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Since most of our workers are now working from home, I received some complaints, that laptops take a long time to boot up.

I also noticed that problem with my own laptop, that it takes around 1-2 min longer too boot up when it's not connected to domain network. In event viewer I saw that it's trying to access netlogon folder, but that one is not available before users connect to company domain VPN.

Is there any way to make netlogon folder to be always accessible like an offline folder? I did right click on that folder and marked is as available when offline, but nothing happened.

Does anyone have any decent solution, how to make netlogon folder available even when not connected to domain network? Can be solution for only one device, or GPO solution that I would later implement for all users.

Could there be any other reason why Windows boot up, and it's stuck at "Please wait" screen for 1-2 minutes, before I can log in to my PC? Like I said, that problem only exists when I'm not connected to domain network. When I'm at work with my notebook, I just plug network cable in PC before I turn it on, and it works great.

I would be glad if anyone could give me some suggestion for decent router/switch with features:

1. 8x Gigabit ports
2. Upload/download speed limit per port of per IP/MAC address
3. Option to set specific ports to work as simple switch for IPTV functionality. Right now I can't connect my TV on router since it needs to be connected directly to modem, so easiest way to bypass this would be to set some ports to act like basic switch
4. Traffic monitor for download/upload speed usage either per port or overall
5. QoS that allows me to set highest priority for specific TCP/UDP ports.

I'm trying to find something that would have all those features, but I can't find anything in reasonable price range. Not really looking for some high end enterprise routers/switches for 500€.

Any suggestions are welcome

3 minutes ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

ExitLag will help the LAST MILE of the connection..
Instead of you driving 2000KM's, you drive to ExitLag at 1800KM's, and THEY drive the last 200m's at a faster rate than you can go.
So you connect to them, seems as normal, but they have a faster connection to the local server (distant server for you)

 

Does that make sense..
By yourself its the typical latency, using them as a HOP point,.. their connection is better at the other end for being more local to the server.

So I'm actually making some sort of VPN tunnel from my PC to ExitLag server, and they handle my game traffic/connection from them to actual game server?

Still not sure if latency I see in Resource monitor is my actual latency from me to game server, or is that just latency from me to ExitLag, and there is additional latency from them to game server, that I don't see?

Then again when looking at TCP connection I can see IP address and port number that my game is connecting to. And that stays the same even when I used ExitLag and had lower delay.

So overall you would say that I'm actually getting better latency by using ExitLag?

I cam across and ad for ExitLag: ExitLag - Get rid of lag in your game

Later I decided to try it out, and to my surprise it did lower latency for Black Desert Online game that I'm playing.

There are some topics, saying that this software can't actually lower latency between my PC and game server, but when I look at task manager, and open Resource Monitor I'm seeing about 70-90ms delay for this game, and after I tried ExitLag it dropped down to about 40ms.

Not sure how is that possible, so I'm asking here if anyone have more info about this software and if it's legit and actually works, or is just somehow adjusting data that I see in resource monitor?

For some reason when I had trial still active and played my game, it felt better, but it could be just placebo effect ... we are talking about 40 to 50ms latency difference and not sure if we can event detect that change. But since 3 day trial has ended I'm wondering if I should purchase subscription for this, but before I do so, I would like to hear some opinions regarding this software

Thanks to both of you. I just wrote email to them, and hopefully they will at least offer to repair it

Today while casual gaming, my PC crashed and I got blue screen (picture below). I was able to take picture with my phone, so I could later investigate why it came to this problem and how to prevent it in the future.

But sadly I never got any video output single again from this GPU. I tried to change PCI slot, tried to change power cables, removing RAM sticks etc. Nothing seemed to work. Later I found some old Quadro GPU in basement, and tried with that. It works without a problem, so it must be problem with GTX 1080 Ti card, and not other components or software. Once I got to Windows with old Quadro card, I used DDU and hoped this would fix anything. Swapped GPUs, and my gtx 1080 ti still doesn't work.

Warranty from EVGA ended on 1st September

I also opened GPU, and inspect it if something looks like it was burned or anything out of order, but it looks just fine.

Does anyone have any experience with applying for RMA, 2 months after product is out of warranty?

I was hoping to sell this GPU for around 350€, add another 350€ and buy RTX 3070 in January once there would be some stock of new cards. But I guess I don't have that kind of luck

I found picture of great phone holder to use in car, in the spot where you would usually put cups. 

