/sqt/ - Stupid Questions Thread

>>58234261
>Anon just reinstall windows, you fucked up somewhere.

Should I just go all out and DBAN it?

>>58234405
No need to DBAN, you are reinstalling windows not hiding yourself from FBI/CIA/Government institution/Removing Ransom-Cryptoware/Etc.

Windows installer format option will be enough.

>>58234432
Alright, note taken. Good thing because that would do a number on my SSD.

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Anybody know why the fuck this is happening?
Just started now when I installed some new software thing for my audio interface. Window is just blank.

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I bought one of these. I didn't think of it before buying, but this thing gets really fucking hot. Is it suppose to get this hot? It is almost hot enough to burn, like your seatbelt if you left your car in the sun.

>>58234461
Probably adware that came with the installer.
Run Adwcleaner.

>>58234481
Yes, the smaller it is the less space it has to dissipate heat.
Ofcourse it will get hot and die fast.

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Having just built my first pc with an Nvidia gpu, and only after then learning about freesync and gsync, will my card take advantage of my monitor's vertical sync capabilities? Is vertical sync related to free sync/gsync?

>>58234323
MSI tru be honest. I've never had a problem with any of their products.

>>58234488
no, thats the actual program that I want to run. It's a control panel program to set the audio latency and sample rate and all that. I tried installing another program as well and it just opens up white.

>>58234500
i second this.

How should I go about encrypting my Samsung 850 EVO 500GB

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>>58234432
I hate to take this another step forward but I just ran search everything on my laptop (not the same PC I have been referring to) and ataport comes up as well.

Im just confused at this point....

Apologies for railing on this single issue.

>>58234500
>>58234530
I guess i will have for it to be on stock again, right now is being sold by 3rd party stores in amazon.

I could buy ASUS Z97 right away but i have no hurry.

If I were to upgrade my cpu and motherboard then reinstall windows, which would be better to do first?

>>58234611
ataport.sys is a standard driver, it might be your hardware (e.g. HDD/SSD) being faulty and causing the issue.

>>58234611
ataport.sys is present in all computers that use windows, i have it too.

Its giving you problems for something you changed or something that might be running.
Usually when something is giving you problems and you have no need to create backups the logical thing to do is reinstall windows.
If the problems persist then its time to check for hardware problems.

>>58234611
Remove and put again your SSD SATA cable both in the motherboard and in the drive.

Can anyone explain me how the fuck virtualization IPs work?

Like, for example, I have the IP 177.77.77.69 on my Windows 10 (external and static) and I make a virtual machine with Centos and the external ip is 177.77.77.69 because they literally share the network. Now let's say I install ssh on Centos and try to connect from outside. I ssh the ip mentioned before and I connect there, right? How does it make a difference between the host and the VM if they both have the same ip? how does it even work

i'm a little bit drunk so sorry if this doesn't make sense

Lmao i posted this by mistake in headphone general, what a cuck general, who cares about headphones that much, literally my $5 headphones sound the same as super geek $500 ones retards

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157685

I recently purchased this for my parents, and while installing the whole computer, i just realized that there's no direct VGA
should I get them a VGA-DVI adapter or a VGA-HDMI adapter?

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>>58234667
>>58234664
Alright. My pc so far has only experienced two blue screens. And they both happened as I was resetting it.

>>58234691
I will try this.

So....no malware? Maybe? here is the original screen capture from my new PC

>>58234705
>Graphics Output Options: DVI-D, HDMI
>DVI-D
Ya blew it m8
Better just buy an el cheapo GPU with either a DVI-I or VGA port.
Or get them a modern screen.

>>58234714
Its not malware for sure.
Its either a software(Windows) or Hardware issue.

>>58234705
That is somewhat expensive for a H110 motherboard.

>>58234731
My dad's got a problem with LEDs so a modern screen wouldn't work
Fug, guess ill have to pop over to best buy or something and pick up a GPU
>>58234754
keep in mind it's canuck bucks, our dollar is trash right now

>>58234789
>My dad's got a problem with LEDs so a modern screen wouldn't work
What.

Try a GT videocard.

>>58234801
They seem to give him headaches and nausea
I think its a small percentage of the population that just can't handle them

>>58234820
Might be because of PVM backlighting.
Look it up, there are screens without it.

>>58234820
LED lights have problems(High speed flashing) that are harmful for some people but LED screens dont are affected by it (Unless we add PVM backlight in consideration).

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>>58231916

>>58234754
>Its not malware for sure.
>Its either a software(Windows) or Hardware issue.

Alright interesting. Well I will try to fix it later tonight or tomorrow. I may just update my SATA drivers and see what happens, if it is related to SATA shit like >>58234691 describes.

>>58234839
mustve been the high speed flashing then

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>>58234698
>>58234698
pls respond

>>58234845
Anon just reinstall windows.
I know it will take longer but you can confirm if its windows or your SSD Drive/cable/Other.

how do you delete music downloaded via upnp on android foobar2000? it downloads it to a root folder and my phone is not rooted. i can't seem to find an option to delete tracks in the app itself.

>>58234868
Ha, alright.

Thanks for the help.

What is in /g/ experience the coldest running gtx 1080 card?

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Hi, im trying to bridge two routers using a lubuntu laptop, i did it yesterday, but someone unplugged the laptop and i can't get it to work again

I did it by going to Network Connections -> Ethernet -> Edit -> IPv4 Settings -> Shared to other computers; it took a while i think i had to reboot the router n° "2" at some time, i just don't remember in what order i had to connect the cable, reboot the shit, and change the settings, or if i touched anything else, or if there's a better way to do it.

Anybody knows?

I can't launch Mankind Divided, gives me this error, crashes on intro all the time

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: DXMD.exe
Application Version: 1.11.616.0
Application Timestamp: 5821c5a6
Fault Module Name: KERNELBASE.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.23539
Fault Module Timestamp: 57c99bd4
Exception Code: e06d7363
Exception Offset: 000000000001a06d
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 5c63
Additional Information 2: 5c63c7659125a882dd2099aa47aaeda4
Additional Information 3: ef4d
Additional Information 4: ef4d0374abd0d485fddfc9a99e82eb89

I heard I could bypass the issue if I changed my location in the control panel, but doesn't work for me at all.

I can play if I switch to a Guest profile, but then I don't have my saves.

Also I got a BSOD while playing the game, might be relevant info I guess

>>58234323
my screenfetch ascii image is broken by my graphics info after an update. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling screenfetch, no dice. what do i do?

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Is this just an inaccurate temp reading or what?

>>58235329
What videocard do you have?

