Mr. Fox

Today is 111°F (44°C) and 5% relative humidity with a dew point of 26°F (-3°C) so condensation is not even a concern with the chiller this time of year. It cannot keep the system cold enough for condensation to form when the dew point is below freezing point. @tps3443 would like that with his chiller running 24/7. The forum is crazy slow right now. Borderline unusable at the moment.

Stupid is the new normal. We used to have pity for people that were extremely stupid. Now there are national holidays to celebrate their stupidity. We need one for the tech ignoramuses. What makes no sense is there are no holidays to celebrate being normal, or being better than average. I thought everyone was supposed to get a trophy for participation. Apparently not. Only if you're messed up.

I had that happen with 3DMark not too long ago and the only way I could fix it was to DDU and reinstall the drivers and then uninstall and reinstall 3DMark. I think that UL is doing some silly nonsense behind the scenes right now with validation because of the stupid crap they are obsessed with in terms of being overly-worried about 4090 scores with ECC disabled. Hopefully the next AMD GPUs will have GDDR6x or GDDR7. Sticking with GDDR6 really held back 7900 XTX.

I gave my Eluktronics MECH-15 G2Rx to my wife a year or so ago, maybe two. It is still in excellent shape. She uses it for web browsing, social media and some very basic games like Bejeweled and Peggle. It literally never gets used for anything strenuous. She has been eye-balling my Dell Precision 7720 17-inch laptop for a long time (since I bought it) and I finally decided to get her one. She wants the bigger screen and she does not like mechanical keyboards. Specs: Processor: Intel Core i7-9750H (2.6-4.5GHz 12MB Cache) Graphics Card: 6GB GDDR6 NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 2060 Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR4-3000 32GB with Custom 3200 XMP Profile (Programmed with Thaiphoon Burner) Storage: Dual 1TB NVMe SSDs Eluktronics Mechanical RGB keyboard 15" FHD 144Hz Display Metal Lid and Palmrest OS: Windows 10/11 (your choice or you can install) PremaMod Unlocked BIOS (full access to everything) thanks to @Prema Spare AC adapter Condition: Very Good (minimal wear, no damage of any kind) What do you think I should ask for it? If there is any interest I will post it in the Marketplace.

That doesn't make any sense. Did you run DDU and reinstall the drivers to see if that will help? What does the 3DMark validation information show you as the reason?

Seems like all of the junk he is working on came from ASUS, LOL. And, I don't see any mention of Cablemod or adapters melted in place in these videos lately. We know the adapters didn't help, but it seems clear that the problem itself is not the adapters as much as it is a stupid choice in connector. You shouldn't use them, but not using them doesn't keep you safe.

For my mobile computing needs, which are very limited, I have the Dell Precision 7720 in my signature. Although gaming is not something that I place I high priority on, it can play games pretty well, actually. It has no problem with modern AAA titles with the Quadro P5000 16GB MXM GPU as long as I don't get too crazy on the settings. It is a solid machine. Built like a brick house. Everything except the CPU is replaceable. I just ordered a Precision 7720 for one of my teenage granddaughters a couple of weeks ago and another one for my wife earlier today. I didn't notice the one I ordered for my wife has a 4K screen, so I may have to trade her for mine if she hates that. They have identical specs otherwise. I seldom turn mine on. Only when I don't have access to one of my desktops. Can't beat if for less than $600. Way better than the plastic crap for sale at 3 to 5 times the cost.

Sorry, I can only speak for myself but I was not ignoring any posts. I didn't see it. There are only about 3 threads that I visit unless I get tagged and respond like I did when @1610ftw mentioned me here. It's not that I don't care about the people posting in the other threads as much as the fact that I don't care about the subject matter. The PC technology landscape has changed dramatically since around 2013-2014 and the downhill slide began around 2011-2012. I have no interest in mobile computing. BGA and the focus on thin and light ruined that for me. I only accept change when I agree with it. If I do not agree with something, then I reject it and withdraw my support. I am here because there is a small group of forum friends that have lasted through the years and we remain friends because they share some of my PC passions. I think the direction things are headed in PC technology is truly disgusting, repulsive and loathsome. Because I reject change that I do not agree with and do not embrace compromise, I see my interest in PC technology fading rapidly. My primary interest is hardware and overclocking. Hardware configurations are largely fixed and disposable now. Overclocking has become a joke because idiots that don't understand or appreciate it are running the show. And, I'm pretty much an all or nothing type of person. (Yes, I am stating the obvious for anyone that knows me.) I like gaming, but don't love it and do not invest a lot of time or energy into it. My interest in gaming has been closely tied to my passion for hardware and overclocking, so there is no place for console or mobile gaming in my world. Linux affords the autonomy that the Redmond Mafia seems hell bent on denying to the users of their modern digital filth. I love Linux, warts and all, (and it has plenty of them,) but not enough to use chintzy crap hardware as the platform for running it. If I am going to use disposable garbage hardware, it will be something extra cheap like a Raspberry Pi. It is hard for me to get excited about something like that, but I am more likely to get excited about spending $200 on disposable crap than I would be $2000 on disposable crap. I like that I can still find dinosaurs like myself and @Papusan here in this community.

