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my android came with a mcafee security app.
this is what you guys call "bloatware" right
will it fuck up my phone to delete it (requires root access to do so, which i have).

I just want to watch the world burn.

Yeah, it's bloatware. Remove it.

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should update my ipad to 9.3.2 y/n?

The g303 is on sale for $25. Is it worth getting over the Gigabyte xm300 ($30 after MIR) or the Roccat Kiro ($35).

I heard the sensor rattle was fixed, is this true? Is the diamond shape comfortable?

i decided since its only 8mb storage space its simpler to not use the app but not uninstall it either in case uninstalling causes problems.

that was me

What do the Russians want from me?

so what is the purpose of a capacitor in a circuit?
i understand that they store electric charge but why is that useful?

Might get a better answer in

When designing a lossless codec, is it possible to make a "mistake" which leads to a codec that has some error causing it to be not 100% truly lossless? Or do any mistakes just lead to less efficiency?

Your porn, you might have downloaded something stupid and ran it.

Think, do you have any idea what could have caused this?

If it's software, the culprit is between TrinusVR, Vireio, and some LG usb drivers, all of which I removed.

If not, something may have happened upon me getting a BSOD in the middle of using all of those things at once and closing the Unity game I was trying to play.

My phone was also tethered to my PC at the time, but network on my phone was turned off. I also ran mobile Malwarebytes on my phone today and didn't catch anything.

A capacitor is like you said, to store a given amount of DC voltage. It allows a circuit to maintain a constant voltage on the exiting side. Think of it as a buffer, filling up and discharging rapidly to regulate/stabilize a piece of the circuit. At its most basic.

Best resource for getting started with java?

>drivers
You're fucked, man. Might've gotten a rootkit.

Open MSCONFIG. Diagnostic start up with only windows processes. Still happening. Safe mode with networking and run your programs. If it is still fucked after those you most likely have damaged system files. Run System file check in command line. After that run disk check. If all of this fails to fic the issues then you need to reinstall windows.

Why just disable a handful of programs? Mbam makes sense, but qbittorrent and dropbox?

Here's where I got drivers from:
androidmtk.com/download-lg-usb-drivers

Is this a good learning source for programming/web development if you're a braindead chimp?
Seems like he explains all the programming terms with good metaphors

tuna

Just checked the site and Malwarebytes does mark it a malicious.
Do all of this stuff Also do a sigverif check and it will show you unsigned drivers. That will give you a good oidea of where the bad drivers are of any.

I dunno, that site looks a bit sketchy. Run a scan on the files, and take the advice of

Diagnostic startup worked. Do I just run mbam from here or what?

Run it and see what it says. I would also run the SFC /scannow command and schedule a check disk from command then reboot while you are at it in safe mode.

I bought an old dell optiplex 380, threw in a x5460 cpu and a 750ti for kicks and giggles.

At first, it worked fine, then started to give me serious lags and freezes. I found out that one of the Nvidia driver updates was fucking up people's cards, then reverted back to an older driver, and that fixed my issues for a while.

Freezing and lagging started again, so I took apart completey, put back together, new thermal paste, added a new hard drive and upgraded dell's stock chinese 255w PSU, as I figured my problems were either due to insufficient power or a bad hard drive. (hard drive is from 07).

When I put everything back together just now, as soon as I turn the PSU switch on, the GPU fan starts up and hits the max speed and won't stop, also when I hit the PC power button nothing happens.

Did I fuck everything?

Only other thing worth noting is that I plugged an 8pin power cable in the 4 pin one by going str8 down the middle, it fit properly.

Before you ask, no I don't know what the fuck I am doing I've never built PCs before until now. This has been trial by fire.

Please respond anyone, I'm desperate and don't know where to go. It would be rather embarrassing to go to a PC repair shop because it would show my lack of intellect, and secondly it defeats the purpose of my trying to learn this shit.

How badly did I fuck my shit Sup Forums?

The only thing stupid about that question is expecting the people here to know anything about designing codecs

/mkg/ is currently in the crypt so I'll ask here.

My keycaps arrived and there's a few issues with them, (smudged legends, weird spots) is it worth sending back to MechanicalKeyboards.com or should I deal with it?

It caught a modification to a registry entry for CRYPTSVC if that rings any bells. Will do the next few steps.

I'm learning the MS stack (C#/ASP.net Core/MVC/Razor) because I think it'll help me get a job.

I finally got started today and made a test page according to an example I found on w3schools.

Why is it not interpreting the inline C#? Pic related. Do I need to use an .aspx extension?

Send them back. Take photo evidence first. Post it here.

>Weird jizz-stain-looking thing on enter
>Smudged numpad 0, V

If that dll is damaged that is a good start to what is wrong. The other scans should fix it. If not you may need to reinstall windows. Or do a repair. Or system restore back a few months.

You got it. My autism is triggered.

Yea you shouldn't have to take that. Send it back.

Any notebook Sup Forums may recommend me? One that doesn't have chiclet keyboard.

Should I get the Fractal Design Define R4 or the Fractal Design Define R5?

Upload you code here each time it fails and it will give you a good starting point of the failure.
validator.w3.org

R5

Did the sfc scan and a chkdsk in safe mode on my C drive where my affected programs were. Found nothing. Made a second mbam scan with an updated database while I was in safe mode and found nothing new. Started in normal mode and can't open mbam. Also got a window saying hwdelay64.exe stopped working, but have no idea what that is. What is the least itrusive option to take from here, because I don't want to reinstall absolutely everything.