>>58235392
Gigabyte 970

>>58235387
Yes otherwise it would have hit the safety shutdown.

Your motherboard thermometer is kill.
Try checking trough HWmonitor or OpenHardwareMonitor.

I am a mouthbreathing layperson. How do I know which GPU is better? Like is an Intel 620 or whatever better than a slightly slower dedicated NVIDIA one?

Is this even something I should bother considering if I only do very light PC gaming? The extent of my laptop gaming is simple steam fare like ShovelKnight and sometimes Dungeon Fighter

>>58235473
i mean, here's some food for thought; cs:source runs on an acer chromebook 11 with ubuntu unity at ~40fps and those things have celerons with integrated graphics. You probably don't need to worry much about low-spec games.

>>58234323
I have the Z97-A. Flawless board. I'd definitely recommend.

>>58235499
Is it the USB 3.0 or the USB 3.1 version?

>>58235392
oh fuck

I just tried out putting the save files elsewhere and the game starts just fine.

Is there a way I can revert my save files to their last version? Fuck

I won an ipad pro from work, should I keep it or sell it? I want a laptop/tablet to watch anime when traveling, but never used Apple and it seems like a piece of shit.

My tablet just got banned from 4chan
I was posting with it this morning, but now it's banned apparently since april 2015. Is this a case of mobile ip shenanigans?

Very stupid question inbound, but is it intensive to run dual monitors? I've never done it.

Can someone recommend a GPU for video encoding? It will be the only thing it will be doing. I won't be gaymen with it.

>>58235735
No unless you are doing intensive stuff in both of them.

Are there any good USB-C passthrough charging/sync docks?

Just got a Pixel and can't find one that seems trustworthy. Most of them are just Micro-USB to USB-C converters and people claim they charge incredibly slowly.

is there a chance Zen will be a good processor?

>>58235317
ok see, now i "got it working" by disabling dhcp in Router 2 and giving it a fixed private ip, but now this is going on:

Computer 1 connects to Router 2 and gets internet and adminpage of Router 1, cant access adminpage of Router 2, nor see it

Computer 2 and Mobile 1 connect to Router 2 but get NO internet and NO access to Router 1 but YES access to adminpage of Router 2

And if nmap my shit from Computer 1 i can see that Computer 2 and Mobile 1 are NOT connected to the same network Computer 1 is.

Also Computer 1 got assigned 10.42.0.133 instead of 192.*.*.* as it normally goes

now that motorola is owned by lenovo are they a better company to buy from compared to when they were owned by microsoft?

My ancient second monitor finally passed away
Looking for a pretty cheap monitor to use in portrait mode to save some space on my desk
and spread my tabs out, music player, etc.
Not going to be main monitor so LCD/LED is fine
The free ports on my graphics card are DVI-I DVI-D and displayport

>>58235844
if quality isn't a concern, why not just pick up a suitable second hand monitor?

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Anyone know if any retailers like Digikey, Mouser, etc. offer student discounts?

>>58235892
So just search Amazon/Newegg for refurbished monitors and make sure it isn't affixed to a stand so that I can turn it for portrait use?

>>58236005
pretty much
while i haven't done any portrait setups myself, i'd be surprised if there wasn't generic VESA-connected stands that could rotate, most monitors have VESA connectors on them

>>58234705
same guy here with the same motherboard, it being DDR4 is only for ram right? Could I put in any GPU, such as a DDR3 one?

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>>58236039
>>58236005
ever wondered what those four holes on the back of most monitors are? those are the VESA mounting holes, it's standard

>>58236092
Ah, learned something new!
So anything with VESA should be able to be snapped out, rotated, and snapped back in?

>>58234493
Gsync and freesync are variants of adaptive sync. Unless you have a monitor that explicitly features these and has a displayport input, you cannot use adaptive sync. If you're talking about vertical syn as in "vsync" on your control panel or in a games video settings, then that will lock the frame rate to the refresh rate of the monitor as well as introducing a reduction in screen-tearing at the cost of some latency and cpu overhead.

can i update my website's "copyright all rights reserved" to 2017 even though it's still 2016 now?

I want to practice coding between semesters.
What's some good practice?

>>58234789
Buy a used low-spec card for less than $30, the gt 210, 610, 740, and the r5 240 are all cards that are sold in stores with that type of spec but at more than you should pay for them

>>58236162
You can change it to 2043 if you want.

Got a $10 iTunes gift card. What should I get?

Got no answer from /hpg/
>>58232902
>>58232915

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I'm thinking about migrating my Linux build to a smaller case, which would also mean that I need to get a new motherboard. Would there be any complications with doing this? I'm switching from the MSI Z170-A Pro to the Asus Z170I Pro Gaming (yeah I know it's gaymer shit, but it has all the features I want).

Sample build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vJPQwV

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I kinda fucked up and fucked a new CPU and possibly a motherboard with retard strength because I pulled out the old CPU when it was locked in. My new CPU is missing a pin but heats up when the computer turns on. However I get no monitor/USB response. Is it the motherboard that's fucked or the cpu or both?

>>58236401
>Pins
Another bad thing from AMD CPUs.
If it were bent you could just put it back in place but its gone.

>New build
>AMD Based
You just keep making mistakes.

>>58236401

Salvage what you can and restart.

>>58236426
There are literally zero problems with amd

>>58236135
the VESA mount only refers to the four holes on the back, it doesn't mean the stand with be rotatable, so be sure the one you pick can do so if you need it

that said, i'm pretty sure the pattern is square, so even if it's not rotatable, you could just affix it permanently in the portrait orientation, if you don't need to be able to easily rotate it

>>58236467
>DDR3
>Inferior CPUs for single core stuff which is pretty much everything
>Dead socket
>No M2
And so on.

>>58236287

Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere

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How can I edit an existing theme in Firefox?
In this case, just change the colors. I can't find the CSS anywhere.

>>58234655
Windows sometimes assigns a code to your motherboard, so when you upgrade, it may ask you to reinstall anyway.

How worth it even is overclocking?

I'm planning on dropping a pretty penny for my first build, https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ but I'm not sure if it's really worth it to spend the extra on the processor and mobo for overlocking. I plan to do some video editing and streaming here and there but can I get by with something less?

Also just how important is it for me to wait until ryzen prices are announced to buy my CPU?

I currently have a vpn server running on a raspberry pi with some shared drives on it.

Can someone explain to me the difference between the following, if I am connecting remotely from a laptop to access the files, stream stuff, etc:

Just connect to the vpn and point to the shared drive

or

Use a vpn server and an ftp server.

>>58236682
Looks like a 10/10.
Just look at all that nothing with nothing.

