I'll be buying a new computer...

[daydreamer]

I couldnt resist,made SIMD packed compare primes,is it fast?well it was fun 

Can you share it?   

I replaced my code ideas in last SIMT thread post with code instead
I choosed to use vs debugger to get it working right
Most probably used the simple cmp integers
No idea how many have skill in fpu compare ? or sse ucomiss/ucomisd ?
Probably least common ,few used sse/sse2 ,real4s,real8s,bytes,words,dwords,qword packed compares

[zedd151]

WiFi woes with the desktop PC.

The USB wifi dongle that came with it seems 'weak', loses signal all too often. Plus, I cannot use it on Windows 7, no drivers for it at all. Therefore I have ordered a wifi card for it that is "supposed to" be compatible with it.
If it does not work as advertised or does not fit into the sff case, it only cost $20-ish dollars USD. No great loss.

Will update once it arrives and is installed. (Fingers crossed  ) Hopefully, it will work with Windows 7... but I'm not holding my breath on that, I can live with Windows 10 - no issues with 10 thus far. But would be nice though, to be able to fully use Windows 7 (including wifi) sometimes.

I originally posted this in the WRONG THREAD. Whoops!

[daydreamer]

WiFi woes with the desktop PC.

The USB wifi dongle that came with it seems 'weak', loses signal all too often. Plus, I cannot use it on Windows 7, no drivers for it at all. Therefore I have ordered a wifi card for it that is "supposed to" be compatible with it.
If it does not work as advertised or does not fit into the sff case, it only cost $20-ish dollars USD. No great loss.

Will update once it arrives and is installed. (Fingers crossed  ) Hopefully, it will work with Windows 7... but I'm not holding my breath on that, I can live with Windows 10 - no issues with 10 thus far. But would be nice though, to be able to fully use Windows 7 (including wifi) sometimes.

I originally posted this in the WRONG THREAD. Whoops!

Related ,USB broadband dongle can become hot and stop working,fortunately I had a spare dongle and I got internet working again

[zedd151]

Well, well, well...
Guess what?.... The USB wifi dongle was not the issue this whole time.

When I first got this PC and for about a week or so thereafter, I was using a corded keyboard and cordless USB mouse. The mouse, keyboard, and wifi were working pretty much as expected. Some time after that, I got a new cordless USB keyboard.

That is when the wifi issues started, but I did not make that connection.

Today, I had moved my pc to another desk, which happened to have a corded keyboard there. I had not yet retrieved the USB keyboard from the other room, so I simply plugged in the corded USB keyboard.

Lo and behold wifi was once again running in all its glory. It was never the USB wifi dongles fault. Seems the USB keyboard dongle is using apparently, way too much power or so it seems.

But still I will use the wifi adapter that has already shipped and is on the way here and NOT use the USB wifi dongle, nor the USB wireless keyboard. As for the wireless USB keyboard, it may wind up in the scrap heap.     

I could probably use a power supply upgrade, as the OEM power supply that came with the PC is on the 'low end (wattage) for a 'mid-high performance' PC. 175w, iirc. Should be at least 240w, imo.

Soooooo.... the saga yet continues.
When I am inside the box, I plan on adding an internal SSD hard drive (in addition to the NVME OS drive), while I already have it open to install the new wifi card. Hopefully the PS unit will handle the modest additional load.

It seems that everything I touch is a perpetual 'work in progress'.   
 Be it code, computers, etc... I'll get there one day. Big fun.

[zedd151]

The wifi adapter came very early this morning. I got it installed and is working perfectly, but alas, it does not work on windows 7.    I am going to use the wifi dongle to connect on Windows 7 and search online for a compatible driver... whoops. The dongle also doesn't work on 7. I will go to Atheros website while on Windows 10 and look for a win 7 driver the hard way. 

I also installed a second SSD while I was inside, which is also working well, but I had to use the DVD drive data connection. I couldn't find a spare SATA connection.    I will investigate further, may need a little more disassembly. (Might be hidden under the DVD drive, which is obscuring what is underneath it) it is supposed to have another connection, unless I misread something.