/SQT/, Stupid questions thread.
Ask your stupid questions here, be polite, be patient.
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I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone and a Galaxy Tab 4. Can Cyanogenmod be installed onto either? Apparently the Verizon version of the S4 will just get bricked if I try, so I've been advised to not mess with it.
what's the best top of the line android phone out right now? dunno if I should get the htc 10 or the galaxy s7. leaning towards the htc 10 because my carrier's version of the s7 is impossible to root and that's pretty important for me...
I've heard their hardware is pretty much the same. Is there another phone that's more powerful that I should look into?
I have 16GB of ram. Should I disable the pagefile?
Should I try to get the GTX 1070 or hold on to see the 480?
Also, very important, today only..
Should I buy the 6600k for 215, or the 6700k for 315? I woke up and started shitting bricks when I checked the prices.
>>55008528
This picture is the most retarted, edgy thing I've seen today. Seems like it was directly taken off a Facebook meme site.
> Does an idiot go to the toilet?
> Does an idiot eat?
> Does an idiot think about every single action he does like a complete autist?
Seeing as Webp encoding has a range of compression methods, have any cameras or camera apps adopted the use of Webp?
I did a PNG to Webp conversion with the parameters-q 90 -m 0and it took less than a second, that was on my intel celeron laptop.
Also does the fact that Webp uses 4:2:0 chroma subsampling really matter?
I heard Daiz talking about it on /a/ that it made Webp a shit format but someone posted a Webp comparison and Webp clearly looked better than JPG at the same file sizes.
>>55008901
>Daiz
>believing his lies
>any cameras or camera apps adopted the use of Webp?
No, but there are converters.
real retard coming thru.
how do i change the color of the text and background in bash?
also i'm on osx if that matters...
Is there a FLOSS application similar to PushBullet?
I don't mind setting a local server.
>>55008967
>>Daiz
>>believing his lies
Seems like a pretty knowledgeable dude but I guess he over exaggerates the chroma subsampling thing with Webp. That or I have a really shitty monitor.
>No, but there are converters.
Cool. Hope Webp support for cameras is introduced soon. I fucking hate the shitstain artifacts JPG produces.
Is my cpu running too hot? Its a q8200
I have overclocked it from 2.33ghz to 2.63ghz
It is running cinibench cpu test
>>55009541
temps?
>>55009557
O shit. 46°c @ 100% cpu utilised
>>55009577
Good enough.
I got fibre and the internet is pretty fast, but only when close to the router. I'm using EOP powerline adapters, and only get about 10 up 10 down. I'm in an extension which has a separate power circuit/fusebox, which I think is the reason for the shit speeds.
Is the only way to get better speeds to use an ethernet cable, or is there a way to get faster speeds by somehow skipping the join between the two different power circuits? I know nothing about circuits.
I do have a spare router and a spare powerline adapter.
>>55009577
i'm not too versed on older cpus, but i'd safe up to 60 celsius is all good.
Are there ways to stream video files from MEGA?
I'm using a noctua nh-d14 with no case exauhst.
And arctic silver 5 applied in pea method. There is a front intake fan l (120mm) and the cpu coolers fans no other fans in case (corsair 200r)
>>55009608
>>55009557
>>55009626
I don't suppose anyone has any explanation for random freezes which usually happen when I'm torrenting approximately above 2MB/s on my Linux laptop?
>>55009693
HDD specs?
whats the program to stop the windows 10 background spying
>>55009712
Just delete system 32. That will do it no other software needed
>>55009712
>whats the program to stop the windows 10 background spying
RAT
>>55009693
too weak of a cpu?
Anyone got any good prep materials for a behavioral interview? I sperged out during my last one, don't want to repeat that.
>>55009722
Dubs confirm.
>>55008794
If you want to game go for 6600k, if you're going to be doing 3d modeling etc. go for 6700k.
Get the 1070 when it comes out, a lot of games are rigged to support nvidia better than amd, gameworks for example, load of garbage.
>>55009712
gentoo
>>55009670
You sure are 20
>>55009712
GNU/Linux
>>55008548
Iirc there was one model - probably Verizon - that had a locked bootloader or something. XDA forums for your exact device will give you a definitive answer.
>>55008662
I am on a GS6 but have heard very good things about certain Nexus models. If it were me I would go for a chink phone but that is certainly not top of the line. Check the /spg/ - I haven't posted there so beware of possible cancer.
>>55009624
If possible it is worth the effort to run cables to a wall jack. I just heard about EOP yesterday but it sounds like your wiring is probably the problem. There should be a way to troubleshoot.
My retarded question: are there any other ways of communicating with a cell phone other than cell modem or bluetooth? I am trying to build a passive decentralized messaging network without using the internet. If phones had IR receivers I would be using IR. If anyone used BT I would use that but to be passive the front end app cant be sucking battery power. Any other options? Pure desperation is what is keeping me from accepting the facts.
>>55009849
You can look into Piratebox, last time I heard they were working on BA.T.M.A.N. mesh work thing, to decentralize everything.
>>55009703
Kingston RBU-SC1. SSD.
>>55009737
Temperatures are like max 60 degrees Celsius. Hardly much load.
>>55010031
Torrent client?What are you downloading?
