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Hey guys had a quick doubt, I had bought a Omen 17 Ck2004tx just 3 months ago and it had a lot issues and in the end they said the motherboard died and need to be swapped. After they swapped my motherboard they said the SSD could also be bad and needs to be swapped and said yes to it and now when I checked crystal diskmark info it says its that my gen4 that they claimed is running at PCIE 3x4 mode SSD Used is a samsung MZVLB1T0HBLR-00H1 Also I used Samsung Magician Software and it also said PCIe 3x4 Please Help me

Came across this, wtf is this thing? Seems like a scam. Looks like AMD Radeon Instinct MI50! Help me out here, nani? AMD Radeon JIESHUO VII 16GB dedicated mining graphics GPU 4096-bit GDDR6X PCI-E 3.0 mi50 16g KAS and other computer desktop - AliExpress

Is this a scam? It got a D on Fakespot. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFWRLDB5?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

I'm tired of so many random people and scam callers leaving junk voicemails. I would just like to turn it off so that no one can send me any voicemails, is there a way I could do that? or do I need to contact my mobile service provider.

About 3 hours ago I got a “Sapphire Nitro+ 7900XTX Vapor X” on Amazon for $650. I was Looking up some stuff about the card and it says that there are a lot of Amazon scams for the card. I was just wondering if this might be a scam and if I should cancel the order.

Remember all those 4090 cards being frantically separated from their GPU chips in China? Well, someone found a business opportunity for all the leftover PCBs and coolers. Quotes Like usual, just beware of too good offers from shady dealers. Source: https://videocardz.com/newz/scammers-are-now-selling-rtx-4090-graphics-cards-without-gpus

I've been hunting for a set of rails for almost 3 months, a ""Canadian website"" neutron canada lists they have them. Its non secure but i was just looking for anyone whos maybe had experience with them?

Someone has recently tried to scam me by sending a fake AirBNB link, which I luckily spotted before actually doing anything (other than checking with AirBNB themselves whether it was a scam). My mother thought that the whole thing was legitimate when I told her about it, which kind of worries me about how easy it would be to scam people like her, who do not care about tech. What are some of the most egregious, sneaky or otherwise impressive scams you have seen, both online and IRL? It would be nice to have some examples to tell to non-techy people in our environments so they can protect themselves a bit better.

I tried a free trial on google cloud for VPS a year ago but terms and conditions are vague and what happens is that if you don't use your free credits (300 USD) it will charge your account with the amount you didn't use but if you use all amount of money it will charge you anyway. I got ripped off with 150+ usd by google for not using all the money, I'm from romania so 150+ usd means 670+ ron and maybe if I wasn't living in a poor country that 150 usd won't mean that much. The point of this post is because I saw google is trying to push google cloud in every aspects that points to developers like reCaptcha, google search api, console and more. Please if anyone from LTT reads this make a video about it, let people know so they don't have to get thru this. I'm not sure what google intensions are but not good that's for sure.

I recently was browser G2A.com, This ios probably the second time I had ever been on the site, but I figured i would give it a try. I saw one of those posts offering "Random ELITE 5 Keys (PC) - Steam Key - GLOBAL", I am going to be honest, I was skeptical, however I read through the product description and recieved the following details. This is copy and paste from the product description. I figureed the product description will protect me from a terrible experience and I will get to explore games I typically wouldn't look for. Who knows what I could draw, the world is my oyster, Im kinda hyped about an adventure into gaming... What I go was FIRE_HEAT Metacritic: https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/fire-heat/critic-reviews Light Of The Past Metacritic: https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/light-of-the-past Magic Staves Metacritic: https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/magic-staves Military Critic Metacritic:https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/military-division/critic-reviews Pirates Gold Metacritic:https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/pirates-gold To be honest, I think the first two games of fire heat and light of the past are legit, however If you look at the devs for the other games, you will see the prices for all of their games recently rose to $60 and they are pumping them out at a rate that makes a the EA Sports Madden franchise look like Valve's efforts to make half life 3. I went back and looked at the product description and they clearly commit to offering quality games with a reputable score, however this is clearly not the case. I am curious if this was someone with good intention early on offering legit key packages, only for bad actors to take over and ruin it... or is this was planned from the beginning. I don't want to be a tin foil hatter, but at the same time there seems to be something going on...For a staticitical point of view, if the the games were truely "Random" then I want to know what the odds of getting 2 games from the same developer.... I feel like something odd is going on, Is this something as simple as bad sellers like on amazon. Or is this something a bit more wide spread? Why did multiple Devs raise the price to $60 on steam? How did the sellers get all these keys? What can be done to help fuiture gamers no get got like I did? Also, If this is a long standing problem why have I never heard about it?

