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by SoM
Sun Jun 16, 2019 10:22 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: My 30 y/o fridge is clicking
Replies: 24
Views: 2697

Re: My 30 y/o fridge is clicking

prolly a dirty condenser coil
by SoM
Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:16 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Can you identify this sound?
Replies: 7
Views: 5675

Re: Can you identify this sound?

i don't support that format so can't listen, guess it must be some apple thing
by SoM
Sat Dec 29, 2018 5:18 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: My top first person shooters
Replies: 20
Views: 5233

Re: My top first person shooters

Soldier of Fortune 2 Double Helix should be listed here aswell.
by SoM
Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:16 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Cyberpunk 2077
Replies: 35
Views: 12541

Re: Cyberpunk 2077

ill take a brake from PoE just for this..

hopefully the RTX benches deliver
by SoM
Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:35 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Bitchin'Fast! PC '99
Replies: 47
Views: 13099

Re: Bitchin'Fast! PC '99

by SoM
Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:00 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: I am having crap luck with comps.
Replies: 18
Views: 4276

Re: I am having crap luck with comps.

LostCat wrote:
Got new laptop.

It crashes an obscene amount.

...if it's plugged in.

:P

Back to Worst Buy with you!


you're supposed format c:\ first
by SoM
Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:23 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: sluggish performance
Replies: 27
Views: 7136

Re: sluggish performance

does this tell you anything ? looks normal to me _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONCLUSION _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Your system appears to be su...
by SoM
Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:33 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: sluggish performance
Replies: 27
Views: 7136

Re: sluggish performance

after the scan finished i did a shutdown (it was fast, like a switch) waited 10 seconds, press power, boot in 15sec and right off the bat i can see the system very responsive, i proceed to launch quake champions, loads fast, fans spin from the start, did a full game of deathmatch on my regular ULTRA...
by SoM
Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:54 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: sluggish performance
Replies: 27
Views: 7136

Re: sluggish performance

900037 files scanned, 0 threat

try 2nd bios
by SoM
Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:20 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: sluggish performance
Replies: 27
Views: 7136

Re: sluggish performance

just brew it! wrote:
Checked for malware?


started a full scan 10min before u posted, will get back to you on this.

next thing i'll try is my 1070's 2nd bios after scan
by SoM
Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:02 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: sluggish performance
Replies: 27
Views: 7136

Re: sluggish performance

managed to turn the fans on with kombustor, quake loaded to main menu in 5 min

back on 390.77 clean install after DDU

testing...
by SoM
Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:28 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: sluggish performance
Replies: 27
Views: 7136

Re: sluggish performance

Try a different drive, removing all but one? When one of my secondary drives was failing (with no obvious errors), my system (i7, 32GB, SSD, etc) was slow and would take minutes to do almost anything. Pulling the failing drive put everything back to normal. With the bad drive, CPU would usually sho...
by SoM
Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:27 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: sluggish performance
Replies: 27
Views: 7136

Re: sluggish performance

just brew it! wrote:
Have you checked in Event Viewer to see if there's anything odd going on (e.g. disk errors)?


yes, checked it last night, nothing
by SoM
Tue Feb 27, 2018 4:53 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: sluggish performance
Replies: 27
Views: 7136

Re: sluggish performance

As a last resort, you might try Display Driver Uninstaller to get to a completely blank slate before reinstalling the latest graphics-card drivers: http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html You can also use the sensor readouts in GPU-Z to get a sense of how your c...
by SoM
Tue Feb 27, 2018 3:04 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: sluggish performance
Replies: 27
Views: 7136

Re: sluggish performance

1. no, just removed GPU, like before, no problem 2.yes, reconnect 2 6x2 pin cables and case cables 3.boot is back to normal 15sec i've rolled back my driver to 390.77 no improvement. yes i know about the fans spinning/not spinning, they should spin at POST and turn off once i'm all loaded. Quake Cha...
by SoM
Tue Feb 27, 2018 1:05 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: sluggish performance
Replies: 27
Views: 7136

Re: sluggish performance

did another dust off, and also cleaned the contacts on the GPU/RAM/M.2 win loads fast, tried running Quake Champions, after the bethesda game launcher the game starts but sits at a black screen and i've noticed the fans don't even turn on the 1070, edit; tried Just Cause 3 and GPU fans don't turn an...
by SoM
Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:08 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: sluggish performance
Replies: 27
Views: 7136

Re: sluggish performance

just rebooted, win10 booted fast, 15sec.