Nope, I already have the equivalent of that from ASUS and I refuse to use it. I do not want Gen5 because I want my GPU to run at Gen4 x16. If you put Gen5 in an x16 slot with a card like that the GPU will not run full speed. It will drop to x8. Plus, NVMe Gen3 speeds are good enough for me. Even the very first generation of NVMe is good enough for me. I don't care about drive speeds after Gen3. The faster speeds of Gen4 and Gen5 NVMe do not matter to me. The only way I would want it is if nothing else had to be compromised as a trade-off. None of the compromises or trade-offs are worth it. I would want one of those MSI cards if it was x1 or x4, but not x16. I have a Sabrent PCIe x4 quad NVMe card and it is awesome. That is very sad, but also not surprising. ASUS is not a good company and, as far as I know, they never have been. If they ever were a good company it was sometime before I purchased my first ASUS ROG motherboard. They sucked before everyone discovered they do.

That is just wonderful news, brother. I'm so happy that it worked out exactly like you wanted. Not only did you get your GPU working again, but you got the vBIOS working that it should have had from the factory.

Funny, I just watched that video today. "Seems like you hate efficiency got it 👍" warrants a response like "Seems like you love e-waste and disposable products... yeah, that's really efficient... good job." and these are the same ridiculous bozos that believe humans are causing climate change and have the ability to affect or influence it. Hypocrisy is just one of the syptoms of abject stupidity.

Products coming to market brandishing an "AI" label on them are for artificially intelligent consumers (aka idiots) that believe they are buying something special or unique. Even something as idiotic as a mouse with a button to launch Copilot feces shows how low the bar is set on consumer stupidity.

Nice to see Roman calling BS on all of the AI idiocy. We've never had as much smoke blown up our butts as this stupid AI crap.

Me too. But, I want to be convinced with other people's money first. People I know that think like me. No more crash test dummy life for me. Too many regrets with that approach.

Allowing updates to occur is never smart. Too many undisclosed things can occur. I have updates "paused" until August of 3000 and my target version for updates is 21H2 (22H2 is installed). According to Micro$lop documentation, if you have an invalid target version manually selected, no feature updates will be available to the computers with an invalid target version. I have also disabled the ability for the OS to query Micro$lop Update servers for the presence of available updates. A "don't ask, don't tell, do nothing" approach to managing updates. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; Created with Winaero Tweaker 1.62.1.0 ; https://winaero.com [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UpdatePolicy\PolicyState] "DeferQualityUpdates"=dword:00000000 "DeferFeatureUpdates"=dword:00000000 "BranchReadinessLevel"="CB" "IsDeferralIsActive"=dword:00000001 "IsWUfBConfigured"=dword:00000000 "IsWUfBDualScanActive"=dword:00000000 "PolicySources"=dword:00000010 "QualityUpdatesPaused"=dword:00000001 "QualityUpdatePausePeriodInDays"=dword:000571d1 "FeatureUpdatesPaused"=dword:00000001 "FeatureUpdatePausePeriodInDays"=dword:000571d1 "PauseFeatureUpdatesStartTime"="2023-08-05T23:00:00Z" "PauseFeatureUpdatesEndTime"="3000-07-11T22:00:00Z" "PauseQualityUpdatesStartTime"="2023-08-05T23:00:00Z" "PauseQualityUpdatesEndTime"="3000-07-11T22:00:00Z" "TargetProductVersion"="21H2" "TargetReleaseVersion"="21H2" "UseUpdateClassPolicySource"=dword:00000000 "SetPolicyDrivenUpdateSourceForFeatureUpdates"=dword:ffffffff "SetPolicyDrivenUpdateSourceForQualityUpdates"=dword:ffffffff "SetPolicyDrivenUpdateSourceForDriverUpdates"=dword:ffffffff "SetPolicyDrivenUpdateSourceForOtherUpdates"=dword:ffffffff "ExcludeWUDrivers"=dword:00000001 "IsDisableDualScanConfigured"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UpdatePolicy\Settings] "PausedFeatureStatus"=dword:00000002 "PausedQualityStatus"=dword:00000002 "PausedFeatureDate"=hex(b):00,58,a2,8f,f0,c7,d9,01 "PausedQualityDate"=hex(b):00,58,a2,8f,f0,c7,d9,01 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings] "ActiveHoursEnd"=dword:00000011 "ActiveHoursStart"=dword:00000008 "AllowAutoWindowsUpdateDownloadOverMeteredNetwork"=dword:00000000 "ExcludeWUDriversInQualityUpdate"=dword:00000001 "FlightCommitted"=dword:00000000 "IsExpedited"=dword:00000000 "LastToastAction"=dword:00000000 "UxOption"=dword:00000004 "FlightSettingsMaxPauseDays"=dword:00000e46 "PauseFeatureUpdatesStartTime"="2023-08-05T23:00:00Z" "PauseFeatureUpdatesEndTime"="3000-08-02T18:11:10Z" "PauseQualityUpdatesStartTime"="2023-08-05T23:00:00Z" "PauseQualityUpdatesEndTime"="3000-08-02T18:11:10Z" "PauseUpdatesStartTime"="2023-08-05T23:00:00Z" "PauseUpdatesExpiryTime"="3000-08-02T18:11:10Z" "SmartActiveHoursSuggestionState"=dword:00000000 "SmartActiveHoursTimestamp"=hex(b):16,2a,62,53,d6,b3,da,01 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings\ModelState] "SignalRegistered"="::2F204AE060" Pause Windows Updates until Aug 3000.reg

