• CIPWTTKT&GC v0x24 (v36): That Ain't Thermal Paste
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Is it bad to unplug my desktop occasionally? I ask this because I unplug it sometimes during storms because I don't have a surge protector, and the next morning when I plug it back in I have to press the power button like 9 times before it will turn on. I always get spooked something is wrong with it.
[QUOTE=thefreemann;48138446]Is it bad to unplug my desktop occasionally? I ask this because I unplug it sometimes during storms because I don't have a surge protector, and the next morning when I plug it back in I have to press the power button like 9 times before it will turn on. I always get spooked something is wrong with it.[/QUOTE] You shut it down first, right? Then no, absolutely nothing wrong with that. Might just be some flimsy wiring in the power button.
Should I wait like 15 seconds after I hear the fans stop moving (when shutting down) or something or is it not a big deal And yea I shut it down first
[QUOTE=thefreemann;48138446]Is it bad to unplug my desktop occasionally? I ask this because I unplug it sometimes during storms because [B]I don't have a surge protector[/B], and the next morning when I plug it back in I have to press the power button like 9 times before it will turn on. I always get spooked something is wrong with it.[/QUOTE] get one always better to have a surge protector and not need it than need it and not have it
And theyre not expensive.
more like dirt cheap [img]http://i.imgur.com/6zDPwid.png[/img]
[QUOTE=thefreemann;48138534]Should I wait like 15 seconds after I hear the fans stop moving (when shutting down) or something or is it not a big deal And yea I shut it down first[/QUOTE] Whenever I start my PC up after it's been off for a while, the fans spin up for a second then die, and then about 5 seconds later the PC magically comes back to life and boots. It's been doing that for like 2 years and it still throws me off, I can't be bothered to find the cause of the issue. Same goes for why my BIOS logo screen shows up twice during boot lol [editline]7th July 2015[/editline] Unrelated also but I consider myself pretty computer savvy being a programmer and all, yet I have no real understanding of what RAID is lol. If I had to guess, it combines multiple drives into one big volume? Am I close?
[QUOTE=srobins;48138658]Whenever I start my PC up after it's been off for a while, the fans spin up for a second then die, and then about 5 seconds later the PC magically comes back to life and boots. It's been doing that for like 2 years and it still throws me off, I can't be bothered to find the cause of the issue. Same goes for why my BIOS logo screen shows up twice during boot lol [editline]7th July 2015[/editline] [B]Unrelated also but I consider myself pretty computer savvy being a programmer and all, yet I have no real understanding of what RAID is lol. If I had to guess, it combines multiple drives into one big volume? Am I close?[/B][/QUOTE] not really the RAID spectrum goes from "complete duplication of data, no gained space" to "more space, no duplication of data" RAID does not = backups either
[QUOTE=LordCrypto;48138670]not really the RAID spectrum goes from "complete duplication of data, no gained space" to "more space, no duplication of data" RAID does not = backups either[/QUOTE] So if I wanted redundancy, I would use RAID 1 to essentially duplicate my data across two drives. Would that slow down read/write speeds by having to write data to two different drives?
raid stands for redundant array of disks but you can ignore the redundant part of the name because there are about a trillion raid variations and only about 3 of them are actually redundant
Is it even worthwhile to hook up RAID or are there better redundancy and backup options?
Since I had to write an explanation of RAID for one of my uni assignments I'll try to explain it here. RAID 0 stripes data (per block) over multiple disk to improve speeds but if one disk fails you lose everything. RAID 1 mirrors everything across multiple disks, reads are faster since they can be serviced by multiple disks, write is still single speed, has obvious redundancy. RAID 2-4 aren't used often enough to worry about. Byte and bit level striping and other silliness IIRC. RAID 5 is striped (per block) but has a distributed parity meaning one disk can fail and the data can be rebuilt. So if you have four disk data goes on 1, 2, 3 and parity on 4 then the next write will put parity on 1 and data on 2, 3, 4 etc. RAID 6 is like RAID 5 but has double the parity so two disks can fail and be rebuilt. RAID 10 stripes data (per block) across an array of RAID 0 mirrored disks. RAID 01 mirrors data across an array of RAID 1 striped (per block) disks. RAID 50 stripes data (per block) across an array of RAID 5 distributed parity disks. There is one that has a dedicated parity disk but I don't remember what it's called and nobody uses it. Then there's all the others but those are the main ones. One thing to note with the distributed parity is that it has to read all the disk again to rebuild it so if all the disks are from the same batch it's possible for more to fail during rebuild which means it's all lost.
