The "Quick Questions That Don't Deserve A Thread"...Thread. v5
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Do laptop manufacturers (specifically Lenovo) replace keyboard keys? My bird unfortunately went and pillaged my esc and pgdwn keys and chewed on the hooks so bad that they don't reattach anymore, he even bit off the plastic part underneath my esc key too. Granted this was long ago when I was naiive enough to let him walk around my keyboarsd, but the damage unfortunately remains
[editline]17th October 2015[/editline]
Also it would seem other things are wrong now, too. I was watching netflix earlier on full screen, and when I exoted, it locked up but the audio was still playing. So I thought hey, lets try rebooting it, accidents happen. I reboot it, it tells me its repairing my C drive. When it starts back up, things start to lock up very easly, like doing too many operations too quickly causes lock ups, file transfers take a long time, and some other noise of that nature. First thing I thought of was hard drive failure. According to crystaldrive (I think its called), there was a large number of pending sectors (I think) which I heard is bad? Defraggler, however, gives my hdd a clean bill of health. Does anyone have any idea if something else could be wrong with it, or would it seem like it is definitely hard drive failure?
[QUOTE=Fhenexx;48926795]Do laptop manufacturers (specifically Lenovo) replace keyboard keys? My bird unfortunately went and pillaged my esc and pgdwn keys and chewed on the hooks so bad that they don't reattach anymore, he even bit off the plastic part underneath my esc key too. Granted this was long ago when I was naiive enough to let him walk around my keyboarsd, but the damage unfortunately remains
[editline]17th October 2015[/editline]
Also it would seem other things are wrong now, too. I was watching netflix earlier on full screen, and when I exoted, it locked up but the audio was still playing. So I thought hey, lets try rebooting it, accidents happen. I reboot it, it tells me its repairing my C drive. When it starts back up, things start to lock up very easly, like doing too many operations too quickly causes lock ups, file transfers take a long time, and some other noise of that nature. First thing I thought of was hard drive failure. According to crystaldrive (I think its called), there was a large number of pending sectors (I think) which I heard is bad? Defraggler, however, gives my hdd a clean bill of health. Does anyone have any idea if something else could be wrong with it, or would it seem like it is definitely hard drive failure?[/QUOTE]
Nah, just pick up a new keyboard for it. They're really not very expensive.
Do you mean an actual new laptop keyboard? Those exist?
Yeah, what model Lenovo is it?
Ideapad Y500
[QUOTE=Fhenexx;48926795]
Also it would seem other things are wrong now, too. I was watching netflix earlier on full screen, and when I exoted, it locked up but the audio was still playing. So I thought hey, lets try rebooting it, accidents happen. I reboot it, it tells me its repairing my C drive. When it starts back up, things start to lock up very easly, like doing too many operations too quickly causes lock ups, file transfers take a long time, and some other noise of that nature. First thing I thought of was hard drive failure. According to crystaldrive (I think its called), there was a large number of pending sectors (I think) which I heard is bad? Defraggler, however, gives my hdd a clean bill of health. Does anyone have any idea if something else could be wrong with it, or would it seem like it is definitely hard drive failure?[/QUOTE]
Pending sector means "it failed this one time, we're going to see if it works again next time" (iirc)
it could just be a shit SATA controller or the filesystem itself, try plugging the drive into another computer and seeing if you can run programs off it (don't try to boot to the Windows install on it, that wouldn't work whether the drive was in perfect health or not)
I own an Asus RT-AC66U router, and since a while ago my VPN connection stopped working (OpenVPN). I found out one of the fields in the router had been messed up, and after updating the firmware, it wouldn't connect anymore.
So far I haven't been able to find a single way to let the router automatically regenerate those OpenVPN settings, without performing a factory reset. I let a friend of mine help me generate all the certificates and such, but even after placing those in my router's config, restarting the router, downloading the router's config file and adding in the client certificate and key, it still refuses to connect.
The client log of my failed attempts to connect:
[code]Sun Oct 04 22:07:16 2015 OpenVPN 2.3.8 x86_64-w64-mingw32 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [PKCS11] [IPv6] built on Aug 4 2015
Sun Oct 04 22:07:16 2015 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.1p 9 Jul 2015, LZO 2.08
Enter Management Password:
Sun Oct 04 22:07:21 2015 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Sun Oct 04 22:07:21 2015 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]<ip removed>:1194
Sun Oct 04 22:07:21 2015 WARNING: this configuration may cache passwords in memory -- use the auth-nocache option to prevent this
Sun Oct 04 22:07:23 2015 VERIFY ERROR: depth=0, error=unsupported certificate purpose: C=<removed>, ST=<removed>, L=<removed>, O=<removed>, OU=yes, CN=router, name=EasyRSA, emailAddress=<removed>
Sun Oct 04 22:07:23 2015 TLS_ERROR: BIO read tls_read_plaintext error: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed
Sun Oct 04 22:07:23 2015 TLS Error: TLS object -> incoming plaintext read error
Sun Oct 04 22:07:23 2015 TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
Sun Oct 04 22:07:23 2015 SIGUSR1[soft,tls-error] received, process restarting[/code]
My friend sent me a whole batch of files, and I have gotten all the information from all these files:
[img]http://scrnsht.me/u/ED/raw[/img]
These are all the fields on my router:
[img]http://scrnsht.me/u/FD/raw[/img]
I pasted the contents of ca.crt (starting at -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and ending at -----END CERTIFICATE-----) into the "Certificate Authority" field, router.crt into Server Certificate, server.key into Server Key and dh2048.pem in the Diffie Hellman parameters field. Then I pasted the client.crt and client.key contents in my ovpn file. This doesn't seem to work, all are generated by the same guy on the same machine.
Any of you who got experience with this?
