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HI again, I do believe that bridge mode may turn off their WiFi. Also for me, they care currently charging $14/month for their gateway. So I agree with you guys that say just buy my own gateway from their compatibility list and I'll try to get one with no built in WiFi just in case they can...

Hi all, Thanks everyone for the responses. I think getting my own gateway, new or used, will likely be the only way. Like I said the Xfinity hotspot doesn't seem to interfere with my home network since virtually all my devices are on 5 GHz and on channels 36 or 40, whereas the Xfinity hotspot...

Hi, I've had a Comcast/Xfinity plan for about 6 years now as it's our only option in my older neighbourhood for high speed access. I can try 5G connections with T-mobile now. Frontier has only offered DSL up to 30 Mb/s. Ziply is not here. As bad as customer service has been the 3-4 times...

Hi, I can only add my experience. The 5900X I bought in late Dec 2020 did appear to be faulty and I had to send it back. The Ryzen 9 5950X that I bought in late Jan 2021 worked fine out of the box. I may have also had a faulty X570 Tomahawk though with the MB I can't say I couldn't have...

HI, and one final post, Just for closure, I want to say "yes" a X570 MB can run the Crucial Ballistix memory in post #2 (though non-RGB version) above at the rated speed & timings by just using the XMP profile and no other tweaking. I was surprised as I thought it may only run at 3200 MHz or...

Wow thesmokingman, That was a very helpful post! I'll keep it in mind and see if I can get 3200. If so, I can later try to see if I an raise it slowly without loosening timings too much. To learners permit, I ultimately bought the MSI X570 Tomahawk as it was in stock on Newegg last weekend...

Hi thesmokingman, So you think the memory won't run at rated speed? In the past I've had good luck with Crucial/Micron memory. However, I admit it has been a LONG time since I had an AMD system, with the last one the old Athlon X2s. In general I guess I've never had to worry about memory...

Hi, Well I hope so. I ordered the Crucial Ballistix kit on the weekend directly from Crucial since they had it in stock. I just received a tracking # out of Brownsville TX a couple of hours ago. My motherboard shipped out today from Newegg but the power supply is still processing from...

Hi again (and Happy new year!), Unbelievably the 5900X that I somehow managed to snag on 12/24/2020 showed up on my door today, thanks to DPI. It wasn't supposed to be here until around Feb 21, 2021 but I received an updated shipping notice from Amazon today and found it on my doorstep...

Hi again (and now Merry Christmas!), I finally ordered a 5900X today through Amazon though expected shipping isn't until the 3rd week of Feb 2021. I am still not sure which memory kit to buy, though I now have a 3rd option. I've been reading a lot of MB reviews over the last 4 weeks and I've...

Hi all (and Happy Thanksgiving!), Without getting into a 32 GB vs 64 GB argument, which of the following kits would you use for Ryzen 3 with a X570 based board (knowing that everyone would rather choose Samsung B-die): Model F4-3600C16Q-64GVKC (4x16 GB kit, Timings 16-19-19-39, Voltage 1.35V)...

Muz_J, Thanks! I used the links, but unfortunately the links to software or instructions from "turboduck.net" were outdated and no longer available. However, the link to the new Universal launcher (2017 or so) did work! As it turned out I had a previous version of Universal launcher but that...

Hi, I think I will give up. I've tried everything I could but unless I put in an admin PW when the launcher starts, I can't get the game to run no matter what type of automated shortcut I tried. Perhaps this would work on an enterprise version of Win 10, but the 2 main methods that I listed in...

Hi Pendragon1, I did try that but again it asks for the admin password when I try to run launcher. Maverick, those were the instructions I have tried so far. But I was using my credentials as a local admin to try it. I did not use the built in Administrator account from Windows. Tonight...

Hi, I have a laptop with Win 10 Home, build 1903. I have two parent admin accounts and 1 regular account for my son. Normally I install a game that he wants to play, setup a short cut in his account and he can play it fine. He currently plays Asseto Corsa and Grid2 fine. Recently I...

Lee, Thanks for the info. It will come in handy if I get any errors or crashes. So far I'm not overclocking (other than the default 4GHz the Asus bios sets) as I want to run my system stock for a month or more before delving in. I only tested 4.2 GHz for a day or two to check temps with my...

Yeah, I read that soon after I built the system and was looking for reasons for the failure. The system has been up and running for exactly 2 weeks now and it's been fine. I've let memtest run overnight for 3 nights and there were no problems. So I think it is ok. Not much of an overclocker...

Hi, I did find those documents and another called "core-i7-lga2011-3-tmsdg.pdf" that has the numbering scheme used to identify the pins. However, I'm having a hard time with the blurry photo finding the exact pin. The best I can come up with is the F34 pin, and it is a memory channel. It is...

Silent-circuit, I think you're right. The system is not for any mission critical work. Gaming, browsing, running 1-2 low intensity VMs and on the weekends I compress camcorder videos to post for relatives over-seas. I overbuilt this system basically because things have moved so slowly on the...

