SlayerOfHellWyrm

6 days since any post I could find, and I didn't see any on here... cut me some slack

@Castdeath97 Run this, and post the link to your results once it's done. That can help diagnose things. Ideally, do a wired, AND wireless test.

Instead of showing off... why not try to help OP?

Yeah, do a wired ASAP. That buffering is extremely high. Could, and I'm hoping it is, just your router's WiFi buffer, if it's not, your router is the problem, or worse, your modem. IF you're like a lot of people with the hybrid modem/ wireless home router then it's the modem itself, and you need to contact your ISP.
 
Personally, I've NEVER seen buffering that high, that's a new one for me.

6 days since any post I could find, and I didn't see any on here... cut me some slack

PSU: High Current Pro 1300W (According to Google that's this: http://www.antec.com/product.php?id=706571&fid=357&lan=uk)
Cooling: LN2

Not to make people paranoid... but considering there's been proven examples of working BIOS, and USB firmware malware, it's entirely possible, albeit incredibly unlikely something like that is in the wild, and you'd stumble across it. That stuff tends to be done in labs as a proof of concept, and then used to try and patch security holes.

I banned him. You guys should really try to avoid feeding obvious trolls like that... It doesn't help. Just hit report and walk away
 
Locking this. Further discussion only fuels the fire.

aw yea

In IT terms, we usually refer to people that cause nothing but problems (typically with their PC though) a Layer 8 error prone individual. Layer 8, is an alternative to the other common terms PEBKAC, and ID10T. Would I say WCCF is that, no, but I'm just thinking they arre trying desperately to troll and cause problems here for amusement, or whatever reason.

This is the only time I'm going to knowingly respond to you. If you read the Code of Conduct, you'll find listed the following lines:
If you got banned, it's because the mod who did it felt you violated one or more of those, and decided to put an end to it. The way you were dismissing the neutral comments, and only responding to comments that suggested in ANY way that Intel was better, suggested/implied/seemed like you were trolling, and the sole purpose of the thread was to cause unrest.
It has nothing to do with Intel, or AMD and whether the mod, or general populous here likes one over the other. Simple as that. If you can't take that for what it is, I imagine you'll find yourself either banned, or in trouble again.

Assuming it was a ban, the mod who struck them down, swung ferociously with that mass of steel. None survive the hammer. First time I've personally seen a legit troll on here, so it makes me happy seeing the administration take care of them so swiftly. Though, to be honest, I'd stick around regardless, I've only been here for a month-ish, and I love the community as a whole

Yeah, you gotta boot into UEFI for that, btu even then, it can be turned off if one wishes and isn't always the default. I like it though, nicer seeing a manufacturer splash than the Windows logo.
 
The problem is aesthetics, lol. If you have the option to never seen the Windows boots screen (with their logo), why see it? Windows 8 changed so much from 7, it's definitely worth looking into.

6 days since any post I could find, and I didn't see any on here... cut me some slack

You sir/madam are incredibly evil. That profile pic should be rotated 90° clockwise. My "OCD" does not like that one bit -_____-

He's... close. Cat5e cannot do 10Gbps. Cat6 can up to 55m and Cat6a is the full 100m. At distances shorter than 55m, there is no need for anything above Cat6 if you need 10Gbps. Past 100m, all 3 start degrading in signal, and you need to either switch to coax, or fibre at that point (Neglecting Cat7/Cat7a because they are stupid expensive and hard to find)

Just because of that last line, and the fact I am Cisco trained... I'm gonna stay out of this then.

Point of Sale malware is nothing new, and one such malware, KAPTOXA, was responsible for the data breach of retail giant Target back in 2013. This kind of malware is aimed at P.O.S. systems such as cash registers, and the pin/card pads typically attached to them. As customers swipe their cards, and enter their PINs into these systems, for an incredibly brief moment, this data is unencrypted, until it has passed through the RAM. Malware like KAPTOXA, and the recent headliner, Backoff, target this unencrypted data as part of their code, via RAM scraping, and once they have collected it, send it to the desired location, typically the hackers, to then be sold off. Backoff, also happens to monitor and log keystrokes, executes command and control communication, and injects malicious code stubs into explorer.exe files. These last 3 things, are common to most malware, as they are designed to give it as long a lifespan as possible on the target system, and allow it to send data back to a home server where it can be sold off.
 
