Posted November 18, 2015 i used a bootable usb on a display laptop at a best buy once.... i got kicked out for hacking.... all i did was boot into a live cd of linux to see how it would look on the system....(i never did get my flash drive back.) like i think they legitimatley thought i was hacking into something just because i did that lol LOL They probably don't even know what a bootable USB was. i7-6700k Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe (Rest of Specs on Profile) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 LOL They probably don't even know what a bootable USB was. i doubt the very nice man the escorted me out had been helping some older woman out with getting a "gaming laptop" for her grandson.. god i hope she didnt buy it “I am Holo the Wise Wolf. I know that there are things in this world that I do not know and that makes me wise!” Spoiler Use the following style specs for your profile!Screeninator: Ａｓｕｓ ＧｅＦｏｒｃｅ ＧＴＸ ７５０Ｔｉ ２ＧＢPowermathingy: ＥＶＧＡ ５００ＷStickaminator: Ｃｒｕｃｉａｌ 16ＧＢ 「4ｘ４ＧＢ」ＤＤＲ３－１６００Procrastinator: Ｉｎｔｅｌ ｉ５－４４６０ ３．２ｇｈｚHoldametalicizor: Ｃｏｒｓａｉｒ ２００Ｒ Noisoundacreator: Ｒａｚｅｒ ｋｒａｃｋｅｎ ｐｒｏAttatchamajiggy : Ａｓｒｏｃｋ Ｈ９７ Ａｎｎｉｖｅｒｓａｉｒｙ ＡＴＸ ＬＧＡ１１５０Remembrerthing: ｉ'ｖｅ ｇｏｔ ａ-ｌｏｔ ｏｆ ｄｒｉｖｅｓFlat-Colorful-Thing: ＬＧ ｎｏｔ ａｃｔｕａｌｌｙ ｓｕｒｅ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｄｅｌ ｏｆ ｉｔSee-A-Move-O: Ｒａｚｅｒ Ｍａｍｂａ ２０１２ButtonBoard: Ｒａｚｅｒ Ｄｅａｔｈｓｔａｌｋｅｒ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 I bet if I asked my mum what a graphics card was she couldnt guess Out of context from another thread, but it reminded me of a guy from highschool. Rewind to 2003! Bruce Almighty just came out and dumbguy said Carrey's Saleen S7 was actually a McLaren F1, when I pointed out the difference he got angry and said I was wrong. Good stuff. We're walking past the IT block, there is a pile of old computers on the grass because our school liked looking like shit, dumbguy points into an open case and says "Look, you can see the hard disks" (they all had their single hard disks removed and he was pointing at the power supply) "That's the power supply, look at the cables" "No, those are to hook up the floppy and CD drives to the hard disk" "That's not how it works" "My dad bought a computer last year, I know what I'm talking about" "We've had a computer at home since 1996 and my dad has worked in the industry since the '70s" "What does industry have to do with computers?" "*sigh audibly* the computer industry, coding etc." "Well I looked in our computer a lot so I know what the bits are all for" I think when I brought it up again a week or so later he was very subdued and changed the subject quite quickly. He was one of those *this is how I think *thing* works, which makes it fact, so I am right and everyone else is wrong* people. He also didn't understand that the moon does actually rotate, but in a way that we only see the same side, his main argument being "But why do we only see one side?" despite it being explained multiple times by our science teacher... I thankfully lost contact with him after school ended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 He was one of those *this is how I think *thing* works, which makes it fact, so I am right and everyone else is wrong* people.Those people are the worst. Pentium G3258, R9 280X, Corsair CS600M, Gigabyte GA-H81M-H, 2 Random monitors, a no-name keyboard, a cheap $15 Logitech mouse. LG G3 Vigor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2015 How did she make it fall off the table? Doesn't the Chromebook have rubber feet or something? We still have to carry some textbooks or notebooks and folders around and her chromebook was on top of a binder and some folders so it slid off, taking everything but the binder with it. Gaming Rig - Excalibur - CPU: i5 6600k @ 4.1GHz, CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo, Mobo: MSI Gaming M3 RAM: 16GB Corsair @2400MHz, GPU: EVGA 1060, Case: NZXT Phantom Full Tower (Red) My Virtualization Server - Dell R710: 2x X5570s @ 2.93GHz with 32GB DDR3 RAM [Web Server, OSX, Plex, Reverse Proxy] I love