tech-chat-1

[heavy rune]

I did undervolt it also using the Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360

[heavy rune]

this is my 7th pc build I am not russian

[lofty raft]

This does the work good. Should have smth around 80-85⁰ under full load

[left dove]

poor mounting, low pump rpm..

[forest lotus]

On an amd rig

[lofty raft]

Never say never

[forest lotus]

I mean go for it but I would suggest against it

[balmy drum]

Anyone? Please?

[left dove]

Run the pump on its own dedicated header (it doesn't matter if it's not labeled "pump", you're overdrawing on the fan header more likely)

[lofty raft]

Sorry to say that, but this mobo is not able to handle 700k

[sharp narwhal]

Pulsar bought out LGG

[lofty raft]

This Korans....

[warm hinge]

Oh I see

[balmy drum]

The pump is connected directly to CPU_FAN, this specific cooler has a special port for another cable which allows me to connect the fans to it directly.

[balmy drum]

Actually it works fine.. it’s the AIO that’s doing the problems.

[warm hinge]

I'm actually going to build an HTPC I'm going to plan to sell my PS5 so I can build my HTPC for my TV and play my Steam games and I'm going to plan to put the Linux based Bazzite OS and I'm thinking on going with AMD for both the CPU and GPU

[lofty raft]

Pump ain't working with CPU_OPT ?

[warm hinge]

Have you guys read what I said?

[lofty raft]

Wrote, yes

[warm hinge]

Alright

[balmy drum]

Nope, only time it ran well is in CPU_FAN which worked even after shutting down and turning it back on, and it also ran when I connected it to SYS_FAN2A but it did not work again after shutting down and turning it back on again.

[warm hinge]

What do you guys think about building an HTPC especially with the Linux based Bazzite OS

[formal sonnet]

HTPC? Yes - they're a great way to avoid abysmal SmartTV's. Bazzite OS? Not for me, but if it works for you, great.

[compact spear]

Why bazzite

[warm hinge]

Bazzite will work perfect for me especially that it works well with Linux

[compact spear]

SteamOS is out lmao

[warm hinge]

Because it's a gaming centric distro and it's derived from Fedora

[warm hinge]

Yeah but it's only for handhelds

[compact spear]

Oh ok

Well I’ve never had experience with bazzite but I used to daily drive fedora and that was really smooth for me

[warm hinge]

I love Fedora

[compact spear]

So bazzite will probably be good too

My (not) old daily driver

[warm hinge]

Yup Bazzite is perfect for my HTPC build

[warm hinge]

That looks awesome definitely worth it for an not as old laptop

[compact spear]

But I just bought this!!! So I sold the old one

[lofty raft]

Sorry, I didn't found any solution. BIOS is up-to-date?

[balmy drum]

Latest version

Also it’s okay, I’m sure you did your best, thank you for that

[lofty raft]

Contact LianLi support, maybe they know something more

[balmy drum]

Yeah that’s probably what I’m gonna do

[frigid blade]

interesting laptop

[plain cypress]

Where's the interesting part

[lofty raft]

Old but gold

[plain cypress]

There are trace amounts of gold in the laptop

[balmy tapir]

id argue in most laptops

[ebon prawn]

Its also in your feces

[plain cypress]

Hell yeah

[white cave]

i7 6th gen can run windows 11?

[lofty raft]

Officially no

[balmy tapir]

i7 3rd gen can run windows 11

[formal sonnet]

Officially, no. There are ways to bypass the minimum requirements, however, these ways prevent Windows from receiving major version updates, eventually leaving the Operating System on that particular device vulnerable.

[left dove]

En
Oh

https://tenor.com/view/pernalonga-meme-pernalonga-no-no-não-nao-gif-27211143

[frigid blade]

I get major windows updates tho

[frigid blade]

965M

[formal sonnet]

Eventually, they may stop. 🤷 Depends on the updates, really.

[frigid blade]

It’s the LTSC version of windows :P

[white cave]

Bruh my friend's PC with AMD A8-7600 CPU which is released 11 years ago can run windows 11 normally, and i'm confused how

[plain cypress]

Was it particularly rare?

[formal sonnet]

Oh, you have a license for that? 🤔 Are you an MSP / IT Consultant or something?

[frigid blade]

Something of the sort

[plain cypress]

How's a 10yo laptop GPU interesting

[frigid blade]

Because back then it cost $1.3k and was marketed as a gaming laptop

Today it’s booty

It’s interesting to me

I’ve been overclocking and undervolting

It runs vanilla Minecraft medium-high settings 1080p at stable 75 fps which is cool

[balmy tapir]

the hardware requirements are relatively arbitrary. On older hardware i really just run linux, but wanted to see how easy ti was to get around the hardware

[frigid blade]

I want to clarify, was a joke

[left dove]

PIRATE

[frigid blade]

I used the scurvy methods

[left dove]

See

[frigid blade]

https://tenor.com/view/dumbledore-pirate-scallywags-scurvy-pirate-dumbledore-can't-win-with-gif-18093301929869923371

[left dove]

go eat an orange you scurvy-laden fuck

[frigid blade]

I don’t have any

[grizzled frost]

You mean you didn't pay for windows, why would who ever do that!

[frigid blade]

I like tangerines

[grizzled frost]

I definitely paid for my copy of windows, for sure

[left dove]

..I actually paid for 8.1 and then bought w11 pro update

I'm terrible

[frigid blade]

If oranges are called orange then why aren’t apples called red

[left dove]

because apples are more than red

[frigid blade]

Nuh uh

[left dove]

also because an orange is literally all orange, inside & out

[frigid blade]

Then why aren’t banana called yellow

[balmy tapir]

imagine not having a legit copy of windows smh

[left dove]

because the meat of a banana is white

[frigid blade]

Then why aren’t cherries called red

Sorry I’ll stop lol

[left dove]

I feel like I have a toddler now, I hate this

[frigid blade]

[sleek ibex]

Apricots, mangos, and guavas go hard

[left dove]

it's the curse of "why"

[frigid blade]

I hate guavas

I do like apricots

[left dove]

oh man I had proper fresh mango for the first time recently and I about cried because it was so tasty

[frigid blade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/381193783296917507/1298397840980312085/airflow.gif

I can’t wait for my final upgrade it’s gonna be so loud

[grizzled frost]

actually with 3 top fans it's best to have the front one be intake, and the other two exhaust

[frigid blade]

Erm actually

[left dove]

or run the front top at a lower rpm

[grizzled frost]

Better to have it as intake

[left dove]

or if you're gonna run it reversed use a bit of cardboard or something to create a bit of seperation for airflow control between the in/out fans

[sleek ibex]

Yes. I could eat a ton of these and my stomach would take it like a champ.

[frigid blade]

Apricots are yummy

We have a cherry tree, my father wants to plant an assortment of fruit trees in the front yard

They’re really good too

[frigid blade]

Is this to have positive pressure?

[sleek ibex]

Qamar ad-dine (Dried Apricot paste) is

[left dove]

any fruit leather is good

[sleek ibex]

The OG Fruit roll-up

[frigid blade]

Anything that looks like it’s name is Arabic is probably tasty

[sleek ibex]

I call this Syrian Fruit roll-up since Syrian made ones are usually always what we get

And IMO are the best ones

Although....

The orange plastic that's stuck on them is a real PITA to get rid of

The packaging on them is diabolical

[grizzled frost]

it's more so about not immediately exhausting the air your front fans intake before the air has a chance to be used by your heatsinks

[thorn pewter]

Am coming

I prolly ate miles of it atp

[upper abyss]

guys anyone here played clair obscure?

[tawny knoll]

Ye

[upper abyss]

controller or kbm?