>>55010080
qBittorrent. Doesn't matter what I download, whenever I do it appears to coincide with random freezes.
>>55010031
>Torrenting on SSD
>clean install W7
>turn off updates right in the installation menu
>make sure they're turned off when W7 is installed again
>never notify me about updates/never install them basically
>yesterday
>"windows is going to update after restart"
>what
>windows update turned itself back on
>turn it back off
>turn computer off for the night, go to bed
>wake up to "INSTALLING UPDATES"
>pic related
>look at windows update, it's still turned off but the "checking for updates" page now never finishes
what in the fuck windows do you want me to get W10 that bad jesus christ
What the hell is this, tried googling it and I only get people with the same problem but no legitimate answers.
>>55010194
I googled it for you, the update is included on the iso of your cracked version of windows.
>>55010186
Nothing wrong with this. Modern SSDs have to go through 3-6K write cycles and have advance wear leveling algorithms. You should be able to get at least ~384TB of writes from a cheap 128GB MLC NAND SSD before it starts to fail for example.
Hi, gtx960 wont fit into the case. It fits into the mobo and is compatible with everything, it's just this meh case (cit spectre). Someone on the last thread suggested I take out the 'drive bay' on the left so it will fit, but I don't know if that's possible. I probably don't have the tools either. I saw a comment on Youtube with the same case and card and it fit for them, PC Part Picker also didn't list any incompatibilities. This is my first build and I'm stupid. What do??
>>55010242
But I installed W7 from my W7 disc.
>>55010256
Take a better picture
>>55010256
Wait, are you trying to install it with the expansion slot covers still on?
>>55010194
Just looked in the windows update "see installed updates" part
The top one was apparently what it wanted to do since yesterday, and finished this morning.
C++ question. How do I return a 2D array of variable size from a function? Pseudocode:int * arrayGenerator ()
{
// Generate 2D array of variable size
int * output;
output = new int [rand() % 10][rand() % 10];
// Fill array with some numbers
for (auto A : output)
for (auto B : A)
B = (rand() % 10);
// Return array
return output;
}
int main ()
{
int myArray[][] = arrayGenerator();
/* ... Do stuff with array here ... */
return 0;
}
>>55010365
Um.. Probably? The manual didn't say anything about that so I assumed I put the whole thing in straight out the box...what's the expansion slot cover?
Are you supposed to create a makefile for every /usr/lib/oss/modules object file then make to install, or are there .ko files already somewhere I don't know?
How do I fix this sound issue, it's driving me crazy.
Using X201, Arch. Speakers work for a while and then they just stop working. If I close the laptop lid and open it back again right after, it starts working again or a bit but then it stops again. Also, while the speakers don't work, the beep sound still works.
Pls advice
Is there a site where I can see when the hardware parts start bottlenecking with eachother in gaming?
More specifically, I want to know, what is the very minimum of CPUs, if I want a GTX 1080 for 1440p gaming.
>>55010472
This thing
You're supposed to take it out before installing a card in that slot
Feel free to take a moment to appreciate how stupid you are
>>55010365
Fuck, I am. Every video I watched with this case (and the cit spectre has no manual) didn't go over that and I thought I should leave it alone and ask. Didn't know you were meant to snap them off, I've scratched the paint pretty badly. Thank you so much, I thought I missed something stupidly simple!
wtf is "the standard path"
Question about MEGA:
I have the free plan with 50GB and another person is sharing one of his folders with me. He recently subscribed for the 200GB plan.
If he puts more than 50GB in the folder he's sharing with me, will I be able to sync it all or will it be counted over the 50GB I have and not sync completely?
>>55010544
No way someone made that mistake!
Toasting in legendary bread.
Logical increments and PC Part picker has not updated their sites to the current release of graphics cards, so it is a bit hard to make a list of parts with that in mind. I really want to get the 480x as a gentle start for my first build anyways.
Anyone know when they will update? Maybe upon launch of the GPU's?
I want to start learn programming languages. Is C++ the easiest to start with?
>>55010593
Well if the worst you end up with is a bit of scratched paint its still a successful first build and a learning experience.
>>55010753
Not to mention he posted this question yesterday too >55002545 but you couldn't see that the covers were still in place
>>55010892
Whoops, proper link
>>55002545
Yamaha HS5 or JBL 305??
Should I have more than 16GB ram? Would it be cost efficient?
>>55010945
Do you need more than 16GB of ram? If yes then yes, if no then no.
>>55010799
C++ is alright, but not what a novice should be learning, it has a munch of OOP shit you're not going to need soon
learn C, it teaches you how the computer works indirectly
>>55010892
I can't remember every making that mistake either. It takes you three seconds to see that "huh, all the ports will be inaccessible, am I supposed to remove something here?".
>>55010971
I use my PC primarily for gaming and Photoshop, so I'm not really sure whether my 16GB would be enough.
>>55011040
Are you running into RAM limits with your current workload with what I'm assuming is 8GB?
Does anyone know a twitch bot that i can place in a live stream and which will write something every 20 secounds or so?
Looking into this because there are some streams that give away codes but you need to be "active" in there.
Which is the best/less worse torrent client for windows?
Where can I find a good guide on building a gaming PC?