>>58236682
As a general rule, never wait. You didn't link anything. Don't spend a shitton extra for overclocking if you don't have an obvious need.

>>58234493
No, not related.

What is the best program to test whether an HDD is failing?

>>58236484
Shit album desu. I bought FFVI.

What is the best chrome-based alternative for windows? I'm getting mixed messages on whether Iridium is reliable/safe

>>58236850
Chrome.

>>58236857
Ok, what is the best non-botnet/Floss chrome-based alternative for windows?

I'm on neetbux and I forgot to report ~$500 of income from half a year ago when a sysadmin hurt their back by being fat and needed me to do stuff. Is this going to be a problem?

>>58237159
you're fucked anon

>WIN10 drag and drop over drives
I want to change it to move files instead of copying them from one drive to another.

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A few weeks ago I started getting these single green or red dot on my minotor

they keep multiplying every day, seems to differ locations depending on the program too

my gpu is dying, isn't it?

>>58237256
Try known good.

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What are some good books for subs to read?

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>>58227310

Am I at any kind of risk of corrupting anything because of the installer incorrectly downloading an old version of the drivers, and then allowing me to successfully re-install what I had by the same methods?

Everything within Windows, dxdiag and Radeon settings say I'm using the correct drivers. Tested a few games for about 10 minutes each and absolutely nothing crashed. Haven't seen if anything fucks up during longer use, but somehow it turned out fine.

Is there a way to check if 2 drivers for the same GPU are conflicting? I don't even know if that's possible.

>>58237159
Report that shit however they let you. Saves you from being sued or having to deal with 1099s. The IRS is a load of shit, but it's worth being honest if you took it in as taxable income and not under the table.

Anyone know good books for Java, HTML and SQL?

How is the Head First series?

So I just bought a RPI 3 and a 3g usb modem that's capable of both internet, voice and text (using asterisk). Can I use this to somehow intercept messages or calls, and if so, how?

>>58237366
You should run Display Driver Uninstaller and reinstall your drivers just to be sure.

>>58237569
You can set your phone to foward messages and/or calls to another device.

>>58237256
Yes.

>>58237185
http://winaero.com/blog/set-the-default-drag-and-drop-action-in-windows-10-windows-8-and-windows-7/
Found this with google, give it a shot.

>>58235723
Yes, it has a dynamic IP address which changes from time to time. You just got an IP that used to belong to somebody else who got his ass banned. You could appeal the ban, or just wait until you get a new IP. That might be as soon as the next time you disconnect from the mobile network and reconnect.

>>58237660
>You can set your phone to foward messages and/or calls to another device.
No, no. I mean if it's possible to somehow impersonate a cell tower and have other phones connect to the pi.

A bunch of questions if someone is willing to entertain them. When I was setting up my Comcast internet service I didn't think much about it at the time but I remember I had to change my router's MAC address to get the connection working with my router. I think Comcast only allows one device to access their network per subscription by looking at the device's MAC address running their stupid installation software. Is this right? Do all ISP's do this to prevent unauthorized devices from accessing their network? If not, is this just a way to get other people to keep renting their modems? Finally, does that mean I would either have to spoof my network adapter's MAC address or rerun the installation if I want to connect my computer directly to the modem?

>>58237692
You'll probably need something beefier than a simple usb modem. Also that'd be illegal as hell and you could end up in prison for several years.

what's the release date on Kaby Lake? Last I heard was January 5th but I figure we'd hve heard some news by now if that were the case.

PLEASE HELP ME I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

MY LAPTOP IS ACTING UP

>turn on laptop
>turns on and boots up normally
>log in
>desktop is empty except for taskbar
>background is still there too>task-based does nothing
>"windows explorer has stopped working"
>waiting or restarting computer does nothing
>wait a bit, icons suddenly appear
>attempting to open a folder shows an empty windows explorer screen, same error pops up
>error pops up randomly if I do nothing anyway
>posting on phone

It seems that my computer is reacting slowly to any input I try to give it, and/or windows explorer is not working right too.

Fuck, in so scared. I need my computer. I'm so sleepy too. I didn't know where else to ask for help.

Can anyone help me?

>>58237795
Might be broken harddrive. Happened to me last month. Got it fixed for a fairly good price.

Does anyone know how to create a Windows 8.1 To Go SD card? I'm trying to boot windows off a separate storage device so I don't have to partition my laptop's small SSD.

First I tried this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NJfEDQ8D2Y
Which seemed to work, but when I booted the drive was stuck with the spinning animation.

Then I tried to create the drive using Rufus, but apparently my sd card has the removable attribute, where it will only work with a fixed attribute (remove attribute would cause the loading to hang, like in my first attempt).

I'm going to try http://www.admin-magazine.com/Articles/Putting-Windows-8-on-a-USB-Drive tomorrow, although it seems exactly the same as my first attempt (but with some installation kit thing).

I tried to figure out if I could purchase a fixed attribute flash drive, but it seems you're most likely to get removable and amazon pages don't list what type the flash drive is. There are a few drives certified to work, but they're overly expensive.

>>58237714
Don't connect your computer directly to a modem. The hardware firewall is important and will beat the hell out of a software firewall on your computer.

>>58237795
Get a Linux USB and check HDD status.
(Download Linux Mint and make a bootable USB with rufus).

>>58237913
I forgot to mention, I already tried to "flip the bit" to make my sd card a fixed drive. I tried the suggested Lexar BootIt (which didn't work), and some suggestion using DD and terminal (which also didn't work).
As per suggested here: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/113202/can-i-mark-a-sd-card-as-permanent-storage

>>58237768
January 2017 is the current estimation. I've heard that Kaby Lake laptops are already being made, so the desktop chips shoudn't be delayed any further.

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i am buying new parts for my PC. should i buy a new PSU just in case? my big brother insists because my PSU is over 10 years old and might be the reason some parts broke. i on the other hand think that it works fine.

I usually never get answers here but ill go for it anyway.

My ISP blocks port 80 and 443 unfortunately and I want to host a web server at home. I'm using port 81 and it works fine. How would I redirect incoming requests on port 80 to 81? I guess that's impossible because there's no way to know traffic on port 80. Is there anyway to host a website without people having to type :81 at the end of the domain?

>>58237946
Yes, especially if it wasnt a high-end one in the first place.

>>58237946
Yes.
Rule no1 of building a PC.
Never cheap out in the fucking PSU.

>>58237955
Why not just ask your ISP to open them?

>>58237660
Is there a way to physically see the files where the driver files are located? I use the default AMD location, but I've never actually opened it. Would I be able to see a duplicate of the old one?

