Frankz

Changed my ISP package a couple days ago. Went from 60/4 to 200/20 for 4€ extra/month.

I'm not able to boot into windows, so I can't install anything either, i'm currently booted on a USB drive to access certain functions through a tool called LazeSoft http://www.lazesoft.com

Several days ago my aunt told me her laptop stopped working and it wouldn't load into windows. At first I thought it was a windows update or driver issue but after undoing those updates and disabling the driver, the issues remained & seemed to get progressively worse. Right now I'm not sure what to do & what else I could try. I'm thinking of a harddrive failure but i'm not really an expert on this matter so I can't know for certain. I'll try to explain which issues I encountered & what troubleshooting I already did. The issues; - Very very slow startup(from the HP splash screen to the windows logon would take several minutes) - Once at the Windows Logon screen, it would get stuck at the Welcome screen and just load forever. - In safemode, navigating to the System restore menu would just completely freeze the laptop. I left the laptop on and after an hour it suddenly opened the system restore menu? Troubleshooting Ive done so far: - System restore through F8 at Startup - Didn't change anything - Enter safemode to perform a cleanboot & disable the graphics drivers - didn't change anything - sfc /scannow & dism commands - for some reason both stopped at 40%, the sfc command stopped at 40% & reported that corrupt files were found, then I proceeded to use the dism command to try & fix these corrupt files but stopped at 40% and completely froze the laptop. All I could do was reboot it, after this reboot I could not get into safemode any more. - Through F8 @ startup I tried to do Startup repair and Refresh PC but it wouldn't let me do either of them - Refreshing PC would tell me "The drive where windows is installed is locked, unlock the drive and try again." - I tried to do another system restore but it said the drive was corrupt. - I did some hard drive tests - the SMART test passed but the Hard drive DST short test failed, I then proceeded to do an Optimized DST test but this one passed? Right now the chkdsk command has been scanning the C:\ drive for 2hours and about 25 bad sectors have been found. That's all I got for now, if anyone has any idea what might be the cause of my problems and what I could do, i'd greatly appreciate your help. Thanks in advance!

Rig name: HoldMyBeer Cpu: i7 5820k 4.0Ghz Gpu: ASUS GTX 780, stock 890Mhz Ram: G.Skill 16GB DDR4 Score: 4.2 Overclocked score; 5.5 GPU Core Clock +200Mhz, Boost clock 1228Mhz

I'll be hanging my TV on my wall and had planned to buy a VESA Wall mount from a well known Belgian electronics store. This wall mount was priced at 60€(46£/67$), and the features/price ratio was the best compared to all other available mounts. (I just found out it's also sold on Amazon; http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00G8X04X6/) Today I decided to take a look on Amazon.co.uk and I was surprised by how cheap they are on there :x? Prices ranging from £5 for basic ones to 25£ for one with all features you could ever want. I came across this one, http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00393KNVQ/ It has more features than the one I originally planned to buy, at half the price. I feel like I am missing something here? So I wanted to ask you guys what was up lol.

Thx that 2nd picture makes it quite clear. Guess I'll have to route an extra ethernet cable ;P

Hmm well since the HDMI 1.4 standard is capable of delivering an Ethernet connection between 2 devices I thought it was possible, I just wasn't sure whether GPU > TV would work

I'm redoing my room and I've decided to connect my GPU to my TV. Simple question, will connecting my Graphics card to my TV over HDMI 1.4 give my TV an internet connection? GPU: Asus GTX 780 with HDMI 1.4 connector Cable is HDMI 1.4a with ethernet(100Mbps) TV; as of now I don't have a smart TV yet when I do get one it'll have HDMI 1.4a/2.0 for sure

Just found this theme on reddit; https://www.reddit.com/r/foobar2000/comments/2z9y4u/you_all_seemed_to_like_this_last_time_around_and/ Looks pretty modern & nice imo

I think the samsung magician software will take care of the TRIM feature for you. I assume this board is Sata2 so you'll be capped at 3Gbps(so about 350MBps) Edit; Q1: Yes you can install W7 Ultimate 32bit on an 850pro, just keep in mind there are some downsides to having a 32bit OS installed. Q2: You'll be able to use AHCI if your motherboard support is, try to look for it in the BIOS Settings, should be in the Boot section. Q3: Trim is OS-based, so on Windows 8 and above TRIM will be automaticly performed. If you have an older OS, then the Magician software will allow you to optimize the performance.

