Most of my systems are built on linux, and linux does not have the ability to install the RGB Fusion software. For me to disable the lights on the motherboard, I have to do that from the BIOS. Here are the steps I use on my Gigabyte Motherboards:
Boot the computer Press DEL during the boot to enter the BIOS Scroll over to the Peripherals tab Select RGB Fusion Click OFF Save & Exit Reboot and your lights are off
From time to time, I find the need to run Parrot OS, and don’t want to keep an extra computer around to run it on, and running it from a regular USB Drive is too slow. For me to meet my needs, I have installed Parrot OS on an NVME M.2 2280 Drive, that is connected to the system using a USB-C Dongle. Here is how I created the system
Purchase the following NVME M.2 Drive & USB-C Enclosure: Western Digital 500GB WD_Black SN750 NVMe https://amzn.to/3nZ5pH4
Once Parrot OS is downloaded, you will need a way to write it to the NVME USB Drive Download Etcher from https://www.balena.io/etcher/ Install Etcher onto your Windows 10 computer Plug your USB-C NVME Drive into the Windows 10 Computer Open balenaEtcher Click Select Image Select your Parrot OS image Your USB-C NVME should be automatically found and selected by Etcher Click Flash The image will now be written to the USB-C Drive When the image has completed writing you will see the message Flash Complete!
You can now insert the USB-C drive into any computer, and fire it up. Make sure you boot from a USB-C port, instead of the normal SSD/HDD. Most computers will allow you to choose it if you keep tapping F12 during boot.
After you are done using parrot, simply shut it down, unplug the USB-C drive, and boot your computer normally
This is a quick guide on how to use T-Rex on your Ubuntu 20.04 mining rig to allow your NVidia 1080 Ti cards to mine Ethereum in 2021.
On the rig Open a Terminal sudo bash Enter your password mkdir /tacticalware cd /tacticalware
If you have Cuda 10 installed, download the following, otherwise find the one for your Cuda version wget https://github.com/trexminer/T-Rex/releases/download/0.19.5/t-rex-0.19.5-linux-cuda10.0.tar.gz Once it is downloaded tar -zxvf t-rex-0.19.5-linux-cuda10.0.tar.gz cp ETC-2miners.sh tacticalware-eth.sh nano tacticalware-eth.sh
Now modify the contents of the file. I suggest replacing the mining site, and wallet address. My file looks like this: ./t-rex -a ethash –coin eth -o stratum+tcp://us1.ethermine.org:4444 -u 0xb6c1807520Fc60e39a29cD02a859c652B2910DB8 -w tacticalware
Note that there is a double dash before –coin and –fork. Sometimes your browser will show them as a double dash, sometimes it shows as a single long dash. they are double dashes
Save the file Exit Now you can launch it by running ./tacticalware-eth.sh
It will begin to mine. To monitor it you can do it through a web browser. Simply look for the address when the miner begins
The address will look something like this, and be displayed right when you begin mining
When you browse to that site you will see something that looks like this: That’t It. You are mining successfully. Thanks for reading
The hardware that I used in this guide: Gigabyte AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (QTY 6): https://amzn.to/2JqvXC8
Your vehicle tracks you. It knows where you were, how fast you were driving, if your phone was in use, and a wealth of other information. Privacy in this digital age is paramount. Here is how you reset the data
From an iPhone (if you have an Android you can go to their website for instructions):
Download the Privacy4Cars App Register in the App Once you register, open the app Enter your Vehicle’s VIN number Select your Make / Model Select your Radio type Click Start Process
Follow the onscreen instructions, to reset your vehicle to the factory defaults
Here is a guide on how to clear the cookies from your iPad, when using Google Chrome. This is especially helpful, as more and more websites deposit cookies onto your system for tracking purposes. I don’t know about you, but I can say with the utmost certainty that I do not want to be tracked.
On your iPad Open the Chrome app Click the 3 Dots in the Top Right Corner “…“ Select Settings Click Privacy Select Clear Browsing Data Click the RED Clear Browsing Data Click the RED Clear Browsing Data (Yes this is the 3rd time clicking the same Text) Your Browser Data will be cleared, which includes your Cookies and Site Data
Windows 10 has a terrible feature called Fast Boot. Which does not allow your system to fully shutdown, but it allows it to boot up faster. Me, personally, I like a shutdown to clear the memory, and shut the system down completely
To get around this painful feature, you can shut down you computer from the command line
This one is quick and easy. It will allow you to install the latest java version on a Raspberry Pi 4.
Boot to your desktop
Open the Terminal
Type:
sudo apt updatesudo apt install default-jdk
Once the installation is complete, verify it by checking the Java version:
java --version
That’s it! Thanks for reading
Hardware that I used: Raspberry Pi 4 (4gb) https://amzn.to/3q551IO
If you are still using an NVidia 1080 Ti card, and are trying to compete with the 2080s and 3090s these days, you need to up your hash game. There has been a tool around for the past 2 years to help with this. It is specifically designed for teh 1080 Ti cards, and has increased my hashes in the area of 50% per card. I wanted to preserve the software on github, so I created my own fork of it. The fork will not be updated, or worked on by me. It is just there so we all have a place to draw from in the long run.
On your miner, open a terminal sudo bash cd /tacticalware git clone https://github.com/tacticalware/ETHlargementPill.git mv ETHlargementPill/ ohgod cd ohgod chmod +x OhGodAnETHlargementPill-r2 screen ./OhGodAnETHlargementPill-r2
You will see the following message:
Your system is now capable of running at 50% greater speed.
Since you used screen you can close this connection and it will still run. To reconnect to this screen you can resume it by opening a terminal again Typing sudo bash Then screen -r
All that is left is to start up your mining software, configure it to mine ETH or ETC and start mining.
Enjoy the extra hashes!
The hardware that I used in this guide: Gigabyte AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (QTY 6): https://amzn.to/2JqvXC8
I am in the process of putting together several posts, which detail my printer hardware, along with giving you a copy of my FFF profile for that setup. For this post I am using Simplify3D to Slice eSUN’s PETG in Black, on a Creality Ender 3 Pro with a Direct Drive setup, using a Micro Swiss Hotend.