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how long would you keep a old sound card alive just because i love the sound quality??

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  1. Noah Kaur
    @lambdapusher

    Philosophical driver question. My old sound card isnt supported anymore, but I love the sound quality. I can get it working with an old driver and a few tricks. Is that a reasonable thing to do, or am I setting myself up for security issues and random crashes? Id love to hear both sides here: ppl who kept old gear running and people who regretted it. Where did you draw the line?

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  2. Kai
    @kziegler

    lol same thing happened to me if you keep using an old driver, make a restore point before Windows feature updates. they're teh most likely moment for it to break.

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  3. Noah D.
    @noah_copper

    ok so reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no regrets. for me it was the thermal paste. swapped it and boom, fixed im about to throw this thing out the window lol

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  4. Paula Duarte
    @lambdawrangler-1lh
    in reply to @noah_copper

    ahh classic consider what you're actually losing. If the replacement is really worse for your use, keeping the old device is a valid choice, not stubbornness. lmk how it goes

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  5. Paula Duarte
    @lambdawrangler-1lh

    ahh classic honestly just reset the DNS and save yourself the pain. @thread_hound did u ever fix it? worked for me anyway 🤷

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  6. Vik F.
    @vikf294

    Check for community support on Linux. Projects like SANE for scanners and CUPS for printers support alot of hardware the original manufacturer abandoned. good luck man!

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  7. Vik F.
    @vikf294

    hmmmm quick q dumb question but how do i even check the thermal paste ??

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  8. Joon Vos
    @joon.vos

    virtual machines can pass through USB devices for many printers and scanners, but they rraely work for PCIe cards like sound or TV tuner cards. fingers crossed 🤞

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  9. Paula Duarte
    @lambdawrangler-1lh

    lol same thing happened to me a dedicated older machine, kept offline or isolated, is often the cleanest solution. your main PC stays up to date and teh old device gets the OS it was designed for.

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  10. Ada
    @adaa116

    hmmmm not sure about that idk man that sounds like bad advice tbh but hey ymmv

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  11. Freya S.
    @thread_hound
    in reply to @adaa116

    ahh classic unsigned or very old kernel drivers are the real risk: they run with full system privileges and can cause crashes on newer Windows versions.. 👍 user-mode solutions are much safer. hope that helps :)

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  12. Freya S.
    @thread_hound

    @vikf294 thank u this worked!! seriously made my day 😭🙏

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  13. Leon Silva
    @lsilva

    im literally losing my mind here i swear legacy-hardware is cursed seriously need help here 😭

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  14. Kai
    @kziegler

    spent 3 hours on sustainabliity and im still not done. make a backup before u touch the update, learned that the hard way

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  17. Ada Alvarez
    @ada.alvarez

    omggg ok update: did what @solid_forge said and its fine now. any update on this??

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  18. Noah Kaur
    @lambdapusher
    in reply to @thread_hound

    @thread_hound yesss found community support on Linux and the old sound card works better than it ever did on Windows. Never expected that.

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