/sqt/ -Stupid Questions Thread

Stupid question coming in:
I bought a new LED TV and it has a slight coil whine.
It can be barely heard when you sit in front of it and the room is completely silent.
Is this normal and if not, should I be worried?
Right now I don't feel like returning it, since it isn't really an issue

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How do I prevent a program from coming up in UserAssistView
important

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How do I get this stupid fucking clasp down?

>>60995071
slide it a bit up or down then press down.

how can i get firefox to remember my style cookies for 4chan only?

>>60995100
Thanks friend, required a stupid amount of force but it clicked in.

Does any reputable company make a bdxl burner in laptop form factor?

What does Skype do different so that the video and sound quality is so smooth and good compared to other solutions like Jitsi/XMPP?
It's the same hardware on the same internet connection with the same people. Why is it so different?

>>60995222
Different protocols
Different codecs

What's /g/'s anti telemetry application of choice for Windows 10?

>>60995671
Linux

Here's a tough one for you:

My PC crashed a couple of days ago and I couldn't get it to reach the windows login page, it'd just go black screen on me. Today I finally just reinstalled windows. Everything was fine until I installed a bunch of drivers and restarted. Suddenly I got the same problem, black screen where there should be a login sreen. So I reinstall again. This time I restart it a few times, just to make sure it does boot properly anyway, and then I install ONLY the graphics driver. It doesn't restart again, it says Starting Windows (7) and then goes back to the same black screen.

What does it all mean?

>>60995730
Try A Linux USB.

Do you have a IGPU? or are you using a dedicated card?

>>60995730
your gpu driver is fucked

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is it safe to merge all those empty partitions and format the drive before installing windows?

I don't want to lose the digital license and have to pay for/pirate windows for no reason. How do I do a complete wipe and windows installation without losing the license + important drivers to make the hardware work.

>>60995810

I have a Radeon R9 270X. If the Linux USB also fails to boot, what could that mean? Because when I was trying to fix the PC originally I couldn't launch any live Linux distros.

>>60995890
Your GPU is fucked probably.
Or the driver you are installing is a wrong one and fucks with windows boot.

I apologize for asking here but what's a bitcoin seeder?

So I bought this pretty cool old laptop, but the screen is pretty yellowish. I'm almost 100% sure that it is not how they came from the factory. It's also not the cable or the connector because I've tried bending it in every way possible and it didn't do anything.
So what could be the cause of this and is there anything I can do to make it better?

>>60995911

If the GPU was fucked wouldn't it not display graphics at all? That's the bit that confuses me. Although that was crash was in 30 degree temperatures while I watching youtube videos, while I was playing a game desu. It wouldn't surprise me if the heat got to it.

>>60996049
Windows + X --> Settings --> Type "Reset this PC"

>>60996049
No, a Damaged GPU has problems working, will randomly fail or show lines/dots on the screen.

30°C is nothing for a GPU, 80°C+ is.

>>60995987
How old? if it uses a CFL backlight then that is the problem.

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bought this Asus X75VD 3.5 years ago, but haven't used it at all almost a year, so it's been used for 2.5 years. I swapped the disc drive for a caddy with 128GB 850EVO and added 4GB RAM

It's 17.3" 1600x900 with an i5-3210M and GT610M, 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD and 128GB HDD. The battery is dead.

I paid €599 for the laptop, €95 for the ssd and caddy and €20 for the ram, totaling about €720.

now i want to sell it because it build a gut pc last year, but it's very hard to find the right price. models go all over the place and the demand for older consumer laptops (no apple or business) seems to be low.

apart from the battery, the laptop works 100%, what would be a good price?

>>60996087
It's a Dell M1210. Not sure about the backlight it uses.

>>60996116
75-80% of the original price to someone that doesnt know anything about PCs.
Since it uses a SSD they will see it too fast and will want it.

The problem is looking for someone that wants a laptop and will pay that much.

>>60996071

No I mean ambient temperatures were 30 centigrade and the last thing I saw on the temperature monitors before it crashed were quite bloody high so that's probably what did it in. It's just weird that installing the driver is the ultimate fail state though I guess it makes sense as it would go from using minimal-capabilities to using everything it can.

>>60996183
How are you installing the drivers?

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>>60994920

What is the name of that program that lists incoming/outgoing traffic and lets you block/deny them? I think it has the word 'shark' in the name but can't remember.

Related but not exactly the same, whats the name of the program that 'fixes' the privacy stuff in windows 10 (I'm aware it's probably placebo, but still would like to take a look at it)?

>>60995853
Which version of windows?

>>60996165
I had multiple ads online for €450 for about two months with only terrible €200 bids.
Now replaced it with €400, still nothing for a month, now did €350 and got an €330 offer.

€330 seems really fucking low to me. The screen may be shit, but you can use HDMI and have it plugged in and basically use it as a desktop. Boot times on W10 is almost instant.

What prices are regular, not specifically for someone that doesn't know shit about pc's?

>>60996338
Its because nobody will spend so much in a laptop when you can get better and cheaper trough internet, but that is what your laptop is worth (€+-450~475).

Everyone will go for something reliable and cheaper like a Thinkpad.
T430 is the equivalent of your laptop (except it doesn't have a GPU) and is $250.

>>60996338
You have to bite the bullet when you sell used electronics,unless there is a very high demand for them,which in this case, is not

>>60996320
netlimiter to block / limit traffic by program.
'wireshark' is for displaying packets

>>60996338
Where are you selling this thing? I've met a surprising number of people who don't understand you need killer feedback to sell big ticket items most places. Anyway I don't think you're going to get anything near what you want, especially with the dead battery. I would be surprised if you got much north of that €200 line.

