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Could be a level of instability then. In my experience Lenovo has endless iffy BIOS and firmware patches which get dumped out automatically. You could try a DISM health check and SFC scan. Failing that you may need a Windows restore, but that always sucks to do on suspicion. Does task manager show usage % of the dGPU when say just watching YouTube?

Windows appears to be alerting you that the application is being blocked. Its also one of the earlier event viewer warnings suggests. Which suggests to me that there is a permission's issue somewhere. It could be just an effect of the driver crashing but also depends on the timeline and where that notification is coming from. If google doesn't a yield a direct fix, then you are dealing with eliminating as many possibilities. You can try running the .exe for the game(s) "as administrator" but this seems like its deeper than that. I would disable McAfee and Defender temporarily and test.

Re-install your display drivers (Radeon and iGPU if applicable). If you can maybe try a previous version(s) from Lenovo's support site. Are you running any kind of Anti Virus? Is this a device managed by Work or School device?

S2? Turbo? Or 944 spec? Looks like quite a few mods done - Nice to see another 944 being driven.

I had the same thought, so I tested this awhile back with a cheap desk pad that had never been cleaned. My front load washing machine didn't hurt it at all and the cleaning results were better than I had expected, though a gentle scrub would have done the same or better given how dirty it was. I put my desk pads (in fairness not LTT ones - but similar) in a cold water wash with a few other items and have been no ill effects so far. I hang dry mine as I imagine the dryer heat would damage them, also why I used a cold water wash.

Hopefully there is a tiny gap between the plastic base where the metal pins stick out of the motherboard and the actual plug with the wires attached.

If you can get a small screwdriver blade in there are lift up while wiggling the connector. One of the pins is probably bent slightly or you have a really tight fit. Wiggling should eventually yield the right angle or free up the binding pin and the force will either break a tight connection or pop it out when the angle is right. Pulling straight has never really helped me. Wouldn`t advise solely pulling the wire as tempting as it is for obvious reasons.

Original VW's and Porsches... They are pretty hard to beat. My dads 81 911, will roar to life instantly despite sitting since September 270K kms, no and the thing runs and looks mint (as mint as 38 year un-restored car could be). Talk to any old time Porsche tech and they will tell that they rarely do/did suspension work aside from upgrades on the cars. My 944 not as amazing but, with oil changes and changing out 30+ year old hoses and wires and seals the car still drives and feels as new. (200k km (family owned since 80k). My Mini cooper on the other hand... 135k kms and it needs major work every few months it seems. My familys (x5 based Range Rover) is the same thing. They both use BMW parts and both suffer from being over complicated (less so on the mini though) and expensive pieces. BMW 200X-05 x5's and 5 series used a big watercooled alternator. Now alternators break and and whatnot - but a new one was well over $1000, rebuilt was $800 + plus install which was not as simple as a regular alternator job. truly an un-required piece of equipment that makes things cost more to fix and over complicates things.

Seems like no one is looking at the benefits. In a year there will a HUGE amount of used cards hitting the market! And they will be high end and cheap. Say what you will about mining cards, obviously they aren't stellar and not for everyone would want the risk but it drives down used market substantially even for the used non-mining cards. So you might not have a brand new AMD 580, but you may just be able to have 2 in a year for the same money as a new one today.

I think this a very good point and often overlooked by new ITX builders and manufacturers, most of my ITX is covered by a heatsink.. I have a full glass side panel but as you said its tinted. If i was going to do anything for visuals i think i would do those plastic I/o covers and decent looking heatsinks.

I pay for it too, and I would probably pay twice as much max. if I had to go back to the old ways I don't think I would listen to as much music at all or it would be youtube based (which is not much better than Spotify when it comes to $$/listen). The trouble is finding what that per play cost would be - its very difficult thing and far from perfect world. Too much and people will torrent or not listen as much. Thus the market for music decreases and the music labels still loose. The numbers aren't lying for past number of years thanks to streaming more music is being listened to, but just as easily as that trend started it can be stopped. Personally I think Spotify should kill free listening or put a cap on the number of songs one can stream for free - Getting people to pay is important, but not too much. Its a tough time, the old school way of business doesn't like other companies making all the money from something that they were simply to old to see. If Universal for example made a streaming service they wouldn't have an issue with streaming and money going to artists... They could care less, as long as they are in control of the rights and have the all the money. But because the streaming market is so competitive they don't stand a chance. They could buy their into the market, but then their other large music companies would sue them to for not paying enough to their artists. (And a company like universal would never to do this because they are all working together to prevent or hold back streaming) I think if the market option reduces there will be the ability for the remaining streaming companies to operate and pay artists more - but right they are fighting free users, huge competition and the music labels. Spotifiy, Apple music, maybe pandora?, Google (youtube/music) will remain. You can draw a lot similarities from the movie streaming market, only the key difference is that they started to make their own content - its baffled me why Spotifiy hasn't done this yet either, seems like a great win-win for them.

