tech-coding-math

[silent mason]

I don't know what my next phone will be... if Apple bring desktop mode to iPhone, I'll probably switch to iPhone

That's the only feature now keeping me on Android

[strong saffron]

What's desktop mode?

[cold elbow]

In 3 years pixel and my Samsung phone will stop getting updates
So what's your point here?

[silent mason]

So my Galaxy S20 FE has DeX. Which plug in a HDMI cable, mouse, and keyboard, and it becomes a desktop running Android. I also have a NexDock which I can use to convert my S20 into an Android laptop

[jovial tide]

https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4457705?hl=en#zippy=%2Cpixel-phones

[silent mason]

I came to really love that feature because of Continuum

[jovial tide]

now show me a samsung page like this

[strong saffron]

Interesting I wonder if my phone can do that

[silent mason]

which phone?

[strong saffron]

Redmi Note 9S

[silent mason]

https://security.samsungmobile.com/workScope.smsb

that's something I've found so far, not sure how well it compares. Also, lack of desktop mode is what made Pixel a no-go for me

[strong saffron]

oh its a Samsung feature

[silent mason]

DeX is a Samsung feature yes

But the Motorola Atrix first launched with a desktop mode. And I believe it's baked into Android now (with DeX just being an enhanced desktop mode experience).

[cold elbow]

Huawei has it as well

[silent mason]

Yeah, Huawei has their own branded one too

https://www.knowyourmobile.com/user-guides/how-to-enable-android-10-desktop-mode/ yeah, Android 10 baked it into the OS

but you need a phone which supports it. If your phone uses USB Type-C 2.0, it won't have the bandwidth for desktop mode for example. (I think it needs to be Type-C 3.1 or above)

[cold elbow]

@jovial tide this is the pixel 3 getting only 3 updates and im also getting 3 updates
I still dont see your point here

[jovial tide]

well pixel 3 will die in october

[cold elbow]

Or two

So?

Their support is 2 years

And one for security

[silent mason]

I found that Samsung said they'd provide security updates for four years now

[cold elbow]

Samsung is pretty much the same

Yes

From now on it will be 4

[silent mason]

It applies to all devices from 2019 they said

Nevermind, select devices

[cold elbow]

From now on they will

[silent mason]

Aye but select devices from as back as 2019 are getting the treatment

[cold elbow]

They realized that people want to keep their phones

[silent mason]

Well, I was only expecting to keep my phone for 2 years

[jovial tide]

interesting

[cold elbow]

And they're creating a lot of e waste

[jovial tide]

but pixel 5 is around 5 years support I think

from release date

[cold elbow]

No

[silent mason]

Can you back that up with a link please, so I can see?

Like what I provided from Samsung's own website for their phones

[cold elbow]

Android manufacturers cannot support their phone for a long time because of the processors they're using

This is why google is switching to their own silicone

[silent mason]

And so are Samsung

[cold elbow]

And for that pixel might become relivant to purchase

For now only google fanboys buy it

[silent mason]

Especially as with their own silicon, Google can really integrate Android

It could very much become the iPhone of Android

[cold elbow]

Yes

I remember when google released pixel 3 with 2900mA battery

And 5.5 screen

[jovial tide]

Guys did you know holding shift in a discord channel shows u extra tools on messages?

[mental cloud]

off topic but my keyboard is spamming a key by it self, any help

[jovial tide]

time to buy a new one I guess

[mental cloud]

wrong

[jovial tide]

unplug replug and reinstall drivers

[jovial tide]

Hey!

Hey!

[mental cloud]

bet

[lean yoke]

Hey!

[civic cloud]

Hey!

[fringe moon]

Fixed already?

[jovial tide]

Just DDU'd my drivers (all of them)

[mental cloud]

no but lets hope I dont hit enter and my teacher asks why am I spamming

it was ` this key btw

`

[slim bluff]

does this occur when your keyboard is unplugged?

if not do you have another keyboard to hand that you could test?

[mental cloud]

I'll try that

it occurs mostly when im afk

like not typing

[slim bluff]

so it isnt constant?

hmm

would you be able to try another keyboard and see if you still have this problem

if there isnt a problem after using another keyboard its almost certain its hardware issue with the keyboard

[jovial tide]

@sour marsh salty just recently a person with 6900XT + 5600X + msi MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI + 32GB Trident Royal 3200MHz had that crash

[sour marsh]

same CPU family tho

[jovial tide]

We tested everything reinstalled windows, put the game into controlled folder access in Windows Defender, double checked everything all OEM drivers + AMD Gpu driver

Then we realized MSI XMP sets ram timings and voltage to something entirely different than whats in the profile!!!

Disabled XMP, set timings = recommended timings for 3200MHz-1.35V by GSkill all problems solved.

[sour marsh]

that means the game runs on memory leakage then

[jovial tide]

Nope that mean god damn msi has a brain of its own when it comes to xmp

[sour marsh]

if you get a stronger system than x amount, say 4gb VRAM for the game.. that sounds like memory leak

imo

[jovial tide]

Which somehow crashed the gpu driver at times (you would see clock going to 0 over and over again during GTA runtime)

[sour marsh]

waaa...

ok that sounds new

and scary

[slim bluff]

if its a memory leak then everybody should be having the same issue

[jovial tide]

No it's not a memory leak

[slim bluff]

alright gotcha

[sour marsh]

looked over reviews, alot of people have issues

[jovial tide]

It's something like a driver crash or maybe even overcurrent protection kicking in

[sour marsh]

with Bully the game

[slim bluff]

shouldnt be that hard to test, just leave the game running for a while and if its a memory leak the game WILL crash

[jovial tide]

Funny thing is after using the right timings on ram, even 3dmark benchmark became smoother

[sour marsh]

which probably is why people get better performance overall

when they overclock

[jovial tide]

so XMP is like the default overclock right?

It's supposed to read the profiles inside the ram and overclock correctly

[sour marsh]

as far as i learned from Youtube, XMP is the default OC

if you have it disabled, your rig is not overclocked

[jovial tide]

Yep it's supposed to do this:

It didn't so we manually applied this.

[sour marsh]

tested speed also never means it can't go higher

[jovial tide]

So this is the most stable

[sour marsh]

3200 is just the most stable it can handle yeah

[jovial tide]

This is what's in those xmp profiles inside the ram.

do you have CPUZ?

[sour marsh]

no

maybe I should

lol

[jovial tide]

hwinfo64?

[sour marsh]

Nope

[jovial tide]

look closely at this

[sour marsh]

I don't OC my rig to ever use monitoring apps

[jovial tide]

This is my laptop using a dual channel profile

and those in the table are the timings and voltages

each ram has that, so you buy a 3200MHz. @ 3200MHz it has a profile already set like that; which is used by XMP on most motherboards when you enable it.

