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    What could cause this extremely high wear leveling? (Crucial M4)

    One more quick update - been a week now and still steady at 2735. Case closed - I'm going to contact Bitdefender about this as well, they need to be aware that their software is actually damaging drives.
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    What could cause this extremely high wear leveling? (Crucial M4)

    Still sitting good at 2735 after nearly 2 days without Bitdefender - I think that was definitely it. Ridiculously bad bug in the software...
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    What could cause this extremely high wear leveling? (Crucial M4)

    Yeah I have no idea on Bitdender but I did find some forum posts about past versions writing tons of data to the temp folder, like 400,000+ files at a time and stuff like that. I was running the 2016 version but who knows I guess. That erase count hasn't gone up in close to 24 hours now after...
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    What could cause this extremely high wear leveling? (Crucial M4)

    Update: I think it may be Bitdefender doing it. I uninstalled that this morning and went back to just Windows Defender+MBAM. Still sitting at 2735 now at midnight. Should have gone up more by now. Fingers crossed that this is it. ========= Pagefile - set to auto manage. I have 8GB of RAM on...
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    What could cause this extremely high wear leveling? (Crucial M4)

    Yeah, I've got backups - not worried about that. Just need to know what's doing this to the drive. Here's what the Crucial utility shows:
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    What could cause this extremely high wear leveling? (Crucial M4)

    I have two identical 256GB Crucial M4 drives that are about 3.5 years old. The OS one started throwing SMART errors last week indicating that the drive's life is nearing its end: The identical other drive (I have my games on it) shows almost no wear at all: The Average Block-Erase Count...
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    Dell U2412M

    I'm using the A02 icc one now and it's better. I still think the LG looked nicer though - amazing considering it's 5+ years old. I think part of it is the AG coating - looking at both monitors off side by side, I see way more reflection in the LG.
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    Dell U2412M

    On that TFTCentral profiles list do you have to use the one that matches your revision? I got two new A03's today to replace my dying LG246W and I think the U2412M looks a lot worse than the LG did using that single A03 profile that's on the site...
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    Corsair Vengeance K60 Keyboard and M60 Mouse Review @ [H]

    I had the K60 and ended up returning it - my issues with it were: 1. I had the keycap fading problem within 3 days of buying it. 2. The Cherry MX Reds were just too little force for me I think, I was constantly doubling letters accidentally. 3. I had an issue where the backspace key...
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    LG L246W

    The problems with my 246W came back after a little bit using the new DVI to HDMI cable btw. I think it probably is the monitor now. It almost seems like an electrical issue builds up over time with it - if I leave it unplugged with no power to it for a while and then use it, it's fine for a...
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    Auria EQ276W review ($399 27" 2560x1440 IPS)

    Ok thanks. Gonna think about it a bit...
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    Auria EQ276W review ($399 27" 2560x1440 IPS)

    Couple questions if you can answer: 1. Is the stand height/angle adjustable at all? 2. How annoying is the glossiness of the screen exactly? Coming from a (dying) LG246W with the matte finish am I going to hate it? Very close to ordering it...
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    Good PC Flight Sim?

    FSX is the good Microsoft sim, not Flight imo... Others that are good: DCS A-10C Rise of Flight X Plane 10 Aerofly FS
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    LG L246W

    Thanks - maybe I'll check it out. Then again, I sorta think when I switch away from this monitor I'll probably go for 1440p on a 27" or something like that. I've always made every monitor I buy an upgrade over the last one in resolution and size - I went from a 19" 1280x1024 CRT to the 246W...
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    LG L246W

    What do you think about the AG coating on the 2412M though? That really worries me about replacing the 246W - I don't see any of that sparkling stuff with this monitor and I hate that effect on other ones I've seen.
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    LG L246W

    Update - I still can't believe this. It was the freaking DVI to HDMI cable. I had no idea digital cables could artifact and stuff like that - I figured they'd either work or not at all. After RMAing the GPU didn't fix the problem I went out and bought a new cable and a cheap Samsung monitor as...
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    Is my PSU going bad based on these numbers?:

    Bad news - the problems still persist after installing the Kingwin (very nice unit btw)... RMAing the GPU now... sigh.
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    Asteroid to Threaten Earth in 2013

    This article is crap guys... Bad Astronomy has debunked it and so did Neil deGrasse Tyson on multiple TV shows last weekend: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/03/04/no-asteroid-2012-da14-will-not-hit-us-next-year/
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    Is my PSU going bad based on these numbers?:

    I ordered the Kingwin Lazer Platinum 1000 a bit ago. Even if the Corsair is actually still OK I'd planned on getting a new one anyway with the new system, so this is fine... thanks guys!
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    Is my PSU going bad based on these numbers?:

    I need my computer for work, can't really afford to RMA... I want to get something with more wattage anyway in case I decide to do SLI or whatever in the future. I'm gonna build a new machine when Ivy Bridge comes out and I was thinking about getting a second 570 when I do that.
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    Is my PSU going bad based on these numbers?:

