electronics

[chrome dust]

probably makes people who doesn't know about stuff go wide eyed

and grab em

cause 11800h+3080

i think it even has 1440p 300hz

which is

asus did similar thing ngl

but 3070

tuf with i9 11900h lmao

4k on a laptop, in that scenario I would only use 4k for non games stuff lel

Cause 1080p scales perfectly with 4k

I can drop the res to it and not notice any quality drop

But of course the extra cost for 4k over 1080p is steep, so that's a detractor for me too

Which one?

Well, talking about 4k laptops

One time I got offered a zenbook with 7700HQ+1050Ti

But I don't have money for shipping, which is about 300

It has a 4k screen lel

It was basically free but shipping just costs absurd

ya

And they're in like

Saudi arabia or something

Woulda been nice smh

No ssd gonna be in it but that's fine

Just wished I had 300 lol

I could have got it and kept it

Or resold it perhaps

It's a zenbook after all

[prisma berry]

I have a Cyberpower desktop with 24.0 GB that uses a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 graphics card. I use four 24" 1080 resolution monitors but want to upgrade to 4k monitors. I have several; questions. Does the GTX 960 support 4k resolution? If not, can I upgrade the graphics card? Or would I be better off buying a new desktop? Another possibility would be to use my hp Spectre laptop to run the additional monitors. It has an Intel(R)Iris(R)Xe Graphics, which I believe allows two extra displays. So, I could run two 4k monitors of 28 to 32" or larger and probably be able to fit more images and details than I currently can fit on my four 24" 1080 monitors. What do you think would be best?

[old moss]

Hey guys networking question: i want to move my modem upstairs, would there be any issues? I have the cord that connects it to the wall

[small meadow]

Do you want to game at 4k? If so you basically need at least a 1k gpu, if it's just to run the desktop it should handle it okay, but I'd recommend 1440p instead, it's halfway to 4k and way cheaper

[eager bison]

depends on where the cable comes from

just plug the modem into it and find out

if it doesnt work, look around in the basement for a large coax junction box or smthn

[old moss]

Cable has been in the house for forever

Matches the one that’s in use downstairs rn

[eager bison]

but the source of said cable wont be the same, unless both are coming from the same junction box

somewhere in the basement, a coax is entering the house, and was probably originally used for television, depending on the age of the house

the key is to locate that coax and trace its location

[old moss]

I understood that completely totally

[old moss]

So how would I go about doing that

I don’t have a basement lol

[eager bison]

go outside

look for where the line comes in from the pole

[kindred yacht]

Bold of you to assume no underground cables

[eager bison]

if the line is buried, look around the base of the house for a spot where a thick black cable is running into the siding

i did not assume

it just takes time to type

:)

[kindred yacht]

Yeah I just beat you to it is all

[eager bison]

:(

i lost

[old moss]

Thats a pain

[eager bison]

well, did you at least try to run the modem?

may as well test it

[old moss]

Yeah I’m trying it rn

[eager bison]

then try to troubleshoot

[old moss]

Blinking US/DS light

[kindred yacht]

A lot of times if you're in a neighborhood with buried cables there's those little green plastic things in your / your neighbor's yard where the cable runs

[eager bison]

plug something into the back of the modem, like a laptop

[old moss]

Oh I know those

[eager bison]

you dont have to mess around with a router if its too annoying

just for testing purposes

[old moss]

Ok doing rn

No internet @eager bison

[eager bison]

yeah that line aint connected

if you can, try to find where the line comes in

that way you can figure out where the line upstairs prolly goes to

[old moss]

Think it would be worth it instead to pay Cox $60 to do it lol

[eager bison]

worst case scenario is that line your modem was on is the line coming straight to your home

nah

the cables go somewhere

just go look for where they go

where is your water heater?

go to whatever room has the water heater and look around

[old moss]

Oh bet thats my garage

Not seeing anything

[eager bison]

anything mounted to the walls

look for cables

is the garage sheetrocked

if it is i wouldnt be suprised if it was sheetrocked over

[old moss]

Yeah this is either Sheetrock or drywall

[eager bison]

😔

[old moss]

Only cables I’m seeing are for the water sprinkler or fridge or water heater

maybe ill just see if i can bribe the mother to pay a portion of it if its not possible

[small meadow]

Pog

[thick crystal]

Does anyone here know about laptops that are good for a field on networking specialist?

[small meadow]

What's your budget and what are you looking for?

Thinkpad nice and kinda rugged ye

[thick crystal]

My budget is $1,500

I will look into that

Is there any other options so I can compare?

[oblique gazelle]

You know any decent laptops with vega graphics rn rommy?

[thick crystal]

What do you mean by rugged laptop?

[oblique gazelle]

Want to get a vega laptop so I can have a laptop that can do light gaming and I can use for school

[thick crystal]

OH

[oblique gazelle]

Gonna get one on black Friday or cyber Monday and wanted to see if there were any specific models to look for

[thick crystal]

Is there a Microsoft one? Or I should stick with the thinkpad route

Yess

Oh thank god

Cause I saw an option of it saying linux

Is linux difficult to use?

Oooo

You can have both?? :0

OOOO

I have thought about buying an ipad

But just to like draw and stuff

[thorny zodiac]

Are the new macbooks good

[nova pond]

if you wanna run macos sure

they are great

for gaming? nah

[thorny zodiac]

What config should I get if I want power but not too much power

Or is the m1 pro chip enough for most people

[nova pond]

m1 is good enough

still very powerful

[thorny zodiac]

What about the new chips that came out today

[nova pond]

and great price now that new ones are here

I personally wouldnt get em

[thorny zodiac]

Reason?

[nova pond]

m1 still very powerful..

extra money not worth the extra perf

to me at least

[sturdy jolt]

It's just what most people do doesn't benefit from more power

[nova pond]

^

[sturdy jolt]

YouTube isn't going to load significantly faster on a faster CPU

[nova pond]

You have to decide what exactly you wanna do and if the extra perf is worth the extra cost

[sturdy jolt]

The one thing a lot of people do that can make use of more power is gaming, but gaming on macos is kinda sucky

[nova pond]

and the games that run on macos all run at max on m1 anyway

at least at 60fps

which is what the display is capable of

[sturdy jolt]

Aka minesweeper

[nova pond]

lmao

[sturdy jolt]

I think league runs fine on macos

But league is league

[nova pond]

yeah

theres a handful of AAA games that run

all of em run A-OK on m1 tho

[sturdy jolt]

It's only very few and very weak games

[nova pond]

m1 pro doesnt justify the price increase

[nova pond]

yeah

[sturdy jolt]

Afterall they're not going to make a macos port for sotr if no Macs can run it

[nova pond]

because the majority of devices that are running macos are weak, at least currently

[thorny zodiac]

@nova pond is the 16 inch macbook pro worth it this year or should I go with the 14 inch it’s significantly cheaper

And how much memory should I get

[green stream]

Depends on what you do

16 is fine for most uses

[thorny zodiac]

Is 16 worth the money tho I want to get my money’s worth since I’m putting more than 2 grand

[kindred yacht]

16 is recommended because the next step down is 8, which isn't enough these days.