[sour marsh]

it was 2333 for me before enabling XMP for me

[jovial tide]

Some motherboards say well we know better, fk that table

[sour marsh]

when I built my rig

then again, Gigabyte X570

[jovial tide]

If you wanna do a safe ram overclock

[vapid grove]

Does anyone here use an Nvidia Shield?

[jovial tide]

You can just get hwinfo64 look at this table, take a pic and apply it to the oc part of bios

then leave everything else to automatic

like that ram above was 16-18-18-18-38 (aka 16-18-18-38) @ 1.35V

and MSI decided:

[sour marsh]

I mean mine ain't bless

so

[jovial tide]

you see the 1600?

that's your dual channel ram profile for you @3200MHz

[sour marsh]

yeah I see it

yours was 1197

which x2 will be less than 2333

[jovial tide]

mine's a shitty laptop currently

[sour marsh]

is DDR4 SDRAM that slow?

[jovial tide]

for laptops yes

Also 2400MHz is normal really

[sour marsh]

also just noticed again

my last SSD not registering

F

I really need to slot that in another PC or something

[jovial tide]

Now, question do you crash in gta?

[sour marsh]

no

[jovial tide]

glad to hear xd

[sour marsh]

well it was bully that crashed

I am just gonna install the silent patch

[jovial tide]

you dont seem to have any driver/hardware problems

you have motherboard software installed?

[sour marsh]

yeah

F30 as it says

[jovial tide]

not bios

windows motherboard software

[sour marsh]

one moment, gotta check

[jovial tide]

gigabyte calls it app center

[sour marsh]

ah yes that's not there

did I really run a PC this long without it

[jovial tide]

most people do

and it's very good to have. I'd just disable auto driver updates on windows and use this.

[brave field]

Gigabyte APPCenter

The second easiest way to wipe your OS

after RGBFusion

[jovial tide]

It's good for noobz

Live update makes life easier

[kindred temple]

Welllllllll

I mean loading up a USB is also easy.

The sole reason i run live update is that i lost all of my USB drive. And the only one i got is loaded with windows MCT

[cold elbow]

True

Stupid garbage made by a monkey

Fuck gigabyte

[quartz kayak]

[jovial tide]

[vapid grove]

They sent me an incendiary device

[kindred temple]

Maybe he thinks more of the a series S2H

Or B560-DS3H

[cold elbow]

Or any gigabyte board

[brave field]

no touch software

software bad

[cold elbow]

Not a "was"

It's still

Wow

[kindred temple]

newegg bundle

[cold elbow]

So what if i already have it?

You can afford a new psu

Not me

They replace it with the same unit

And their servers got fucked that they shut down their RMA servers

[kindred temple]

If someone sell me a rotten sandwich, i wouldnt buy it.

[cold elbow]

And my gigabyte board is fkn up my ssd

That it was slower than a shitty hdd

If i launch gigabyte rgb fusion my entire computer freezes

B450 auros pro

[kindred temple]

Im losing braincells

[cold elbow]

Their gpus dies more often

Gamersnexus

[kindred temple]

I mean ive seen far too many anecdotes of gigabyte GPU especially in 3000 series where the thermal pads pees oil and dries off

[cold elbow]

The card that they have died lmao

On a gaming load for 48 hrs

Yes

My friend's 1080 card died as well

And gigabyte didn't give a flying fuck

I started it already

Fuck gigabyte

"good products"

Not gigabyte

Even if the product works

Their support is garbage

I actually have a really good experience with corsair

And asus

RMAed a gtx 1060 strix because one of the rgb leds were dimmed

They gave me a gtx 1660 ti strix

Meanwhile its been two weeks and gigabyte didn't even reply to my issue

No extra charge

Yes

I bought a used corsair keyboard then RMAed

They gave me a new one

[vapid grove]

Service goes a long way

[cold elbow]

U might think im another idiot on the internet that doesn't know shit

And that's ok

Im keeping my hate until they do something about their support and products

[kindred temple]

Well no, because brand rant helps people to see the good and bad.

No company is perfect and knowing both sides is good.

[brave field]

the company itself is the crap

[cold elbow]

It's not just my experience
I build computers and i know a lot of computer enthusiasts

And i formed this idea based on that

My friend with x570 also thinks their software is garbage and unusable

Everyone i know thinks the same

Ok good night

[jovial tide]

70-80% of X570 boards are crap :/

Kind of bad marketing, they should have called x570 b550, and b550 x570

[kindred temple]

Lets also blame AMD for understandardizing X570 needs

yet overbult B550s

[jovial tide]

How much is X570 Godlike?

😮

900CAD here omfg

I would buy B550A Pro or X570A Pro

depending on my needs

Like if I was a streamer I would have totally bought a X570A Pro

You can put audio cards/elgato in there

oh no no no

high end cards are not x1 brother

both audio and video recording

let's see

elgato x4

hmmmm

[brave field]

Where can I get these https://www.ebay.com/itm/114495055780

but with a black PCB

and NOT with the connector to the board's USb header?

Something like this, but not bright red https://www.ebay.com/itm/274686498362

[jovial tide]

kind of cool this

[brave field]

Had one from Amazon but that entire seller has vanished from the site, and the bracket came bent

[lost fossil]

isnt the pcb on this black already?

i checked reviews on aliexpress and the pcb is indeed black

[plucky lotus]

b550 gang u r a scrub if u buy a shit x570

its high quality or nothing at all

those low end x570 yuck

[lost fossil]

ok

[kindred temple]

I swear to god some people have more brawn than brain

https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv13060807

So this guy fucking reverse engineered the XSX Console Expansion cartridge to fit in an m.2 SSD

when the XSX already have internal m.2 SSD

[lost fossil]

the problem is that ps5 comes with an m.2 slot

but for xsx you need to buy these seagate cards

[kindred temple]

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Xbox+Series+X+SSD+Replacement/141752

But yeah

mfw 2230

[lost fossil]

i need a 2230 usb nvme case

the one that i currently have is for 2242 and it's m.2 sata

i want to use it with that kioxia 1tb 2230 square

[fervent granite]

Wish it were more easily accessible like the ps4

[lost fossil]

that's a disgustingly long procedure wtf man

[cold elbow]

Ok we are starting a new brain what should we call it?
Some dumbass in the back: kioxia
: Ok lets use that.

[strong saffron]

Is there a way to expand a column and have the table expand to the rest of the page instead of shrink other columns?

[lost fossil]

aren't you hitting the edge of the page there?

