Acer laptop died, Mac Pro "2,1"
Aug. 24th, 2020 06:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
starseerdrgnI meant to post updates sooner, but things have been a little rush-happy for me lately.
First off, the Linux laptop. My Acer Aspire E5-545-52jf died completely. Wouldn't turn on with either AC or battery. Even after leaving it to sit for a bit. I ended up salvaging it, and the old mainboard is going to become wall art later, along with its Samsung predecessor (they were both called "Failtop" due to various reasons). Cause of the failure? No idea, but it looked to be heat-related.
As a result, I'm using my Macbook 5,2 (Early 2009) as my writing machine, and my Dell Latitude E6430 as my web and entertainment machine. I can do Discord and YouTube on the Macbook (thanks to Chrome 49.0.2623.112), but I mostly just leave that on my Win7 machine to give myself some quiet time to work.
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Second, I finally upgraded my 2006 Mac Pro to the 2007 Mac Pro firmware. They're literally identical hardware-wise, and both have the 32-bit EFI, so there wasn't any problem there. Plus, I could now install up to El Capitan on that machine if I want.
However, that'll have to wait in its entirety. My bedroom (where I work) gets hot enough in the evenings to make that poor Mac Pro struggle to cool itself. 32-35°C ambient is not an environment you really want to run a server-grade workstation in. I'd be more worried about cooking the memory, as FB ECC memory (server-grade) runs hotter than normal desktop memory. Enough that it requires a heatsink. I've seen them hit 85°C without proper cooling, and the system won't even reboot if they're over 70°C.
Once I can figure out a solution to that issue, I'll have Logic Pro to toy with for a bit of music-making shenanigans, and Final Cut Pro to do some video editing for certain projects. Among other things, of course.
First off, the Linux laptop. My Acer Aspire E5-545-52jf died completely. Wouldn't turn on with either AC or battery. Even after leaving it to sit for a bit. I ended up salvaging it, and the old mainboard is going to become wall art later, along with its Samsung predecessor (they were both called "Failtop" due to various reasons). Cause of the failure? No idea, but it looked to be heat-related.
As a result, I'm using my Macbook 5,2 (Early 2009) as my writing machine, and my Dell Latitude E6430 as my web and entertainment machine. I can do Discord and YouTube on the Macbook (thanks to Chrome 49.0.2623.112), but I mostly just leave that on my Win7 machine to give myself some quiet time to work.
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Second, I finally upgraded my 2006 Mac Pro to the 2007 Mac Pro firmware. They're literally identical hardware-wise, and both have the 32-bit EFI, so there wasn't any problem there. Plus, I could now install up to El Capitan on that machine if I want.
However, that'll have to wait in its entirety. My bedroom (where I work) gets hot enough in the evenings to make that poor Mac Pro struggle to cool itself. 32-35°C ambient is not an environment you really want to run a server-grade workstation in. I'd be more worried about cooking the memory, as FB ECC memory (server-grade) runs hotter than normal desktop memory. Enough that it requires a heatsink. I've seen them hit 85°C without proper cooling, and the system won't even reboot if they're over 70°C.
Once I can figure out a solution to that issue, I'll have Logic Pro to toy with for a bit of music-making shenanigans, and Final Cut Pro to do some video editing for certain projects. Among other things, of course.