[thorny zodiac]

for the new macbooks ram starts from 16 and the reason why I’m confused is because thats the ram both the cpu and gpu uses

Duck macs man they’ve somehow gotten more confusing that gaming laptops

[kindred yacht]

Shared memory isn't a new thing, it just makes it even more necessary to have 16gb

[green stream]

I think the new macbooks start at 16gb ram it seems, but for the older ones for general use 8 is honestly fine but if you do any kind of editing or heavy multitasking i would probably go with 16

[old moss]

16 gang baby

[hazy reef]

2TB gang baby

[fathom torrent]

M1 is powerful , BUT M1 PRO AND MAX ARE BEAST

[dry frigate]

My PC won't boot after I cleaned and repasted my GPU. I tried clearing CMOS, 1 stick of RAM on each slot, re-repasted the GPU but I used a little less than last one, reseated the CPU. The GPU receives power but still no POST. please help!

Ryzen 5 1600
2x 8gb 3200mhz
GTX 970
MSI A320MK
Windows 10 21H1

[oblique gazelle]

Are the fans spinning?

On the gpu

[dry frigate]

Yes

[oblique gazelle]

That's good, make sure cable is plugged in, try a different port and or a different cable first

[dry frigate]

I tried DVI but there's also no signal

One's DP

Please help.

[green stream]

why did you repaste gpu

[dry frigate]

I might have broke something as I've been rough on unlocking the lock of the PCIe slot as it's really hard to reach it and when I reassemblying and disassemblying the GPU*

[dry frigate]

Hot temp on idle, saw the paste hella dry

I'm currently breadboarding it.

[small meadow]

I'd say try take apart again carefully and make sure all things are connected properly

Wdym you're breadboarding a gpu?

[dry frigate]

The whole system I mean.

[dry frigate]

Did it a lot of times already, even in the GPU side although it's just fan

[small meadow]

Check for damages on/ around the pcie slot on your motherboard and the pcb of the gpu

[dry frigate]

Should I send some pic?

And should I disassemble my GPU again?

[sturdy jolt]

pic good

[dry frigate]

Ok wait

[sturdy jolt]

if you're going to take a pic of the board, take pic of the whole board, would like to see in case something isn't plugged in for some reason

but also take pic of gpu too

[oblique gazelle]

Is that normal?

Doesn't look it

Sorry drew over it a bit

First picture

[small meadow]

Light reflection

[dry frigate]

Let me retake it on the same area

[small meadow]

Uhh you have cpu power unplugged

[dry frigate]

It's plugged

[small meadow]

Or looks like it anyway

[dry frigate]

There's 2 cpu "something' on my PSU

[small meadow]

And only 1 on the board I'm guessing

[dry frigate]

Yep

[small meadow]

Right

[dry frigate]

It's a Zotac GTX 970 AMP! Omega, if that info helps

Imma try it on a working PC tomorrow as it's midnight here. For now, I would like to do all of the things that can make my PC back to life with your help here.

[small meadow]

Yeah no harm getting a fresh look at it in the morning

[kindred yacht]

It's called a breadboard, not a crackerboard

[dry frigate]

For some reason, it booted fine today with the same system

Idk what happened but thanks guys xD

Oh, I changed the PSU power cord to a socket directly and I think that's it

[calm mural]

but....

[dry frigate]

Looks yummy

[calm mural]

indeed

it offers quite the shockingly good taste

[small meadow]

Glad to hear your system aint borked

[kindred yacht]

Thinking about buying this one, rtings has raving reviews on it and calls it the best value TV in its class. 4k 120Hz VRR and all the goodies. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/tcl-65-class-6-series-mini-led-qled-4k-uhd-smart-google-tv/6470277.p?skuId=6470277

https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/tcl/6-series-r646-2021-qled

[dry frigate]

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/tv/news/redmi-smart-tv-x-2022-china-launch-date-october-20-specifications-refresh-rate-2579302

this one's also cool

[nova pond]

Its not available yet. It might be cool it might not

[dry frigate]

time will tell then xD

[kindred yacht]

It's releasing today... in China.
I wonder what the price is/will be?

[dry frigate]

the last iteration was less than 400 USD, base model

idk topday

[kindred yacht]

And do I trust Xiaomi not to spy on me through the microphone...

Like they did with smartphones

[dry frigate]

so as google so.. i dont really think too much about it

[kindred yacht]

Fair point

Found the price, 60k rupees

For the 65 inch

[dry frigate]

well, you decide nonetheless

[kindred yacht]

About $800 USD, not bad at all assuming the display and features are good

[dry frigate]

oh what was the panel used

its not specified, but i guess for the price itll be good at least

[kindred yacht]

Probably VA if it doesn't say otherwise

Also cheap

[dry frigate]

my bet also

[kindred yacht]

2 options then, I buy the one that I know is good and is currently on sale or wait for the reviews on this one to come out...
I'm not feeling like waiting when I can pick up the TCL from my local Best Buy today.

[dry frigate]

get it when your patience goes down to the gutter xD

although thats impulsive.. you do you bro xD

[kindred yacht]

The problem is with a sale like this ($300 off one of the top rated TVs) I don't expect them to last long. There's already only 3 left in my county.

[dry frigate]

The sale or the product itself?

[kindred yacht]

Oh wait, I forgot that Best Buy's inventory system is screwy and always has 1 in stock, so there's only 1 left

The TV is $1000

[dry frigate]

I've yet to experience shopping in Best Buy xD

[kindred yacht]

Shopping in Best Buy is fine, but their online system has screwed me over so many times

[dry frigate]

even though i read a lot of stories from it that, yeah their online system is kinda f- up

i think i heard that same stories for years already..

[kindred yacht]

I'll even call to ask if something is in stock, and at first they'll say yes just looking at the system. Then I ask them to physically check and it's out of stock.

[dry frigate]

isn't the system store-based or all of the store in that particular country/state?

We have a store with a similar system here but its the latter that's based so it's always inaccurate if there is stock in a particular store lmao

[kindred yacht]

Each store tracks their own inventory but for whatever reason every store always says at least 1 in stock for most items

[dry frigate]

no reason whatsoever, they should fix their system then

[kindred yacht]

You'd think a multi billion dollar multi national company could do that wouldn't you?

[dry frigate]

God knows

[kindred yacht]

Well, the deed is done. Now I hopefully don't need another TV for at least 6 years, like the last time I bought a TV.

[dry frigate]

Lovely.

[calm mural]

pfft? 6 years?

try 15

plasma tv gang

[novel blade]

Hi All,

[nova pond]

hi

[novel blade]

We have new Commercial Refrigerator in Newegg. Can I post here?

[nova pond]

uhh sure?

[novel blade]

/https://www.newegg.com/Cooler-Depot/BrandStore/ID-219057

[oblique gazelle]

Opinions? I'd upgrade the ram ofc https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08VKNVDDR/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

[small meadow]

Looks like a 350$ laptop tbh

[small meadow]

I'd look at higher spec models instead of upgrading the ram on that

[umbral dragon]

Is this any good? I've never looked at server hardware before and idk what's good and what isn't

[fervent pelican]

[fervent pelican]

dont buy off newegg

[amber idol]

Lmfao yeah, thats overpriced

Buy off of ebay

R710s are usually super cheap with great specs

[umbral dragon]

I don't even need something that great

I'm just gonna be running a modded Minecraft server on it

Around 250 mods

And maybe a Discord bot

[kindred yacht]

Only 250?