[lost fossil]

i think you need to adjust the right border of the page

[jovial tide]

Yo any Best sites for practicing competitive programming??

[strong saffron]

Nope. The margins are equal on both sides so I'm not hitting the right edge. I tried setting smaller margins too and it just went further to the left

[strong saffron]

Not sure what you mean by competitive programming but have you tried CodeWars?

[silent mason]

On the X570 thing, I spent £400 on my motherboard for all the USB ports. Turns out I don't have enough lanes to support the ports, and I keep getting USB overload and have things disconnecting and glitching out.

[civic cloud]

gg

[silent mason]

I'm peeved off because I've tried everything now... USB hubs, USB expansion cards, USB ports built into the motherboard... still having the same issues...

I'm at a loss now as to how to fix it (while still being able to use all the devices)

[civic cloud]

how many devices are you using lol

[silent mason]

A lot.

Keyboard (uses 2 ports), keypad, mouse, mouse mat, StreamDeck XL, MixAmp, GoXLR (I have this for streaming use only), ATEM Mini, VR headset.

Attached as needed are: flight stick, flight throttle, rudder pedals, wheel and pedal set, shifter mod, button box, and Xbox controller

The ATEM and GoXLR are managed via a smart plug. So if they're not needed, I use Philips Hue to turn them off.

[kindred temple]

Get separate USB hub connected to the pcie slot.

[silent mason]

Tried that already, still same problem.

[kindred temple]

:Bruh:

[silent mason]

The reason I went for them all on the motherboard is because PCIe USB expansions and USB hubs had both failed.

[civic cloud]

maybe your CPU is broken

🤝

[silent mason]

That'd mean two CPUs broken...

[cold elbow]

Maybe u need to try different types of pcie cards

Just like how some raid cards are wacky

[silent mason]

I tried multiple ones lol

[hot goblet]

i see this for 40 bucks https://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-WD10EURX-IntelliPower-Internal/dp/B086WQTLHD
is there a diffrence between it and a wd blue or a seagate barracuda

[jovial tide]

that hdd is clearly for surveillance DVR usage, I'd not use it for PC( although you can use it on PC without any issue) but these kinda hdds are designed for constant 24/7 usage, this particular one is also refurbished/renewed so its not really worth it

wd blue or barracuda are suitable for everyday usual PC usage

[cold elbow]

@jovial tide the purple is for DVR

[cold elbow]

not worth is

barracuda is much better and faster

[hot goblet]

the one i foiund was new and ok imma look for barracuda then

[kindred temple]

This pre-owned product

Storage devices

fuck no

oleg help

[lost fossil]

!ban @jovial tide phishing

[pure ridge]

Banned This_is_King_bitch#2137 (Case #119030) (user notified with a direct message)

[lost fossil]

as i was gonna say

@silent mason you need threadripper

not for the cores or whatever but for pcie lanes

all threadrippers have 64 lanes

[silent mason]

Yeah, this was a prebuilt so it wasn't an option 😦

Not with a Strix 3070 anyway

and from the prebuilt place I went to, I believe the TR would have added an extra £2'000 to the cost for just the basic TR and motherboard

[lost fossil]

sadge

yeah tr mobos are worth their weight in probably not gold but at least silver

[pliant lynx]

i wonder what the specs

[civic cloud]

Is this from a game?

[full hull]

Clean

Maybe 3090/3080 ti with i9 11900k or Ryzen 5900x

[pliant lynx]

yeah

[kindred temple]

Hard to make up, but here's what i can tell from purely eyesight:
Case: Cooler Master MB520L (cant tell the exact from height, but triple 120mm kinda gives it away, can also be Mastercase Pro 5)
AIO: Looks like a parody of NZXT Kraken X73, but with CM fans that can suggest it being Cooler Master Masterliquid ML360, but it could be not due to the lack of CM logo silhouette light
Motherboard: The VRM cooling and lack of m.2 heatsink suggests a value overclocker motherboard, possibly of Gigabyte or Asus? It can be MSI due to the "AuDiO bOoSt" markings on the back towards the GPU
CPU: blank, no identifying marks but possibly an intel platform as most AM4 board mounted the socket sideways, but the lever is definitely AMD style
RAM: Hard to make out from this far of a distance but the heatspreader looks like its from Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro, 4 sticks so either 64GB configuration, or 32GB
GPU: This one is easy to knock off, its the RDNA2/Ampere class GPU, so either 3070-3090, or 6800-6900XT
PSU: Possibly CM if the pattern follows? The MWE is not what i would pick, i would still go for the old MasterWatt 1000MiJ

@pliant lynx fuck it, ill ping. I shouldve do work or actually play other game than wows.

[pliant lynx]

[brave field]

@lost fossil Its black but it requires a cable and mobo USB header

[lost fossil]

wait hol tf up

it doesn't

the sata plug is for extra power just in case and the 19pin is for plugging front panep ports

right?

are you talking about these?

[brave field]

The description says optional but I asked the seller and you only get 500ma across ALL ports without it

[lost fossil]

the 7 port one only has a sata plug for extra power

hmm

[brave field]

I think 3.1/3.2 usb drives need 1a now

but even then

This is PCI/PCIe, it should grab power from the board

[lost fossil]

what's the spec for pcie 3.0 x1?

[brave field]

500ma at 12v or something like that

for some reason this also says 10w at 3.3v but no ma/A

[lost fossil]

that's not a lot

no wonder all of them need an extra power plug

[brave field]

what magician made the card I have

why can I get 1.5-2a from each port with no cable

[lost fossil]

iirc pcie slot can provide 75w max

[brave field]

You need the x8/x16 power pins on the PCB

[lost fossil]

maybe you have a card that disregards industry standards maybe

maybe

[brave field]

completely unbranded and the seller was wiped from Amazon, now things are making more sense

[lost fossil]

yeah that makes sense

aliexpress sells 16 port sata controllers that use x1

isn't that kinda low on bandwidth for 16 sata devices?

[brave field]

I think so

Many motherboards take 4 chipset PCIe lanes for 4-5 sata ports

[lost fossil]

bruh

[brave field]

That looks disgusting

and I'm guessing SATA2 speeds

[lost fossil]

description says sata 3 but who canoes

these red cables are always sata 2

i think i am able to put 8 or 12 more hdds in my case theoretically with some diying

and i have a 4 port controller already

so i guess i could maybe get the 6 port one

[brave field]

What case is this?

And is it out of production?