    Hey guys, I've been having some strange problems (artifacting, flashing, blank screens for a few seconds etc) and I suspected it was my GTX570 but I'm now thinking it might be the PSU based on the numbers I'm seeing from SpeedFan. Specs: MSI P55-GD55 i7 860 @ 4.0Ghz 4GB Corsair Dominator 1600...
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    LG L246W

    Crap guys - it's the GPU. I connected my 360 to the monitor - no problems at all. Ran OC scanner again and this time started getting all kinds of artifacts, the monitor blanked out 4 or 5 times in a row in quick succession etc. Ugh...
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    LG L246W

    No noise when it blanks. I've now noticed weird shifts in parts of the image on screen for a split second at times too, it sort of flips a section of the screen real fast, weird... If I can run an hour and a half of EVGA OC Scanner's stress test without any artifacts or crashes is that a...
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    LG L246W

    Also - if I have to get a new monitor what do you guys recommend? I love this one and I'm kinda bummed about probably having to go down to a 16:9, I like the extra vertical space... All the 16:10 ones available now seem to be insanely expensive and/or slow with the response times and not good...
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    LG L246W

    No, the entire screen blanks out - it's almost like it's going into sleep/power save or something, but it comes back on its own in a few seconds.
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    LG L246W

    Guys I think my 246W is dying :( Was manufactured May 2007 and I bought it around August that year I think. There's three main problems: 1. There's discoloration and image retention on the upper right side of the panel - I can see my desktop icons, my Trillian contacts list etc. 2. I'm...
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    NVIDIA GeForce 295.73 WHQL Drivers Released

    I've had several TDRs and multiple black screen loss of video signal/sync type things since installing these this morning. This is unbelievable that these problems have continued since last freaking summer and they can't fix it.
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    Nvidia display stopped working but recovered

    I can't believe there hasn't been a bigger outcry over this from the PC gaming press - this issue is affecting almost everyone I know with an Nvidia 5 series card now. It's clearly the drivers doing it, it never happened prior to the 280+ series ones. I'm to the point where I'm going to stop...
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    LG L246W

    Unfortunately I think my 246WP-BN is dying... I've got weird streaking and blotches on the upper right side of the screen now and there's a vertical line running down it that seems to exactly line up with where I put my Trillian contacts list. It's very visible on grays and blues - can't see...
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    i7 860 (maybe 870) owners - Vcore

    Dunno if it helps, but I'm at 1.35 vcore and stable at 4GHz on my 860. I didn't even need to touch VTT voltage either.
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    GTX570 crashing - is this PSU?

    Update (not good unfortunately): FSX (which I have to be able to run well due to my job at an aircraft addon dev) is just flat out slower on this card than on the GTX260. I can't explain it, but it definitely is. In the exact same situation with the same driver settings and same settings in...
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    3DMark11 Score

    P5235 with my single GTX570 / i7 860 @ 3.8. That seem decent? (no OCing on the card yet) http://3dmark.com/3dm11/115592
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    GTX570 crashing - is this PSU?

    Metro 2033 is blazing fast now as long as PhysX and DoF are off - everything else maxed, 1920X1200. That was a total slideshow on the old card. Just played WoW Cataclysm for a few hours too - perfectly stable with no crashing (I know it's not a GPU intensive game, but still, it works!) Thanks...
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    GTX570 crashing - is this PSU?

    Ok guys, The Kill A Watt shows a total draw even in Metro 2033 of only 450-470W or so fluctuating. FSX is way lower, not even at 400W. I cleaned out the driver with the latest Driver Cleaner. I did uninstall the driver before I pulled the 260 out but I figured that the whole cleaner...
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    GTX570 crashing - is this PSU?

    Upgraded from a GTX260 SP216 896MB. System was built in Jan of this year. Has been rock solid stable the whole time until today - pretty sure I never saw anything at all crash actually. I've seen BC2 and MS FSX both crash to desktop today - neither has ever given me trouble before. I work...
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    GTX570 crashing - is this PSU?

    Newegg's calculator says 603W for these specs (choosing a GTX470 as closest) - it doesn't take the CPU overclock into account either... I just wonder how close I actually am to the limit here.
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    GTX570 crashing - is this PSU?

    I got my EVGA 570 today... I'm getting random crashes in several games with it. My PSU is the Corsair HX 620W... I'm worried this might too low for it and that's the cause. Rest of the system: MSI P55-GD65 mobo i7 860 OCed @ 3.8GHz, 1.35v 4GB Corsair DDR3 1600 WD Caviar Black 1TB HD WD Caviar...
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    Nvidia 570 listed at Newegg now

    Ordered the EVGA card a few hours ago... going from a GTX260 SP216, hope this a good upgrade!
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    196.75 drivers dangerous, read here

    They were definitely not betas.
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    196.75 drivers dangerous, read here

    Is there any way to tell if damage was done to the card even if things seem ok after downgrading the driver? I couldn't figure out why I was getting extreme hitching in FSX a few days ago and I'm thinking now it was probably these drivers causing it. Everything seems to be running ok now after...
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