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  1. CaffeineMan

    Slightly messed up packaging for an HD-return or keep?

    If it means anything to you the last time I bought an HDD from Newegg it came shipped in a plastic clamshell in a box 4 times bigger than a shoe box with brown paper on top of the drive. The little paper they used did not keep it from moving in the box. The drive's clamshell was touching the...
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    Might have my first SSD going bad

    Ditto, had an early Crucial SSD go bad it just died with no warning. My young, at the time, son's first PC purchase. Crucial wanted to give him a prorated warranty replacement of 20% off his next SSD purchase. I replied and gave them the ol' "I have been using Crucial memory since back in the...
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    The [H]ardForum Perpetual Freebies Thread

    I did remember that but you had to go and connect the first PC first for it to work if I remember correctly. The router lets any PC initiate the connection. (Remember setting up an app to connect so you would not hit the busy time and end up with a busy signal?) I attached the quote from 2000...
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    The [H]ardForum Perpetual Freebies Thread

    I can check my old PC if you still want it and see if it still has a dial-up modem in it. No more modems in my parts bin. Oh man reminds me of the olden days. I had a router with a serial port that would dial out to my ISP to share 54k speed across my network. Heck, when I got cable internet...
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    FS: Amazon Gift Cards!

    Obligatory bought from this seller. What is your smallest Amazon GC amount?
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    Do I have a bad HBA card?

    STH? Serve the home? https://www.servethehome.com/
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    Do I have a bad HBA card?

    It's why I paid a few extra dollars so I would not need to flash, trying to save a bit of time during the busy season. Guess I better learn how and flash.
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    Do I have a bad HBA card?

    Update The card shows in windows Device manager as an LSI Adapter, SAS2 2308 Mustang. Instead of the IBM M5110 8 Port 6 Gbps PCI-E SAS/SATA IT MODE OR the firmware p20 LSI 9207-8I I put the SSD on a sata to USB and it shows right away. (so I know the drive is good) I put the PC to sleep removed...
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    Do I have a bad HBA card?

    I was thinking about that, I dropped the card in my main box. When I powered up the drive (I used external power) it temporarily shut off my PC then froze Diskpart until I shut off the drive. I tried a different drive with the same results. Device manager saw the sas but as a different model...
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    Do I have a bad HBA card?

    https://www.bcmcom.com/bcm_search_results.asp?Product_ID=BC206C&level1=1&level2=&asd=^54 the site does not have a Bios for it any more any ideas?
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    Do I have a bad HBA card?

    I got a server from work, I installed an SSD and Proxmox. Everything worked. I swapped out the Raid card for an HBA card. When I did I get 4 beeps on the boot and nothing. (all beeps are the same length so manual was no help) No bios boot screen. To test: I swapped the video card and HBA...
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    WTB: SATADOM, small NVMe or M2 SSD 32GB+

    https://hardforum.com/threads/fs-cpu-gpu-2230-nvme-m-2-ssds-great-for-steamdeck-hdds.2016369/ Did you see this one? (note the size is smaller).
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    Recent visit to Microcenter - what it was like inside

    With stop and go traffic trip took 8 hours, so we did not spend a lot of time there. WOW, no one mentioned the "Radio Shack" area. Touched a few mechanical keyboards. Didn't spend a bunch of money, new case LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 X for my wife, she picked it out. Got a 1tb NVME for her PC, for...
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    WD My Cloud NAS Hack Discovered

    I have a note taped under my keyboard that reads L10WPX%ld*8()N because upside down it reads N()8*Pl%XdM017 or N()8*Pl%XdMOl7 or N()8*Pl%XdMO17or you get the idea. I hope who ever uses it lock my accounts trying. (it's not even close to my real PW).
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    Gamers Nexus investigates Rise and Fall of Artesian Builds prebuilt PCs

    I got to know why, do you know? He wasn't making money from it, or was he charging for Norton? (Not that it matters but he used a keygen, not a logger, at least I hope not:unsure:).
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    Ubisoft disabling online service for multiple older games, which will make DLC unavailable

    Remember them hell look at the Medal of Honor servers here: https://www.gametracker.com/search/mohaa/US/? My kid still plays on them. 20-year-old game the fans keep it alive. Edit to be clear, I am not sure how he connects, I just know he still plays MOHaa
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    Ubisoft disabling online service for multiple older games, which will make DLC unavailable

    Why don't they just release the DLC for free and give the servers to fans. (I know, I live in the real world and they somehow think it will eat into profit).
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    Ubisoft disabling online service for multiple older games, which will make DLC unavailable

    Oof, I released software that went through QM that read "You will loose your order if you continue". I was making a change and saw it, I was modified. (J/K I was mortified)
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    Twitter sues Elon Musk for backing out of Twitter 44 Billion dollar deal.