Modern cases have so, so few drive spots

[lost fossil]

fractal 4

[brave field]

ooooh

[lost fossil]

i already have 7 out of 8 slots occupied + 3 in the 5.25 bay

but if i mount a hard drive directly to the floor, i can use it to mount 7 to 11 drives on top of it

done that in my sister's pc where i used acrylic plates from aliexpress and a 3.5 to 2.5 adapter from aliexpress to mount nzxt hue on top of the hard drive

it looks smooth ngl

[brave field]

Sounds interesting

you have pic?

[lost fossil]

no

but i could probably take one later if you remind me in 3 or 4 hours

i also used a sata to molex (not the other way around) adapter from aliexpress so that i don't have to run another cable from the power supply

full aliexpress for 191 iq build

[brave field]

sounds wonderful

Where you get drives?

[lost fossil]

local retailers

last time i got some external drives before chia went public

so it was some time in the winter

but the prices seem to have almost normalized

the 12tb hgst that i bought last year is only 5k rub or so more expensive rn than when i got it (that's like60-70$)

[brave field]

12tb for $60, wooow

[lost fossil]

no

60$ premium

[brave field]

oh

ah

And these are all new? No datacenter or scrapyard pulls?

[lost fossil]

yeah that's factory new

[brave field]

niiice

[lost fossil]

avg price since april

[brave field]

hm

expensive agh

Used datacenter drives are starting to look very tempting

they run hotter than normal and have many hours on them but almost every drive that isn't in my main system is dying

[jovial tide]

So Why is Everything In Russian

[kindred temple]

Cookie i have like a shit ton of random tech in my house i wanna sell

How should i do it

[lost fossil]

Because I Am Russian

[kindred temple]

[lost fossil]

Stop Typing Like That

[jovial tide]

👍

[kindred temple]

Well You Should Stop Too

[lost fossil]

[brave field]

Ebay, but make sure you take pictures of and document everything

tech buyers are used to getting 2-3 items + a refund from sellers

someone will likely try some funny business

[lost fossil]

these drives i just showed are cheaper new than used

[brave field]

need another local business to shut down and sell everything

3 drives died last week

[lost fossil]

what the fridge

[cold elbow]

3

hot damn

[kindred temple]

Hi Oleg Do You Wanna Buy My Definitely Real 3080 PC

[pure ridge]

Banned Vladimir#0281 (Case #119049) (user notified with a direct message)

[jovial tide]

@lost fossil can u ban the scammer in xbox cayo lfg

[cold elbow]

@kindred temple is it worth it to invest in a gen 4 ssd now? my board is gen3 anyways

[kindred temple]

🇳🇴

[cold elbow]

oki

[kindred temple]

Noctua cooled SSD

[jovial tide]

PNY is weird

Their graphics cards are also weird

Yet people will buy anything they can get their hands on with lower price

[jagged lark]

Is this a good pc? Searched up gaming pc for 120fps

https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/infinity-59-next-day-pc?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2PTTvOv08gIVSurtCh2JwA0lEAQYASABEgKAy_D_BwE

Or should i upgrade cpu and gpu?

[jovial tide]

Ms Claire will probably say yes

I would say get a AMD one

10400F is the sweet spot for performance/price

That custom build you can build yourself is a bit better

[jovial tide]

Similar build, if you do it yourself costs: min 740 pounds

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/HNDNrr

the only problem with that cyberpower system is the powersupply is horrible

[jagged lark]

I could potentially reduce the cost of my build by removing windows 10 and KB&M. Already got a somewhat “gaming” keyboard which is a blackweb brand

[jovial tide]

if you can call them and ask for something similar, without windows + better power supply

like an actual 550-650 80+ gold

it would be amazing

[jagged lark]

Ooh so is i5 still fine in 2021?

[jovial tide]

See, it's not just i5

[jagged lark]

Lol cause most people i have asked about their specs say i5

[jovial tide]

an i3 gen 8 = i5 gen 7

10400F is one of the best, and is definitely good enough for 1650

[jagged lark]

So you’ll be bottlenecking other specs by going with a powerful processor but not other specs?

[jovial tide]

If you like that pc, just give them a call tell them about the powersupply, and possibly adding more disk space (ssd/hdd)

they will 100% send you an offer

you see it's like a car, everything works in harmony

[jagged lark]

So everything in this list can be built from cyberpower?

[jovial tide]

forget that word bottlenecking.

so all you have to do is give them a call

or an email saying I like this https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/infinity-59-next-day-pc?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2PTTvOv08gIVSurtCh2JwA0lEAQYASABEgKAy_D_BwE / I want a better power supply on it like (Cooler Master V SFX Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply)

And a better ssd + one extra hard disk 7200rpm 2tb

I'm pretty sure they will do it for you

[jagged lark]

Lol I’ll definitely email them. I basically stutter and forget what i’m tryna say lol

[jovial tide]

Yeah that's also an option

So that pc is perfect, just needs a bit better ssd, an extra hard disk for your other files (1-2 tb up to you) and a better psu (power supply unit)

everything else is top notch

🤦‍♂️ and a cpu cooler

fk it let me search for you in there, they definitely have better ones

[jagged lark]

What about building it from scratch on cyberpower without using a template pc but using almost the same specs? Wont that increase my component options?

Unless your unable to

[jovial tide]

well you can start buying parts slowly

when graphics cards are available assemble it

whats your max budget for this?

[jagged lark]

Maybe upto £1500 but can go upto £2k

[jovial tide]

you have monitor + mouse + keyboard?

[jagged lark]

Only keyboard. Need monitor and mouse

What about this pc? https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/infinity-x115-gaming-pc

[jovial tide]

Well buy those first my friend

[cold elbow]

nothing is wrong with their stuff

i owned a PNY ssd and RAM before

[jovial tide]

cyberpower x105 and x115 are ok

this: https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/infinity-x105-GT-gaming-pc
and this: https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/infinity-x115-gaming-pc

you can also buy better power supplies with them

for 35 pounds more you can get Cooler Master MWE 650W 80+ Gold Modular Certified Gaming Power Supply

which is perfect for 220V

you also wanna add a cpu cooler to that

[jagged lark]

Anywhere else i can find a 4k 120hz monitor?

