According to the affidavit, investigators found that thirty-nine computers had their processors replaced, six machines with memory modules swapped, and eight had hard drive changes. The original systems used Raptor Lake Refresh chips but were later discovered to have older hardware, sometimes downgraded to Pentium chips. Beyond the processor swap, other computers had less memory and storage capacity than their original configurations.
my guess is that he used heat gun, thermal pastes, and cleanly succeasfully swapped 40 PCs with matching parts without damaging any. This guy is a repair technician not customs supervisor
The Pentium became Intel’s budget processor when the Core architecture came out. When the i7s, i5s, and i3s are tested and binned, the dies that are still fully functional but didn’t quite muster i3 levels (only 1 or 2 cores work, some of the cache is defective, only works at lower power levels/clock speeds, etc) are binned as Pentiums.
The leftovers that aren’t completely scrap are stamped as Celerons and Atoms.
I’ve grossly oversimplified it, but that’s the general idea.
I still remember being soooooo fucking excited to see the next big step from a 486. I think we had a 486SX back when Pentium was current. I vaguely recall the Pentium chip being almost more like a cartridge in it’s form-factor but i could be way off. Old school computing days were the best 💖
Yikes, that was around the time I knew the Amiga was a dead end and reluctantly bought a 100MHz Pentium outfit. The speed, memory, and resolution was far above anything I did with my Amiga 3000 but it wasn’t as much fun. Wow that was a long time ago.
I’m so jelly you had an Amiga!! I only recently realized it was a Commodore! We loved Commodore computing back in the day. The blue screen where you’d type the commands was strangely serene (or maybe that’s just my rose-colored glasses, lol)
Legit didn’t know and don’t know what an FPGA is, just knew that someone resurrected the commodore brand and started to output shit. Also I kinda want their Linux flip phone.
They’re certainly fun! Pricy for what amounts to a few existing community projects in a “new original mould” case but very easy to set up on modern TVs and 99% compatible with old hardware and software. Even internet capable with the right cart images to play on the BBSs that are still around.
Few things are worse than Weird Al songs stuck in your head. He’s great and I actually listen to the words of his song. Don’t a lot of the time just hear the melody but Al is funny. Just recently watched the Simpsons with him singing, was an amusing random watch. He helped me understand satire better, though always a fan of cheesy satire from Mel Brooks, National Lampoons and of course UHF. For movies I’ll also add, Spaceballs (Men in Tights, but never fully watched Blazing Saddles outside of bits which is by all accounts awesome), loaded weapon one and well Mr Als UHF in case people wanted something less than serious to watch sometime. In the vein of ‘cant rain all the time’(Original Crow movie), can’t always be serious and just need a funny one. Though I do know the humour isn’t for all.
I didn’t know Pentium shared the same socket.
They kinda do, if you put in the effort.
my guess is that he used heat gun, thermal pastes, and cleanly succeasfully swapped 40 PCs with matching parts without damaging any. This guy is a repair technician not customs supervisor
The Pentium became Intel’s budget processor when the Core architecture came out. When the i7s, i5s, and i3s are tested and binned, the dies that are still fully functional but didn’t quite muster i3 levels (only 1 or 2 cores work, some of the cache is defective, only works at lower power levels/clock speeds, etc) are binned as Pentiums.
The leftovers that aren’t completely scrap are stamped as Celerons and Atoms.
I’ve grossly oversimplified it, but that’s the general idea.
Clever girls.
Twenty-seven years later, and it is still all about the Pentiums.
27? First Pentium came out in 1993…
They also had that fp bug, as op so generously demonstrated.
I still remember being soooooo fucking excited to see the next big step from a 486. I think we had a 486SX back when Pentium was current. I vaguely recall the Pentium chip being almost more like a cartridge in it’s form-factor but i could be way off. Old school computing days were the best 💖
Pentium II introduced the cartridge, then for the P2 celerons they went back to socket 370. P3 offered both slot and socket CPUs.
Ahhhh yes, thank you! I should have googled it but i was swimming in nostalgia, lol 😅
And if you had a CPU for a socket but a board with a slot, you used a slocket adapter!
Yikes, that was around the time I knew the Amiga was a dead end and reluctantly bought a 100MHz Pentium outfit. The speed, memory, and resolution was far above anything I did with my Amiga 3000 but it wasn’t as much fun. Wow that was a long time ago.
I’m so jelly you had an Amiga!! I only recently realized it was a Commodore! We loved Commodore computing back in the day. The blue screen where you’d type the commands was strangely serene (or maybe that’s just my rose-colored glasses, lol)
Fun fact you can buy new production commodore 64s with mild modernizations.
They aren’t Commodore 64s, they’re FPGAs wrapped in a 64 styled box.
Legit didn’t know and don’t know what an FPGA is, just knew that someone resurrected the commodore brand and started to output shit. Also I kinda want their Linux flip phone.
That is a fun fact!! I’m gonna see what they’re running these days.
They’re certainly fun! Pricy for what amounts to a few existing community projects in a “new original mould” case but very easy to set up on modern TVs and 99% compatible with old hardware and software. Even internet capable with the right cart images to play on the BBSs that are still around.
I have one of my spare SIDs in mine. 😁
The song reference was 99 though. If you’ll excuse me I need to get back to waxin’ my modem, tryin to make it go faster.
My brain refuses to recognize that Running With Scissors is 27 years old!
Now Wierd Al is stuck in my head. A genuine thanks!
Few things are worse than Weird Al songs stuck in your head. He’s great and I actually listen to the words of his song. Don’t a lot of the time just hear the melody but Al is funny. Just recently watched the Simpsons with him singing, was an amusing random watch. He helped me understand satire better, though always a fan of cheesy satire from Mel Brooks, National Lampoons and of course UHF. For movies I’ll also add, Spaceballs (Men in Tights, but never fully watched Blazing Saddles outside of bits which is by all accounts awesome), loaded weapon one and well Mr Als UHF in case people wanted something less than serious to watch sometime. In the vein of ‘cant rain all the time’(Original Crow movie), can’t always be serious and just need a funny one. Though I do know the humour isn’t for all.
A friend recently went to a Weird Al concert and said he was very energetic the entire time. I’m jealous… I didn’t even know he was touring.
Blazing Saddles is a hilarious satire on racism. You should absolutely watch it.
They have to be talking about the Pentium Gold line, G7400 and such. It does sound silly though.
They’ve always been the same socket/silicon for the past 15-20 years. Just far FAR inferiorsince they’re clocked down and don’t have the full cache.