computers, gaming, coding, and photography! Be sure to quote me so I can respond to your post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 Recently I acquired a new friend who's into gaming and some other stuff. I'm currently not entirely sure if he's non-techy or he is but lazy af but here goes: He has a laptop which is several years old with top of the line specs of that generation. (GPU is the 5000 mobility series). He's running Windows 7 with absolutely no updates done to it and no service pack installed. His AMD driver is also still the pre-installed one. He never updated anything... Asked him why he doesn't update, he told me all the updates do is slow down the computer... As to HOW I found out? This is even dumber. Told him about the new unreal tournament and how you can play it for free. He downloaded it and tried launching it. It said it needed service pack 2 to run. Instead of updating, he ran the launcher in compatibility mode, interestingly enough, it worked although I was cringing super hard. At school, he plays devil may cry and complains about the low fps. I did tell him how he really should update his OS and GPU driver but so far he still hasn't done so and continues to complain about the low frame rates. K DEN. BTW, this guy does at least have some sort of tech knowledge, he's smart enough to know how to configure a PS4 controller to play devil may cry on PC. Oh yea, this guy for whatever reason, prefers to play games on PS4 instead of PC. He understands PC is superior but still prefers consoles... Alrighty then (He has a newer laptop at home with a 860M) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 someone from the USA Yes I got that. (I went back and added an /s to my reply) COMMUNITY STANDARDS | TECH NEWS POSTING GUIDELINES | FORUM STAFF LTT Folding Users Tips, Tricks and FAQ | F@H & BOINC Badge Request | F@H Contribution | My Rig | Project Steamroller I am a Moderator, but I am fallible. Discuss or debate with me as you will but please do not argue with me as that will get us nowhere. Spoiler † † † Character is like a Tree and Reputation like its Shadow. The Shadow is what we think of it; The Tree is the Real thing. ~ Abraham Lincoln Reputation is a Lifetime to create but seconds to destroy. You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. ~ Winston Churchill Docendo discimus - "to teach is to learn" † CHRISTIAN MEMBER † Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 My friend (I built a pc for him) had just finished a day of playing Fallout 4 when he touched his GPU and burned his finger. Instead of acting like a normal person and opening temperature monitoring or not caring and letting it cool down (the pc was off) he decided that the best course of action was to uninstall the GPU, put it in his freezer for 15 minutes before then reinstalling it without checking for water/condensation. Luckily, he didn't kill the GPU but he did manage to disconnect the HDD, which then took him half an hour to reinstall. (judging from the "my pc wont recognize the hdd" to "nvm I fixed it" texts). Hello there, fellow dark theme users "Be excellent to each other and party on dudes." - Abraham Lincoln #wiiumasterrace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 My friend (I built a pc for him) had just finished a day of playing Fallout 4 when he touched his GPU and burned his finger. Instead of acting like a normal person and opening temperature monitoring or not caring and letting it cool down (the pc was off) he decided that the best course of action was to uninstall the GPU, put it in his freezer for 15 minutes before then reinstalling it without checking for water/condensation. Luckily, he didn't kill the GPU but he did manage to disconnect the HDD, which then took him half an hour to reinstall. (judging from the "my pc wont recognize the hdd" to "nvm I fixed it" texts). No..Nobody or even common sense told him that computers give off heat, and all hot objects need time to cool down before being safe to touch? Follow the topics you create using the "Follow" button in the top right corner! One day I will have