>>58237946
Please buy a new one. If your PSU goes tits up it can take everything with it.

>>58237973
I don't have access to my account because i'm not the owner since I rent. Here's the quote from their website.

>Because Port 80 is often used by malicious software, including viruses and worms, Optimum, like many ISPs, blocks this port for all standard Optimum customers.

>>58237977
Just use DDU, it'll do everything with one button press. Your driver installation is scattered across registry, file system and services. It's very hard to manually locate and remove every single trace of the installation manually.

>>58237998
That's just marketing bullshit. The real reason for that block is that they want you to pay extra for business-grade connection if you want to host something.

You can't do any port fowards on your side because your ISP blocks all connections to it before they reach your computer. Best you could do is rent a gateway server that redirects traffic to your computer.

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please help me select cpu to buy. I'd be buying a 1500$ range pc here. Been waiting almost a year to buy parts because a stranger told me I'd be an idiot if I didn't wait until new gen graphics cards and cpus are out - the idea being that I won't have to upgrade for years. The graphics cards came out 6 months ago or whatever and I'm glad I waited for them, but from researching kaby lake on /g/ the past 30 minutes it seems the wait was pointless.

Would I be buying a kaby lake or last gen cpu instead?


If buying from last gen like the i7-6700K would I at least benefit in any way from having waited, like prices going down?


I'm thinking about changing my whole attitude and just buying a pc for 1000$ if the lower end i5 processors turn out to have loads of improvements over the previous gen.

>>58237918
Thanks, I was only planning to do it for troubleshooting purposes but ti's good know.

why isn't dual RX 480 listed in any the tiers on logical increments? Weren't they marketing RX480 as being particularly great with two tethered together?

http://www.logicalincrements.com/

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Is it possible to make man pages open automatically after install is completed?

>>58238042
>intel
>prices
>going down

>>58238064
Logical increments assume you're building a PC for gaming. Crossfire & SLI give very little benefits for gaming, and some games do not even support them at all. You should always get a good high-end card instead of two midtier cards.

Wait for RX 490 or buy an 1070 instead of two 480's.

>>58238042
Kaby lake is not worth waiting for, it's mostly just a stock clock speed bump rather than an actual improvement. Zen, on the other hand, might provide better bang-per-buck than any i7. Early impressions are promising already but we'll have to wait for final benchmarks and actual prices to be sure.

If you don't belive in AMD the get that 6700k. Intel is not know for giving any price drops for older processors.

>>58238036
Ah ok, thanks anon. Unless 16.11.5 starts shitting the bed, I'll see how it goes. I can at least boot up and start everything smoothly, so downloading and using DDU shouldn't be a problem unless I boot into a BSoD.

I'm lazy.

>>58238115
when around can we expect the Zen to drop? Within next 3 months?

>>58238163
Leaks suggest January 17th but that might be too early. It will arrive during Q1 2017, probably during February. AMD has already been demonstrating it in public so sudden delays will be very unlikely to happen.

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Buying a new laptop for the first time, how easy is it to downgrade from built-in win 10 to 8.1?

>>58238227

very easy

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8

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Which distro will run faster on an Acer aspire 5570z from 2009?

Lubuntu? or the new Pixel OS?

It's currently using Windows XP: Black Edition but lots of programs dropped or will drop support for WinXP next year, including Firefox.

>>58238227
Just install 8.1 from a disk or USB drive. It wont be any different from standard installation. You might need to crack it or buy a new activation key though.

Why would you even bother with that? 8.1 has the same Metro UI goop all over it and is full of NSA backdoors just like win 10.

>>58238227
7 > 10 > 8.x

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>>58234323
Check out this shitty power supply on my aunts pc, it just gave out so she gave me the whole thing and wants her pics and movies off it.

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Any idea what the fuck is going on here?

Normally happens after loading up hours of youtube or other flash video shit. Goes away when I restart.
But can't find flash player anywhere in the task manager in Win 10 to shut it down without having to restart system.

>>58238361
>there are people on /g/ who still have flash installed
jesus christ

>>58238278
Yes, walmart PCs usually have very shitty PSUs. They'll run the computer fine for 5 or so years but will usually fry very quickly after that.

Remove HDDs from it and plug them into your PC. Don't bother replacing the PSU.

>>58238271
Not alll WLAN cards are fully compatible with 7.

If they are then you are in luck.
>>58238361
Is svchost going crazy in the background?
That is a memory leak or windows update/defender/protection/telemetry/all of background services going crazy.

>>58238404
Yeah that's what I'm doing right now

I have an older PC that has this shitty 180 gb hd in it so I'm going to cannibalize her 500 gb for it and yea give her her stupid pics and stuff because I like my aunt, she gives me stuff.

Funny thing her son, my so

>>58238396
How many porn sites use shit other then flash man?
None

>>58238410
svchost netsvcs has got all those faults yeah. You think it's that instead of flash storing a bunch of shit on a 3 hour long vid?

>>58238119
Actually I'm retarded, I checked the installation logs and it seems to have installed the shit I chose successfully. Lists 16.9.2 as eligible for uninstallation, and it appears to have actually uninstalled it and replaced it with 16.11.5. Will keep DDU in mind though.

Weird, weird shit.

Living in Japan right now. Bought some anime BDs, but realized I need a Blu-ray drive to actually watch them. The people at the technology store told me it might not work on an English OS. Is Japanese locale enough? I mean, it was enough to install a Japanese game, so it should be enough for a Japanese Blu-ray drive, right?

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What's a decent 1080p monitor for both gaming and Photoshop/digital painting for under $200?

Currently have a Samsung PX2370.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001414

Great colors and contrast, but after only like 4 or 5 years it started to have these really ugly horizontal pixel-thin artifacts going across the screen from the sides and only got worse until I lowered the refresh rate from 60 Hz to 59 Hz and then they went away. But then the artifacts started coming back within a year and then I pushed it down to 50 Hz. Now the artifacts are creeping back up and I'm experiencing severe glitches in games like Overwatch if I push my FPS passed 60, where a portion of the bottom screen that normally you'd see the usual screen tears no longer updates that part of the image for a few seconds. It's like the bottom 5th or 6th of my screen is frozen for a few seconds while the top part animates fine. Sometimes this takes up half the screen or more if it gets really bad. Even with V-Sync and Tripple Buffering on, lowering settings/resolution, etc., I'm still getting this glitch at certain parts during matches, on top of the horizontal pixel artifacts I mentioned earlier.