>>60996202

Downloading the drivers directly from the AMD website. I had old drivers when it first died because the newest drivers made it so that some games didn't recognise the GPU as a GPU.

>amd

I'm installing the latest now with all the accouterments that come with them.

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anyone else make a ryzen build?

Best drivers update soft?

/g/ I must be stupid

If I write a makefile, and it is/should be executed with

sudo make install

How do I make sure that the config is actually written to

$USER/.config/program

and not

/root/.config/program

.

The search terms I come up with are so generic that I get loads of results but never the right question

>>60997677
you dont build with root

>>60997720
No, I'm not doing that, that's done with make.
Make install is just copying shit to

/usr/local/meh

for which it needs root access.
That's the traditional way afaik

>>60997752
no

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>>60997769
Care to explain what I'm missing here?

>>60996334
Looks like 10 to me.

>>60997674
If its not broken dont fix it.

>>60997812
Adwcleaner.
Check her startup list.

I want to convert an old android to a seedbox. How would I go about doing this?
I thought something like http://sven-ola.commando.de/repo/debian-kit-en.html but I'm not sure. Thoughts?

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/g/, I'm looking for a red LED strip or RGB. Please recommend one that does;

Use magnets, preferably
Under $20
1-2 meters in length
Uses sata connection

Does this exist? I've searched for fucking hours and all I can find is a phanteks one that only fits their cases. I don't have any open 3 or 4 pin connectors on my MOBO

>>60998455
>3 or 4 pin connectors
daisy chain you millennial piece of shit

>>60997677

sudo make install

This runs make install as root. Which means

${HOME}

is /root. What you are asking for help doing is very bad practice for using make. You could add a userconfig rule which copies the file to the current users home dir with correct permissions. You shouldn't install user level config files in a generic install rule. Users are usually expected to manage their own config files.

If you absolutely have to do this you could use the $LOGNAME variable to find the directory of the user who used sudo. Your Makefile will be Pajeet level trash if you do this.

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booting arch from a flash drive displays pic related. the cli works, but obviously I can't read it. what do?

Should I use Decentraleyes if I'm already using uMatrix?

>>60998635
Yes,they do different things

I've been hired as a junior programmer. I am afraid that I won't know what to do once I receive a task to do.
Is there anything I can do to prepare?

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>>60998656
I tried using them together and they were conflicting with each other on some sites.

Is it bad at all to leave an SSD left plugged in to a SATA power cable but not have the SATA data cable in?

Just got a new PSU and it has brutally tight SATA cables, I sometimes need to disconnect my SSD from my system for security reasons and run other drives, and don't know if it's bad to leave it powered but not have the data cable in.

If it's not obvious, I mean I want to use it like this with the system turned on of course.

I'm at work right now and I smell kind of musty. I already wiped my swamp ass..what do?

>>60997926
You can't tell what your computer is running?

>>60998721
mmm. That picture should be captioned "brutally tight". You won't have any problems, although SATA cables are ridiculously cheap, so just buy a 5 pack and be done with it. If you're worried about security, just encrypt your drives.

>>60998721
It's fine.

>>60998062
What device?

>>60997677
User specific config files should be generated by the program, not by the makefile. System specific config should be generated somewhere in /etc/

>>60998983
>>60998961
>although SATA cables are ridiculously cheap, so just buy a 5 pack and be done with it
I mean about wrecking the connectors on the SSD itself through repeated plugging and unplugging.

Guess I could just buy some retarded SATA to SATA connector or something.

If it's fine though I'm not bothered.

>>60999025
>repeated plugging and unplugging
Did you know there is a machine that takes cables from a batch and just does exactly this,replugging upwards of 10,000 times before the batch is approved?

Its not a one time insert and oh no its broken

>>60999025
A SATA power switch box is an option https://www.amazon.com/Kingwin-Switch-Switches-5-25-Inch-HDD-PS6/dp/B00TZR3E70

>>60999040
>one time insert and oh no its broken
Also a good caption for >>60998721

>>60999040
I guess so.

>>60999044
Huh didn't know these existed, and I already keep my SSD thrown into my DVD bays.

Can anyone tell me why using XMP for my ram with a 1600x causes the CPU Vcore to go way up?

My ram is rated for 3200, but even running it at 2933 my average VCore goes up to 1.43v according to HWInfo and my CPU idle and load temps go up significantly.

If I run the ram at "auto" settings it will boot at 2133 and the CPU voltage is normal.

Is there something else I should be adjusting or is this normal? I'd obviously like to keep my ram clocked higher since it gives about a 10-15% performance boost in the games I play, but I'm not happy about those voltages.

>>60999260
It's normal, most BIOSes will give a voltage bump when you turn on XMP to hopefully get better stability. You can turn down the voltage manually with offset to get something more reasonable.

>>60998983
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i5500_galaxy_5-3371.php
I don't think device matters though, only limitant would be OTG support, so I can connect the phone to the hdd

>>60998483
then recommend me a 3/4 pin with a jumper on it

>>60999608
Buy a molex y splitter or two with a jumper on it

>>60994920
Just bought parts for first pc, using a gigabyte gtx 1080.
Is it better to connect 3 monitors directly to the card or would it be better to daisy chain off of one displayport?

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Samsung Galaxy 7 when updated caused notification bar and menus titles get lost in background color.
>section 1
Everything fine.
>section 2&3, boxed in yellow
Impossible to read text.

