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Nice job! I was able to add this to my start.me page.

The OEM license is embedded into your BIOS. Try this: From an admin Powershell prompt wmic path SoftwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey That should show you the key.

The way this makes core "under the hood" changes to Windows, I would be surprised if it can be uninstalled. Unfortunately, this will most likely require a re-install of Windows to correct.

I'm not speaking from experience, but that RGB lighting is connected to those RAM modules. It would probably involve some soldering to remove. Once removed, you aren't going to have those contact points/support on the new modules.

Yeah, if it's a 2.5" SSD, you can either buy an adapter, or just rig something to work. 2 sided tape is also an option.

The black pieces of plastic extending from the front plastic. Lift up on them slightly.

Remove the front bezel of the PC using those 3 clips shown, then you should be able to lift up and it should swing open.

I just looked and I didn't see an explicit way to disable imap. You can disable pop access. imap is a protocol to sync a mailbox locally to a mail client. This is unneeded if you are only using the web, or modern email applications. By having MFA enabled, you force logins to use Microsoft's modern authentication scheme, and this should prevent anyone from accessing your account via imap. If you go to your Microsoft account, under security, check to be sure you do not have any "app passwords" enabled that you are not specifically using. App passwords are like pinholes that you can set up to bypass modern authentication for older apps.

Changing your password definitely wouldn't hurt. I would also look at the logs to see if there ever were any successful syncs. Also, I believe you can disable imap surpport for your account is you are not expressly using it.

Wow, the Node 605 would have been perfect. I could go with a micro-atx board and still accomplish my goals.

Budget (including currency): None (ok not really but money isn't the problem) Country: US Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Couch Gaming, Streaming, Music, Etc... Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc.): I already have a fully built 5600x paired with a 2080ti and 32gb ram. What I'm trying to figure out is what case to go with. I realize I'll need to change motherboards so that's not an issue. I would also like to support a 10Gb ethernet card so it would probably need to be a full height, horizontal case to have room. The only things I can find so far are Silverstone cases that look the same as they did 15 years ago. Does anyone have any ideas on something a bit more modern looking while maintaining the size needed for the build? Should I consider a USB-C 10Gb NIC?. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Also, I know I really don't need 10GB networking for this but my NAS pushed about 700MB/s so I'd like to take advantage of that. Most high end ITX boards top out at 2.5Gb onboard. https://www.newegg.com/raijintek-0r20b00210-black-mini-itx/p/287-001M-00001?Item=9SIA66ZD689509 I found the case above and it checks all of the boxes except having room for the 10Gb card.

Do you know if your current router supports IP passthrough? That way you could pass your external IP to another router, bypassing the one provided by your ISP. From what you are describing, the DHCP server in your existing router has a hard coded limit, even though you have a much larger subnet.

Awesome, glad you got it worked out.

Are you using the XMP profile on your RAM? If so, try disabling it and run your RAM at 2133 and try again.

After a bit more testing, it does seem TTRGB Plus is the culprit. I uninstalled it and re-installed it, this time not allowing it to ever touch the audio and the issue is gone. I'm not sure if others with these fans have had this issue, but it has happened on both of my PCs that have them. Ugh, that software was already horrible enough with not being able to adjust the fan curve and now this. They also seem to be more concerned with adding more lighting features than fixing any of the problems they have. I would highly recommend that anyone seeing this buy something...anything else. Thanks for you help and pointing me in the right direction!

Well, here is an update. After removing TTRGB Plus, my issues went away. Bad thing is, even if I don't have it on a sound mode, it seems to still touch the audio. I'm going to try a re-install this time never selecting an audio mode to see if it comes back.

Thanks for that tip! I'll definitely look into that. So far, I disabled TTRGB Plus to see if the issues goes away. Could it be the way that software interfaces with audio to make the lighting match the music that could be locking things to a specific sample rate? For now I also did what you suggested with the bit/sample rate.

I wanted to update this as I just had the same sound issue on a 4790k system. It also has Thermaltake fans in it (some that were left over when I upgraded this build). It had the exact same audio issues described above. For now, I've uninstalled TTRGB Plus to see if that makes the problem go away. I'll keep this post updated as I go in hopes it may help others.

Yeah, sorry I must have skipped over that. I did reinstall the realtek audio driver, as well as made sure the chipset driver was up to date as well. The Modi itself as well as the Klipsch DAC don't have drivers you can install.

Hi, I am currently fighting an audio issue and I'm hitting a wall getting it figured out. After a while, it seems Windows Audio breaks, and I get weird distortion issues. It's almost like the sound is in slow motion and distorted if that makes any sense. Anything using sound (Music Player, Browser with YouTube, ETC...) seems to almost become unresponsive and when it does play, it audio is full of static, distorted, and like it's a 1/4 speed...all at the same time. I have a USB Modi DAC, but this has happened no matter what audio output I try. I'm posting this here in hopes that someone has experienced an issue like this and has solved it. I'll post my specs below. Specs: CPU - Ryzen 9 3900x GPU - EVGA RTX 2080Ti MB - MSI X570 Creation Fans - 9x Thermaltake Riing Trio Sound - Schiit Modi 2 (Also tried onboard Realtek audio as well as DAC built into Klipsch speakers - same issues) Peripherals - All Razer Steps I've tried: At first, I believed it was due to having audio effects controlling my lighting, so I disabled all of that for now. I also disabled any USB power management. I also disabled sleep as that seems to accelerate the issue. I tried the windows audio system troubleshooter, but that just seems to freeze up once this problem arises. Also, I have made sure there were no effects enabled. The only fix I have found so far is a reboot where I just wait some hours for the issue to eventually return. Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to be thorough in describing the issue. Hopefully someone can help.