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I broke my phone beyond repair, but I have access to multiple old phones. The problem is that my sim card is a 5g sim card. It is not compatible with the old phones. Is there a way to "downgrade" my sim card? I need to keep my number and plan, in case it is important I have Verizon and I live in the USA, but I want a normal sim card so I can just use one of the old phones because I have no money for a new phone right now. Please lend me your knowledge! The old phones are an old iPhone 7 (I think), and multiple old flip phones.

So being me, I do not like using things that just work. I like taking things that don't really work and just forcing them to anyway. And my current keyboard works. It's responsive, it's quiet, it's even convenient to carry around. I am not satisfied. Therefore I want a custom keyboard made that is stupidly loud, massive overall (like, three or four feet long is what I'm thinking), and horribly impractical for anything like gaming due to absolute shit keys. Obviously this is going to be expensive, but I want to know who it'll be the least expensive from. Skilled maker not required!

So now AMD is making an ass of itself as well just like Nvidia just did, changing the embargo dates last minute and Steve from GN thought it was a sloppy mess but Im surprised he didn't see that actually... That part was a very clever move... They clearly waited specifically hear what Nvidia announced the 4060 non-Ti price as. Also the card only has 8GB of VRAM - from the company that is always generous with VRAM... What the Hell... I mean at least the performance is only supposed to compete with the 4060 Non-Ti do maybe 8GB is okay-ish down at this low performance level...? At least they made the right call last minute to drop the price down to $270. Thats extremely cheap for a modern GPU. So at least we have some sort of affordable option now... Even if its performance actually isn't very good... Barely beats the 6600 by less than 10%... Same as Nvidia Yesterday... What the hell is going on here? Why are next gen GPUs failing so hard at low-mid tier? AMD did so well with the flagship 7900-XTX besting the RTX 4080 for a lower price with the XT becoming decent value after the price dropped below $800. Then we have the amazing technical achievement that is the RTX 4090 and at least the 4080 has 16GB of VRAM which is appropriate. I feel bad for everyone who doesn't want to spend multiple thousands of dollars on a top-tier PC because it looks like you guys are just screwed in general now. Lets hope AMD at LEAST has 12GB in the 7600-XT and then 16GB in the 7700 and up. Like Steve said in his video - just wait for July, let these guys battle it out for a while.

Well, Steve from GN set it best in his video: "The RTX 4060-Ti may actually be Dead on Arrival" The card is basically worthless, with less than 10% performance improvement overall over the much cheaper last-gen 3060-Ti; there is absolutely NO reason for ANYONE to buy this card considering the 60 class is supposed to be a good value. And of course because the non-Ti is just a slightly shaved down version, The results compared to last-gen 3060 non-Ti Well very likely be exactly the same. There is only one positive here: efficiency. A bit more powerful than the 3060-Ti at just 140 Watts??? That is certainly impressive, too bad nobody upgrading cares... So far it seems that everything from Nvidia below the 4070-Ti is just a huge disappointment. Welp, grab your 6700-XTs while you still can Nvidia has just officially made a complete ass of itself.

Budget (including currency): $1,200 USD Country: Colombia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Valorant, Various low intensity squad games (nothing AAA) 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): Looking to build a mini ITX machine, mostly due to size constraints. The case is a stylistic choice so it most likely won't be changed. Existing part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4k6bZw The list was put together in about 15 min without too much thought, but that's the general line of specs I'm looking for. The brands and models can be swapped around for better pricing/performance if need be, will listen to whatever changes you make. Missing fans, they can be any model you might recommend. Looking to purchase parts in about a month from now or less, don't worry about peripherals. Refresh rate and resolution about 144Hz - 165Hz, 1080p. Thanks in advance for all and any help.