I changed my theme, and it helps a bit, but not completely. That's not where the problem lies, just changed some of the colors.

I can't set up two displays. I have two connected to the GPU, but the DVI one shuts off when the HDMI is connected. When I disconnect the HDMI, the DVI one works, but it just won't let me keep both on. What's going on?

>>60999972
Is it a cheap card? Some aren't meant to run multiple displays at once, or certain combinations

>>60999987
it's a 1050 ti and it used to work before.

>>60994920
For Win7
What should I use to search for specific words, quotes, or lines of text in large piles of .txt .log .rtf .doc and .docx text files in a folder or folder tree and then list he files that got hits and show a preview of the section(s) of the text file where the hits were found.

preferably something that uses gui because I'm not command prompt literate.

I'm looking to be able to search though months, or in some cases years, of stored logs i keep on my hard drive and find the specific file I want in a couple of minutes instead of 20 minutes to an hour of searching though several results to see which one has the information I'm looking for.

>>60999345
With core boost disabled it seems I have no problem running XMP@2933 and [email protected]/1.3v. With core boost enabled it then just seems to do whatever it wants with the voltage and it averages around 1.43 to 1.47 which seems way too high.

I wonder why the core boost is so overly aggressive. It seems like for general usage it would actually be better to disable core boost and then overclock with a set voltage below 1.4v.

>>60999993
Tried win+P?

>>60999956
NO ONE KNOWS
GO TO XDA WHERE PEOPLE KNOW THIS SHIT AND CAN TALK TO DEVELOPERS WHO KNOW THIS SHIT

>>61000119
Can just set a negative offset until load voltage becomes reasonable.

>>61000140
it does nothing. It doesn't detect a 2nd monitor being hooked up.

Do wireless earbuds that aren't inner ear exist at all? I can't stand anything rammed into or surrounding my ears because I've got mad tinnitus, and I want to be able to play video james on PC with voice chat without a headset.

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Should i update the chipset drivers on my new mobo if the system is running fine?

is /g/ or /o/ the best place to go for advice on trying to replace the AC of a car from 2000?

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Is this a solid PC build? Any glaring oversights?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BPp77h

>>61000586
AMD processor with an Nvidia Gpu is ass

>>61000586
Looks reasonable to me.

>>61000586
can the HDD and buy a $100 SSD

>>61000235
bone conduction
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018XNGQOE

>>61000384
No.

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>>60998721

>>60998062
>>60998983
>>60999394
more thoughts? I've had this idea for a while now, but I'm not sure if it's doable

how can I use ffmpeg to copy only a 10 second piece from a 45 minutes video, and make it 4chan compatible

>>61000586
I'd shell out a little bit more for a 2 or 3 tb HDD. Also you can do better than a PNY SSD. Mostly pretty good though

>>60994920
Trying to Dual Boot Win10 and a distro:

I am currently torrenting GNU/Linux Mint 18.1 onto a 32G USB Drive, and I downloaded the Rufus USB Boot application, and I partitioned an unallocated 20G space on my SSD...

But do I need to go into BIOS and mess with shit too? I have an HP Laptop.

>>61000580
/o/ or /diy/ would be my choice.

What's the best software manager if I want to find programs I didn't know existed? Kubuntu's "Discover" crashes within a minute of opening it. Alternatively, what the fuck is wrong with it?

>>61000580
1 /diy/
2 /g/
3 /o/

How do fix it when I type a command in the terminal thats incorrect or doesn't work and the terminal suddenly just shows what you entered but doesn't do anything?

>>61001075
ctrl c

Best tablet under ~$300 that has a stand? Main focus would be for Netflix.

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I'm building a PC out of spare parts to gift to a friend, and I've run into a problem.

This Asetek cooler (corsair h50 equivalent) I scavenged from an old dell prebuilt causes the CPU to overheat and shut down within a minute. It is making good contact with the CPU, and it sounds like it's pumping fluid. I also tried plugging the pump into molex in case the fan connector wasn't providing enough power.

Is the cooler dead? any suggestions?

thanks for your time.

specs:

CPU: Core2 Quad QX6700 extreme
GPU: GTX 660
MOBO: EVGA Nforce 680i SLI LT
PSU: Corsair CX430
RAM: 6gb

>>61001228
Is the radiator getting warm?

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My calculator disappeared from the start menu, but when I type calc in the run prompt it pops up without anything on the taskbar. What the fuck is going on?

>>60994920
Stupid question. Latch broke on my thinkpad x60. Lid can't close now its supper anoying. Where to buy a new latch without buying another thinkpad?

>>61001249

I never felt any warmth but when I plugged the cooler into another system's psu I could hear and feel it moving liquid.

>>61001282
the botnet

>>61000775
thanks

>>61001282
>Windows 10
That's why.

>>61001291
Then possibly some kind of blockage.

>>61000384
You could check the changelog to see if anything looks worth upgrading the software for

>>61001282
did you pay for it?

>>61001323

well that sucks. If it's blocked am I SOL?

>>61001018
Fuck, I'm just suddenly finding so many problems with Plasma 5. I guess I'm switching back to Lubuntu or something. I had been trying Debian but there weren't real clear instructions for installing my mouse driver outside of Ubuntu or Fedora

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Hey all,

I recently reinstalled windows, and of course I backed up all my files and whatnot beforehand.

My question is can I take my Steam game files from my backup and just install the games from the backup, or do I have to download my games again?

Downloading is not really an option right now, as I am not in a place with good internet.