>>55011225
>best
rtorrent on a remote server
>less worse
qbittorrent
deluge
transmission
tixati (beware: closed source)
>>55010665
context?
the default path is usually the folder a program is installed to, the documents folder (windows), the home folder (linux) or the desktop (linux and windows).
>>55011256
That was fast. Thanks!
>>55010540
just get a 6600k and call it a day.
>>55011255
logicalincrements.com
pcpartpicker.com
for assembly, just look up some videos on youtube. there are thousands of videos explaining how to do it and it's also not that difficult if you read the manual. it's like lego
Sup /g/ i want to buy a 4k TV now that they have disscount maybe to game and watch movies and muh animu, is it worth it? almost everything is on 1080p
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB
I'm seeing mixed things about it.
Ok one hand it has a gazillion good reviews on amazon, and benches fine.
Ok the urge hand there's a guy who had 4 of them and they all failed within 6 months.
Is he unlucky and the drive is pretty alright, or am I fucked?
>>55011477
Think about why he had 4 of them and what he used them for. Something tells me he had it coming.
Where do you guys download windows from?
Also whats the best activator for WinXP?
My thinkpad X220 has a dead keyboard
is there any jumper on the mobo that I can trigger so it can boot? I've looked and followed schematics about shorting the powerbutton with ground on the keyboard connector, but it doesn't work, surely due to the fact that I'm a retard.
>>55011353
thank you
>>55011522
Thanks for making me go back and read the guy's whole post, I got spiked and looked around for confirmation before finishing it the first time.
read:http://foliographic.com/detailedArticle/?log=9
Turns out they were extreme IIs and his PSU was garbage.
I feel a lot better about the ~20 "my drive is kill" reviews ok amazon out of the 1800 total it has there.
Is windows xp black edition a safe thing?
>>55011703
Got spooked*
How long to non-refrence GPUs usualy take to release? I want to replace my HD5970 with a 1080 but hear the founders edition has overheating problems.
What's going on here in my chrome? They appeared after a crash.
>>55011736
They're already out, but they're sold out.
>>55011846
have your video drivers crashed?
>>55011870
Why is everything listed as pre-order then? Only refrence and founders versions are for sale.
>>55011890
Entire PC crashed
>>55011846
Stop running a theme and windows 7.
>>55011897
Newegg and amazon have several
All the ones on newegg are sold out, all the ones available on amazon have a massive markup
Just hooked some old Christmas lights to an old stereo amp and about to play some music.
What should I expect?
>>55011936
>>55011890
Apparently it was the theme fucking up, thanks.
>>55011975
nothing to happen
int ** foo
What the fuck is this? I knowint * foodeclares a pointer to an integer, but what do two asterisks mean?
(I wrote some code late last night after browsing through dozens of stackexchange pages and no longer understand what the code means. In fact I probably never did)
>>55012007
Did the same thing to the headlights from an old rc toy I had and it strobed to the beat. Had to crank it high though.
>>55012053
its just a pointer to a pointer.
you can also have a pointer to a pointer to a pointer denoted byint ***fooor a pointer to a pointer to a pointer to a pointer and so on and so forth.
Would having a 6700k really improve video editing that much over a 6600k?
How much time am I saving with this? Saying I just put together a bunch of clips and mess around to make a 10 minute video, it can't possibly take much longer on an i5 than an i7 right?
>>55011707
Yes.
>>55009750
>a lot of games are rigged
Exactly why i would go for AyyMD desu.
FUUUUUUCK
I'M SO FUCKING BAD AT MATH HOLY SHIT
THERE HAS -GOT- TO BE A WAY TO DO THIS WITH FEWER LINES OF CODE
FUUUCK, ALL I WANT TO DO IS SEE WHICH QUADRANT THE CAMERA IS IN
SOMEONE FUCKING HELP
How do I get some more power out of this beast without overclocking? It's struggling to even play 720p youtube videos.
>>55012181
>without overclocking
no
>>55012075
Cheers senpai
>>55012085
For casual work it won't really make much difference
>>55012181
>get some more power out of this beast
Pretty much defined overclocking there senpai. Also, what the fuck is it anyway? Even my T400 can play 720p without a problem.
What's a good set of desktop speakers without a subwoofer? Looking for something 80$ or less.
>>55012181
For general performance see >>55012200
For youtube you could use youtubedl + mpv to play youtube videos better
>>55008701
Minimise it , not disable it.
Keep it like 512 mb or 1 gb
I looked around everywhere for a new laptop. You guys says thinkpad is one of the best.
I'm buying this laptop for photoshop and animation use and a few other things.
I'm aiming for 8gb RAM, i7 and over 15 inch screen.
I would also like a dvd drive, a few usb ports, hdmi etc etc
Is this a good price?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-X555LA-15-6-Inch-Laptop-Notebook/dp/B015OG3MCC/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1465579111&sr=1-1
This is what I fond after looking around for a good while.
But then I looked for thinkpads and found this? It's FAR cheaper, should I trust it?
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T420-Laptop-Intel-Core-i7-2640M-2-80GHz-8GB-128GB-SSD-/371649428160?hash=item5688083ac0:g:FkUAAOSwd2xXPqxW
Should I keep windows 10, or return to 8.1 (with custom shell) that I'm so used to? I've had 10 for about a week and a half now and it's just not growing on me. Is it worth it just for DX12 and a few user interface changes? I want to downgrade back but I'm wary of being left behind using an older OS and being forced to have to buy 10 at a later date.