Can someone please help me underatand what's causing this? Motherboard: ASUS Strix Z590 Gaming Wifi-e CPU: 11700k Memory: 2x8 3600 CL 16 G.Skill Trident Z dual channel NVME SSD 1TB SAMSUNG 980 Pro 2x2TB Seagate HDD Fractal Design Meshify 2 TG Black edition case 2 front 120mml case fans as intake 1 back 120mml case fan exhaust aio rad and 3x120mm fans mounted as exhaust (cables coming out of the pump is the lowest point of the loop) GPU: Gigabye 3060 12GB OC PSU: 1200W bequiet darkpower pro 1440p LG 20220330_011417.mp4

The dollar store has a lot more tech than you might think, but how much of it is actually worth buying there, and how much is just cheap trash? Buy Cable Zip Ties: https://geni.us/PziG Buy Duracell Alkaline Batteries: https://geni.us/fOP9zJ Buy Clear Organizer Boxes: https://geni.us/bX8X

I have an ASUS ROG GL552JX with integrated Intel HD 4600 and a dedicated NVIDIA GTX 950M. Applications using the integrated graphics are working fine and does not show any artifacts. The same thing cannot be said when using the NVIDIA GPU (changed thru NVIDIA Control Panel) Does this mean my GPU is dying? The only thing I've tried was reinstalling old/new NVIDIA Drivers. laptop sucks ay? Specifications: Intel Core i7-4720HQ 8 Cores@ 2.60GHz 4 GB RAM Intel HD Graphics 4600 2GB VRAM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 6GB VRAM

Hello So I built my first PC but im not sure what I did wrong o-o When I turn on the power supply my motherboard just flashes. And then when I try to turn on my PC my CPU fan and RAM rgb seem to work but my motherboard RGB doesn't do anything and doesn't display anything. Also when the pc is on the DRAM light error light is on but it sometimes switch to the CPU light or a split second. I've tried switching the ram around and other methods I've read but nothing seems to work Is it possible the my MOBO is dead o-o Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Specs - Ryzen 5600G -Gigabyte Arous B450 Pro wifi -Crucial ballistix max - *no gpu* o-o

Hi I recently bought this monitor and I did some research on it before buying obviously, I read that flickering was a big problem but that it could be fixed with the latest firmware update from samsung. I've now noticed that the monitor instead of flickering gives me some weird random black lines every so often. Its a bit hard to explain but ive found this video on youtube that shows the problem. Sadly I cant return it since its been over 14 days since I bought it. Does anyone know why the monitor does this? It happens really often and is so annoying to look at, I did not expect this from samsung. Things I've tried - using a different display port cable, enable/disable gsync and updating the firmware.

Are there any good websites for cpu/gpu findings? I know the basic Best Buy, Ebay, Newegg, etc. But are there any other websites? Amazon can be a little sketchy, but should I look on Walmart, Wish, (lol jk) B&H cuz they have CPU’s and stuff. I just really want to know for the future or even now.

I tell you that I bought a second-hand gpu that seems to be faulty, I have been looking for thousands of solutions in this and other forums, I have seen that many people have run into this problem but none find the solution. The problem is that the core clock remains capped at 139mhz and the memory clock does not exceed 810mhz and the performance in games and beanchmarks are really bad, 12 FPS in Furmark I have already done different tests such as putting high performance mode in Windows and in the Nvidia panel, using DDU, reinstalling drivers, a clean installation of windows, using MSI Afterburner, Asus GPUTweekII, after trying various things I was forced to try flashing a BIOS taken from Techpowerup, but it didn't solve anything. So far the only thing I have found is that in GPU-Z the Power Draw Board is + 400w, PCIe Slot Power + 390w and a Power of 147% DOING NOTHING, simply on the desktop, a Perfcap reason is also added: Pwr, and a solid green line. It also strikes me that the voltage is constantly 0.65v (I don't know what the normal voltage is). https://imgur.com/4zAuHK6 https://imgur.com/KW14JCX https://imgur.com/tTXqzCI I am currently using an Aerocool Cylon 600w 80+ bronze PSU, I know it is a bit fair but the previous owner told me that he tested it with an 850w 80+ source, so we could rule out a power issue from the PSU, already that in neither of the two systems has worked well. I hope you can help me, and thank you very much in advance !! AMD Ryzen 5 2600x Asrock b450m Steel legend 2x8GB RAM Corsair vengeance

Hello everyone! I ordered a second kit of 2x8gb DDR4 3000 RAM, the exact same I got a year ago. But they are not the same. Although the product hasn't changed from the outside or the stats, the inside has. I found out about this while looking at my SPD info. Some really small things about the RAM have changed, and I was wondering if these changes might affect my performance or XMP. I have some screenshots of the SPD info, so if anyone knows how serious the differences are, please tell me. All help is appreciated https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-Ar7q1-YfoEfoadRqRmsVA4SlEdo0u5r?usp=sharing

