I hate to always give the same answer to all questions but I have been contemplating starting a project through the International Association of Visually Impaired Technologists (www.iavit.org) to deal with this problem. I was thinking of trying to develop a protocol for specifying motherboard connections in an accessible format and then getting manufacturers to include it in their docs. But I think the only other solution is to get sighted assistance. Last time I built a machine, some good Samaritan in England (I'm in Wisconsin) talked me through making the connections. He downloaded the manual and sent me email explaining how to connect everything. That was awesome but it was a slow, difficult process. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of David Mehler Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 9:18 AM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] newegg's shuttle barebones systems? Hi, I can get most of it, but I'd like to get all. The snafus are the CPU, getting it in right, and the leads and specifically the power button. Thanks. Dave. On 11/1/12, Scott Granados <scott@granados-llc.net> wrote:
Just to add to the noise thread, before I jumped on the Mac band wagon my last few machines were water cooled. I'll admit noise wasn't a concern for me it just happened that water cooling had the benefit of being damn near silent. Mac's interestingly are very quiet but you don't have the learning experience and gain the skills you do by building your own machine.
On Oct 31, 2012, at 3:24 PM, vic.pereira@ssc-spc.gc.ca wrote:
On the topic of noise there is always a bit of a trade off. If you want to use smaller boxes with processors that have multiple cores they will run very warmly. The fans will be pushing as much air to cool the system as one in a larger case. Towers tend to be quieter due to the fact they have a lot of vacant space. Low profile systems will be noisier and even rack mounted systems, because the fans need to work hard to keep things cool and sometimes smaller fans need to be used. If these are operating at higher RPMs and have smaller channels to push out that warm air it will make noise.
Vic
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 1:49 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] newegg's shuttle barebones systems?
I agree with John, but to add a couple of points: Shuttles aren't overly small anymore in comparison to what you can build. It's possible in fact probable that you'll be buying shuttle specific parts which will make it harder in the future wen one of them dies.
I treated myself to a new system earlier in October actually and I built it all myself; the only thing I haven't been able to connect is the leds on the front; I'm sure that if I had the inclination I could sit down with my keyring light probe and get it sorted though. Personally I find it a really fun experience.
Cheers, Ben.
I have avoided buyng a bare bones system because you can't know how noisy it will be or how hard it will be to work on. When I build a machine, I buy the mainboard, CPU and RAM from newegg and buy a case from a local computer shop where they let me see how easily I can open it up and how loud it is.
Its pretty easy to assemble a PC except for connecting the cables from
On 10/31/12, John G. Heim <jheim@math.wisc.edu> wrote: the
case to the mainboard. Installing CPU, RAM, and hard disk isn't too difficult. Some of the wires from the case to the mainboard plug in only one way. But I usually have to get sighted assistance to connect the LEDs, reset and power buttons, front panel audio, etc. Last time I built a machine, I got a good Samaritan on the web to send me a text description of the specs for connecting those wires. Then I did it myself.
If you don't want to go through all that (and honestly, I wouldn't blame you), maybe buying a barebones system from a local computer shop would be a good compromise.
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of David Mehler Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 7:19 PM To: blind-sysadmins Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] newegg's shuttle barebones systems?
Hello,
Has anyone bought any of these barebones systems from newegg? If so, what did you think pro conn of them?
Thanks. Dave.
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