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On 10/3/2022 at 6:31 PM, Sweech said:

Hey!

I'm part of a org for StarCitizen and we love finding people to attend our events or just hang out.
My group is Imperium, this is our Discord link: https://discord.gg/imperiumsc 
My name is Switch in the group and can assist with anything you need just send me a message or we have a helpdesk channel if I'm not around. I'm currently not playing daily but we do have a big group so should have someone playing, currently just waiting for citizencon. =]
Let me know if theres anything you need!

Hey there! I just re downloaded the game after like 6 years and I'm looking for friends to try it with mind if I join ya?

On 1/19/2022 at 3:46 PM, Linus No Beard said:

well my idea is to buy the xmr then put it through a mixer to get it to my main wallet

I don't think a mixer is necessary after you have XMR, but by all means do more research to cover your threat model. Your wallet balance is private.

I use ChangeNow. It is built into my Wallet app (Trezor) along with a few other options that don't require kyc. I can't place limit orders that way but it is quick and easy.

Getmonero.org has recommendations as well I think.

Hello! I'm trying to get into an old laptop with Windows 7 pro. There is a local user account I don't have the password for.

I'm trying to get into Windows Startup Repair by doing a hard shutdown mid boot (holding the power button as windows begins to load).

But for some reason when I reboot it just goes straight to the windows splash screen.

Tapping F8 brings up Safe Mode, Safe mode with networking, and Safe mode with command prompt. All of these bring me to the windows login screen, but without drivers I assume, as screen resolution is lowered and the mouse won't work, not even the touch pad.

Tapping Delete brings up Windows Boot Manager where I can select either Windows 7 or Memory Diagnostic Tool.

If I highlight Windows 7 and press F8, I get these options:

Safe Mode

Safe mode with debugging

safe mode with command prompt

Enable Boot Logging

Enable low-resolution video (640x480)

Last Known Good Configuration (advanced),

Directory Services Restore Mode

Debugging Mode

Disable automatic restart on system failure

Disable Driver Signature Enforcement

Start Windows Normally.

No matter what I choose I end up at the windows login screen.

The only tutorials I have found to reset the password involve getting into Windows Startup Repair, but I can't get to it on this laptop.

If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd be so grateful.

1 hour ago, Quackers101 said:

you would likely get a very expensive monitor for such features.

Also if you are able to run it at all, with more issues with support for ultrawide.

There are some programs that is nice for windows 10, unlike linux where you can do a lot of stuff.

Programs that can snap and resize programs, but not fully able to deal with fullscreen ones. (forgot the name of them)

You would likely not run it above 100hz, unless you have a really really good GPU setup and whatever else.

Would be a different story if went a bit lower in either of these features you mentioned.

Have any recommendations if I went down to 2560x1080?

So I got a great job this year and for the first time I can sink some dough into a really good monitor. I'll be using it for gaming and I really want to experience Ultrawide greater than 32", 1440p, freesync, and a refresh rate of over 100hz. 

With those features, is $500 too little? Will I end up with a crappy panel if I don't spend more to tick all of those boxes? 

What do you suggest?

I watched Linus' monitor buying guide from last year and the Ultrawide he recommended in that video is about 1k. Do I need to spend that much to get Ultrawide 1440 freesync high refresh rate?

Edit- if I'm willing to go to 2560x1080 woul I be better off?

Hi friends!

Just built myself a new PC and I'm very excited!

Ryzen 5 2600

Gigabyte RX 5600 XT 6GB

MSI B450I Gaming Plus Wifi

G. Skill Aegis 16GB (2x8) DDR4 3000

Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 750W 

Samsung 970 Evo Plus M.2 1TB

Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4

NZXT H210

The Graphics Card came about 2 weeks after everything else, so I built it with my old PNY GTX 780 to get me up and running. Everything worked perfectly including being able to get into the UEFI.

My 5600 XT came yesterday. When I installed it, my monitor gave me the message 'Input not supported'. So I connected to my samsung TV in the living room and it worked fine. I was able to get into the UEFI and into Windows.

I installed the drivers, and then connected it to my monitor again. Now it still flashes the 'Input Not Supported' message a couple times, but eventually does boot into Windows.

However, when I mash the delete key on startup to get into the UEFI it just says 'input not supported' and won't go any farther. I have to use the power button to turn it off, and then back on, and it will go into Windows, but I cannot get into the UEFI.

The monitor I'm currently using is the Acer S271HL Gbidx. 

Anyone know what this is all about?

I have a new monitor coming on Wednesday (AOC C32G2 32" Curved 165Hz 1920x1080), but I'd like to know how to solve the issue in case I encounter it again. 