[QUOTE=LordCrypto;48138670]not really the RAID spectrum goes from "complete duplication of data, no gained space" to "more space, no duplication of data" RAID does not = backups either[/QUOTE] I though RAID could boost read/write speeds or give redundancy for up time? Not space?
[QUOTE=Itsamario;48138845]I though RAID could boost read/write speeds or give redundancy for up time? Not space?[/QUOTE] If you RAID0 2 500GB disks you'll get 1TB
RAID5 and 6 still basically seem like voodoo magic to me
[QUOTE=Teddybeer;48134935]Stop placing that bar so high and wondering why nobody can jump 4 meters into the air without any assistance. Would be a decent start which can be improved by a witness stating there was a big scar. At times something is better than nothing. For 2000 standards its doing a decent job.[/QUOTE] I'm not saying it isn't neat tech. Just that it's not "magically enhancing something from nothing." Same thing with that anime enlarger tool. They all make underlying assumptions about the style/content of the image.
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;48138847]guys what mice do you use scroll wheel on g400s is becoming slowly unresponsive [editline]7th July 2015[/editline] and yes i pulled the thing apart and cleaned it entirely and it's still acting like shit[/QUOTE] [t]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91kKSDdCuFL._SL1500_.jpg[/t] [url=http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Master-Wireless-Mouse-910-004337/dp/B00TZR3WRM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436248754&sr=8-1&keywords=logitech+mx+master]Logitech MX Master[/url]
[QUOTE=srobins;48138912][t]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91kKSDdCuFL._SL1500_.jpg[/t] [url=http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Master-Wireless-Mouse-910-004337/dp/B00TZR3WRM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436248754&sr=8-1&keywords=logitech+mx+master]Logitech MX Master[/url][/QUOTE] My dad got one of these actually. They're surprisingly really nice! Pretty good mouse, do recommend.
[QUOTE=srobins;48138792]Is it even worthwhile to hook up RAID or are there better redundancy and backup options?[/QUOTE] I use RAID 5 for everyday system stuff personally. Just have to watch out for write speed impacts. Saved my ass once already, and saved a few friends serious headaches as well. The thing to remember is, it's not a backup solution. RAID protects you in the event of a disc based hardware failure. (Almost) Nothing else. It's more of a continuous uptime solution than anything else. If you get cryptolocker, or some other malicious malware, RAID by itself does absolutely nothing. The corrupted data is simply seen by the RAID array as more data. Same thing with file deletions. If you delete a file that isn't backed up, it's gone everywhere (barring previous versions shenanigans). RAID is good for stuff that would be tedious, but not impossible to reacquire. If you don't have metered internet, redownloading your steam library might take a while, but it's generally a minor nuisance. Something, like your music/video collection on the other hand might be a bitch to re-rip or otherwise reacquire. The idea is, sure, you [i]could[/i] get it again, but do you [i]want[/i] to bother. In that case RAID offers protection against incidental hardware failure. For something serious like your taxes, RAID isn't what you want. Sure you could use RAID, but you should only use it as an augmentation to a standalone backup.
