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If you are that person, post your simple/small/stupid questions here
Don't bump. This is a slow board, and will continue to be. Wait for an answer or google it.
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is Malwarebytes Anti Exploit any good/even worth it?
>>53901282
he ded
How do I install region-locked apps on android? I have tried different region changing and market unlocker apps but google play still keeps telling me that the app isn't available for my country
i'm copying some programs from xp to 10 like mspaint.exe (works) (i don't know why i'm doing this)...
where is the windows xp image viewer located (.exe)?
>>53901403
Program files
Should I upgrade my cpu with an i5 4690?
At work we have a small 1TP external hard drive connected to the network by ethernet, and we map it as a network drive on everyone's workstation.
Many times a day it becomes unavailable with the error in pic related. I can still ping it but cannot access. If I power cycle it, the drive comes back up for some amount of time.
What could be causing this?
>>53901363
Try finding the .apk online instead of through google play, that should work
Hey guys, going to replace the thermal paste on my cpu and gpu later and i need to know if this is safe to use to clean it off, says it contains isoprophyl which as far as ive read is what I need to clean it properly, just need to know if you guys have ever used this and if it works properly
So i see a bunch pf netbios stuff open on my win7 laptop. How do i actually fix it?
>>53901869
It's a shitty weeb mobile game, won't that cause any problems with updates and shit?
>>53901690
no, OC if the board supports
>>53901904
Naw, the only thing thats prevented is downloading thr apk file, updating and shit works no matter where you are.
I have a pair of 160GB SATA 3.5" hard drives. What can I do with them? That involves storing data on them, not taking them apart for magnets. I already have at least one backup of everything I care about.
>>53901943
download wikipedia on one of them
>>53901933
Thanks m8
Is there someone here who could help me with opengl?
>>53901967
Np senpai
Alright, so I am trying to set up a second PGP key pair with Kleopatra. I went through all the normals steps and I have both my public and private key.
Problem is that I cannot figure out how to select which key to use when encrypting a message, and I cannot get my key to work properly.
When someone else sent my new key an encrypted message I can try to decrypt it. When I do this, it does not ask me for my password. It simply says "No signatures found" and the message is magically decrypted. The same thing happens in reverse if I try to encrypt a message.
Why the fuck is this happening and how do I fix it?
>>53901282
This jump is crazy. I would not make it.
>>53901874
I though it was Hellman mayonnaise.
I have a pretty basic grasp on programming.
What's a good book to properly learn C?
>>53901282
>palms are sweaty
>>53902124
K&R.
I have here a 1996 PC with these specifications:
>CPU: Pentium
>Motherboard: Intel 82430VX
>RAM: 2x ???
>Ethernet board: Genius - PCI?
>VGA board: Union - PCI?
>Audio board: Creative Labs - unknown slot
>FDD: Mitsumi 3.5"
>HD: Quantum Bigfoot 5.25" 1.2~2.5GB - ATA
>CD Player: Creative Labs CD 1620E
I don't know the rest of the computer, because I do not have the correct PSU, but the HDD works fine. It has Windows 95 installed. But, as it has less capacity than my SD cards, I do not see a reason to install it on a newer PC.
Should I try to make the PC work, or do I throw it away?
Do anyone use these adapters in 2016?
Motherboards still come with internal com port headers.
My guess would that you would get a motherboard with com port on the back IO if you actually want it.
>>53902210
I'd keep it as a museum piece
>>53902326
I have one. I have a multimeter that can log data, and it uses a serial port. I also have an ancient DOS machine, and when I fire it up, if I want to transfer data, I do it with a null-modem serial cable. So I don't use it often, but I'm glad I have it there.
they put em on headers because most people don't want them anymore and never will, but it's built in to the chipset so it only costs a ten-cent header to let someone who does want it get a bracket and use it.
c or c++ for big stuff? a mix?
Is this worth $70 i5 3570k and a msi z77a-gd65 obviously in working order. This will not be used for my main pc just to fuck around with
>>53902418
C++
>>53902392
I thought people would just get a motherboard for the purpose then.
>>53902380
I "played" with it a little, and was amazed by the HD still working. But it takes space, and I'm now minimalist. If it does not works completely, I will discard it.
I'm moving to a new rig, what do I need to do operating system and storage drive wise? I know my Windows key won't be valid for the new motherboard; can I just put in a new key and be done or do I have to do a clean install and import my old settings somehow?
>>53902473
I have a situation like you
Running a win 98 machine complete with CRT monitor and speakers bulky ones
Specs are
200Mhz MMX intel cpu
128MB of Sdram i think
Runs a gigabyte motherboard but i forgot model i should prob re check it
a 200W psu
and a 4MB vga 2D/3D video card
it also has a sound card sound blaster 16 ISA port
>>53902522
OK, and you decided to do what to yours?
>>53901904
>>53901904
QooApp works flawlessly for shitty weeb mobile games.
Which company has the best reputation in graphics cards? I have heard ASUS is a good company but I want to make sure its reputable.
Anyone knows a way to unlock Huawei E5330 mobile wifi modem that doesn't involve sending money to go god one knows who on some shifty site?
How do I close the right panel? I only need the left side and I have little screen estate. Thank you in advance.
>>53902521
What win?
>>53902521
i'm 99% sure you can reuse your key if it's a retail key. if there's a problem with the activation then you can call them and tell them to activate it for you
How do you detect if a string has any capital letters at all in Python 3.*? All the google search results I'm getting have answers tailored to specific situations and are not applicable to me. str.isupper returns false if the string isn't ALLCAPS.
>>53902629
my personal experience with asus is great. i've been using their mobos and gpus for 15 years with no issues. they are definitely a good company.
There was a file I was trying to archive on my laptop but it overheated in the process because it's a fucking turdfossil
Now the file is 3.97 GB instead of 3.99 GB
Did I fuck it up? It seems okay but I'm worried about it
>>53902591
It ran quake at 600x400 at 13-14FPS
so it's virtually useless for gaming
it only runs doom smoothly
I guess it could work as a music box or some shit it's good enough for that with sound card
Sometimes when I set my computer to hibernate it will turn itself back on around 30 seconds or so after I select hibernate. What is going on?
>>53902805
obviously'stringG'.islower()
think man
>>53902857
fuck, I'm retarded. thanks.
>>53902843
archiving meaning compressing? you should compress it again just to be safe.
Hey guys, I have been wanting to buy a new monitor for quite a while now and with the sale going on over at Amazon, I thought now would be the perfect time, but with all the options I have no clue what to look for. I have a GTX 970, and the monitor will be used for gaming. I was thinking something in the range of 215-320£. Any help will be much appreciated.
>>53903033
LG
G
>>53903044
Which one, and why?
>>53903033
get a nice 1440p monitor
or a 1080p 144hz
your 970 might struggle with 1440p
What was the uTorrent version that everyone on /g/ recommends? Was it 2.4.1? I forget
>>53903075
Use qBittorrent or Deluge instead. Don't use such ancient software for network facing things.
>>53903072
Can you recommend a specfic one I've been thinking about this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00IG0Z0HY/ref=s9_acsd_bw_wf_s_GAME_cdl_94?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-10&pf_rd_r=13D7NYHAC8V6V972Q3AY&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=806282207&pf_rd_i=9320946031
I'm in the UK and my ISP has blocked KAT. I'm using a proxy but the site isn't displaying properly, pic related. Does anyone know a working proxy that will display everything correctly please?
>>53903094
>qBittorrent
I'd rather not, I'm using it now and it's buggy as hell and keeps stalling my torrents so I have to pause and restart the client for it to prioritize the right torrents.
>Deluge
meme client, or so I hear from /g/
Can you just answer the question please? :(
>>53903100
i don't know enough about models and brands to tell you what to buy. look at best sellers and read reviews
I have a Chuwi vi8, that came with just Windows 8.1 on it. It can run Android, because they make a dual boot version.
How would I go about installing Android on it?
>>53903094
nvm it was 2.2.1
>>53902698
Windows 7 upgraded to 10, I'd be using a windows 10 key for home edition on the new rig.
>>53902756
In my computer tech class in highschool I remember being taught that Windows ties the license key to your motherboard; I'm selling the older rig with the 7 key anyway.
Is the Law of Conservation of Energy the one that explains that if you throw an object up in the air at a certain velocity it will comeback down at the same velocity? Or am I thinking of a different law.
>>53902627
>chinese botnet app store
Yeah, nope
>>53903315
It depends. Is it OEM Windows or did you buy retail Windows?
OEM: Yeah it's tied to the mobo. You can replace the mobo and reactivate, but only if it's the same model mobo, like you're replacing a broken one.
Retail: You can move the key to a completely different machine as many times as you like, so long as you aren't activating new installs of it so often they think you must have shared the key online.