Thanks for your help and insight!

Edit- Not sure if this belongs in Graphics Cards or Monitors, but now that I think about it, probably Monitors. If a mod sees this feel free to move this post over there. Thanks!

17 minutes ago, Sarra said:

I was going to argue, but PCpartpicker shows a MSI 5500XT for $180 in stock right now at B&H Photo and Video... So, yeah, I guess you're correct. o.x

Oof.

Edit- wait that's a 5500xt. I got a 5600xt

19 minutes ago, Sarra said:

Well... There are cheaper 5500XT's listed on Newegg, there is a $320 one for sale... But I don't know how it would compare to what you got.

 

Plus, shipping...

 

I'd call it a win and just be happy with it.

Yup as long as it will give me >100hz and possibly run 1440p I'm gonna just be happy with it. And if not, I'll put it in my gf's rig and get myself something better when more things are in stock.

I am building 2 gaming rigs right now (perfect time for it huh?). One for my girlfriend and one to replace the one I built for myself in 2013. 

For mine I got a Ryzen 5 2600 for $150 on sale which I'm hoping will be an upgrade from my old FX8350.

Today I spotted This  Gigabyte 5600xt 6gb and impulsively ordered it. I'm hoping this will also be an upgrade from ye olde PNY GTX780 3GB. Given the current scarcity of gpus it seemed like a good buy at $350. I plan on playing games at 1920x1080 at >100hz, maybe 2560x1440 if I can upgrade my monitor soon. Will this rig accomplish that or was my impulse buy a bad call?

Thanks for your input!

I'm working on a new build myself and noticed that no newer nvidia gpus are even available. 

I spotted the PNY GTX 780 for $450 ON NEWEGG TODAY.  THAT'S WHAT I BOUGHT IT FOR 7 YEARS AGO. WHAT. IS. HAPPENING.

Hey fam,

 I rarely look for a group of people to play a game with, think the last time I did was for Star Citizen (go UOLTT...), but anyway I've started playing an FPS called insurgency and I freaking love it. Anyone wanna be commander to my recon or vice versa to get those artillery calls going?

17 minutes ago, TempestCatto said:

I wanna know what grade you got. And hell, I wanna read the whole paper too.

I'll let ya know in about a week! Also I'll edit a google docs link in

15 minutes ago, warmmilk said:

why "Tips, Linus Tech"?  its a company title, not a persons name... if you're quoting Best Buy would you ref them as "Buy, Best"?

 

(genuine question, not being a smartass, its been a really long time since I had to provide sources in a paper and don't remember the standards and they prolly changed anyway)

I'm actually not sure on that and I may change it come to think of it. I used citationmachine.net to create the citation

I've been a fan a long time but I never thought I'd have this opportunity lol! I did it mostly for the luls and because my professor is a nerd who will probably get a kick out of it. It's for a grade, not an academic journal, but still I thought it was funny.

Also it was just weird to me that I happened to be researching net neutrality all day and then in the middle of the WAN show the guys are talking about the thing I was reading about all day

Edit: link to entire paper. Don't judge too harshly I put about a B effort into it lol https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Nf1JHEJsnv8ZAR3mEzd8Ts1NqXOjQok/view?usp=sharing

Been runnin this baby on my 8350 since 2013 and I still get 120+ fps in CS:GO so what the hell. 

Anyway like the title says the led works sometimes but mostly doesn't. How long can I run this thing?

Actually on a possibly related note- my corsair void pro rgbs don't rgb. I don't care much cause I can't see them but hey, I did pay for it...

On 2/24/2019 at 9:31 AM, Derkoli said:

 

regarding the sound card, have a look at the link below just plug into a rear IO usb port, then use a Y splitter (3.5mm to dual rca - which is included with the speakers) and plug it into the "headphone out" on the USB DAC dongle, this just basically removes the audio processing from the internal's of your pc, which is "noisy" due to data being transferred etc. https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Labs-70SB173000000-Sound-Blaster/dp/B06XBZ38ZJ/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=usb+dac&qid=1551025689&s=electronics&sr=1-6

Derkoli thanks for the suggestions! I'm actually looking into grabbing a really good dac because I wanna spend about $150 on some new cans for music as well. No Idea which headphones I'm going with yet but they've gotta be over the ear and be great at bass so probably closed back but not a requirement. Have any suggestions based upon this change of plans?

