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  1. 12 hours ago, fasauceome said:

    Depending on when you got it you may be covered by warranty, otherwise yeah a new cooler would be needed. Air coolers wouldn't break down like this so if you do verify that you've got a pump issue, a high quality air cooler would be a good investment instead.

    I think the warranty is expired, I got it around 5 years ago, the only thing I have replaced since then is the graphics card. I'll look into air coolers as well, if it turns out to be a pump issue. Thanks for the help!

  2. Not to hand, I could probably get a cheap Intel one to test against, it didn't make this noise when it was new, but that was a long time ago! I didn't think about checking that, so I shall look into it! Would it be worth getting a new AIO if that is the cause? That is something within my range of replacing :P

  3. Hi,

     

    My computer is making a noise, but I can't work out what it is, I have powered it on with no fans, and with the GPU disconnected, so neither of these seem to be the issue, but it sounds like the noise of a fan to me. I am using a Corsair AIO for CPU coolings, something like this but without the LED, my system is so old, RGB wasn't even cool.

    CPU - Intel Core i5 4670K
    Motheboard - ASUS Z87-K
    GPU - GTX 980 TI

    I have uploaded some wonderful phone quality recording, I'm kind of stuck on knowing what this could be, or how to go about fixing it.

    Voice 001_sd.m4a

  4. One of my hands had a spasm the other day and spilt orange on my keyboard, it's a K70 RGB. A number of issues occurred after this. A few of the lighting controllers started showing the wrong colour and a column of keys became unresponsive (F3 / 3 / E / D / X).

     

    I have cleaned the keyboard with air, I have bathed it in water and I have bathed it in isopropyl alcohol. After this, the colours now work correctly, so that's a plus, but the above mentioned keys still don't work.

     

    Can anyone provide any advice or help? I would prefer to avoid buying a new one, they are expensive yo.

  5. Currently on an i5-4670K, probably the oldest thing in my machine at the moment with the motherboard, everything else has gone through the upgrades. My question is, is it worth upgrading to a Skylake CPU yet or waiting it out for a little while? I am aware I would need to get a new motherboard and DDR4 to match.

  6. National Crime Agency lists Cybercrime “Warning Signs” for parents

    Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/502771-national-crime-age OP: SometimesStuff

    Source 2: http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/765-campaign-targets-uk-s-youngest-cy

    #CyberChoices Video

    • National Crime Agency in the UK launched a campaign

    • wants to discourage young people from being involved in cyber crime

    • seeks to help parents/caters to spot problem signs, educate 12-15 year old boys

    • over the last year, average age of cyber crime criminals featured in cases was 17 years old

    • average was 24 the year prior - Have to wonder if this has as much to do with monitoring policy changes as anything?

    • Many commenters obviously not parents, and 3rd party blogs taking the message completely out of context - this one is particularly eggregious - It criticizes a list of behaviors as though the NCA is saying everyone who exhibits them is a hacker, and goes on to say that “talk to your kids” is the answer, except that’s exactly what the NCA article says.

    • If my son spends a bunch of his time learning lockpicking and staying out late that doesn’t make him a burglar, but it’s still worth having the “hey what’re you up to junior” conversation. That’s all the NCA is saying and they're trying to put it in terms normal people can understand.

     

    Original list shown in the thenextweb blog post is what was on the NCA website as well and the below paragraph was added after all the internet backlash about the list.

     

    "Many of the signs below are just normal teenage behaviours. Taken in isolation they don't necessarily suggest a young person is at risk of getting involved in cyber crime. These are just possible indicators that your child is getting into the wrong activities. If a young person is showing several of these signs, try and have a conversation with them about their online activities. This will allow you to assess their computer knowledge proficiency so you can understand what they are doing, explain the consequences of cyber crime and help them make the right choices."

     

    It wasn't misrepresenting what was said, the NCA website did actually have the list as they showed it at the time of publishing, I updated my opening post when they changed the list. Here's a snapshot for the 9th of December 2016, when it first broke as news - https://web.archive.org/web/20151209031403/http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/crime-threats/cyber-crime/cyber-crime-preventing-young-people-from-getting-involved

     

    Screenshot incase link doesn't work.

     

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    If anything, it shows that someone in the NCA noticed they did something wrong and corrected it.

  7. Welcome to the 21st century, 'Murica. If a government-related party says this don't you think it's time for them to start looking, oh I don't know, EVERYWHERE ELSE ON THE PLANET WHERE DATA CAPS ON HOME BROADBAND INTERNET HAS BEEN GONE FOR 10 YEARS OR WAS NEVER THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?

     

    This was produced by the British Government, where there also is no datacap, but they had no idea what they were talking about.