>>53903316
When you throw it up, it slows down until it has speed = 0 and then it comes back accelerating. It is because of the force that "wants it back", which is gravity.
>>53903316
That's just simple acceleration and gravity. A thrown object accelerates downward at a constant rate. However long it takes to reach the top of its path, it will take the same time to come back down, and since acceleration is constant it will be going the same speed.
>>53903316
>it will comeback down at the same velocity
It won't because terminal velocity.
>>53903134
Been using qbitorrent for almost a year now, never had any well-seeded torrents stalled
>>53903316
Conservation of energy says no matter what amount of conversions and fuckery you try, there will always be the same amount of total energy. For instance if you burn something, if you measure all the heat, photons, sound, and smoke emitted, their mass/equivalent energy will equal the mass lost from the thing that was burned.
why aren't more people using water cooling on their GPUs? isn't it the same concept as a water cooled CPU?
>>53903359
Yeah, OEM and to a different model.
Leaves the question of if the new 10 key will be valid for the 7-10 install or if I'm going to have to suffer through losing my settings and shortcuts and whatnot.
>>53903383
Models don't usually take things like that into account.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_cow
Trying to connect my Laptop to my TV and nothing seems to work.
Using a VGA to Composite (RedYellowWhite cables).
Ive used VGA to output my laptop to a monitor before
Ive used Composite to my TV before fine
But for some reason my VGA to Composite cable when hooked up from Laptop > TV I get no picture.
Ive bought and returned two VGA composite cables now, but Im finding it hard to believe it's jut the cables thats the problem
What could be the problem
>>53903479
Because water blocks for gpus need to be made for the specific graphic card and cost 10 times more to make where as cpus have same types of sockets and its cheaper to make
>>53903484
New key should work. You can generally just tell it you want to give it a new key in system properties or when it bitches about needing one.
>>53903479
Because it involves prying the stock one off your GPU and voiding its warranty.
What are the ways I can save power on a ThinkPad T420 running Arch Linux?
>>53903507
The cable is the problem. Did it come with any directions? It probably only works with a couple specific resolutions and refresh rates.
Also if your TV has HDMI, you should use that instead. I've seen a bunch of TVs with VGA inputs as well. Really just the old tube TVs that only accept composite.
>>53903519
>>53903510
fuck. i just ordered an asus 390x and it's going to get hot as hell in my case. i'm trying to think of clever ways to keep it cool.
>>53903561
It's a somewhat older TV, so no HDMI.
My only choice is RCA or composite. Do I need to buy an active converter or something?
>>53903546
This command will minimize system power consumption:sudo init 0
>>53903614
The pictured thing looks like what you need, provided it goes the right direction.
I have one that looks very similar I got from ebay that goes the other way, but I recall them selling both kinds. I use it to display composite on my PC monitor. It has some sort of digital processing that makes composite in look almost as good as S-video, and it only cost $20.
>>53903614
the converters in your pic related is good quality for price be warned there are 2 different versions one is vga to composite/svideo and the other is svideo/composite to vga
>>53903661
>>53903659
hivemind is real
excuse me /sqt/ i have a stupid question google gives me squat
if i'm on the phone with someone/on hold and i get an incomeing phonecall what will happen
>>53903614
I take it you bought a horse shit like this one? These only work on video cards that are designed to output composite through their VGA ports. Very few do this, but the guys selling these cables don't mention that.
>>53903699
Depends on the phone. Most have some way to put the current guy on hold and take the incoming call. Usually it's signaled to you by a couple beeps. Smartphones typically do it through a pretty intuitive GUI, while older phones have some keys you press to take the call.
>>53903710
rule of thumb is look up is two video cables are directly compatable
dvi d and hdmi
if not then you need an active converter
>>53901282
did he die?
>>53903752
Admittedly, sometimes active converters are really small. I have a USB->PS/2 adapter that looks like there's just a slightly fat USB plug with a wire coming out and going to a PS/2 jack. Similarly, a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cable will look like it's just a cable, but there's an active converter chip in the HDMI end of it.
I am looking for a lightweight, decent build laptop for fairly cheap.
I need it to run Ubuntu/Debian x64 for JS development, with hopefully a 1080p screen.
£500 is the max, the lower the better.
My laptop keeps dropping connection from router. This doesnt happen when my roommates laptop is connected. He is less tech savy then I am so it couldnt be some special setup he has done. Maybe something he accidently did.
What can cause this?
>>53903710
Yeah I bought one like that. I see
>>53903752
Ah, okay going to get a converter then
Will this do? It's a converter. Doesn't say 'active converter' specifically though. Is that something I should make sure or is the same thing
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281705186495
>>53903936
Windows, Linux, OSX? What model of laptop? And to clarify, when your roomate's laptop is connected HIS connection doesn't drop, but yours still would? So it's not that his laptop prevents your laptop from dropping, right?
>>53903936
might be dhcp issue. try giving all devices an IP manually.
>>53903936
Maybe you've minimized your network traffic too much. Try pinging the router and see if it still disconnects while pinging.
I remember one school wifi that kept kicking me off after about 20 minutes of inactivity. I wrote a script that got the gateway IP and sent it a ping every couple minutes.
>>53903954
That is an active converter. Given the shape of the case it's made by the same guys who made my composite to VGA box. These guys could seriously charge considerably more for what they're making. It's cheap Chinese shit but it's darn good.
>>53903978
Both windows. When his laptop is connected, both connections work fine. When his is disconnect, mine starts dropping.
It kinda is that his laptop prevent mine from dropping.
>>53904004
ping -t and the IP of the router
See if that helps. If not, you may have a crap ass wifi adapter.
I am putting a computer together and I can't tell whether Skylake is a meme or if 'Skylake is a meme' is a meme. I tried lurking and looking at other sites but I'm retarded. I also like Windows 7 and don't know about the whole botnet thing but I guess Microsoft won't be supporting 7 for Skylake anymore and I don't know what a DX12 is or why I should care about it and I am fucking confused.
Windows 7 and 4690K or Windows 10 and 6600K? Please help me.
>>53904084
haswell performs slightly better than skylake
skylake is more "future-proof"
skylake builds will be forced to go with dx12/windows10 by july 2017
so, basically, if you don't care about future proofing(upgrading down the road), and don't want to use windows 10 ever, then go with haswell.
>>53904128
I upgrade so rarely 'upgrade' means an entire new computer. I guess I get to keep Windows 7 then.
Thank you anon.
I'm setting up a Raspberry Pi 2 to act as my torrent box and I want to anonymize it with a VPN. Is Private Internet Access a good VPN to set up the torrent client (Deluge) with or should I consider another one?
>>53904208
yeah just pay with bitcoins and use the russian server.
>>53904084
Skylake costs more and currently doesn't match Haswell's performance on desktop. It's more valuable on laptop though due to power efficiency.
DirectX 12 is far more efficient than DX11, and new games will support it. It'll let Win10 machines play these games with better graphics and make them run more smoothly. Of course if Lord Gaben gets his way, Vulkan will be the winner, and that won't be tied to OS version so you can use it with any OS.
>>53904128
How can they force this? If I have a DVD with Windows 7 on it, I can install that in a year from now on anything it will run on today.
>>53904052
>>53904000
>>53903986
Ive given my device an IP. Only other device connected atm is roommates iphone and he wont let me do stuff to it. Pinging router looks like this; german means timeout
someone help please..
i have arch running on a lenovo z70 with hybrid graphics and im using primus
everytime i try to watch porn on 6 or more tabs my system crashes and goes into kernel panic..
i tried to find the logs using journalctrl but theres nothing there that points to the problem..
Best android i can get for around 50 dollaridoos? Looking for at least 720x1280 display
>>53904261
This looks normal. Wifi drops packets now and then. Leave that running and minimize it. See if your computer still drops the connection periodically when your roommate isn't on the wifi.
>>53904277
What does the kernel panic say? Take a picture of the message or something. When it panics it usually doesn't write it to disk because it's in an unknown state and attempting to write a file might corrupt things.
>>53904256
I was planning on paying with a gift card.
Thanks for the tip with the Russian server.
i have my win7 disc from my old computer. will win7 install fine on my new skylake pc? i know that skylake doesn't have ECHI support for win7, but i'm pretty sure that's only for USB 3.0??? i've been reading and many people have problems installing win7 on skylake machines via USB, but i'll be using a dvd.
>>53902855
Bump
I'm making an android app for my portfolio, to show off to prospective employers. Should I use xml layouts or do the layouts in code? The company I currently work for, every developer did the layouts programmatically. I'm not really sure if this is common, or a thing to show knowledge of.
>>53904363
EHCI is USB 2.0. xHCI is USB 3.0 but also handles 2.0 and 1.1 devices. Win7 can apparently still do xHCI on Skylake, but not EHCI. You should still be able to use all USB devices, just not boot and install Win7 from a USB stick.