The Samsung 950 Pro is a very fast nvme drive, indeed. So fast that there have been reports of thermal throttling on the 512GB version. So if you decide to go for the 512GB version consider putting heatsinks on top or placing a fan towards it. Anandtech has a pretty indepth review on these drives, http://www.anandtech.com/show/9702/samsung-950-pro-ssd-review-256gb-512gb Apparently there will be a 1TB version coming out in the near future, all I hope is that Samsung will adress the thermal throttling problem the 512GB version has .

I've got a question about this, since the Sabre & Vanguard have gone back on sale I am seriously considering getting one. They are only available as seperate ships or ship upgrades so I'd probably get an aurora game package & upgrade my aurora to a Sabre. Now, I noticed that the Aurora game package comes with an Aeroview Hangar, and the Sabre ship package comes with a VFG Industrial Hangar. Will I keep the Aeroview Hangar when upgrading to a Sabre and get the VFG Industrial Hangar with it? Or do I only get to keep one hangar?

After having my H105 top mounted for nearly 2 years I decided to put it in the front of the case in an attempt to reduce the noise I hear(coming from the fans at the top), as the top of the case is at ear height & the case is at like 50cm from where I'm sitting. Now I have 3 concerns/questions. 1. Air bubbles, Should I be worried about air bubbles ending up in the pump? Since the pump is now the highest point in this closed loop? 2. I have it setup as push/pull, with 2 different types of fans. Would they negatively impact eachother? By that I mean having less push than pull "force"? Is it bad to have that? 3. Currently there's 4 fans pulling air in, and only 1 exhaust at the back. Would I really need to add another exhaust fan? My case is a Corsair 750D with a large opening at the top for air to pass through Thx!

Thanks =)The lines are only clearly visible on a green background, very hard to see on red and blue(only from a certain angle) and invisible on black and white. I just ran a 5 min stuck pixel vid(flashing colors), but that didn't really do much.

They're not moving, they're just staying at the same place they're at.

I just discovered that I have about 2-3 horizontal lines on my monitor screen, on in the bottom right corner, and another one in the top left. Anyone know what could cause this? Would suck if these are just signs my monitor is slowly dying, been serving me well for the past 5 years

Thanks for all the suggestions guys, looks like I'll be looking into C# and VB!

I've been thinking about making a program for personal use. But I don't really know where to start or which programming language I should learn & use to build it. Program functions; -Upon executing this program, it'll open 2 other programs -Both of those programs will be linked/connected/attached to eachother, so when moving one, the other moves with it. -Both programs will automaticly be resized so they have the same width as eachother and a fixed length for each individually -When resizing the width of one, the width of the other program will also change. -I want to be able to control the program through a system tray icon where I can activate/deactivate certain functions. -Should be compatible with W8.1 & W10. I know there are probably several different languages I could build this program with but I'd like some suggestions from you guys. Which programming languages can I use to build something like this? And Which programming languages would be best to use? Thanks in advance, Frankz

Pure horror to my eyes! STAP DAT

I don't mean to hijack this thread but as i'm also looking into the R7000 & it's bigger brothers r7500/r8000 I might aswell post here. How well does the R8000 go through thick walls/windows? I am looking for a router that is able to go through a wall and a thick 2x double window, to be able to have a good & stable connection on my balcony which is at a distance of about 12 meters(40 feet) from the router. My current modem(from my ISP) isn't able to get through this thick window, i've tried using a Devolo 30$ wifi extender at 3meters away from the window but that one also failed to get through it

I would like some more high end consumer router reviews or a comparison. Linksys WRT1900AC(you've already done a review on that one but a comparison would be really nice) Netgear R7000/X4 R7500/X6 R8000 Asus RT-AC68U or their latest RT-AC87U router Their coverage(also test coverage behind 2-3 thick walls), throughput, firmware/software/app ease of use, build quality, connection stability, easy to setup or not? etc..

Thanks @d33g33 for making this! I'm in the process of redesigning my room and the plan was to mount my monitor to the wall & do what you showed in this tutorial! I just didn't really know how to start but now I do!

You already can pay for membership with rsgp fyi lol. They added "bonds" almost a year ago ^^. You can buy em off the G.E

2147483647 = max cash on RS