So I just wanna start out by saying i'm glad the Linus Media Groups are back on their feet & back up & running again because many would be lost in tech without you.(Until our Lord & Savior Steve of Gamers Nexuses swooped in to save them) But i digress So the issue is pretty simple here, TechLinked seems to be getting served youtube ads by crypto scammers on a large scale rn, most of the channels i've reported & blocked (more than 3 times now) have no youtube videos to speak of & most timed the videos ad telling users to go to their website with a faked elon voice over is all you will see, soI don't really have much to go on to research the issue deeper or do anything beyond report the issue to youtube & go along my way so i thought id drop a dime to the ltt group here & other viewers possibly that this is happening & what it might look like to avoid and report them to hopefully get the issue fixed quicker before it causes anyone damage. Hope it helps

https://get-novitec.com/ The advertising for this product is super misleading. This product is nothing more than a WiFi booster. "Our team developed a unique technology that blocks your data report to your internet provider, making it impossible for the provider to limit your bandwidth." this is a lie I work for an ISP. there is no way to bypass the limit we put in place. I've warned them to remove the BS in the advertising, and they didn't listen to me. So now i want to destroy them.

I decided to sell my rig its a gtx 1080 ti rog strix, ryzen 1700x, Asus maximus VI crosshair extreme, 2 × 8gb ram an h100i cooler. And I put it online for 2000$ I bought if for 3000$. I have gotten multiple different offers for the advertised price I just put it online 3 hours ago. I have a buyer coming tommorow to pick it up did I sell it for too cheap.

Hello, my name is Shivam and I'm from India.I brought GTX 1060 Founders Edition back in July 2018 for nearly $340 (USD) i.e., ₹ 24500 from the NVIDIA Official India website after saving money for almost 1 year.After 1 year, the GPU stopped working and I got replacement easily in 2019. For warranty claim, we need to mail NVIDIA support and then they generate an RMA number which is used to claim warranty at RP tech service center in India.Now, I again encounter the same problem with my GPU on 16/02/2021 and then claim for warranty. I visit near RP Tech (NVIDIA partner in India) with my RMA number and they said my GPU gold contact pins are rusted. They decline my warranty and when I argue with them, they rudely talk to me and making weird points like we will not give you warranty claim easily and we ourselves reject your warranty claim. After that, they said talk to NVIDIA Support we cannot do anything. Image of My GPU's front pins: https://i.imgur.com/JliCWQ6.jpg Image of My GPU's back pins: https://i.imgur.com/yj8NoeP.jpg Now, this case getting interesting. I mail NVIDIA support explain them that the condition of my GPU is good and I never touched anything with my GPU that void my warranty. I explain them what happened in the RP Tech service center and sent them my GPU photos. NVIDIA support then told me on Saturday that they will check this issue internally and reply me on Tuesday. I wait for their response and they didn't reply. So, I mailed them again on Wednesday about what's going on. They said to me that they are still investigating. Thursday morning at 5:02 AM, they reply and give me another weird reason which is seriously unacceptable. They send me my GPU photo with highlighting screw and some soldering component and said that this is the reason your RMA is canceled i.e., my GPU warranty claim denied. The Image they send me: https://i.imgur.com/i9lQGP6.png So, please guys I need your help to make this post to reach Linus so that he can see what kind of scam is happening in India. Even, their partner RP Tech employee said me that they will themselves reject my claim no matter what. Due to pandemic, my family financial condition is not good right now. I am a college student and working on Android App Development. I am a casual R6 Siege player. Since, I use Ryzen 1500x CPU, I'm unable to use my PC without a GPU. My last hope is Linus and I hope with the help of this beautiful PC community this post reach to LINUS SEBASTION. Thanks to all Screenshot of Conversation: (conversation is in bottom to up order) First: https://i.imgur.com/3zHwuGd.png Second: https://i.imgur.com/Yju4sOR.png Third: https://i.imgur.com/cBDWpd1.png Their Final Reply: https://i.imgur.com/SPqXll7.png I received a new mail from NVIDIA stating that my GPU is physically damaged. Seriously, this is too much guys. I need your support guys.

