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EDIT: At this point I consider the question basically answered. I just didn't realize that essentially it's already basically doing what I want. While some things like games are basically ignoring it, the CPU itself is already sending a preferred core order to the OS and, as expected, the...

So I need to replace some old fans that are beginning to wear out, one of which has reached the point of grinding even. But it has to be pretty low budget at this point and the system doesn't get terribly hot anyway, so I don't need high static pressure Noctuas or anything like that. I'm more...

So this may sound crazy. But almost by the day now it seems like new exploits involving speculative execution are found. Since AMD seems to rely on MB manufacturers for microcode updates (and even then it takes a while besides) I actually started wondering: is it even possible and, if so, how...

So, first of all, my system specs in case it matters: CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X currently set to run at a fixed 4.4GHz. And of course the RAM: Mushkin Redline Lumina DDR4 4000MHz (PC4-32000) 1.35V To begin with I want to explain the situation. TLD[n]R people skip down please rather than complain...

So I'm suddenly running into a strange problem. Any time I attempt to set a file or directory to be encrypted, Windows says it is unable to encrypt because "the directory name is invalid." The strange thing is, if I create a file on a root of a partition -- say C:\test.fil -- and attempt to...

I have an Idobo75 clone based on the ATMega32U4. I'm still not sure exactly what happened, but during an improper shutdown (my fault I 100% admit!) it stopped working with my computers, yet, interestingly enough still functioned enough to do things like switch layers (I have it programmed to...

So I just wanted to make a quick check. Is there any reason I should limit any of the PBO settings as long as the cooler and everything is keeping up? To explain more specifically, basically I have a pretty good third party cooler and my CPU is underclocked just a little (5600X with max boost...

I just recently did a system upgrade. Basically all major components. CPU, motherboard, RAM, and GPU. Even tossed in a new PCI-E M.2 SSD for good measure. For the most part the hardware should be able to handle pretty much anything with reasonable quality settings, but I'm having issues with...

So let me preface this for the thread skimmers with the fact that I already know this has a lot of potential major disadvantages including the fact that a card could be effectively rendered bricked if one really really screwed up. I'd like to not spend a week arguing with someone explaining why...

So recently I reinstalled Windows 8.1 on this system (no I'm not going to use 10 on it, let's skip that discussion thanks.) Since the reinstall I've been fighting with a really irritating bug that crops up kind of randomly. About every three boots or so something or other happens where if I...

So this is kind of a strange one. I recently reinstalled Windows 7 x64 because I wanted to switch over to UEFI (I was using CSM before and converting without using commercial software is quite a lot harder than you might think so I eventually just gave up) and it was getting a bit bogged down...

So I really like the idea of VMWare ThinApp and I recently had occasion to use it for a couple of things and see how it works. It actually encapsulates programs each in their own individual sandbox. This not only has the advantages of sandboxing but also it means each ThinApped program has...

Sorry if this should have gone on the software side, but it's very nVidia specific. I've noticed that their shader cache is dumping in my temp folder. The problem is, I've had too much trouble with too many things dumping all sorts of crap in my temp folder and just leaving it there. It...

So this is probably one of the silliest problems to run into, but I use an alternate shell (a BlackBox build -- specifically bbZero right now) and one of the stupidest little annoyances is that I don't really have any obvious means of getting to the built in search tool. (If there is some...

So asking this on here is a bit of a shot in the dark. Probably not many here are terribly familiar with the GPD Win itself. It's worth noting that it is actually very much like your typical 2-in-1 as far as the actual setup goes though. They used exactly the same methods for most of the...

So I have a fairly cheap VPN. It's not blazing fast, but beggars can't be choosers as they say. However, I have found that if I use a Squid proxy it suddenly performs almost as well as if there were no VPN at all. So what I've done is setup a Raspberry Pi 2 that isn't doing anything else to...

So strangely enough lately sleep inhibit functions just aren't working. For instance, a download manager set to prevent the computer from sleeping while a download is running will be unable to do so. A program created specifically to prevent sleeping while allowing me to set a one-time use...

For quite some time I've felt like something just didn't sound right with my Windows sound. Initially I determined it to be a fault of drivers I was using for the soundcard I had at the time (Asus DG which always had horrible drivers and a third party had offered improved modified drivers that...

So Microsoft has hopped on board with the other companies that go for a lowest common denominator kind of thing. High volume percentages on the cheap IEMs and earbuds so many people have can produce hazardous volume levels and in the EU they're required to have limiting. So they just put...