Amazon only show 1440p or 4k 60hz

[jovial tide]

Don't look for 4k 120Hz

1440p 144Hz is good enough

[brave field]

Finding 4k monitors is hard because monitors are too small. TVs are the way to go. LG C9/CX and its friends are options to research and look into

[jagged lark]

Ill look for 1440p if this is true

Need 1 for ps5 too

[jovial tide]

duuude

Ps5 doesn't support 4k 120Hz

Also if you get a 144 Hz 1440P monitor you can connect your PS5 @ 1080p 120Hz and enjoy (with a HDMI 2.1 cable)

Ps5 will get variable refresh rate and 1440p support this year

[cold elbow]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265016860606?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&itemid=265016860606&targetid=1280016057259&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9046582&poi=&campaignid=9441192132&mkgroupid=122313232443&rlsatarget=pla-1280016057259&abcId=578896&merchantid=113613133&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhY-0nfH08gIVEb_tCh3VkQVFEAYYASABEgKVIvD_BwE

what does a 1 key button part only replacement means?

oh wait

nvm

[brave field]

oooooooooh

very nice mounting

[slim bluff]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/829124062395236382/885587019647045652/696492731085619301.png

[brave field]

wha

Gopher as a crab?

[slim bluff]

rust and go lang combinded

i fucking love rust and everything it stands for but I hate the syntax

[brave field]

What parts of the syntax do you dislike?

[slim bluff]

things like this

const E: usize = size_of_trait_impl!((), for<'a> Foo<'a>);

what the actual fuck is a ' doing there

and the for<'a> Foo<'a> feels so far removed from any other language that only a rust dev could understand it

I admit my favourite languages (Python and C/C++) can have some weird syntax here and there but its still readable and understandable, rust just feels like a pile of horse shit when it comes to syntax

[brave field]

I'm very new so sorry if this is a dumb question

What does that even do? It looks like a variable assignment on the left and then getting the truthiness of the result of a function on the right?

[slim bluff]

I'm gonna be real

I haven't learnt rust because of the syntax

i just grabbed it from some random ass rust repo about async

https://github.com/jyn514/size-of-trait/

[brave field]

impl<'a> Foo<'a> for () {}

Rust is considered C-style, but this impl thing

it doesn't look like a function/method, its supposed to just be a keyword, but there's no space after

empty parenthesis and empty brackets after, that '

[slim bluff]

they are some of my main gripes with rust

it doesnt really feel C-style when I should be

it almost feels it leaning to more the side of function programming sometimes

[brave field]

What are your thoughts on C++'s syntax?

Does the cout << stuff not bother you?

[slim bluff]

lmao no

I'm a hypocrite deal with it

although I normal create a log macro

#define LOG(x) std::cout << x << std::endl

creeps me out when I see cout, endl or string without a std:: prefix in c++

[brave field]

LOG(x), interesting

[slim bluff]

just a quick and dirty way to log

[brave field]

Why did they choose that weirdness with cout anyways?

[slim bluff]

dunno

[brave field]

Why no print/printf/println/WriteLine

just weird

[slim bluff]

it does flow quite nicely though

imagine writing this

std::cout(x(std::endl))

int x = 10;
std::cout("£"(x(std::endl)))

vs

int x = 10;
std::cout << "£" << x << std::endl;

and provides a pretty clear difference when using cin and cout with that its doing

int x;
std::cin >> x;

[full hull]

What i see after watching breaking bad :tech-coding-meth

[rose lantern]

im a crab

[jovial tide]

Fixed 😮

Did you know clock drops can be fixed just by limiting maximum clock in Radeon Software?

Did you know you might need a bigger power supply than 850 for a 5800x + 6900xt ?

Did you know MSI is so pepega it has Advanced DRAM configuration, and DRAM configuration and this one doesn't even work?, which makes no sense.

[safe dagger]

@brave field as someone who uses nord i am violently curious as to why it should be avoided

[brave field]

The biggest is their downright lie about privacy

[safe dagger]

May i catch the sauce as well

Please

[brave field]

They have repeatedly claimed to not store logs, yet in the data breach in 2018, attackers got browsing habits, arguably much worse than a log that simply has a client ID and OS details

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/21/20925065/nordvpn-server-breach-vpn-traffic-exposed-encryption
https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/21/nordvpn-confirms-it-was-hacked/
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/privacy/2021/03/21-million-free-vpn-users-data-exposed/
https://www.techradar.com/news/whats-the-truth-about-the-nordvpn-breach-heres-what-we-now-know

[jovial tide]

All VPN companies lie about privacy\

We're at a point where you dont get a vpn for privacy, you get it to have an alternative route through the internet

All of these are 100% true. they say they dont track data and save anything, they ALL lie.

[brave field]

ProtonVPN, Mullvad, and Windscribe so far are the only who legitimately seem to not track as much as possible

but even then, recently someone did get a public IP out of Proton

But the big ones

PIA, ExpressVPN, Tunnelbear, Nord, entirely lies

[jovial tide]

Cookie world doesn't work that way. you can't make a legitimate company hiding people in plain sight

Also people can go get themselves into onions if they really want

[brave field]

Next up is their privacy policy, which isn't explicitly bad, but leaves a lot of questions

their main one for accounts needs an entire set of bullet points to list out all the people they share information with

and the policy on the VPN page details their collection of your device's advertising identifiers, which are different for every device and are funneled to marketers. Unless you want to reset that Id every time you use the VPN, its likely you can be tracked with it, since the main big mobile marketing companies are the same serving ads on the web

@safe daggerOther sauce for these two https://my.nordaccount.com/legal/privacy-policy/ https://my.nordaccount.com/legal/privacy-policy/nordvpn/

Nord itself isn't trash though

Its that they want an account and often times money for a worse job than their competition

[safe dagger]

@brave field merci beaucoup monsieur thank u for reaffirming the reason for my violently positive emotions towards u

Wdym IT

Information technology?

[brave field]

no, dying keyboard, sorry

[safe dagger]

Happens lol

So best vpn windscribe then?

[brave field]

If you want encrypted traffic, I'd still go with Proton, despite the issue from the past month. Not having to tie to an external account is great

If you just want to appear form another location, use a proxy

[jovial tide]

Best VPN is the one you make for yourself

[brave field]

If you want to be slightly more hidden, use Tor

Hosting your own is good, yeah, but don't do something that'll get you clapped by your ISP on your own network

[jovial tide]

what do you mean

[brave field]

I mean I mean

[jovial tide]

I remember when I was back in Iran I used Mikrotik RouterOS and Kerio Control; installed them on some vps somewhere and got quality VPN

[brave field]

don't host wireguard/OpenVPN on your own network and then start torrenting things you shouldn't be, toss that on a VPS or something

yeee

[jovial tide]

Second one has its own protocol, first one you can use all windows protocols

It's possible to do a cisco anyconnect over the internet but ummm, very very questionable

in Iran we use all of these for a cheap price (in USD)

the average Iranian VPN (with like 20-30 servers around the world) costs 6 dollars a years :/

2+2=4

[jovial tide]

@brave field how do I convert 16Gbps memory clock to MHz?

[brave field]

uh

what memory?

[jovial tide]

let me show u

[brave field]

SDR? GDDR6X?

