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There isn't a way to prevent WINDOWS from doing that, but nothing like that will happen if you install linux

huh, maybe trouble shoot the bluetooth device in device manager, and try disabling and re-enabling it too, it could also be the BIOS revision, i had a BIOS version on my B650 tomahawk where the bluetooth was unstable and disconnect and reconnect my controller every other minute, was very annoying but they fixed it in a later version, downloading that fixed my problems

I am sick an tired of Microsoft shoving shit down my throat. I want to be able to control EXACTLY when my PC checks for updates, when and what updates I let it install.

For backing up iPhone, the sad but true reality is… just pay for iCloud. It’s the only solution that really works, besides back it up to a pc/mac and then backing up that machine. The only seamless way to backup an iPhone is via iCloud, which is one of the reasons Apple is getting sued right now by the US. As far as checksumming, yes. ZFS scrubs are what will check for and correct and big flips, and it’s easy to set up in truenas. I have mine run every 2 weeks, Wednesday night at like 1am. You should also schedule SMART checks, I think I do smart checks once or twice a week.

MSI afterburner would probably be your best bet, i think there is just a voltage offset or setting, drop it by 25mV or so and retest, repeat until unstable, though i will say sustained synthetic loads are more stable than the various types and intensities of loading you can do in games, i was able to run a gpu test (unigine heaven maybe? i forget rn) at something ridiculous like 880/900mV, whereas cyberpunk wouldnt even boot unless i was at 1050mV

I mean considering you are aiming to use it with scaling, it could work. But yeah you cant dodge texture demand for VRAM, 12 could be limiting on PS Studio ported title, but atleast for now theyre not that big of a deal if youre missing them. Going for optimized setting is still going to set us below 12GB of VRAM demand, and sometimes you straight up cant tell the difference. Linked below is Hardware Unboxed's Game Optimization Guide that outlines these examples in games. Most of the time, these intuitively work the same on other titles, especially with settings pertaining to Ambient Occlusion, Grass/Environment Quality, and others.

Then giving us more than just "i dont know you figure it out" would help us a lot. Need a checklist on what you should write up? Check the template at the first post of this thread. Need to figure out what you actually need in big picture? Check out this two video by LTT. The former focuses on the hardware while the latter focuses on the software side after building it, but does give you insight on what you should eye on in software experience.

I REALLY don't want this stuff on my system at all, but since I can't get rid of the it I want to fully and permanently disable these features.

I'm going to buy a dedicated PCI USB/Thunderbolt card which should deliver enough power. An expensive solution but I will report back incase someone stumbles upon this with the same question years later.

Its likely that 28% means at least one core is at 100% and its going to report the temperature of the hottest core. In Task Manager, Right click on the CPU graph and go to Change graph to - Logical processors.

Unfortunately USB is still limited to 900mA at 5v aka 4.5W. The only way around this is powering the hub, powering the drive, or if you can use Thunderbolt instead.

Parental controls are gonna be a mixture of layers. especially for PC. One is using a DNS that filters that naughty stuff like Open DNS for free for families https://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security/ Then create a Kid account via windows which is easy to setup. To time them, set more parental controls etc. I heard the website blocking can be tedious but you can ignore that and just use the open DNS, for filtering. Then of course. With a kid account/Primary/Parent account. The parent has control of what the kid installs, and then protects the PC. Of course the parent has to be diligent in making sure the password doesn't leak etc.

Hello everyone,I'm currently experiencing some overheating issues with my PC and could really use some advice on how to handle it. Here’s a quick rundown of my setup and the problem I'm facing: System Specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Cooler: Cooler Master MasterAir MA410P GPU: Nvidia RTX 3070 RAM: 32GB DDR4 at 3200MHz Motherboard: Asus PRIME X570-P ATX AM4 Case: Kolink Observatory Lite Mesh ATX Mid Tower Problem: While gaming, my CPU temperatures spike up to 90°C, which seems excessively high. I've noticed that my current cooler setup only allows for the cooler to push air upwards rather than towards the rear exhaust, which might be contributing to the problem. Despite attempting to reorient the cooler, I’ve had no luck; it seems to be a limitation due to the motherboard and case configuration. Questions: Is pushing air upwards significantly less efficient, and could this be why my temperatures are so high? Are there specific coolers you would recommend that might fit better with my motherboard and case, preferably those known for easier orientation adjustments or more efficient cooling? Would switching to an AIO liquid cooler provide a more flexible solution given my case and motherboard layout? Any general tips for improving airflow or reducing temperatures in this specific case model? I appreciate any insights or suggestions you can offer! Thanks in advance for your help.

