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A second-hand laptop, a V100 and the practical details of getting them to work together.

AI-assisted photo-based close-up of Chuck’s modified V100

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Running a 125B local model on a used, 2017-generation V100

Strata gave me another reason to try the V100 attached to my second-hand laptop. Getting it installed, finding an old background program and testing my everyday work made the old setup worth keeping.

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Oct 8, 2026

Photo-based cover composite of Chuck’s second-hand laptop and modified three-fan V100

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A used laptop, a V100, and a queue for my local AI

A second-hand laptop and an external V100 let me try local transcription, translation and document work. As the tools multiplied, I needed a monitor, a queue and some say in what ran next.

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Sep 14, 2026

Hardware

Running a 125B local model on a used, 2017-generation V100

A used laptop, a V100, and a queue for my local AI

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