[tawny knoll]

Its good

I used keyboard

[tiny moss]

it's beautiful 🥺

my first PC build

[night coral]

Gorgeous build

[night coral]

Well done looks way better than my first build

[tiny moss]

thanks

[night coral]

https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/1392345381542563990

Just leaving this here sorry

[rigid ether]

Does flat or curved really matter for oled 32 inch monitors?

[night coral]

Preference i believe

[frail delta]

No point cross posting

[tiny moss]

current monitor setup

[night coral]

Why

maybe someone might not be in build a pc who would be interested in the post

[frail delta]

No need to post it in all three of these channels

[night coral]

Is it against the rules?

[fallen sky]

Kinda crazy that the lancool 217 comes with 5 fans

lmao I’ve never seen a case with that many preinstalled

[night coral]

Awesome case but I hate the wood grain on it

[night coral]

Tons of cases have 5 fans these days, it should be the norm!!!

[fallen sky]

2x 170mm, 1x 140mm, and 2x 120mm

Absolutely amazing

Wood accents are an ok compliment

[south arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/ryo-ishibashi-ikezawa-unspoken-rules-intimidating-the-naked-director-gif-16433927

[fallen sky]

WHAT THE FUCK

[south arrow]

What happened moose!?

[south arrow]

Bagg filled with peanuts?

[fallen sky]

I got fucking scammed off of Amazon

Are we joking

I knew something was wrong when it has damage to it before I even touched it

what the FUCK

Where do I even start

[south arrow]

Easy enough return yeah, happens

[fallen sky]

This is the first time this happened

[night coral]

it isn't stated in #rules I just think you're annoyed that I did it. It's not a big deal

[fallen sky]

My god it’s annoying

[dawn tundra]

https://youtube.com/shorts/2AkIIL2RMsM?si=Zx2p2OlII4tMoIGR the scooter: MICHAEL! DONT LEAVE ME HERE, MICHAEL!

[south arrow]

Feels though

[lofty raft]

Corsairtake

[fallen sky]

I can still get my money back yeah?

[south arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/the-interview-james-franco-david-skylark-same-but-different-but-still-same-gif-4956158

[south arrow]

Hopefully, if youre account is in good standing and not new probs

[fallen sky]

what dip shit returned their old PSU in a whole different company’s box

This is most likely return fraud

100%

[south arrow]

Just return as not as listed then in description put you got a random Corsair psu in a damaged box and you want a refund

Ez pz

[fallen sky]

This is annoying as fuck

[fallen sky]

It is new unfortunately

[south arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/ben-affleck-youre-suspect-point-accuse-mad-gif-3487996439747189

Amazon gonna be like, but they myte still take it. Usps gonna take it fosho

[vestal folio]

is this not insane for the 9060xt 16gb? june 29 it was 191 on AMAZON

[proper gull]

It's annoying, pointless, and will make people avoid you instead of help you

[fallen sky]

Alright I am gonna go to a Whole Foods tomorrow to send it back

First time for everything 😂

[night coral]

Is that so? It got someone to hop in the thread

And didn't completely go unseen like many other threads

[proper gull]

Probably because they didn't see you post it in the other channels

[night coral]

Oh well sorry it made you upset 🤷🏻‍♂️

[hexed sage]

anyone know what gpu this is off the top of their head

[fallen sky]

Looks like an nvidia card fs

I’m a pro at this

[proper gull]

I have a slight feeling gigabyte made it

Could be wrong though

[unborn harness]

https://no.pcpartpicker.com/list/ZbZZ74 good? exoust on the top and back. intake under and on the side (aio radiator on the side) becuse it cloe to my window. but where should i have reverse fans for it too look better?

[lofty raft]

3070

[bitter rampart]

Ok I've officially had it with windows

I do an update and my start menu is messed up, so I record it for my friends and this is what they see

Then I find out it was fine so I decided to record it with my phone

Why is what's on the screen different from what was recorded

[fallen sky]

Alright what other brand of PSU do I get

nvm got one

[zinc widget]

God I hate these gaming routers.

Why is the 6ghz on a 4x4

[bitter rampart]

The solution to this is to get one that doesn't have a brand

[fallen sky]

Funny guy here

[swift moss]

DISTRICT OF FREEDOM 🦅

[lusty remnant]

what’re some good benchmarks to run for a PC

I don’t have that many games that are super demanding even on max settings

[bitter rampart]

I did something and now I can't stop laughing

[lusty remnant]

your username is offensive

but also thanks gang

[plain cypress]

That means it's working

[mental steeple]

guys.. did you all know two factor on Epic accounts is an OR factor ?

Pretty much you can add authenticator TOTP and disable email as option.. but it's an OR factor meaning you can still reset password and take over an account with just 10 seconds of access to the account email

So it's basically pointless because you don't need TOTP factor .. or SMS.. because account email change uses email verification anyway once you're logged in

[fallen sky]

Alright you know what

[mental steeple]

all you gain by adding authenticator on your epic account is the ability for you to login without access to your email

[fallen sky]

Gonna give Corsair a turn

[mental steeple]

🙄

[fallen sky]

Damn bro nice coupon savings 😂

Really helped out here

[dull orchid]

anyone here that has experience with autohotkey scripts and window spy? im trying to automate a stupid process at work that involves clicking and going through a table in our software and chatgpt is driving me crazy not a single script has worked like it should so far

[gentle kestrel]

i mean 13% off isn't bad

[fallen sky]

My total was $2 less.

[fair cedar]

does anyone have a 5800x3d and a 9070xt? what psu would u generally recommend im seeing mixed answers from 750 being enough to 850 not being enough. then i also see 600+ being enough but im skeptical about that (i have a 750 80+ gold if that matters)

[storm eagle]

What are people's thoughts on having their boot partition on the same SSD as their game storage?

[formal sonnet]

Totally fine? I store certain games I regularly play on the same drive as my OS / boot data is on because it's my only NVMe drive. Everything else is stored in duplicate on HDDs or SATA SSDs, where appropriate.

[left dove]

if you have all nvme, just dump things wherever

[storm eagle]

I was planning on doing two partitions on it as I usually do, a small one for boot and the rest for games

[left dove]

https://tenor.com/view/daddys-home2-daddys-home2gifs-stop-it-stop-that-i-mean-it-gif-9694318

[storm eagle]

Just wondered if there were any issues with it accessing the second partition while it's doing OS stuff

[formal sonnet]

I used to do that. I don't see the point anymore. Makes it difficult to fix later when (not if) your boot / Windows partition is too small.

[left dove]

Exactly.

[formal sonnet]

Nope. Operating Systems handle this just fine. But don't bother doing this - there's not really a benefit.

[storm eagle]

I've never had an issue with an undersized boot partition

[rigid ether]

750 is the minimum

[left dove]

this isn't windows 98/xp with block positioning on spinny drives for iops performance

[fair cedar]

i see...

[storm eagle]

It's just if I ever wanted to reinstall windows I don't want to have to format the whole drive. That's what partitions are for

[left dove]

So get in the habit of backing up your shit

reinstalling games should be the least of your concern when it comes to repairing windows

[storm eagle]

Or just have the boot shit on a different partition that you can just format at will?

[storm eagle]

Hah I would never repair windows

[left dove]

Or just

wild af thought but bare with me

not care?

[storm eagle]

Huh?

[left dove]

Just use your storage as storage, don't fiddle with special partitions for games/os as it's literally pointless and can create more overhead than just dumping everything on one drive/partition

[storm eagle]

Hmm. People have got so cavalier with attitudes in recent years. Forgetting things like what partitions are for etc

Linux puts it's boot on a different partition and nobody is mentioning that

[left dove]

Again we aren't positioning partitions on the outer rim of spinning rust for performance gains nowadays

[storm eagle]

I don't care about the performance, it's just for convenience. Having all my system shit on c: and anything important on a different drive letter

[formal sonnet]

While this is one benefit, I've had Windows royally screw up drive partitions during reinstalls too many times that I no longer trust that it won't nuke the entire drive when reinstalling. Up to you though.