With SSDs unless there is a root encryption key that can be re-set to a new random value the BIOS SSD wipe does not destroy all the data and it can be recovered by a data recovery lab. (on PC many of the root keys can't be fully rotated you can change the user-portion but if someone has a backup of this then they can still decrypt the data, root keys need to be private and need to never leave the device sec enclave to be considered as a method for whipping the drive). The reason lots of companies now insets of full device distraction is they do not trust the recyclers (or the sub-cotnracter that the recyclers will use) to bother even with un-screwing it and standing or shrewd the M.2... There have been to many cases of companies just not doing what they said they would do in the contract or sub-contracting to someone else to do this and not checking up on it. This is no considered so common that it would not be a legal defence in court to if data leaked that was under a protected status. You need documented evidence of destruction and best to also have a witness who can testify that they were there when it was shredded. The laws need to be updated such that if there is a cyrptogrphicly signed report of the root key being rotated then this is evidence. Then we could put pressure on vendors like apple to provide this feature to DFU reset mode such that the sec-enclave could sign this when it re-sets the key and provide it as a report or even upload it to apples servers so that anyone with the SN can validate the time and date that the device was fully wiped. But currently in most of the world the laws around data destruction (think schools with child data) are such that this is considered a grey area by lawyers and your advised to just destroy it.

Thank you. That is looking like the case, my motherboard (MAG B550 TOMAHAWK) lists the ports under the "AMD Processor" with a 1x type A and 1x type C at 10GBPS with not much information beyond that. Being something non standard off the chipset I bet it some weird power issue like you said, a shame as it means there isn't much of a work around.

I assume you meant shredded. Data privacy mainly, but to tell you a short story, the engineering company I was doing work for sent stacks and stacks of laptops to be recyucled. These laptops still had mechanical drives in them. The company that sent me there didn't want me properly wiping the machines "That's the recycler's job" With the SSD's, its' actually a lot easier to ensure they are wiped, you just go to the BIOS and tell it to wipe the SSD and it's done in 4 seconds. Where as the mechanical drives it could take 6 hours to do. But if it came down to it, it took two minutes to just unscrew the back's off all but the Precision 5520's , pull the M2 drive out and snap it in half through the NAND chip, or push it into the paper shredder.

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Yeah, a lot of people want a lot of things that are not attainable. Questioning whether I 'understand' some completely unattainable utopia where game developers just hand you your subscription money back and refund you for stuff you willingly bought in-game, is honestly wild; You seemingly do not understand that developers don't have and should not have a responsibility to give you money back that they used for operating/payroll/marketing costs, nor do they have any compulsion to release the code to run servers when they deprecate an old game, especially when they may be using aspects of that programming in future titles. I used to play on Quake III servers back in the day, and I even ran my own Minecraft server a few years back for some of my friends and family, I'm aware that private servers for certain games have existed. That doesn't mean every game is built that way or could run on consumer hardware, something like an MMORPG is going to be very expensive to upkeep, just one example like GTA V doesn't describe all online games.

It is a crime for them to break a contract, if they were paid to shred and then recycling raw materials then it is a crime if they break that contract and do not shread. Why do lots of companies insist on used phones (and other tec) being shredded? Well the laws about data destruction are very badly written, while we can re-set the root encryption key making it impossible to retrieve existing data most laws about data retention do not consider this one explicit permitted method, many talk about full physical destruction. This is why most companies and schools etc will pay a recycling company to shred the phones, I have envelopes seen companies pay to have perfect working (just 2 year old OLED high end TVs) destroyed since the liability that someone gets them then someone (through burn in or other methods) extracts even a single line of text is not something your avg IT manager wants to take. Those companies ands schools would love to just sell these phones to a recycler but they would only every dream of doing this if there was a clear legal easy pathway to absolve them of any legal resposiblty for the enviable data breach when someone forgets to properly wipe them. Many companies require the recycling firm to turn up on site with a shredder and then have a staff member witness the shredding as they no longer trust the recycling firms to properly destroy them and there have been multiple instances of company HW (including medical and even defence contractors data) ending up in devices being re-sold. As an IT manager for some of these companies you might even end up in jail if you did not take the needed steps to ensure the data was destroyed (the corporate protection does not apply to medical, child or defence data in most of the world). Companies would be more than happy to click the single button in MDM to release the find my locks, (and get some payment form the recyclers or at least not need to pay them as they currently do) on all they reyclinged devices if this did not increase the chance the they recyclers just lie to them and sell them on as is whiteout wiping the data.

Tried WoW once, back in the early days, I afterwards swore never to play that again. I knew myself well enough to know that i would be utterly obsessed if i allowed myself to get started.

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Does it boot to BIOS or is it just doing nothing? Did you install an OS? What parts are you using?

A lot of talk about dying SSDs lately

Yeah, 760's have been in since before 6.2, we are at 6.8 now, you'll be fine.