So I'm starting to run into problems like a few applications (most notably VMWare Workstation Player) dropping all support for 32-bit systems. Because no one uses 32-bit anymore, right? Except there are a lot of devices that, sadly, still do -- usually for the wrong reasons. In this case I...

So I recently realized what a difference it can make to disable font antialiasing and use fonts in their native sizes. Along with some really readable fonts (my favorite being BigBlue TerminalPlus which is super easy to read at a nice size since I like relatively small fonts and it includes...

EDIT: Forget it. I'm wasting my breath. I'm unsubscribing from the thread anyway.

So one truly fun feature I've noticed in all modern games is that even if you set the drivers themselves to force FSAA the setting will be ignored. This seems to go in league with everyone trying to force us to switch to cheap shaders like FXAA (which I'm guessing are much more console friendly...

So one problem that has been plaguing me pretty much since day one with this motherboard is that god-awful control center software MSI provided. At first I didn't care much since I had a pretty minimal CPU and I've long since stopped overclocking, but I recently upgraded to a more midrange-ish...

Ok, so I have an Asus D2 which as anyone who has used one probably already knows has pretty sucky drivers that haven't been updated in ages. So I've been using the UNi Xonar drivers for some time. These seem to work just great and for ages I've had no real troubles beyond the crappy EAX...

So, I got a large tube of dielectric grease some time ago for various things in the car as it's pretty common to use it for things such as battery terminals, contacts on things such as lights, and etc to help protect the metal from corrosion while still allowing a physical connection (it has a...

Ok, so I've recently started getting the hang of using lithium ion batteries for everything and have a bunch of fairly good quality 18650s by Panasonic and Samsung (which are two of the best, so I'm not using cheap UltraFires or whatever.) These batteries are capable of quite a lot of...

EDIT: Nevermind. I just realized that PJRC has their own forums. Obviously it makes a whole lot more sense to ask about such a thing there since if anyone knows the workings of the Teensy it would be them.

EDIT: Old thread. I now have a card and am very happy with it.

I've been trying to keep my computer fairly power efficient, which is part of why I now do so much on a "minimal" PC (~50 watts for basic use of things like browsers versus at least twice that for most computers, around 65 or so for basic gaming versus as much as three to four times that for...

So I was using an old PC monitor as a secondary screen that I didn't need much. It suddenly started messing up about a week ago just seemingly out of the blue though, so I switched it with another really old LCD since I wasn't really using it all that much. Unfortunately, I now want to hook up...

So a while back I got the Razer Orochi. Less for a portable gaming mouse sort of thing and more because the smaller size and shape is more comfortable to my hand (I've been having troubles with pains in my right hand that I've determined were caused in no small part to having said hand on a...

So I've been having troubles with my right hand in recent times. I tried changing mice and at first it almost seemed to help (it is a bit better with the new one I guess) but the problem still remains. I did once use a smaller mouse for just a little while (the Logitech V450) but it was wireless...

Ok, so I love Android and all of the openness and choices it gives its users compared to iOS, however, there is one thing and one thing only that Apple has had Google beaten on pretty much from the start, and it's one of the most senseless stupidest things possible: the volume control. Google...

Ok, so I'm a bit paranoid. Working in retail, I've seen multiple phones with cracked screens literally in a day. What's more, I used to have an iPaq h1945, which is as close as a PDA of that time came to this sort of profile (eg thin and all) and I always kept it in a thin case in my pocket...

EDIT: Nevermind. I got sick of the Otterbox and no longer will be using one.

So I have a family that is just completely in Apple's pocket other than myself. Really, I love my Android devices and couldn't consider an Apple device in a hundred years. (I'm not really going to start a fight with anyone about why I hate Apple, just suffice it to say that it's not fanboyism...

So I just got a tablet. The one and only thing really that I'm currently kind of envying about my Apple toting parents is it seems like through iMessage they are able to receive and I believe even send texts using their iPads even to me with my Android phone. (And if I've misunderstood and...

Ok, so I like to use a low brightness for fairly obvious reasons. In my lighting at home I'm actually able to get away with the lowest or just one or two notches up at the most. A while back I started to switch the harddrive to a 7200 RPM drive (which was surprisingly low power to the extent...

So I have a headphone amp I use with my computer -- a CMoy using an AD8620 OPAMP (this particular combination sounds incredible as if it were far better than a CMoy IMO and seems to suit my headphones very well.) I've been using 8xAAAs to get the voltage high enough, but I just recently bought...