As a current VIVE owner, I dont think its a good time to go for a V2 of the VIVE. GPU's haven't advanced enough to support higher resolutions, while this minor because they will shortly. The biggest problem is truly a lack of good VR content that is pushing boundaries. Don't get me wrong VR content has improved in quantity/quality and features - but I don't really there is a game out that is being held back by current tech. Yes, it would be nice to not walk around with a cord and to see higher resolutions but the mass majority of the games that are made aren't making it feel like these are necessary. Fallout, Doom etc the major AAA titles have bigger issues than resolution. I see more of need to launch it next year or maybe tail end of this year for a release. And I do think they have to very careful here going forward - VR equipment is not like monitors. If they build these too different from one another its going to annoy a lot of people. Developers aren't going to want to work for the last gen if new one is so much better/different - same way no one makes PS3 games once a PS4 is released, etc. And unlike game consoles VR equipment isn't cheap or just something to toss out after awhile. If they wanted to focus on for example improving movement characteristics - making it easier for people to walk in games, it would likely create such a huge difference in Vive V1 and V2 that it would be like going from ps3 to ps4. Developers have a hard time already getting an audience for their games because of such slow adoption (its finally picked up i think) to throw a new road block with mega hardware change would truly damper growth just as momentum was changing. Its just to early in my min for that. However if all the V2 is a resolution bump, maybe a lighter headset more comfortable unit for a similar price I see no issue.

You got to be a special idiot to buy a 04' civic for nearly $9000.... Other than that Its neat and very cool, this is the future and it it is cool to see where AI can intersect with politics and other non-techy stuff. Too bad its not useful information for anyone other than Fox, CNN (news network), ABC and other partners in crime to speculate on the next election. Now just wait until Alexa, Google Now, Siri get these results and start slowly giving biased answers to important questions asked to sway voters... Now that will be... well crazy!

More of a characteristic of the originals, before they got AWD (964/993 carrera 4's) or any form of TC. And it needs to be a heck of corner + speed, they handle quite nicely otherwise.

My few year old WD blue made noise, could hear it over my fans, actually thought it was a fan... I got new seagate 2TB and it is much quieter.

I wonder if it can speak french... and the Canadian version at that

Wait for this guy to come out, https://www.nzxt.com/products/h200i-matte-white

Build a linux based server of some sorts. That will make you learn both at the same time.

I don't think 100ft is going to work too well for you, but I only have experience with this method using 25ft cables. The USB cable will likely run into issues due to maximum length without needing a repeater. Adding in repeaters introduces lag. That said I'm not an expert but an active powered USB cable may work and they do exist. As for the HDMI cable again the cable needs to be really good (Actively powered and thick) in order to maintain the high bandwidth speeds for the entire length as the VIVE needs most of it. Its possible. I think the issue here is you need to invest in good quality gear for there to even be a chance, so high costs just for an experiment. If you got it working I would imagine there would still be some evidence of lag or latency. I remember watching my friend play a conventional game with a 50ft HDMI cable (cheap one though) and that was laggy and terrible. I think a better approach maybe to try to do it with Ethernet for such a long distance. USB/Ethernet and HDMI over Ethernet. But this method is also very expensive due to need for 4k HDMI requirements. Also unrelated to the VR content, It is very frowned upon to restart old threads, best to go and make a new thread regarding the subject. (although VR help is kinda limited so if I can I try to help out) I would suggest posting a question on the reddit VR site.

Malwarebytes active protection seemed to prevent coinhive from running, when Pirate Bay was in the news for starting to use it. But I can't confirm it 100%, going to check it out again though.

So given that a lot of people have their own NAS setups, why not use that for "cloud storage"? That would the best value for cloud services - although you do need to maintain it yourself...

As a Oneplus 5 owner, I'm not that impressed with this news... However at least they aren't recording the GPS cordinates too. Which Google does anyways. Owners of Oneplus devices should make a big deal of this, and maybe they will at least tone it down or do a Microsoft/Windows move and at least let you kinda disable the stupid tracking... The oneplus 5 is a good device, yes has its quirks but this really shouldn't be an acceptable practice for any tech company but we typically live with it. However for new/small player in the smartphone market they need to get their shit together, real fast or there won't be a market for a oneplus 6.

Phanteks Enthoo ELOV itx would be my suggestion then. https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811854015&cm_re=Phanteks_Enthoo_Evolv_ITX-_-11-854-015-_-Product but its a bit big when compared to other ITX cases.

Well I run a small 1TB plex server with freenas with an old i3-2100, seems to be fine. Mind you I'am the only user ever streaming from it So not sure how it would fair with multiple streams. My guess is 2 high quality streams maybe 3 without issue. But I'm not to familiar with freenas and hardware usage myself. Also the most my server ever does for me is downloading and playback at the same time. I think if you wanted to run VM's and or a a lot of streams having a proper quad core would be critical. Plex is straight forward, many guides available to assist. Now getting things to download and sending stuff to right locations can get trick for first timers. It took me ages and finally a friend had to walk me through it.

Telus is generally the better carrier for remoter regions of BC. At least in my experience. Rogers would be my next choice. However once you get out to Tofino and in the mountains reception isn't going to be astounding regardless. Unlimited data is kinda like unheard of in Canada unless you pay $$$$$.(which still is not unlimited) Wave hello on your* way through Victoria headed to Tofino.