Ok, I've figured out the 0.1GB part at least. I do know that sometimes when large portions of memory are "reserved" it may be a hardware error, or a 32-bit OS with over 4GB of memory installed. Or perhaps, incorrectly seated memory, faulty memory controllers etc. But in regards to just 0.1 GB...

Thanks, In Win 10, I have 89 MB reserved. I just noticed that my Win 7 box has 33 MB reserved. But what is odd is that the WIn 7 machine with 16 GB in System properties says 16.0 GB of RAM, though task manager is 16351 KB (out of 16384). In Win 8, the new machine says 64.0 GB in System...

Suprfire, I wish I could try to bend it back. I have non-conductive tweezers for electronics, but the pins are so small and so close together that I really think I would probably bend a nearby one worse than slightly bend that pin back. The space between the pins is just 1 mm, so the pin is...

Hi again and sorry for the long post, Recently I asked about advantages of Broadwell-E vs Haswell-E. Well I went for a Broadwell-E CPU and received my parts yesterday. Main parts are i7-6850K, 64 GB (Corsair Vengeance LPX 4x16GB @DDR4 2400), Asus X99-a II, evga 850W P2 PSU, and using an old...

Hi guys, Thanks for the responses. It was $104 at Amazon. I guess I'll keep it and install it. If there are any problems with installation/activation I'll contact Amazon and just get another product, hopefully more official. Yesterday when I looked briefly for Win 7 Pro OEM I found the...

Hi, tl:dr: I bought the international version of Win 10 Pro OEM by mistake, but live in the US. Will there be problems using it or with updates? Should I send it back? Thanks. BACKGROUND: I'm assembling parts for an upcoming build. Yesterday I ordered some components from Amazon and threw...

Thanks for the info. At this time I think I'll be going for the Noctua cooler rather than a 280 mm AIO. I did want one but I can't seem to find one that I know is definitely quiet. I bought the case without a window so I don't have to look at it once it is installed. Thanks and you did...

To Michaelius, thanks for the response. I should update my location as I am in the US, though my sister is in Canada and just a couple of hours away. But neither country is on the list. To Marcdaddy, thanks for the info. Running at 4.4 with 1.28 V is great. Looks like you got a good chip...

Rastaban, Yeah, that's a good idea about a 120 mm fan. I guess nothing is holding me to using 2 140 mm fans, if the outer 140 mm can't be used then I could replace it with the 120 mm fan. I didn't think about that! As for my original problem of why Fractal Design says 280 mm AIO coolers...

Thanks guys, I guess I was under the impression that the 6-core HS-E parts overclocked a lot better than BD-E. If so, that would overcome their slightly lower IPC. I look at user's sigs, on this forum and others, and so many 5820/5930 chips seem to run at 4.5-4.7GHz compared to the BD-Es that...

Hi all, I'm going to put together a new system this summer, and setup my current i7-2600K @4.7GHz as a system for the family/kids. I was awaiting Broadwell-E but I have to say that what I've read so far is somewhat underwhelming. Still, I'm going to move forward and get a X99 system. I never...

Ok, Perhaps no one here has tried the combo of 280 mm coolers in the top spot of the Define R5. I've spent a bit of time looking at Youtube videos of both the Kraken X61 and the Corsair H115 and they both seem louder than I expected. It looks like the safe choice may be to stick with the...

HI, (tl:dr version: Anyone successfully mount a 280 mm AIO at the top of a Define R5 without trouble, with a X99 based MB? Do I have to settle for a 240 mm cooler? If so what is a quiet one available in the US, powerful enough for an over-clocked X99 based 6-core? Thanks...

Mchart, Thanks for clarifying. Louie.

Hey Mchart, I was wondering what you meant about Skylake being the only platform to "boot it'? Are you saying booting with a NVME drive or booting a RAID 0 setup with two drives, likely with an add-on card? I was under the impression that the X99 boards that use Haswell-E/Broadwell-E can now...

Oops, sorry, I meant to thank you Tawnos. Mixed up the names. Louie.

Ok all, Just to close this thread. I finally finished the program and it was able to completely descramble the fable. The porgram is iterative rather than recursive, though now after finishing it I think a recursive method would work the same but with a basecase of no more string left to...

Tawnos, First, thanks for taking the time to give advice and hints. Yes, I really could not figure out why they said not to start at zero until you clarified it. In the example they were giving about reversing a string they too started the decryption from the beginning. Due to your help...

Tawnos, Thanks, but is your "push" a hint for the recursive method? I can see your point about my program so far. On my original find the best shift program I kept track of the shift that created the most valid words. What I shoudl do, with the non-recursive version, is keep track of the...

Ok, thanks Mikeblas & Krogen: First off, Python really isn't needed it just happens to be the language I'm trying to learn. Also, I have come up with a program that can solve the problem without recursion but the problem set instructions say recursion will be easier to implement and I did want...

Hey all, Would this forum be ok to post a relatively specific question about a program I'm trying to complete. Last month I posted in the thread about easy programming languages. During the last 4 weeks, I've been slowling going through the MIT open courseware for course 6.00 (Intro to...