[umbral dragon]

We'll probably add more mods once we progress more

[chrome dust]

3350u sucks lel

it's 2c/4t

[dry plinth]

anyone know how to fix my phone

it keeps saying theres water in the charging port but there isnt

[small meadow]

Uhh there probably was water in the charging port? I'd power off your phone and put it in a dry warm place like a hot press

[dry plinth]

ive tried that theres no water in the port

[kindred yacht]

Flush it out with isopropyl alcohol, the highest % you can get. At least 95%. Something is in there shorting 2 of the pins.

[eager bison]

90% is ok too

under 90 is a big no

[wraith steppe]

Just use qd cleaner

[oblique gazelle]

aight so im undecided

i have a choice between 1 of two options on black friday or cyber monday

i can either buy a laptop with decent graphics, or i can buy an oculus quest 2

which would yall go with?

ill prolly have like 450-550 to spend total depending on what happens with mining and such

[teal drum]

want to get a UPS for my new tower, in part for extra protection against a power surge like the one that damaged my old tower despite a surge protector in place, also in part to keep power on when switching plugs to a different outlet

any suggestions?

[kindred yacht]

What will you be plugging into it and how long do you need it to run on battery? That'll determine what VA rating you need

[teal drum]

i have a solar power setup off the grid, would be switching it back and forth, probably take a few sec but would like a few min in case of a power outage at night, so i could save whatever i am working on.

[kindred yacht]

This'll be plenty for that job then
Amazon Basics Standby UPS 800VA 450W Surge Protector Battery Power Backup, 12 Outlets - Black https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B073Q3BSPG/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_YVH3MNEQ2QS9R0F7QS6F

[kindred yacht]

Apparently the 3dmark app is compatible with Google TV. Let's see how many fps I can get from wild life!

It made the tv crash, oops

[kindred yacht]

Apparently it does work

Maybe sling shot will work better

Good luck

Not even from shift + click restart?

Rude

I guess the cpu is actually pretty decent, which makes sense for AI upscaling

[calm mural]

Just why

Why does that even work on a TV🤣

[kindred yacht]

Because it's Google TV, a fork of android, so it's like a giant mobile phone with TV features

[calm mural]

ah

[chrome dust]

I have something like that too

A TV box running Android TV

[graceful mauve]

[calm mural]

[nova pond]

OvErClOcK

[kindred yacht]

I don't think rooting my TV is a good idea

[nova pond]

https://tenor.com/view/palpatine-star-wars-emperor-do-it-go-for-it-gif-17446081

[calm mural]

Yes just do it

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-what-are-you-waiting-for-determined-angry-gif-5247874

[spice osprey]

Any good resource that explains reactance and impedance?

[stiff compass]

One of the best beginner articles for it https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/alternating-current/chpt-5/review-of-r-x-and-z/

[dreamy anvil]

I bought a Rosewell USB3.0 Docking Station 2.5"/3.5" SATA HDD and it seemed to work fine when I tested it. Now that I'm ready to do the actual copy, I can see the drive in my Windows Explorer but it tells me to insert drive so it's no longer working. Am I in the right location? I'm considering returning it and getting something else.

[gaunt bison]

Sorry kiersten I have no clue on why it would tell you to insert drive

We're upgrading to 1500mb/s down 250 up and need to move from a gigabit network switch to a 2 or 2.5 gigabit switch. Anyone have any suggestions for an 8+ port 2.5gb/s switch under or at $150?
(unmanaged is okay, don't need power over ethernet or any other fancy features. DO NOT WANT A HUB (hub bad for this much network traffic))

[small meadow]

Anyone know how to get WhatsApp to download every image shared to me to my camera roll? Is there a way for the pictures to just appear in the chat like every other goddam app 🙃

[gaunt bison]

I didn't see any 2-2.5gb switches under $300 for TP-Link for the amount of ports I needed

[warped yew]

that’s an ethernet switch

[wraith steppe]

Hubs haven't been a thing for 20 years

[nova pond]

You want it to stop downloading to camera roll?

[small meadow]

Yes :(

[small meadow]

Yes but i have auto download turned off, wanna know if there's a way to view the pic without downloading to camera roll

[nova pond]

Yes there is

[small meadow]

How do i do?

[nova pond]

Settings-> chats -> media visibility off

[small meadow]

THANK YOU, literally everywhere online said it cannot be done or brings me to the, download on wifi only thing

Nooooo

[wispy kettle]

If i convert youtube mp3 to 320kbps will it have more quality? If not how do i get 320bkps for the music I want

[warped yew]

no

and also…

[wispy kettle]

:/

[warped yew]

if a video is compressed to the point that it just sounds like garbage, you’re better off finding another upload

[nova pond]

Thats like asking if you can add water in juice to make the juice more concentrated

[wispy kettle]

🙃

So how do i download 320kbps for my music

[warped yew]

find another video

one that’s higher quality

[wispy kettle]

But youtube has only 126kbps

It's the maximum it can get

[nova pond]

No

Not at all

Also idk if you have considered this but you can buy music if you want good quality

[warped yew]

find a different downloader. i use youtube-dl. it’s a command line program but super easy to use

[nova pond]

Instead of ripping from youtube

[warped yew]

and use VLC. to convert the media into mp3 format

[small meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/dedikodu-gossip-shock-şaşırmak-shocking-gif-19902616

[humble forge]

wait

what channel for laptops

well

any laptops for 500-800?

[green stream]

#building-and-recc-chat can work i suppose

can possibly fit a base macbook air or base framework laptop if you into that kinda thing

[humble forge]

im not a fan of apple

i was just looking for a laptop for general use

but theres just a lot of laptops

there are like 50 laptop gpus and cpus

like wtf is a 1135g7

11th gen i5?

[chrome dust]

yep

35 means it's basically a U chip

[lapis badge]

what are the opinions on a Surface Pro 8 for CIT college major? I won't be doing too much heavy loads, I'll use my PC for anything to heavy but for other general college work

[small meadow]

Meh

There's nicer laptops for cheaper

[warped yew]

Microsoft is basically the Apple of office* laptops

[heavy tundra]

What router should I get under $100? My isp is xfinity

[warped yew]

not sure but get something that's at least dual-band and either wireless 802.11 ac or ax (Wi-Fi 6)

I personally would also look for something that can handle gigabit speeds (up and down). Also, stick to main brands (Netgear, Asus, etc.)

[kindred yacht]

There's not a lot of $100 routers that are better than the one they give you

[nova pond]

Yeah I already told em that

In general

When they asked thre

[warped yew]

lol that question was two days ago

he's probably not gonna respond

[elder cloak]

Anyone got a prebuilt that they can recommend from personal use that runs basically most games?

[small meadow]

What's your budget?