>>55012226
>Also, what the fuck is it anyway?
An old HP media center from 2006.
>Even my T400 can play 720p without a problem
Doesn't that have some fancy ass dual core, though?
>>55012270
>For youtube you could use youtubedl + mpv to play youtube videos better
Cool, I'll check it out.
>>55012376
Also, it fucked up my dual screen setup somehow. I havn;t been able to fix the resolution on monitor two. It ends up being too small or too large for the screen when it worked perfectly in 8.1.
>>55011581
You are supposed to search duckduckgo for exact name of windows iso that you want.
Get exact iso name from MSDN.
Get VL edition of xp and use any key to activate. VL edition didn't had activation check.
>>55011707
Get msdn xp sp3 vl iso.
Then use harkaz's USP4
What's the UK's best ISP?
>>55012539
Virgin Media.
Why's it so fucking cold inside my apartment? I can't even heat up the radiator.
Fuck this shit, it's supposed to be summer.
>>55009247
take your pick
http://alternativeto.net/software/pushbullet/?license=free
>>55012376
if you already have 10 you can extract the key from it and downgrade back to version 8.1. DX12 won't be that prominent/worthwhile for another couple years and if you already claimed your 10 key you can use it to upgrade later on.
>>55009744
please respond
>>55012803
Don't be like Elliot
>>55010748
Please respond.
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/nhL99W
How did I do with this new pc setup? I am hoping to pick up a non-founder 1070 for it.
>>55008528
>asked my father to open Teamviewer for me so I can access PC from work
>he installed it again and put some malware on my computer (shit like Advanced-PC Care and some DriverDoctor thing, etc.)
>uninstalled most of them with Revo, but had to uninstall Advanced PC-Care from control panel
Should I reformat my computer or is this good enough?
>>55012930
The legos should fit together
>>55012930
seems okay.
I've never had good experience with HITACHI though, get seagate or hgst or wd but not hitachi.
>>55012930
I would go with one 6tb wd black instead of the two mechanicals but other than that looks good
>>55012675
How do I go about extracting the key for 10?
>>55013151
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-view-your-product-key-in-windows-10-windows-8-and-windows-7/
there's software available too if you're too lazy for this shit, just google it.
What's the best lightweight media player that'll work on Lubuntu? GNOME MPlayer stops showing me the subs if I hit pause and it's pretty annoying.
Will availability be an issue with the RX 480? When it releases on June 29th, will you actually be able to order one and have it in hand withiin a few days, or is it going to be sold out for weeks/months?
>>55010421
You should use std::vector for this
Where can I buy tabs to protect ports on my motherboard? You know.. the kind of plastic tabs that come inserted into new GPUs.
updated my nvidia drivers and it turned back hardware acceleration on so when I went fullscreen on youtube/netflix then exit it made the screen look awful and no way to revert it unless I restart.
I turned it off in options for chrome and it works fine now but when I open through IE/ME it still forces hardware acceleration. I have to use those browsers due to only ones allowing 1080p
And it never did before today
How will the RX480 compare to a GTX970 and GTX980?
I currently have a GTX960 and I'm wondering if I can get a RX480 and crank all the settings up in Dirt Rally.
>>55013350
So what I am asking is how can I fix it or turn it off in microsoft edge or just all over the PC?
Building my very first pc. Most I can afford is an i3 setup. Some people have been telling me to get an old i5 but theyre either used, which I dont want to trust for my first forray or over 200 dollars. I dont plan on using this forever or having it be futureproofed, so should I not worry too much? Just gonna be playing overwatch and maybe some, shitty mmos in edition to light photoshopping.
>>55013413
The claims are that it will be on par with a 980 but we don't really know yet.
Looking for a poorfag budget machine for overwatch:
> Phenom X4 955
> 4Gb
> Gtx 760 2gb
> 23inch acer ips
Will this run on low and remain competitive ?
I'm installing Linux Mint for my grandma
I dont want her to be able to change stuff with "sudo" (or other relatives because they fucked her windows install). But I do wan her to be able to sudo apt-get upgrade/update
How do I go about to do that?
Is wifi interference actually real?
My wifi been slow as fuck recently, so used InSsider to look what's going on - 32 fuckers using channel 1...
Switched to channel 6 manually, and it's way faster... coincidence or real
>>55013281
It'll probably sell out for a while, especially since it's $200.
The founders 1080's and 1070' are sold out and cost a lot more.
How do you change the icon of a wine launcher in OS X? I tried doing it from within the wineskin.app settings but it doesn't seem to support png or jpg.
I bought an old eMac from a thrift store. It powers up and boots to a login screen but I don't know McStupidFace's password. I have a MorphOS trial cd that I can boot to so I can access the HDD in another OS, for about half an hour at a time.
So my question is: Where in the file system does MacOS hide the password file so I can crack/patch it, or where did they hide it back in the early 2000s?
Alternately, would I just be better off hunting down the OS install ISO, burning it and reinstalling from scratch? Or should I look for a PPC linux instead?
>>55012075
i......
>>55013554
Why not make her and your life easier with Win7 ?