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;48138847]guys what mice do you use scroll wheel on g400s is becoming slowly unresponsive [editline]7th July 2015[/editline] and yes i pulled the thing apart and cleaned it entirely and it's still acting like shit[/QUOTE] I just use a logitech M500. spending more than $50 on a mouse is weird, they all have the same guts
My second hand Deathadder 3.5g that I got from here is still working actually. I forgot who sold me it actually <.>
[QUOTE=TrafficMan;48138904]RAID5 and 6 still basically seem like voodoo magic to me[/QUOTE] No real wizardry involved. Just calculation using parity bits. You have an arbitrary number of drives. Let's just say 5 in Raid 5. Discs A-E. Let's ignore distributed parity for the moment, and say that disc E is our parity volume. Now lets look at some random data we have distributed across the first 4 Discs [code]A B C D 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1[/code] The way the parity volume works is, you just add up the bits in the other ones. All we care about is the last digit (in binary) in that total. (In other words, were there an odd (1), or even (0) number of 1s in the other discs. So for the first row, 1+0+0+0=1. Second row is 0+1+1+0=0. Third is 1+0+1+1=1, etc. So our parity looks like this. [code]A B C D E 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0[/code] Now.. let's just say that disc B failed. [code]A B C D E 1 - 0 0 1 0 - 1 0 0 1 - 1 1 1 0 - 0 1 0[/code] Not a problem. Since we know whether there should be an even number of 1s or 0s thanks to our parity, we just look at 1+-+0+0=1 and see that there were an odd number of 1s. Well.. we have an odd number already.. so it must be 0. The second bit must be a 1 since 0+1+1+0=0, etc. This is Raid 4. Raid 5 simply distributes the parity volume based on where the bit is on the disc. Usually this is done by dividing discs into blocks. So the first 1MB block will have data1, data2, data3, data4, parity, the second will have data1, data2, data3, parity, data4, simply moving the parity over by one with each block, and looping back around when it gets to the end. Wikipedia has a more in depth writeup on it. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parity_bit[/URL]
[QUOTE][img]http://puu.sh/iQ25f.png[/img] [img]http://puu.sh/iQ2jY.png[/img][/QUOTE] Apparently the Drive application straight out stopped existing for unexplained reasons at 11:22PM.
I'm trying to start using an RSS reader again [img]http://jesusfuck.me/di/CMPJ/feeds.png[/img] Do I still have the right idea on the feeds I should be using
[t]http://i.imgur.com/MnHKZ56h.jpg[/t] Every time we log into our school computers we get this error.
[QUOTE=lavacano;48139216]I'm trying to start using an RSS reader again [img]http://jesusfuck.me/di/CMPJ/feeds.png[/img] Do I still have the right idea on the feeds I should be using[/QUOTE] this is what i have on my feedly [img]http://i.imgur.com/H484xHH.png[/img]
Just in the event, [img]http://puu.sh/iQ4ba.png[/img]
[QUOTE=srobins;48138912][t]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91kKSDdCuFL._SL1500_.jpg[/t] [url=http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Master-Wireless-Mouse-910-004337/dp/B00TZR3WRM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436248754&sr=8-1&keywords=logitech+mx+master]Logitech MX Master[/url][/QUOTE] You have it eh? How is it so far? I was thinking of getting this (and I might want to get it as my "birthday present" for myself later this July) but I ended up getting a cheaper mouse from Costco for $30, the Logitech M560. So far, it's doing well for my uses. The logitech setpoint software is kinda stupid sometimes, it looses my profiles and doesn't come back until I restart the program. I hate how it doesn't have a middle click but I ended up not using it much anyways since my left hand is usually on the keyboard anyways. It doesn't look like the MX Master has the back and forward buttons when you press the scroll wheel to the left or the right like on my mouse. I feel like the side buttons to the right of the horizontal scroll wheel (that I'd use a lot for video editing) is going to be hard for me to press because of how I grip my mice.
[QUOTE=Ezhik;48139274]this is what i have on my feedly [img]http://i.imgur.com/H484xHH.png[/img][/QUOTE] My feed reader doesn't have a comprehensive list feature but I'm at somewhere around 200 feeds.
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;48139691][t]http://www.conrad-electronic.co.uk/medias/global/ce/9000_9999/9100/9140/9143/914399_BB_00_FB.EPS_1000.jpg[/t] I just keep buying these when they eventually fail, its a very comfy mouse.[/QUOTE] that feel when you keep buying the cheap mouse that always fails but it is so cheap and comfy that you just have to do it. my friends have bought the same mouse I have and most are on their second or third. I was the first who bought it and I am still on my first, but it shows signs of wear. a4tech x5 and x7 series if somebody wonders.
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