    This may be a bit of conspiracy but I read a few things. 1. He never wanted to buy Twitter. It was a way for him to sell Tesla stock without the stock dropping to nothing before an earnings call because he knew Tesla reports would be bad. (Not sure about the earnings call, but Tesla did have a...
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    The [H]ardForum Perpetual Freebies Thread

    Will the link work or do you actually need the physical disc? I can look in my big book of disc.
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    Recent visit to Microcenter - what it was like inside

    If I could go to only one Microcenter in Chicago which one should I go to or are they going to be the same? Westmont, Illinois Computer Store OR Chicago, Illinois Computer Store
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    Recent visit to Microcenter - what it was like inside

    Last time I was in a computer store (not best buy) they had a router with a serial port. This was before wireless was cheap enough for me, and we still used dial-up. I didn't work in tech yet. My house was wired for Ethernet for lan parties for the family. The router was stupid cheap for the...
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    Recent visit to Microcenter - what it was like inside

    I will be making my first trip to Microcenter next week, my closest one is about 9 hours away. Any recommendations before I go?
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    FS/FT - Spring Cleaning, 2700X Combo, retired laptops, more

    Paid for via PP. *2700x CPU, mounted in the board with the HSF mounted. *2 x 8GB OEM ram, mounted. *HD5770 video card.
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    FS/FT - Spring Cleaning, 2700X Combo, retired laptops, more

    How much is the RAM? If purchased with the 2700x, mAtx board and HSF?
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    FS: 850w PSUs, 2TB SSDs, DDR4 memory, case, more

    FYI per the OP, the EVGA Z20 keyboard is no longer available.
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    WTB: MS Office Keys

    I can not vouch for this but it it my feed yesterday. Read the comments, for example: Lifetime of the computer. https://slickdeals.net/f/15721240-score-a-lifetime-license-to-microsoft-office-for-just-50-popular-science-50?src=SiteSearchV2Algo1
  28. CaffeineMan

    FS: Nvidia GTX 1080

    Put the price change in the description, I almost missed the price drop.
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    The [H]ardForum Perpetual Freebies Thread

    I am interested in the intel.
  30. CaffeineMan

    FS: 128GB SATA M.2 SSD

    FYI I had a bunch of drives like this and put them in cases. I got a 4 ssd raid 0 on my machine for some steam games. It took more work than it should have to find something that would work so I included a link. You can always search for "b+m key m.2 ngff (sata) ssd to 2.5 inch sata3" to find...
  31. CaffeineMan

    FS: Arris SB8200 Docsis 3.1 Modem, Chromecast with Google TV

    I am interested in the Google TV.
  32. CaffeineMan

    CLOSED

    DO you have an SSD? SSD over an HHD shows greater performance than additional ram. Edit, but you probably already know this based on your comments.
  33. CaffeineMan

    Evga ftw 3070ti

    My bad, I used "one" when referring to a 3070 in my cart for 530, I fixed my original post.
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    Evga ftw 3070ti

    Used, you know how many 3080s dropped yesterday? I hope with the promise of the 3090ti and Bitcoin is more volatile will begin a downward spiral in prices. Without Russian miners I hope the real MSRP returns and the used market stops being a scalpers paradise. I had one (a 3070) in my BB cart...
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    Evga ftw 3070ti

    I am waiting for 2 3070s until the hit the magic number of $500 or less. I am giving one to my son for graduating college and one for my wife, it will be surprise. She is low key jealous I am getting one and she will get my old 1080 (not sure she even knows she is jealous, but I can tell) .
  36. CaffeineMan

    Evga ftw 3070ti

    I got one Yesterday! $100 more than I wanted to spend, but I am so tired of grabbing my phone every time one drops. edit. The one from newegg. I hope with the microscope on Newegg I won't get screwed. Newegg said it came from Ontario CA US. I hope I don't get dinged on the CC for outside the US...
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