So i noticed my pc running a little slow and i decided to do some maintenance like dusting, freeing up space, clearing cache and cookies etc but once noticed once i put my GPU back in it was VERY unstable, boot loops and BSOD etc, i narrowed this issue down to the power plug not being seated properly ( the pins were slightly bent from when i turned my pc around to remove the card, yes i know.. take it out before i move it.) once i fixed that it booted up just fine but now i crash while playing games and im not exactly sure why, i mainly play csgo and before cleaning i was at 170+fps and after i was seeing over 250 so i thought "ooo nice" but then i noticed some issues, i banged my desk which i do pretty regularly but this time it completely froze my computer which was not a good sign at all, so i booted it back up and rejoined my game and after about 5 minutes i noticed some very odd audio glitches in the game, static like but also jumbled up voices/songs mixed in? but it was directional and only happening when the game itself produced any sound, footsteps gun shots etc, at this point all my weapon skins would disappear and after about a minute my computer would again crash. what could this be caused by? bad gpu? bad cpu? bad HDD? SPECS i5 4670 + stock cooler gtx 970 with case fans zip tied to it for extra "cool" points 16gb ddr3 ram 1 mech hdd 1 hybrid hdd 1 ssd (boot) 1 external ssd unsure on mobo

who in the world is buying this why do the sellers even waste time selling it?? Please i actually want to know

Hello everyone. My computer configuration: Processor: i5 3570k 3.4 GHz Ram: 8GB Graphics card: RX 570 Motherboard: P8Z77-V Games: Dota 2, CS : GO I dont know what to do, fps in CS GO 160 in wingman mode , video settings - low

Just asking but how was your experience in making your first pc? What was the hardest part and what was the easiest part? What were you most concerned about and did the end result come out as you expected? Was it easier or harder than you thought?

So I have a problem with my 7700k build and I couldn't think of a better place to ask about it than right here! As you can see below, when running a Cinebench test, my score is a whole almost 800 points lower than the comparable system (#7. #10 is an old run). Why is this? Whatever it is, to me it seems like I have a loss to the full power of my CPU, and I can definitely feel that when streaming a game like Destiny 2, and can only stream it at 720p60 and my CPU is pushing 100% the whole time and stutter starts to happen. Below are the only differences between the two 7700k builds: #7 System (Comparison System 7700k): - Render Score: 2420 - Windows 10, 64-bit, Core (build 17763) - Cinebench Version: 20.030 RBBenchmark270378 64-bit My build (Also 7700k build, 1070ti if that makes a difference): - Render Score: 1691 - Windows 10, 64-bit, Professional Edition (build 18362) - Cinebench Version: 20.060 RBBenchmark281795 64-bit If anyone can give me some insight as to why this is the case and work to figure out what is going on here, it'd be a great help. Because as stated before, I do believe i am suffering performance loss due to it as a buddy of mine with a slightly worse AMD CPU than mine (like 11% slower i believe when I googled it) can push 1080p60 clean as day.

Hello. I'm actually looking for abit of help on this subject, since i have no idear what to do in my given situation. So here is the deal in short if someone can give advise of maybe help me what i should do next In 2016 i brought the brand new MSI GT80 2QE Titan sli. And im not rich at all so this was very expensive for me. i brought the laptop because i traveled with work a lot and wanted to game in my time off. So it was the perfect fit because i could uprade the GPU later on, as promised by MSI. Well fast forward 1.5 year then next gen GPU come out, with the statement from MSI. We were wrong you can't upgrade you MSI laptop you can trade it in and get 0.6 of the value of what you paid for it IF you upgrade to then newest MSI titan. this did not make me happy but, it is what it is. Then fast forward to 23 month after i bought the laptop. I was gaming and out of nowhere it stopped worked just black out. Well lucky me 1 month before then warranty expires. So i sent in the laptop to MSI, and they said it was a fault on their end with the GPU and they replaced it and sent it back. Nice so that extended the warrenty on that GPU to 24 months again. Fast forward 25 month, what happens the exact same thing! the laptop just goes black stops working, im thinking this can't be right. So i text support that im really not happy about this i paid 4000$ for this laptop it broke down twice with on month of warrenty, they tell me to send it to sweden and they have a repair station there that will look at it since its out of warranty and then they will contact me when we get the info from the repair shop. I wait a week to get response from the workshop. Its the GPU AGAIN!, and i could repair it for as little as 1200$ because they would need to replace it. Now im getting mad i contact MSI support again and tell, they say we will contact a supervisor and get back to you. a week later, i feel like its okay for me to text them about any news. Now they are saying you can ship it to Poland to another workshop because it MIGHT be cheaper there, MIGHT. And i had to pay 90$ to get the laptop back from sweden because of shipping. I have never felt so little respect as a customer. Again i paid 4000$ for a laptop that broke twice and i was lucky the first time it was 1 month before warranty expired. I really wanna do something about this thought because it cant be right they have the right to do stuff like this. i just don't know what i have all the E-mail and stuff. So im hoping some one can give me some advise

