I was gifted this ~2010 Toshiba Portégé. Surprisingly small and thin for its age. I was hoping to revive it, but it has only 1GB of memory ootb.

Apparently it can be upgraded up to 5GB with one spare slot that currently sits empty.

I found 2 physically compatible identical 2GB modules but no matter which one I plug in, when I start the computer it just starts the fan on highest setting and nothing else happens.

Before I go into any more detail, I found this info online:

The Toshiba Portege R600 Laptop takes the PC2-6400 DDR2-800 200pin SDRAM SODIMM memory type

My sticks look like this:

Are they compatible to PC2-6400 DDR2-800 200pin SDRAM SODIMM? I honestly can't tell.

I read the manual which says the modules need to be "Toshiba approved" but it does not say which/what Toshiba approves.

Plus this, which I did follow (note the negative):

Do not try to install or remove a memory module under the following conditions.

a. The computer is turned on.
b. The computer was shut down in either Sleep or Hibernation Mode.
c. Wake-up on LAN is enabled.
d. Wake-up on Wireless LAN is enabled.
e. The wireless communication switch is turned on.

And this does not happen:

If you install a memory module that is not compatible with the computer, the Power indicator will flash (on for 0.5 seconds, off for 0.5 seconds) in the following way;
■ If there is an error: repeatedly flashes orange twice, then white or green once

The power indicator ⏻ stays white all the time and does not blink.

TIA

I was gifted this ~2010 Toshiba Portégé. Surprisingly small and thin for its age. I was hoping to revive it, but it has only 1GB of memory ootb.

Apparently it can be upgraded up to 5GB with one spare slot that currently sits empty.

I found 2 physically compatible identical 2GB modules but no matter which one I plug in, when I start the computer it just starts the fan on highest setting and nothing else happens.

Before I go into any more detail, I found this info online:

The Toshiba Portege R600 Laptop takes the PC2-6400 DDR2-800 200pin SDRAM SODIMM memory type

My sticks look like this:

Are they compatible to PC2-6400 DDR2-800 200pin SDRAM SODIMM? I honestly can't tell.

I read the manual which says the modules need to be "Toshiba approved" but it does not say which/what Toshiba approves.

Plus this, which I did follow (note the negative):

Do not try to install or remove a memory module under the following conditions.

a. The computer is turned on.
b. The computer was shut down in either Sleep or Hibernation Mode.
c. Wake-up on LAN is enabled.
d. Wake-up on Wireless LAN is enabled.
e. The wireless communication switch is turned on.

And this does not happen:

If you install a memory module that is not compatible with the computer, the Power indicator will flash (on for 0.5 seconds, off for 0.5 seconds) in the following way;
■ If there is an error: repeatedly flashes orange twice, then white or green once

The power indicator ⏻ stays white all the time and does not blink.

TIA

I was gifted this ~2010 Toshiba Portégé. Surprisingly small and thin for its age. I was hoping to revive it, but it has only 1GB of memory ootb.

Apparently it can be upgraded up to 5GB with one spare slot that currently sits empty.

I found 2 physically compatible identical 2GB modules but no matter which one I plug in, when I start the computer it just starts the fan on highest setting and nothing else happens.

Before I go into any more detail, I found this info online:

The Toshiba Portege R600 Laptop takes the PC2-6400 DDR2-800 200pin SDRAM SODIMM memory type

My sticks look like this:

Are they compatible to PC2-6400 DDR2-800 200pin SDRAM SODIMM? I honestly can't tell.

I read the manual which says the modules need to be "Toshiba approved" but it does not say which/what Toshiba approves.

Plus this, which I did follow (note the negative):

Do not try to install or remove a memory module under the following conditions.

a. The computer is turned on.
b. The computer was shut down in either Sleep or Hibernation Mode.
c. Wake-up on LAN is enabled.
d. Wake-up on Wireless LAN is enabled.
e. The wireless communication switch is turned on.

And this does not happen:

If you install a memory module that is not compatible with the computer, the Power indicator will flash (on for 0.5 seconds, off for 0.5 seconds) in the following way;
■ If there is an error: repeatedly flashes orange twice, then white or green once

The power indicator ⏻ stays white all the time and does not blink.

TIA

Some poster labels some of their posts, always starting with [word].

I would like to filter these posts out, but if I add [word] or \[word\] as a filter it does not work; only word works as desired, but I find that too broad and would like to add the brackets. Is it possible?

First of all, I'm on piefed.zip which uses PieFed v1.8.0-dev - apparently a sort of beta?

I have, over time, noticed small UI hickups mostly related to tooltips misbehaving: not showing up when hovering, or getting stuck at the top/bottom of the viewport.