>>55013413
the RX 480 will have better performances than a R9 390, which mean it will be better than a GTX970.
that's something confirmed.
What is not confirmed is how good it will be. With the recent benchmark it can be compared to the GTX980, so a lot of people thing it will beat the R9 390X and have the same performances of the R9 fury which would be awesome for a $200 GPU.
Polaris seems to be a very great architecture.
I have a GPU that have the same performances of a GTX960, but I think I'll upgrade later when all the GPU will be released in 2017 and that I can compare all of them properly with various
With a GTX 960 you should probably wait that good benchmarks are released and that Nvidia release the 1060 which might compete with the RX 480. I don't think nvidia will release something better than this GPU but who knows ? you can afford the waiting
>>55013646
Because I dont want to pirate shit for her desktop usage and the only thing she needs is a browser and her mail
>>55013598
I found the answer. You have to convert the file to ICNS (used an online converter to convert a png icon to icns)
>>55013544
https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/overwatch-system-requirements
sometimes I wonder if people even try.
>>55013554
Once in a while go there, have a cup of tea, talk with her, and apt update && apt upgrade yourself using an admin account.
She'll be happy that you go to her house.
>>55013208
wasn't mpv the /g/ video player ?
>>55009750
Thank you my man, I always thought the 6700 would be overkill for my first light gaming pc
also,
I just got this 850W Gold supply and Thermaltake Overseer case for 70 each after the $30 MIR, how'd I do?
>>55013795
>Once in a while go there, have a cup of tea, talk with her, and apt update && apt upgrade yourself using an admin account.
>She'll be happy that you go to her house.
Guess I'll just do that, she lives far away but it does seem the easiest solution, thanks anon
>>55013795
Was seeking opinions not specs you unhelpful faggot
>>55010980
Lol, It was my cautiousness.I was really uneasy about snapping it off in case I wasn't supposed to.
Um...when I put my Intel chip in, it made an ungodly crunching noise. Is that normal? If it's not I think I fucked up and that's why my PC isn't turning on (case lights are on, the PSU is plugged in all the way)
What is a cloudbook?
Does it have a full version of windows on it? Can I unstall programs on it?
>>55010194
>>55010383
K dude it sounds like the cancer is already on your system, you can search for and use the GWX control panel to disable it or just tell all of your updates to fuck off like I did:
Control Panel>Administrative Services>Stop, and disable Trusted Installer and Windows Module something, no problems afterwards for me at least.
>>55013043
I don't know enough about that but after you uninstaller it I would run the registry cleaner on CCleaner to clean the rest of the shit.
If you open taskmanager and see some weird shit you can google whatever.exe it is to see if it's shitware or just regular processes.
t. I'm not an expert, but people thought I was back in the day when I would resurrect computers with CCleaner on a USB.
DownThemAll is fantastic. I use it all the time to download all the media content posted in a given 4chan thread.
But what about downloading all the raw full-sized media content posted on the front page of Imgur (for example). I want to download the whole lot of what was posted on the front page that day, but the thumbnails don't link to the raw content, but another HTML page with the raw content enclosed in the HTML shell.
Anyone know a method so to batch-download the full-sized media content contained within a HMTL page?
>>55014102
>shameless mozilla shilling
>piracy promotion
meh
>>55013939
another solution would be to use SSH and apt update && apt upgrade from your machine.
>>55013520
Oh dude I woke up to a sale on Newegg today, the i5 6600K is only $215 and I'm gonna jump on it.
I can't say if it would be better for your purposes than a $130 i3 because i've never used a quad core before but maybe they will have a sale on those soon enough. check pcpartpicker.com for the price history of your i3 and where you can buy them for cheapest, check every link and if they aren't on sale right now they will be eventually
My i5 is 30-35 off so I'm gonna jump all over that
>>55013207
Thanks mate. I'm going to do the downgrade tonight.
>>55014153
I don't know what you are talking about.
How can I print and save as text the list of files and directories of a volume in w7?
I need to run an ethernet cable in my backyard, and I want it to run very flush with the walls, so it doesn't look shitty.
It will be going around corners so what can I use to keep it snug with the wall, as I doubt it will stay there by itself?
>>55014234
I have about a month. I dont know if they'll be doing doubles at work anytime soon but ill save as much as I can to try and get an i5 in the meantime. Thanks.
I've used 3 different torrent clients and they all read the same error: Cannot Find Directory/Cannot Find File Location upon downloading.
It works fine if I put it on my C: drive, but never my D: (media) drive. I was messing around with sharing and Homegroup with friends (so they could all access my D: drive), and it stopped working after. I reverted sharing settings to default/left Homegroup but it still happens.
Anyone have any ideas? OS is Win 8.1.
How do I get rid of w10 and downgrade? I don't have much experience with this
I just realized the 4chan catalog has custom dropdown options when you right-click.
When did this happen? How? I didn't even know this was possible without making a custom menu.
My first build is lifeless, I need 4chan to assblast me with knowledge. The cpu is plugged in, the mobo has all six standoffs screwed in (it *is* resting on some that do not have holes), I wired up everything possible. The light on the case is on, but pressing the power buttons does nothing, there's no speaker beep and the fans don't spin. Did I fuck up back in the stage where my cpu became Cap'n Crunch during installation?