[nova pond]

Budget

[elder cloak]

Probably about 1000$-1800$ ish range

I’m also waiting to look and see if there’s any Black Friday deals

I just didn’t know what brands I should trust

[lament hull]

Go to Walmart

[elder cloak]

I’m not looking for dell or alien ware

[small meadow]

You're gonna need to narrow that down a bit

[small meadow]

Honestly doubt it, and for prebuilts ABS are your best bet, newegg offer black Friday protection guarantee so if price goes lower on black Friday you'll get the money back anyway

[elder cloak]

I found 2 that looked pretty decent

https://www.newegg.com/ibuypower-slate5mr-216i/p/N82E16883227949

I found that cyber power one which looks good but doesn’t have any reviews which I always like looking at reviews

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali525/p/N82E16883360130?item=N82E16883360130&source=googleshopping&nm_mc=knc-googleadwords-mobile&cm_mmc=knc-googleadwords-mobile-_-pla-_-gaming+desktop-_-N82E16883360130&gclid=Cj0KCQiA-K2MBhC-ARIsAMtLKRsTGEnryTzHC-TT9tpiaZNUyjEgdGiQnlCeOp854_Aweq_3zuUKCR8aAgLpEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

And there’s the Abs one I was looking at

The cyber power one basically looks the same except for the ssd storage which I can always add more of

[small meadow]

I buy power don't have good build quality

[elder cloak]

Do you have a pre built pc?

[small meadow]

This is awful value, this should have a 3060 ti or 3070

For the price

[small meadow]

Nope i built mine

[elder cloak]

Well I guess ima have to keep digging then

[small meadow]

@elder cloak I'd get this https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali565/p/N82E16883360195?item=N82E16883360195&itemPosition=1-12&exactIndex=3

[elder cloak]

Is the value on that one worth it?

[small meadow]

Yeah

[elder cloak]

Alright cool thanks for the help

[small meadow]

Np

[quaint geyser]

I am in the market for a wifi mesh solution at home
I am thinking Tri-band wifi 6- - 801.11ax any suggestions
( currently considering asus zenwifi ax6600 xt8 - any input good/bad/try something else.
this is for a 3500 sq ft house but want to extend to the patios
and detached garage so a wee bit larger range. Thx Eric

[sturdy jolt]

@quaint geyser could be worth looking at Amplifi alien, but expensive with router+mesh point

[reef tiger]

my server has just shut down and is not booting up........what do i do/

?*

[nova pond]

Need details

[reef tiger]

so the fans turn on but nothing comes up on boot

its a dell emc server

ive got 4

and 1 has just failed

all the fans and things stay on

just nothing else happens

ive tried re seating everything

and tried a new graphics card to see if it was that

@nova pond

[nova pond]

Does keyboard light up or anything?

Like caps lock key

Or anything

[reef tiger]

yep

rn when i turn it on

all the fans turn on then there is a loud click and it all turns off

@nova pond

@sturdy jolt please help

SOMEONE

@strange perch

[nova pond]

Please stop pinging everyone you see

Please remember that we have commitments and lives apart from discord and have patience

Thank you

From seeing what u have said i suspect a cpu issue

Could be wrong tho

Try running just 1 stick of ram

[reef tiger]

ok sorry i just need it online before 12:00

UK time

[reef tiger]

ok

still not working

i have 8 mins till i needs to be online

[reef tiger]

wait- WHAT

uh oh

[warped yew]

lol

[calm mural]

Oh hey it's the same guy that was dming people discord invites

[warped yew]

wait who? because it for sure wasn’t me

about to secure my account

[calm mural]

The alpaca guy lol

[warped yew]

ah okay thanks

[autumn canyon]

What should I look for in a wall plug? Does it matter?

[kindred yacht]

What kind of wall plug? For what device?

[wide vault]

Monoprice has a cable selector thing

[autumn canyon]

Wall plugs with usb-a or usb-c for charging mobile devices

[kindred yacht]

A or C doesn't really matter for charging, but you want the charger to be rated at the best charge voltage and amperage your device supports for best results

[analog parrot]

what's this server meant for

[chrome dust]

Talking everything

As long as there's channels for it

[reef tiger]

my dell emc server keeps shutting down then restarting what do i do?

[kindred yacht]

Are there any errors in the logs? What OS?

[reef tiger]

no bc it wont boot

its running the linux disribution ubuntu

[kindred yacht]

Can you boot to bios, and if yes can you boot from usb successfully?

[reef tiger]

no because it will just shutdown strait after it turns on

[kindred yacht]

Ok, try it with the bare minimum things attached. Keyboard, monitor, 1 stick of memory.

[reef tiger]

ok

nope

still nothing

[kindred yacht]

Can you clear cmos without losing anything important?

[reef tiger]

no :/

[kindred yacht]

Sometimes security keys and such are stored in bios, dang

How old is it and what are the specs?

[reef tiger]

its a year old

its got an intel Xeon 5th gen

3rd gen*

64 GB ram

411TB of raw storage

[kindred yacht]

What's used for graphics output? Anything, or headless?

[reef tiger]

um im using a Nvidia GeForce RTX 1080 im pretty sure

[kindred yacht]

Hm, odd for a server but ok

[reef tiger]

i know its the only one i had lying about

[kindred yacht]

Was the problem before you put the gpu in then?

[reef tiger]

yes

[kindred yacht]

Ok so we can rule that out

Start pulling storage. A loose connection can cause a short.

A short will cause the psu protections to trip.

[reef tiger]

what the HDDs?

or RAM

[kindred yacht]

Yes, unfortunately you seem to have a lot of drives

[reef tiger]

yep :/

so i pull out each HDD and boot it each time to see if it works?

[kindred yacht]

If you have any raid arrays try not to break the array, unplug all the associated drives

[reef tiger]

ok

ok ive unpluged the drives wich are not raid

[kindred yacht]

Still no post?

[reef tiger]

let me try gain

again*

no post np

no*

[kindred yacht]

Ok, pull the rest of the drives and try again. If that still doesn't work then it's either the motherboard or the cpu, and a very low chance the psu.

At any rate, it should still be under warranty right? How long are those Dell warranties?

[reef tiger]

ok thank you ill try that now

[reef tiger]

not sure

[kindred yacht]

If it has a service tag number you can check here https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us?app=warranty

[reef tiger]

ok ive removed the rest

ill try boot up now

oo

its booting up!

[kindred yacht]

That's great! Honestly it'll be a pain to figure out which drive in the array broke it but that's the best case scenario here

[reef tiger]

it will be a pain yes

but THANK YOU SO MUCH

[kindred yacht]

Happy to help

[reef tiger]

thank you

[rancid crystal]

Just wondering, can I make a VPS out of an old 2010’s PC that was prebuilt?

Considering servers were discussed

and VPN are not as trustworthy as once thought

since theyve become snek oil

[vital galleon]

Which budget android phone is better: OnePlus 8T or Samsung s20Fe? If there are better options out there for less than $600, I’m open to suggestions

3 things I’m looking for:

1. How long the phone can last without beginning to lag and freeze after some time
2. Audio quality
3. Gaming (genshin impact)

[small meadow]

OnePlus 8t out of those 2, look at pixel 6 as well though

[vital galleon]

Okay thanks so much for the advice 🙏

[small meadow]

Np

[rapid parrot]

Can i run 2 routers off the same modem and have both of them be from different companies or have different IPs? I want to portforward for servers but my mom wont let me since shes worried about people stealing her work information so i was wanting to get a second router just for my stuff

I would just buy a server service but itd be for skyrim together and i doubt there are ones for that

[kindred yacht]

I suggest a vpn, preferably one that offers static ip so it works with a server.
It's possible for a modem to support 2 ip addresses, but it's rare and you usually need to pay extra for that.

[rapid parrot]

Alright

I have a VPN but theres still the issue my mom wont give me access…

[kindred yacht]

If you're running through a vpn you don't need to do any port forwarding

[rapid parrot]

Oh

[kindred yacht]

It all gets routed through the tunnel

[rapid parrot]

That makes you a IP and port?