Any help is much appreciated.

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>>61001438
quality mounting

How do I hack roku to watch channels for free and movies on theaters?

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I have a pin modded Socket 771 xeon in a Socket 775 board.

Xeon X5355

Are these old xeons locked, or can they be overclocked?

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I have two possibly dead mobo's and can't test my gpu, is it possible the gpu can be the culprit? I don't want to get a new one again, pop it in and destroy a 3rd one.

>>61000147
woah.

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>>61001700
you cant do that as far as i know. just get android box

>>61001874
You would have to FSB overclock them. That was the old way to do it before Intel locked PCIe hard to a 100MHz bus and made multiplier OCing the only possible way.
If your board doesn't support changing the FSB multiplier you're pretty much hosed.

>>61001874
>>61001961
*also do yourself the favor and spend the $12 to get yourself an x5450. The 12MB cache Xeons are much nicer than the 8MB ones.

>>61001961
>>61001985

Thank you

if I buy a second gpu for my ryzen can I forward it to a hypervisor?
would I run into any problems?
usually when I did this I had intergated gpu to keep linux going

>>61001927
No you actually can, I just came back from a friends house and he told me that he just pays a guy $23 a month to have all channels and movies.

I think it has to be through a webserver, but I'm not exactly sure.

>>61002064
$23 a month is not free

>>61001438
Did you make an actual steam backup or just copy your shit over?

>>61001700
Roku's the one that doesn't do that shit.

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Anyone got experience with Leshcat drivers?

I picked up a laptop with an okay graphics card for a steal (5000 Nipbucks). But apparently windowns 10 hates my graphics card. While it's happy to detect i have an AMD graphics card, the games i play default to the Intel HD 3000.

I tried looking for options in the BIOS but aside from date, time, and boot order, there is nothing for other devices.

I was advised to try leshcat, and i have downloaded the appropriate 3rd party drivers but i have no idea how to install. I tried installing manually but i am not exactly sure about the process. So far its...

>device manager
>choose graphics card
>manual update

from there it takes me to windows update...


Making things harder is the fact that windows 10 seems incredibly dumbed down and missing advanced options, and also that the laptops language is not my own.

>>60995853
Pretty sure with Win10, once it is installed with a certain mobo, it will always remember it and activate automatically. Theres also a program that can extract the product key from the installation.

>>61002064
just get an android box, and put Kodi on it and stream shit.

>>61002091
just copied my shit over. Ive been on the steam forums and now see that I am probably fucked.

Why would Steam change a feature like that?

>>61001438
>>61002357

its always been like that
you can copy them over (into the corresponding install folders), then when you try to install and download them it will see the files and you wont have to redownload it

can HD Graphics 3000 run 2560 by 1440p

>>61002394
>>61002394
http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/864975249490301539/

this is what i was referring to.

why is everyone here an insufferable cunt?

>>61002462
did you read the thread you linked?
they're saying that it does work

thats a 4 year old thread anyway

Help, I changed my system locale on W8. 1 and now it's stuck on 'Getting Windows ready, do not turn off your computer'

What do I do please

>>61002482
I know you are but what am I

>>61002482
thats just people in general

people here are friendlier than real life

>>60995037
I would chekc online for some reviews/ others having the same problem.

Personally, I would return it. You spent your money and you should get a product that you are satisfied with.

>>61002405
>can HD Graphics 3000 run 2560 by 1440p
If using DisplayPort yes, if using HDMI maybe with a custom resolution set, but probably not by default.

>>61002491
Turn off your computer.

>>61002490
I did read it, I must have misread a part. Going back now, that's what happened. My bad, thanks though anon.

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So I found an external HDD on the bus this morning, when i connect it, this is all that shows up.

Wtf does this mean? Should I just reformat and keep it for myself?

>>61002600
oh shit nigga enjoy your cia nigger rootkit

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>>61002600
There is nothing in the other folders, just some OS stuff I think

I'm trying to fix a Mac Mini that will not update.
I can't find any real solutions for it on the web. Anyone know what could cause this?
Chrome, iTunes, and OSX in general won't update

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>>61002617
>>61002600
>>61002614
This is what is in the external backup folder..

>>61002600
hand it in you little shit

how would you like if someone found and kept your backup drive

>>61002665
moral people still on 4chan,what bizarro world am I living in

>>61002770
its either neo-chan or summer

>>61002780
people that still use 'summer' here are unironically the newer ones

>>61001915

Please respond

Where can i get a windows 7 sp1 iso?

Building a new computer for the first time, hooking up modular PSU to motherboard. The 24 pin cable has a 24 pin connector on one end and a 20+4 on the other end, and according to the manual the pinout isn't the same on either end... so which end goes in the PSU and which goes in the mobo?

>>61002872
The solid piece goes to the psu.The one with the addon piece goes on the motherboard

I was given a new laptop which came with windows 10 preinstalled. I have a windows 7 key which i installed instead but I dont have drivers for it. Searching the model laptop on the Asus site only shows that they have drivers available for windows 10 only for the model laptop
am I stuck using W10?

>>61002794
My life was so much better when I was just a summerfag

Is the HP50g just as powerful as a TI89 Titanium?

I'm an 2nd year ME who needs more power than my TI84 can deliver and I would love to try out an HP, but I'm on the fence over the fact of which one is able to accomplish more.

