GrandesBollas Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Consistent with the last topics, my understanding was that there were three forums being set up. I went and registered for all three, and have been periodically checking them. Last night I tried logging into the third forum, set up by Spartan. I couldn't log into the site last night. Now I'm getting a "watch your ass" warning about the site not being secure. Has that site been taken down permanently? Is our trio now down to two? This site and laptopforums.net? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 It appears online to me and looking normal. Posts from today are appearing. PowerSpec 1720 (PB70EF-G) | i7-8750H | 32GB 3000MHz DDR4 | RTX 2070 8GB 115W | 144Hz G-SYNC Spoiler -163 mV core & cache | 15-18-18-36 1T @ 1.35V | 1905MHz @ .975mV & 1950MHz GDDR6 Disabled: TVB, VMX Stress, RDB, HDC Tuned with: ThrottleStop, MSi Afterburner | TIM: SYY 157 Insyde H2OUVE BIOS Unlock | CB R20 - 3172 | CB R23 - 8164/1105 | CPU Prof. Max - 4702 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertzian56 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 It does load up but was "under construction" earlier in the day. I sent a service request before that today for the following reasons. I have had a fair bit of tech problems with that site, never got confirmation email so he activated me manually and it worked but today it won't accept my UN or PW and they are not wrong I can tell you that. Still have not got any emails from them either. Idk he says to use a chrome based browser, which I usually never do I'm a firefox and variant user and to disable adblock etc hm not sure about all that. I did also try it on Opera which is a chrome based browser, still no go. Never had those problems with this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samir Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Rule number one when building a forum for a community--make sure it is easy for the community to register and post, lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defcon42 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Yea, i have issues with logging in there as well. Maybe a hiccup. I will monitor all three for the time being. Clevo P670HP6-G @OBSIDIAN-PC (2017), 17,3"//GTX1060//i7-7700HQ//512GB M2.SSD, external 32" UHD Display (defying BGA haters since day 1)😋 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertzian56 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Yep still won't accept un, pw and email to login for 2 days now. Doesn't send an email for pw change either. Takes care of that site for me atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electrosoft Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Hertzian56 said: Yep still won't accept un, pw and email to login for 2 days now. Doesn't send an email for pw change either. Takes care of that site for me atm. I just checked and it came right up. Make sure to clear your cache and when you login make sure to check "remember me" That was a major hang up with Firefox for me. I also disabled ad blocking. I do agree authentications aren't working either. I think one of the major differences this early on is that @Hiew is a seasoned forum runner so he comes in skills ablazin' and it shows as this site is easily the most polished so far out of the three and running like a well oiled machine. I haven't had one technical hiccup yet. I've encountered a few on the other two. @Reciever is also bringing the heavy heat with a firm attachment to the core principles and ideology of notebookreview. Teamwork makes the dreamwork. 3 1 Electrosoft Alpha: SP109 14900KS | Asrock Z790i Lightning | MSI Suprim X Liquid 4090 | AC LF II 420 | TG 2x16GB 8200 | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB | EVGA 1600w P2 | Phanteks Ethroo Pro | Alienware AW3225QF 32" OLED Ellectrosoft Beta: Eurocom X15 Raptor | i9-12900k | Nvidia RTX 3070ti | Samsung 990 2TB | 15.6" 144hz | Wifi 6E Heath: i9-12900k | EVGA CLC 280 | Asus Strix Z690 D4 | Asus Strix 3080 | 32GB DDR4 2x16GB B-Die 4000 | WD Black SN850 512GB | EVGA DG-77 | Samsung G7 32" 144hz 32" My for sale items on eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertzian56 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Well I didn't do any of that disabling a few days ago hence my profile and some posts is still up there. Kind of a pain because it's not the only window I have open but I'll give it a try sometime I guess. Update: disabled all ad blockers still nogo gonna give it a break for a while on that site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandesBollas Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 I posted the same in laptopforums.net. I find it really disappointing that the site won't let me login using the credentials I used when I signed up; the site does not send an email for resetting password, despite the statement to that effect otherwise. Notebook-review.com seems to be a closed forum - closed to those not in the inner circle of NBR friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samir Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I can't believe both other forums are having so many registration issues. It's actually not