Geek thread - Discuss IT stuff

What phone do you have now? You don’t need the latest phone. My mum still uses an S3m, though her one is pretty much brand new as she does almost nothing with it, she just uses it as a phone.


On a different note, I’ll be doing the RAM tests later today, but first I’m reinstalling my Steam library yet again. For reasons I can’t fathom out, once you install a game it won’t appear in the Steam folder in the start menu unless you tick a box before the install. I didn’t see the box when I did all of the games. So if I want to launch a game now, I have to open Steam, go digging in some menus and launch from there. I don’t want to do that, so I’m uninstalling and reinstalling everything today.


Time for some more Crapple bashing I think. Yesterday I was helping out at freshers’ faiyre in uni where all the societies and clubs advertise themselves and recruit members (our society is starting a monopoly of sorts and we’re a threat to other societies :joy:). Anyway, we were using my friend’s Mac for signups (until it ran out of battery and we swapped in my laptop), we had at least 30 people (of the 150 that signed up) asking where the hell the @ key was. It’s funny how Crapple adverties their intuitive interfaces and ease of use, yet people struggle to find something as simple as the @ key and have to ask someone else where it is. :joy:

Meanwile, there was not one complaint about my laptop, I even got someone saying it was a really nice laptop. Nobody even noticed that I had limited the CPU to 1% and that the whole thing was running in potato mode to make the battery last as long as possible. :rofl:

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I only just found the time to test the RAM. It’s definitely fried. MemTest86 does 4 passes of 13 tests. I’m only 10 tests into the first pass and I’ve already got 24 errors. I could have stopped the test the moment I got the first error, but I want to see how bad it’s going to get.

This explains the majority of recent BSODs. Some of them were still down to W10 though. I don’t know what caused the RAM to fail. My guess is it was just a bad module with a manufacturing imperfection that finally reared its head.

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Pass 1 complete in just under 90 mins with 77 errors :joy:. I’m going to end the test because I’ll be here for 4.5 more hours and I want to sleep.

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P.S. The test has been running as I typed this reply and is now on 81 errors.

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Clear :hugs:

Not to me so. But I read it anyway.

So…I just lost all Windows Hello functionality…again. Can’t make a PIN or use my fingerprint reader. It was fine last night, this morning the fingerprint reader didn’t want to read my print and said there was a problem on their end. Now it won’t even detect my finger on the reader and my WH settings are greyed out.

I’ve fucking had it with this shit. I don’t even know what caused it this time, I haven’t been messing with settings and no updates have come through.

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Oh! Man!
What, thats, hmm, :joy::joy::rofl:
Sorry!!
What :face_with_symbols_over_mouth::face_with_symbols_over_mouth:
:confounded:

Well, I managed to get it to store a single fingerprint as opposed to my usual four, so it’s better than nothing.

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I’ve been in back and forth comms with Corsair, sent back the RAM today, should have a replacement kit in a few days.

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Had another bout with Alienware command center a couple days ago in class :expressionless:
Updated then couldn’t get audio running which I was needing for some vids lol
Had to reinstall it
Don’t go rubbing your technological jinx on me eh hha

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I know I’m a little bit too late but I’ve installed IOS 13 a couple of days ago

Among the new features there are Dark Mode, new Apple Music, renewed styles of soundbars and the main menu.

The features I liked:
Lyrics are now synchronized with the song playing - looks pretty cool and makes sense
New Commands section - actually Automator ported from OS X. Is very cool because now I don’t have issues with VK docs (I had to open them in safari , then opening the share menu and only then getting the doc in app). We usually send stuff like test answers via Vk
Dark mode looks pretty decent
New WIFI and Bluetooth controls allowing you to choose the network/device inside of the Control Panel
New photos arrangement looks pretty great
And finally !! Emoji keyboard is now separated from English/Russian one
Face ID now works much much faster

Something that I don’t like in features:
Bugs. Apple Music got really bugged
New iPhones don’t have Taptic Engine so now in IOS 13 the respond doesn’t come from it and it feels really… like I’m holding an old Xperia or something.
A lot of options when you save a file in safari. I might be getting old but it confuses me

And in general - I don’t like the way the whole industry and especially apple is going. I mean … there are NO completely new features at all! Some of them are ported from macOS (dark mode and the Commands), some are stolen from Android or other platforms. But in usability , IOS 13 is a good one ( I think any phone OS is a good one comparing to IOS 8 LMAO)

Sorry for this kind of typing - I’m on my phone right now

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I need some advice if possible…im thinking of getting a tv in my room for my PS4…at the moment it’s downstairs. I dont want a massive tv but I don’t want it too small…can anyone help me at all?

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Could you give me some more info ? Like the distance between your seat and the tv? The amount of place? Do you have a stand or you want to mount it to the wall ?

And do you have PS4 or the Pro version ?

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How has something like this only just now been implemented? Come on Apple, I know you’re bad, but goddamn.

That’s been the case for at least 5 years. It’s because consumers keep demading and engineers keep having to pull all kinds of random shite out of their arses.

You’re going to have to be more specific than that. Budget? Size? Resolution? Refresh rate (I don’t know if the PS4 is capped)? Brand? Special features? Does it have to be a TV or can you get away with a good PC monitor?

This too.

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@NickGr I have a PS4 and I want it on a stand. @the_termin8r ill whatsapp you later with more info.

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Miracles have happened. I just made it through a W10 update in one piece.

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Lol
You should post this in a little laughter never hurts

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It’s not meant to be a joke, I’m genuinely astounded.

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Not everything has to be a joke to get a laughter

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Hmmm this can’t be right. I expect something to go wrong within the next couple hours. :joy: Let’s hope it stays this way

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