u/Thatonewindveilblue

Hi all. I recently came into possession of a 3020 Mini Tower for $8 (bargain at a thrift store). Come to find out Windows 7 was corrupted and such…it is much happier on Linux now. My new issue is the used (but supposedly working), WD Blue 240GB SSD I purchased. For context. The installed 500gb HDD works and acts that the SATA cables and such are fine. However, when I try to swap for the SSD, BIOS doesn’t detect it. I plan to take the SSD to a local repair shop to see if they can tell me if it’s dead or not. Any ideas? Thank you!

- guy who knows some stuff about computers and is teaching himself

I recently purchased an old Optiplex business tower and installed Mint XFCE on it. I want to keep Mint on it as it is so much lighter on the 10 year old tech. It only has Ethernet and I sadly don’t have ethernet access in my room. Right now, I’ve got it jerry-rigged with a small wifi access point LMAO. I’m currently looking for a cheap and reliable wifi adapter that will play well with Mint. The overall goal is to make it a Minecraft server for me and my friends. Thanks!