Alright

[kindred yacht]

Yeah, it'll be like your computer is on a totally different network.

[rapid parrot]

Alright

[kindred yacht]

But it'll still have access to local stuff like a file server

[rapid parrot]

Also actually have any recommended VPNs for that?

That are preferably free

[kindred yacht]

I use vyprvpn but I know it's not the best available for the price

There's no free ones that offer good speeds or static ip

[rapid parrot]

Alright

Guess I’ll have to look into running a server at my dads… just means i wont be able to have my laptop on me

It also tends to have quite a bit of issues occasionally…

[kindred yacht]

At least you have that option. My isp doesn't even give me an ipv4 address.

[rapid parrot]

Oof

I tried using it once for Minecraft and it didnt even work

actually i just realized that the IP is different and i actually may know the login

oh nvm i dont have a default gateway...

okay my router just straight up doesnt support that

huh...

Wait whats WAN unicast

Or IGMP

[rapid parrot]

okay thats dumb... you cant enable it through their website its through their app

I did it!!!

[vital escarp]

I'm looking to purchase a refurbished Windows 10 desktop that I can upgrade to Windows 11. How can I tell if a particular computer can accept that upgrade?

[sturdy jolt]

Check with this list
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-system-requirements-86c11283-ea52-4782-9efd-7674389a7ba3

[small meadow]

to be honest, dont worry about upgrading to windows 11 for the moment if you current computer is doing what it needs to, windows 10 will be supported for another 4 years

so if your pc is working as you want it right now dont upgrade yet

[chrome dust]

I don't recc upgrading to win 11 when 10 works

don't be like me

[simple crown]

aaa help

my internetig going really bad

[oblique gazelle]

How much do tablets that you can plug a keyboard into cost?

For taking notes in college classes

[small meadow]

Best bet is a Bluetooth keyboard

[small meadow]

On all devices or just 1?

[oblique gazelle]

I mean a tablet

And I'll figure out a keyboard later

[small meadow]

Yeah

Ehh literally any tablet will work with that

[small meadow]

Budget?

[oblique gazelle]

I'm just wondering how much they cost

I don't know much about tablets so here I am

I'll figure out a budget later

It's a hannukah gift from my parents and me

Also preferably with a standy thing on the back

[simple crown]

all

[oblique gazelle]

Like what a Nintendo switch has

[sturdy jolt]

bluetooth keyboard isn't really expensive anyways

and if the tablet has usb-c you can use a keyboard that way

[small meadow]

Call your provider then most likely, if a turn off and on again of the router doesn't work

[small meadow]

100-1500$ lol

[oblique gazelle]

What price range would be decent enough for note taking?

Doesn't have to be amazing just don't want it to lag like my old laptop, otherwise I'd just give him that

[small meadow]

Well what size screen

[oblique gazelle]

Actuallt speaking of, if I threw an ssd in my laptop (4030u) would that be fine?

Just some chrome mostly

[small meadow]

4030u?

Probably

[oblique gazelle]

Alright I'll look into that then

See if its upgradable

I'll lyk if I end up needing a suggestion for a tablet, thanks for the help

[small meadow]

Well you can almost definitely replace the hdd on laptops that old

[oblique gazelle]

Last time I tried opening it the screws wouldn't come out

So I'm gonna try, might just need a smaller screw driver

It's an hp homebook or probook something

15?

[small meadow]

See if there's a teardown vid/ifixit guide

[oblique gazelle]

Hp 15 notebook

Close enough

Alr I will, about to be at work so I'll have to check later

LMAO

Going for 320$ on amazon refurbed

This is it but I upgraded the ram to 8gb
https://www.amazon.com/HP-15-f019dx-i3-4030U-Processor-SuperMulti/dp/B00RTXIZ9Y

[echo parrot]

for about $400 you can get a 5500U laptop from HP

with 8gb of ram

@oblique gazelle

[oblique gazelle]

yeah ive seen, i told my mom but she doesnt want us spending that much

i was going to buy one for myself but whatever

decided to wait for rdna2 apus anyways

[echo parrot]

theres also a $350 version or something with a ryzen 3

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-laptop-14z-fq1000-touch-optional-2j9v5av-1?jumpid=ma_weekly-deals_product-tile_laptops_11_2j9v5av-1_hp-laptop---14z-fq10&dl=true

@oblique gazelle

would end up being a lot better than that other laptop

oh upgraded screen is $40 smh

[oblique gazelle]

ill talk to my mom about it give me a minute

[echo parrot]

default is like 720p

[oblique gazelle]

and ty for the suggestion, it looks great

720p more than fine on 14in

[echo parrot]

I suppose. and np

[oblique gazelle]

do you know what apu the 5300u has?

he doesnt really need graphics power, but just curious

[echo parrot]

vega 8? or vega 7 I forgot

lemme check

[oblique gazelle]

ty

[echo parrot]

Vega 6 @oblique gazelle

[oblique gazelle]

cool ty

[echo parrot]

its kinda crazy, looking at benches with 5300U

the apu kinda good

wow. literally no one has benched it on hwbot

[oblique gazelle]

hey, sorry to be a bother, could you dm that link to me?

[echo parrot]

to what?

videos?

[oblique gazelle]

the laptop

[echo parrot]

ah its up here

[echo parrot]

.

[oblique gazelle]

no like can you dm it to me to so that i can get back to it easily in a few days?

[echo parrot]

o yeah

[rigid lotus]

Good!!!

[calm mural]

Does anyone here have any experience with hackintoshing? I'm trying to do it on a Dell vostro 220s and all of the guides say like you need a Mac (which I don't have nor do I have the money for) and just in general the guides are so confusing. If anyone has any experience with it, could you please make it as simple as possible so my brain doesn't explode?

[small meadow]

@nova pond does, but for starters you need an amd gpu afaik

[calm mural]

really? some of these sites are mentioning intel

i do have a amd pc but its not with me atm tho

[kindred yacht]

Intel iGPU works sometimes

[green stream]

Nvidia cards can work but only older cards and only up to a certain macos version

[nova pond]

Gimme a spec list of what all is in the pc

But u dont need a mac at all

[calm mural]

Im pretty sure it's the same specs the bare vostro 220s come with (core 2 duo, I think?) And I upgraded it to a 260gb hdd and I THINK but not sure added a geforce 7300 se or something around that

It was given to me by my stepbrother so I don't know what was changed inside of it

[nova pond]

You have windows running on it rn?

[calm mural]

Yes

Windows 8 pro installed from a disk

[nova pond]

So you should be able to check

Download cpuz and gpuz

Because you need to know what motherboard chipset, cpu and gpu to hackintosh

Otherwise ur hackintosh will not boot

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

Cpuz tells you what mobo chipset and cpu u have

Gpuz tells you what gpu u have

[calm mural]

Yah ive used cpuz before I think but not gpuz, i cant install it rn cus its at my dads house and im going there tomorrow morning, ill install it when I get there

[nova pond]

Yep ping me when you have it

[calm mural]

Will do, do I export the info off of both and send them here ? Ik theres a option to on cpuz

[nova pond]

Screenshots better

That tab

And that tab

[rancid crystal]

Now that I built a second generic PC, a fight stick, an IPS backlit screen for GBA SP, and got a SATA upgrade kit for PS2 working wonders, what should I do once January rolls around?