>>61002825
http://pastebin.com/smjvLZN4

>>61002884
Maybe. What drivers are you missing? Anything you can live without?
http://www.groovypost.com/howto/downgrade-windows-10-to-windows-7-windows-81/2/

>>61002910
seems like I cant
I want to purge Windows 10 then as best as I can from its spyware

Is there any systems like a gpd win, but more focused towards productivity than gaming. No 2 axis joysticks or abxy buttons? Bigger keyboard maybe but keeping the ~5-6 inch form factor? Many thanks.

>>61002930
W10privacy gets about 70% of it by volume.

Due to error on my extraction script,i now have nested rar files i need to delete.

I need to recursively go down a folder full of folders and mv the rar files back one directory level.
This was working until the rars have whitespace in them.
What am i missing?

for i in $(find . -name "*.rar"); do mv "$i" ./ ; done

What's a good program to convert flac to mp3?

>>61002949
qaac

>>61002949

ffmpeg -i flac.flac mp3.mp3

>>61002949
LAME

I'm about to be buying a used HP Proliant G5 server.

The guy selling has 3 options.

1x146GB drive, 24gb of RAM and dual Quad-Core 3.0 Xeons - $125

1x146GB drive, 32gb of RAM and dual Quad-Core 3.0 Xeons - $175

1x146GB drive, 32gb of RAM and dual Quad-Core 2.3 Xeons - $150

Which one should I get? All I'm going to be doing is using it as a hypervisor for vulnerable VM's. Nothing crazy.


TL;DR - 2.3 Xeon vs 3.0 Xeon... is the 3.0 really worth getting?

>>61002970
None of the above. Those things use like 300W idle. You really want to be spending $300 a year in electricity? You can get i7 2600 systems in that range.

So guys I learned a bit of C iat college. Should I go for c++ or python?
I just want to make programs, games, etc.

>>61003068
>Games
c++
>programs
python

>>61002947
I'll check it out
what about removing bloatware

>>61003061

I see. What do you recommend I search craigslist for in that price range?

Like I said, all I'm trying to do is host VM's such as stuff off this website: https://www.vulnhub.com/

The server would only be running when I'm practicing that stuff, so not ALL the time.

>>61002881
Thank you very much

Another question, how do I update my BIOS before installing the OS? I believe it needs an update to allow booting from m.2, which is where I intend to install the OS

>>61003084
So, both. Cool.
Any good books? I've only learned the basics of C (control sequences, functions, pointers)

>>61003113
You go to the motherboards website and find the bios image.
VERIFY THE CHECKSUM.TWICE

Follow the guide there to update it
It most likely is a file you put on a flash drive and then pick an option in the bios which then boots the bios image updater software

Noticed when I had PSTV master volume at 100% that there was some obvious distortion on character voices when they speak above a certain volume, not sure if it was caused by clipping or what, but when I lowered it to about 90% and raised the volume on my amp to compensate (to the same level it was before) the distortion went away. Why would this be? I always thought that if you were on a digital connection (and I am, it's outputting audio through HDMI to my DAC/amp which plugs into my headphones) that it was ideal to set software volume to 100% and use the amp to regulate it. Is this not correct? Or just something to do with how the Vita/PSTV regulates volume and not applicable to other devices?

I get 3.8k impressions /week on my youtube channels am I doing ok

>>61003101
Just do a clean install of windows 10

>>61002910
thanks my man

>>61003061

You had some great advice, would you mind replying to >>61003106

>>61003106
Depends on what you need If you need more than 16GB RAM you need something with quad channels. And ebay would be a surer bet.

>>61003254

I mean I *probably* don't.

Lets just say I'm using the machine to host a single VM, while I'm using my main rig (FX8350 @ 4.5ghz, etc) that has multiple OS's installed, Kali Linux being one of them, to attack the server hosting the VM.

Or, at most, the server has a VM running of Kali, and VM running of the vulnerable VM. Even 16 is probably fine.

I just hadn't even thought about the large power consumption two xeons would draw.

I have a limited space netbook I use for work and to occasionally watch videos on YT, Netflix, etc. in the evenings. It's Windows 8.1 and because of the limited space, my sister advised me to remove some Microsoft Redistributables. I don't have a lot of programs I use anymore (I removed AIM, Steam is on my actual PC, so forth) so she told me it would just save space. Because it's a netbook with such limited space, 50 MB is a lot (if I remove absolutely everything I have less than 2 GB usable space and with bunch of work documents and photos you can imagine it fills up faster than I anticipated).

I was an idiot and didn't scribble down what I removed because I thought I had a system restore point... but I have none. The issue I'm specifically aware of is that Netflix won't work. The main page is fine, but when I click on any video it's just an entirely black, blank page.

How can I figure out which Redistributables I removed and how to replace them? It was only three of them (I thought I was being safe, ha ha). Any help is appreciated since I can't really afford anything else to carry around right now, even a cheaper laptop.

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>two 4gb sticks of ram in pc
>whenever its booted from cold, pc only sees 4gb
>once its warmed up for a while, after a restart it shows all 8gb
>if its put to sleep for a while and woken up with all 8gb working, programs crash and it eventually blue screens and restarts with just 4gb

Does this sound like a ram problem or a motherboard problem?

If I don't give a fuck about FOSS or open source in general, what advantages do I get from running say a virtual Linux server to manage/serve HD video to be streamed in my home network? I currently host videos on my main PC connected to a gigabit switch, hardlined to a laptop that's connected to my TV/receiver via hdmi. Laptop uses Kodi to connect to network shared folders with my video files.

I don't experience any negative impact on my PC when streaming. For what reason would I use a dedicated media center running Linux for?