>>53904331
Yea its still happening
>>53904428
doesn't matter just be consistent.
>>53904436
ok thanks anon. all the problems i've read are coming from people trying to install with USB so i think a DVD will work fine
>>53904278
consider used. you won't find anything worthwhile for $50
>>53904457
Btw that wasnt a timeout that was an error while transporting-general error, however I am getting problems during longer timeouts too.
>>53904457
This looks pretty normal for crap ass wifi. I'm not sure whether to blame the card, driver, antenna or router.
>>53904558
does your laptop have an ethernet port? can you connect it to the router if it does?
>>53904472
So long as you have a PS/2 keyboard or mouse to use, sure. It won't support USB anything during setup. Otherwise you might need to remove the drive and try to perform the first stage of the install on another computer, then put it back and pray it boots up on the different hardware.
>>53904331
im so sorry for taking so long
these are the journalctrl entries... the system crashed at the reboot entry
>>53904604
>>53904590
No ethernet port. Also no visible antenna. Last two days Whenever he shuts down his laptop it starts happening. I've tried reinstalling drivers now, Its still happening. If the problem was with antenna or router i dont think it would have such pattern or would it?
>>53904642
he is saying i can use USB devices but can't install win7 from USB, you're saying no USB devices will work and i need to use PS/2... so who is correct?
I put tape over my fagbook webcam as I think anyone who could hack in would be able to see me.
Is this something I should realistically worry about, and what else should I do to cover my privacy from snoopers? Can I block my mic?
Hello.
I am toning down my masturbating habits and want to block every nsfw board on 4chan and some hentai websites on my android phone
How?
>>53904736
>>53904759
I don't see anything crashy in this, these all look like normal messages. Then again, this is a log file, and panic messages often don't go in there. Usually the system flips to VT 1 and dumps panic messages to the console. You might need to disable auto reboot on panic to see anything. And of course if your video driver is fucky and doesn't allow switching back to textmode, it won't display anything.
>>53904762
Both were me. I think the deal is you can use all USB devices inside Win7, but not in its setup. I don't have a Skylake machine handy to test it on though.
>>53904774
You can physically disconnect it if you're paranoid. Or disable it in software or someshit. There's nothing you can cover the hole with that will do more than muffle the sound.
>>53904885
Go to your router and block the websites
>>53904994
Can I access it with my phone?
>>53904885
Block them on your hosts file
http://www.howtogeek.com/140576/how-to-edit-the-hosts-file-on-android-and-block-web-sites/
>>53904934
>VT 1
so should i use the Kdump thing
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kdump
>>53904934
>Both were me. I think the deal is you can use all USB devices inside Win7, but not in its setup. I don't have a Skylake machine handy to test it on though.
i'm reading like a million comments saying different things about this. what the fuck
>>53905003
Can you?
>>53905013
I can tell from just the URL that it won't help him. He wants to block some 4chan boards and not others. They're all on boards.4chins.org, so hosts is of no use.
Running Firefox and using Adblock maybe...
>>53905054
May depend on mobo. There are some OEMs and models with Skylake that MS says they're supporting Win7 on until 2018.
>>53901282
Got a SP3, looking for a way to annotate and draw on PDFs in a reader. Is there an addon for sumatra pdf that does this?
Alternatively, can anyone recommend a PDF reader which will satiate me?
Here's one I couldn't really find on the net.
I have an iGPU and an R9 270 paired with a processor that supports both VT-d and VT-x. The idea was to have GNU/Linux as a host OS and to virtualize Windows 7 which would be used for a vast array of software that doesn't work natively in GNU/Linux and for graphically intensive video games.
All of the solutions with PCI passing are completely useless since at that point it's almost akin to dual booting so I was wondering what is the best way to have W7 running under GNU/Linux (as a window I can move around in a DE or as a fullscreen application) and not to bottleneck it hard. Could the host OS allocate a small amount of VRAM for itself? Is there at least a way to pipe the video from the passed GPU to the host GPU in a case where I'd opt for VGA passthrough?
I'm running a three screen configuration, something that an iGPU is not suited for, especially since it doesn't have it's own video memory. Getting a second GPU is out of the question since the motherboard I already own only has one PCIe port.
not that accurate tl;dr of this would be
>how to virtualize W7 under GNU/Linux, make it use host's GPU and not bottleneck it too much?
Thanks to any good willed anon that offers help.
>>53905068
>May depend on mobo. There are some OEMs and models with Skylake that MS says they're supporting Win7 on until 2018.
whatever i'll figure something out. absolutely not a fan of intel and microsoft though
Is it safe to use 2 shitty PSUs to power 1 high-end GPU?
>I just bought an expensive GPU for my poorfag gaming rig. It needs 2 6-pin PCIe power connectors. My PSU only has one, and I have a spare that also has only one. Would it hurt the GPU if I plugged in one connector from each PSU to it?
>>53905500
it will be fine, but srsly bro, get a decent psu
Anyone know of a good custom rom for a Galaxy Note 5?
>>53905542
It would just be a temporary fix. I have one on order.
But I'm poor as shit, I only got that GPU because of a rare opportunity, and I'm really scared of breaking it
>>53905068
hi i'm bothering you again
apparently my mobo(asus z17o-a) comes with USB drivers on a disc, so i'll just have to install those before putting in my win7 disc
>>53905500
The PSU is the one thing that you should never skimp on, as it can totally fuck you over.
If you invest in a shitty PSU, you could literally blow it your entire computer on a bad power surge. Don't forget stories you can easily find about bad PSUs that catch fire.
It's seriously not worth skimping on that if you are trying to be cheap.
Phone question.
If I use Titanium Backup to save all system apps and data, will it also pull the data from any apps that i've "moved to SD card"?
>>53905555
CM stable or bust
Ignore curry shit ROMs, they all suck
>>53905631
Thanks
I am search for a video player that convert videos in real time for watch in 60fps on PC
>open [spoiler] facebook [/spoiler] on firefox
>click on a link about [topic] posted by one of my friends
>perform NO related research
>open youtube, not even logged in
>half of my suggested videos are about [topic]
how did big G learn about this one and why do they try their best at being so fucking creepy?
>>53905500
Bad idea. For one thing, PSUs turn on and off based on a couple pins on the mobo connector. So you'd be hotwiring your second PSU every time you turn on the PC. I'm not sure how good an idea it is to connect the two together like that, given that it's not meant to link 2 power supplies together.
I assume that the 2 plugs on there are just wired together rather than powering different parts. If that's the case more power than is intended might be passing through there from the second PSU trying to power other PC parts through the wiring of the first PSU. If it's different parts, then you basically have 2 banks of power 2 separate things are drawing from, and you can't go over the limit on either.
Also, don't get a shitty cheapass PSU. If it blows, it could connect 120 volts to what's supposed to be 5 volts.
>>53905599
You can't install drivers before you install Windows. You'd have to slipstream them on the disc. Normally you can insert a USB stick to load drivers after setup loads from the disc, but that isn't going to be easy with no USB.
>>53905629
Yep -- it backs up the whole thing.
BTW, check out Link2SD. It requires a second partition on your SD card, but it's more flexible and efficient than moving apps to the SD. Moving to SD always seems to make apps take up more space total, results in one cryptoloop mount per app, only works on apps that support it, and may break some functionality. Link2SD just chucks the files into your ext2 partition and creates symlinks. It works with everything that isn't involved in early boot, makes one mount total, can move the whole app, and doesn't add to the size of an app.
>>53905699
You can't magically make a lower FPS video higher FPS any more than you can turn a thumbnail into a beautiful wallpaper. However MadVR's filters do an okay job. While it doesn't look as nice as true 60 FPS video, it's nicer than playing it normally.
>>53905729
Tracking shits in the link you clicked. Get uMatrix and don't allow random 3rd party shits you don't need on a page.
Also fuck this new variety of image captcha where you have to keep playing until there's no more of whatever it's having you select.
Currently have 2 RAM modules in A1 and B1 respectively.
My cooler is blocking A2.
Could I run into complications if I put a single RAM module in B2?
>>53905791
i might say fuck win7 and just install win10. this is ridiculous
>>53905729
Google makes both account and IP-based logs.
Is it just me or 4chanX's broken?
Doesnt show any images
>>53905940
yes but i was not visiting any of their websites or using a google account when i clicked on the links.
>>53906009
but you did it all in the same computer right?
How do I download pics off a girl I'm stalking's Instagram?
I feel like such a moron asking this but having only just attempted to do anything on android more complicated than watch porn and play games and I'm genuinely astounded by how lacking in useful features a lot of apps on the play store seem.
Is there a fucking pdf viewer which lets you rotate a pdf file.
Seriously.
I swear to fuck I've tried about seven of the cunts and they all seem to assume that the pdf you're viewing is oriented correctly and only rotate when you rotate the entire device. Who the fuck makes an entire fucking pdf viewer and decides that adding a "rotate clockwise" button wasn't necessary, even fucking adobe has that shit on desktop.