  8. This is to prevent young kids into becoming what's known as a script kiddy. Often script kiddies are the ones being arrested at a young age. This ruins their life, and they either become suicidal, or give up on everything else. The government does not want to deal with these people; however, real cyber criminals are often watched for a few years then recruited, or thrown in jail if they don't see any potential. I'd go into more details, but these articles are somewhat important for parents.

     

    Unfortunately, this campaign doesn't present it in the right way at all, it's scaremongering and doesn't give parents any useful advice, how can a parent talk to their child about cybercrime if they don't have the information or knowledge on the subject? An IT teacher at a school is better equip to give warnings/advice if the school hired someone competent, a parent will just get worried and panic if they don't understand. Then you also have to trust that the child will tell the truth to their parents on what they are doing on the computer, they aren't going to say "Oh yeah, I just DDoSed a website ma." unless they are A+ Stupid.

     

    The criteria listed is also a joke, completely useless, just scares and will probably mean that some kids are discouraged from going near a computer at home, or when they do, heavily supervised. It would be helpful to give parents useful information, not this...

  9. Source 1: http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/765-campaign-targets-uk-s-youngest-cyber-criminals

    Source 2: http://oomlout.co.uk/blogs/news/79367233-national-crime-agency-lists-daft-cyber-crime-warning-signs

    Source 3: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/09/nca_teen_hackers_parents_campaign/

     

    Many of you are likely to fall into the categories the NCA has listed as potential cybercriminals, so hand yourself in right away!

     

     

    According to the National Crime Agency, the following questions if answered in the positive raise the possibility that "a young person is at risk of getting involved in cyber crime:"

     

    • Is your child spending all of their time online?
    • Are they interested in coding? Do they have independent learning material on computing?
    • Do they have irregular sleeping patterns?
    • Do they get an income from their online activities, do you know why and how?
    • Are they resistant when asked what they do online?
    • Do they use the full data allowance on the home broadband?
    • Have they become more socially isolated?

       



    According to Oomlout, the document says that a childs interest should be steered in a positive direction, but it doesn't do it in the right way, here's the quote.

     

     

    While the document goes on to list ways a child's interest in technology topics can be steered in a positive direction, many older makers thinking back to their youth will likely be able to tick the majority of the 'warning sign' boxes - we know we can. While the NCA's aim of helping to curb the growing trend for ne'er-do-wells to use technology for ill is to be lauded, we can't help but feel this approach is badly thought out - and, worse, could lead to negative interactions which turns the next Steve Wozniak or Tim Berners-Lee off a career in technology for good.

     

     

    One of the other things the NCA said, was that this is aimed at parents of 12-15 year old boys, because they are clearly the only ones who could possibly commit cybercrime, or use a computer. So I guess, I have always been safe from the NCAs prying eyes and scaremongering!

     

    And if you want to cringe, YouTube video:

     

     

    This is a terrible way to go about the whole issue, the tactics used and the list made are just going to make parents who don't understand anything about tech/computing scared without reason. I wouldn't have wanted my mum or dad coming into my room constantly asking "What are you doing? What are you doing?" which is what this seems to aim to want to promote. I'm not comfortable with any campaign which goes about getting their point across in this way.

     

    UPDATE:

     

    The NCA have made a change to their list on their website, possibly after getting some negative remarks, here is what it now states:

     

     


    • Are they resistant when asked what they do online?
    • Do they get an income from their online activities, do you know why and how?
    • Is your child spending all of their time online?
    • Do they have irregular sleeping patterns?
    • Have they become more socially isolated?

    Removed coding, learning material and data allowance from the list.

     

    http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/crime-threats/cyber-crime/cyber-crime-preventing-young-people-from-getting-involved

  10. As someone who has been using for years now, the only time I've ever seen a prompt to upgrade to their premium service was/is on initial setup. So, as a genuine question, where are you seeing these purchase prompts? I know if you attempt to use some of the "premium" features from within the controller, they do encourage you to buy it, however all said and done, it just quietly runs in the background otherwise. I've never seen a single un-prompted purchase ad.

     

    If you have notifications enabled on Avast free, it will periodically spam you with notifications to upgrade, sometimes interrupting a game, but I believe you can just disable notifications. Not used Avast in a while, I'm in a Kespersky phase again! When I look at reviews, it's always somewhere around the top and often, there's somewhere selling it at a reasonable price.

  11. Norton or mcafee people just like one better or not 

     

    I dislike both equally, bad experiences.

     

    Personally, I like Kespersky, not had a problem with it, that's if I feel like buying anti-virus software, otherwise I use Avast.

  12. i wash the filters under water, 

    blow the components with compressor and put a screwdriver in the fan that i'm blowing,

    compressor may spin it too fast and damage it

    and that's it

     

    Oh, I've been using my finger to stop the fan spinning when I blow dust out, does a screwdriver make more sense?

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