[left dove]

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-stewart-facepalm-stress-gif-14656227

[storm eagle]

Need an image backup of my boot drive? Better to back up a 200GB C: partition than 4TB of games with it

[storm eagle]

Hmm that's a point

[left dove]

Why would you use an image backup

[formal sonnet]

Uh. When making backups... you can choose to exclude things. You don't have to make a disk image in today's age.

[left dove]

I'm so confused

[latent pasture]

its probably fine it uses like 350w and 480w spikes
should be no problem for a decent 750w

[storm eagle]

Because people have different use cases and philosophies than you

[left dove]

Ding dong your philosophy is wrong

[storm eagle]

I don't have a NAS with PXE boot that can just throw a new image onto my PC if I have issues

[fair cedar]

im using a corsair 80+ gold 750 watt so im guessing its more than decent enough to take care of both

[left dove]

Dude you're making your entire system more complicated than it needs to be lmao

[storm eagle]

I wish I did but I'm on a budget

[left dove]

flash drive, ventoy..

Why the hell would you use pxe boot for anything other than thin clients for an office

[storm eagle]

Oh mate you don't know the half of it 😂

[storm eagle]

I meant PXE boot for something like MDT or whatever it's called these days

[formal sonnet]

We use a PXE bootable environment to image full client devices at work, but yeah, I'd never do this at home. MediCat (glorified Ventoy with ISOs) on a 256GB USB drive is my preferred emergency recovery method.

[storm eagle]

I'm very much the kind of person who would rather try and fix up the shambling old house over and over rather than just raze it to the ground and start over

I'm currently using a boot drive that I've been using since 2020, that's been in 3 separate PCs haha

Everything I build seems to be a Frankenstein

I think I have a real problem with sunk-cost fallacy 😂

So any suggestions for a 4TB gen4 NVMe drive for gaming? Do I need DRAM-backed cache?

[formal sonnet]

Sunk cost fallacy is a dangerous thing, but I understand. Tis why I have a hard time actually recycling technology... I always want to see someone make use of things, even if they're over 10 years old. 😄

[storm eagle]

Haha I have so much old shit lying around that I haven't done anything with but can't bear to part with

[formal sonnet]

You're looking for a secondary drive more or less just for storing games / files on, yeah? What country you in?

[storm eagle]

Well no it's going to be my boot and my games drive haha

My current games drive is only gen3 and not DRAM-backed

[formal sonnet]

Ah, gotcha. In that case, I personally stick to drives with DRAM cache, but... honestly, even DRAM-less drives from reputable manufacturers are okay for most consumer uses these days. We just picked up an ORICO 1TB drive for $82 CAD before tax to be used as a boot + games drive in a family PC. Works mostly fine / no quibbles with it.

[storm eagle]

Got any models to suggest please? I'm from the UK btw

I'm using Amazon to look and I don't think they even know what DRAM cache is

I do also like seeing big number go up, so the ones with 7200MB/s are appealing to me 😂

[formal sonnet]

... in real-world consumer situations, 7200MB/s is just a marketing number. Don't buy a drive solely on "fast speed go brr" because most software / games do not currently benefit from such speeds. (And likely won't for years.)

[storm eagle]

Haha true it has no real world value to me

I only have 1Gb internet

I'm not doing anything productive on it

I just need the storage to be honest

*capacity I mean

[formal sonnet]

Samsung's EVO drives are my favorite consumer NVMe models, though I stay far away from ANY of their 980 series due to the firmware bug that renders the drive useless. I'm sure they've fixed this on newer revisions, but it's not worth the risk IMO. Otherwise Crucial (P3) is my second choice, followed by whatever WD_BLACK is on sale.

[storm eagle]

You reckon I could go for some cheap shit from like crucial or something and not see a hit in performance?

I just remember the hoops I had to go through to get an SSD for my PS5

But I doubt that matters on a PC

[storm eagle]

That's great advice, thank you ❤️

[formal sonnet]

This is an oversimplification, but the way the PS5 addresses its storage is very different from a PC. Like, it's still storage, but game consoles are designed with a very specific use / tightly integrated. PC's are general purpose.

[storm eagle]

Oh I know, hence the hoops

I'd like to see that Xbox-inspired version of Windows they're coming out with on the new Ally X

[iron glen]

was alr hoping i can just install the ps5 os on my pc and not pay the 500$ for one 😔

[formal sonnet]

As with anything, ensure you make regular backups. One can spend $10,000 on KIOXIA storage only to get the short straw of a 1 in 1 million chance of failure. Don't let yourself be the one holding the short straw. 😄

[storm eagle]

I've been Icarus for 25 years 😂

[formal sonnet]

I mean... sometimes... I wish, if only for the exclusives.

[storm eagle]

I've got nothing I really care about losing backed up

Most shit can be downloaded again

So I don't really bother with frequent backups except cloud ones for stuff I've created

Which is few and far between these days

[buoyant remnant]

Clean Windows setup chat?

[storm eagle]

Pretty slick, except it's Windows 11 😂

[iron glen]

why does everyone have the fucking calendar on their background

[buoyant remnant]

Yeah, moving my taskbar was very hard on windows 11

[storm eagle]

Does anyone else not even look at their desktop?

[storm eagle]

Well that sucks 😂

[buoyant remnant]

not many people like their taskbar on the side anyways

[left dove]

you unlock and drag it, what

[iron glen]

was it grab and drag?

[buoyant remnant]

so I figured Windows 11 didnt think it matters

[buoyant remnant]

nope, that option is gone

u have to use a 3rd party mod.

[storm eagle]

All these people who moan about a clean desktop, and the only time I ever see mine is on boot, once every 30 days or so

[formal sonnet]

Not on Windows 11. They left out a lot of features when they rewrote the entire Shell Experience Host.

[left dove]

sooo hard

[formal sonnet]

This doesn't do what you think it does. You try changing it. See what happens. 😄

[iron glen]

get translucent tb too

[buoyant remnant]

not sure why they nuked the option

[buoyant remnant]

it would still be on the bottom

[left dove]

Oh right fuck sake

[storm eagle]

I'm sure it can probably be changed in the registry or with GPO

[buoyant remnant]

yeah not sure why they remove existing, working, features

[left dove]

Oh its midnight no wonder why my brain is breaking

[storm eagle]

They don't remove the feature, just the option to select it

[iron glen]

sleep or slam 2 mugs of coffee

[storm eagle]

It's cause UX idiots get in the way of UI people

[left dove]

I'm contemplating sleep, but I'm also having fun playing farm sim

:^)

[buoyant remnant]

apparently they couldnt make the animations and the layouts work unless it was at the bottom.

[storm eagle]

Ohh. What a shame. Shit I turn off by default doesn't work? Too bad Microsoft

GIVE ME THE OPTION! 😂

[iron glen]

idk i just drink my litre of not so strong coffee and keep at it

[iron glen]

or .2 gallons of the freedom measurements

[buoyant remnant]

the mod I used was surprisingly decent-- everything is displaying correctly, and the start menu along with the time moves with the task bar to the left.

[formal sonnet]

They didn't - the Shell Experience Host is a complete rewrite of the old Windows Shell from forever ago. For whatever reason, they just didn't carry over all features people were used to... you know... like the ability to actually see the names of my app windows on the taskbar? 😄

[buoyant remnant]

oh labels

[formal sonnet]

AuDHD requires seeing this information. Without it, I quite literally lose my shit if more than 2-3 windows are open.

[buoyant remnant]

yeah that was useful when I had it in win10

[solid crown]

what do you feel about a hidden taskbar

[buoyant remnant]

works great when you have the task bar on the bottom

[storm eagle]

Yeah because someone who made the mod worked on it for more than 5 minutes, unlike the overworked MS dev who had to crunch to get the rushed POS that is Windows 11 out on time

[formal sonnet]

Not for me, but it has it's place for sure. Before I got 1440p monitors, I liked it when I want a "fullscreen-like" experience in an app that doesn't support native fullscreen, or when I want more vertical pixels.