I need to save an entire google hangouts messages session, I would need access to the gmail acc, but then what do I do.
>>53906137
yes...
>>53906144
>and only rotate when you rotate the entire device
have you tried rotating yourself around your phone?
>>53902418
You won't get around libraries for both, so you have to learn both.
>>53906140
screenshot
People keep invading my bedroom while gone. Is it wise to "rig" the door with something?
Some people just don't know stop/ care about limitations.
>>53906207
besides getting it to the right orientation and switching off auto rotate that has been my current workaround
>>53906220
I don't get the joke
>>53905500
make sure they have a common ground. also this is a horrible idea.
>>53906188
that's what I meant. Literally everything you do on that pc is ip-logged by google, as long as you searched something/clicked something with google trackers at some point in the inmediate past (48 hours if I remember it right) . Google ad services and their associates are pretty much in every big site by now, Facebook included. It's irrelevant if you're are logged in with a google account (or any account) the evil botnet is fed anyway.
Any reason not to grab a Skylake CPU right now? Since their mobos use DDR4, PCIE4.0 and USB3.1 I don't feel like there's much that won't be future proof when the next waves come.
>>53905791
>>53905921
Burn USB contents into disk, how is this hard. After 7 finishes installing and you're on the desktop, stick that disk in there.
>>53906282
damn...this means that having bookmarked my horse porn websites was completely useless and big G knows about it now.
i don't want to live in this era anymore.
>>53906331
okay i'll write this down, thanks. the parts are on their way to me so it'll be a week or two before i get them. i'm just trying to plan shit out so i don't get overwhelmed. i haven't built a pc in over 7 years.
>>53906324
If Skylake is way cheaper than Haswell refresh, go for it. If you don't have a computer yet and this is your first ever build, go for it. But if you're going from Haswell refresh to Skylake, there is no point because the tech isn't mature enough.
>>53905699
There are motion interpolation programs like svp, but they are know to i prove only ertain scenes and create lots of noise and artifacting in the video
>>53906244
get something like this: http://es.aliexpress.com/item/Mini-Wireless-Home-Door-window-Entry-Alarm-with-Magnetic-Sensor-TWO-Sound-Ding-Dong-Alarm-Sound/1797386166.html
should be enough to persuade them.
>>53906244
get something like this: http://es.aliexpress.com/item/Mini-Wireless-Home-Door-window-Entry-Alarm-with-Magnetic-Sensor-TWO-Sound-Ding-Dong-Alarm-Sound/1797386166.html
should be enough to persuade them.
>>53906362
The only thing that's changed is that it has become much easier to assemble one. You don't have to worry about fucking up the motherboard cables from hamfisting that sucker in.
Post parts.
>>53906413
6600k, asus r9 390x, asus z170-a, gskill 8gb ddr4 2400, corsair h60, corsair spec-02 case, evga 650w gold
I've been using IPVanish as my VPN for almost half a year now.
I've always been happy with them until I discovered today that it leaks my IPv6 adress even when the VPN is running. It works just fine with IPv4 but whenever I use some shitty IPv6 detector website to check for my IP/location it actually finds my real data.
Am I doing something wrong or is my VPN shit?
>>53905921
You apparently do need to use Win10 to take advantage of all the enhancements in Skylake. 7 and 8.1 will stop getting updates on Skylake platforms before they do on other platforms apparently, though someone will probably make some hack to download and install the security ones anyway.
>>53906324
Definitely more futureproof. However it's apparently a pain in the ass to get Win7 to work well on it.
>>53906331
You still need some input device during the install unless you make an answers file for it so it's fully automated.
>>53906282
Google can't see what you do on other sites unless they pull in Google Analytics, you get to them from Google results or whatever. I block various 3rd party scripts. It's hilarious how little the few ads that get through my uBlock (or when I turn it off) actually know about me. Youtube suggestions only seem to be based on what I watch on Youtube, and don't change based on the shit I search or click on other sites.
So I need to get a rom onto my Nexus 7 tablet and I basically fucked up.
This what I have:
>no pc
>stable but really slow 4-5mbps connection
>a non-jailbroken iPhone 6S
>a Nexus 7 (2013) with a custom recovery but no OS installed
>a Medion E10320 10" tablet, the worst and slowest piece of shit I've ever used, 4.2 non-rooted
>a Toshiba 320GB external hard drive, but the Medion crashes when plugging it in because it doesn't provide enough power
>a USB-OTG cable
>>53906611
>You still need some input device during the install
that's what the ps/2 keyboard is for
also the ps/2 mouse
>>53906446
>corsair h60, corsair spec-02
useless liquid cooling and very gaudy computer case
pick something else anon
Alright /g/, what VPN should I use? I'm a broke college student who doesnt want to spend much money.
>>53902647
Just slide it
>>53906622
This is fine unless you have one of the many modern mobos that don't have two PS/2 ports. You can get by with just one port, since everything can be done from keyboard if you connect only that, and there's an on screen keyboard if you only connect a mouse.
However, a lot of stuff these days doesn't have any PS/2 ports.
>>53902647
Does the thumbtack icon in the top right do anything? It looks like it's pinned.
I hate Outbrain's "Promoted Stories". They are complete bullshit. But, I could not find a Firefox addon to block them.
Is there one?
>>53906707
>However, a lot of stuff these days doesn't have any PS/2 ports.
That's not only disappointing, that's sad. I don't want PS/2 ports to go away like floppies.
Fortunately the asus z170-a has a PS/2 port.
>>53906707
can i buy one of those shitty usb > ps/2 adapters from walmart and use that?
>>53901874
Just go buy a bottle of alcohol. Its a dollar
>>53906768
don't get it from walmart
but those should work so long as you didn't fuck up and buy the reverse, a ps/2 to usb adapter
I got a drawer of that shit from mass ordering them
Downloaded shuttle, decided to try the "scrobling" that /mu/ loves so much since it had an option for it.
No matter what player I use, it won't detect an app playing music. Is this because I don't have a shuttle+ apk?
>>53906727
uBlock. Right click, block element, refine the filter until it blocks the whole box of them. ABP's element selector is a bit easier to use.
uMatrix can probably block it as well. iirc it uses enough javascript or frame stuff.
>>53906766
Many mobos don't have floppy controllers either, and Win10 won't use a floppy controller if it's present.
The ones that do have floppy controllers have shite support for them in BIOS. I got a board a few years ago where the only options were no floppy or one 1.44M floppy. I wanted to use an old dual 3.5/5.25" drive so I could retrieve data from some old disks I had. I ended up finding a Linux kernel command line option to tell it to ignore BIOS saying there's just a 3.5" drive and talk to the controller like it has both. It worked great.
>>53906768
No. That's still a USB device, they just convert it to a normal USB keyboard or mouse. If your problem is lack of USB driver, it ain't gonna work.
>>53906766
There is no meaning in having this old shitties today.
>>53906867
>No. That's still a USB device, they just convert it to a normal USB keyboard or mouse. If your problem is lack of USB driver, it ain't gonna work.
that makes sense
i'm not sure how to get a ps/2 mouse and keyboard 2bh
i'm still learning towards giving up on win7 and just installing win10
>>53906917
You can get them cheap on Newegg. You only need one or the other. Might be slightly annoying with just a keyboard or just a mouse, but it's just for setup and you can do everything with either.
Mice are cheaper. Click the accessibility icon and get the on screen keyboard to use for the text entry parts like CD key, hostname and username.
Keyboard is probably easier. Use tab to move between controls and space to activate the selected one.
>>53903123
Anyone please?
I need a free video editing program for Windows
Anything less shitty than Movie Maker will do
>>53903123
>UK ISP has blocked KAT
>>53906867
>uBlock
Origin?
>>53907275
dude, you don't need a freakin proxy, just switch your dns server to google
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
>>53907296
Blender
Why is it so damn difficult to find PC monitor display specs/measurements? When it comes to smartphones you can always be sure you'll have an in-depth display review from the likes of displaymate or anandtech but for monitors I can honestly find fuck all.
The monitor I'm interested in is this:
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/32507/lg-27mu67-27in-4k-freesync-ips-gaming-monitor
But so far all I've found is "99.% sRGB coverage".
I have an old optiplex 330 with a core 2 duo...is this thing worth upgrading to a quad core..... as kinda of a back up or 'house' computer
>>53906615
Does your Nexus 7 have a microsd slot (and a microsd card)? if so:
use your medion tablet to download the latest CM stable for the nexus 7 tablet (https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Devices#vendor=%22Google%22;type=%22tablet%22;)
copy it to the microsd card, and put it back in the Nexus 7
Install it using your custom recovery
It's the easiest way I can think of. If you don't have a microsd slot, then you must get a pc, maybe go to some local library if you don't have any friends/family with a PC.