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This GPU is surprisingly cheap among other RTX 2060 and I've done some research about it so far everyone says it is a good GPU and a worthy buy. I'm concerned about its Thermals, the place i live here in India Temps at 41 Degrees Celsius at noon will this GPU be fine with it? people who own this gpu please share some thoughts about the Graphics Card!!

Please help I cant not find this card's bios or I have any idea what happen to this card.. GPU memory stuck in max ,have not used this card about 5 year, last game I played was MKX and it was running fine but now PC hangs and black screen after 2/3 min and it happening to all old games, please help at last in this bad time I can play games with my little brother.here screenshot(please excuse my bad English)

This is something that the Fractal fanboys will roast me for it, but I need to say this. So in my quest to find the balance between good temps and low noise in my Fractal Design R6 case, I realized that I never did one test to actually determine the correct settings. So last week I decided to set the case fans at 100% all the time to see just what difference that would make on the temps for the CPU, VRM and GPU. Because before that what I did was set the fans to run all the time at the lowest rpm that they would run at and through the bios set a fan curve so they can ramp up when temps get too high. I was trying to find the balance between noise and temps. That's why I even bought this case because I wanted silence. I even bought an a completely unnecessary overpowered power supply just to make sure I have silence so the fan won't turn on at idle. Anyway the fans that come with the case are the Dyncamics X2-GP14. So I decided to set the fans at 100% because I realized I never tested what would the best temps be if the fans of the case run at 100%. So I did and what I discovered blow me away pun intended. It made basically no difference at all. I saw a 2 degree difference, that's it. So I opened the panel and decided to put my hand behind the fan to see how much air they push. I felt nothing. They are completely pointless. The fans were running at 1000rpm and they might've been turned off and it would've been the same. It would've been better if I took them off and stuck my head in the front of the case and blow that would actually lower the temps. Not even blowing is required, just a breathing. Even the act of breathing would push more air than those fans. I know very well Fractal fans are going to attack me, I don't care so far I've had too many issues with my purchase and it pissed me off. I was a fan of this company, but not anymore. The more time I spent with my R6, the more I find things about it that are crap. I've spent 170$ with tax on it and regret every single dollar.

Hey all German fellas! I need help to do my school project. I am making a video about my room in germany and i need help. I am not that good in germany so please pardon me. I do not have the video yet so these following phrases will be odd. Thank you! The phrase is in english then done with my germany skills. Can you help me translate my project from english to germany. Oh what a intense day. Im very tired. Lets go into my room. Oh, es was ein schwer Tag. Ich bin seh müde. Gehen wir in meiner Zimmer. What the hell! What is that smell. It smells like ass. Oh Mann! Sheisse. Was ist das. Es riechst Arschloch. Here is one of my too many chairs. This chair I use for my school backbag and my used clothes (not dirty used) Hier eine vor meine zu viel Stühle. Dieses Stuhle ich benutze für meine Rucksag und fü meine ein bisschen gebrauch Kleider. And there are my press, weights and my biceps bar. I do not use them often since i usually lack motivation. Und da sind meinen Betonung, Presse und gewichten. Ich benutze die oft nicht, weil ich oft keine Lust habe. There is my table with shelfes under it. In the table there is my fan for hot summers and my school books. In the shelves are technology staff. Da ist mein Ebene und unter die sind meine Schenkel. Ebne ich benutze für mir Ventilator für scharch sommer. In die Schenkel habe ich teknolog. Oh and there is my too small bed and white shelves containing clothes. Oh da ist mein zu klein Bett und Weiss Schenkel für Kleider. Oh, and i almost forgot. My gaming computer and 2x monitors with peripherals. These i use for homework and gaming. Oh, und ich fast vermisse. Meine gaming Computer und 2x Monitoren mit pheripher. Hope you enjoyed my room! Hoffentlich ihc habe meine rum geniessen! Do not judge plz.