I'm working on campus this summer, but I literally work from home and don't do anything but fap and play video games. What can I do to make money in the meantime at home?

>>60994920
There's a certain lightswitch in my house, that when I place a neodymium magnet near it, the magnet vibrates rapidly.

The fuck is this?

>>61003314
Sounds like you either need to push your ram in all the way or check to see if the motherboard is flexing.

>>60998509
get a new mobo

I keep farting and it smells like garlic
it's making me hungry, how do I stop this?

>>61003361
You probably created a motor, where the alternating magnetic field created by your wiring interacts with your magnet.

>>61003314
reseat the RAM.

If it persists, RAM is bad.

>>60997854
yes
>Install what needs to be installed, copying files from the package's tree to system-wide directories

>/home/user/.config/program
>system-wide directories

>>61003374
Eat Garlic.

Then you'll be full, and your farts will smell rancid discouraging you from eating further, ending the vicious yin-yang cycle.

>>61003363
>>61003385
Thanks

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If I plugged a LED strip molex into a molex to 3pin adapter, then plugged that 3pin into my motherboard, could I control my LED strips brightness by controlling it in speedfan the same way you would fan percentages?

>>61002948
for name in (list) tokenizes based on white space, so spaces in file names screw it all up.

find . -name ".rar" -printf "'%p'\n"

will give you the file names in single quotes, one per line, but the for in will still frig it up.
You could pipe the output of the find command to another script.
In the past I've used the -printf to build a command, written the output of find to a file, then executed that file to do the task at hand. Something like

find . -name ".rar" -printf "mv '%p' ./\n"

would do what your code fragment is doing.

Is it okay to fail Intelburntest at maximum settings (ryzen)?

>>61000821
ffmpeg -ss <start time> -i <file> -t <time length> -map 0:v:0 -c:v libvpx <other options> <output file.webm>

Looking to switch from laptop to desktop and I have to ask.

How much am I losing out on if I don't build my own PC? I get that its worth doing so this isn't a question about that, but it honestly seems like a lot of trouble and combines a lot of things that I'm bad at that I'd really like to avoid doing if possible. Is there no preassembled machine that's "acceptable"?

>>61004310
>honestly seems like a lot of trouble
It really isn't, you can order your shit, get next day delivery, spend that evening watching a few guiden, and even if you're a total retard probably have it up and running in less than two hours.

>running an rsync operation
>completes but with errors
>too much output to go through, run command again to see the error
>permission denied
>a single 0 byte file in a fairly deep directory created weeks after the rest of the files, owned by root:root, and appropriately named
Am I being hacked? It in a Morrowind mod, file was an mp3
In all seriousness though, can odd 0 byte files be harmful in any way? I know it obviously contained no information, but could it be a filesystem corruption? Or I guess maybe an archive corruption? I can't for the life of me think where this file came from.

what can i do to get rid of screen tearing, im using linux mint with xfce

>>61004446
screen tape

>>61004462
ha-ha

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So I have to control shifts, attendance and shit at work.

They bought a shitty chink fingerprint reader and it gives me this table to work with.

I just need to know the overtime (for an 8h shift) but both clock in and clock out hours are on the same cell.

Any tip?

Could someone please help me, how do i open this as a program?

>>61004598
fug forgot link

>>61004605
JUST

https://github.com/StapleButter/SM64DSe/tree/c012b7772378f95998d077f63ba7ea0a09f29be9

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>>61004613
did you try this

>>61004638
where is that

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>>61004651
exactly where one might expect it to be

>>61004655
k, gonna kill myself

I don't remember the search engine I'm supposed to be using that won't track me.

>>61004748
Startpage?

>>61004900
It had advanced settings in the file search to filter different filetypes and stuff. I feel like its suggested a lot. It looks less web2.0'y than that website.

Is there a good terminal for windows.
I have to debug a python code I did on Linux that doesn't work on Windows but the command prompt is absolutely shit.

>>61004928
duckduckgo?

>>61004928
nevermind I found it on the wiki. I was thinking of searx.me

I got this a year ago
https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Portable-External-Drive-WDBUZG0010BBK-WESN/dp/B00CRZ2PRM/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1498034425&sr=8-16&keywords=HDD
and was wondering how long these usually last? I haven't really been using it, it just sits in my drawer and I back up maybe once every 3-5 months.

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>>60994920
How do I undo years of half-heatedly committing myself to learning programming resulting in dated and confused knowledge of the languages involved?

>>61005085
You've just described my experience with women.

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>>61005085
>Sorry, this content isn't available right now
>the page may only be visible to an audience you're not in

for fuck's sake, there's some spinning go kart kid meme that's going viral, but none of the "news" have picked it up, and some retard on reddit said the kid died, did the kid die or not?

How slow are 5400rpm HDDs? Turns out my laptop has space for another 2.5" 7mm drive and almost all HDDs are at that rpm.

>>61005346
>visiting reddit frequently enough to use it as a news source.

I feel gross whenever I search for a specific issue I'm trying to resolve and reddit posts are like the only relevant answer.

>>61005435
Same, but then I remember that it's just 4chan conditioning. There's nothing wrong with using something as a resource, especially if it's the only resource available.
Just do whatever gets the job done, fgt.

Let say you want to stream a music or a video. How would you calculate the bandwidth it will use ?
Is it about the bitrate or something else ?

I have an AMD X4-860K Kaveri CPU now and a GTX 950. Should I upgrade to an i7 7700K and the B150M mortar from MSI? It's about as much as I would be willing to give for an upgrade at this time and I think an i7 should last me long enough. Should I bite the bullet?