>>53907712
Yes, jsut make sure your mobo can handle it.
What's the difference between an 8-bit and 10-bit display?
Also, what is a display with "8-bit plus 2-bit FRC dithering"?
Can an R9-380 support a 3840x2160@60hz monitor? Not sure about all the connectors and shit.
I need help with homework for my beginning python class. can I post that shit here?
>>53907872
Easily.
>>53907890
Yes.
>>53907908
Does it work via DVI or HDMI? Do I need a special cord or something?
My mouse broke down tonight so I have to go back to using vimperator to browse the web. Is there a simple way to still open images/webms inline instead of in a new tab all the time? It's bothersome.
>>53907941
That's a really stupid question. The r9 380 has a DVI and HDMI port.
yo does anyone have the mac software guide?
>>53907960
Well this is the stupid questions thread.
I'm just not sure about all the different revisions or DVI and HDMI and DP and all that shit. Would I just plug the monitor via a dual-link DVI cable and it would work?
>>53907890
the first problem is such: Write a non-fruitful function drawEquitriangle(someturtle, somesize) which calls drawPoly from the previous question to have its turtle draw a equilateral triangle.
This is what I have written from the previous question it refers toimport turtle
def drawPoly(t, num_sides, side_length):
for i in range(num_sides):
t.forward(side_length)
t.left(360/num_sides)
wn = turtle.Screen()
wn.bgcolor('lightgreen')
corrie = turtle.Turtle()
corrie.color('hotpink')
corrie.pensize(3)
drawPoly(corrie, 8, 50)
wn.exitonclick()
and this is the second problem: Extend your program above. Draw five stars, but between each, pick up the pen, move forward by 350 units, turn right by 144, put the pen down, and draw the next star. You’ll get something like this (note that you will need to move to the left before drawing your first star in order to fit everything in the window)
and this is what I have written:import turtle
def drawStar(t):
for i in range(5):
t.forward(100)
t.left(216)
wn = turtle.Screen()
wn.bgcolor('lightgreen')
corrie = turtle.Turtle()
corrie.color('hotpink')
corrie.speed(6)
for i in range(5):
drawStar(corrie)
corrie.penup()
corrie.forward(350)
corrie.right(144)
corrie.pendown()
wn.exitonclick()
In the first question I am stumped in a sense that I don't really understand the question. Am I supposed to be creating a function within another function? And for the second question I'm just having trouble moving it so that everything fits in the screen.
Here is the link for the exercises I'm working with for reference: http://interactivepython.org/runestone/static/thinkcspy/Functions/thinkcspyExercises.html
I'm sorry if I come off as completely retarded, this is the second week of classes and I have absolutely no background in programming or scripting or anything. Thanks for the help!!
I'm a noob. My mom gave me a laptop to reformat (it's slow af) and I want to format it and then boot W10 from USB.
I know how to format the laptop but I can't find a USB boot of W10
I'm probably being retarded but pls help.
>>53908074
Download official Windows 10 ISO from Microsoft's website (google it).
Download the Windows 7 USB Download Tool, use it to format the USB and copy the Windows 10 ISO files over and set up the bootable details.
Download Microsoft Toolkit from the official MDL thread (or check the hashes and get an untouched version off a torrent site). Use it to inject a key into the Windows 10 installation then install AutoKMS.
Done.
What's a good program to repair damaged avi files?
My power went out as I was recording something and now it's just a 371mb file that's 1 second long
>>53901282
ded?
hooooooooooo k, I'm trying to make and image when clicked enlarge in a smooth transition, and return to its original size when clicked again. I gotten it to enlarge on click but not quite right, WDG? What do?
this is it in a nutshell, separate css page too<img id="demo" src="bad-back.jpg" alt="moe">
img:active{
width: 100%;
height:auto;}
>>53908197
Try remuxing it into an .mkv container, then try playing it via mpv and if it's still all fucked up, you're probably out of luck and the video stream is all fucked up.
What is the best ad blocker available at the moment for Chrome?
>>53907977
Look at the DVI port of the r9 380 you want to buy. There's this thing called Google images.
Now look at the DVI port of the monitor you're buying. Compare.
HDMI just werks.
>>53908243
uBlock Origin
fucking newegg won't accept my payment even though i cleared it with my bank REEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>53908127
Thank you very much.
From time to time directory c:\websymbols with bunch of pdb's in separate dirs appear. Some googling suggests that its related to .NET debug symbols local storage. But I'm sure I was not doing anything in VS recently.
Is it because some .NET appliation crashed and the fact I have VS installed? If not then why its happenig?
Can I disable it? If I cant then where can I change a path for it?
>>53905078
Anyone?
>>53908238
thanks for the help
Doing what you said I am able to get the entire video to play in mpv but no sound and scrolling to seek causes it crash whereas clicking doesn't. Have I reached a dead end on this?
Why this keeps showing up in the console when i try to watch videos trough twitch?
http://pastebin.com/XxNraQSz
Videos wont stop buffering.
>inb4 twitch or /v/
I dont have problems with any other streaming service, only with twitch.
Its not uBlock Origin or uMatrix because if i disable them the same thing happens.
Apparently its not only my PC but my phone too.
My internet is more than enough to watch streams without problems (10Mb/s), but even with the lowest quality settings this keeps happening.
Livestreamer has the same problem.
>>53908393
Pretty much, that's as good as you're gonna get I think.
What was the audio codec in use? It might not agree with MKV, causing the audio to not play.
Another thing you could try is re-encoding the video (ffmpeg/Handbrake) which might re-create the timestamp data allowing the video to be seeked through without crashing. Keep the original though.
>>53908419
Change your DNS
Try Google's
>>53908431
I'm giving up on it and redoing it, thanks for the info though
>>53908444
Done, im still having the same problem.
>>53904411
Are there any usb devices connected when you hibernate?If yes then disconnect those.
>>53908556
have you tried youtubedl?
>>53908590
No but still i would like to fix it, that i cant play stuff on my phone or other devices is annoying.
My Xeon E3-1230 v3 just died on me. Should I get an E3-1231 v3 or a i5-4690K to replace it?
I recently upgraded my RAM, now it blue screens when I play games after an hour or so, sometimes, it's a little random. Should I just downgrade again or is there a fix for this?
>>53908626
Bios is at last version?
Also, check if the ram is broken
>>53907552
Yes, obviously Origin. Only true uBlock. Other one is more like uCuck.
Friends wants a pc for making music. Fruity loops stuff. A skylake Pentium should be sufficient, right?
>>53908662
broken how? my computer is recognizing all of it
>>53907780
5-6 bit display with dithering: This is the most common shitty TN panel. 6 bits would be 2^6=64 shades of each primary color (red, green, blue) it can display. You'll see some banding or dither artifacts in smooth gradients. These are typically acceptable for gaming and movies as the artifacts usually aren't terribly visible. Of course if you see this sort of thing and it bothers you, move up.
8 bit: Sensible IPS panel. Can correctly display 2^8=256 shades of each primary color. This is the typical 24 or 32 bit color depth on your PC. (24 bit = 8 bits for each color; 32 bit = 24 bit plus a transparency channel used for mixing layers.) Anything above this probably won't yield any improvement for most tasks.
10 bit: Expensive IPS panel, typically for doing digital art work. These require special drivers, a video card that supports 10 bit color, and software that supports 10 bit output. Otherwise you'll get 8 bit. In practice, this will be limited to Photoshop and some video players if you download anime in 10 bit color.
8 bit plus 2 bit FRC dithering: Better than 8 bit but cheaper than 10 bit panels. Again, this requires 10 bit output from the PC, so the same caveats apply. However, this monitor uses an 8 bit panel, and displays 10 bit color by very quickly flashing between adjacent shades, similar to how a 5-6 bit panel displays 8 bit color. In practice it looks nearly as nice as a proper 10 bit panel, but with some minor artifacting in smooth gradients.
>>53907943
On 4chan? Enable javascript and disable any shitty extensions you're using with it. It does this by default.
Also, cheapass mice are about 5 bucks on Newegg. I know they aren't great, but they're better than nothing, which is what you have now. Should be perfectly sufficient for shitposting, but you'll want something better if you game. Still, makes a good backup for when your real mouse bites the dust.
How would a PC with the i3 skylake and a 750ti preform? Trying to make low watt but powerful PC.
>>53908626
Memtest86+. There's a version of it on the UBCD, as well as many Linux CDs. Let it run a good while and see if it shows errors.
You might try playing with the timings in BIOS if there are errors. Slow it down slightly. Some mobos don't work well with some RAM at quite full speed. Or of course you might just have defective RAM.
>>53908834
A PC can recognize RAM, but then when it stores stuff in it at certain locations, under certain conditions it corrupts it. Memtest86 tries to find any problem spots in your RAM. You can then identify which stick it's in from the address and the capacities (or the stick address map you can ask it to show you in one of the menus).
