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    Computer wont boot. Colored line glitches on boot logo. Logo stays forever. If it boots then Blue Screen after booting. Post boot freeze up.

    I've never used that. What are the specs and how do reviews for it look? And as another said, you don't necessarily have to replace the compound if you are just reseating for testing.
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    Best CPU upgrade options?

    Are you overclocking your current CPU at all? What temps are you hitting under load? What cooler do you currently have? What about case airflow and case air temp vs ambient temp? Simply cooling your current CPU better may give you a decent boost.
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    How much RAM you got?

    Higher end laptops, 64 and 96GB. Gaming/workstation desktop 64GB. Have one workstation with 512GB
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    Need 16x-8x configuration at same time. Are there any consumer boards?

    There are a couple EVGA boards that do PCIe 5.0 x8/x8 when both slots are populated. Most other boards I am seeing only have a single PCIe 5.0 slot and the rest being 4.0
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    Need 16x-8x configuration at same time. Are there any consumer boards?

    Uggghhhh, what happened to them making workstation boards that have PCIe switches on them that don't require the XEON or Threadripper? I've got a couple older ones that do and they are great if you need lots of PCIe lanes.
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    Dell Precision 7740 with i9-9980HK running RAM at 3200?

    Yeah, my guess is it is the IMC as well as the BIOS not limiting the RAM speed correctly. I could try these combos at 3200 in the 7740... 2x 8GB 2x 16GB 2x 8GB + 2x 16GB 4x 16GB. The newer 7550 limits the RAM speed to 2933 which is what the 10th gen Intel CPUs officially support. Definitely a...
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    Dell Precision 7740 with i9-9980HK running RAM at 3200?

    Well, that POSTs but locks up in diags and the system gets way hotter than normal. Bummer. The ADATA sticks are the only kind I have in 2933 and they are not playing nice with the 3200 sticks as they clock down to 2666 instead of running at 2933.
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    Dell Precision 7740 with i9-9980HK running RAM at 3200?

    So I was going through my stash of RAM and found a couple Dell 32GB DDR4-3200 SODIMM modules I had forgotten about. Decided to try them in my Precision 7740 sporting the i9-9980HK CPU to see if they would run properly. I already had 4X 16GB DDR4-2933 sticks running in this laptop at 2933...
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    Need 16x-8x configuration at same time. Are there any consumer boards?

    Look at the ASUS workstation boards that have PLX chips in them. The boards are expensive but will do what you want. https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/motherboards/all-series/filter?Series=Workstation
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    Computer wont boot. Colored line glitches on boot logo. Logo stays forever. If it boots then Blue Screen after booting. Post boot freeze up.

    Depends on what you buy. Personally, I would not bother with Arctic Silver 5 anymore as it actually has pretty poor thermal transfer compared to just about anything but the absolute trashiest compound available now days. It will also separate if stored for too long. I do use Arctic Ceramiq 2...
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    Computer wont boot. Colored line glitches on boot logo. Logo stays forever. If it boots then Blue Screen after booting. Post boot freeze up.

    Download HCI Memtest and test 1 stick of RAM at a time. You will need to multiple copies to fill all the RAM as the free version doesn't allow a single copy to test all that much. It is way quicker than letting memtest86+ run overnight or for days even to detect a bad stick of RAM. Usually...
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    ESXi free 8.0 seems to be the last one !

    Hyper-V sucks indescribably compared to VMWare. 1. It puts the host OS on top of the hypervisor which kills performance of the host machine, even without any VMs running. 2. It really, really, really, really sucks if you need an XP VM. a. Color depth is jacked b. It is very, very unstable. So...
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    Thermal pads replacing?

    What GPU is it? Might want to see if there is a copper shim available so you can get rid of the RAM pads completely. Most thermal pads are absolute trash. You can either get trash pads or expensive not very soft pads. If you get good pads, you have to make sure to get the exact right...
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    facebook business profile page post section, "list view" error

    Definitely sounds like something is jacked on FaceBook's side.
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    Agggghhhh!!!! Just venting about libraries.

    So I am working on getting one of my old programs to compile with VS 2022. And of course a couple of the libraries I used are super outdated and even the newer versions have not been updated in years thus the VC project files had to be upgraded. To top it off, I need to set the correct paths...
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    DDR2 e vs p vs r designations?

    Tried p designated RAM in the ACARD device and it isn't detected so it looks to be registered as I suspected. From pictures I am finding, it looks like r was the older designation for registered and p is the newer designation for registered.
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    How much RAM you got?

    1. Prime number sieve 2. Infinite precision math #1 currently supports 2^32 -1 threads with only a single lock #2 would have to have insanely large numbers being worked on to use that much RAM.
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    How much RAM you got?

    Hah, I have a program that I am working on that should be able to use all that RAM and more.
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    DDR2 e vs p vs r designations?

    I have an ACARD ANS-9010BA SATA 2 DDR2 RAM drive I want to use for older systems. The manual says that it will not work with registered RAM. There are 3 different designations that I would like clarification on, but only if you know 100% for sure what the designations stand for. For example...
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    How much RAM you got?