my GTX 970. One day. PC specs are at my profile. Not sure how to check what part works with what? Check out my compatibility guide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 No..Nobody or even common sense told him that computers give off heat, and all hot objects need time to cool down before being safe to touch? As the saying goes ''Common sense is not so common'' My modded Air 540 build Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 My friend (I built a pc for him) had just finished a day of playing Fallout 4 when he touched his GPU and burned his finger. Instead of acting like a normal person and opening temperature monitoring or not caring and letting it cool down (the pc was off) he decided that the best course of action was to uninstall the GPU, put it in his freezer for 15 minutes before then reinstalling it without checking for water/condensation. Luckily, he didn't kill the GPU but he did manage to disconnect the HDD, which then took him half an hour to reinstall. (judging from the "my pc wont recognize the hdd" to "nvm I fixed it" texts). Why did he have a sudden desire to touch the GPU in the first place? Solve your own audio issues | First Steps with RPi 3 | Humidity & Condensation | Sleep & Hibernation | Overclocking RAM | Making Backups | Displays | 4K / 8K / 16K / etc. | Do I need 80+ Platinum? If you can read this you're using the wrong theme. You can change it at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 Why did he have a sudden desire to touch the GPU in the first place? I asked him, and he said "Because I want to make sure they aren't overheating" No..Nobody or even common sense told him that computers give off heat, and all hot objects need time to cool down before being safe to touch? Common sense isn't my friend's strong suit, and he's rather forgetful. Hello there, fellow dark theme users "Be excellent to each other and party on dudes." - Abraham Lincoln #wiiumasterrace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 1. I asked him, and he said "Because I want to make sure they aren't overheating" 2. Common sense isn't my friend's strong suit, and he's rather forgetful. 1. Why didn't he just use HW monitor or a laser thermometer? 2. Oh yeah, that's why Follow the topics you create using the "Follow" button in the top right corner! One day I will have my GTX 970. One day. PC specs are at my profile. Not sure how to check what part works with what? Check out my compatibility guide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 I asked him, and he said "Because I want to make sure they aren't overheating" Common sense isn't my friend's strong suit, and he's rather forgetful. Yes... Let's touch a possibly 90C piece of equipment to see if it's hot... GJ! /s Mutsuki: CPU: AMD A8 5600K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 (rev. 1.0) | RAM: 2 x Kingston Low Profile 4GB 1333MHz | GPU: Sapphire R7 260X OC 2GB DDR5 2xDVI | HDD0: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM 3.5" (SATA II) | HDD1: WD Elements (WD Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA II) connected via USB 2.0 | HDD2: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm (SATA II) | DVD: Samsung DVD+RW combo drive | PSU: FSP Hexa 600W | Case: Aerocool PGS V | Cooling: DeepCool Gammaxx S40 (stock fan), 2x 120mm Aerocool fan 1xDeepCool 120mm fan from a scrapped heatsink eMachines D732Z | CPU: Intel Pentium D P6100 | GPU: Intel HD 3000 | RAM: 2x Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 1066MHz SODIMM | HDD: Hitachi 320GB 5600RPM Acer ES13 | CPU: Intel Pentium N4200 | GPU: Intel HD 505 | RAM: 1x 4GB (unidentified) DDR3L | HDD: (unidentified) 500GB 5600RPM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 I asked him, and he said "Because I want to make sure they aren't overheating" He seems like someone who wouldn't be able to properly judge if what he felt was excessive or not anyways, so probably no much point in that. Like, some electronics can take well over 100 deg C, but he would think it's too hot because it felt that way. But I guess he's also the type that wouldn't