>>53909009
Get a I5-6400 and a GTX 950SE (70W) if you want a low energy PC.
Also a Gold-Platinum PSU.
>>53909027
Blows my budget but thanks, I'll just wait a bit
>>53909073
How big is your budget?
A gold rated PSU will do.
Where do you guys find your apks? Any good websites that aren't fucking malware?
>>53906140
Open it in browser
>>53906140
Right click>Inspect element.
>>53909082
It's a hypothetical mITX build trying to stay real cheap like 400
>>53907296
Shortcut
Can anyone explain the very easy way to change DNS on android phones?
>>53909115
You might want to save $50-100 more to increase your budget to $500 and you will be able to do it.
You will stay under 300W.
I3-6100 and GTX 950 would work but wouldn't be a "powerful" build.
>>53909144
Doesn't need to be uber-gaymin powerful just enough to play shit games on low, thanks for the advice
>>53909215
Well you might want to get a I5 because how often do you upgrade your CPU?
The i3-6100 will work for that and the GTX 950 would let you play games at mid settings with no problem.
If my app is licensed under gpl3, can i put ads into it?
>>53902853
if you have interest of keeping it and bragging it on /g/ later, get a videocard, it should be enough for quake and similar games.
also clean it.
if not, throw it away
>>53900251
Chinese Traditional
For my 404 computing ethics class I have to write a paper about technological current events.
Any ideas for what to write about?
How does my PC build look
>>53909411
M$ trying to EEE gnu/linux with phase 1 consisting of sticking bash in windows 10
just got a new motherboard and processor. Im unable to get to the BIOs setup using a CD through the normal method (the computer doesnt post and i have no chance to hit the key required to open the menu). I can however access what appears to be the menu using a button on the motherboard that when pressed instantly boots to the menu however the display is fucked up and it appears to be unusable. I dont think its a ram issue because I tried 6 different sticks in each of the 4 different slots and also tried the normal troubleshooting tips like reseating the processor and all the connections and still have no luck.
Could this be a videocard problem? The card is fairly new and it seemed to work just fine a few days ago.
>>53909426
Don't need a window in that case.
Don't need a monitor that expensive either. You're only gaming.
Need another stick of RAM.
>>53901884
net stop netbt
sc config netbt start= disabled
Also check your TCP/IP advanced properties for more NetBIOS shit.
i ordered a logitech g400s off newegg marketplace and it's being shipped from some shithole in southeast asia. did i buy a cheap chinese ripoff?
>>53902326
Retail IT fag here. We use them. Still supporting a WindowsCE device via serial.
Some of Dell's machines that we buy only provide serial via this dongle. We also have PCI & PCIe serial cards.
>>53909426
Looks good, you could get a cheaper PSU like EVGA 650 GS or G1.
A 850 EVO but intel makes good SSDs so its nothing to worry about.
what the heck? i just installed win10, cant get win10 "exclusives" off the store
>>53909601
W10 Education != Home/Pro/Enterprise.
is there any winapi (win32) gui builder?
does visual studio have one?
>>53904934
The BIOS/EFI will boot over USB 3/2/1/whatever. But once Windows 7 setup initializes the USB system (instead of using the BIOS/EFI handler) all USB devices that are missing drivers will stop functioning.
Soooo, if you have a USB keyboard plugged into your machine, and you don't have the driver for either the keyboard (weird ass keyboards) or the USB controller (such as Skylake USB3) integrated into the installer, you will lose your keyboard.
Source: I had to make both of Intel's USB3 chipsets work in Windows 7 setup. I succeeded in doing so.
>>53909669
...okay and that means I cant purchase anything from the store? all the other mobile shit or weird apps seem to be able to purchase from the store.
Is there currently a single GPU card better than 980 Ti in the below 1000$ bracket right now?
Do I install lo/g/os the same as arch or is there a script?
>>53909474
Well, if it doesn't POST then how far is it getting into initialization then?
>>53909712
No, in june the new cards will come out.
>>53909679
Some motherboards have a option in the BIOS to fix the W7 installation.
So my laptop's piece of shit WiFi doesn't work and I don't have access to my modem thru Ethernet since it's in a different room and I only have a short cable. Can I connect my laptop to the internet via ethernet to my desktop? If so, how?
>inb4 Just use your desktop
Desktop is too old for the job
>>53909726
Yes, it's called disabling USB3 (sometimes even USB2).
>>53909742
Buy a longer cable you dingus
>>53909742
Why it doesn't work, what is wrong with it?
>>53909678
ResEd from RadASM.
>>53909721
woops meant to edit that part out. It posts and says that it detects a bootable CD but when this is ran im given 2 options, 1 just ordinary dos and the other some driver that when opened it will either just be a black screen with a blinking underscore or a HP recovery menu with a fucked up display opens up but the only option that works is "run windows without repairing" which attempts to start windows before flashing a BSOD before rebooting itself and bringing me back to step 1.
>>53909797
First thing I'd do is try to get into the BIOS/EFI. Are you rapidly pressing the BIOS key during POST?
Otherwise, can you post a picture of these two options? Also, what CD are you booting from?
>>53909760
I need a quick fix for something right now
>>53909763
From what I can tell, shit gets in to "energy saving" mode and shuts down randomly once it thinks it doesn't need to be on anymore. It sometimes doesn't open pages correctly or I have to reset the connection. I've tried deactivating that function in Windows but it seems that it's embedded within the drivers. Shit's driving me nuts
Corsair 200R is en route to me as I speak. Still bouncing between the 950 and 960 but more importantly, how do I go about safely installing Windows 7 via a USB drive (I have an Enterprise ISO from a trade school) AND tricking it into thinking its genuine?
>>53909853
I am but im unable to get a picture right now because I have my monitor set up to my backup right now and im too lazy to do any more troubleshooting tonight. I was hoping the answer would be fairly straight forward.
also im booting from the CD that came with the motherboard (ASUS M5A99FX)
>>53909954
The CD that comes with the motherboard should only contain drivers. What makes you think it's a bootable CD?
>>53909863
Update wireless drivers then.
Try 3DPN.
Also disable the power saving mode in advanced energy settings.
>>53909853
>>53909954
and also im able to access the BIOs using a button on the motherboard itself which when pressed boots to the bios menu without the need to press anything on the keyboard, When there the display is basically worthless and im just barely able to make out that it is in fact the bios setup menu
>>53909978
I've already Updated them and I've disabled pwer saving mode. I'll try 3dpn
>>53909967
im just following what the user guide told me to do. The computer recognizes it as a bootable CD and attempts to launch it. Do I have a misconception here?
>>53909982
According to ASUS's product page
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/M5A99FX_PRO_R20/
the DirectKey button is to be used when the PC is in standby. Pressing it while the machine is running is a very bad thing to do.
You really need to hammer the DEL key during POST to get into the BIOS.
>>53910032
No, it's not recognizing it as a bootable CD, it's recognizing that there's a CD in the drive. You're really just booting off of your hard drive and getting the HP recovery options.
You can't access the BIOS via a CD. That's a myth (or meme, whatever).
>>53910032
Link to the user guide plz?
Orrrr, what are you really trying to do here? Do you just want BIOS access? Boot a Live Linux CD/USB, put it to sleep, press the DirectKey button.
>>53910067
yes I only use the directkey during standby. using the DEL key does not get me to BIOS
>you are really just booting off of your hard drive not the CD
ok this makes some sense. I was under the impression that you "installed" the bios via the CD.
let me play around with it a bit
>>53910094
The BIOS is kind of a permanent component. You never install a BIOS (well, you can via desoldering/soldering a different chip to your mobo), you can only update/flash it with a newer version.
Is your keyboard plugged directly into the motherboard's USB port? You're not using a KVM or PS/2>USB converter?
>>53910116
From the user manual M5A99FX_PRO_R2.0_V3, page 24:
When the system is on and you press the DirectKey button, your system will shut down. Press the DirectKey button again or the Power-on button to reboot and enter the BIOS directly.
It also says this button can be disabled in the BIOS, lol.
So my mom had an Amazon Fire Phone because she got a good deal, and she decided to upgrade to a much better phone and gave me hers. It was only then that I realized how much of a piece of shit this thing is. Basically every app worth talking about seems to be from Google Play, but Google Play doesn't support Fire Phone. I can't even download any emulators on this thing. I can't pirate games. NOBODY supports the Amazon Fire Phone!
So I try going through online tutorials to make it "think" it's an Android instead. The tutorials are straightforward enough, except I have a problem regarding the APK files. On the ES File Explorer, I have downloaded the correct APK files. Problem is that my phone doesn't know what an APK file even is. I can't really "open it" as anything because whatever I open it as is either nonsense or not functional. So I guess I have to download an APK installer. So I try looking for it and...nothing. No matter what I seem to do, I can't get this piece of crap to actually get me anywhere! It has no idea what an APK file is.