Yeah, too many unknown issues to be excited about this change. The way things go now, things rarely turn out as good as expected and I do not expect this will end well. It's unusual when new tech stuff doesn't suck. This is because the companies that design and manufacture technology products are idiots and the industry is composed of entities that are fundamentally dishonest. So, a wait and see ho-hum approach is the safest bet. Time will tell. I don't want to fund their unnecessary and frivolous experiments.

I am curious why would you want a proprietary/unproven new form factor intended for turdbooks on a desktop motherboard. This whole thing seems like an unnecessary change for the sake of change and just a gimmick to drive sales/profit for people selling hardware. There is nothing wrong with the memory slots we already have. Moving to this would limit your options as well. Just like the retarded 12VHPWR connector IMHO... totally unnecessary and possibly with more negatives than positives from what I can see right now. It might have some benfits, but I would definitely wait a year, maybe two, and see what happens with this. We don't know what the gotchas will turn out to be so it might be best to let others use their money and pay to be guinea pigs. Especially so if the CAMM memory kits are more expensive. Potential Pros: It might be easier to cool with a waterblock than two DIMM modules Speeds start at 8400 (if that ultimately proves to be accurate and isn't just marketing hype) Eliminates the challenge of identifying an acceptable 2-DIMM motherboard (4-DIMM sucks) Being cynical and skeptical, I wonder if the main reason this is being experimented with on desktop boards is because somebody does not want their pet project to fail. The idea of using these CAMM things in turdbooks is probably DOA because it takes up as much or more space than SO-DIMMs in a market where an irrational pursuit of thin and light trash is the primary driving force. If it survives for two or more hardware generations, can be purchased for less than traditional memory kits, and becomes the new industry standard, at that point it would be something where I would embrace adoption.

They will backtrack on the surface due to public rejection of the idea while quietly redeploying it with the other malware payload already hidden in Winduhz 11. They only care about optics (and then only sometimes) when they derive a benefit such as avoidance of critical scrutiny and legal challenge, but their sleazy sliminess never diminishes. Ugliness is sometimes only on the outside with great beauty on the inside. Sometimes there is beauty only on the outside. With them, ugliness starts on the surface and goes all the way to their core. Find something good about them has never been more difficult. I am not sure there is anything. The mere fact that they created this should cause everyone--even really stupid people--to question their intelligence and their integrity. But, there will still be idiots that opt-in to this filth. Those that don't opt-in will still have their data collected and stolen in secret. But, they will have the placebo of security because they said no. They refused to give a straight answer before. Skunks do not change their stripes. They'll just do it in secret going forward. Big tech ranks along side big government and big parma when it comes to being unworthy of trust and respect. There is not a shred of decency to be found in their miserable existence, and these clowns are the godfather of big tech slime. Because they are certifiably idiots with delusions of grandeur. The only way to legitimize the use of Winduhz 11 is to butcher it so that it no longer resembles the excrement they envisioned. The most satisfying element of that is the pleasure that comes from the defiance in violating the EULA and terms of service.

I really hope that is true. It would be kind of nice to see nobody release anything for two or three years. Just keep selling what they already have. CPU and GPU. Maybe then more people would pull their heads out and realize they don't actually need anything new because what we already have is more than good enough, and what comes next will cost more and probably not be as good in some ways. The tech world is long overdue for a healthy depression/reset and having them take a "chill pill" would be nice. They could use the "time out" to clean up some of their sloppy messes from rushing half-baked crap to market.

Speaking of this place... It's not even close to summer weather yet. If you have ever heard the expression "dryer than a popcorn fart" this is what it means. Today's high will be the overnight low in a few more weeks. No need to worry about condensation using the chiller. There ain't nothing to condense, LOL. 🤣

You are mad, Brother. A mad overclocker, and that's a good thing.

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/hands-on-with-the-only-radeon-rx-7900-xtx-model-that-has-12v-2x6-power-connector.323300/post-5267709

Being the 12V-2x6 (H++) variant of the same underlying trash design doesn't make it OK. https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/hands-on-with-the-only-radeon-rx-7900-xtx-model-that-has-12v-2x6-power-connector.323300/post-5267267 https://www.overclock.net/posts/29336456/

And, they probably think having no USB Type-A port is something they should be proud of. Only, Type-C? Throw out all of your Type-A USB devices? Or, use an adapter for everything? So, that is the solution? Hmmmm... As we know...