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A guy in one of the departments brought me a PC that he deemed as "possible junk". I fired it up... it has an i7, 16GB DDR4 RAM, Intel MoBo, three 250GB hybrid drives, 3 HDMI outs, and it has Win 7 Enterprise. It has become my coding/testing PC, and I also use it to do HDD cloning.
EDIT: It has taken me a long time to arrive at this, but Windows 10.... although it has its quirks, it is a much better OS than I've given it credit for. It's got some things I don't care for, but overall - it's pretty solid.
It's such a goofy belt setup... you have to REALLY pry on the alternator to tighten the belt. I think it puts a lot of pressure on that pump, and it might be changing the sound to when the belt is on it. I ordered a new Gates pump for it tonight. Should be here Friday.
It almost sounds like a Coyote\302 Boss Alternator that went bad on me. More so when spinning it by hand than when running. Turned out to be the one way clutch that's on the alternator that prevents the belt from slipping off when upshifting. Your pump has the similar whining sound almost like the small, high rpm electric motors used on slot cars. It was part of the shaft and wasn't repairable because the parts weren't available.
Isn't a turnbuckle like arm available to replace the alternator bracket?
Router question: My Asus RT-AC66U router started dropping and reconnecting devices with a high degree of incident, both wired and wireless. I performed a factory reset and modified only enough settings to get it back to functioning, with no improvement. I'm going to call Asus, but if I can't get the problem fixed, I'll be looking for a replacement. I'd like to stick with a budget of about $150. No gaming or high-load file transfers, just standard home use (internet surfing, Netflix, music streaming, video camera look-ins, etc.) and remote office use. I'm considering the RT-AC86U. Any other (better) options I should consider?
Last edited by OhioLariat; 10-24-2019 at 01:04 AM.
10-23-2019, 09:43 PM