Does anyone have some link to something similar on Ebay or Aliexpress?

I'm trying to find something similar, but can't find anything like this:

2,35GHz since it came out ... that's pushing the limits. I'm surprised it lasted you that long.

Hopefully you can RMA it.

1 hour ago, lee32uk said:

I wouldn't trust that board even with an 8 core. The MSI B450M Mortar is better. None of the B450/X470 'TUF' boards are worth buying.

To be fair, I wouldn't pair 12 core CPU with any mATX board ... but it's listed under supported CPUs, so it should work just fine. If it doesn't, he can always return this board and pick another one.

I know there are a lot of smart engineers on this forum, that don't recommend some motherboards, but I do also have a little bit of trust for manufacturers ... they surely tested those motherboard with 12 core CPU to make sure everything is working fine.

On 7/13/2019 at 8:37 AM, The Allfather said:

Okay so a couple of last things before I try this out.

 

Think it's called a PCIE cable.. the thing that connects a video card to the slot how long can that be? 

 

Does a company sell custom power switches for custom cases so I can turn the thing on? 

https://store.cablemod.com/product/cablemod-modflex-8-pin-pci-e-extension-45cm/

That extender for power delivery on GPU.

About motherboard bottlenecking GPU, yout shouldn't worry. CPU on the other hand can be a bit tricky. 3900X have 12c/24t and I wouldn't pair it with some cheap motherboard without VRM heat-sink. 

https://www.caseking.de/asrock-x570m-pro4-amd-x570-mainboard-sockel-am4-mbar-315.html

This one is releasing soon, and it is compatible with Ryzen 3900X, so I would pick this.

edit:

https://www.caseking.de/asus-tuf-b450m-pro-gaming-amd-b450-mainboard-sockel-am4-mbas-434.html

This one also have heat-sinks on VRMs, and Ryzen 3900X listed as supported CPU. So it should work just fine.

I had the best experience with EVGA for both GPUs and PSUs, so I can recommend them.

Didn't exactly have any bad experiences with other brands, since I never owned another brand and had to RMA it.

Not sure what gave you the impression for those cards to be bad ... they are what you expect from 2070 Super lineup. Under load it does keep temps under 65°C. As for performance ... it's the same as any other 2070 S ... so no, they are not bad.

https://www.eteknix.com/gigabyte-rtx-2070-super-gaming-oc-graphics-card-review/11/

7 minutes ago, FinishGamer86 said:

I can’t put in an intel K processor because my MOBO doesn’t support overclocking. Anyway I don’t think that I will overclock any time , that just doesn’t matter for me. 

In that case just go with i5 2500. Seems like decent upgrade for this price.

It also depends on your motherboard. If you can overclock CPU on it, your best bet might be 2500k. Those CPUs are beats and can be overclocked nicely. 

It's also soldered CPU, so overheating shouldn't be such a huge problem.

With 100€ to spend, you can't really afford to go with another platform, since it would require new motherboard + cpu and maybe even new RAM.

34 minutes ago, simson0606 said:

Maybe first ask for a loaner unit, even if you would have to pay a deposit. If all goes wel, you'll get the deposit back, have a video, maybe more subs, and eventually build a relationship with the vendor.

That's exactly how most of reviewers got their first hardware for reviews. You pay some amount of money, for them to ship the card to you.

After you are done with your tests, you send GPU back and get your money back as well. But keep in mind that shipping cost from you back to them is paid/covered by you. For most reviewers that's not a problem, since it usually costs around 20-30€ for shipping, but you get more than that from your Youtube partnership. 

That's the way, how you start ... after you get more and more views/subscribers, they won't bother with deposits for sending hardware to you for review, because by then you will have influence on a lot of potential consumers. If you will be successful of course.

Good luck mate!

Sometimes different combination of GPU and PSU can lead to reduced coil whine. I tried 3 different PSUs and 2 different GPUs ... any combination I made, coil whine was always there.

My "solution" was, to move PC in room below mine, and simply buy 5M displayport/USB/HDMI cables. Now noise can't get to me and I can sleep peacefully.

21 minutes ago, Origami Cactus said:

Under 85c would be ideal.

The 1600 doesn't OC well, so i would expect 60-70c while under load.

If you are Lucky 3.9 or even 4 ghz is possible on 1.36v.

Don't go over 1.4V.

I agree with this quote.

My old Ryzen 1700 was only able to clock at 3,75GHz on all cores, so I would consider 3,9GHz decent OC for first generation Ryzen.

