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Strongit

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About Strongit

  • Birthday Feb 01, 1985

Profile Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Calgary, AB
  • Interests
    Old PC hardware, Gaming, Electronics work

System

  • CPU
    i5-8600K @ 4.5 GHz
  • Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra
  • RAM
    16 GB DDR4 3200
  • GPU
    EVGA 1080 ti FTW3
  • Case
    Thermaltake Overseer RX-i
  • Storage
    WD Black 1TB nVME boot drive, 512 Plextor M3P, 2 1TB Samsung SSDs, 1 TB HDD
  • PSU
    Corsair RM850x
  • Display(s)
    Asus TUF VG27AQ
  • Cooling
    Noctua NH-D15
  • Keyboard
    8bitdo Retro Mechanical Keyboard
  • Mouse
    Logitech G502 Hero
  • Sound
    Sennheiser HD 600
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
  • Laptop
    HP 840
  • Phone
    Pixel 4a

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  1. To eliminate the software issue I would recommend uninstalling your nVidia driver and running a driver cleaner, then install the latest driver fresh. You can also try a version older than the one you're using now to see if it makes any difference. As an aside, I have a very similar setup to yours and was wondering what performance increase you saw upgrading the card. Mine's an i5-8600k.
  2. I used to have some success using Recuva but it's been a while since I've had to do any recovery. It's always a crapshoot; sometimes you can get everything, sometimes you can only get a couple of files and sometimes it's a wash. Good luck.
  3. I have a kludgy idea to make a small desktop air conditioner out of a corsair H60 I have laying around and was wondering if it's safe to fully submerge the CPU block. It's exactly what you would think it is; have a small ice pack submerged in water with the CPU block as close to the ice pack as possible and run the tubes outside to the radiator and fan pointed at me on the desk. If it was a custom loop I wouldn't have any problem but knowing the pump is built into the block is why I have the question. Thanks in advance.
  4. I've got an older Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra board with the same problem, after doing some digging it looks like it's a known bug with gigabyte motherboards mixed with NVidia cards and 1440p or greater monitors using DisplayPort. You didn't say what your video card was besides the older 1030 you mentioned but if it's also an NVidia, connect a known good monitor to the problem computer and download the NVIDIA Graphics Firmware Update Tool for DisplayPort 1.3 and 1.4 Displays. It fixes the issue half the time according to the forums. In my case the firmware didn't completely fix the problem but my computer boots fine after the 5 beeps which is better than not booting at all.
  5. Just throwing in my two cents. Messing things up once in a while is totally normal; I've been in IT professionally for almost 20 years and it's been a hobby since I was 12. Just a couple years ago I accidentally ripped off the entire mount for the BIOS battery on a computer at work so even seasoned vets get it wrong. Take it as a learning experience, try to figure out what went wrong and move on from there. You got this.
  6. This is why I want to see more hybrid smart watches. I've only ever seen one or two but they would be exactly what I want. They connected via bluetooth, had a small LCD strip display for notifications and status messages. From what I remember the battery life was over a month; throw in some biometric data that's sent to Google fit or an app and that's exactly what I would like in a watch. EDIT: Of course I did a Google search for hybrid smartwatch after posting this out of curiosity and there's quite a few out there, lol. Guess what I want already exists
  7. Not sure if they are the same quality now but I've had an X-raypad thunder 8 for over 20 years. It's still good and I use it as my daily driver; if the quality is still the same as before I highly recommend them.
  8. Aw man, that brings me back. I had that case and the only reason I got rid of it was that it didn't support HD audio. I loved the little projector plate on the bottom, the nice smooth edges inside the case, tool-less desgin, the build in toolbox in the drive bay...I could go on. Wish I still had it. I bought one of those Striker ii's new back in the day and if you're not familiar, the northbridge gets TOASTY. I tried all kinds of things to keep the passive cooling going but in the end I strapped an 80mm fan on it and the temps dropped dramatically. I guess there was a reason the thing shipped with two little fans to clip onto the heatsinks surrounding the CPU socket.
  9. I'm going through this entire thing in my off time at work and so far I'm on page 116, I love it. Figured I'd throw in on experience I had today. Client called in because he couldn't install a piece of software and his to do lists got overwritten. The software was simple, clear the cache of our installer app and it worked. The second was certainly interesting. I wasn't sure what he was using for his to do notes at first and I assumed it was outlook. I screenshared with him and it turns out he's using word documents. He told me what happened; he had a to do file that he copied and pasted twice to have three separate files but any time he made changes in one the other two would also change to the same thing. Odd I thought. Then I realized what he did. He didn't copy and paste the file, he copied and pasted three different shortcuts to the same file. *facepalm*
  10. Damn, that's exactly the rig I'm looking to build for myself for windows 98 gaming. Jealous.
  11. I really liked the Intel E8400. I managed to get mine up to 4 GHz and it chewed through everything until GTA 4. It was used for so long for so many things and was just rock solid.
  12. Good to hear people saying they should last a long time; I wanted to check the forums today on opinions. I've been running the same Thermaltake toughpower 1200w supply for 14 years and with my usage I don't think it's ever gone above 750 watts total. I still keep an eye on voltages and they're well within spec so hopefully it'll last a while yet. It's been through 3 CPUs and 5 video cards including an SLI setup and has never failed me.
  13. I'll give that a try. In the meantime I did more in depth surgery on the floppy drive and discovered it's not the motor I thought it was and it may just need a new belt (8" x 1/16"). Going to start looking for a new one and in the meantime do some partitioning. Thanks.
  14. It's looking more and more like I'll either need to repair this floppy or get a new one regardless of cost. The laptop itself is too old to have a USB port so that's out. I just wish I could make the drive with the ISO on it bootable.
  15. I have a unique situation on my hands that will eventually need fixing. I inherited an old Toshiba laptop for playing old windows 98 and DOS games on but the floppy drive has died. Right now it's not an issue however with how fickle windows 98 is it's going to be a problem at some point when it needs to be reinstalled. The machine will only boot from either the floppy or the hard drive so right now it's impossible to reinstall windows on it. I have taken out the hard drive and created a backup ISO however I can't boot from a different drive after putting the backup image on it. My options are either to find a replacement floppy drive which I can't find for under $100 or figure out a way to make this ISO bootable. I have already taken apart the floppy and greased everything but the motor is completely seized. Any suggestions?
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