[jovial tide]

https://www.asrock.com/Graphics-Card/AMD/Radeon RX 6900 XT Phantom Gaming D 16G OC/index.asp#Specification

gddr6x

[brave field]

GDDR6/X's effective speed is supposed to be 4x that of load clocks

but I think 6900XT's run memory at 2000mhz usually, hm

[jovial tide]

Well that sucks :/

[brave field]

Whyso?

[jovial tide]

So you get PCIe 4.0

Then get a 2000MHz vram

3070 OC is 14000MHz

[brave field]

3070 should be something in the 1700mhz range, shouldn't it?

[jovial tide]

I have no idea how it works and why some numbers are Gbps

[brave field]

with the 14000 not being mhz, but the effective mbps

o

[jovial tide]

Idk, I've seen 7000MHz, 14000MHz, gbps

[cold elbow]

any VR ppl here ?

[sharp robin]

So I’m using obs to stream and my audio works fine but my screen remains frozen? Any idea how to fix this?

[gilded saffron]

my steam account for stolen, does it affect my progress in GTA O?

[jovial tide]

If cloud saving is enabled in Rockstar launcher settings, there shouldn't be a problem.

[gilded saffron]

thx

[jovial tide]

did you click on a sketchy link or something?

[gilded saffron]

there was a scam free nitro link then i clicked on it

[jovial tide]

ahh

[gilded saffron]

it wanted me to entre my steam account stuff, and i saw its steam website (fake) so then my account got hacked

[sterile mango]

[kindred temple]

And that is why you dont want to click on them.

[gilded saffron]

learnt it the hard way

[tulip plaza]

Are there any dangers of fake dualshock4 controllers

[jovial tide]

Contact steam support they will recover it

[gilded saffron]

i did, and just recovered it

[arctic yarrow]

Yeah, if there's a nitro thing that doesn't involve claiming it immediately from the discord app, report that shit immediately to the modmail.

[jovial tide]

guys do you know any single rail quality power supply 1000 gold?

[jovial tide]

wish cookie was here

[lost fossil]

some time ago i was reading some articles about single and multi rail psus and i found out that multi rail is essentially a marketing point

and because of it there are a lot of shitty multi rail psus on the market

the brands to look for are seasonic and super flower

and brands that these brands build for

like some corsair top of the line models

[brave field]

marketing madness

at least its not as common as "1ms" for monitors or the companies that push their 80+ gold ratings as a safety and reliability metric

[jovial tide]

the problem is over current protection

my friend is still wrestling with clock drops on his 6900xt gpu

[lost fossil]

[jovial tide]

Kind of sad

[brave field]

You're entirely sure its a power supply thing?

Same result in a Linux Live USB, or with a different PSU, and in different software?

Some things like Furmark also are intentionally limited by AMD and Nvidia

[jovial tide]

he's gonna buy this Cookie

And then we're gonna stress test with it, if it was the psu, we're gonna send the old one to manufacturer

then sell it

[brave field]

HX1000 is multirail, in case you asked to avoid those

[jovial tide]

if it was the gpu we're gonna return this new one

it has a selector

[brave field]

weeeird

[jovial tide]

does it work?

[silent mason]

what's specific about a multirail PSU?

[brave field]

Multi-rail PSUs use separate circuits to deliver 12v power

They're preferred for GPUs that use more power sometimes, and OCP is applied on each rail for multi-rail ones

splitting the power use can help when one rail is about to be overloaded or can keep things from shutting off if the voltage/current drops temporarily for one

[jovial tide]

idk Jayz2cents said in one of his recent videos sometimes with high end PCs multirail PSUs are too sensitive and do a soft crash on games, hence clock drops my friend experiences when he first runs time spy.

[brave field]

His 2 cents outside of watercooling have always been a little sketch, but that's... ew

[light sinew]

Only 500w? What’s it for?

[brave field]

Most PCs with a graphics card only use 200-350W at full load
Thermaltake Smart is mostly for killing GPUs when there's a thunderstorm or catching fire if you dare use 400W of its advertised 500W

[arctic yarrow]

Or experiencing both a lightshow and a thermal eyebrow trim.

[brave field]

It gets some points over the Logisys 480W

At least its quiet in comparison and can deliver more than 10v on its 12v+

I have one lol

The Logisys PS480D takes the cake for worst of all time

Did not explode yet...

Instead of just lacking OTP and OCP, there are 0 protections listed on any site or the unit itself

and its as loud as an airplane

[cold elbow]

Gisys more like Jesus

[brave field]

using xcopy to clone a drive in 20gb chunks, what % chance is there for Windows to be Windows and end up wiping both drives instead?

[jovial tide]

Smart access memory on:

No more fluctuations on timespy test 1! But how?!

This is before + gta crashed with 000..5 error

[jovial tide]

maybe this is why you buy x570 .
smart access memory only works on x500 + 5000 cpu + 6000 gpu series combo.

[kindred temple]

No, B550 still runs SAM

And reBAR is still very ass anyway

[slender trellis]

Be sure you make an image backup of your Windows 10 OS in case the Windows 11 upgrade goes wrong.

You have a month left

[jovial tide]

someone gave me an interesting 5600g build 😮
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/H2jMj2

[slender trellis]

That costs $785 in the US

[quartz kayak]

That costs 664€ in Portugal

[jovial tide]

very very good build!

[cold elbow]

Dude even my b450 supports SAM

[kindred temple]

So pretty much my 600$ 5600Gpushortage build but with 550W PSU

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8XfDPV

Slap in a 3060Ti or 3070 with heavy downvolt and youre set

[junior flax]

Is my pc booting up in 11 seconds good from cold

It beeps at about 5

[jovial tide]

sounds abit unusual

[junior flax]

What

[jovial tide]

was it like this from the beginning?

[junior flax]

Since i installed ssd its fast? Yes

[jovial tide]

nevermind

[jovial tide]

your sentence made me dubious I thought you have a problem or something

[junior flax]

ohh

i was just wondering if my ssd was running well

im not that good at pc shit so just wanted to know

😂

[jovial tide]

yes its okay

Is it possible to dedicate hardware USB ports on the host machine to the guest machine in any VM software permanently?

Im starting a job as an operator for large sublimation printers in a workshop and the owner asked me if its possible to run two printers on one machine, I told them yes it is possible through virtualization

but the problem is that both of the printers have exact same hardware IDs

It often happens that one of the printers run to a problem and stops unexpectedly and needs to be restarted

and when I do it the other printer also stops working because both printers get attached to the host os and crash because of the exact same hardware IDs

now I wanted to know if anyone knows about VM softwares that can give some tips

[silent mason]

Thrustmaster are teasing me... I want to buy this pack but I can't yet -_-

[cold elbow]

Can i use a ps4 controller on pc natively just like an xbox controller?