Does Facepunch have some favourite VPN services? I am finally able to pay for one but don't know what to get. Preferably cheap (less than 10 dollars a month) and use a nearby server to not hurt speeds a lot, I am in the UK but travel a lot around Europe.
I should add that I mostly just need to bypass region locks and be anonymous online.
[QUOTE=meek;48930548]Does Facepunch have some favourite VPN services? I am finally able to pay for one but don't know what to get. Preferably cheap (less than 10 dollars a month) and use a nearby server to not hurt speeds a lot, I am in the UK but travel a lot around Europe.
I should add that I mostly just need to bypass region locks and be anonymous online.[/QUOTE]
Private Internet Access is what I use. $40 a year.
[QUOTE=Cyberuben;48930635]Private Internet Access is what I use. $40 a year.[/QUOTE]
I am trying out a month right now. It slows my speeds to a cripple, even on the closest server. Is this supposed to happen?
[QUOTE=meek;48930845]I am trying out a month right now. It slows my speeds to a cripple, even on the closest server. Is this supposed to happen?[/QUOTE]
does the same thing happen if you use it on your phone?
[QUOTE=meek;48930845]I am trying out a month right now. It slows my speeds to a cripple, even on the closest server. Is this supposed to happen?[/QUOTE]
I have previously gained 140 Mb/s download while using Private Internet Access... I really think something else is limiting you.
[QUOTE=meek;48930548]Does Facepunch have some favourite VPN services? I am finally able to pay for one but don't know what to get. Preferably cheap (less than 10 dollars a month) and use a nearby server to not hurt speeds a lot, I am in the UK but travel a lot around Europe.
I should add that I mostly just need to bypass region locks and be anonymous online.[/QUOTE]
I use expressVPN, but it's rather pricey. You can pull stupid nice speeds from it though.
So I'm realizing that my 5+ year old Alienware M11X R3 gaming laptop won't be able to handle Fallout 4. I'm considering buying a new gaming laptop specifically for FO4 (and Overwatch, Star Wars Battlefront, No Man's Sky, etc). Does anyone have any recommendations?
I know it's significantly cheaper to build a PC, but portability is a huge factor for me. I don't mind shelling out some extra bucks to be able to carry around the laptop as I'm not home a lot. I also have pre-ordered the Steam Controller, so that should be an interesting combo to game on FO4 with.
So far I've looked at the MSI laptops, the ASUS gaming laptop series, and surprisingly - The Microsoft Surface Book. That thing has a dedicated discrete GPU with a card rumored to be equivalent to the NVIDIA 960M (the $2,099 model does, at least). I'm looking for something that can last for the next 4-5 years. My budget is around $2,000 so if anyone has positive/negative experiences with gaming laptops for memory intensive games like FO4, please do let me know.
Slowdown was caused by high latency. Resetting router fixed it.
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[QUOTE=Levelog;48931022]I use expressVPN, but it's rather pricey. You can pull stupid nice speeds from it though.[/QUOTE]
Thanks, I will definitely check it out
[QUOTE=meek;48931306]Slowdown was caused by high latency. Resetting router fixed it.
[editline]18th October 2015[/editline]
Thanks, I will definitely check it out[/QUOTE]
If you do decide to go with it send me a PM. I can give you 30 days additional with any purchase. (Plus it gives me 30 days too)
Another update on that whole hard drive issue. Earlier when I started my computer I had a lot of the same issues as before but worse. Literally any program would freeze at the drop of a hat, like if I submitted a question for my online homework which would only take a second it would take 5 minutes to submit fully. Steam kept freezing every 10 seconds for about 3 minutes. Then, all the sudden, it stopped. It went completely back to normal. Even after restarting it or letting it run for an extended period of time it never actually recovered, but yet now it seems to be functioning normally. Is it possible it could have just been some sort of hiccup or does it signify a more serious problem?
is windows 10 crashing anyone else's computers regularly?!
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like every week/every other week it does this. It's complete bullshit!
What's the best free VPN out there, preferably without bandwidth limits or data limits?
[QUOTE=Lord of Boxes;48933441]is windows 10 crashing anyone else's computers regularly?!
[editline]18th October 2015[/editline]
like every week/every other week it does this. It's complete bullshit![/QUOTE]
Note down what day and what times it crashes, then check event viewer, find the right log, and see what is actually causing windows 10 to crash.
[QUOTE=huntingrifle;48934913]What's the best free VPN out there, preferably without bandwidth limits or data limits?[/QUOTE]
Don't use free VPNs, unless of course you want other people using your ip to download cheese pizza.
Is there any way I can install Windows 7 64 bit from Windows 7 32 bit without a USB stick? I do have an external hard drive
Try pendrive linux. I'm pretty sure I used that to boot from an hdd to install windows onto my ssd.
I have an external hard drive -- is there anyway to make that a bootable USB drive or something similar
Where to get older versions of flash player, like 9? For reasons
[QUOTE=damnatus;48938773]Where to get older versions of flash player, like 9? For reasons[/QUOTE]
[url]https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html[/url]
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48937879]Is there any way I can install Windows 7 64 bit from Windows 7 32 bit without a USB stick? I do have an external hard drive[/QUOTE]
My very very hacky method that people say shouldn't work
I make a partition on a drive, and lead it with a boot image
Somehow, my motherboard picks it up
Boot Hard drive
So on the underside of my laptop (Lenovo Y50-70) there is this weird thing that I don't really know if is blocking the airflow. And over time it seems to have become a bit dustier, or something.
This is it
[t]http://catpanic.eu/upl/2015-10-20%2016.32.54.jpg[/t]
The inside
[t]http://catpanic.eu/upl/2015-10-20%2016.32.37.jpg[/t]
The outside
I removed all the mesh in my old desktop replacement.
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