that hard to get a forum online and running smoothly, but some of the server side settings just need to be right and tested to make sure they work. I guess maybe this is where some skill and experience come in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertzian56 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Have had no problems with laptopforum. I think if it's not personal over at notebook-review, (which seems unlikely since he manually activated my account in the last days of nbr), it's most likely because he manually activated my account some bug seems to affect me and only a few others and I'm not sure the vbulletin tech support's giving it any more attention because of that. Well not much more I can do but check back every few days at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electrosoft Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I find using Edge resolves many issues over on the other sites for now. This translates into other site real world usage too in regards to Firefox. I've been a diehard Firefox user since inception (decades), but the last few years I've found myself having to default to Chrome or now Edge to get some sites to behave properly. This site is working pretty much flawless Firefox or Edge. Like I said before, a lot of this comes down to this site being run by a @Hiew with @Reciever carving out the vision in stone. I've found laptopforums.net has some of the same authentication and "sometimes you're logged in; sometimes you're not" issues. Luckily we are afforded the luxury of using all three sites. My singular morning jump off visit while I quaff my tea has now turned into a three site sojourn. Electrosoft Alpha: SP109 14900KS | Asrock Z790i Lightning | MSI Suprim X Liquid 4090 | AC LF II 420 | TG 2x16GB 8200 | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB | EVGA 1600w P2 | Phanteks Ethroo Pro | Alienware AW3225QF 32" OLED Ellectrosoft Beta: Eurocom X15 Raptor | i9-12900k | Nvidia RTX 3070ti | Samsung 990 2TB | 15.6" 144hz | Wifi 6E Heath: i9-12900k | EVGA CLC 280 | Asus Strix Z690 D4 | Asus Strix 3080 | 32GB DDR4 2x16GB B-Die 4000 | WD Black SN850 512GB | EVGA DG-77 | Samsung G7 32" 144hz 32" My for sale items on eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertzian56 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Yeah I switched to opera for that site and it works, however opera has a built in vpn so I'm not sure if that has something to do with it. I got a godaddy temporary ip block notice on waterfox but later it goes away and just get connection error, timed out etc. I have been working with spartan to get this resolved as I seem to have the most problems with the site on my default browser. I signed up with a new account and it worked for a bit but once I tried to log back in it was trouble all over again. The feeling is that it's a godaddy firewall problem as other say they have no problems with firefox, I disable all blocker for that site w firefox still the same problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electrosoft Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Looks like notebook-review.com is down atm. Not sure what is going on. Anyone in direct contact with Spartan? Electrosoft Alpha: SP109 14900KS | Asrock Z790i Lightning | MSI Suprim X Liquid 4090 | AC LF II 420 | TG 2x16GB 8200 | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB | EVGA 1600w P2 | Phanteks Ethroo Pro | Alienware AW3225QF 32" OLED Ellectrosoft Beta: Eurocom X15 Raptor | i9-12900k | Nvidia RTX 3070ti | Samsung 990 2TB | 15.6" 144hz | Wifi 6E Heath: i9-12900k | EVGA CLC 280 | Asus Strix Z690 D4 | Asus Strix 3080 | 32GB DDR4 2x16GB B-Die 4000 | WD Black SN850 512GB | EVGA DG-77 | Samsung G7 32" 144hz 32" My for sale items on eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertzian56 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 hour ago, electrosoft said: Looks like notebook-review.com is down atm. Not sure what is going on. Anyone in direct contact with Spartan? Godaddy problems from my understanding not sure it'll come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prototime Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Now it says the domain name is parked and available for purchase. We'll see if it comes back... Samsung Notebook 9 Pro 15" NP940X5N - 15.0" 1080p IPS glossy touchscreen | Intel Coffeelake i7-8550U CPU | AMD Radeon 540 GPU with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM | 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 RAM | 256GB SSD | Intel Wireless AC 8625 | S PenMSI GS43VR 6RE Phantom Pro - 14" 1080p IPS matte screen | Intel Skylake i7-6700HQ CPU | nVidia Pascal GTX 1060 GPU with 6GB GDDR5 VRAM | 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 2400MHz RAM | 500GB Samsung 850 Evo M.2 SSD | 1TB Samsung 860 Evo 2.5" SSD | Intel Wireless AC 8260 | Thunderbolt 3 port | IC Diamond Thermal Compound on CPU + GPU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxware79 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 Alienware Aurora R15 - i9-13900KF - RTX 4090 - 32GB DDR5 Alienware M18x R2 - i7-3920XM - GTX 970M - 16GB 1866Mhz DDR3L - Samsung 970 Evo with MXM to NVMe Adapter - Custom Delft Blue Alienware X51 - i7-3770 - NO GPU - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware M17x R3 - i7-2760QM - GTX 580M - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware Area 51 ALX - i7-975 Extreme - GTX 980 - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware Aurora R2 - i7-3770K - GTX 670FTW - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware Aurora R4 ALX - i7-3930K - GTX 1060 - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware Aurora R4 ALX - i7-3930K - GTX 670FTW - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cucubits Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 31 minutes ago, Maxware79 said: Yup, I almost feel bad that I kept saying signing up to all 3 is a mistake, but many did that and hopefully now more and more folks will move here for good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electrosoft Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 In those uncertain times, you didn't know who was going to emerge or be persistent. I kept advocating to hedge your bets and sign up for all three. If all three make it? Great! I visit numerous tech forums that have a lot of cross over. If one (or two) go the way of the dodo, then everyone will eventually consolidate to the last forum standing. Most likely, traffic will uptick a bit both here and laptopforums. I just wish the redirect page for notebookreview listed the three forums that did arise so those who punched it in after being away would at least have some idea of where to go. Electrosoft Alpha: SP109 14900KS | Asrock Z790i Lightning | MSI Suprim X Liquid 4090 | AC LF II 420 | TG 2x16GB 8200 | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB | EVGA 1600w P2 | Phanteks Ethroo Pro | Alienware AW3225QF 32" OLED Ellectrosoft Beta: Eurocom X15 Raptor | i9-12900k | Nvidia RTX 3070ti | Samsung 990 2TB | 15.6" 144hz | Wifi 6E Heath: i9-12900k | EVGA CLC 280 | Asus Strix Z690 D4 | Asus Strix 3080 | 32GB DDR4 2x16GB B-Die 4000 | WD Black SN850 512GB | EVGA DG-77 | Samsung G7 32" 144hz 32" My for sale items on eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prototime Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 According to discussion on laptopforum.net, the notebook-forum.com forum is gone for good. Sad for Spartan and folks who just lost NBR too. Hopefully we can welcome Spartan to efgxt soon. 2 Samsung Notebook 9 Pro 15" NP940X5N - 15.0" 1080p IPS glossy touchscreen | Intel Coffeelake i7-8550U CPU | AMD Radeon 540 GPU with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM | 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 RAM | 256GB SSD | Intel Wireless AC 8625 | S PenMSI GS43VR 6RE Phantom Pro - 14" 1080p IPS matte screen | Intel Skylake i7-6700HQ CPU | nVidia Pascal GTX 1060 GPU with 6GB GDDR5 VRAM | 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 2400MHz RAM | 500GB Samsung 850 Evo M.2 SSD | 1TB Samsung 860 Evo 2.5" SSD | Intel Wireless AC 8260 | Thunderbolt 3 port | IC Diamond Thermal Compound on CPU + GPU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samir Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 It could be just redirected temporarily while work is being done on the site. I've done this before, but usually will have some sort of message so my users aren't guessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defcon42 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Thanks for the info. So it was the right decision to stick around mainly in here for me. Thou i regged on all three. Clevo P670HP6-G @OBSIDIAN-PC (2017), 17,3"//GTX1060//i7-7700HQ//512GB M2.SSD, external 32" UHD Display (defying BGA haters since day 1)😋 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ratsey Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 The challenge is to get this site well up the search rankings when people look for notebookreview.com. I see there's a mention at the end of https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/did-notebookreview-com-bite-the-dust.2331577/ . The more references we can scatter around the internet the better the prospects of people finding this forum. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanLegi Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 the page is down, too much issues with the provider and spartan has to much work so he work at HIdevolution and in his free time manage the page. makes me a little sad 😞 cheerio jp 1. Desktop Gaming RIG | i7 13700KF | MSI MEGZ690 Unify | F5-6400 CL32 not testet yet | M.2_1 SPATIUM M480 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 1TB | MSI RTX 4080 Gaming X Trio white Edition | Lian Li O11D XL with 10 Fan setup | 3 bottom (in-take) | 3 top (in-take) | 3 side (out-take | 1 back (out.take) 2. Mobile Gaming | Raider GE78HX 13VI 3. MSI GS63VR 6RF Stealth 4. MSI GE73VR 7RF Raider with 4K Screen R.I.P GE76 Raider 11UH-208 UK with BOE CQ NE173QHM-NZ1 WQHD 240Hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertzian56 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 It would be cool if spartan is completely done with it to give or reduced price the domain to this site, no offense but much better name easier to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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