[quartz kayak]

Sadly no

U ll need an program thingy

That makes the Ds4 act like an xbox controller

Its just too much work, since u ll need to have the controller plugged 24/7

And then the charger thingy wears then it doesnt hold

Then it falls off every minute

So

Just buy an new cabled controller

Like i did

Its good if ur priorities arent lightweight mouses

I like the wheel spinny thingy it does even tho i dont own it

[jovial tide]

Remember ms mwah? This is a build for her

[pliant lynx]

how they even have the same hwid in the first place

[lost fossil]

https://www.8bitdo.com/wireless-usb-adapter/

i use this, is gud

[jovial tide]

oddly enough, they have exactly the same IDs

and they only have USB 2.0 interface

[quartz kayak]

Too late already bought a second pc exclusive one

[gray wraith]

i have a ryzen 3 3200 with rx 570 would a ryzen 5 3600 make alot of diference?

[civic cloud]

Prolly not

[cold elbow]

no

you already bottle necked with the gpu in most cases

[fading comet]

What kind of mouse is this

[prisma charm]

A gaming mouse?

[fading comet]

Ye

But price tho

[prisma charm]

Idk the currency, lol

[fading comet]

About 80 dollars undiscounted

Would this be worth it

[sour solstice]

What games u play?

[fading comet]

GTA

[paper shoal]

valorant mostly

[fading comet]

Watch Dogs

Far Cry

[paper shoal]

sometimes gta

[fading comet]

Why ask

[sour solstice]

Why’d u need a mouse that expensive for gta

It’s not so necessary

[paper shoal]

well

[fading comet]

I also play Watch Dogs and Far Cry

[paper shoal]

first ting

if you want one with fancy lights and cool design and its in your budget

then you should go for logitech

g502

[sour solstice]

If u were to play fps games i would understand

[fading comet]

Far Cry is fps bro

[cold elbow]

can u find a non-hero 403?

should be cheaper

[fading comet]

Nope can't find one

[cold elbow]

F

well the 502 is more expensive

:D

[paper shoal]

which mouse do you use

melo

[cold elbow]

i have G403

using it for 4 years

[sour solstice]

Im waiting for a zowie ec2-c

[paper shoal]

i got g400

[fading comet]

Should I try to find a Fantech mouse

[paper shoal]

using it since 5yrs

[cold elbow]

@fading comet search for glorious model o

[fading comet]

This?

I forgot to check Shopee

Fairly cheaper

[cold elbow]

yes

[fading comet]

It's more expensive lol

[cold elbow]

not the wireless

[orchid idol]

How much is that in real money

[cold elbow]

idk why your pricing is fucked up there

[fading comet]

Somewhere around 20-80 dollars

[cold elbow]

the 403 is like 40$

which is a steal

[orchid idol]

Is that ripples?

[paper shoal]

which country do you like in @fading comet

[orchid idol]

Ruple *

Or the Indonesian one

[jovial tide]

Rupees (Indiian)

[fading comet]

Rupiah

[orchid idol]

Ohh

[fading comet]

Noo not that

[paper shoal]

rupees is rs in short

[orchid idol]

Indonesian rupiah

Final mix are you getting that for gaming

[fading comet]

Yeh

GTA V Far Cry

[orchid idol]

I really recommend a mouse with a thumb rest

They’re awesome

[fading comet]

Name them

[paper shoal]

if you're into fps games like valorant or csgo, i'd suggest you buy a mouse without the thumb rest

you'll get more precision

[fading comet]

Any Bluetooth ones

[orchid idol]

Something like this

With the thumb rest on the side

Do not get Bluetooth

[fading comet]

I mosty play tps style games

[fading comet]

2 of those would get used for my Headphones and keyboard

[cold elbow]

what is tps

[fading comet]

So I need a Bluetooth one

[orchid idol]

USB wireless is pretty good these days but Bluetooth is garbage for mice

[fading comet]

Third Person Shooter

[cold elbow]

yeah fuck bluetooth

[orchid idol]

Get a USB adapter if you need to

Do not use Bluetooth for gaming

[fading comet]

And play without keyboard lol

[cold elbow]

???????????????????

[paper shoal]

bluetooth sux

[fading comet]

I have 2 USB adapters

1 used for headphone

The other used for keyboard or anything else

[paper shoal]

you got a laptop?

or pc

[orchid idol]

There you go

[paper shoal]

yeah i was about to say

this

[orchid idol]

If he’s hooking a keyboard to a laptop I cba

[fading comet]

Laptop

[orchid idol]

Alright I’ll see you guys later

[paper shoal]

then consider buying this

[fading comet]

Shit is small

[paper shoal]

cya lift guy stranger

[fading comet]

Cya

[gray wraith]

wym

[craggy violet]

9+10= 21

math

smart

big brain

[brave field]

no more math

#tech-coding-sciences, #tech-coding-pets, #electronics-arts-pets, #handiwork-coding-musicians, #woodworking-soldering-macaronicrafts

[silent mason]

what is pi to the power of pi? (to 50 decimal places)

[brave field]

no idea if this is 50 numbers but maybe this

[jovial tide]

hi Cookie

[brave field]

48 decimal places :/
Its 36.46215960720790219407119109140641635512678333261364

[jovial tide]

God BuildaPC people are weird

Sent this to someone there got flamed https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NdHMj2

-Sooo overpriced ---omg omg look at this shit build 5800x omg omg omg --traaash

At this moment I realized I shouldn't really comment on anyone's comment; it's just horrible.

[brave field]

It is too expensive, but the approach from the last few people there who aren't trolling in the buildhelp channels is always too aggressive

Its to the point where they spend more time flaming builds with only 1-2 flaws and giving no constructive criticism than time spent helping those who look for it

[jovial tide]

So this PC with the right graphics card is about 1800-1900 USD

Yeah unfortunately.

They also gave me this which I have no idea what it is https://tpucdn.com/review/intel-core-i5-11400f/images/relative-performance-games-2560-1440.png

[brave field]

ah

TPU infographics but never with a link to the article. Good luck guessing which games and settings "games" is supposed to represent

but I see what they are going for. Non-10400/f or 11400/f CPUs really are just terrible value right now

[jovial tide]

They are kind of right 5800x is never near 100% on any games

[brave field]

this is a relative performance chart

11400F is 100% or reference, and the other values are how far they performed in benches from it

its fair to argue 7% performance gain but $425 or so price increase (this is including cooler and board in the list)is bad value, but they should also link these benches, and explain that

[jovial tide]

Makes sense yeah. but if you run virtual machines on your second monitor it's not a bad idea to have 5800x

[brave field]

I think the 10700 is a good compromise there

save a bit of cash and toss the iGPU to your VMs

[jovial tide]

speaking of intel CPUs damn dell

They haven't given the package to purlator yet, they were supposed to give the laptop at the end of last month to post, then deliver it on 14 but looks like that's not happening.

