Zero Fox

Minecraft will use more RAM the more mods you install, take that into consideration.

So this problem appeared on my laptop this past weekend, but at last I managed to find what it was. The way that my Windows intalation manages the TCP protocol was broken. Thanks to this report I understood my problem. After the right google search I found an application called TCP Organizer, wich basically is a hub that can read and change Windows registries related to the TCP protocol. The application read that half of the registries were misconfigured/were not the default. I used the "Windows Default" profile that came with the app to fix it, and now my laptop downloads at the speeds that it should. I don't know what caused those changes in the registry tho...

In the I never knew wat it was... I ended up making a clean install of Windows 10 (21H1) to resolve this... let's call it "bug".

Hola! I recently notice that my 7 months old desktop is having problems with downloads, the launcher for the game Black Desert Online is always stuck at 1.1 MB/s, I though it was a limit set by their server (the south american one), but just 1 month ago I bought a MSI laptop on a local retail store, a MSI GF75 17", i copied the game trough the network to prevent downloading it again, when it came the the time for an update, the laptop connected to a WiFi 6 AP, manage to download the update at 13~15 MB/s, while the desktop was still stuck at 1.1 MB/s. I started troubleshooting the network side of things for my desktop, it was actually connected to a faulty Ethernet port, changing the port fixed that, but it wasn't enough. SpeedTest and Fast both report my contracted download speed, just like Steam, qBittorrent and the Genshin Impact launcher, but direct downloads and the Black Desert launcher are stuck at 1.1 MB/s. Running multiple downloads at the same time (2 on the browser, and Black Desert updating) ended up at 1.1 MB/s each, so without a doubt my PC is receiving way more than that. MEGAsync in the other hand is stuck ~2.2 MB/s. What have I tried: Updated Windows 10 from 20H1 (or H2) to 21H1. Updated the BIOS from a december 2020 version to a may 2021 version. Downloading using ProtonVPN, connected to USA. Changed the MAC address trough the Windows settings. Downloading while the Windows Firewall is off. Downloading while the router's firewall is off. Then, I ran Manjaro Linux on a live USB, ran the browser download, and it actually downloaded with tops of 16 MB/s, I'm talking about the very same downloads that were stuck at 1.1 MB/s on Windows. I came back to Windows to see if the problem solved itself, but it was still stuck... My Specs; Desktop (the one that has download speed problems): AMD Ryzen 5 3400G Radeon Vega 11 MSI X470 Gaming Plus MAX motherboard 2x8 GB Corsair vengeance LPX 3200 MHz (running at 3000 MHz) 512 GB SSD 3D Nand from Silicon Power (M.2 NVMe) 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD Corsair CV450, 450 Watt power supply Laptop (the newer system, doesn't seem to have internet speed problems): Intel Core i5 10-300H GTX 1650 4G 1x8 GB Kingston 3200 MHz (running at 2933 MHz) 512 GB SSD from Kingston (M.2 NVMe) Intel WiFi 6 AX201 Network: Arris modem and router, provided by ISP Archer AX21 WiFi router, functioning as a Access Point, and the only WiFi access Contracted down speed is 200 Mbps. in practice is usually 220 Mbps. Desktop is connected to the Arris. Laptop is connected with WiFi 6 to the Archer AP. When the Desktop was new this wasn't happening, I don't know what changed now... I'm not even sure when it started, I believe it was shortly more than a month ago, before I got the new laptop. Do you guys know what could be happening here? Also, my smartphone, a LG V30+, seems to have problems with the Archer 5 GHz connection, as each time I connect it to it, its speed is stuck at ~2.5 MB/s. I tested that with the 5 GHz WiFi on the Arris router (wich is otherwise off), and it was at full speed...

It turns out that the Ryzen 5 3400G officially support RAM up to 2933 MHz. So faster than that is just luck apparently, and I should not expect my CPU to be able to handle speeds faster than 2933... If anyone know the answer, or at least a theory: why did the system ran fine for a month with RAM at 3200 MHz?

Hi. I completed this build like a month and a half ago: Ryzen 5 3400G RX Vega 11 (integrated graphics) MSI X470 Gaming Plus Max 2x8GB Coirsair Vengeance LPX 3200MHz cl16 Corsair CV 450 W 80+ Bronze Thankfully everything worked out of the box, that meant that it was time to set the memory at advertised speeds. I had my problems because A-XMP didn't set the DRAM voltage automatically, but using A-XMP (that extracted the profile from the sticks) and setting the DRAM voltage to 1.35v, my PC booted and ran without problems. This week that just passed however, my PC would get problems to POST, signaling problems with memory, after 1 or 2 failed POSTs, the system would boot and run for more than 12 hours a day. Then last saturday it just won't post, the motherboard has a feature that resets the memory values to default when this happens, and with default values the PC do POST. I tested different things, and reached this conclusion: At default values it boots. At 3066 cl16 and cl18 it boots but it's unstable (with the "Memory Try it!" feature) At 3133 cl18 boots sometimes (with the "Memory Try it!" feature) At 3000 cl16 it boots and run without problems (for now) At 3200 it doesn't boot no matter the timings (with neither "Memory Try it!" nor A-XMP) For context: the CPU and iGPU are not overclocked. I haven't changed the SoC voltage as I don't know what that really does. I tried reseating the power connectors and the RAM. I tried running the RAM in the other channel. I tried running the RAM at voltages from 1.34v to 1.40v. As this is not a super machine, I'm not interested in overclocking the CPU, and just want the RAM at its advertised speeds (as according to benchmarks I did before and after, it does improve performance). Does anyone knows why this is happening?