Is building a retro handheld with a Razz Berry Pi practical?

I might even give it a pineapple case...

[kindred yacht]

Make handheld Wii

[rancid crystal]

As in a real Wii? I know those!

I should get a spare Wii for that.

I use mine as a home GameCube 2.

[kindred yacht]

Yeah, you cut down the board and do a little soldering, then slap it into a shell. Bam, Wii.

[rancid crystal]

WiiBoy Color...

I hear the board can get tiny.

But I also understand that's the closest form factor to the Wii Phone?

(wii u used to call me on my cell phone)

I don't want to destroy my current home Wii.

Although I do find it weird that there was a huge jump in power from 3DS to Switch by Nintendo standards.

Unless the official handheld market is considered ded, and Switch is a jump from Wii U.

Speaking of which, is the Wii still stronger than any RPi models?

[kindred yacht]

You know, I'm not sure. I know there's tons of homebrew emulators for both, but native gamecube and wii is noice.

[kindred yacht]

I checked, RPi 4 has 1.5GHz quad core arm processor, compared to the Wii with a 729MHz single core PowerPC processor

[rancid crystal]

GC/Wii is noice.

[oblique gazelle]

How expensive is a Samsung smart watch? Looking for a gift for my dad for hannukah

Not sure if these prices on amazon are accurate

Open to suggestions on a gift, like 125-150 usd

[tame tiger]

cheapest watch on samsung's site is $115 not including tax

[oblique gazelle]

Is the brand tax worth it?

And can you make calls/ text people from all the watch models? Main reason I'm getting one for him

[tame tiger]

eh. not too many good smartwatches on the market. best smartwatch would be one from apple. you can do that so long as its connected to the phone however you need to get one that can connect to a service i believe

[oblique gazelle]

Wdym by connect to service? If they connect to the phone wouldn't they share service with the phone?

Also would an apple watch work with the a71?

[tame tiger]

not entire sure how watches work honestly. id assume it has to be connected to some service if you want to use it without the phone or youre away from the phone hence why some watches such as some samsung watches has 4g lte on them

and yes an applewatch should work with android devices, it just wont be at its full potential if it were paired to an apple phone instead

[oblique gazelle]

Would you suggest it over samsung watches?

[tame tiger]

yes however theyre more expensive im pretty sure

[oblique gazelle]

Wow those are expensive as hell

Yeah just checked prices

[tame tiger]

be better to go for a samsung watch. rn theyre on sale on their site, not sure about other retailers like amazon

[oblique gazelle]

Alr ty for the help

[nova pond]

Not well

U get next to no features

No customisation

No apps on apple watch

Just basic tracking

Basically anything that has to be done through the apple watch app is a no go

Do NOT buy an apple watch with anything non apple

Anything with wearos or a fitbit is good

@oblique gazelle

[oblique gazelle]

Any specific suggestions for models?

[nova pond]

Not really

[small meadow]

The versa is kinda square smart watch style but ya

[calm mural]

uh oh @nova pond

ok good I can download gpuz tho

ok so

[nova pond]

Bro download google chrome or something

[calm mural]

i was able to download it cus i downloaded it on my phone then sent it to myself on here

so alls good

im get those screenshots now

Do I need to send anything from gpuz?

[nova pond]

Yeah

A screenshot of it

[calm mural]

what tab tho cus the 2 pics you sent are both from cpuz

graohics card?

graphics*

[nova pond]

The tab gpuz opens in

[calm mural]

opened to this

now to do cpuz

[nova pond]

Yep thats what i need

[nova pond]

Tbh dont bother hackintoshimg that

Gonna be a nightmare with no guarantee of working

And even if it does work its gonna be a very very old version of macos

[calm mural]

Ah ok, I was gonna try to install mavericks or mountain lion on it. Would a gateway PC from 2013 with an amd e1-1200 processor work any better? I can't send screenshots from that bc its at my grandma's,,

I can send a Amazon link

[nova pond]

Why do u wanba hackintosh so bad tho

[calm mural]

Ive seen it in videos, plus i have a load of free time on my hands so my brain is thinking trial and error a couple times eventually adds up to success

Would it be any easier to make a virtual machine with it ?

[nova pond]

Vm is a lot easier

Also failed hackintosh isnt trial and error

Its go over it again and again before pullingur hair out and going to play video games

[calm mural]

Eh yeah I agree I'm just gonna do a vm now

[rancid crystal]

Since I have a fightstick and the box is huge, should I also turn it into a case for my Nintendo Switch if I only use TV mode?

Or if I dont use handheld mode frequently and am considering an OLED…

I’ll use the OLED for legit stuff and the soon TV only LCD one for hb

Or instead of an OLED, I can use my current LCD one for handheld and find one that has a broken screen.

[viral agate]

How this curve lookin
2070s
Target temps I want is 60s
But I don’t want fan to keep jumping 60% to 90% back and fourth

Mostly it runs 95%+ gpu usage while gaming ofc

Idk if it looks way to aggressive

[sonic veldt]

Hi, I'm new on here so sorry if this is in the wrong spot. I have an issue with my TV configuration I'm hoping you smart folks can help me with. I just got cable installed and the provider was only able to rout the physical cable through one specific wall of my apartment. My TV is next to a wall across the room, which means I need to run the cable across my floor. Is there some kind of wireless HDMI adapter I can plug into the cable box and TV to avoid having to run a cable across the floor? If so, is there a specific model you'd recommend? Thank you!

[chrome dust]

Wireless.. HDMI adapter?

There's no such thing

[amber idol]

Yeah there is

I can't imagine they are great by any means though

[kindred yacht]

True they exist but I don't know of any that are good for more than across a room

[amber idol]

Only "good" ones I have ever seen were for camcorders and were insanely expensive

[kindred yacht]

May be able to rig some sort of streaming solution but that's far from easy or cheap

I hate to say it but the best solution is probably rearranging your room, this is one reason why I hate cable companies. You have to design your floor plan based on their whims.

That's a lot better than spending $250 on a system to replace a single cable

[calm mural]

Arduino or RaspPi? Which is better for begginers to make small random tool things?

[green stream]

Arduino can be nice if all you need is a simple controller

[nova pond]

Raspberry pi master race

[tawny storm]

I want to start DJing, using a broadcaster on my computer. I already have plans to get this for my microphone preamp, but I know I need more than just this. What would you all recommend? https://www.presonus.com/products/tubepre-v2

[pine comet]

Really depends on what sort of project

Arduino and RPi are two very different beasts

[green oriole]

is usb c actually enough to handle all of this?

[small meadow]

Sometimes

I'd say 1/2 video ports at a time tho

[green oriole]

yeah ill only use one

other then that its able to use all of the slots?

I wish, looks like too good to be true

[eager bison]

yeah thats pretty normal

thats about the same as most docks, just looks like a lot bc its all on the same side

[green oriole]

okie, thanks!

[tawny storm]

Is this a good tool to replace Mixxx/VirtualDJ? https://www.pioneerdj.com/en-us/product/controller/ddj-200/black/overview/

[warped yew]

that’s yummy

[oblique gazelle]

aight so i got 400$ from crypto mining, what buy

with black friday i kinda wanna buy smthn, but waiting for rdna2 apus for a laptop

[kindred yacht]

Monitor is always good

[oblique gazelle]

yeah but i dont really play demanding games rn, and my 1080p 165hz is good for gaming that i care about

[kindred yacht]

Fair 'nuff

[oblique gazelle]

other than that i have a 1440p 75hz for casual gaming if i care for the difference

[kindred yacht]

Maybe a surround system or sound bar?