So aside from the "just get a new phone" option, is there ANY way I can make my Fire Phone do anything? Make it download Android Apps, or the Google Play store, or anything? I almost think all those tutorials online are outdated at this point and Amazon selfishly patched the way how.
>>53910240
Have you enable installation of 3rd party apk in setting ?
>>53901282
Hey, /sqt/. I am building a home Xeon server for the following reasons:
>SMB shares
>Tonido (dropbox clone)
>Plex for media, 2-3 clients will load using their own codecs, but 1-2 clients over the internet will need transcoding
>Possibly Subsonic
>Torrentbox
>Depending on the placement/size of the box, possible passthrough to a low-end GPU for an HTPC VM to my home theatre
>Working on network rendering my video work to make use of the hyperthreading
All-in-all, just an all-around multipurpose server, ranging from small workloads to medium-high, depending on what I am actively doing. The Xeon model I am using is a Xeon E3-1240v3 that I snagged on eBay from a webhosting company that was liquidating their assets, they claimed the CPU had not been used in large workloads.
Anyway, my dilemma is this: I am focusing on minimizing power usage. I do not need a ton of space, except when using it to render my content from Adobe, so I'm probably going to go with (at most) 3x2TB storage drives. So the question comes down to the power supply. Seeing as this build will not use more than 300W, I could imagine, should I still go with a Gold rated PSU? Since it is just a home server, I don't believe I need a Platinum. Now, I can afford it, but there are no Gold-rated PSUs that are under 400w that are a reputable brand. They are all Bronze or just plain 80+ for that wattage, and so I would be forced to buy a 500w for ~$75 for Gold. Since I am in the process of building and want to be 95% sure that I am taking all options into account before buying, I figured I would ask here since a lot of you have your own servers in use.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks /g/.
Just watched Pacific Rim. It's an OK movie, but not the masterpiece some people claim. Did I miss something? Red pill me.
>>53910283
I knew this would be the first question. Because this is a forum, and asking completely obvious questions that are already answered in the initial post by either implication or just blatantly mentioning it and then not extending that question with something like "if yes" or "if no" to actually help them seems to be a logical thing to do for some people.
Yes, it's enabled. Can you help me now? If not, then please do not reply.
>>53910394
Now aren't you just a happy camper!
>>53910420
>mfw
No really, I see this shit all the time when looking up problems. Someone asks "where do i throw this apple core away" then some idiot replies with "well have you eaten the apple yet?" Then that might be the only actual reply and it goes NOWHERE because these people don't understand that it's a forum and not a fucking chat room. There's not going to be live feedback, so if you're going to ask a completely obvious question, do the person asking it a favor and extend on the question.
I have a Note 2 and have felt like drawing some simple little animations when it's a slow day at work. Any recommended apps I could look for?
>>53910480
adulthood.apk
>>53901282
>>53910355
To add to this, I guess what I'm trying to figure out is this:
If my max power usage for all my hardware is, let's say 175w. My PSU, hypothetically, is 500w. Does this mean that, at max hardware load, not power, will I be pulling 200 watts from the wall, or does it mean I will only pull more when my PSU gets to 90% load?
Is it okay to pay for a VPN through Paypal or should I use another method?
So i got a 10GB partition of linux on my SSD, i can't access it anymore because i don't got grub booting anymore, i tried easybcd but couldn't suceed for some reason.
I want to save this linux partition to a bootable iso file so i can use it throught virtualbox or something like that, how do i do this ?
>>53910394
ok, if you don't like going step by step then I won't ask you to try adb shell or check your apk
>>53910795
This is a forum, not a chatroom. If there's a step-by-step method, provide it initially. Don't assume that I'm always going to be here to answer basic questions. ASSUME how I'll answer them, and respond depending on how I answer.
Also,
>check your apk
Why would I want a step-by-step method from someone who clearly didn't read the first post?
>>53910366
It's basically a live action mecha anime. So, it's great if you like that sort of thing, and less amazing if you don't I guess.
The Dell Precision laptops models m4500 and m6500 use socket LGA 1366 for their CPUs.
You can read that here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Precision
Now...my question is if it is possible to install a desktop Xeon CPU in these laptops. There is a low power version of the LGA 1366 Xeons available with the model # of L5630
http://ark.intel.com/products/47927
Could you install this CPU in a laptop? The TDP is only 5 watts over the CPUs the laptop shipped with.
The only issue I can see if the BIOS not allowing it in a way similar to the desktop workstations complaining about the x5600 series Xeons sometimes.
>>53902855
They are connected to a mains powered USB hub which I disconnect as the computer is shutting down
>>53909771
radasm looks perfect but there's dead links on google, russian tutorials...
how do i setup RadASM?
>>53911019
lol... I seriously doubt it. Then again I don't see much reason it shouldn't work apart from BIOS whitelists -- the chipsets and sockets are the same, and it should be able to handle it in terms of power and heat.
I doubt anyone has tried this. Give it a shot and write something up about it if you have a bit of cash to blow on something that may or may not work. If it doesn't work, you should be able to get a workstation board and use the Xeon in that.
>>53902855
OS? If it's Windows, next time it does it, run the commandpowercfg /lastwake. That will make output like this:Wake History Count - 1
Wake History [0]
Wake Source Count - 1
Wake Source [0]
Type: Fixed Feature
Power Button
That example from my laptop is saying that the reason it woke up last was that the power button was pressed. Whatever it lists as the reason, go look for in Device Manager and see if there's a setting on the Power tab for it to disallow it waking up the computer.
Also see Event Viewer, system log. See if there are any interesting entries from "Power Troubleshooter".
For Linux, check dmesg. For OSX, I forget the command but there's something similar to what powercfg /lastwake does on Windows.
The computer I just built keeps waking itself up instantly when I put it to sleep. I cannot for the life of me figure out what it is.
Wake History Count - 1
Wake History [0]
Wake Source Count - 1
Wake Source [0]
Type: Device
Instance Path: ACPI\PNP0C0C\aa
Friendly Name:
Description: ACPI Power Button
Manufacturer: (Standard system devices)
The only things plugged in are the keyboard and mouse and I've disabled them from being allowed to wake the computer up. I tried looking through the power management section in my bios but didn't find any setting that could be responsible for this. Should I just do a fresh install?
Can someone post that /g/ approved guide to installing a Enterprise edition of Windows 10 and debloating it to have the least unnecessary shit and spyware.
>>53911142
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Events>
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Power-Troubleshooter" Guid="{CDC05E28-C449-49C6-B9D2-88CF761644DF}" />
<EventID>1</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-04-07T05:32:22.968811100Z" />
<EventRecordID>2194</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{159235E4-772C-49C1-8B45-05EF50C00265}" />
<Execution ProcessID="1224" ThreadID="2536" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>DESKTOP-R729G06</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-19" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="SleepTime">2016-04-07T05:32:14.516159400Z</Data>
<Data Name="WakeTime">2016-04-07T05:32:20.974621500Z</Data>
<Data Name="SleepDuration">327</Data>
<Data Name="WakeDuration">479</Data>
<Data Name="DriverInitDuration">453</Data>
<Data Name="BiosInitDuration">550</Data>
<Data Name="HiberWriteDuration">918</Data>
<Data Name="HiberReadDuration">0</Data>
<Data Name="HiberPagesWritten">84705</Data>
<Data Name="Attributes">20737</Data>
<Data Name="TargetState">4</Data>
<Data Name="EffectiveState">5</Data>
<Data Name="WakeSourceType">5</Data>
<Data Name="WakeSourceTextLength">17</Data>
<Data Name="WakeSourceText">ACPI Power Button</Data>
<Data Name="WakeTimerOwnerLength">0</Data>
<Data Name="WakeTimerContextLength">0</Data>
<Data Name="NoMultiStageResumeReason">0</Data>
<Data Name="WakeTimerOwner" />
<Data Name="WakeTimerContext" />
</EventData>
</Event>
</Events>
I have a gigabtye z97 hd3
>>53911107
Fuck sakes, this really has become unobtainable. Here, have an old version that should still work well. I found it in a backup of an old external HDD I had:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9822822/ResEd1131.zip
>>53911142
>>53911200
It woke up because of the power button. Odd. Um... try disconnecting the power button from your mobo and see if that cures it. Maybe the button's faulty somehow. Apart from that, all I can think of is some electrical weirdness causing it to think the button was pressed.
I asked in /ic/, but that's a slow board, and I have a feeling this question might be more /g/-related. It's in that weird grey area.
Anyway. I currently have a concept artist for a website. I need to find a website designer. I've googled for freelance website designers, but couldn't seem to find a particular database for them.