I need to keep track of all the contact info / handles of registered users, email, phone, skype, twitter etc. How do I design the schema? Just dump everything in the user table? Create separate tables for all type of info and do all kind of joins when query? Something else?
Former seems a bit better to me.

chrome is saying ublock origin "could have been corrupted", this happens when I try to make it work in incognito mode

I tried reinstalling with no avail

how the hell can I fix this?

>>61005496
>its just 4chan conditioning
Conditioning birthed from a protectionist desire to segregate the memes of 4chan from the memes of reddit. Whether you think one site is better than the other there should at least be some acknowledgement that separating the communities is better for memes than having a bunch of crossposters. Fight globalist consolidation anon.

>youtube for videos
>google for searches
>reddit for internet community
>facebook for social networking
>twitter for instant updating feeds
>twitch for streaming
??? for news

Regardless the consolidation of the web is shit. I mean the separation already exists I guess. There's still people that are old memers that use IRC every day and view something like reddit and its community as a foreign resource to be harvested and utilized but kept wholly separate from the homeland.

>>61005551
I'd dump it all in one table, is easier and if you need it, you can find it all. I feel that linking the lines from different tables together is shit. If someone doesn't have skype or something, you have to miss a line.

>>61005544
it's the bitrate alone

>>61004446
legend says you should use compton

>>61004310
the tl;dr for prebuilt is this one :
>case 1 : retarded build, crap CPU for a good GPU
>case 2 : shitty component to save money
>case 3 : they try to sell you gamer shit
You'll find very few pre built that are decent, and even those one won't be best bang for the buck
Eventually you can still find some places where you choose the components and pay 30 to 50€ so they build it for you

>>61005581
I appreciate your effort to put it in such understandable terms. All I'm saying is that there's no need to feel any kind of disgust while foraging for information if it gets the job done in a timely manner.
Attempts to bring one community to the other is a different matter entirely.

>>61005548
Get a R5 1600

>>61005574
I installed the latest release from gorhills github instead of using the one on the store, and it worked

>>61005589
appreciated

>>61005648
Just took a look at it, and apart from the number of cores and lower TDP, they seem really similar.

Also, the 7700k has an integrated GPU which I might use to finally get Windows running as a virtual machine under Debian.

I'm not sure, still. could you expand upon your answer?

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My dad changed his mainboard battery and now his windows 10 is not booting, gets stuck at the spinning circle.

I thought sata controller mode got changed to AHCI or something but that isn't the case.

What the fuck is going on?

is it normal for extracting an archive to slow my computer's performance noticeably?

>>61005760
Yes, nigga.

Where do i see in the Bios how much ram my pc recognizes.

How do I solve the Yahoo search redirect? i used malwarebytes, avast, i already uninstalled shit programs and i just reset chrome.

>>61005763
aight thanks

>>61005777
Delete everything and start again

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>>61005752
Holy shit, it also gets stuck at the spinner when trying to install a new system from a DVD.

I'm gonna try resetting the CMOS but holy shit whats going on.

My pc just died for literally no reason, it turns on normally, but there's no video output, and if I turn it off it does it abnormally fast as if it never got to the Windows main screen
What to do? Tried unplugging every cable and hdd/sdd already

Best systemd-free riceable distro?

>>60994920
Will you marry me Shinoa?

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So I want to start a small news website, but I don't know what tools I should be using to get make the site easily navigatable for visitors and editable (for me).

I wanted to change the thermal paste in my laptop and noticed that the thermal pad on the north bridge was fucked up, so I removed it and put some thermal paste on it. The problem is, the heatsink and the bridge do not touch. It only connects through the paste.
Is it safe this way or must I buy a thermal pad?

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I'm looking for a gigabit router to replace my ISP's rubbish, any britfags have suggestions I can get easily? A lot of the American suggested just aren't really available here or have their prices hiked

I was looking at the ASUS RT-N66U but I really don't think I need all those bells and whistles and would rather not spend £80 for what I doubt I'll use much if at all

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Should I get a tablet or ultra portable laptop?
>getting new job soon
>need to stay over for 10-20 days
>travel distance 60 miles by car

>>61006266

>Work

Laptop

>>61006266
laptop

>>61006266
X220 tablet.

>>61006341
>>61006357
I'll be using it for browsing/watching chinese cartoon.
Maybe edit some presentations.
>>61006429
I've considered that, but it's heavier and larger than X220.

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>>60994920

If you're downloading something through torrents, how secure are you? Is it enough to just set a http proxy?

What do you recommend as a efficient but cost-effective vidcard? Preferably 512

>>61006484

Laptop, tablets are toys, look at those cheap chink laptops, they're very light and around the same price of a refurbished thinkpad

>>61006555
>tablets are toys
I know that, that's why I asked here.
I can get a refurbished X220 or new android tablet for the same price.
I know I can do more stuff with the laptop, but a tablet is have less weight.
And I need to pack more things in one bag, like clothes and stuff.

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>>60994920

do ryzen CPUs have built in GPU?

>>61006595
No.

>>61006589
A 35L backpack can COMFORTABLY fit all the things you mentioned.

Source: I carry daily clothes, jacket and an E728 Emachines in a coleman 35L backpack no problem.

>>61006605

So what's the best CPU right now for a general purpose low cost facebook/youtube machine?

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>>61006606
>35L backpack
I'm using this, so I should get a bigger bag?
>daily clothes
How many sets?