[oblique gazelle]

dont want to spend the money on an m27q when its overkill for me

[oblique gazelle]

maybe, not really much room to set it up tho

maybe i should get a proper chair

[kindred yacht]

You can mount a sound bar on the wall behind monitor, or speakers on the walls

[oblique gazelle]

my spine is not formed properly and sitting for extended periods of time is not fun

[kindred yacht]

A chair is a good investment. $200 gets you a good mesh chair that will last a while.

[oblique gazelle]

yeah

[oblique gazelle]

any quest 2 accessories that are worth it in your opinion?

i bought a cable alr

not the overpriced asf one by oculus

off brand 10$ one

[kindred yacht]

I'm not a VR guy. My vision is too bad, really poor depth perception.

[oblique gazelle]

ah yeah i wonder if ill be able to wear my glasses

[kindred yacht]

Even glasses don't help

[oblique gazelle]

my vision isnt too bad but they help

colors are more accurate

[kindred yacht]

There's prescription lenses to put over the screens

[oblique gazelle]

ill take a look, thanks

[kindred yacht]

https://www.oculus.com/accessories/virtuclear-lens-inserts/

[oblique gazelle]

prolly cost a fortune tho

[kindred yacht]

Not much more than regular lenses tbh

[oblique gazelle]

80$

not as bad as i thought

[kindred yacht]

Chair + lenses?

[oblique gazelle]

maybe

ill have to wait and see

or maybe ill just save for a year till 40 series laptops come out

ima need a laptop for college anyways

cuz dorm too tiny for pc

[kindred yacht]

Fair. Too early to tell how good the 40 series laptop GPUs will be.

[oblique gazelle]

yeah true

[kindred yacht]

40 is supposed to be much higher power limits so laptops might be weird

[oblique gazelle]

rdna2 is more of what im looking at rn

hoping for mid to high 16 series perf on it

would be pog

[kindred yacht]

Probably won't be great for VR but could do alright considering Steam Deck as a demo unit

[oblique gazelle]

true

[autumn canyon]

What should I be looking for in a wall plug for charging phones etc

[kindred yacht]

Optimally, the highest voltage and amperage your phone supports for fast charging mode

Many phones these days can do 9v but some can even do 12v

[wraith steppe]

https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/r0ovcs/what_is_the_best_ethernet_cable_brand/

[rough kiln]

I really love Motorola stuff just because I can go on eBay and affordably buy all the parts to fix things

[calm mural]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/tcl-40-class-3-series-full-hd-smart-android-tv/6454820.p?skuId=6454820

good tv?

[kindred yacht]

Pretty decent yeah. I'd suggest the Google tv version personally, it's a fork of android designed for tv.

[tawny storm]

Will this help improve the sound quality of a studio condenser microphone? https://www.presonus.com/products/TubePre-V2

[green stream]

probably more if you want a warm vintage sound, what do you use atm?

[tawny storm]

Currently the microphone is a Tonor Professional XLR condenser microphone with a 5V USB-powered 48V Phantom Power Supply

There doesn't seem to be any difference in sound quality with the current power supply, regardless of whether it is plugged into a USB 2.0 data port, a 1A USB charging port, or a 2A USB charging port

[calm mural]

a lot of the reviews on that one said the UI was cluttered and hard to navigate

[calm mural]

im thinking https://www.costco.com/hisense-43"-class---r7g5-series---4k-uhd-led-lcd-tv.product.100800909.html

or potentially https://www.bestbuy.com/site/toshiba-43-class-led-4k-uhd-smart-firetv/6394760.p?skuId=6394760

theres this insignia one as well https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-43-class-f30-series-led-4k-uhd-smart-fire-tv/6448758.p?skuId=6448758

and lastly https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-43-class-led-4k-uhd-smart-fire-tv-edition-tv/6406899.p?skuId=6406899 not sure how this is different from the one above

[flat depot]

Anyone know anything about home theater audio? I don’t 🙂 just moved into a new house and the basement is wired for surround sound, but these plugs coming out of the walls I believe are “banana plugs”. Do I need to find a specific set of speakers that can be plugged into those? The majority of systems I’ve looked at so far only seem to take the raw copper speaker wire.

[green stream]

Most surround sound systems use an av receiver for all the speakers to hook up to tv and power

But ye those are usually bare

[remote crater]

hello?

[daring venture]

Intel Management Engine Components found that on my motheboard driver downloads...
does it help anything

[chrome dust]

nope

no need to worry about it

[oblique gazelle]

Would this run val? https://www.walmart.com/ip/Refurbished-Gateway-GWTN156-7BK-15-6-FHD-i3-1115G4-3GHz-Intel-UHD-Graphics-8GB-RAM-256GB-SSD-Win-10-Home-Black/819332816?irgwc=1&sourceid=imp_11O2WNyABxyLTFNwUx0Mo389UkG2cnUGPSWC0Q0&veh=aff&wmlspartner=imp_1883484&clickid=11O2WNyABxyLTFNwUx0Mo389UkG2cnUGPSWC0Q0&sharedid=&affiliates_ad_id=565706&campaign_id=9383

Or would it crash due to not enough ram if I didn't upgrade it

[small meadow]

8gb ram is plenty for it to not crash, valorant runs on a potato

[oblique gazelle]

True

I know just yesterday I was waiting

But it's a pretty good price

And im sick of this school laptop

[nova pond]

Ur a potato

Gottem

[oblique gazelle]

Nvm battery life sucks

Up to 8.5 so more like 6 max

[small meadow]

Pretty good for a 300$ laptop lol

[oblique gazelle]

True

But not long enough for school sadly

My teachers are annoying and say "yOu ShOuLdVe BeEn PrEpArEd"

Won't let you charge it

I have I think one teacher that let's students charge

[small meadow]

That's dumb

[calm mural]

How do I get a transparent png

[nova pond]

Google transparent png

Click on the images tab

[calm mural]

They nor transparent:(

[oblique gazelle]

Well I'm stupid

I bought a USB c to USB c cable for my oculus

My pc doesn't have a USB c port lmao

[raw silo]

yet*, lol. Same here.
Anyone else have an Asus AX88U, AC86U or similar? Just ordered the former. Non-ethernet devices will be more happy, and I can "adjust" stuff for when games are going. 🤘

[calm mural]

Get 3 mm drill bit and make a USB c port

[oblique gazelle]

Mmm

[oblique gazelle]

I have one but now that you helped me set up air link I think I'm good to go

Only issue i had after that was figuring out how to actually get into the game once i had it launched, gonna figure that out once I'm home

I still got like an 8ft cable or so, I still don't have much room to move around

And ima pick up a USB c to a

Since I got the cable alr

My desk yeah

Eh, I'll see how it is with the one I have first

Only have Pavlov on pc rn anyways

I got into the lobby thing

With the fireplace

But I couldn't figure out how to actually get into the game itself

I could look at my monitors in vr

And interact with them

And had the game open

Ima be honest

I haven't even found that button lmao

Yeah i know

I'll look for it when I get home

Well

Now I know that is lmao

Well it loads into the game

But on the headset itself

It doesnt let me interact with the game

[violet marsh]

Does anyone have any experience using Partaker mini PC's? How is the build quality?
Is there a difference ordering between Amazon/Newegg/AliExpress?