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by SoM
Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:52 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: sluggish performance
Replies: 27
Views: 7136

Re: sluggish performance

K-L-Waster wrote:
I'd reseat the connector for the SSD (sorry, I'm drawing a blank at the mo' as to whether that's a SATA or an M2 SSD... but same suggestion regardless).


you could read my sig :p
by SoM
Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:51 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: sluggish performance
Replies: 27
Views: 7136

Re: sluggish performance

just brew it! wrote:
7-10MB is not high either, especially for a SSD.

What does your CPU usage look like?


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only FF 58.0.2 running, the CPU should be idle at 800mhz for one
by SoM
Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:07 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: sluggish performance
Replies: 27
Views: 7136

Re: sluggish performance

samsung 950pro

just happened to be on 100, it fluctuates, now it's 7mb-10mb

path of exiles takes a bit to load, never happend
quake champions loads slowly, but get black screen before seeing character, game responds just black screen, alt-tab works.
by SoM
Mon Feb 26, 2018 11:38 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: sluggish performance
Replies: 27
Views: 7136

sluggish performance

was time to dust off the PC, removed the GPU, blew out the case, put everything back, works OK. decided to once again try intel 530 gfx since i'm planning on selling the 1070 but wasn't impressed as expected so i reinstalled the 1070 and win10 took almost 5min to load. normal is 15 seconds updated t...
by SoM
Fri Feb 23, 2018 9:57 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Clip style mic for gaming
Replies: 8
Views: 9660

Re: Clip style mic for gaming

that ModMic 4 looks nice, how come no 5? cause the $100 price i guess.

since this was TR approved, can't go wrong :)

danke
by SoM
Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:43 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Clip style mic for gaming
Replies: 8
Views: 9660

Clip style mic for gaming

i need a clip style mic for gaming i'm not keen on getting a gaming headset, (ex. Thermaltake eSport headsets) i don't want to abandon my Sennheiser 280pro's. So.... anyone have any exp? last time i had a mic was in 93 Thermaltake Chao echo mic Sony ECMCS3 to name a few. The TT looks good i think, a...
by SoM
Thu Feb 01, 2018 8:10 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Blurry BIOS screen
Replies: 20
Views: 12615

Re: Blurry BIOS screen

do some EDID hacking

but it could be a number of things from reading different site. bad cable, bad port sending bad data, corrupt EDID.
by SoM
Sun Jan 07, 2018 2:53 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Windows 10 Free Upgrade Expired?
Replies: 18
Views: 5856

Re: Windows 10 Free Upgrade Expired?

made a new flash of it today, did a fresh install for a friend with his win 7 home key.

works
by SoM
Fri Jan 05, 2018 2:05 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Anyone getting hard resets today?
Replies: 15
Views: 3328

Re: Anyone getting hard resets today?

mine installed, as some don't.

no probs
by SoM
Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:51 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Sorry Canucks, looks like NCIX is going bankrupt
Replies: 30
Views: 10322

Re: Sorry Canucks, looks like NCIX is going bankrupt

tis a shame

never bought anything from them, maybe that's why
by SoM
Fri Dec 15, 2017 11:34 pm
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: decided to dust off
Replies: 13
Views: 5328

Re: decided to dust off

Yeah, there's definitely some discoloration which was not apparent in the original pic. I've seen worse, but only on boards which have ceased to function. not too worried yet, heck i ran my 486dx someting something with 14 mostly popped blown caps for almost 3 years before it bit the dust, or the 1...
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