Thank you both @Jurrunio and @unclewebb for helping me with this issue. Well, conclusion time: I re-did the thermal pastes, this time both CPU and GPU gave lower idle and loaded temps, the CPU is still reaching ~97 degrees on a bad day, I need to clean the fan and replace the VRMs thermal pad. However both devices have problems to reach their respective clocks by themselves, I have to use ThrottleStop with the multiplier set to 13T for the CPU, and MSI Afterburner with custom overclocking enable for the GPU (found about that today), so I'm still curious of why these devices can't work properly on their own like they use to~2 weeks ago.

Ok, I manage some progress... (what does 'BD PROCHOT' mens and what do that check do?) When I opened the BD PROCHOT was checked so I unchecked it, I ran the bench with the CPU stuck at 1.4GHz during most of the bench; I then turn the multiplier from 11 to 13T which was the highest and there were a change, now my CPU was reaching its base clock and a little above that, I ran the bench again and this time it was reaching its max turbo clock while changing back and forth between 1.8 and 2.7GHz (like a usual modern CPU behaves, instead of the clock fixed in a frequency). I didn't took screenshots there, also a process was hogging one of my disks so I rebooted the system, and the CPU was back to its problem state between 1.1 and 1.4GHz, apparently it only work as intended when I turn on ThrottleStop... I ran both benchs again and notice the unlocked multiplier bench put my CPU up to ~95 degrees in lees than a minute, I assume all of this is really a thermal problem...

There was enough paste, but I think I putted too much pressure, which led to the paste just splat/spray (idk how to say it) away from the die, I will work on that. Thanks for your constant replies by the way

Well, the thermal paste I have just applied sucks, the CPU is still working below base clock and still reach temps of 71 degrees, the GPU is also working below of its base clock but with slightly lower temps. I also have my doubts about the cooling fan, it doesn't seen to reach its max RPM, only when the PC is shutting down (~2 seconds away from shutting down completely) is where sometimes I hear it really spinning up. A maybe important note I forgot: when I receive this laptop the battery was damage and can only power the laptop for around 10 seconds.

Ok, will try

After a quick google search I saw that VRMs are chips around the CPU (apparently), what do you me recommend to do? Should I just re-apply thermal paste?

I have a 'HP Envy 17-1190nr 3D Edition' that my friend gave me (because he bought a Predator Elios and doesn't need this one) and I'm looking for possible uses with this, specially after my main PC broke... CPU: Intel Core i7 Q720 @1.60GHz RAM: 8GB DDR3 GPU: AMD Radeon Mobility HD 5800 series (apparently 5830) OS1: Windows 10 Pro, version 1803 OS2: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS On a Sunday, I took this to a LAN party and play a couple of old games with it, I think I took it to its limit because it ran hot (like constant 100 degrees C on CPU and GPU) for some hours. The next day I encountered a problem with the GPU were it would be stuck at 300MHz under any load, I have dealt with that before but wasn't really sure how did I resolve it, but this time my CPU was also running below its clock speed, running between 1.1 and 1.4GHz on idle. I started running benchmarks and games and these loads would just push the clock ever lower, according to the Task Manager, HWmonitor and MSI Afterburner my CPU under load its stuck at 931MHz, taking into account that the turbo is ~2.7GHz, this is insanely slow! I googled the problem, the common solution to this is play with the power options: Power Plan, processor state... but that doesn't change anything, also I ran the 7-Zip benchmark on Ubuntu and resulted in the same, the CPU getting stuck at 931MHz, which got me worried of a fatal hardware problem. One of the latest solutions i found was turning off the Intel Power Management driver on Windows, this resulted in, just as booting on Safe Mode, the CPU stuck at its base clock of 1.60GHz, this is useful when I need the laptop, but its not a complete solution and it never reach the turbo speed. Do you think I can make it run like before? Or is this laptop doomed and won't be fix without spending money on it? Here are 2 screenshots: the 1st is running a 7-Zip benchmark while monitoring the CPU with thermals; the 2nd is playing Sekiro at 1366x768 (i think) while monitoring the CPU and GPU with thermals.

I am asking to get some things clear, i have read in LTT video's comments things like "CRT refresh at 144Hz" and "CRT can show Absolute Black", as far as i know those fatcs aren't true. I have a Technomaster KS29EK601L2, a CRT TV that i still use to play previous gen consoles, the TV can switch between 50Hz and 60Hz on PAL mode and stays at 60Hz on NTSC mode, even on black screens the TV stills litghs up so it's not capable of showing Absolute Blacks. Those are misunderstandings or there are models of CRT that can provide such features?

I'm just guessing about wsappx, i don't have any prove that the malware was that service. However, the service was using many resources and the Windows Store's downloads were frozen. When the malware was deleted wsappx was still active but using minimal resources, and the Windows Store and all the others UWP apps start working again. It was the only wsappx service running and i couldn't disable it, so i guess the malware took control of a critical Windows service.