Is there a reliable/rugged monitor I can use full power every day and not break down after 5 years? I just built a new rig so I want a monitor that will last 8-10 years or more with heavy usage every day and no auto power-saving features.

btw do any of you use 144 Hz/1440p monitors? How about 1080p at 144 Hz? How are they? Is it legit or would I be fine just replacing with the standard 1080p/60 Hz?

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Is it normal for chrome to cause noticeable FPS drops in games? Is it really that resource-heavy on some pages or are some game clients just sensitive?

Specific meme page that just caused things to freak out:
>http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/

>>58238612
1440p 144hz is nice
Don't get a 1080p 144hz if you're doing color work, they're all TN - some 1440p 144hz panels are IPS

>>58238693
yes.

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Are these temperatures bad?

T430 on a dock playing overwatch on a second monitor

>>58238693
That site plays an mp4 file on the background and uses some javascript magic to play and pause it as you progress through the page. It is a very heavy site and if your PC is already struggling to play the game you'll see an impact.

Also check resource monitor to see if you're getting RAM capped. You'll get huge FPS drops if your computer decideds to cache RAM into disk to free up space.

>>58238743
>using F
Eh motherboard is a bit hot but its probably okay

>>58238743
it's hot, but still not enough to be worried. It's winter tho, careful on summer.

also
>Fahrenheit

>>58238743
>he's unironically using murrican joke units
View -> Options -> General -> Temperature -> Metric.

Anything below 85°C is fine. 85-90°C is concerning and anything above 90°C is alarming.

>>58238743
>ºF

lmao what??

>>58238249
nvm I just found out there's no installer for PIXEL, only live image from DVD

Getting a Chromecast tomorrow in mail so that I can watch YouTube on my TV.

Ads are extremely annoying. Is there anyway to block them?

I was also thinking, would it be possible for me to connect my earbuds on the phone and hear sound through it but play video on the TV?

Does boiling eggs effect how long they are good for in the fridge? Or is the original use by date still valid?

>>58238811
Do you not own a laptop with HDMI output?

>>58238833
No.

>>58238829
Eggs are always bad. Don't eat them at all.

>>58238811
You could do a router-level DNS block. I doubt the chromecast itself allows any adblock software.

>would it be possible for me to connect my earbuds on the phone and hear sound through it but play video on the TV?
Google seems to suggest LocalCast for that. But you'd be casting the video from your phone to TV rather than the other way around.

>>58238843
>he fell for the cholesterol meme

>>58238855
Enjoy your prostate cancer.

>>58238845
Well I think it would all be on the Phone since it is the one casting it to the Chromecast. I think if I could get an Adblocker (The one that requires no root but only works when on wifi)

> But you'd be casting the video from your phone to TV rather than the other way around
Umm isn't that what I would want?

Is it possible at all to get a monitor to bootload something?

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Reposting from earlier:

I'm trying to sell an iMac on craigslist. It's a late 2015 4k retina model, and it was purchased around May. What's a reasonable starting price for it? The guy who got if for me paid ~$1,500. It's also in near-perfect condition (didn't use it much) and I know that macs tend to keep their value.

I'm having trouble figuring out a price here; namely because these are pretty new iMacs and all the ones on CL are old and bad for comparison.

Thoughts for a reasonable price?? I'm just finna use the money to build a stronger PC.

I have a bunch of MPEG2 DVD remuxes, is it worthwhile to convert them to HEVC or anything else or should I just keep them untouched?

>>58234323
All rook same

Choose based on audio performance on io

>>58238829
>fridge

unless you're american you can keep eggs in a cool dry dark place and they'll tend to do better than being stored in the fridge, however if you've already stored eggs in the fridge they'll need to remain in the fridge

if you are american (or another insane country that mandates washing of eggs) you're SOL and if you want eggs with a long shelf life you'll need to buy a chicken

>>58238876
Nope, HDMI/DVI/DP/VGA does not support that at all.

when I was dusting off my PC yesterday I detached my stock CPU cooler and saw that the thermal paste was patchy and dry
idle temperature of my cpu is in the range of 40-60 degrees celsius
I believe that's a bit too high and I should reapply the paste?

Recommendations for a distro to be used with Aspire-5250? Thing is ancient.
Intended usage:
>general web browsing
>youtube videos
>programming (not compiling just typing)

>>58239114
Are you saying to took the cooler off and put it back on to check temperatures without reapplying paste?

So I always wondered how ISP's send out C&D notifications. Is it as Snail Mail or do they send it as an email notification to the account?

>>58234323
Gigabyte

>>58239265

I got a phone call and snail mail later to confirm said phone call.
This was years back mind you.

>>58239253
I took the cooler off to dust it off because I was already convinced the thermal paste has dried out or something, and that turned out to be the case. The temperature was 40-60 at idle before that and it hasn't changed.

How do I get red of this issue where whenever I go to a URL of

localhost/website/test

breaks my CSS due to directory issues and when I go to

localhost/website/test/

it shows the correct assigned css file and shows the right sub directory?

Is there a .htaccess way of fixing this? To directly lead the user to a [uri]/ instead of a [uri] ?

I can tell it's a directory issue since the uri reads the right one, but I don't know how to get the site to function to strictly redirect people that type website/test to website/test/

What are some good FREE, OPEN SOURCE system profiling and monitoring applications?

>>58239661
We don't like open sores here. Just say "libre" and we'll know what you mean.

>>58239302
If you're detaching the cooler you should always reapply the paste too if it's older than few weeks.

>>58239393
include the css files with the absolute path instead of the relative one.

>>58239746
That wasn't my question, but this kinda does the job. It doesn't add a / at the end, but at least resolves it.

https://techjourney.net/add-trailing-slash-to-the-end-of-the-url-with-htaccess-rewrite-rules/

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/g/ I need the lightest most powerful gaming laptop.
I move around a lot and can't have a desktop which sucks.
Should I upgrade my y510p for a [spoiler]razer blade [/spoiler]?

could wireless headphones cause interference with wireless mouses?

Whats the best anti virus and malware setup? Im thinking malwarebytes + avg? Or would that clog down a cpu too much?

>>58239803
maybe

Do you think Donald Trump will do a good job as President?

>>58239825
I've been using Avast for a while and am pretty happy with it overall.

>>58239843
what should i look for if i am to buy one and don't want to get interference?

>>58239005
I am American and didn't even realize that most countries didn't have to refrigerate them.

>>58239911
Most likely they it won't be an issue
Best you could do is try to see if they use the same frequency

>>58239899
lol

>>58239899
Yes.
Next question.

>>58239899
I think it could go either way, though his age does worry me a bit, hope his health holds up.

