computers Archives - Neverwhere https://neverwhere.co.uk/tag/computers/ Never Here, Never There, Neverwhere... Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:35:15 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 69027689 The Building of a HTPC – First Thoughts https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-htpc-first-thoughts/ https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-htpc-first-thoughts/#respond Sat, 20 Jan 2024 14:24:33 +0000 http://neverwhere.co.uk?p=1261 The film that started this was Without Warning (1980), one of the first Alien rip-off’s and probably the one that inspired Predator. (Seriously, the plot…

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]]> https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-htpc-first-thoughts/feed/ 0 1261 The Building of a HTPC – Part 2 – The Build https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-htpc-part-2-the-build/ https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-htpc-part-2-the-build/#respond Sat, 20 Jan 2024 14:24:33 +0000 http://neverwhere.co.uk?p=1274 The build itself was an un-dramatic affair. The processor slid into the socket and the heat sink and fan was placed over it making sure…

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]]> https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-htpc-part-2-the-build/feed/ 0 1274 The Building of a HTPC – Part 3 – Configuration https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-htpc-part-3-configuration/ https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-htpc-part-3-configuration/#respond Sat, 20 Jan 2024 14:24:33 +0000 http://neverwhere.co.uk?p=1275 In the physical world, as opposed to the virtual one, I have lots of "things". Boxes of comic books litter the corner of the spare…

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]]> https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-htpc-part-3-configuration/feed/ 0 1275 The Building of a HTPC – Part 4 – Fixes https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-htpc-part-4-fixes/ https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-htpc-part-4-fixes/#respond Sat, 20 Jan 2024 14:24:33 +0000 http://neverwhere.co.uk?p=1276 So I found that I had a few fixes to implement, and this entailed a fair amount of research. I had three issues I needed…

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]]> https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-htpc-part-4-fixes/feed/ 0 1276 The Building of a LAN Gamer – Part 1 – Gamer? https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-lan-gamer-part-1-gamer/ https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-lan-gamer-part-1-gamer/#respond Sat, 20 Jan 2024 14:24:33 +0000 http://neverwhere.co.uk?p=1277 During the building of the HTPC I downloaded and installed STEAM. This was more or less and after-thought, but when I decided one evening to…

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]]> https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-lan-gamer-part-1-gamer/feed/ 0 1277 The Building of a LAN Gamer – Part 2 – Just A Wannabe https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-lan-gamer-part-2-just-a-wannabe/ https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-lan-gamer-part-2-just-a-wannabe/#respond Sat, 20 Jan 2024 14:24:33 +0000 http://neverwhere.co.uk?p=1278 Okay, “Gamer” is probably way too grand a term for what I am, at best I’m a “Casual Gamer”, but more likely I’m simply a…

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]]> https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-lan-gamer-part-2-just-a-wannabe/feed/ 0 1278 The Building of a LAN Gamer – Part 4 – #GamerGate https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-lan-gamer-part-4-gamergate/ https://neverwhere.co.uk/the-building-of-a-lan-gamer-part-4-gamergate/#respond Sat, 20 Jan 2024 14:24:33 +0000 http://neverwhere.co.uk?p=1310 Halfway through 2015 and I am a month or so older from my last post in this short series. In that month I’ve explored the…

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