>>61006634
Ryzen

>>61006589
>but a tablet is have less weight

Get something like a Chuwi 14.1, it's a lot lighter than a thinkpad

>>61006639
With the laptop, I can carry 3 ranger rolls (T-shirt, underwear, socks) and have loads of space for hygiene, so I think it may be even 4 or so rolls.

A 28L backpack or less seems not enough. It's called a 'day pack' for a reason.

>>61006589
don't be a fag, even girls carry laptops in their backpacks

>>61006647

but then i will have to buy a gpu...

Is there a Linux distro that's more laptop friendly than others?

I remember trying to run mint and manjaro on my piece of shit Lenovo yoga 13 and having driver issues with maybe the wireless card?

I'm downloading stuff all day long, but hardly using it for other things. Would turning the computer on safe mode with networking reduce the damage to the hardware lifespan?

>>61006679
>ranger rolls
I have to wear button shirts, maybe some sleepwear, scrubs?

>>61006180
bump

>>61006816
Sleepwear can be rolled.
Buttonshirts might fit as well, although I'm not sure how it would fare in any backpack.

The bottom line may be: 35L - backpack volume = the backpack you showed + some smaller pockets

>>61006811
Not related.
>>61006786
Some WiFi cards have issues with Linux in general, just use the propriety drivers.
>>61006752
Well it's up to you.
Most social media sites are barely usable with older hardware.
C2D can't run Facebook without starting a house fire, blame the webapp.

>>61006838
>Most social media sites are barely usable with older hardware.

or I could buy a current gen pentium...

What actually is hyperthreading?

>>61007188
Brainwashing a CPU into thinking that it can multitask.

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how do you call a menu like pic related that can collapse ? in english ofc.

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Malwarebytes started notify to upgrade to Malwarebytes 3 constantly.
Is it true form what i've heard it has become shit and a botnet? Can i just keep it on 2 since I just do a scan every few weeks for peace of mind, because common sense 2018?

>>61007454
If you don't upgrade to the latest version you won't be fully protected

>>61007454
Yes, Malwarebytes did turn to shit when they started going as an all in one AV & enabling the trial version by default. I swapped to SuperAntiSpyware.

>>61007454
R.I.P Malwarebytes. 3 is disgusting. You could keep 2, but then I'm not sure if you can do a seperate database update for where they detect the viruses n shit.

>>61007188
memory is slow so a cpu with hyperthreading can do other things while it's waiting for memory reads, and to allow software to make use of this it has more virtual cpu cores than physical cpu cores

>>61006256
What are you running? ADSL? DSL? VDSL?

Do I need a VPN if I want to download torrents from private trackers in a country like Germany or USA? If I remember correctly, some trackers are against it.

>>61005789
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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>>61007539
>>61007508
>>61007496
Well it did still seem to give the most updated date data version. I'll will just wait until they stop and uninstall.

>>61006256
this looks ok to me

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Linksys-Wireless-N-Ethernet-Adjustable-Antennas/dp/B00JP4TPNU

Any other browser with built in vpn like opera?

>>60994920
I was thinking of buying a secondhand Lenovo Thinkpad T510 is it any good?
Or should I rather buy a Thinkpad T400 For alot cheaper?

Is the GTX 1050 Ti still the go to card for people who want performance and a functioning credit score?

>>61007564

ADSL

>>61007609

Looks pretty good for the price, slightly concerned with how many people flashed custom firmware, I hope it doesn't mean the stock is garbage

Is it possible for a GPU to be DOA even though both its fans and all the ports work fine?

I have it installed properly but the system won't recognize it and I can't install drivers for it.

>>61000096

I'd tell you to get this since it's what I use but you can't new copies of it anymore.

http://www.wingrep.com/

>>61007808

It's possible for literally every component to arrive DOA.

Do I really need a degree in computer science?

>>61008212

This doesn't answer my question.

I'm learning C# using VisualStudio 2017.

Is there some reason i can't interact with things in a TableLayoutPanel, i can make things work outside of it (for example, changing text colour with a click), but once i try to use a table to arrange things i cant interact with it anymore.

>>61008243
>Is it possible for a GPU to be DOA even though both its fans and all the ports work fine?
>Yes
>THAT DOESN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION THOUGH

What's the difference between Linux desktop envoriments?

>>61008257
>>Yes
That's not what that post said. That post just said that any item can be DOA, but it didn't regard the fans and ports working. The question isn't if a GPU can be DOA, it's if a GPU with working fans and ports is dead.
This is a stupid questions thread, not a stupid answers thread.
>>61007808
I don't know by the way.

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>>60994920
I was given 1000 best buy gift card for a laptop.
Does anyone know of a none shit laptop for that price at bestbuy .ca?

Maybe pic related?

I want an ultrabook

>>60994920
I just migrated from a RAID 0 windows 8.1 OS to a 850 Evo SSD whenever I leave my computer on and come back in a couple hours, explorer just crashes, programs still run in the background but I can't interact with them

Sad day gentlemen.

So, one of my Dell 1906FP 19" monitors stopped displaying earlier. The green light is always on now, but when I plug it in it stays on for about 2 seconds them goes black. Is there any saving this here? Is it fucked?

I re-installed my AMD drivers which did nothing.

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Hours of googling haven't helped

Ever since i applied a win 10 update, I can't use bluetooth anymore
I just don't have the option to turn it on, and theres absolutely nothing bluetooth related in the device manager

My mobo is a z270i, and before the update it had perfectly working bluetooth.
All i can find is fishy 3rd party driver installing softwares that i wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole
please help