[storm eagle]

AuDHD? Australian Dial Home Device?

[buoyant remnant]

It gives u more screen area, but I find it annoying, as you couldn't pre aim your cursor to the app you want to select.

[iron glen]

is win11 still broken?

[formal sonnet]

ASD + ADHD - it's the best of both worlds! /s

[storm eagle]

Dunno, haven't used it yet. From your comments, it sounds like it

[buoyant remnant]

I also just realised that Windows 11 had Apple's liquid gl-ass design,

since forever.

[storm eagle]

Great TNG episode... But that sucks for you 😞

[formal sonnet]

No? Been using it since Fall 2022 on 12th Gen Intel hardware. Like all software, it has its quirks / nuances / issues, but I haven't yet knocks on wood had a single Bluescreen in almost 3 years with this PC on Windows 11.

[iron glen]

thinking wether or not ask for a key from my schewl or switch over to mint

[storm eagle]

But you're already running it according to your screenshot. You don't have a key?

[iron glen]

my screenshot?

[formal sonnet]

Microsoft introduced the Aero UI way back in 2006 with Windows Vista. 🤣 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Aero

[solid crown]

a key as in to activate windows?

[storm eagle]

Yeah

[iron glen]

no a key to unlock the door to my operating system /s

[solid crown]

https://tenor.com/view/understandable-have-nice-day-have-a-great-day-have-a-good-day-nice-gif-20850110

[iron glen]

when did i send a screenshot?

[storm eagle]

I'm confused

Those brownies got any extra ingredients? @iron glen

[iron glen]

not since last week /j

[storm eagle]

I'd like a key to unlock the door to my mind palace... But not for another couple of weeks

I'm on the list for MM 😁

[iron glen]

dunno what that is

Mario Maker?

[storm eagle]

Medical MJ

[iron glen]

ah

[storm eagle]

It's still very new here in the UK

[solid crown]

Apparently in my state MM has more limits than just recreational

[storm eagle]

Anyway, not tech related

[solid crown]

like if you dont have a medical reason, you can buy more than if you did lol

[iron glen]

when did i send a ss tho

[storm eagle]

Wat

[solid crown]

yeah idk either

[storm eagle]

Oh my bad, I got confused between you and @buoyant remnant somehow 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[iron glen]

this chat is usually off topic but lets switch to another topic before this goes even more south

[storm eagle]

It's been a long night

[iron glen]

all good lol

[solid crown]

this isnt even that bad of a topic lol

[storm eagle]

So, magnets, eh?

How do they work?

[solid crown]

woah there, we should switch before this gets more heated

[iron glen]

https://tenor.com/view/magnets-yeah-bitch-breaking-bad-jessie-pinkman-gif-11944130

[left dove]

yeah most states have different rec/medi limits for purchase/on-person/stored @ home

[storm eagle]

So... The sun, eh?

[solid crown]

sorry thats not tech related, im messaging mods to ban you

[storm eagle]

Thanks. I could use a timeout 😂

[storm eagle]

In the UK it's still illegal for recreational use

[left dove]

and yet half y'all are high on the daily 😂

[storm eagle]

Backwards old men still running the country

[iron glen]

enters estonia

[storm eagle]

Yeah a lot of us are just alcoholics

[solid crown]

surprising european L

[latent yoke]

Quick question, is it normal for the screen to detect input but it be black while running a windows 10 memory diagnostics test?

[solid crown]

it feels like europe is way more developed than the US on most stuff

[storm eagle]

Bro we left Europe! Brexit! 😂

[solid crown]

the heck is a memory diagnostics test

[storm eagle]

Okay this is a line of conversation I definitely don't want to go down

[left dove]

"I didn't think it'd actually happen lmao"

[storm eagle]

It's a test to diagnose memory

[iron glen]

i 'love' being the tech slave of the family
"is this a good phone" and i get shown nothing

[left dove]

it tests ram

[latent yoke]

What viper and Peyton said

[storm eagle]

Basically Win10 has their own shitty attempt at memtest built in

[solid crown]

AI image on microsoft support document.... 😑

[storm eagle]

But it runs in Windows lol

So it's useless

[latent yoke]

I KNEW I shouldn't have used the built in thing

Figures someone else did it better

[solid crown]

I'm sorry your pc has an incurable virus... memory.

[latent yoke]

If there's a better option is to possible/safe to force shut off the computer?

[twilit sparrow]

Hello guys, I just got here I was hoping I could get some advise.

I was looking at the commuter backpack but I was worried it may be a bit small since I’m pretty fat. Should I go with the Wan backpack instead?

[solid crown]

thats a first

[storm eagle]

There's always an option in the power button

[solid crown]

yeah honestly I just shut down my pcs if its having an issue idc

[storm eagle]

Or just pull the power cord

Or flip the PSU switch

[solid crown]

unless its updating bios or something its probably fine

[buoyant remnant]

Apple fans are going to point out steve job's aqua.

[latent yoke]

Alrighty then

[twilit sparrow]

May be an odd question but I’m constantly traveling so I need something comfortable

[storm eagle]

This isn't 1998 where you need to make sure it's "safe to switch off your computer"

[solid crown]

honestly would be nice if their stuff was in stores so you could test fit it

[latent yoke]

I'll give it a bit longer just to see if something happens but if it doesn't I'm gonna stop it

[latent yoke]

Fair, never really messed much with the software though so I'd rather be safe than sorry later

[storm eagle]

Yeah try memtest86, very reliable for years and years now

It's built in to a lot of Linux live boot images

Or you can just make a usb thumb drive to boot it from

[latent yoke]

I assume memtest86 works with windows

[storm eagle]

No it's OS independent

[latent yoke]

Oh nice

[storm eagle]

It boots straight into it, bypassing windows completely

[latent yoke]

Ah, so gotta go find a thumb drive for it then I presume

[storm eagle]

Which is good because you don't want windows taking up RAM that could be faulty

That's why Windows Memory Diagnostic sucks

[latent yoke]

Makes sense

[storm eagle]

Yeah more than likely

Unless you have the image on a PXE boot server on a device on your network? 😂

[iron glen]

idk i just get military grade equipment and roll around with that

[storm eagle]

If anyone's around from earlier I went for a gen4 4TB Crucial P310

[solid crown]

I took take my M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank to the airport

[storm eagle]

Airport? Bah, I just fly my F-35 everywhere

The VTOL one so I can just land it on the street

[solid crown]

hell yeah

[iron glen]

ngl i think a soviet era badge of honor or smth would be a cool collectible

[cold skiff]

Back up the data and ensure you do your RMA when it fails

With any luck you’ll get 1 free drive a year

[storm eagle]

Serious? I had a recommendation of the P3s earlier

[cold skiff]

I’m fairly sure Crucial has the highest failure rate of all branded SSDs

[twilit sparrow]

🤣 that’s literally what I’m rolling with now, it’s adequate but I want something cool

[narrow rain]

Did anyone know will motherboard explode if I daisy chain my CPU fan ?

[storm eagle]

I've been using crucial/micron for years with no issue

[storm eagle]

🤔

Yes

[narrow rain]

Okay will do

[storm eagle]

It'll put a hole in the world

In all seriousness, no. Not at all

[narrow rain]

That what I'm planning ( ੭°ᗜ°)੭

Oh thank mate

[storm eagle]

You just might get some weird fan readings from the PWM

Why do you need to do that though?

As someone said earlier, it's overcomplicating things

Just plug it into the mobo

[narrow rain]

My fan wired bearly too short

[storm eagle]

Are you just talking about an extension cable?

[narrow rain]

No the original cable

[storm eagle]

Yeah, where are you plugging that in?