[small meadow]

Never heard of them but given the option Amazon/Newegg over AliExpress anyday

[violet marsh]

Thanks

[gaunt bison]

alright I'll just ask here

So I run a minecraft server off of my IP address and want to instead change it to something proper

I'm very new to networking stuff

I already have a domain purchased

(through google domains)

Nvm I think I found a decent tutorial on using google domains for a minecraft server

I got it working

I'm happy now, I don't have to give my ip to strangers if I want to play with them

[green stream]

If still being hosted on pc, may be good to put a proxy on the domain too, might also have to setup a reverse proxy to mc port though

But nice 👍

[kindred yacht]

Personally I use a vpn with static ip

[gaunt bison]

I didn't want the added latency that comes with that. I did that when I was living on university and I needed to port forward, PIA allows port forwarded vpn.

[green stream]

proxied domain is a little better, at least hides your associated ip but ahh what works works

[wraith steppe]

I mean, they can find it very easily haha.

[green stream]

you can do a nslookup or something for a domain and find ip. i think you can use that in cmd anyway? may not be a windows thing

[chrome dust]

it's possible on cmd

[green stream]

nice

[rancid crystal]

Are any of you into Raspberry Pi computers?

Knowing how much you fellows prefer power, I wasn't sure where to ask this.

Electronics was the closest discussion I could think of, and it's likely the optimal way to build a portable emulation machine.

[wraith steppe]

Yeah, or just look at the state table in your router.

But I agree with your original intent - if you can discourage 99% of the script kiddie crowd from trying to mess with you, it's worth the 10 minutes of effort.

Also makes you look slightly more competent handing out a url vs a bare ip:port for your server.

[gaunt vector]

Anyone know of any NFC tags that I can buy that are less than an -inch or -25cm

[pure dock]

Yeah I love my raspberry pi, I use mine to host a Minecraft SMP server for my little brother and his friends. The amount of performance you can get out of such a small little device absolutely blew me away

I've never done anything with emulation though, so I can't speak of their performance in that regard. Sorry

[rancid crystal]

that’s fine, emulation is arguably the worst part of it

there’s so much better use for single core pc boards

[pure dock]

What do you plan on emulating, like older game consoles or something?

[rancid crystal]

My idea was to put inside a fightstick, such as this one.

That is if I do not use it merely as a controller for another system.

If anything, it might be better to use this as a controller to move it around to multiple systems: a Switch, generic PC with Lakka or Android x86. I don't know.

[eager bison]

thats hot

[nova pond]

Ur hot

[eager bison]

[calm mural]

https://tenor.com/view/awake-heavy-metal-stops-look-gaming-video-game-gif-17424114

[rancid crystal]

thank you!!

obligatory bottom panel waifu

tbh i was deciding whether to put my switch inside the device and do a docked only mod, merely use it as a controller, or put an rpi 4 inside and use it as an aio, while i give my brother the big gaming rig

[hazy reef]

Beautiful

[rancid crystal]

thank you ❤️

i still need to laminate the paper for it

it's a bristol but fixative doesn't feel like enough

[stable spear]

I have an old HP computer that I would like to put a new mother board in, Preferably one that has a LGA 1200 socket. The board is smaller than most I can find. The board measures 8 5/8 by 9 5/8. Can any one help with this?

[sturdy jolt]

I mean, I would just get a new case and/or PSU if I was you

[small meadow]

You'll need to buy a new power supply, case and motherboard to do that

[stable spear]

OK, Thanks

[fervent basin]

Just buy a new computer

[calm mural]

that is pretty cool! I like the art! Do you mean you create like art like painting for things for the switch something to put the switch in? Awesome!

[calm mural]

I like to do that too! I have 2 2014 PC's an Asus custom gaming machine, and an HP Pavilion

[rancid crystal]

yeah it’s like that

but i was realized the nintendo switch was too big to fit

[oblique gazelle]

Ok so I'm looking to buy a new battery for an old laptop

One that will last 7-8 hours, so it would need to be a new battery

Would hp still carry them if its an hp laptop?

[oblique gazelle]

Hp 15 notebook is the exact model

Actually found one, any idea on if the battery life would be good enough? https://www.amazon.com/HS04-807956-001-807957-001-807612-421-HSTNN-LB6U/dp/B08S3DR26S/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?adgrpid=58903144467&gclid=Cj0KCQiAzMGNBhCyARIsANpUkzMpHWl1SwRF-FnMAoAMXHeIXojIz7J_wEwgFznckBh1u771mgiciYgaAsbMEALw_wcB&hvadid=557263612074&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9003205&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=1050627512348558829&hvtargid=kwd-310554318212&hydadcr=20105_13296615&keywords=hp+15+notebook+battery&qid=1639020105&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExQTFQTElHNzlVNjBBJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTE0NzU0MTMwWEU3SThVVktYQiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNzE2Mzc3NllJOUs1S0g5Szk4JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfcGhvbmVfc2VhcmNoX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

[ionic geyser]

Hi, Wanted to understand if gaming laptops sold on NewEgg have Global warranty? or is it dependent on brand?

[chrome dust]

Nope

There's none that I know of

[calm mural]

yo is it normal for a lumia 640 lte to last for 15 to 14 days from a full charge

not being used barely of course

[green stream]

most warranty goes through manufacturer

[chrome dust]

sounds about normal

[fervent basin]

Thats the longest link ive ever seen

[oblique gazelle]

Was on mobile

Idk how to hyperlink on mobile

[fervent basin]

Hmm

[small meadow]

you just delete everything after /ref for amazon

[oblique gazelle]

ah

[raw silo]

2600mah? That's less than most phones. I'd guess 4+ hrs depending on what you're doing, but it's been a while since I used a decent laptop. At least we don't have sub-3hr battery life anymore.

[misty parrot]

Does anyone in here have an 3d printing experience? I have some question. I also wanna get into it

[bright yarrow]

Is this worth it or na?

[chrome dust]

hecking no

lemme find better one for similar or even less

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16834233449 @bright yarrow

pretty much similar price minus rebate

rebate brings it to 999

[bright yarrow]

Thx, I appreciate it

[rancid crystal]

mmm razz berries

i only need certain cable adapters to avoid stress on the plugs to the rpi4 and i’m good

[cursive ether]

I'm trying to track my Wiimote Plus in 6DOF (doesn't need to be super accurate), and am having trouble getting a yaw reading (despite Motion Plus claiming to have a yaw gyroscope)

Printing everything I could get from my Wiimote, this is what I am currently getting:

Notice how "yaw" is stuck at 0.00

MP stands for Motion Plus, but the readings seem to be quite random.

This is a graph of pitch yaw and roll MP data for rotating the wiimote around the vertical axis on a flat surface: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12yMST7Wzx15JBUu6L3NzcSHbArpl_raGYTmgLA3NN3Q

So yeah it seems quite random. Any idea what I could be doing wrong?

[calm mural]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FYQWWOW

Looking for a midi controller/keyboard with drum pads for around $50, this one seem okay?

[calm mural]

no

[rotund thorn]

I'm new to soldering