I have noticed that Chromium seems to do better here.

Since many fediverse users use Firefox et al. for privacy reasons I think maybe we should discuss this, compare notes.

I'm using Librewolf 153.0.3-1 btw. with uBlock origin

Then there's also this which does not happen on Chromium: Some user apparently chose to use a serif font for their personal style, which results in my comment being completely serif as well, as well as other comments surroundings. See if you can reproduce it.

I have noticed small inconsistencies over time, here's a slightly bigger one. See this comment - it gets rendered like this:

I'm only talking about the part below the arrow.

Locally (discount 2.2.7) it renders like this:

(Both shown on Librewolf 153.0.3-1)

And this is the markdown source:

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:  

Fewer Letters | More Letters  
---|---  
AP | WiFi Access Point  
DNS | Domain Name Service/System  
ISP | Internet Service Provider  
NAS | Network-Attached Storage  
PCIe | Peripheral Component Interconnect Express  
PSU | Power Supply Unit  
RPi | Raspberry Pi brand of SBC  
SBC | Single-Board Computer  
SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage  
SSH | Secure Shell for remote terminal access  

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The syntax highlighting already looks weird here for me.

I don't see how this could be browser related, right? This must be a bug in how pyfedi reads and renders markdown?

piefed.zip is on PieFed v1.8.0-dev btw

That's the question basically.

I cannot post or comment. The community main page has neither the "Join" nor the yellow "Leave" button. Yet it still shows up in my profile page sidebar (and possibly also in my feed).

How can I actively leave the community resp. remove it from there?

It has happened several times already: I notice that a comment or post of mine got deleted, or that I'm banned from a community or even whole instance (It's probably my profile pic). So I try to find why and when that happened by looking at the modlog of both my own instance and the instance where "it" happened. Also the community modlog. Entering my username@instance.

Some of the things I really need to know is if a ban is instance-wide or community-wide, permanent or temporary... or if it's indeed a ban and not some other glitch.

And I never get an answer.

Usually I get some older log entries, so I know I'm doing this correctly.

Is this just a "feature" of the fediverse: completely opaque mod actions? Or am I missing something?

Does it work better on Lemmy? Apparently not since the originating instance usually runs on Lemmy.

Or Kbin?

In the long run, this becomes a serious problem for me.

Ideally, I'd love to get a notification every time some mod/automod/admin takes some action against me. Just saying.

This one is looking out over a stony headland onto the sea.

A great yet simple story for preschoolers. He's got a big on/off switch on his back btw.

Dreamed about roaming the fediverse, came across a comment of someone who seriously and believably claimed to not know anything about Hitler. Others confirmed. I was shocked and started replying frantically, explaining why we never want this to happen again.

Ultimately the dream was about fear of new generations forgetting important historical lessons.

Never forget.

€1 fleamarket find. I liked the hats.

Ostin kirpparilta eilen (1€), tykkäsin hatuista.

The album is one fo my all-time favorites.

Coming from Lemmy I remember there was a relatively simple way to view moderation actions, incl. possible comments a mod might have left.

Is it possible to view such things - and all things moderation - on piefed, too?

And, going beyond piefed_help, what is the canonical way of reaching out to mods resp. reacting to an action taken against me?

Can instance bans be queried in a similar way?

I see him me every day on my way to work. And he sees me. Standing by the side of the road, watching. He's not trying to be inconspicuous but he's a Mr Smith.

This has aged well. Replace "Reagan" with...

They tell us a story of lying
Of lying & of murder too
To whom is this tale mystifying
Not'me boys perhaps 'tis to you

They're telling us a story of Reagan, boys
Our President so bold & so true
How can he be a false killer--
When he's wrapped in the red, white & blue?

Rapped in the red, white & blue, boys
Rapt in the red, white & blue
A man of the movies, a starlet
He's just an asshole like you

Yes, he's just an asshole likе you boys
Yes, he's just an asshole likе you
You 'lected him in 1980
And dunce more in '84 too

O my, O my he's a liar
As if you didn' even know
He's killed many people off welfare
Nicaragua, Grenada, much mo'

He smiles when he gives you the shaft, lad
He smiles when he gives ya the shaft (ha-ha)
If you think he cares about poor folks
Well then I surmise that you're daft

He always finds money for war, girls
He always finds money for death
He'll fight for the rights of the rich, boys
He'll fight for them 'til your last breath

So here's to President Reagan, boys
To Ollie, to Dick & to Cap
To some they're All American Heroes
To me they're just murderous crap

So here's to Dumbo Ron Reagan, boys
To Ollie, to Fawn & to Cap
To some they're All American Heroes
To us they're American crap