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    Thoughts on Minifourm's elitemini B550?

    Haven't had a desktop in 3yrs or a laptop more modern than a Surface Pro 2 in that time. Was going to put something together mid 2020, but we all know what happened to the components market and I kept away. Fast forward and I am considering something again. No heavy gaming. Just don't have the...
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    Hyundai completes Boston Dynamics Acquisition

    https://www.engadget.com/hyundai-acquires-boston-dynamics-1-1-billion-110901223.html another highly innovative american company is acquired by an overseas conglomerate (and not for the first time). it will be interesting to see where this one lands. Hyundai isn't quite to Mitsubishi's level...
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    AMD Advantage Laptops (Aka Zen3 + 6000m)

    https://www.amd.com/en/gaming/advantage reviews for the Asus Strix G15 hit the web yesterday, haven't seen anything for the Omen16. looks to be fairly solid for gaming laptops. however given the strong power performance, i have to wonder if these won't be quickly picked up by laptop miners.
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    RGB All the Things!

    https://www.autoblog.com/2021/05/06/brembo-g-sessanta-led-lights-brake-caliper/ because your brake calipers justn't were bling-y enough. on the other hand, it'll be interesting to see how well these hold up, as that's a fairly harsh environment.
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    Unable to reply in mobile

    Don't know if anyone else is seeing this, but on a mobile device in Chrome, the reply box and tools are not loading. occurs when viewing as desktop site on mobile device as well. Restarting device, logging in and out made no difference. Pixel 2XL with final update, Chrome on current version.
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    Any recent modern radiator round ups?

    I need to replace two old Swifty radiators that had their cores punctured over this past year, and wondering if there has been any recent look at what's on the market. Going with dual 240's again. It used to be you had high low density fin counts and now things seem to be in various thickness...
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    WTB: 240 radiator

    Purchased, thank you.
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    Any solution for poor performance with AMD and VirtualBox?

    Ryzen 5 3400g, 8gb memory and 256gb sad trying to run a single core, 1gb memory WinXP VM and the VM is horribly slow. From login screen to desktop takes 5min. Same VM on a Surface Pro2 and no issues with performance. Google shows lots of complaints, but very few solutions. I need a single VM...
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    Issues with GoG and 2-Step?

    Anyone else having a problem with GoG and 2-Step authentication right now? I am not getting the email with the verification code. Checked both Gmail and my ISP (which forwards to Gmail) and nothing is coming through. Not even horribly delayed. Checked the forwarding rules for my ISP and there is...
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    Replace a Pixel 2XL for?

    Both the wife and I have Pixel 2XL phones that we really have no complaints with, outside of damaged screens. Both are paid for, both have insurance and both are over two years old. At this point we are leaning towards paying the deductibles and just having them replaced, but neither of us are...
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    Custom Res Question

    Any idea if this would not work? assume the reservoir is capped top and bottom.
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    WTB: USB Webcam - Nevermind got one enroute

    Looking for a functional USB Webcam compatible with Skype that Win10 will auto-install. I'll pay shipping from US-48 states. Prefer to stay under $50
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    x470 recommendations

    My x370 board died and I don't have the budget to replace the 1700x that is sitting in it. So with that excluding the current crop of x570 out there, the leaves me with looking at another x370 or move to x470. Hardocp on mobile is not allowing me to read old reviews, so what would be...
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    CPU or Mobo

    PC decided not to power back on from sleep. Pressing power button yields nothing, no power to anything. Swap out the power supply with a known good one and the same result. Disconnect power supply and jumper it on, and it works. Plug it back in and jumper on, mother board shows CPU debug LED and...
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    Pixel 2 XL USB port

    Has anyone else had shit luck with this phone and it's USB port? Getting ready to send my third phone back in year over it. Keeps getting loose and won't hold the cable in well enough to charge. Fortunately the damn thing has a two year warrnaty, but 3 times in a year seems excessive. Phone gets...
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    Any good way of moving Win7Home OEM to SSD and new hardware?

    Boss needs to update his PC, either the chip or the Mobo went out last week and took the other with it and I discovered simply popping his HDD into generic hardware was not going to happen. Ebay hardwareh got him runnning again, but it did show a problem for a upgrade. The source machine is an...
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    Any input on a cheap office update

    looking to update a rig at work, this will be 100% office use. no gaming, not even solitaire. Email, video watching, Office typing, light database usage, etc. will probably stick around in that role for 5 years or more. only requirement is i have to clone the current OS and software install...
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    Looking for an App

    Looking for an App that will allow my Nexus 7 tablet to act like an Android Auto head unit. Or more specifically show me who is calling or text messages from my Pixel 2. The tablet is permanent installed in the car replacing the Stone age factory nav system/screen. I have an actual radio head...
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    Fix it or replace it?

    LCD died out of nowhere in my Moto X Pure edition 32gb on Monday. Phone had been my DD since 9/2016. No real complaints with the phone, battery was just starting to lose some capacity, it overall I had no plans on replacing it in the near future. asking around various shops (that's a whole...
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    Failed driver updating preventing Win10 boot?

    Made the mistake of trying to update my AMD drivers, and haven't been able to load into Windows 10 without using safe boot since. Via safe mode I tried uninstalling and deleting the AMD drivers/various folders. No luck. Disabled all services and non-essential start-ups and still no luck. Tried...
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    Maximum file sizes

    It might be because I am an idiot, but I don't see them posted in rules or FAQs, but what are the maximum image and file size for upload?
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    Time to file a PayPal dispute?