If the cable is too short can't you rotate your cooler/fan so it isn't?

[narrow rain]

The fan is up top while the connector is in the Narnia

[storm eagle]

Seems to fit to me

Or rotate the heatsink 180°

So the fan comes off the right side

[narrow rain]

Oh wow I'm bloody idiot

[storm eagle]

Man why can't these things be square anymore

[narrow rain]

Thank you very much mate

[storm eagle]

A 90° clockwise rotation would be ideal there but AMD gotta be AMD

So go 180° and you should be good

[narrow rain]

Yeah their CPU was great but the motherboard is like my braid

[storm eagle]

Maybe wanna use new thermal compound if you take the heatsink off and a lot of the existing stuff has transferred to the CPU IHS

But that's just me being overly cautious

[storm eagle]

AMD CPUs rule these days. They just have silly cooler mount points

[iron glen]

tbh ion really care about looks, i look homeless no matter what i wear lol

why not something durable

[narrow rain]

Maybe it was build by me from the future

[storm eagle]

Much my own thinking haha

[iron glen]

guessing its not a good idea to charge a powerbank and phone at the same time

by at the same time i mean chaining them

[storm eagle]

Ooh that's an interesting one, I'm not sure. I guess it depends on their charging rates

I mean it's kind of pointless

Charge the phone and then the bank

[lament dawn]

Anyone into xiaomi phones?

I'm looking at maybe getting one in the United States. I was curious if anyone knew much about them.

[storm eagle]

I think they're full of ads and chinese apps

But if you can get a CFW then 👍🏻

[iron glen]

heard they're full of spyware but here everything is either russian spyware, shit spyware or home grown spyware

🇪🇪 ❤️
estonia my beloved

[storm eagle]

Curious... Seems like Europe is out of the spyware game. Maybe that's a market I could get into 🤔😂

Well aside from Russia

[lament dawn]

I have a pixel 4a and want a pixel 4a with more storage or an iPhone mini with more storage.

I was looking at the fair phone but don't want to spend $1,000 USD. (It's only 600€ in EU.)

[storm eagle]

Which is barely in Europe

[ebon marlin]

The fairphone is dookie

[iron glen]

our "reign" ended in the 2010s iirc

[lament dawn]

All I do is gps, music, and banking.

[storm eagle]

Phones for the most part are when I check out

I'm still using a OnePlus lol

[ebon marlin]

It has the same specs of a 200-300 dollar budget phone for so much more cuz they have their own website where they sell the parts

[ebon marlin]

Aye me too

Just recently upgraded from my 12R to 13R cuz I got a brand new one for 275€

[storm eagle]

I have some Nord version lol

[ebon marlin]

[ebon marlin]

Estonia is gay

[storm eagle]

Nord CE 2

[iron glen]

my friend had an oneplus and sold it but the fucker didn't factory reset it so now some random ass guy has full access one of my emails 😡

[storm eagle]

The fuck? 🤣

[ebon marlin]

Yum a bit older lower end budget phone

[iron glen]

[lament dawn]

Besides xiaomi, is there anyone who offers a base phone that has more than 128gb of storage?

[storm eagle]

I bought it cause it had expansion card capability and a 2.5mm jack still

[ebon marlin]

256gb is basically standard everywhere now unless you get a very cheap phone

[lament dawn]

iPhone starts at 64 and Samsung and Google all start at 128 and Motorola starts like 16gb.

Where is 256gb standard?

[ebon marlin]

I haven't seen those as standard storage sizes since like early 2020

16gb was a thing from over a decade ago

I'm using a Oneplus 13R and even my 12R the lowest storage capacity is 256gb

[lament dawn]

Weird... I have only seen these as standard for base models on every phone I've looked at...

256gb is like 1~200 USD more than base model for every phone I looked at. I can't even touch 500gb without touching $1,000 USD.

[ebon marlin]

Dunno if Oneplus is available in US but here in EU you can get a Oneplus Nord 5 with 12gb ram and 512gb of storage for 499€

With near flagship hardware

[storm eagle]

My Nord has 128GB with micro-SD expansion and it's like 4 years old

[ebon marlin]

I'm fine with my 256gb

I have over 34k pictures and videos

Also bunch of music downloaded

[lament dawn]

Starting 128 or....

Wow... $700 for used??

[ebon marlin]

Yum

[storm eagle]

I'm fine with the ability to put a 2TB micro-SD card in mine and not give a fuck about the internal storage haha

[ebon marlin]

N30 is old

[ebon marlin]

12 is last gen I'd recommend getting Oneplus's newer gen since they don't use curved glass

Curved glass is awful

[lament dawn]

Which phone?

I saw Motorola but idk how long they last.

[ebon marlin]

Motorola is good

[storm eagle]

OnePlus Nord CE 2 5G

[lament dawn]

They only do 2 years of updates

[storm eagle]

As I say, it's old

[ebon marlin]

Impossible to find a screen protector that sits neatly and curved glass is much more fragile and expensive

[brisk frost]

Almost 1/2 of my storage is games and apps

[storm eagle]

3.5 years old

[elder quarry]

Yea

[ebon marlin]

Motorola Edge 50 Neo has 5 years

[ebon marlin]

I only got 1 game which my girlfriend got me into

[elder quarry]

You can otherwise just buy a new Motorola phone, I found one with 3GB ram and 64G for 50$

[ebon marlin]

3gb ram and 64gb in the big 2025

[elder quarry]

Better than my iPhone SE that I got for 300$..

[lament dawn]

Really?

Maybe it's the sub $500 USD phones with bad software support.

[swift moss]

@rigid fjord do you have any suggestions for using the least amount of transformers for powering 120V vacuum plates, 6.3V vacuum filament and 5V DAC

[brisk frost]

This cat seems a little stupid 🤔

[swift moss]

has to be low noise*

[lament dawn]

I don't want to spend a ton on a phone.

[ebon marlin]

But I'll say this phone is very budget in areas where it shouldn't
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
UFS 2.2
4300mAh battery

[storm eagle]

I vouch for the Sony J9110

[ebon marlin]

What I'd always recommend is always get an used slightly older flagship over a modern budget phone

[storm eagle]

960fps camera baby

[ebon marlin]

I was able to get a Samsung S23 Ultra recently for 300€ for my girlfriend

Nice upgrade for her from her iPhone 11

[storm eagle]

Eww a used phone? 🤮

[lament dawn]

I do banking on my phone so I'm skeptical of buying used.

[ebon marlin]

You can always just factory reset

[storm eagle]

One that's covered in someone else's greasy fingers, shit, piss and earwax? No thanks

[ebon marlin]

??

Shit? Piss? Earwax?

Bro this is a self report at this point

What the fuck do u do to ur phones

[storm eagle]

Yes, things on most people's fingers

[true stirrup]

Ever heard of cleaning?

[zenith shuttle]

i want a pc case that is white AND black. i love the nzxt h510 flow but the airflow isnt great and it is outdated.
now i am looking at some deepcool models and i need some help.
https://de.deepcool.com/products/Cases/CC560-WH-V2-Mid-Tower-Airflow-Case/2023/17810.shtml
this one has good airflow but the front dont look good
https://de.deepcool.com/products/Cases/CH510-WH-Mid-Tower-ATX-Case-White/2022/15836.shtml
this one looks good but i am worried about the airflow

[ebon marlin]

You can just wipe the phone clean with a microfiber cloth and some alcahal

[storm eagle]

Cleaning won't get rid of everything

Eh I just have certain pet peeves I guess

[ebon marlin]

I personally don't use my phone to wipe my ass so mine is clean

[storm eagle]

A second hand phone wouldn't be on my radar

[ebon marlin]

I always buy stuff used it's just too good to pass on

[storm eagle]

No but you use your hands to wipe your ass and then you use your phone

[ebon marlin]

Do u wash ur hands?