Does anyone have recommendations for particular designers, or a website that will help me find designers? And yes, this is obviously paid work.
>>53911342
eLance maybe. Do be sure to check out the examples of past work that people link to when they make a proposal. Sometimes you get total idiots there.
Will a Thinkpad R61 be enough for today's computing? I just want to watch youtube, netflix and do some web development.
>>53911140
It won't work. It's an error on wikipedia :\
The laptops actually use PGA988
>>53911413
For what you want to do, a Core 2 Duo should cut it. Battery life won't be spectacular and it'll be heavy compared to something more modern that would do the same though.
I've got a Dell E6400 from around that time period. Thing runs quite well and would be quite enough for what you're looking to do. It's got a slightly better CPU than you'd probably be getting -- I forget the model number but it's 2.4 GHz.
>>53911472
Good, it sounded like crazy talk to me. They almost never put desktop sockets or chips in laptops apart from some Pentium 4 luggables.
Moving from a mid tower to a full and need to replace my barely fitting 10" sata cables that connect my disks. What length tends to be right for mobo-3.5 and will I need something longer for the 5.25 bays?
>>53911634
Varies by case? Run a piece of string between them and leave a reasonable bit of slack. Take it out and measure how long it is.
Don't have the case yet? Find references in a picture of it. Like, look at a bay, measure it in pixels and measure the same height bay in your PC. Now measure other distances and multiply by the same scale factor. It's a guesstimate, but it should help you select.
Can anyone recommend a good smart pen to use in lectures? I would love to be able to have a digital copy of my notes but haven't looked at them much.
How would you know if the gov is watching you?
>>53912010
You wouldn't. That's the point.
Foobar2000 is using 7-8% CPU playing MP3 files. This seems a bit high for such a simple task, even on this little netbook. Do I have some setting that's made it less efficient, or is my CPU really that shit?
It's an AspireOne with an AMD C-60 APU. I know it's shit, but this still sounds a bit on the high side.
>>53912029
well damn
>>53911634
Don't forget to check your PSU cables as well, not just the data cables. My power cables were actually too short to connect to my DVD and BD drive, so I had to get extensions when I got my new case.
Have a question of my own, it's kind of complicated, but at the most basic level, I can't use Windows 8 and Windows 10 on my computer. Whenever I install either of them, it just keeps freezing on the startup screen, when you see the Windows logo with the spinning circle below. The computer locks hard, I can only force it to shut down with the power button. Anybody know what could cause this?
>>53912111
Drivers are the usual culprit, chipset and GPU in particular. What hardware do you have in this thing? Have you tried safe mode?
>>53912111
Have you tried installing to a different disk? That's all that comes to mind right away
>>53912139
>>53912111
Wait, are you saying it hard locks booting the installer, or after it's installed when it tries to boot from the HDD for the first time?
Since we are all anon:
What is your number 1 fetish?
Are older Android versions (e.g. 4.4) still secure / kept up to date?
Want to build Android from source since the CyanogenMod for my phone lost support like a year ago. Now I have the choice between a shitload of Android versions, but only older ones get official kernels n stuff. Since I don't want to install half of the kernel modules off of someone's github, i wondered if older versions are acceptable from a security point of view.
Couldn't find anything on xda-dev or google, so I hope someone here knows
Okay, so here's the situation:
I'd like to learn Windows Development using the WinAPI, mainly for development of video game hacks and perhaps some other small applications.
I already know C and some x86 ASM, however it seems like I will need to use C++ ro make full use of the API.
So I'm wondering if there are actually some good books on Windows development (preferably using C++) and if there is some kind of reference for the API.
All I can find is some unreadable clusterfuck on MSDN.
Also, do I need to use Visual Studio, or is CodeBlocks also a viable alternative?
I've done some tests and it seems to work fine even for basic GUI applications, but I want to make sure that I don't run into a wall later on.
>>53912128
Yeah, safe mode did work. Drivers were tricky, when I tried to install the chipset driver in safe mode it gave me an "Unspecified Error". Using an Intel i5-3570k. Could the GPU drivers really cause a lock-up like that? I hadn't installed any yet. Also, Microsoft Edge doesn't work in safe mode for some reason.
>>53912139
I did, same problem, sadly. The thing is, all my other disks are pretty huge and thus I have them in GPT. I read you can actually install on GPT using UEFI and shit, but that actually killed my Win7 installation too.
>>53912150
The latter, but the issue repeats. The only way to get it to boot into Win10 is safe mode.
>>53912160
yeah dude, my tablet has kitkat. It will cont to update fine man
>>53912156
Installing Gentoo on outdated Thinkpads.
>>53912161
You do not need C++ in general. OLE is C++, though you can muddle through with C by passing 'this' pointers manually and so forth. Still I'd say use C++ unless you hate how much it bloats your exes compared to C -- you don't need to write OOP style code to use it, you can write the same as you would in C and toss an object around here and there as needed. It's also useful for STL containers like Vectors and Lists.
Books... I rather like Petzold's Programming Windows.
CodeBlocks works, as does plain old MinGW or even OpenWatcom. OpenWatcom seems to produce slightly tighter and faster asm than MinGW last I tested, but that was some years ago.
The only real walls you'll run into from not using VisualStudio are:
- occasional 3rd party lib that ships with VS .lib files but not MinGW .a/.o files so you have to compile it yourself
- some instructions assuming VS that you have to adapt to MinGW or OpenWatcom
- if you ever want to use MFC, you'll have to move to VS
>>53912289
>gentoo
god damn anon, that is just gross
>>53910742
reposting my question
How do i make a usable image for virtualbox/vmware out of a disk partition ?
>>53912189
Where do you get the updates from (google play or does the os itself notify you)?
I'll run it kinda freetard style without gApps, but idk if i need them to get android updates. Thanks for helping
>>53912639
Have you never used an android my franon?
it will notify you when it's ready.
>>53912667
Well i used a version of CyanogenMod that was discontinued for my phone, and CM only gets system updates from CMupdater (which only ever happened once due to discont.). So no, i never used vanilla android. Where do updates in vanilla come from/what "repositories" does it use?
I had windows 8 installed on my thinkpad. I shrunk C: and installed fedora 23 on it.
Fedora is running fine, but now I can't boot windows it gives me error 0xc0000225. please help, I've been trying to fix it for the last 5 hours.
Has anyone actually EVER been charged for downloading copyrighted material, like on Usenet or file hosters?
I know there have been plenty of cases with torrents, earlier with limewire and so on, but the technicality in all cases was that people were actually UPLOADING the movies/songs as well, however tiny the fragments were.
I know there is always a first time, just interested in the history...
>>53912945
The fact that uploading is the only thing that gets you caught is a myth. The issue is that when you're in a swarm, your IP is plain for the world to see. All that Lawyer McGee has to do is add the torrent to his client and look at your IP. Provided you don't use a VPN, he knows your IP, plain and simple.
With file hosts such as rapidgator and shit, they usually have provisions guaranteeing a degree of anonymity and such, and just getting an IP is an arduous process, which most legal companies can't be bothered with for a normal copyright claim. I assume that's how it works, anyway.
>>53912858
Details... Are you using UEFI or legacy/BIOS/CSM boot? / Is your disk GPT or MBR partitioned? What boot manager are you using, GRUB? What does the entry for booting Windows look like?
I'll assume you're using BIOS/MBR/GRUB. I take it you have an entry that looks something like this:title "Windows":
root (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
Take the 1 from hd0,1 (or hd0,msdos1 as the case may be). That's your partition number. Look at your partition table in fdisk. Is there a * next to that partition in the "Boot" column, and no * for boot on any other partition? (If not, use the A command to toggle the boot flag on partitions until this is the only one listed for Boot.) Is that number your System Reserved partition? (If not, change your GRUB config to make it.)
Assuming your GRUB config and partition table check out, the next place to look is your Windows BCD. Boot up a Windows 8 install DVD (Win10 will work as well for repairing Win8). As soon as you have control, disregard the usual menus and press shift+F10 to pop up a command prompt. From there:diskpart
list vol
exit
Note the volumes it lists. Find your usual C: drive in there. It will most likely be D: or some other letter if you booted from a USB Windows installer. Now dobcdboot D:\Windows
Where D: is the drive from the last step. This will rebuild your BCD. Now exit out of Windows Setup and see if you can boot it.
>>53913051
Well depends on the country I guess.
Here in yuropoor it's really only the process of uploading that gets you fined. All charges are made for distributing copyrighted material.
Because there are tons of torrent charges made but none for file hosters. There HAVE been cases where uploaders to the file hosters have been busted though.
I think there is a law for plain downloading as well, but the fine is soooo much lower than for distributing that it's not worth it for Lawyer McGee to even think about prying the IPs from the hosters.
See the mega upload bust, no one has been charged either and for this they wouldn't even have to get a judge and shit.
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