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Yeah, cousin will be dropping it off over at my place tonight after he swings by Canada Computers to exchange the SSD just in case. I've got a bunch of CR2032's laying around so I'll give the CMOS Battery a swap to be sure.

I'll see if he can go exchange the new SSD, it was a new MX500 though, and we did check it with Crystal, but I guess there's the chance of a dud... but then there's the fact that this happened on his old SSD as well... and that one tested fine also. Any other theories?

Hey guys, I'm trying to help with my cousin's computer and I'm stumped... it's a ~6/7 year old Asus gaming prebuilt PC. (i7-4770K) About two weeks ago his computer would just refuse to boot, even Safe Mode would only work after many attempts. Tried repair installations, tried fresh installation, nothing. Figured the SSD (a 120GB SanDisk) had run its course so he went out and got a new Crucial MX500 and installed windows on it and everything was great again... for a few days. Then one night he had some Windows Updates to do, so he let it do the updates when he was getting off for the night. It stalled and never recovered, was not able to boot back in. Fresh windows install again. Worked fine, installed drivers, played some Warzone (thankfully games were installed on a separate HDD that seems unaffected) and then got off for the night. Next day, won't boot into Windows. Ran Memtest just to be safe (he recently upgraded his RAM about a month ago) and it all passed. Another format and fresh install, all good. Next day, again, won't boot, even after having disable Windows Update. Anyone have an idea of what the issue could be? I previously was thinking maybe it was the MoBo (old VRMs degrading?), but he's not having stability issues (crashing/freezing) when Windows or Games (CS:GO, CoD:Warzone) are running... the issue only presents on a fresh boot up after being turned off overnight. Could the PSU cause something like this? I have asked him to check if the SSD and the HDD are on different power cables. My current theory is that his HDD is likely ona Molex poer connection but his SSD's are on a SATA Power connection and that rail is faulty. Might try a Molex-to-SATA (and hopefully not lose all his data) adapter temporarily to test. Does this theory sound reasonable?

What kind of yield are you getting per spool of filament? How many frames are you getting out of a spool? I'm just waiting on some parts to arrive on Monday to get myself started. (Using PLA for now as I'm very new to 3D printing)

Coworker's little brother (~19) is looking for a new Gaming computer. His Budget ~$2,000 CAD, taxes in. I talked them out of buying a Laptop, as this way they'll be able to upgrade it in the future, and replace parts that fail. Now I need help. I can happily build them a new desktop, but I don't want to support it. I just know I'm going to be getting calls and texts down the road to fix this and that... So I need the community to save me! The trigger needs to be pulled today, so, here's my request: Are there any good gaming machines that can be had at this price point, from a system builder? I've never dealt with iBuyPower, or any of these other guys myself, how are they for reliability? Do any of them offer telephone support? (At least for like, 90 days or something to get him started) Help me out, I don't want to be Tech Support for the next 3 years!

I'd want the keyboard myself. Recently bought myself a 'blue' switch keyboard for use at work (because they don't care if membrane keyboards are giving me RSI). Would love a 'brown' switch keyboard for quieter use at home.

Nice! How does it feel? It is any lighter/snappier than Windows 8, or at least not more sluggish? Really looking forward to trying out Windows 10 Mobile if it does come to OnePlus devices. Continuum would be amazing to have!

Maybe they'll use us OnePlus owners as guinea pigs, so if the phone bricks we just get them fixed under warranty, and Microsoft doesn't have to take the hit? Just a theory. How's ASUS's warranty regarding messing with the bootloader and flashing custom ROMs?

Source: Microsoft reportedly plans to release Windows 10 Mobile ROMs for OnePlus 2, 3 and Xioami Mi 5 As per Windows Central: As a OnePlus 2 order, this does make sense... The BootLoader is easy to Unlock (even encouraged), and OnePlus does not void warranty due to flashing ROM's. Sounds like a great test platform. I would probably give this a try, but wouldn't keep it until someone works out a Dual-boot system.