Under 80°C at all times is perfectly fine. 85°C under stress testing is also ok, since you never actually push your CPU as hard as stress test does.

After patching our email server, I didn't notice that mails weren't coming inside ... it took me about 5 hours to realize that, and after restarting transport service, mails started coming in again. We received all emails for past 5 hours, when our email server was kinda offline to outside world. 

In most cases it should be fine for up to 12 hours ... at least that's what Microsoft employee told me.

20 minutes ago, AleksanderJM said:

Trying to create a basic share folder for a group in AD, but the users connected cannot view the data, they cannot add any new data. I have given the group permission but the users in it does still dont have access. Can anyone help?

Usually it takes gpupdate /force on user computer, and log off + log on, for permissions to apply correctly. Please try that.

1 hour ago, APasz said:

It's simply a hot chip. Mine can get upto 120w tdp, which means a massive amount of heat.

I'd say a 360 rad is a minimum.

My i5 8600k at 5GHz is using just over 100W when at full load, and I can keep it under 80°C all the time with air cooler. 

360mm rad for i9 9900k being minimum is just madness. 

I suspect that he didn't mount is properly (it happens even to experienced builders), or it could be bad TIM between cpu and cooler. If CPU cooler wasn't working, temps wouldn't stop at 95°C, but it would go to 100°C and crash very soon after stress test was started. 

Lets just hope, those CPUs won't be as toasty as Intel ones. 7nm compared to 12nm should mean less heat, but then again, they increased clock speed and core count, so I'm really wondering what temps will look like on stock, and OC headroom we can expect from decent coolers like Dark Rock 4 Pro.

On 7/1/2019 at 5:56 AM, Master Disaster said:

Are AMD really launching Zen 2 & Navi on a day when most computer stores will be closed?

 

Seems pretty short sited to me.

Online orders ... or simply watch few reviews on Sunday, go to the beach and then buy CPU on Monday.

I used to be desperate for new products, but now I just don't mind if I have to wait few more days/weeks or event months. Life ruined me -sigh- 

11 hours ago, Wonderhead said:

With the 3000 series amd CPUs coming out in a couple of days, I was wondering when is a realistic date that retailers will start selling the CPUs since I'm guessing that it will take awhile to get a hold of the products (Microcenter, Fry's, etc). Also, with the new amd GPUs coming out, should we see any NVIDIA price drops or are they going to stay the same?

They said Ryzen 3000 will be on shelf's in stores on 7/7/2019, so you should expect them then. But most shops in my country work to 15:00 on Sundays (some even less or closed), so realistically I expect them to be ready for sale on Monday 8th.

Nvidia is supposed to release new Super cards today if I'm not mistaken (2nd of July). Embargo should be lifted at 16:00, so I expect some reviews soon.

As with any other new CPU/GPU release, price drop can be expected on previous generation(s). Intel is already lowering prices of 8xxx and 9xxx chips. Retailers will do the same with Ryzen 2xxx stock, since most users will be interested in 3xxx series, so to get rid of the old stock, prices will need to be lowered. 

But don't expect 30% price drop in a matter of days ... it usually takes weeks/months, before prices are dropped significantly. 

I have a question regarding DELL P2416D monitor and it's USB hub that comes with it.

I recently moved my PC one room below, so I'm using quiet long cables now. 5M displayport for my P2416D and 5M usb cable for USB hub that is on my monitor. As far as I know, 5m is limit for USB 2.0, unless I use some kind of powered USB hub every 5m or so.

Now I'm wondering, if it's okay to use 5M USB 2.0 cable from my PC directly to monitor, and then also 3M from my monitor to other devices. Is USB hub in P2416D monitor powered, or is it passive? 

7 hours ago, Trixanity said:

99% sure it's the same as I assume it follows the principle of the actual RAM frequency. The example you give at 2933 MHz is the advertised speed due to it being DDR or Double Data Rate.

6 hours ago, leadeater said:

Think that is correct, the IF bus got wider. When they come out we'll actually know so waiting game really.

I was reading this article about Infinity Fabric: https://www.anandtech.com/show/14525/amd-zen-2-microarchitecture-analysis-ryzen-3000-and-epyc-rome/11

Guess I misunderstood those speeds ... could it be because I was hoping for 2x faster link between CCX chips, that could potentially lead to better performance in BDO, without having to disable some cores/threads. Then again we are less than a month away from release date, when all information will be available to us