>>55014721
Is the motherboard cable fully plugged in? It can slip out pretty easily i've found
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/ZQshM8
building this for a friend
what change what keep
>>55014721
Did you switch on the PSU? Did you plug both power cables into the motherboard (24-pin and 6-pin)?
It's possible your rig is fine, but the power button is broken or not plugged in. If your motherboard has a power button, try pressing that instead.
>>55014763
You mean the long 24 pin block? It's in all the way, it takes me a lot of force to yank it out.
Posted photo in case it helps
>>55014721
can you post a picture ? with a decent quality please.
>>55014797
PSU is on and pushed firmly all the way. My motherboard has no power button but I tried tapping the two-pronged thing labelled JCI1, and another labelled JBAT1 just in case.
I did work on it with it sat on the anti static packaging it came with... I found advice saying that was okay, but read something else later that said it wasn't...
Is there any appreciable difference between a 6600k and a 4690k? I've read that CPUs have been more or less stagnant since Sandy Bridge.
Holy fuck I'm so sick of my headphones shifting out on me. What are some earbuds I can get that won't shit out on me from regular daily use?
>>55014817
Here, I'll take more if necessary.
Is it a bad idea to buy a used CPU?
I'm getting a free Intel 6700k. I'm low on cash. What should I get to build around that. I have a 1080p monitor and will use the integrated graphics card for now. Keep it under $500. I'll use my external 1tb had for crap and maybe get a 120gb sdd for everything else. Future proof it for when it's bonus time at my work. Its a media and gaming machine.
I'm fucking embarrassed to have to ask something so dumb but its always been something I never really gave much thought when doing a build
does it matter what kind of ram I buy other than it being DDR3?
will certain speeds not perform properly in certain motherboard models?
will two mismatched sticks of DDR3 at separate speeds cause problems?
can I allocate system processes to a cheap stick and games to a good stick?
I have a really old 4gb stick in my current machine and I was thinking of getting another 4gb, unfortunately I can't just buy two new sticks since it's actually a pretty big investment due to the fact that i live in a third world country where computer parts cost 3x as much and the average salary is 1/3rd of what you would pay in America
>>55014721
My first guess would be that the power switch isn't connected properly, but its impossible to tell from those pictures
>>55015077
Check your motherboard's specs to see what speeds it supports. As long as the timings and latencies match up, the motherboard will clock down the faster stick to match the other.
It's not ideal, and it may cause instability, but it's doable.
>>55015077 (checked)
The type of RAM you can run is dependent on your motherboard.
It will only run as fast as the slowest stick.
http://blog.logicalincrements.com/2016/03/ultimate-guide-computer-ram/
That should help, and what I would try to do is match the speed and latency of the original stick to the second one.
Don't feel bad, I dropped some money on parts this week and now I have to spend all weekend learning what the fuck a motherboard is lol
>>55015106
Alright, where does this sucker go?
>>55015132
>>55015146
Thanks
This works:template <typename T, size_t S>
void disp (T (&foobar)[S]) // With reference
{
for (size_t counter = 0; counter < S; counter++)
std::cout << foobar[counter] << "\n";
}
This doesn't:
template <typename T, size_t S>
void disp (T (foobar)[S]) // No reference
{
for (size_t counter = 0; counter < S; counter++)
std::cout << foobar[counter] << "\n";
}
Why do you need a reference when passing arrays?
Which GPU has the best software and game drivers?, AMD or nVidia?
>>55015178
That isnt a power switch, thats a molex power connector for something
The power switch is a tiny connector that goes on a header on the motherboard
>>55015178
>buying a chinese PSU
o shit nigger what r u doing
>>55015228
great post f@m
>>55015178
>that hand.
Kek.
>>55014910
I don't know, probably at high levels of gaming.
The older chips are said to really hold their value, but why buy old now though?
I mean they're still crazy expensive so they must be doing something right.
One picture that I can't find showed a game being run in the same setup with various CPU's, it had FPS ranging from 80-120, with each older generation losing about 10 FPS.
But I think it was Crysis 3 or something, and the components were really high end anyways.
In non-extreme cases though, I think it would be fine. I went with a 6600K just because they were on sale for $220 at newegg today, 35 less than usual. But I wouldn't be surprised to see the 4690 go on sale anytime soon either. Check your prices every day.
>>55015229
I just bought a PSU with no power switch, how fucked am I?
>>55015228
nvidia
Audio frequency visualizer for Windows?
>>55015229
Oooh, right... I had it connected to some fans and other molex connectors, not sure if that's even right.
>>55015251
This is directly from the case (which is probably chinese shit), the PSU is EVGA???
>>55015301
I'm glad my hand is kekworthy.
I have an extra SSD I put in an ORICO enclosure. I use a macbook pro with bootcamp. Was going to boot games from it on windows side due to limited HD space. Formatted the drive using disk manager on windows side to exFAT. Now I can't recognize the disk on the mac side OR on the windows side; it isn't shown using diskutil list on OSX or using the device manager list / drive manager on windows.
What should I do?
>>55015323
Look for a bundle of cables that look something like this, it should be coming from the front of your case. They plug into your motherboard and they can be a pain in the ass to get right.
