Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2017 December 4

= December 4 =

Word Labels Question - Specifying Vendor
I am running Word 2016 on a Window 10 desktop machine. Word has the feature to create labels and to specify the vendor and style of labels. The default vendor is Microsoft. Can I set the default vendor to be Avery US and the default labels to be 5162 (or 8162, which are the same size)? Is there an option that I can set in Word so that I don't have to set it every time I build and print labels? Robert McClenon (talk) 00:23, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Are you referring to the Labels option under the Mailings tab? Or the Labels option under Mail Merge under the Mailings tab? If so, Peter Jamieson's suggestion in this discussion [//answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2003-word/i-am-trying-to-change-the-default-label-selection/6e1ebf53-7a8b-422c-a3a0-56c3491fa528] seems to work for me. BTW that discussion is linked in the top answer in this discussion [//answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_word-mso_other-mso_2010/label-vendors-default-in-word-2010/4163cd81-c224-485e-b377-920c813775fd] and the second discussion is the first Google search result for 'default label vendor word'. Nil Einne (talk) 11:58, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, the question that I am asking is the question that is being asked on the other web sites. No, I don't see that it provides me with a "sticky" option, maybe because I don't see a Tools tab in the first place.  Robert McClenon (talk) 22:23, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Am I missing something? Can someone help me?  Robert McClenon (talk) 22:23, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

nVidia Quadro 2000 graphics card
I have an nVidia Quadro 2000 graphics card I took out of an HP desktop computer whose motherboard died. I think the card itself is still working, though.

When I googled for "nVidia Quadro 2000" I found two different designs:
 * Design 1
 * Design 2

My card is of design 2. What is the difference between these?

I intend to sell the card because I bought a new computer with a better nVidia Quadro graphics card (a Quadro K4000). Does anyone have any idea of a current market price for a used nVidia Quadro 2000 graphics card? J I P &#124; Talk 17:22, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * eBay and similar sites tend to be the best place to get an idea of the value of a lot of common second hand components. Particularly computer components. A quick look suggests the Quadro 2000 appears to be worth about US$40-50 in the US. You may be able to get a little more if you're lucky. I suspect it may be worth a little more in Finland, but I don't know how big the market is there. Nil Einne (talk) 16:09, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * They are useless, since they are so old, they only have 1 GB of Ram. Even the lowest common entry level consumer graphic cards come with 2, more common even 4 GB of Ram today. The on-chip graphic cores on Intel or AMD CPU's are more capable in 3D-Rendering. Besides that such old hardware often cause strange issues that can not be tracked but can make systems unstable and can drive users nuts when they try to find the "bugs" in their system. --Kharon (talk) 23:18, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Cant see the chip under the heat sink. I see different designed buck converters on the cards. See if a direct connection to the power supply is required. See first if Your computers GPU, today inside the CPU chip performs better or equal to those cards. The Quadro chip is very similar to another NVIDIA chip. One of it has some deactivated features. This can be seen as the former Celeron compared to its same generation Pentium or even Duron to Athlon. If those Quadro cards are recapped hardware, know if the electrolytic capacitors are useful and new to prevent performance issues and an unstable performing computer. If these are polymer caps the are made for 10 to 15 Years when used inside the manufacturers designed operation range. Worry on incomplete placed electrolytic capacitors. Maybe better components are used or the lifetime is reduced, means on used parts, the lifetime may be short from expiring. This is up on the card manufacturer, not on the chip manufacturer. -- Hans Haase (有问题吗) 15:24, 7 December 2017 (UTC)