>>58239899
Time will tell. On the surface he's pro-russia and anti-china. Obama has been more composed/collected in regards to global politics. But since the recent actions, it will get tough for him.

Both Russia/China are not our allies. Trump's naivety in thinking Russia will ally with US might doom America. And the antagonism with China is bound to happen regardless. This is the global scale of things.

On domestic scale, things might improve in short term, but in long term, US will lose out. Think Reagan/Nixon era. Short term "stability" but long term losses.

How often do Mac computers actually update? Compared to Windows, I guess.

Latest one I owned (and fried) was a shitty Air from 2011. No clue what they're like now.

>>58240050
Enough.

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Sierra#Releases
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X_El_Capitan#Release_history

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What should I make my bf associate with sex/orgasm?

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What's a good resource for water cooling?

I'm stuck trying to plan my water cooled PC with rigid tubing and don't know where to proceed :(

https://github.com/duplikey/instatake

how do I make this run?

the ''it simply uses'' instructions are just links to supposed website I should use but how?

please help ;_;

What's the easiest way to setup a VPN on a VPS?

>>58240221
do you actually need a VPN?

i just use SSH for what most people use a VPN for

>>58240111
Space launches is a classic.

>>58240124
Are you aware you'll be spending more to make your computer less reliable?

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>>58240111
Food. That way she'll keep getting more and more thicc for you.

Also captcha seems to be self-aware.

>>58240264
>bf
They don't get thicc with normal hormone levels. It all goes to the belly and doesn't look good.

>>58240282
>implying huge bearmode gut and thunder thights don't look good
Are you gay or what?

>>58240183
download the files, create a .html file with these contents in the directory with the files

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head></head>
    <body>
        <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js"></script>
        <script src="libs/FileSaver.js"></script>
        <script src="libs/jszip.js"></script>
        <script src="script.js"></script>
        <script>parse();</script>
    </body>
</html>

adapt the config in script.js and set proxies to ['https://'] or actual proxies if you have.

open the html file with a browser.
I only checked if it works using chrome.

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Ok should i disable windows defender ifim using malwarebytes? Am i juat wasting resources?

why is a NAS better then connecting an external HDD to my router?

>>58240343
a NAS usually has more than one disk which run in a RAID.

>>58240324

holy shit thanks!

I will try it out later, thanks for the christmas present anon

>>58238743
Temps aren't crazy. Now I'm legit excited to replace this shitty CPU that got installed on my t430 before shipping. Didn't think Intel HD4000 would survive Overmeme.

What should I look for in a new HDD to test if it's really new and if it's behaving correctly? also which programs to use

What do i do if i need Microsoft office but have no cash?

>>58240424
use office online or google docs.

>>58240421
S.M.A.R.T.

I just migrated Win10 from a SATA HDD to an SSD. On the new drive, the OS takes up just over eighty gigs. What the hell have I done?

>>58240511
how did you migrate it?

>>58240511
>"migrated"
What does that mean in technical terms? Did you format you drive and did a clean install? Did you copy your old hard drive and pasted it to new SSD?

>>58239783
If you want lightest and most powerful, yes. Heard the keyboard sucks, but peripherals aren't usually hard to transport.

I know it's RAZERMEMEGEAR but it has decent specs if it suits your needs and price isn't a problem.

>>58240534
>>58240555

I used a program called MiniTool Partition Wizard

People have been talking about "malware ads" on 4chan.

I have never clicked these ads. Am I still at risk?
If so, what do apart from blocking them? Will my build be infected?

>>58240575
Consult the program manual on the specifics of the action you partook in. Aka RTFM.

Chances are it simply copied everything in your "C" drive of the old hard drive. If that is "over eighty gigs" then the OS on SSD is "over eighty gigs".

What you did was, copy/pasted files from hard drive to SSD.

What's a resource for checking microsd card durability?

>>58240594
no
don't click them
block them. no ad revenue is gook's own fault

>>58240605
Problem with that theory is that the original hard drive is 500gb and almost entirely full.

>>58240624
>no
So, I am currently clean.

Just to check, what would symptoms be?

>>58240635
Then it copied only system specific files. Program directory, Windows directory, User directory, etc

Again, consult your manual on what you actually did. Was there some checkbox that said "do not copy non-system files"? Again, this is a blind hypothetical questions. I do not use the program, do not know its functions, and have no idea what it does.

Obviously there's a positive correlation between tripcodes and intelligence.

Do tripcodes make you more intelligent
or
are intelligent posters drawn to tripcode usage?

Any recommendations for a mic stand for my samson co1u pro? Preferrably one that clamps on to the side of my table.

decent router suggestions? i dont want to spend over $100

>>58240638
If you've never clicked them, literally nothing happens. Symptoms would be browser infecting malware, random software popping in recent installs, etc

If you're paranoid, run a virus scan. There's no need, but it won't hurt (I'd recommend CommonSense™ (2017))

>>58240742
alright, thanks Anon

>>58240700
Drinking semen = gain more intelligence

Intelligent people = drinks semen

>>58240324

so I tried the script in chrome, but sadly it doesn't want to really work

I tested it with this link:

https://www.instagram.com/itsabandoned/?hl=en

and put in the ''script.js'' for

username: 'itsabandoned',

and

proxies: ['https://www.instagram.com/itsabandoned/?hl=en', 'url2', 'url3']

but without luck, after a while it just returns an empty zip folder

any idea what I did wrong?

>>58240778
no.
just add ['https://'] as proxy, nothing else.

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Are there any adblockers that work the opposite way that most work?

Instead of blocking everything except for whats on a whitelist it would block no sites except for whats on the blacklist

>>58240841
all adblockers have a blacklist and no whitelist, they do not block everything.
It would be impossible to keep up with that list.

>>58240818

nice it worked, but only with good old internet explorer 8 though, chrome just crashes

thanks

>>58240729
if you don't care about custom firmwares:
1. go to amazon, newegg or any similar site
2. go to routers section
3. apply any filters you wish (price limit, ethernet speed, wifi speed etc)
4. order by customer score, descending
5. check the top rated routers that fall in your budget. Make sure it has IPv6.

How do I use a .jar file with a file and import stuff from it?

In the java file I try to do "import algs4.StdRandom;" at the start, and I have algs4.jar in the same folder. It just says that algs4 doesn't exist.

I try "javac -classpath ".;/home/anon/Desktop/Alg/1/;" PercolationStats.java" but it says the same thing.

>>58240747
no problem friendo

>>58239250
literally any stable and maintained distro with xfce, lxde or mate.

I can't fucking believe this - is there no way to sync a local folder with OneDrive? As in, I want folder "Photography" always to be updated on OneDrive when I update it locally. Do services like Crashplan have this limitant too?