I'll share my RMA experience I also have some words for ZOTAC I wrote this in anger... note that the post almost turned in to a letter to ZOTAC at some point... I also wanted to let you all know how poor the company is handling the product quality, and after service. 1st RMA I bought 1080ti amp extreme core edition on 2018 september through amazon... considering the machine I was planning, I was short on cash so I delayed the project until october. but when I finished, the computer was somewhat malfunctioning. My game kept on crashing. I struggled to find out that the gpu is malfunctioning. The chip couldn't handle the factory overclock. It took me two months of struggle. Trust me I've tried every trouble shootings I can try. so I contacted zotac USA at about november 2018, and they approved the RMA I paid for the shipping since I live in Korea. It cost me 140$ both ways They were cool and fast responding. They found the defect and they said they were going to replace my unit. I was feeling good until they noticed me that they are replacing my unit with a refurbish?! I asked in frustration on the reason why factory defective product is being replaced with refurbish?! of course Due to their warranty ' Warranty claims will be serviced through the repair or replacement of the defective product, with ZOTAC USA holding sole discretion over the option to repair or replace. Any replacement product will be based on performance equal or greater than the original product, at the discretion of ZOTAC USA. ' Yah you have lawyers working huh so what they are saying is performance wise, refurbish is same as the brand new GPU... of course it is better then my factory defective product!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I bought a new product with defects!!!!!! Shouldn't you have some kind of terms covering your own fault for producing and shipping a malfunctioning unit? but why the hell did I buy new product? to get a refurbish???? The warranty it self is a total disaster I tried to make it right but they kept on saying its the terms on the warranty. How can you people in USA live with that? Customers have their rights to get a fully working new product when we pay for it. but I gave up. I am nobody living in Asia nobody cares, nowhere to claim this to about other then CS. I even sent a mail to the HONGKONG HQ in a frustration and they replied.... ' Dear Sir, Please refer the reply from our colleagure.Thank you.' ?????????????????????? I just became a stupid idiot who bought a refurbish product with more money then a new product. I received the replacement, no Zotac approved seal(they sealed it with normal tape...) had some scratches but was okey, game worked fine, clock bench came out fine but guess what, it's not over. 2nd RMA My computer still had weird symptom. When ever I played video, sound sync started getting separated and it eventually crashed in almost every 30 minutes. Video stops and sound repeated like an EDM forever. I started going through troubleshoots. I thought it was nvidia driver, or something. Time passed by... since the games were working fine, I tried to ignore the video stopping symptom. I was planning a second computer and started buying things. When I bought a 1660ti(I am a sucker I bought a ZOTAC again) I put it on my original PC to test the card and boom!!!!!!!!!! Problem solved. No more video stopping or sync messing up. I was in my darkest mood that day... I contacted ZOTAC again. RMA approved... 140$ both ways all over again... Except this time they couldn't point out the defect, but they replaced it anyway. I was thankful, I didn't want to argue any more. I received it today and had no more patience to endure this mess. They sent me another refurbish with a crap condition this time... at least they sealed it with ZOTAC seal... Some parts with hex key screws were clicking...I don't have a hex key to tighten them I'll add the video... Why are the fan wings all chipped out? Why is thermal compound not even touching the chip??? You gave me a 2080ti inner box with some magic eye thing.... gee thanks... Are you treating me this way because I'm a nobody living in who knows where??? I bought the product I paid my money to get a proper product. I know what your gonna say when I claim about the condition. Its esthetic, our terms of condition..... performance... equal... that's what says on the terms...bblah You failed to manufacture properly You failed to take responsibility on your factory defective unit. You failed to fulfill your crappy warranty by sending me another defective product You failed again by providing a not properly refurbished product with your stupid ZOTAC seal on. I've had enough of you ZOTAC USA. ZOTAC You are a multi national firm. You should take a better care of your customer. How can you make customer take responsibility for your own factory defective product??? How can you replace a new product with a refurbish at the first place? How can you fail to refurbish properly? twice? only to me??? SHAME ON YOU ZOTAC From this amazing unboxing experience to.... This madness.... KakaoTalk_Video_20200304_1436_22_864.mp4