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This is a bit of an odd one, but hear me out: Queer Eye, but tech edition... Basically the concept is making a positive impact in people's lives, but instead of getting a makeover, they get a tech overhaul, focusing on things that will help them get ahead in life, plus maybe bringing in some outside professionals who'd coach them on things that they are struggling with. Test case: My mom, who raised myself and my sister basically by herself from 17 years old has been struggling. She supports so many people that she doesn't leave time for herself. Despite that, she is trying to build up her gourmet vegan cocoa business for the better part of a decade and it is her dream to be able to do that full time. She's an extremely hard worker, doing everything from order fulfillment, packing, doing public events/markets, and way more. She is an inspiration for me in so many ways, but especially for her tenacity. But, one thing she is not is a tech person. I would love it if LTT would give her a tech overhaul, including having someone help coach her on running an online store and designing her website (runs on Square space, but she's always had a hard time managing it and the design just isn't up to where it could be), she's also been interested in selling on other platforms but just hasn't known or had the time to figure out where to start. She runs her entire business from a budget laptop because it is all she could afford as every last cent is put back into her business, so she could really a better computer/peripherals, desk, etc. She just recently quit her day job so she could put more energy into taking her business to the next level and so I'd really like your help in getting her off on the right foot!
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Storage solution for large growing database
featherwolf replied to 5aberd's topic in Storage Devices
Regarding the Seagate drive, was this connected to the server via SATA or USB or what? Wanna make sure the bottle neck is actually the drive and not the connection. That said, assuming you're okay with the higher cost of flash memory, slap a few terabytes of 2.5" SSDs in RAID in your rig. You will suffer from write endurance on SSDs but if you have a good backup methodology (remember the 3, 2, 1 rule), and you pick higher quality SSDs then I believe that would be a very good option. -
How old is the drive? Could be that either the controller is failing, a flash chip has failed or it has reached near it's max write limit. Every ssd has a maximum amount of data that can be written to the chips before it stops allowing writes. Regardless, there's not much you can do to save a problematic drive and unless you can rule drive failure out I would begin backing everything important up if it's not already. Also, worthwhile to look into if your particular laptop has a user upgradeable ssd. You may be able to find a teardown online or if not, you can try opening it yourself and finding out.
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That I'm not sure about, but if it were me I'd start with the manufacturer. Send them an email or call and tell them that you'd like to order new cables for your PSU. That way, you can be sure that the cables are a match for your PSU and that they will most likely work or return or exchange them if not. If your PSU is older and maybe discontinued, then I guess eBay would be next on my list. I would also probably accept that I may have to buy a set of cables rather than just the individual cable I'm looking for. If you have a micro center near by, it's totally worth giving them a call too.
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Yep, that's where I'd start. Good luck!
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Those temps are perfectly normal and well within the operating temp of a modern GPU. That said, if nothing else in your rig has changed, your higher temps are likely just do to old thermal paste. If you feel comfortable doing so, disassemble the cooling shroud and put some good quality, non-conductive thermal paste on the die.
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Do you have multiple 8 pin connectors? Sounds like maybe the cable is bad. Either that or try plugging the 8 pin cable into a different spot on the PSU if possible.
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System shuts off as soon as games load
featherwolf replied to featherwolf's topic in Troubleshooting
So, I ended up returning the motherboard and getting an X370 board which has support for Crossfire at PCIE 3 x8/x8. Since then, I have had no more crashes. I think there may have simply been an issue with the power delivery through the PCIE on the previous motherboard or something like that especially since the GPUs were constantly shooting up to high 80's in temp as soon as I loaded a game, making the fans sound like a jet engine. This does not happen on the new Mobo either as the GPUs now hover around 61 under load on the hottest card (granted I did replace the thermal compound when I switched, but that's still a huge difference). Very strange. Didn't have huge expectations for that b450 Gigabyte board, but this was pretty frustrating and disappointing nonetheless. Thanks for the help along the way! I'm glad the issue has been resolved.- 14 replies
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I wonder if this is why my GPU was having thermal issues...
featherwolf replied to featherwolf's topic in Graphics Cards
Yes indeed. It's hard to see, but there were actually two pieces of film, one underneath the paste and one around it, clearly saying "Remove before use". -
System shuts off as soon as games load
featherwolf replied to featherwolf's topic in Troubleshooting
Thanks for the info. I'll give it a shot!- 14 replies
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System shuts off as soon as games load
featherwolf replied to featherwolf's topic in Troubleshooting
As far as I can tell everything seems stock in GPU-Z. Here's screenshots fom GPU-Z and Techpowerups bios database:- 14 replies
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featherwolf replied to featherwolf's topic in Troubleshooting
Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro Wifi Rev. 1 Asus ROG Strix Gaming OC RX 580 (x2) G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 MHZ (4x4GB) AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Micro Center Brand 500 GB NVME SSD Seagate Barracuda 4 TB HDD EVGA Supernova G+ 80 Plus Gold 750w PSU- 14 replies
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featherwolf replied to featherwolf's topic in Troubleshooting
That's a good point. I should look into the BIOS it is running. Do you know how I can check that?- 14 replies
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