Subj : Graphics driver quest To : Ky Moffet From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Oct 05 2025 07:19:00 Hi Ky! > > If I am having a bad/odd connection problem it is usually something > > related to the stuff around the port, not the connection itself: > > frequently something keeping the plug from being inserted fully like the > > plastic around the connector rubbing the metal of the rear panel. > KM> Or being designed by designers, not by engineers. > And of course it should be by both and tested by people who almost > haven't a clue as to how it is supposed to work. "Let's make a > teeny-tiny difference between the top and the bottom length to > differentiate which way to insert the plug." Almost-clueless: KM> LOL, this. Have you noticed that USB almost fits into HDMI ?? so KM> does a Lenovo power adapter!! I haven't noticed specifically have noted a lot are similar and could see people trying to smash the wrong connector into the port. > KM> I finally got the durn Starlink up and running (it is literally > KM> 100x faster than my late, unlamented DSL) and immediately had > KM> that problem. Their router's ports are the suck. Perfectly good > KM> known-working network cable, wouldn't speak to it. I'm guessing > KM> their tolerances are off, as it's a common complaint. > Good news on finally being able to get good communications speeds! > Let's see, your old DSL was 0.5 Mb/s... So Starlink = 50 Mb/s. KM> More like 3.0 and 300, but same principle. Most websites and KM> FTPs throttle at around 100, so anything more is gravy. That last one now has something make sense: my fiber-optic service is 200 Mbps (verified by random testing to random speed test sites) and sometimes a transfer seems slower than it should. > As for the port, would think they'd correct the problem. Of course > there is going to be a bunch with the problem just because they > manufacture tons of them at a time. KM> It's a port that's Cleverly Designed to be both waterproof, and KM> where (because you can't get your fingers in there) to be able to KM> just jerk the cable loose. The entire router is designed to be KM> outdoors too, tho they no longer tell you to set it up that way! Y'mean they found a build-up of rust inside the case wasn't good? > KM> Actually, their whole router is the suck. I need to try bypassing > KM> it with one that actually has an admin interface (theirs > KM> doesn't). > Hopefully they didn't put in some sort of "you must use me" code in it! KM> Nope, not unless you're troubleshooting. And apparently if you're KM> not gaming, you can just plug in your router and not do the KM> bypass thing. If you can turn off NAT in your router, that KM> problem is solved too. Those little tips might save you some money on a replacement router! > > > KM> know what HDMI does in that boat. Sinking performance?? > > > Let that concept wash over me.... The only half-working experiences > > KM> Barry! Your monitor is leaking! > > I was wondering where that dripping noise was coming from! > KM> Ah, now we know the problem you were having: your display is > KM> seasick! > So that explains the seagulls outside! (They do come up the Mississippi > with the boats, etc., and take the occasional excursion inland -- I'm > only a few blocks away.) KM> I think you made it rain. At first I thought it was cuz I mowed KM> the lawn. (How to get rid of fallen leaves...) We've been mulching when mowing the grass and the leaves in the Fall partially so don't have to rake and for the leaves mostly to get as much into the yard bags as possible: the yard bags cost money, the stickers to pay the City to pick up the bags cost money. Here the leaves are starting to fall, appears mostly the stressd ones because we have been having a drought. Good news is they're predicting rain for tomorrow some time -- and then another streak of dry weather. > > > > KM> Yeah, generally once it's plugged in and working, we cease to > > KM> care and never look at it again! > > Rarely "it's working right, let's see what we can do to break > > it". > KM> DON'T TOUCH TH--- > > Just about! ...I had a tape drive (remember those?) which didn't work. > I think the software detected it but just sat there. Tried different > cables. Thinking a power issue (the 4-pin Molex 5 and 12 v connector) > so put in a "Y" adapter so I oculd check with my voltmeter. Tape drive > worked!! Left the Y connector in! KM> Oh yeah... I have identical DVI to VGA adapters, from the same KM> source. One works with THIS card and the other works with THAT KM> card but neither works with the OTHER card.... Interchangeable KM> parts aren't! ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® .... 9 out of 10 people couldn't start conversation if weather didn't change. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com (454:1/1) .