Can't fucking belive I'll have to manually drag a folder to OneDrive every time I want to update...

>>58240949
the onedrive folder is the local folder that syncs up automatically.
so either have your Photography directory always in there or you have to manually copy files into it like you do now.

>>58234323
Anything with "gaming" in the name is most likely overpriced.

The "A" versions of Asus' motherboards are the generic, decent priced ones. (no bullshit, have advanced functions aswell, just not marked as "gaming")

>>58240982
I can't have it always there because I only upload encrypted files. God, what a stupid thing to do - don't they want to mine our latest data?

Do you happen to know of any software that would upload the stuff there automatically from time to time?

>>58241014
create a scheduled task that copies the files before you logout/turn off the computer.

>>58241025
I'll look into this, thanks for the quick response pal

>>58240899

any answers for this?

What is the worst-case time complexity of the following code and how do you derive it?

for (int i = 0; i < n * n; i++)
    for (int j = i; j < n; j++)
        sum++;

>>58240898
should i care about "custom firmwares"? what exactly is that

>>58241146
O(n^2 * n!)

Outer loop iterates n^2 elements
Inner loop iterates n - i elements for each i in n (n - 0, n - 1, n - 2, ..., n - (n-1), n - n)

>>58241154
If you don't know, then you don't care.

Is there an open source alternative to the amazon "echo" api?

>>58241178
Thank you for your reply, but are you certain? My answer sheet tells me that its O(n^3), but I get it to O(n^2) every single time. To me the complexity is n + (n - 1) + (n - 2 ) + ... + 0 = n(n+1)/2 ~ O(n^2) since j is starting at one higher value each time until the inner-loop condition does no longer hold, i.e when i > n. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks again.

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>>58241221
tp link archer c7 or netgear ac1900 (r7000)?

Good electronic duster/vacuum?
There is one that consistently gets brought up on /g/ and /tech/ but I forget the name/model.

I've noticed lately that when I overclock my R9 280x and do intensive tasks that there's a smell coming from my computer. I assumed it was the power supply (old Rosewell was just out of
>>58234405
warranty), and bought an EVGA G2 to fix the problem. Don't like dropping $100 so easily, but it's a cheaper solution than my PSU taking my whole PC down with it.

However, I decided to play with overclocking a bit more today after I got the new PSU working and brought my 280x up to 1130 Mhz. When I ran FurMark, that same odor of burning plastic emanated from my computer, even stronger due to the new fans I plopped into my computer. Now, I don't know if this is the new PSU still offgassing, but I think this means that there's something wrong with my graphics card.

What should I do - should I replace my card or fix it somehow? The temps didn't get too outrageous with Furmark (78 C), but I'm really worried that some sort of fire may start if I fuck around with it too much.

Is the smell necessarily bad? Is it safe to keep running my GPU till it dies? And is it worth returning my new EVGA PSU and going back to the old one since I have now isolated the problem?

>>58241390
Its not a good idea to use Furmark.

If you want to test overclock stability, run stuff like Unigine valley and such.

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Can MKV hold a subtitle track and an audio track and a still image?

I'm trying to rip something from youtube and have the audio track with the subtitle track in one MKV and the video thumbnail as the cover image.

How do you do this with ffmpeg?

>>58234323
Question re AOSP. I have a 2012 Nexus 7 now running very slow. Can I simply take the AOSP source code, compile it and flash it onto the Nexus, or (as I suspect) there is more to it than that? Have tried googling, but no t much luck.

>>58241478
I'll have to test if Unigine creates the same smell later on. However, I'm still concerned that the smell might be indicative of something catastrophic.

I also notice, quickly looking over the 3 year old card, that there are some small black spots on the copper heat sink and on the back near the ports

>>58241592
ffmpeg -loop 1 -i image.png -i audio.mp3 -i sub.srt -c:v libx264 -c:a copy file.mkv


>>58241690
Smell is most likely caused by the gpu overusing its voltage. GPU might be getting fucked, check with GPU vendor to see if RMA is needed.

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I need cheap facebook machine for brother, is Lenovo IP110 any good for this? It's in his price range and comes with bag, headphones, mouse and printer. (We definitely need new printer)

>>58241701
Thanks, but won't this create a video file of the image?

Is there any way to change how my android phone responds to headset commands? I have earbuds with three buttons and I want to change the upper and lower button from volume up/down to next/previous track.

I've tried a couple apps but it seems like the system takes priority control.

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>Inno3d GTX 750ti
is it normal to have an idle temp of 41c?

>>58241742
What exactly is the question? I'm confused.

Do you want to combine image/audio/subtitle into one file with mkv container?

Do you want to remove the video from a youtube file and replace it with your own image?

first stupid question: what happenend to linux general?

second question:
I have setup a share pacman cache with nfs, thing automounts when needed,
but now I'm away, can't get access to the share and pacman gets stuck with every -S action...
gets stuck even with --cache override... what do?

>>58241592
yes, mkv can store a still image as either;
- a single frame of video
- an attachment

this probably won't do for youtube use though, unless perhaps you used a weird well-under-1fps framerate to cause that one frame to display long enough to cover the audio

typically these kinds of video just use a more common framerate (even just 1fps) and have the frame duplicated for as long as is needed to cover the audio track length

>>58241701
>Smell is most likely caused by the gpu overusing its voltage. GPU might be getting fucked, check with GPU vendor to see if RMA is needed.

It's a shame then that the warranty was only 2 years

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Windows 10 or Windows 7, I know about the disability free loophole

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>>58241820
Youtube video have audio+video+captions
What I want is
>Extract the audio track
Can be done with -x
>Extract the captions
Can be done with --write-sub
>Extract video thumbnail
Can be done with --write-thumbnail

Now I have an audio file, a subtitle file and an image file.

All need to go into single MKV file, but without having to render a video stream.
Like how an MP3 can have an image as a cover file.
>>58241850
>a single frame of video
How will this work?
Will it repeat the frame over and over?CPU load?
>an attachment
This sound like what I need.
Just like how MP3 files handle attached images?

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Why the hell is a whole third of my ram not "usable"?

>>58241701
>ffmpeg -loop 1 -i image.png -i audio.mp3 -i sub.srt -c:v libx264 -c:a copy file.mkv
terribly inefficient

yours;
89.89 seconds to encode
1532k output
lossy

ffmpeg -loop 1 -r 1 -i in.png -t 5:00 -c:v libx264 -preset ultrafast -crf 0 -g 9999 out.mkv

this;
1.55 seconds to encode
135k output
lossless

you used defaults, which is 25fps, medium preset, and lossy (crf 28 or something), with a relatively low GOP length, this is reasonable assumptions for video, but not for a still image

>>58241960
Some Windows editions have caps on memory capacity

>>58242015
I'm on 7 ultimate.