    First off, i want to say i do not think the Seller is/was trying to scam, but i think this has gone on long enough and want to ask the community at large. Bought a used Asus Motherboard from Mothman on October 27th, paid via PayPal. Board was shipped that day. Board arrived in an Anti-Static...
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    Asus P8Z77-M PRO help

    Got a used board that was suppose to be all good last week. dropped in a 3770k that had been working when my old board died due to a leaking CMOS battery, as well as 4 x 4gb sticks of Corsair Vengance DDR3. got nothing when pressing the power button. tried jumping the power supply on, still...
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    Rev 2 X370 boards?

    Anyone hear anything about eta on second generation or revision x370 boards? Hoping to out together a Ryzen system towards end of the summer, but I am curious when we are going to start seeing boards that weren't designed for the launch window, and have had some slight tweaks and changes to make...
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    Xbox One won't turn on

    My launch Xbox One won't turn on, get a small chirp, but no lights. Brick shows solid orange. Tried cycling connections, tried different outlets, different displays, different HDMI cables, with and without external drive installed, same result. Thinking it's dead, Jim. Any other ideas? The...
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    Dirty Win10 install?

    Got a new Mobo and chip, went from SB to IB, windows did not like. Horrible OS stability, UEFI boot issues, freezing installers, hangs on reboot, etc. Finally got the UEFI issues squared away and it boots cleanly. Tried to do an upgrade install but it hangs at 81% prior to the first restart. I...
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    Reservoirs

    i am now looking for a fourth reservoir. my previous 3 have all been tube style with threaded caps, and all three have cracked either around fittings, or in the threaded areas around the end caps. i am over it. i don;t run a traditional case, so bay res is out. anyone got a suggestion for a...
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    VoIP and Unmanaged Switch Incompatibility?

    a quick question for the professionals out there, and my access to information is limited to make it worse. I get to play IT guy for work a small business: 4 wired PCs, single printer, single credit card machine and 7 VoIP phones. the 7 Phones go directly from the patch panel to a Cisco...
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    How is the Cisco RV series now?

    I know the older Cisco RV series and Cisco branded Linksys stuff had a crap reputation, but how are the newer offerings? Specifically the RV130 or RV320. Looking for router for a very small business, 3-4 clients, a small NAS, Printer and maybe 2 APs. I would be the on-site IT guy, and the boss...
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    What phones are compatible with both CDMA and GSM networks?

    Wifes Icon is failing, and needs to be replaced. We half toying with going to T-Mobile, but there are persistent concerns over network quality vs Verizon, for some of the specific areas we travel to. that being said, T-Mobile's current plans look a lot more fair towards the customer than...
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    Find me a fan controller

    my mobo is on its way out, and the PWM signal for the CPU fan header is getting unreliable. lucky for me, even with the pump commanded to 0 RPM, i got enough coolant in my loop that the CPU doesn't spike above 75c in a 30c ambient condition. so i am in need of a controller to run my pump and 4...
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    PS4 WiFi Connection Reliability

    Question for all you PS4 owners: Do you use a WiFi Connection, and if so, how reliable is it and who is your ISP? Background: Wife works for a large telecom, they are getting a lot of trouble calls for random dropouts with the PS4 and WiFi. She asked me if this a common issue with the PS4 in...
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    Apps for dedicated in-car use tablet

    I have a 2013 Nexus7 LTE that is going to be replacing the factory Nav screen in my old Rover. It has the latest android release from Google and a very limited data plan from T-Mobile. It will be connected to the head unit via Bluetooth. The head unit is a pre Android Auto unit. I have a...
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    Giant Amazon Ads

    Don't know if this is intentional or not: getting it every 10 page loads or so
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    Need recommendation for 200-300$ range

    one of my 6850 has died. 4 years of running OC'd will do that I guess. also means I get to upgrade. just need recommendations for best bet, either new or used (though if used, it better not be a fucking unicorn find) I am still running a 2600k @ 4.4ghz, 16GB Ram, 850w PSU, 256GB 850Pro SSD. I...
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    How screwed am I?

    my desktop has been down for the last few months due a bad pump that i was lazy about getting swapped out. finally got the time to do it last week. fired right up and had no issues booting to the desktop (8.1 Pro w/ Media Center). there was about 54 updates to install, and then it restarted...
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    CM11 - Dialer really unstable on SGS4

    I don't know if the issue is CM11 (running latest milestone) or something within Android, but the fucking dialer is going to be the death of this phone. it works fine, as long as you don't need to use the keypad function or the speakerphone function, or see the screen once you pull it away from...
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    New Trend? No Repairs

    The speaker and mic on my 928 are failing. Tried both Verizon Corporate and Microsoft stores about getting it repaired, apparently neither facilitate sending phones out for repairs anymore. Surprising. None of the local cell repair store around me are willing to touch it either, which isn't that...
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    WTB Nexus 7 LTE

    Looking for a Nexus 7 LTE 2013 model. has to be LTE. going to be used 100% in a vehicle, so cosmetic damage in terms of scratches/dents is acceptable, as long a none prevent proper operation and usage. Charging port issues maybe doable. MUST be able to connect and maintain a contract with...
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    Swiftech MCP-35X stalling at low Duty Cycle?

    I have a 3.5 year old Swiftech MCP-35X that has ran at more or less 20% duty cycle it's entire life and lately has been stalling out around 1600 rpm. I haven't had an issue when the duty cycle above 40%, but I really don't like running it that high as it is loud, and at idle, it is not needed...
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