realize that first thing Solve your own audio issues | First Steps with RPi 3 | Humidity & Condensation | Sleep & Hibernation | Overclocking RAM | Making Backups | Displays | 4K / 8K / 16K / etc. | Do I need 80+ Platinum? If you can read this you're using the wrong theme. You can change it at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 Asked him why he doesn't update, he told me all the updates do is slow down the computer...I think he is right about this, my thinkpad edge 15 gets slower and slower with each update,once it even couldn't get past "welcome", only reinstall fixed it.Yes it was a pirated windows( ), but even then... I just won't update anymore my gaming PC, not only for the reasons above, but for also windows 10- M$ will 100% put the spyware on windows 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 So - as a friend was troubleshooting his PSU this week I got several gems from him.#1Him: My shuts off after a bit of gaming and PSU is hot to the touch!Me: Likely overheating - try cleaning - the fan is normally enough to cool it though.Him: Fan ain't spinningMe: Hmm - better get a new one then - yours is a cheapo and poking around inside is hazardousHim: I'll just change the fan, don't worry.Me: No, no you don't just open a PSU with 0 knowledge.Him: Dude, chill.#2 - 1 hour laterHim: *sends link* is this a good PSU?Me: *looks at 5$ used cheapo* Fuck no! - get this *links a 20$ DeepCool (he has a VERY small budget)Him: 20$? Fuck off. Not paying 20$ for a PSU TopKek!Me: Don't cheap out on it - this one is decent, has the needed connectors and is 80+ so less heatHim: Are those PCs good btw?Me: What PCs?Him: The ones on the page - listed for 80-90$ - can they run CS:GO?Me: Friend - those are just casesHim: WTF? 80$ FOR A CASE? BULLSHIT! #3 On the next dayHim: I'm buying a new PC - is 3GHz dual core, 4GB RAM and 1GB GPU good?Me: What exact models?Him: I don't know - I'm looking at this *sends link to 300$ pre-built from local version of Best Buy or Walmart*Me: Fuck no, that's an iGPU and a Celeron!Him: But is it good?Me; NO!Him: Will it run CS:GO??Me: No.... Let me build you a decent PC with an A10 for CS:GO and suchHim: Dude, chill. I got this.Me: No, no you don't...Him: I'll just change my PSU's fan!Me: I told you already, it's dangerous!Him: Dude, chill! Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280 3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD RedCelestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VTWindows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 So - as a friend was troubleshooting his PSU this week I got several gems from him. #1 Him: My shuts off after a bit of gaming and PSU is hot to the touch! Me: Likely overheating - try cleaning - the fan is normally enough to cool it though. Him: Fan ain't spinning Me: Hmm - better get a new one then - yours is a cheapo and poking around inside is hazardous Him: I'll just change the fan, don't worry. Me: No, no you don't just open a PSU with 0 knowledge. Him: Dude, chill. #2 - 1 hour later Him: *sends link* is this a good PSU? Me: *looks at 5$ used cheapo* Fuck no! - get this *links a 20$ DeepCool (he has a VERY small budget) Him: 20$? Fuck off. Not paying 20$ for a PSU TopKek! Me: Don't cheap out on it - this one is decent, has the needed connectors and is 80+ so less heat Him: Are those PCs good btw? Me: What PCs? Him: The ones on the page - listed for 80-90$ - can they run CS:GO? Me: Friend - those are just cases Him: WTF? 80$ FOR A CASE? BULLSHIT! #3 On the next day Him: I'm buying a new PC - is 3GHz dual core, 4GB RAM and 1GB GPU good? Me: What exact models? Him: I don't know - I'm looking at this *sends link to 300$ pre-built from local version of Best Buy or Walmart* Me: Fuck no, that's an iGPU and a Celeron! Him: But is it good? Me; NO! Him: Will it run CS:GO?? Me: No.... Let me build you a decent PC with an A10 for CS:GO and such Him: Dude, chill. I got this. Me: No, no you don't... Him: I'll just change my PSU's fan! Me: I told you already, it's dangerous! Him: Dude, chill! these people are the the kind of people that make me stay inside. i got such a headache from reading this its not even funny. and i didnt get much sleep last night....... god help me “I am Holo the Wise Wolf. I know that there are things in this world that I do not know and that makes me wise!” Spoiler Use the following style specs for your profile!Screeninator: Ａｓｕｓ ＧｅＦｏｒｃｅ ＧＴＸ ７５０Ｔｉ ２ＧＢPowermathingy: ＥＶＧＡ ５００ＷStickaminator: Ｃｒｕｃｉａｌ 16ＧＢ 「4ｘ４ＧＢ」ＤＤＲ３－１６００Procrastinator: Ｉｎｔｅｌ ｉ５－４４６０ ３．