Timbs

I currently have 2 phones, an old Samsung Galaxy J3 Eclipse 16gb, and a Samsung Galaxy S4 16GB, and both are on the way out (S4 is my main phone to text/call). I have found a good deal on an iPhone 6S on Amazon for $130, and I was wondering if those phones are of any good, and if it would be reasonable for me to keep it for around 2 years with minimum problems. I was also wondering if it would be a major upgrade from my S4, as finding comparisons is fairly hard. I mostly use my phones to text people, take pictures, watch videos, and stream music. On the occasion I will play light games
 

Thank you for your time

6 minutes ago, minibois said:

F11 is typically the boot menu, but your mileage may vary.

 

But Windows 10 has a built-in way to get into the UEFI.

3 way to do this:

1. Go to Settings > update and security > Recovery > and under Advanced startup you press restart now.

or

2. In CMD do this command: shutdown /r /o

or

3. Windows menu > hold Shift > restart > still hold shift!!

 

These will all bring you to the same menu where you can do Advanced, UEFI.

You could also just unplug the new drive and run on your old drive, backup all the stuff and then go plug in the new drive again

I will try those last 2, as the first one disabled my keyboard from working when I tried it this morning.

The problem I have is that I have over 1.5TB worth of stuff, and I only need to use the SSD as a boot drive, maybe thats my problem? Finding any information to set this up the right way has been impossible

I finally decided to pull the trigger on an SSD for my old rig, as my 2 1TB drives were getting very slow. I installed Windows to it using a thumb drive, and it had me create a new account. Getting into the desktop, I realize I can no longer access the account thats on my old drive. Is there a way to fix this? That account has over 4 years of files that are needed to be kept, and losing them would be very tragic. It also includes all my passwords, and the such. 

Another point, I cannot access my BIOS/UEFI, as when I boot up my machine, I mash both the F12 key, and the Del key which are both the boot manager and BIOS respectively, but nothing happens. I've even turned off fast boot, and tried to do the recovery thing, but it does not show. If there is any way I can enter my BIOS, that would be greatly appreciated. 

Thank you for your time, and happy holidays

So, I have had this monitor for several years, and it has always been my favorite monitor I have ever owned. My old, and trusty Westinghouse L2210NW 16:10, 1050p monitor. Well, within the past few days it has recently gained a problem. When I turn my computer off for the night, and return to it the next morning, and turn everything on, my monitor will not work unless unplugged, and re-plugging the power cable back in it in several times. Here is a short list of what it does:

Upon first turn on of day, it will be just plan black, or grey, but the light on the bottom will be on, and I cannot turn it off

After several replugs, the bottom half of the screen will be black or grey, and the top half will have horizontal white lines

After a few more replugs, the monitor will work as it has for the past nearly decade

Does this mean that my monitor is dying? Or is there just something simple that I'm not thinking about? Any help would be appreciated, as I would love to keep the monitor in working condition for as long as I have this computer

13 hours ago, iKingRPG said:

If you want more bass for the similar budget get maybe Samsung HT-J5500W 5.1 Channel 1000-Watt 3D Blu-Ray Home Theater System (2015 Model) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UCXJD8A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_QE1cCbJ305SV5 with another extra subwoofer likr the Polk Audio PSW10 10-Inch Powered Subwoofer (Single, Black) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002KVQBA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_QF1cCb2B82H1T . You could always consider that virtual surround stuff but it costs more and idk how it sounds. If the speaker is too much get Monoprice 108247 5.1-Channel Home Theater Speaker System, Six https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007YLQUWK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_1I1cCb1VM47HN with the extra subwoofer. (The subwoofer is what makes the bass if you didn't know) I know the extra subwoofer goes over budget but the speakers have good bass without it.

The only problem I have with running 5.1 systems is that I have no room, and nowhere to put the extra speakers. Probably should've put that I can only really use 2.1 systems. And yes, I know the subwoofers make the bass, lol. I'm currently running 2 Kicker C12s on a JL JX1000W amp in my Suburban, so I know a little bit about subwoofers and how to get the best bass out of them, its just that my current audio system is crap

5 hours ago, Turtle Rig said:

I don't think he can afford that, plus the speakers.

 

With any PC audio system, eventually the volume will take over the bass sound.  You don't want that then you need 1k speaker setup.  Soo honestly just go with Logitech 2.1 THX system or Klipsch 2.1 Pro Media.  The Pro Media is better unit but you won't tell the sound difference unless your a hardcore audiophile.

How is the high tones? And is the subwoofer on the Promedia very powerful? I need something with meaty bass that carries, and doesn't kick very hard, with not very prevalent high end notes due to sensitive hearing

17 hours ago, Max_Settings said:

All depends on budget.

My budget is anything below $200. Not much, but its better than nothing

12 hours ago, circeseye said:

how about just adding a powered sub

That is the route I have been wanting to go down for quite a while, but the only problem I have is space. My desk is shoved inside of a corner, with very little room for my legs to fit, and my PC tower. Although I am going to be building a wider desk here sometime soon, I still will run into the problem of space. I have some 6x9s I can use, but I would need to make a shelf for them. I have a spare Kicker C12 and a 500W amp leftover from a friend that I could use, but I mocked everything up and it would take up over 25% of my floor space

It is time that I start trying to upgrade my sound system. I currently use the Logitech Z523, and the aux jack that plugs into the computer is quite finnicky. To the point where only the left or right speaker will work, or I just get static. But this isn't my only problem. I need more bass. I want a bigger, more powerful, and even a ported box would be amazing to have in my home setup. I really like the look of the Logitech Z5500, but that is still pretty expensive, and I don't have the room for surround sound. What does everyone recommend that I get? Or, should I just say screw it, and ghetto rig a car audio system under my desk?