Edit: I just saw the Audio board's suggestion section *facepalm* lol I'll do some readin there

4 minutes ago, ShadowChaser said:

My personal favorite: Creative A250 2.1

They're "ridiculously cheap"

You weren't kidding lol! Thanks for the suggestion I'll definitely keep those in mind. I mean Sound is really subjective and I have been punishing my ears with this old logitech 7.1 of which I have been using 3.1 for a long time. When I hear good speakers though I wanna cry lol It kinda makes me think you get what you pay for.

I've had my eye on the Klipsch pro media 2.1 speaker system for a while as I used to work at Best Buy and stocked them every week.

I went to purchase one at my local Best Buy today to discover that the Pro Media 2.1 has been discontinued?

It's probable that someone here has a better suggestion anyway.

Uses: Music, Gaming. Music quality is important because I use Music Therapy (The music just has to sound beautiful basically). They don't need to be overpowering just sound good.

Music Genres: Mostly EDM, but acoustic, speed metal, classical, house, this and that... you know.

Space to be used in: Not really relevant because I move a lot but right now a dorm. Probably moving to a house soon.

It will be connected to the PC in my signature. I've been noticing some static coming from devices plugged into the 3.5mm jacks though and I may need a sound board upgrade which I'm open to. I need a new rig in general but we are doing sound right now. I need music!

Thank you so much for reading this much and for your suggestions. Have a good day!

5 minutes ago, Cyberspirit said:

You can usually grab it from your motherboard's support page.

Gotcha thanks. Sometimes I wonder how I ever built this thing lol _{oh yeah. with LTT videos.<3}

16 minutes ago, Cyberspirit said:

Have you tried disabling hardware acceleration? Both Chrome and Spotify has it. 

Other than, that my best guess would be the drivers. 

hmm. I'll have to do some reading on hardware acceleration. Didn't know chrome could use the gpu. 

I've actually never done this but If I uninstall the audio driver will it be available to download again right there in device manager?

1 minute ago, KaminKevCrew said:

What does your CPU use look like. If the CPU get's overloaded, I've seen some weird sound issues on some of my older rigs. Might be worth looking at.

 

I wish it were that simple but It happens with one chrome tab watching youtube and I have an fx 8350 with an h100i on the sucker lol

Title pretty well sums it up. When the issue occurs it lasts about 5 minutes where every 5 seconds it sounds like a robotic glitch.This happens every hour or every couple hours and I have primarily experienced it in Chrome and Spotify

I have an old cheap logitech 5.1 plugged into the 3.5mm on the back of the motherboard (Sabertooth 990fx R2.0).

Same issue occurs with headphones in that jack as well as with my wireless corsair void pros.

Different programs, Different methods of interface. Figure THAT one out lol

Edit- The only common Item in the audio chain is the audio components on the motherboard itself. Should I buy an audio card? eeek.

On 1/23/2019 at 2:57 PM, jonnyGURU said:

It's semi-modular?  Then it's the older generation.  Only the current generation has a 10 year warranty.  Your older model only has a 5 year warranty.

 

WD-40?  That's a horrible idea.  All that is going to do is wash out whatever lubricant is left in the bearing and attract dirt.

 

Please don't tell me you use WD-40 on bicycle chains too.

That's why I consult the experts when it comes to lubricant my guy 

1 minute ago, seon123 said:

The two semi modular HX 850 PSUs have 7 year warranties. If you got it new in 2014, it is within the warranty period. 

Wow I had no Idea lol Thanks I'll see if I can get it swapped out!

4 minutes ago, Dominik999 said:

I think your power supply fans are worn out....

 

Maybe take the power supply to someone that knows how to carefully replace your fans?

I suppose a computer repair shop might do it. Didn't even think about that lol

Good morning everyone,

I'm having an issue with my Corsair HX850 semi modular power supply. Whenever the fan turns on it sounds like my computer is "shoosh"ing me. It's like nails on a chalkboard unless I have headphones on. 

I got the thing in 2014 and is out of warranty. 

I'd love to just squirt some WD-40 in the fan bearing but from what I understand taking apart PSUs can be very dangerous. I'm about to just flip the psu so the fan grill is facing inside the case and lay a 140mm fan over it. It might keep the psu fan from spinning ever, and would be quieter.

Thoughts?

I have the corsair individually sleeved cable kit too so it's extra lame if I have to replace it.

Edit- Turns out these babies have a 7 year warranty. In the rma process now. Also they suggested pushing down on the fan hub through the grill to snap it back into place. It didn't work for me, but that is an option.

I've had a h100i on my FX8350 since early 2014 and it is still going strong. The other day I had an overheat shutdown but as soon as I moved my PC to a location with better airflow and re applied thermal compound it is fine. Idle temps around 35-40c and load from 50-60c. These are a bit higher than when I first installed it though.