>>55015323
>Oooh, right... I had it connected to some fans and other molex connectors, not sure if that's even right.
its probably not, refer to your mobo and case manuals as they usually have a guide for what colors go where
>This is directly from the case (which is probably chinese shit), the PSU is EVGA???
yeah, I'd just noticed that the molex thing had a font that you only ever see on chinese stuff, and I've already learned the hard way why you don't buy that $50 chinese PSU on a newegg clearance sale even if it has really good ratings
>>55014721
the power button on the case have to be connected on the mobo. I think that might be your problem. Check on the mobo documentation that everything is connected properly
>pic related
I'm talkin about those on the right.
>>55015454
Forgot to say. Often the mobo print directly like on this picture the order and how to plug them. Post a picture of that if you can
Thinking about getting two RX480 when they come out, my problem is that I currently own a Benq XL2411Z which does not support Display Port. Is there any other way I can transmit in 144Hz from the RX480 or should I just consider another card?
Pic related the card
>>55015372
Sorry for shit pic. I plugged these in, white being negative, right? Top left: Red+White, Top right: Green+White, Bottom left: Yellow+White, Bottom right: White+Blue.
>>55015526
Plugged into pic related
>>55015388
This shitty china case has no manual, go figure. I'm guessing all CiT cases don't have one and I recommend everyone should spend their money on something else. At least it looks nice.
>>55015500
Non-reference cards may include DVI
>>55015526
Fucking motherboard headers, the only annoying thing about building PCs. Why don't you look at the motherboard manual. It's the only reason to look at it.
>>55015568
Does that usually happen? Sort of eager to pick up these but I will wait and see
>>55015561
as far as I know jumping those pins with a screwdriver with the power plugged in will cause the computer to boot when you find the correct ones, then its just a matter of trying each set of pins until one works
unless your mobo is also chinese shit, i cant possibly imagine you causing any damage doing this either, even though it sounds like some /b/ tier prank to make you break your computer
>>55015582
I've done that, this is the combo I ended up with when following the thing. I watched the msi tutorial on their channel and it matches, but I'll do it again just in case
>>55015582
>the only annoying thing about building PCs.
>i've never installed an EVO 212
>>55015651
What? I just bought one for my 6600k. uguu
>>55015343
fixed. Had to unplug SSD internally in the enclosure and replug it. I hope this doesn't keep happening.
>>55015600
Non-reference cards have a variety of different connector combinations, so it wouldn't surprise me.
I just did a Debian testing install with Mate desktop. I assume it's GTK3 now. Is it normal for everything to be so huge? I feel like toolbars and buttons are much larger than what they used to be.
>>55015661
The mounting isn't the most user friendly, but I didn't have too much trouble my first time installing one.
>>55015651
I was going to laugh at you, the I looked at the thing.
What in gods name is this?
Is there any way to clear eBay's search history? Or at least get rid of the suggestions?
>>55015526
read the manual
>>55015708
I actually didn't check my case specs when I bought it and just assumed it would fit, lol.
Now that the ball has begun to roll it's not gonna stop.
>>55015768
i did the same, now i have four little holes drilled in the side of my case
rate
>>55015803
eight*
>>55015762
>>55015630
>>55015478
>>55015372
Okay, I DID put them in wrong. The order I inserted them in now gave me this: when the PSU is switched on, the fans all spin, but no speaker bleep or anything coming up on screen.
how do i install this piece of shit linux fedora cinnamon on an unalocated space? it doesnt even see the empty space.
the first one is window's preoccupied partition
the second one is local c with windows
the third one is local d disk
i have 50 gb empty space which is not visible
Got some problems and questions related to them. Have I utterly lost in silicon lottery, is there something else going on and how can I troubleshoot this further?
I've had i7 [email protected] GHz stable for around a year. No crashes which I could relate to the clocks and I could run benchmarks just fine. However to achieve that clock and run the system stable, it meant that I had to use 1.35V core voltage which is VERY high for Haswell and borderline hot under load even with my H110 closed loop liquid cooler. I accepted it as what it was even if the result I got was basically the worst 4770k I ever saw.
Recently I started experiencing crashes from occasional ones in games to ones during desktop use. USB devices would shut on/off regularly, CPU fan 2 won't work unless I plug it into one of the system fan headers etc. I tried running Prime95 and it crashed during the first minute. I go to BIOS, lower clock speed by 0.1 GHz and try again: crashes immediately. I lower clock speed again: system fails booting. After some retries it boots but it refuses to run a benchmark stable. I lower clocks to 4.0 GHz and voltage to 1.25V: it stalls in BIOS while saving and after it finally boots it still fails at running Prime on any of the benchmark types for more than a second. I never had any problems using clocks this low - just 0.3 GHz shy from the max turbo freq of the defaults.
Any idea what is going on? My CPU might be the worst Haswell ever produced but this kind of stuff makes me wonder if it's just the CPU causing problems or something else? I just loaded BIOS defaults and running Prime stable for an hour. Other specs:
Intel i7 4770k, now at stock clock speeds
Gigabyte Windforce GTX 780
2*Corsair Vengeance 8 GB 1600MHz DDR3
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5 with newest BIOS available
Samsung 840 256 GB SSD with newest firmware available
Win 10 Pro 64 bit
>>55015720
Wow dude, JUST.
