FAR more than most people knew!
youtu.be/C4295RCp0GQ
youtu.be/C4295RCp0GQ
August 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM
For all polyglot homies out there livid with YouTube's crappy auto-dubbing translations, that can't be turned off (and with a stupid AI voice no less), check out this Chrome/Firefox extension that blocks this annoying "feature" (at least on the desktop): youtube-no-translation.vercel.app
YouTube No Translation
Keep YouTube content in its original language with YouTube No Translation. A browser extension that prevents automatic translations of titles, descriptions, and audio tracks.
youtube-no-translation.vercel.app
July 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
For all polyglot homies out there livid with YouTube's crappy auto-dubbing translations, that can't be turned off (and with a stupid AI voice no less), check out this Chrome/Firefox extension that blocks this annoying "feature" (at least on the desktop): youtube-no-translation.vercel.app
@asianometry.bsky.social has been one of my all time favorite YouTube documentarians. This particular video is, by far, the most comprehensive research about the capacitor plague I've seen to date. Impeccable work!
March 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
@asianometry.bsky.social has been one of my all time favorite YouTube documentarians. This particular video is, by far, the most comprehensive research about the capacitor plague I've seen to date. Impeccable work!
Nostalgia induced inflation never ceases to amaze me... If someone from the future told me in 2005 that a 50 bucks 5-1/4 inch drive bay PC audio peripheral would cost this much 20 years later, I think I'd laugh that time traveler out of the room! And yet, here we are...
February 6, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Nostalgia induced inflation never ceases to amaze me... If someone from the future told me in 2005 that a 50 bucks 5-1/4 inch drive bay PC audio peripheral would cost this much 20 years later, I think I'd laugh that time traveler out of the room! And yet, here we are...
Digging some old mags out of my family's attic. I guess I have some 90's tech reading to catch up to this weekend...
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@pcworld.com.web.brid.gy
January 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Digging some old mags out of my family's attic. I guess I have some 90's tech reading to catch up to this weekend...
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@pcworld.com.web.brid.gy
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@pcworld.com.web.brid.gy