[storm eagle]

It's fine if it's a computer part or some tech that's just going to sit on a desk

[storm eagle]

Of course but your hands are never 100% sterile

[true stirrup]

Looks like those two sites are region locked
I can't open them

[zenith shuttle]

bruh

[lament dawn]

I clean my phone with hand sanitizer.

[ebon marlin]

What I've gotten recently
Oneplus 13R for 275€ (normal price: 500€)
Steam Deck 1tb 250€ (Normal price: 450-500€)
JBL Quantum 910 70€ (normal price: 240€)
Huawei Matebook 14 2020 140€ (normal price: 400€~)

[zenith shuttle]

its the deepcool cc560 wh v2 in white and the ch510 wh

[ebon marlin]

So like after ur done shitting and u wash ur hands u never use ur phone again?

[storm eagle]

All the nooks and crannies, the cracks between the bezel and the screen? Anywhere that dead skin or other shit might get into? The charging port?

[lament dawn]

Maybe I shop more Motorola.

Anyone use custom android? Like... Lumen os?

[storm eagle]

No cause it's my phone, I don't care

[ebon marlin]

This is just useless fearmongering

[storm eagle]

It's a personal preference

[ebon marlin]

My phone is still supported so I have no need to

[storm eagle]

I'm not saying people are wrong to buy used

It's just not my cup of tea

[lament dawn]

Do you have any experience with it?

[true stirrup]

After googling the case names
it looks like the CH510 WH is a hot box

[storm eagle]

And I should know about tea ,I'm British

[ebon marlin]

@lament dawn if you care about privacy alot you could get a Pixel 7 Pro they go for not that much around 200€ here for an used one and install GrapheneOS to it which is the most secure OS there is that not even the police can access it

This is a big deal in Australia currently

[lament dawn]

I was looking a little bit at used pixels.

I just don't like really big phones.

[storm eagle]

Funny people care about privacy more than hygiene 🤷🏻‍♂️

[lament dawn]

The pixel 4a is the smallest since it came out.

[ebon marlin]

Drug dealers use Pixel with GrapheneOS since it's so secure and now every police in Australia think every person with a Pixel is a drug dealer and they literally cannot access the phones

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-organized-crime-preferred-phone-3573578/

Oh wait it's Spain I got it mixed up lol

[ebon marlin]

I have good hygiene so not something that's a worry for me

[storm eagle]

Yeah but the person who previously owned the phone might not have

[lament dawn]

Graphene only supports Google phones?

[ebon marlin]

Don't really care about privacy myself but it's a concern for atticus

[storm eagle]

Y'all are not getting my point so I'll shut up

[ebon marlin]

Officially yes

[storm eagle]

Guess this is why most Americans didn't want to mask up

🤷🏻‍♂️

[ebon marlin]

I'm not american

[lament dawn]

I get your point about dirty phones. I just don't want to talk about it.

I already agree with you so there's nothing to say.

[storm eagle]

Fair, I apologise for the assumption

[ebon marlin]

I constantly deal with used phones since I do phone repairs and all my phone's I've dealth with have been clean

[storm eagle]

But still the belief stands

"I'm clean so why would other people not be?"

[ebon marlin]

And eitherway I give them a clean always

[lament dawn]

I'm not concerned. I'll clean it.

[ebon marlin]

Yeah it's very simple and quick to clean a phone

[lament dawn]

Lemme see if there's other options for graphene

[ebon marlin]

Microfiber cloth and isopropyl alcohol is literally all you need

[charred kiln]

Ah shit

[storm eagle]

Yeah just boil it in a pan of water for an hour

[ebon marlin]

GrapheneOS is only supported by Pixel phones

[charred kiln]

Came out so good

[ebon marlin]

Spain* I mixed it up

[ebon marlin]

Isopropyl alcohol exists

[charred kiln]

Nah I'm not aussie

[ebon marlin]

gay

[storm eagle]

What, just give it a bath in isoprol? Interesting

[lament dawn]

Is lineage OS not getting security updates?

[storm eagle]

Isopropyl alcohol is conductive

[ebon marlin]

It is but Lineage is moreso only for Samsung and couple few non-Samsung phones

[storm eagle]

Might want to take the battery out first

[ebon marlin]

Rage bait or mental underdevelopment

[storm eagle]

Scientific fact

[dapper dragon]

Depends on the dilution

[lament dawn]

I remember why I stopped looking at pixels used

All the 500gb options are out of stock. Only 128 GB is left

[charred kiln]

Yo mate u good?

[ebon marlin]

Hope this answered ur question

[charred kiln]

It does

[charred kiln]

Ok imma go now and come back when the shitposting is over

Bye

[storm eagle]

Okay maybe 99% isoprol isn't very conductive. But some people get the 70% shit and think they'll be ok

[lament dawn]

Thanks catto.

[ebon marlin]

70% Isopropyl's conductivity is very weak

[storm eagle]

I wasn't shit posting 🤷🏻‍♂️

[ebon marlin]

Just use 90 or higher

[lament dawn]

There's a pixel 6 pro with 500gb for 250 but I'm not sure that's the one to get cuz of camera bump.

I'll look at Motorola and see what rumors there are for Pixel 10.

[storm eagle]

Yeah but there's a chance? I dunno, maybe I'm a fatalist

[lament dawn]

Also one plus options.

[ebon marlin]

It doesn't take long for it to dissolve fully

[storm eagle]

I just resent being called mentally undeveloped for stating a little-known fact

[ebon marlin]

Viper I don't think you understand what you're saying I handle with these type of stuff almost daily

[storm eagle]

You're a sample size of 1

[ebon marlin]

I'm literally an electronic technician

I have a whole ass degree

[storm eagle]

Good for you

[ebon marlin]

I have a whole ass Electrical Safety Card aswell

[storm eagle]

I don't care 😊

[ebon marlin]

With you interacting with this implies that you do care

If someone really didn't care they wouldn't interact with this

[storm eagle]

Wait if 99% isopropyl alcohol exists, what's the other 1%? Alcoholic billionaires? 🤭

[storm eagle]

I didn't say I didn't care about the conversation, I said I didn't care about your degree

[winter lantern]

Drink it and youll find out

[neat trout]

yo quick question for everyone

[storm eagle]

Nah I'm good with my lager

[neat trout]

is this a good mouse for 155 buck aud https://www.amazon.com.au/Thunderobot-ML903-Station-Batterie-Ergonomique/dp/B0CYKXC2XM/ref=sr_1_18?crid=D8TLN3R

[ebon marlin]

It's 99% concentrate

[storm eagle]

Yeah but the other 1% has to be something

[ebon marlin]

Which is diluted into water

[storm eagle]

Ah. Water. Which is conductive!

Gottem

[ebon marlin]

Rage bait or mental underdevelopment

[storm eagle]

🤣

I'm just busting your balls @ebon marlin

[kindred halo]

What I understood here is that I need to watch out what type of iso I buy incase the dilution isn't upto computer maintenance standards

[ebon marlin]

Non conductive water exists aswell

[storm eagle]

Which is a good takeaway from our bickering

[ebon marlin]

distilled water and deionized water

[kindred halo]

Isn't non mineral water like much, MUCH less conductive compared to normal mineral water?

Just got my question answered by you above, no need to answer again

[ebon marlin]

I'm not talking about mineral water

[kindred halo]

Now I also learned that something called deionisation exists

[kindred halo]

Normal drinking water vs distilled water, I mean

[storm eagle]

Deionised is better than distilled but both work fairly well at not being conductive

The key word is "ion"

[charred kiln]

So they work fairly well at not working, got it

[ebon marlin]

Distilled water just removes all minerals and impurities

[storm eagle]

Bad choice of words, but you understood

[ebon marlin]

Alr I'm done with digging in my butt my breaks over

[whole garden]

[charred kiln]

Did you really have to say that now

I'm eating

[charred kiln]

Rage bait or mental underdevelopment

Gotem

[glass crest]

im still scared everyday of my pc / opening eventviewer

[storm eagle]

Sir, you have many errors and critical warnings in event viewer. This means that hackers are attempting to gain access to your PC

If you open the services tab please, you will see services that are stopped. This means your PC is open to hackers.