At least I'll be able to blow it out the top of this big thing, it arrived today and I wasn't prepared for its' hugeness.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133194
Max height 177mm, the 212 is 159mm so I should be good.
I really went overboard on the 850W PSU but for 70 bucks and 80+ Gold, fuck it.
I'm gonna rock the iGPU until I see the rest of the video cards and take it from there.
>>55015845
gl dude hope it works out.
I'm sure karma will be a bitch when I put mine together now
>>55015845
ur computers fucked have fun rmaing everything
jokes aside; check which connectors are powering up which portions of the computer, you want your GPU running on 1/2 exclusive rails, you want to make sure CPU/mobo is running on its own rail and try switching which GPU output you use if it has multiple outputs
>>55015866
https://www.gentoo.org/get-started/
>>55015910
1/2 exclusive rails? S-sorry, what does that mean.... (rails = cables?)
I think it would help if I disconnected my psu from everything and redo it. I'll probably post pics here later.
will this ram:
> http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428&ignorebbr=1&_ga=1.121537487.696639547.1464568357
work with my fucking horrible piece of shit gook mobo that ruined my hard drive the second i put the mobo drivers disk in:
> http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157515
Windows 10 can't open start menu. Control panels is missing windows update. Can't open Settings either via RUN 'ms-settings'.
Tried reinstalling the apps, tried sfc, tried creating new account. I really do not want to reinstall the entire machine.
Anyone have a utility to check hard drive health? A big storm just rolled through and causes intermittent power outtages while my computer was on. I've had an HDD fail before due to sudden loss of power (though that was me hitting the wrong breaker) and I'd like to make sure this one won't suffer the same fate.
>>55015968
Most PSUs today have "rails" which are individual power circuits that are independent of each other, if you draw too much power from a single rail, you may not deliver adequate voltage to the computer.
a high quality PSU usually has each cable represent a rail, yeah, but read the side of your PSU box to find out if multiple cable sets run on the same rail
>>55015979
Without even looking at what ever you're linking, why are you buying anything if your motherboard is destroying other parts? Think about it.
>>55016010
run a SMART test on it, many motherboards have it pre installed with the firmware and have it accessible through BIOS, if yours doesn't just google smart test disk and you'll find out how to set it up
>>55015988
Tried a local account? Does right clicking on the bottom left hand corner bring up the other menu?
>>55016017
i've ran it for 6 months since without issues, because i skipped using the driver disk, I don't think its a hardware issue, I think it's some subhuman third world gooks being too stupid to fucking program a driver installation CD
>>55016054
As I said I tried creaing new administrative account. Clicking the windows logo does nothing. Neither does clicking the action center logo on the bottom right, sound or network. I can still right click it, though.
>>55016010
You can look at the smart test for the drive on speccy.
>>55016010
windows: gsmartcontrol
GNU/Linux: palimpsest/gnome-disks or smartmontools/smartctl
>>55015651
Jesus, having to reinstall my 212 is the thing I'm dreading the most about upgrading.
What websites or blogs do you read to know things about consumer electronics?
>>55016044
>>55016077
>>55016086
Thanks. Drive is good.
>>55016153
CNET's coverage of tech events is alright. I don't know how biased they are though.
Also slashdot and the BBC tech news section.
>>55016153
Cnet / silicon republic / amazon
>>55016153
wikipedia
>>55016153
Something focused on the product I'm interested in. A huge list really and I often find new ones if I start to research for a purchase.
>>55016188
>I don't know how biased they are though.
They have utterly terrible reviews of some stuff, especially audio.
>windows 8.1
>they still haven't fixed the desktop icon issue with multiple displays
How do I keep them from moving around every time my computer goes to sleep or restarts?
So I am a total retard and have in the last couple of years become more paranoid and have therefor stopped torrenting and switched over to streaming instead, mainly on yify.tv. Now what is the legality surronding streaming, is there a higher chance of getting caught, or lower like I have been telling myself? I don't have a vpn and aren't getting one untill I move out of my parent's house (inb4 underge, I'm 19).
I just did a fresh install and I'm confused which AMD driver I should get. Should I get the hotfix driver, or the normal one below it? I have an r7 260x if that matters.
What is the BEST way to learn active directory? Any good resources? It seems complex as hell.
Just bought a Sony Xperia Z5, how do I debloat/ what am I in for?
Also any recommended apps?
>>55016489
Its lower because only the server sees your IP, not every person in a swarm.
It's me again, noob anon.
This is really stumping me. The PCI-E is in my GPU, the 24 pin block is tightly in th motherboard, 1 SATA power cable is connected to my SSD and HDD (I'll plug the third bit into an old laptop drive), the other SATA is in my optical drive.
The only thing that's left is this two fans, 1xMolex 'POWER', 2x Fan 1 and Fan 2 to connect it to the case switches and the chain of Molex connectors. Still trying to fix my no boot problem. What do?
Power supply question
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kolink-kl-600-600w-80-plus-bronze-power-supply-ca-012-kk.html
Is this absolute trash? Planning to run a 6600k OC and 1080 on it.. I doubt it will hold up.
Never heard of this brand, google results show people saying don't trust it just because of the name..
So awkward, if I use this power supply I save £125, but I also risk a housefire and losing my life