２ｇｈｚHoldametalicizor: Ｃｏｒｓａｉｒ ２００Ｒ Noisoundacreator: Ｒａｚｅｒ ｋｒａｃｋｅｎ ｐｒｏAttatchamajiggy : Ａｓｒｏｃｋ Ｈ９７ Ａｎｎｉｖｅｒｓａｉｒｙ ＡＴＸ ＬＧＡ１１５０Remembrerthing: ｉ'ｖｅ ｇｏｔ ａ-ｌｏｔ ｏｆ ｄｒｉｖｅｓFlat-Colorful-Thing: ＬＧ ｎｏｔ ａｃｔｕａｌｌｙ ｓｕｒｅ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｄｅｌ ｏｆ ｉｔSee-A-Move-O: Ｒａｚｅｒ Ｍａｍｂａ ２０１２ButtonBoard: Ｒａｚｅｒ Ｄｅａｔｈｓｔａｌｋｅｒ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 So I guess you want them to com paq? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 My little brother the other day came up to me while doing research on both YouTube and New Egg for my new build. This is the conversation that followed. Him: What are you looking at. Me: Computer stuff. Him: Why? Me: Because all the computers that I have now a slow (true, both my Mac's have huge bottlenecks) Him: There slow, because you bloat them Me: ...... I have no idea what he ment by that but still, when has the amount of data on a mechanical harddrive affect the speed of said drive? Actually, the outside of the hard drive disk is the fastest part, so the more data you have on it, thew more that gets written on the slower part. So technically, the amount of data you have on the hard drive does effect the speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 snip Send him a link to a video showing the dangers of capacitors, if that wont persuade him from not opening his PSU, nothing will. Hello there, fellow dark theme users "Be excellent to each other and party on dudes." - Abraham Lincoln #wiiumasterrace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2015 Send him a link to a video showing the dangers of capacitors, if that wont persuade him from not opening his PSU, nothing will. I just don't bother - he has an older brother who is Tech Savvy - I'm not a baby sitter Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280 3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD RedCelestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VTWindows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 20, 2015 I love yahoo answers... Dell Inspiron 7520 15R: Cpu: Intel Core i7 3612QM @2.10Ghz, Ram: 8GB DDR3 1600MHZ, Storage: 1TB 5400RPM HDD, Os: WIndows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit EP1; Lenovo Yoga 11e Chromebook: Cpu: Intel Celeron N2930 @1.83Ghz, Ram: 8GB DDR3L 1333MHZ, Storage: 16GB eMMC, Os: Google Chrome Os; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 20, 2015 "GOING FAST MAKES ME FEEL ALIVE!!" Damn, I had high hopes for the show that died the instant I heard about the motorcycles. Hey, I liked that show. Card games on motorcycles man, card games on motorcycles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 20, 2015 I keep forgetting to post this but my mom works for the state library in CT. She recently got a work laptop. Her trackpad wouldn't work when she went on a work trip. I asked why she didn't use her wireless mouse. She was told to not use anything not supplied by the state in case the computer gets a virus from the mouse. but here's the kicker. I went online to see if there was a solution. I went to click on chrome and she said, "No. The IT person said you have to use IE". Get this, The IT women (you would think she would know better) at work said that IE is more secure because it updates less often. I laughed so hard. P.S. My mom isn't stupid with computer even though I am the acknowledge-able person in my house. She knows that what the women said was BS but when you could get fired if something happened to the pc, you might just wanna follow the rules. You live in CT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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