>>58241901
>How will this work?
its display time depends on the framerate, if it's 25fps, it will display for 1/25th of a second, at that point most video players will consider the file complete and stop playing, setting repeat in your video player will keep the frame up, but will also reset the audio playback every 1/25th of a second

what it sounds like you want really is an /mka/ file, which is the audio "version" of matroska, i don't think there's any technical difference from mkv, there's probably some standard flag or name you can use to tell a supported player to use an attachment as cover artwork

>>58242028
in msconfig there was a "max memory" thing under advanced boot options.
Have you looked there?

>>58242028
After doing a quick google search, I saw this on a dumb forum:
>make sure the option in your bios of memory hole remapping is enabled.

Go try this.

>>58241960
Probably reserved by something like your video card

do i need to uninstall drivers before changing the video card? its the same card just different rebrands. changing a 750 palit to an asus 750

>>58242115
no.

>>58242115
No need to. If your old card came with brand specific software (like asus reclock or similar) you might want to uninstall that if your new card is from a different brand.

>>58242100
I checked, and it wasn't set.

>>58242102
I'll check this out next.

>>58242103
Why the hell would a GPU reserve that much, (relatively)
slow ass memory?

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I suddenly got some intel system drivers in my windows update. Is there anything I should be aware of, or do I just install them?

>>58242125
>>58242141
thanks, it didnt really come with a software shit

>>58242145
For the same reason your ram would have a large swap file

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Pic related, my vim airline has shitty rendering (the arrows are ascii instead of being drawn like on the bottom of the pic), how do I fix this ?

If I use a DisplayPort to HDMI cable from my gpu to my TV, will it still have sound through the TV speakers?

If I use a DisplayPort to HDMI cable from my gpu to monitor, will there be any negative effects in regards to colours or response time?

>>58242043
>>58241901
sure enough, there's a standard to it
https://www.matroska.org/technical/cover_art/index.html

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>>58242223
Now I know it support it.
How do I add it?

>>58242193
but you have a swap file so you can write all of your memory to a disk, either for extending your memory for rarely used applications or if you want preserve the system while shut down.

>>58242244
after about 3.50 worth of searching;

ffmpeg -i audio.ogg -c copy -attach cover.png -metadata:s:t:0 mimetype=image/png out.mka

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>>58242312
>>58242244
you can also use mkvtoolnix if you're a huge ple-- i mean prefer a gui

>>58242312
I did that, but the subtitles doesn't show up.

ffmpeg -i 01.mp3 -i 02.srt -map 0 -map 1 -attach 03.jpg -metadata:s:t:0 mimetype=image/jpeg -c copy output.mkv

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>>58242144
>>58242102
So, I'm in my bios right now, but I don't see this setting anywhere. However, the bios is also only reporting as having 12 GB installed at all. If this is correct, why would windows be reporting more than what's physically there?

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>>58242351
does your media player support allow the display of subtitles when there's no video stream available?

(also, your cover jpeg isn't called any of the standard names, like "cover.jpg")

>>58242411
>does your media player support allow the display of subtitles when there's no video stream available?
Yes, I'm using the latest mpv.
Changing the image to cover.jpg do nothing.
I can have either the sub+audio or the image+audio.

I've tried creating the mkv/mka first then adding the subtitle, but it didn't work.

>>58242376
I had something similar with my BIOS and OS recognizing 5GB RAM as 4GB dual-channel only. Fucking with the channel settings eventually made it work. Try it, but remember your original settings.

>>58242266
In a broader sense we have swaps because ram is limited, so sometimes using a vastly slower medium is necessary. Video cards have the ability to reserve system ram in case they need it. If that's what's happening in your case it probably just reserved way more than it needs, and you would want to change that.

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>>58242449
not sure why you aren't getting subs, maybe your configuration is affecting it

it doesn't appear that mpv supports mkv cover art, at least ootb, but hey, at least
>vlc
does

>>58242507
I'm not having issues with the cover art.
I'm having issues with the subtitles being displayed WITH the cover art.
I've checked my config, and commented everything yet it still didn't help.

The only possibility left is that subtitles can't be displayed when there is cover art.

>>58242455
Meh, I don't wanna bother going back into the bios right now. If I actually only have 12 GB installed and it's the larger number it's showing me that's bogus then I'm not too worried. I was concerned that I had more than I was being allowed to use but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Seeing as I'm the not the original owner of this system the only way I'll know for sure exactly what's in here is by opening it up and looking at the sticks themselves. And this thing is on the floor under my desk and weighs a metric ton, so fuck that shit.

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>>58242551
>>58242507
>>58242411
See what ffprobe say

Input #0, matroska,webm, from '3.mkv':
  Metadata:
    ENCODER         : Lavf56.40.101
  Duration: 00:31:16.44, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 127 kb/s
    Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16p, 56 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      ENCODER         : Lavc56.60
      DURATION        : 00:31:15.720000000
    Stream #0:1: Video: mjpeg, yuvj420p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 30k fps, 1k tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      title           : "Album cover"
      COMMENT         : Other
      DURATION        : 00:00:00.011000000
    Stream #0:2: Subtitle: subrip (default)
    Metadata:
      DURATION        : 00:31:16.443000000

I even tried moving the album cover to the end of the streams but it didn't even help.
I've tried adding the subs to mp3 file with the album cover and it didn't work while it did work with the mp3 file with out the album cover.

>>58242551
there's probably something more audio-playing-specific that'll do it
i only use mpv, i installed vlc just then because i saw it supported mkv cover art
no idea if vlc allows for subtitles on files it detects as audio-only, and mpv doesn't (seem to) do mkv cover art display

surely some audio players have such support for things like karaoke purposes

NEW THREAD
>>58242657
>>58242657
>>58242657

>>58242625
that's not an actual cover per-se, but rather a regular video, this method works everywhere, including youtube, where you need to have a video track

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is there any quick way to have a fake phone number just to get a SMS confirmation?

>>58240373
What are you replacing it with?

>>58241592
thanks for getting me into that doujin
>>58241850
I what he rather trying to do is rippig stuff from youtube and getting the thumbnail store alonge with video/audio

just fyi, you can this easily with mkv-tools (or whatever package name is)
the image is stored as an attachment, however, I don't any app where this may be useful, as they haven't catch up to the standard as cover images for mp3 for example