Please do the needful

[glass crest]

well im very paranoid because i went to microcenter like 4 times to dorp off pc

since i used to get alot of bsod/crashes

even got gpu replaced multiple times

[dapper dragon]

Expose every single port

Fixes all issues

[glass crest]

u guys want to know what it was?

[proper gull]

Not the gpu

[storm eagle]

Eh just set your system page file to less than 1024MB, then you won't get any blue screens in event viewer!

[glass crest]

a failing monitor, deep software issues/software issues, 2 usb warning icons in device manager and gpu

[storm eagle]

(this took me months to figure out why I wasn't getting bugchecks in event viewer 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣)

[glass crest]

its been months since i got my pc back after 2nd OS reimage so im actually somewhat capable of troubleshooting and fixing software issues with the help of chatgpt/copilot

[storm eagle]

Oh don't rely on that lol, ask here first

[storm eagle]

Drivers? Power supply?

[glass crest]

i know its alot of times inaccurate but i mean so far its been a huge help for someone that doesnt know alot on their own

[glass crest]

pc was passing diagnostics at microcenter

i also got reccomended new ram so i got that too

[storm eagle]

Misbehaving USB peripheral?

[storm eagle]

It's like taking your car into the garage with an issue and it not happening when it's there?

[glass crest]

maybe something with the ram? during the last trip the tech fixed did OS reimage and reinstalled only basic chipset and installed the new ram for me

[storm eagle]

It could be environmental... Temperature?

Humidity?

[glass crest]

rn like usually 50-60c on new gpu and cpu idk havent downloaded software but its been fine for the time being

no crashes since, besides accidental

[storm eagle]

You asked if we wanted to know what it was... Did you get an answer?

[glass crest]

the biggest issue i had, was MMC eventviewer crashing so i deleted and made a copy of it and fixed

[glass crest]

yea pretty much did, but was asking if u guys wanted to know what the issue was

[storm eagle]

I'm always curious

[glass crest]

gpu faulty, failing monitor, 2 usb warning in device manager, and software issues + multiple gpu drivers installed

[storm eagle]

Sometimes I really miss Slack

[storm eagle]

Oh but that isn't a diagnosis

That's symptoms

[glass crest]

ohh

[storm eagle]

I wondered if you've found a cure yet

[glass crest]

yea pc is stabile now

they did furmark, pcdocter, OCCT, memtest i think and some others i dont remember by heart since its been awhile

[storm eagle]

Did you replace the monitor?

[glass crest]

yea

was getting bad screen tearing before, im glad i didnt have to replace the 2nd monitor aswell

[empty quartz]

Fun fact

[storm eagle]

I still think there might be some inherent hardware issue there

Either motherboard or PSU

[empty quartz]

Modern Icloud locked Apple devices are paperweights

[glass crest]

ive tried asking for them to check motherboard alot but they said no issues, also they swapped psu for testing in first visit and found no issue

[storm eagle]

Motherboard is a very easy thing to suggest though because so much shit is on there

When I used to build servers the first thing my head tech would say was the issue was that it was motherboard

Could be the MOSFETs or VRMs

[glass crest]

how hard is it for u to find the issues normally for the motherboard?

[empty quartz]

Unless its an asus mobo, or just a shitty mobo, its unlikely to be the mobo

[glass crest]

B650e wifi asus

[storm eagle]

We worked for a company so it was really easy to just swap in a new motherboard. That's the easiest way, but it's expensive if you don't have that ability on hand

@glass crest have they tried reseating the CPU? Sometimes incorrect pin contact between the CPU and the motherboard can cause issues

[storm eagle]

None of that matters lol

[glass crest]

no i dont think they have

[storm eagle]

That's normal

[glass crest]

i just try to clean it up since it makes me paranoid

its looking very clean

[storm eagle]

I wouldn't worry about it

Event viewer is of very little use to standard users

[empty quartz]

Unless it is a socket without a frame, thats unlikely

[storm eagle]

Dude, there's a channel called Linus Tech Tips on YouTube that says otherwise. You should check them out.

[swift moss]

@peak knot does this look like an LDO to you?

[storm eagle]

It's more likely with LGA than with PGA

[empty quartz]

Lga wothout a frame*

[storm eagle]

@glass crest do you have AMD or Intel?

[glass crest]

amd

b650e wifi and 9070xt now

and 7800x3d

[storm eagle]

Hmm 9x series is LGA

[glass crest]

but before 7900xt

[storm eagle]

Oh my bad... Is 7x series LGA?

[glass crest]

not sure

[empty quartz]

Am5 is lga

Am4 1000-5000 is pga

[storm eagle]

I'm still learning new shit about AMD

[storm eagle]

Thanks

[glass crest]

i dont even know what LGA and Am5 is

[empty quartz]

Theres a cool tech channel called linus tech tips, you can learn alot about stuff from them

[storm eagle]

AM5 is the socket, LGA/PGA refers to the connector pins between the CPU and the motherboard

[glass crest]

ahh

[peak knot]

what those NPN transistors?

[storm eagle]

LGA means the pins are on the board, PGA means they're on the CPU

[empty quartz]

Pga means they’re on the cpu*

[peak knot]

or the on PNP transistor

[storm eagle]

Yeah dumb autocorrect

[empty quartz]

[swift moss]

na just the thing in general, is it a linear power supply?

im sampling this triode design for a pentode circuit

[storm eagle]

@glass crest did you build this yourself?

[empty quartz]

@storm eagle going back a bit tho, the only time where i’ve had issues with the cpu not making proper contact with the pins in the socket is on a board that lacked a frame

[glass crest]

he built like 6-10 pcs before

[storm eagle]

Are you being charged by microcenter every time you take it in?

[glass crest]

nope

unless i purchase something, i have warranty so its been pretty smooth

[empty quartz]

Typically stores only charge you if they fix it

[storm eagle]

My advice would be, if it keeps happening, either take it to your uncle or back to microcenter and ask them to reseat the CPU and check the socket for bent pins

[storm eagle]

Oh I didn't know that. I've never taken a PC to a store lol

Not a brag

Just never done it

[glass crest]

what would this typically fix?

[peak knot]

it looks like a linear PSU

[empty quartz]

I work at an aasp, you learn alot about the industy

[storm eagle]

Potentially everything? If the CPU doesn't have proper contact with the correct pins on the board, anything can happen

[peak knot]

linear PSUs tend to have the bridge rectifier after the transformer whileswitchers put the rectifier before the transformer

[swift moss]

i see yeah

[empty quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/electroboom-full-bridge-rectifier-full-bridge-gif-24661594

[swift moss]

the only pain rn is adapting triode to pentode wiring

[storm eagle]

There are thousands of pin contacts between the CPU and the motherboard. A lot of them don't really matter but if just one is misaligned or not contacting properly the whole thing can be FUBAR

[empty quartz]

I need to work on my mac pro before i sell it

Gotta get the coolers properly torqued

[storm eagle]

1718 pins on AM5 FML 🤣

[peak knot]

thats a ton of schottky diodes

[swift moss]

lol yeah, 1970s designers on crack

[peak knot]

makes sense lol

[empty quartz]

Because it lacks a frame for the socket, just 1/5th of a turn causes improper contact 💀

[storm eagle]

Never heard of that many pins on an LGA

[empty quartz]

Have you never heard of lga 2011

[storm eagle]

Oh

Yes lmao

[empty quartz]

Or lga 3647

[empty quartz]

Or lga 4677

[storm eagle]

I was trying to make a joke about Threadripper but I forgot my numbers

[storm eagle]

No I haven't heard of this one

[empty quartz]

Or even lga 7529

[storm eagle]

That's crazy, What's that for?