A gtx 1050ti with gtx550ti which is 10 years old..... this is a scam Quotes My thoughts this is scam to fool people who don't know about tech and build a pc using guide.... Sources https://www.ebay.com/itm/Desktop-Grafikkarte-Gtx1050ti-4-GB-Ddr5-128-Bit-HDMI-Dvi-Vga-Dvi-Grafikkarte/154385642075?hash=item23f219f25b%3Ag%3AtUsAAOSwMrBgWb3B&LH_BIN=1

Is third-party driver update software like DriverEasy and Driver Booster worth using compared to Windows Update? Or are they just scams and don't help your computer/laptop at all? I've used DriverEasy for updating my drivers, and it's been working well for me at least. Are your experiences similar to mine or different with these programs?

I came across this today looking at Newegg. https://www.newegg.com/p/1FT-0010-000M6?Item=9SIB5RCHF24857&cm_sp=SP-_-967173-_-Pers_DeactivatedProductAlsoViewElevate-_-4-_-9SIB5RCHF24857-_-14-487-547-_--_-1 It looks like a scam to me because it's and XFX Nvidia card and the pictures of the back of the card don't even look like a 3090. Does anyone else see an issue here?

Acccording to Gamer's Nexus, and allegedly multiple comments by viewers of the GN YouTube channel, Newegg has been running what Steve (from Gamer's Nexus) calls a "scam." The "scam" involves consumers being denied refunds by Newegg after returning what are supposedly return-eligible products, specifically motherboards. Newegg has apparently been consistently citing "customer-caused damage to CPU pins" (from the video at the 4:10 mark) as the reason for witholding the funds from would-be RMA-ers. As Steve says, he's heard about the issue for years, and his best way to test the waters was to keep ordering product as normal for the business. Well, Tech Jesus, it looks like you finally got your answer. "...[T]hey rolled the dice on a random number generator, they happened to roll a critical failure for this one." Steve reports that after attempting to return a $500 (all-in) motherboard that Gamer's Nexus ended up no longer needing (a fact that they apparently made quite transparent in their return merchandise request), they received an infamous response about customer damage to the board. This Newegg response came despite Steve's claims that the box the product shipped in was never even opened. Tech nerds will be familiar with the protective covers in place in CPU sockets to prevent the very issues Newegg is accusing customers of having caused, so it seems unlikely that the pins or socket could have been damaged in shipping, either to or from the customers. Steve basically threw his hands in the air over getting the money back, but admits that creating the video revealing his experience with Newegg will likely make GN back the $500 quite easily and he also expresses his frustration in knowing that the average consumer would not necessarily have the luxary of buying a new part or have a loud enough voice to make the problem see the light of day. It seems likely that tech industry, especially the tech media on YouTube, will have a field day with the story, as they have with past investigations conducted by Gamer's Nexus, such as the biggest GN story of 2021 regarding explosive Gigabyte power supplies. Whatever the outcome, computer builders will likely be enthusiastic to know that they have such an outspoken ally in the tech media and hope to see any wrongdoing (if there is some) on Newegg's part brought to justice. Sources "Newegg Scammed Us" - "Exploding Power Supplies: Gigabyte & Newegg Dumping Unsellable Product" -

Have you guys seen some of the listings in AliBaba where laptops like Area 51, ROG and Zephyrus are sold for prices between 400 and 500 USD? One detailed look at the spec sheets shows an Intel Core 2 duo CPU instead of an I7/I9 that you normally expect. What is worse is that AliBaba is heavily promoting them as shopping ads through Facebook. I have seen it at least 5 times in the last week. I asked the seller about the processor and left me on read. Obviously, this is fake but does anyone have any experience while purchasing them?