Back on July 31st, the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team released an alert about the malware dating back to it's initital detection in October of 2013. This alert sums up more about how Backoff works, and how it's infecting systems, so give it a read. Anyway, since that initial alert was released, major retailers began to audit their systems to search for signs of infection since typical anti-virus software has had an incredibly low detection rate thus far, of low to 0%. On August 20th, UPS came forward and admitted they had a data breach via Backoff of 51 of their franchise locations, a mere 1% of what they have. Yesterday, August 22nd, and Infection Assessment was released jointly by the US Department of Homeland Security, and US Secret Service after it had been found out that 7 major POS vendors had been infected with this malware, and 1,000s of retailers as a result could be affected.


Since the malware is being installed via brute forcing remote desktop applications using publicly available tools, retailers are being urged to educate employees, provide approved methods of remote access, and to perform network audits to detect open ports for remote access services, and to close those ports, and turn the services off. So far, only UPS, and SuperValu have confirmed any breach/infection but due to the low detection rate of anti-virus software for Backoff, the inherent weak security of magnetic strips and the indiscriminate target choice (both enterprise networks, down to small business networks have been targeted it appears), there's surely many more affected retailers and businesses though few are likely to come forward after the backlash Target received following its data breach in 2013.
 
For now, I'd keep your eyes and ears peeled as the story unfolds, and more retailers/business come forward. Who knows how many people could have been compromised this time, and how large the extent of damage could be. This could possibly be the largest data breach in history, depending on how many companies actually come forward, whether large or small.
 
NOTE: The full DHS/SS report is 10 pages, however I could not find the full report anywhere, simply the summary. If anyone finds a link to the full report, post it, and I'll gladly give you credit. As well, this is my first new post on here, and ever, so cut me a bit of slack as my "journalism" skills are sorely lacking.

Y'all ware wusses, using the quote button. Do it yourself via BBcode, much cooler that way

Just because of that last line, and the fact I am Cisco trained... I'm gonna stay out of this then.

He's... close. Cat5e cannot do 10Gbps. Cat6 can up to 55m and Cat6a is the full 100m. At distances shorter than 55m, there is no need for anything above Cat6 if you need 10Gbps. Past 100m, all 3 start degrading in signal, and you need to either switch to coax, or fibre at that point (Neglecting Cat7/Cat7a because they are stupid expensive and hard to find)

I haven't found a mention of it, but I imagine they are also targets since all the data transmitted via the cards in unecnrypted until it has been passed through the P.O.S.'s RAM. If I can find the full 10 page DHS/SS report, I might be able to give more information to that. Mag strip use still happens all the time in Canada and many other countries that have chip and pin as well, since chip and pin can sometimes just flake out, or the POS system for whatever reason doesn't want to work with it on occasion.

Your problem is only having 4GB of RAM, and running Chrome. Chrome is pretty horrible at using memory efficiently, so try another browser like FireFox, Safari, Opera, or IE. 4GB of RAM a few years ago was fine for the average user, but nowadays, I'd say 6 is a lot better. Just sitting idle, my system is using 2GB on average between all the system services running, and a few background services (Windows 8 tends to use more RAM for system services than W7). Just right now, it's sitting at 3.7GB, and all I have running is Chrome (in the background for Hangouts), Firefox with 6 tabs F.lux, and Steam.

1) Welcome to LTT!
2) Enjoy your stay (and follow the TShoot "instructions" in my sig
3) That is most certainly a dead card
4) What exactly is the card?
5) Never bake electronics... It'll reflow ALL of the solder, and this can cause multiple shorts, and for sure kill any component. If you need to reflow solder, use a heat gun, and tinfoil around the target, but not touching the rest of the components to pull the heat away from the non-target components. If you can reach the solder points, solder it with a soldering gun/iron, or get someone else to do it, if you aren't comfortable, or know how

Yeah, it's a laundry list I put, I know. I listed all of it, because thee things can be incredibly stubborn, and I've seen a few that just re-install themself based off if being installed in another browser. Usually, nuking those things costs people $20, 'cause I can nuke them quickly (sub 10 minutes), but it's still a pain.

From the sounds of things, your NTFS table for that section is dead... which means the pointers for everything are broken, or gone. Rebuilding the data is possible, but not with any free-ware I know of, so consider that data gone for the most part. Of course, there is a massive chance someone knows a lot more than I do, and could know of a way to get it back.