I've been out of the industry for 8 years 😭

[empty quartz]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_7529

[storm eagle]

But yes I should've got 2011 at least

[empty quartz]

I have alot of experience with hedt

I fucking hate asus hedt boards

Its the mopar transmission of hedt motherboards

They like to die

[peak knot]

repairing a pre-amp i take it

[swift moss]

???

im designing one

[empty quartz]

Warship

[peak knot]

oh, that PSU is from this preamp

[storm eagle]

NGL that does things for me that I'd rather not speak of

[empty quartz]

For a second, i thought that was a schiit product

[peak knot]

heres another revision of that PSU

[storm eagle]

Had a really dumb tech at my old place of work who would have totally stuck his thumb in that on day one

[empty quartz]

@storm eagle

[storm eagle]

Yeah CPUs have gotten really big

The biggest ones I was used to were the rectangular Zen ones

[empty quartz]

@storm eagle heres a better size reference for you

[peak knot]

what voltages are you going for?

and what power rating

[swift moss]

idk im trying a 5654W / 6J1 style pentode, im doing 120V on the plate, 6.3V AC on the filament and 5VDC from that 6.3 with LDO

[storm eagle]

It's as wide as the DRAM slot?! 😮

[swift moss]

120V + 6.3V (2 transfromers)

[storm eagle]

Lol intel

[swift moss]

idk what rating im going for honestly lol, whatever the output voltage is, it is what it is

im not too familiar with tube, im more of a solid state designer

[peak knot]

why would you be using LDO thats literally solid state if your wanting to go tube you go all analog

[storm eagle]

Anyway when people start to talk about circuits and power, I sleep. I'll be back later

[swift moss]

ldo for the 5v DAC

[empty quartz]

I mean, the cpus have 12 channel memory, and the cores are 1/4 of the size of p-cores

[peak knot]

i mean thats a way of doing that

[swift moss]

also i need an ldo to make a smooth input signal for the plate

[swift moss]

i dont want 3 transformers lol

[peak knot]

wouldnt need 3 just a multitap

[swift moss]

those are pricey and im sourcing from alibaba lol

[peak knot]

but those do cost more compared to just using an ldo

[swift moss]

yeah

[peak knot]

im just giving you a hard time for saying you want to use tube and then immediately saying your using solid state lol

i personally am happy with just my little tube preamp

[swift moss]

its sorta neccesary, even them 1980s design i sent you they use the same transistors which is solid state

[storm eagle]

Kinda feels like this chat about electrical nonsense between you two could've happened in a DM but what do I know

🤷🏻‍♂️

[swift moss]

lol

theres the soviet edition i really want but hard to import from kazakhstan to nz, shipping is like 30usd

6j1p-EV

[peak knot]

these are the same tubes i use in my preamp

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088RBVVF3?

$17 for a matched pair

[swift moss]

got this so far

[peak knot]

and honestly sound great been running mine for over a year

[swift moss]

yeah im considering those or the 6j1, i need 8 tubes soo yeahh lol

[swift moss]

not sure why i need the 470K to ground resistor though

probably for volume regulation making it a lil quieter

im just copying the matchless dc30 design

[peak knot]

@swift moss you live in USA?

[swift moss]

No nz

[peak knot]

Pay shipping and I’ll toss you these cheaper no name Chinese tubes I got laying around

Ah nvm

[charred kiln]

man this is satisfying

[peak knot]

these are also 6j1 compatible tubes

[swift moss]

Alibaba probably cheaper to source 8 matched lol

[swift moss]

Yeah most pentodes are compatible with 6j1

[peak knot]

ehhh, id use the cheap tubes for less critical stuff but try to get some of these ge matched tubes for anything actually audio critical

[swift moss]

Hmm ok

China make good tubes too

My biggest issue so designing the hardware lol, like no good reference designs for 8 channel tube preamps that aren't triode

[peak knot]

like your PSU and voltage stuff id use the chinese ones, but the matched GE NOS tubes are still cheap and really high quality stuff

[swift moss]

I could use triode ig or just turn pentode into triode

[swift moss]

Hmm yeah ig

[peak knot]

honestly it makes a massive difference in just their warm up time alone

the GE tubes are like 1/2 the size and warm up way faster

the chinese ones sound duller for longer until they get warm

[swift moss]

I thought 6j1 were like 10 seconds

[peak knot]

till usable yeah

[swift moss]

Usable is all I need, this is a home theatre amp, long viewing times make no difference

[peak knot]

but they take way longer to actually stabilize and once fully warmed up they dont change their tone

[swift moss]

And a warner brother logo doesn't need to be at maximum quality

[swift moss]

True yeah, like 3-4m

[peak knot]

Size difference

[swift moss]

Damn

Yeah the filament producer is just wayy smaller

Also straight legs 😭😭

[peak knot]

yeah, like i said there is just a big difference between the chinese tubes and old american tubes

its definately worth the few extra bucks

[swift moss]

I'll see how much more it sets me backs, look fine

[peak knot]

the chinese tubes are great for PSU voltage amplification and such

[swift moss]

Yeah

[peak knot]

but actual audio id use the GE tubes

[swift moss]

Hardest part is making it work, because all the capacitors and resistors are so random, there is calculation but the why they are there is weitd

[swift moss]

Like a resistor AND a capacitor at the bottom here

[peak knot]

id go ask in an old tech forum place, ill shoot you a link to usagi electrics YT channel discord

[swift moss]

Shot

[peak knot]

that place is full of retro tech and tube junkies

also if your like me and like to get lost in the weeds of electronics like that hes an amazing channel for that

[swift moss]

Lol yeah

Tubes look cool 🗣️🗣️

[peak knot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4KVNAmwND8

he built an entire 1 bit computer from vacuum tubes

all homebrew also

[swift moss]

Damnn

[amber terrace]

Guys, i accidentally unscrewed this , anyone know how to put that ring back ;-;

It's a mic shock mount

[spring latch]

I went the poormans approach to fixing my cooling and cut some vent holes

i actually got a big difference considering I had no vent holes dedicated and the heat had to go out of the USB, and speaker areas

[vapid onyx]

Help i saw the b580 i was a second from buying it but i saw this....... is it worth it instead of the b580?

[rigid fjord]

nope, if you want a 16gb vram gpu for less than 400, get a 9060xt

[vapid onyx]

that is 500

[ebon marlin]

Get an used 6800xt for 300€

Or an used 6950xt for 350-375€

[winter lantern]

Thats not a thing lol

That'd like trying to get a 3090 fot 450$r

[vapid onyx]

idk but im not getting used

they have alot of shipping and i checked a 3070 at 500

crazy

[winter lantern]

A 5070 is that

💔

[vapid onyx]

a new 5070 is 700

[ebon marlin]

I see 6950xt's here go for exclusively for that price here

I follow the 6950xt used market very often here and they most often go for 350€ and sometimes slightly higher like 375€

[winter lantern]

Not buying used is scamming yourself

[vapid onyx]

fr there is a 6950xt at 450

[ebon marlin]

Not that bad I'd offer 400€

[vapid onyx]

pretty much all are like this

[ebon marlin]

Not sure Abt ur region but they go much cheaper in Finland

[vapid onyx]

but 400 over my budget

[ebon marlin]

Offer 350€ then

I've seen ppl who sell 6950xt's for 500€ accept 350€ lol

[iron glen]

depends on the market imo
here its so incredibly ass its better to buy new

[iron glen]

haggle

if they're desprate to sell it they might go alot cheaper than listed price

[winter lantern]

Its funny when a shit gpu has 3 fans ngl

[vapid onyx]

fr idk what it needs to cool