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  1. anotherriddle
    thank you! It is frustrating how often this argument of blocking mining comes up. Blocking arbitrary code in hardware is not in the interest of consumers.
  2. anotherriddle
    That's true. Also for some of these attacks researchers only recently (past 10 years or so) have gotten the means to do some of this research. For example systematically scanning for not documented instructions in the x86 / x64 instruction sets or statistically analyzing and evaluating timings.
  3. anotherriddle
    Yeah, you are right and it makes sense to calm people down after all these security vulnerabilities when this one is not an immediate problem*. I just don't want people to disregard every problem with virtualisation outright because they got the impression it is not used in the industry.
  4. anotherriddle
    I agree. It was just the first sentence that got me a bit frustrated, but it probably didn't warrant my frustrated, rambling reply.
  5. anotherriddle
    This is why I said I agree mostly with your statement. I have a problem with the first bit This makes it sound like VMs and virtualisation is not used a lot in the in the industry and (for me) by extension downplays any other potential vulnerabilities regarding VMs too.
  6. anotherriddle
    I agree mostly with your statement, ... but can we please stop all those comments (regarding Intel and AMD) that something is only a minor issue when a problem only affects virtualisation. Almost everything to do with cloud, distributed compute services, webservers and services, some remote storage solutions, use virtualisation to some extend. This is a huge part of the industry. Some comments regarding Spectre and Meltdown read like "well, I am not running VMs, I am clear -> this is not a problem". Everybody that uses websites and online services is affected by these problems by extension. Sorry, I am just a bit frustrated by this.
  7. anotherriddle
    yeah, I know thanks a lot
  8. anotherriddle
    You are my hero, I didn't know about those! This is amazing, I have to read into this. Mind you, I am just some student that likes to tinker with stuff and have already too many projects on my hand but this just too useful. There go a couple of weekends
  9. anotherriddle
    I think FPGAs are a great addition to conventional computing. I still believe an FPGA-pcie-card would be better. I would love to tinker with something like that, however FPGAs are bloody expensive and only a few have an opensource toolchain and other software.
  10. anotherriddle
    That is okay, this was not supposed to change anything, but now we know the drive works but is not recognized as a boot device. The most likely scenario is that windows was updating/changing something when you forced it off, although it is strange that it kind of worked for two further reboots. I believe the OS drive is corrupted in some way but I think it may be possible to recover from this with a recovery disk. The problem is Windows 10 is not my forte, maybe someone else on this forum can help with that. Regarding the other drive not showing up: You can try mounting it in another PC and view the SMART data, it is possible the drive itself has a problem (what is the type of drive and how old is it?) It is also possible that an aging power supply can cause this behaviour. I will probably reply tomorrow, it is quite late where I am.
  11. anotherriddle
    okay, so I assume your motherboard is back in factory defaults, right? (clarification: Bios version does not matter, I mean that it is not overclocked and ram is at default speed) I would proceed this way: When the PC is shut down remove all storage devices by unplugging the sata cables (also the CD one), remove flash drives, except the ssd with your OS (make sure it is plugged in firmly, power and sata) Boot your PC and check if the SSD shows up in BIOS, first on the right where the boot devices are, if not, then under Advanced Mode -> Advanced -> sata -> configuration (you probably need to scroll down) and check if any device description shows up. Another question in the mean time: Do you have a modular power supply? If you have access to another PC you can make a live USB drive or CD (any Linux distro) and try to boot from that (if you want to make sure it is not a strange problem with the board. But I do not think it is something like that, lets check the more probable failures first.)
  12. anotherriddle
    Unfortunately I don't know anything about warranty, but a few months is not that long, I would expect a warranty to cover that. If not you can try if you can get them replaced as good will (depends on where you bought them). It seems you have excluded a software problem with reasonable certainty. If the above fails and you are not afraid of tinkering around you can try to repair them. On lower end speakers I have made the experience many have quite poor soldering between speaker and driver/amplifier. The problem you describe would fit that failure mode. (I fixed two of my own speakers that way and they work perfectly ever since. Just answer to this comment if you go down that route and need some help.
  13. anotherriddle
    So, the SSD does not show up any more or the hard drive? When you say it does not show up I assume you mean in the Bios on the right side with the boot drives? Can you describe the exact timeline of events? I am not quite sure I have the full picture yet.
  14. anotherriddle
    Hi, I am sorry to hear you have problems. I need a few more infos about your setup: You say you try booting from your main SSD, does this mean you have your OS installed on the SSD? " it appears that I lost my mechanical drive and now when ever I try to start I am forced into BIOS " so I assume this is your second "data" drive? What makes you think it failed? Edit: Additional question What kind of CD are you trying to boot from?
  15. anotherriddle
    Interestingly I don't have a delay in desktop browsers (Firefox, Edge)
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