I have a Dell G15 5515 Ryzen Edition, bought in October 2021 on Amazon. This has BSODs which Dell is not interested to fix. Instead they want me to subscribe their some kind of support plan in order to get support. What newegg? In Germany Amazon is also shady. I have attached my review on Amazon which explains how Amazon stole original SSD when sent for service. BSOD https://www.dell.com/community/Inspiron/G15-5515-Ryzen-Edition-BSODs-7-so-far-with-BIOS-v1-5/m-p/8144582 BSOD https://www.dell.com/community/Inspiron/BSOD-on-Dell-G15-5515-Ryzen-Edition/m-p/8116346 Dell's Fake RAM timings https://www.dell.com/community/Inspiron/Fake-RAM-timings-in-Alienware-Command-Center/m-p/8063578 This is from Germany. Review on Amazon.txt

Hi everyone, Hi Linus my dear friend, I've been following your content for so long it's like we grew up together. AOL brings back a lot of memories and there was a time when I thought 56k was fast. So, let me tell you what happened last week. I searched google for 3090 in the shopping section. I found a good looking website with an EVGA 3090 for less than $1000 in stock. I looked around the website. It looked ok. The about us section had a good story, the money back guarantee logo was very visible, the support page had a phone number. I decided to give it a chance. The story in the about us section was convincing enough. I paid $989.00 for an EVGA 3090. The transaction went through but the 3090 was still in my shopping cart. I opened a ticket with their support. The next evening, on Saturday, I got a call from their support. The gentleman on the phone assured me that the transaction was successful and that it would be processed on Monday. A few days later I received an email with a tracking number. I checked it almost everyday. Last week I checked the status of the tracking number and it said that it was delivered. What? Delivered? When? Yesterday? I was home... Ok, maybe its outside. I checked in the front, on the side, in the back... nothing. Okey, no problem I think. I'll check the cameras. Maybe someone took it? I checked the NVR, then I checked the Koona, but no delivery on any camera. The proof of delivery says it was signed by ABCDE. I had an amazon delivery on the previous day on camera but no deliveries at all on the day the $989.00 EVGA 3090 was supposedly delivered. I opened a ticket with UPS and submitted a couple of tickets on the website. Right now I'm feeling kind of scammed. Could somebody help me out please? Maybe look in to this website? What if there was a mistake somewhere and an EVGA 3090 for less than $1000.00 really does exist. the website is <removed by staff>I'm going to be hopeful until we can say for sure that its a scam. Thank you, Max G.

It's been a while but I finally got defrauded and bought a bum used GPU . It was bound to happen eventually. Thankfully I took photos before plugging it in so I have proof the faulty part was blown before testing. I had an MSI RX580 4GB in my PC running as well as expected. I plugged the 1060 in and only the IGP booted up , I thought I heard a single quiet pop and maybe I smelled something briefly but not sure now. I took it to the repair shop and they confirmed that the card didn't work and showed me that a resistor had blown I checked back on my initial photos and confirmed that the same resistor was blown before plugging in. At home , I tried plugging in my RX580 but it didn't work anymore So either the PCIe or PSU had blown and since I didn't have a PC to test it in I had to use a PCIex1 Gigabyte WiFi Bluetooth card to check and it seemed to work fine so it must be the PSU. Two questions , maybe three. 1) Is it possible for only one part of a PSU to blow (VGA/PCIE) and everything else runs fine? 2)Provided I clean the card up and check through the card thoroughly , is it possible to fix the card repacing the blown resistor? 3) is it possible for a PCIex16 to be damaged so it only works as a PCiex1?

So I got hacked on discord even tho i never entered my pwd anywhere. I think I was hacked from a link my friend who got hacked and acted like my friend sent me. I told my friend to contact the mods and I got in touch with one of the mods (will not mention the name here for privacy reasons) . So basically they told me its my fault my account got hacked(which is kinda true) but the issue is alts are not allowed and they dont have an appeal system so now what shall I do about it?

Hello, I hope I can get some help. A couple of weeks ago I purchased a 3090 rtx from a website called stopminers.com, that claims that they are for gamers and selling at normal costs, They seemed to be ok, bud after the purchase they never send the card and they deny any problem. After opening a PayPal claim, they provided a tracking and PayPal made the decision with that, never verifying if the ups info was correct. I called UPS with this tracking info and they confirmed that this item was never send to my name or address at all , but under another name and to another address. I have proof of all this. First I want to make public of this site so everyone know they are scamming gamers. Also what can I do know, I spend the last of what I had to buy this at 1600 dollars and now it all lost. Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I found this monitor from a Snapchat advertisement and it just seems too great to be true. it costs £60 and you're getting 4k,144hz refresh rate, 34 inch curved screen. It says it's on sale for £60 but is normally £180 but that still seems way too underpriced. https://www.hugon.tech/products/incurve