Honestly, get a GTX 1060 6GB, or a GTX 1050 Ti. I have had my 1050 Ti for over 2 years now, and I can run just about everything I throw at it that is relatively new, at 1080p, and medium-high settings. 

Then, with the saved money, spend it on other areas. SSD, Memory, or save up for a new Mobo/CPU

Another good thing to do to ensure that the issue would be the GPU is to disable the on board graphics, reinstall drivers for the GPU, and try different cables. Good to hear that it looks like the issue has been fixed! I have the same card, and have since January (bout a year now) and have not seen this issue. Hope I don't lol

UPDATE:: ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED

I was able to boot through my extra hard drive that had nothing on it which was able to overthrow something in my broken Hard drive and was able to boot into Windows. Immediately I backedup all of my files. Lets see how long this lasts.

5 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

RIP. Try resetting the BIOS to defaults, see if that does anything. 

It doesnt. I've tried literally everything. I'm going to see if I cant borrow a hard drive with Win10 installed on it to atleast get into my pc so I can backup all of my stuff and reinstall Windows

1 hour ago, firelighter487 said:

sure. 

 

have you got a backup of all your data?

Nope. I wish I did

1 hour ago, wonderforest said:

Can you safe boot before windows try to load ?

I've tried to but F8 or Shift+F8 doesnt do jack

30 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Do you have an external drive? If so, borrow a laptop or something from a friend (you'll need access to another PC to make a Windows 10 install drive if it comes to that) and make a Linux live disk. Boot from that, and then copy all your files over to the external drive, unplug it to make sure nothing happens to the data, then reinstall Windows 10. If you have access to another PC this is the simplest fix. If you don't safe boot and the other recovery options are your best bet, like @wonderforest suggested. 

I don't have external drive. Nor do I have friends with computers. However I will be bringing in my PC to my Tech teacher on Monday and see if he cant get me a copy of Windows

Not really urgent. However, my PC failed a Windows 10 update. Now it just boots up, shows "GATEWAY" (My PC is an old Gateway Btw), shows the Windows 10 logo with a loading circle, goes to a black screen, then restarts. This is very annoying, and has been doing it for hours. I do not have another PC to use, so I must find a way to fix it ASAP. Any help is appreciated. 

I used to be really into vaporwave. As you can see from my pfp. Gonna change my name now though. Kinda got out of it as it just got a little bit old. I now mostly listen to 80s synthpop.

1060 3GB is better card. However, keep in mind if you do go for a 1060, you will have to get a PSU with either a 6 pin and 8 pin PCI power, or both 6 or both 8. Depends on which 1060 you go for.

Gracias homeboy

Looks like Linus if he was a skinhead on heroin.

Less on CPU, more on GPU. GO for at least a GTX 1060 or 1070.

34 minutes ago, Clockwork_princess said:

I have the alien 220w and the GX350.

 

i use the alien becase the GX is huge and not partial to carry around, I run it with the baby beast becase my vape is green and the baby beat that came with it is green.

 

but i also have the TFV8 and two TFV12's 

 

i have over 20 bottles of juice as i dont vape a ton and move flavors before i finish 30ml is juice.

 

my juice of choice right now is venom by VCT, but alien piss 1 and 2 and my all time favorites 

 

im wanting to try a grape flavor 

 

If you find a good grape hmu. I love grape and orange flavored things, next tank I do I'm going for an Orange flavored juice. My brother has a Big Baby Beast, might get a Baby Beast or the Big Baby Beast. Not sure yet. Tank is cracked and don't care enough to fix the glass.

2 hours ago, SansVarnic said:

Several members in the forum vape. Op you have the ability to perform a search of the forum in the top right corner of the page to find a many number of threads on this topic. If you so chose to do so of course. FYI

I had done that, but really couldn't find any forums wanting to know what juice they ran n stuff, ya dig?

12 minutes ago, cluelessgenius said:

watch, people are gonna freak out and hate on vaping here. i mean i can even kinda understand it since this is a tech forum and vapers already have a preconception of being to "in your face" about the whole thing. so i try to not talk about it if im not asked about it. anyway...

 

...i switched from smoking to vaping about 2 years ago and my current setup is:

IJOY RDTA 5

Eleaf Ester

Dual Clapton SS at 0.2 Ohm / 65 watt

 

for flavor im not sure the once i use mostly are international brands and i mostly just buy aroma and mix it myself.

i use 50/50 or 70/30 depending on whats in stock when im buying and my favorite aromas right now are "Apple Cake" by K-Boom and Smoking Bull's "Emma"

I'm getting into more 70/30 stuff. Theres a shop near me that custom makes juices and they're damn good

Like title says, wondering if anybody here vapes. If so, what flavor/nicotene do you run? And whats your setup? I currently run Menthol 6Nic. My setup as of right now is a full iJust 2 stick. Battery connection is shit so might replace it and get an iJust S battery. Not sure yet. Post pictures of your stuff if you wish.

Last time I really used the RCA cable on the regular was August 5, 2015. So yeah, pretty dead. Other than that, I have my original Xbox at my dads cause he doesn't have internet, but other than older electronics and old TVs, its deader than the Ford Probe.