[slim bluff]

managed to get slackware installed on baremetal in 2021

got some ripping system specs too

[jovial tide]

that looks kind of cool what is it?

[slim bluff]

slackware linux, released in 1993 running on bare metal

this is the latest 15.0 release, I dont have the date but it was likely built sometime this year

https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=11322

[fervent granite]

Oldie but probably badie

[silent mason]

I'm rocking a 5900X but for a pure gaming workload that's excessive... with one exception... Star Citizen

[cold elbow]

Still gets 20fps

[jovial tide]

5600x is kind of enough for all games

[cold elbow]

So i have this vaio laptop

That im trying to install Windows 10 on

Thing is idk how to access the boot menu

Nothing online about it

Fml

[kindred temple]

And why would that matter?

RM is plenty decent and you cant tell the difference between SATA and nvme in most cases

And with that budget squeeze i can get 650W for the obvious path of 3060Ti

[jovial tide]

Push those F buttons like you're playing a piano it works

[cold elbow]

I did

[gray wraith]

answer me

[cold elbow]

?

[gray wraith]

wym

[cold elbow]

You dont know what bottleneck means?

[jovial tide]

Ms Melon give me the model number I'll try to find it for you

[cold elbow]

Anyways if you want a noticeable difference in games a cpu swap wont do much

Because your graphics card isnt that powerful

@jovial tide i searched for a bit then got tired
But here the model

vaio vpccw14x

[jovial tide]

I'll look it up for you my friend

[silent mason]

Actually no I'm averaging around 45fps overall. 64GB RAM, RTX 3070, Samsung 980 Pro SSD (X570 motherboard)

Resolution: 2560x1080

[cold elbow]

The game is just fkd

No matter what u have

It used to run better in older updates

[thin ibex]

i'm here

[jovial tide]

Blaze

Uninstall everything that tries to control your gpu, every single thing.

[fervent granite]

raise to 2880 x 1880

[jovial tide]

And just use GeForce Experience. trust me on this one.

[thin ibex]

percision

[jovial tide]

Nope

Sometimes all of those programs try to actively control your GPU and you'll get fked.

[silent mason]

My monitor doesn't support it.

[jovial tide]

Like the OC profile you make is great but they compete with one another. besides GeForce Experience will do it for you as much as it can.

[silent mason]

I don't even use GFE.

[jovial tide]

I like it

[silent mason]

It's playable with my setup. Decent framerate.

[cold elbow]

Yeah i like saving replays

[silent mason]

I need to reinstall it. Haven't reinstalled it since I reinstalled Windows.

[thin ibex]

Do you see any software that could be causing it

[jovial tide]

F2 when logo appears, then restart and spam f2 again if it didn't work it says

[fervent granite]

no but delete winrar and use 7zip instead

[silent mason]

Best thing to do might be to refresh Windows.

[thin ibex]

one more

[fervent granite]

You can make it so it's in alphabetised and in columns, that'll display more

[jovial tide]

hard to say. do you have case software?

[silent mason]

Meanwhile I'm using an overkill 1200W Phanteks Revolt X

[jovial tide]

Like I remember once the NZXT cam was messing with GPU clocks for someone

[cold elbow]

It doesn't even have a fingerprint

[thin ibex]

I don't

[jovial tide]

I know but going to bios is still the same

[cold elbow]

I know how to access the bios

[silent mason]

Yeah I have to worry about Armoury Crate messing with my clocks but st the same time... without Armoury Crate I can't Aura Sync into Razer Synapse for my lighting...

[cold elbow]

Tried that and it didn't boot from my thumb drive

[thin ibex]

@jovial tide no case software

[silent mason]

And I do have enough RGB lighting in my rig that I use to be able to start a disco party.

And I want to add another 12 RGB devices... because yes, let's go even more overkill on RGB

[cold elbow]

Use signalRGB @silent mason

[silent mason]

Prefer Synapse

[cold elbow]

It unify all your rgb stuff and sync them

Also had game integrations

[silent mason]

Which Chroma Control does also, since the non Razer RGB stuff is Corsair and Asus

But CC brings it into Synapse which I prefer

[jovial tide]

secure boot maybe?

[cold elbow]

I prefer signal because one software to control everything

[cold elbow]

The pc is too old that doesn't even know what that is

[silent mason]

CC just passes the Asus and Corsair stuff into Razer, so it's one software to control everything for me as well essentially

[cold elbow]

It's a core2duo

[jovial tide]

hmm so you can't boot with the usb

that usb is made for uefi maybe?

I think that's the case

[cold elbow]

It's probably not

Thing is

Idk how to access the boot menu

Stupid sony

[jovial tide]

f2 f2 f2 f2

it's either f2 - f8 - f12 or delete

[cold elbow]

Tried em all

First time i get stuck on boot with a computer lol

[jovial tide]

oh you have to hold F11

wth

[cold elbow]

Tried

[jovial tide]

like ask a friend and hold all F buttons

also maybe, just maybe those f buttons are broken?

[cold elbow]

Nah they are fine

Laptop works fine with windows 7

[jovial tide]

this? https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/laptop-pc-vpc-series/vpccw13fx/articles/00122597

and this? https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/laptop-pc-vpc-series/vpccw13fx/articles/00017153

[cold elbow]

Mine doesn't have the assist key

[jovial tide]

it says at vaio logo spam the f2 key for 7-10 seconds

press that like ur pressing your archenemies

[brave field]

Does gparted need superuser to move a efi partition? Why is this reporting no errors but not working?

[jovial tide]

I think it does.

that's why it comes as a bootable disk

[cold elbow]

Cant it be because im using a usb 3 flash drive?

[brave field]

Gparted comes as a bootable disk?

[jovial tide]

Yes Cookie, the main one; GParted Live, comes as a bootable disk/usb image you have to write. A custom linux just running this program.

[brave field]

Had no idea, I always use a distro's full liveUSB and the normal program

[jovial tide]

Well if you can see it in windows you should be able to see it in the boot menu

yep, gparted has its own custom os

[cold elbow]

There is no boot menu

[jovial tide]

where is this bought btw? Canada?

I couldn't find the model on support website

[cold elbow]

Idk