    My main machine has 64GB and I have a workstation now that has 512GB because I didn't want to spend ungodly amounts on larger sticks to go to 1 or 2TB.
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    Fraud Alert: Newegg sold me a laptop w/ 48GB SSD, but it states 256GB SSD on the receipt

    It's also possible that somebody bought the laptop, swapped out the drive, re-imaged it and then returned it to NE. NE has nothing to do with assembling the laptops so it is highly unlikely that NE had anything to do with it. Plus, if it was happening a lot, then it would have been noticed...
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    Looking for a Multi-function laser printer

    3rd party toner will end high running cost. That will eliminate small Xerox machines though as last time i tried one with 3rd party toner it didn't work. They don't like fusing 3rd party toner to the paper properly. HP and Brother work fine with 3rd party toner. For newer HPs, you may need to...
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    SuperMicro X9DRG-QF max RAM at full speed?

    I just got a retired system with a SuperMicro X9DRG-QF motherboard. The case is also a SuperMicro case and has dual 1KW 80+ Platinum PSUs. I plan on sticking 4x Quadro cards in this and using it primarily to mess around with GP-GPU programming. Already ordered a couple 2697 v2 CPUs for it and...
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    What's the most key point when you decide to get a 3d printer

    Quality of the prints. No use buying a 3d printer that is super finicky about working properly just to save a few bucks in the short term.
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    i blew up my cheap harbor freight multimeter, what I do wrong?

    I've never fried one of the cheap HF meters. They are great for basic stuff. Then again, I grew up knowing how to use a multimeter. Probably started using one around age 8 or so. Only time I have seen on fried is when a family member was trying to test voltage and had the dial 180 off...
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    XeSS sucks :^)

    Maybe I've just had the misfortune of having to fix / reprogram from scratch way too many projects. Then again, I have also worked with a decent amount of open source code and I usually want to gouge my eyes out.
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    XeSS sucks :^)

    Heh.. no, the main reason for such small increases in speed for CPUs was because Intel didn't have much competition for quite a while. The main issue with program performance is because of crap programmers and them not caring one wit about performance. Usually, when I look at other's code I...
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    NVIDIA DLSS 3 “Frame Generation” Lock Reportedly Bypassed

    Yep. But Nvidia has shown time and time again that they are more slimy than ATI/AMD.
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    NVIDIA DLSS 3 “Frame Generation” Lock Reportedly Bypassed

    So it is pretty much crap. I remember way back when nVidia had the cheaty drivers where they would skip rendering some stuff in order to inflate the benchmark numbers. But now it is ok to do so because it is a "feature" and they aren't trying to hide it?
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    Article: CAMM, Dell's new SODIMM standard

    There are plenty of forums posts (not necessarily here) asking about CPU upgrades and GPU upgrades for laptops. Not so much anymore, but the Dell Precision 4600 - 4800 / 6600 - 6800 were upgradeable.. had the option of either Nvidia or AMD. The 4600 is the newest one I did an upgrade on...
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    Nvidia has "Unlaunched" the RTX 4080 12GB

    Supposedly PNY has them already to go. You can pre-order them.
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    NVIDIA DLSS 3 “Frame Generation” Lock Reportedly Bypassed

    I want to see side by side output quality comparisons with it disabled and enabled. If it turns the output quality to crap to boost the frame rate than it is still crap.
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    NVIDIA DLSS 3 “Frame Generation” Lock Reportedly Bypassed

    Have you seen the reviews of the RTX 4090 cards? 4k looks pretty crazy playable to me. So much so that the review I watched said to not bother buying one of you play at 1440p or below because you are going to be CPU limited. The results showed that.
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    NVIDIA DLSS 3 “Frame Generation” Lock Reportedly Bypassed

    Completely agree... But you are understating how bad it is IMO.
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    Article: CAMM, Dell's new SODIMM standard

    I've done laptop CPU upgrades quite a few times. Now with newer laptops you have to buy a board with everything soldered on instead of just being able to upgrade what you want to. All in the name of making devices thinner.
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    Article: CAMM, Dell's new SODIMM standard

    The CPUs for the most part are already all soldered on, even on the Precision models.
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    Article: CAMM, Dell's new SODIMM standard

    Yeah, if the RAM is at least upgradeable then it is a good thing. The lower-end Dell laptops already have some models that have the RAM soldered on. RAM goes bad and the whole motherboard has to be replaced. User needs more RAM... Then they have to get a whole new laptop. The Precision...
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    Windows cert manager asking for creds to open?

    I'm not sure how they have stuff set up but managing user certs doesn't normally require admin access. I don't have "god" level admin access at this job so I can't really go look at absolutely everything myself.
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    Windows cert manager asking for creds to open?

    We have a single Windows 10 computer that is bringing up the UAC prompt in order to open the cert manager. Anybody have any clue as to what would cause this?
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    Good 3d modeling software that isn't expensive?

    Thanks for the suggestions. I'll have to take a look at those.
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