Try a system restore and go back to a week or so before this started. Best I can say. Usually at this point I would take a look but that's not possible. If that doesn't work you may have to reinstall.

think of a jug with a tap on the bottom
now imagine pouring cups of water into the jug
the water going in from the glasses is at an inconsistant rate, but the water coming out of the jug's tape is fairly consistant (not perfectly, due to the varying weight of the water in the jug)
the jug is similar to a capacitor in this scenario

Why arent interactive backgrounds a thing?
Other than being recourse intensive.

they're resource-intensive and not even visible when the machine is in use

similar reason why screensavers aren't used much anymore

you can have a video or even interactive background if you really want to

I have a computer with 4 USB ports. Problem is I need 5 unless i want to keep swapping out devices, and if my past an any proof I'm sure one of these ports will die in a couple years time.

I purchased a HooToo USB hub with 9 ports because it was the cheapest option thanks to Amazon.

Its not on sale anymore, but it was $20 for awhile.
amazon.com/HooToo-9-Port-Charging-Transfer-Samsung/dp/B00FR795WA

It worked fine for about 4 months but now its not recognizing any devices I plug into it (Windows 10). It still gets power, it can power my USB headset and charge my phone ok but it seems incapable of recognizing any devices. The lights on my Logitech keyboard don't even light up when I plug it in, whereas they did before I used my keyboard just fine.

I've tried it on my Windows 7 and Linux laptops as well and they can't recognize anything either, so I'm assuming the thing just shit out.

So my question is does anyone know of a reliable USB hub or is there another way to expand the number of USB ports? And can you fix dead ports when they inevitably arise?

try connecting the usb hub to another host usb connector if you haven't already, it might be the host connector that has a problem

>can you fix dead ports when they inevitably arise?
it shouldn't be inevitable unless you're misusing your ports

>is there another way to expand the number of USB ports?
assuming it's a desktop, you can get pci/e usb cards

The earliest restore point I had was right before installing those drivers, so I've restored to that point. Can't open mbam, can't reinstall dropbox. Why did mbam work perfectly fine in safe mode and not now?

is your motherboard and cpu you threw in there the same BIOS version

>try connecting the usb hub to another host usb connector if you haven't already, it might be the host connector that has a problem

Can you elaborate on this. As far as I can tell its something in the control panel?

i'm talking about physically plugging the hub into a different usb connector on the computer

Oh yeah, tried all four, and all 3 on my laptops.

if you tried different machines and different devices (which work on their own), then it's certainly just the hub which isn't working right

I'm putting together my first rig and it boots up for 20 seconds then powers down and gets stuck in a loop. I tested it with 2 different psu's but nothing. Is my mobo fried? I checked the wiring a billion times and made sure they were put in tight.

Yeah thats what I figured, and I can't seem to get a refund for this chingchang shit. I didn't realize it was /csg/ until investigating earlier today.

Ah well, only 20 bux. Guess I'll check out a pci/e usb card.

Sounds like your computer might be shutting itself off due to heat. Try reseating your CPU cooler.

I'm being offered a MINT, 11" 2013 Macbook air for $400.

Why not? Whats the next best alternative? (I already have a x201, but the MBair really does have battery life going for it)

Oh yeah. If I leave the SYS_FAN1 plugged in the computer only stays on for half a second and loops.

>400 dollarydos for any computer three years old
meh, it's your money to throw away

>dismisses proposed solution, doesn't offer alternatives

What would you buy with those $400?

I have a laptop that does the job, but would appreciate the portability as it would allow me to ditch my bookbag all-together.

newegg refurbished bruh, good deal, certified in working order any scratches or shit are noted by beind b or c grade, limited warranty, and so on
newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100006740 4016 4019&IsNodeId=1&SpeTabStoreType=97&name=Laptops / Notebooks&isdeptsrh=1

pcpartpicker.com/user/adsmz/saved/#view=sM4RsY
Is this a decent build for a $1000 budget? it'll be used for art (music and drawing), general browsing, occasional gaming, and porn. I have another 4gb of ram at home. should I go for more than 8 gb?

What kind of gaming? Heavy, triple A, fresh off the shelves?
Or like indie, low-resource intensive stuff?

If the first one, I'd spring for 16 gb. Not necessary, but its good to have in reserve for when games get even more intensive.

If you want to overclock you'll want a Z170 motherboard and a better cooler
Get an SSD

Bring that PSU down to 650 watts. Why go for the 6600K if you're going to stick it in an H series motherboard and use what is essentially a stock cooler on it? Switch that for a 6600 or even a 6500. Also consider getting a better case.

Why is the fury x only 8gb if it's their flagship?
Is it because of HBM? Is it that good
How much gddr5 is equivalent to HBM if my guess is correct?
If not please flame me accordingly

I mean 4gb oops sorry lads

Is there anyway to tell if it's getting too hot with taking off the cooler? A friend put that part in for me and I can't seem to get it out. It's a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

Any Sup Forumsents want to donate a small amt of bitcoin to me. I just got into it asa hobby, but the sites you can buy from are sketch.

Any suggestions buying with a debit / credit card in smaller sums. Im not trying to spend 100 dollars on a hobby off the rip.

Thx again pic is my wallet

just buy from people in person, it's what I do

>user accidentally asks a technology question on Sup Forums
>get referred to /sci/
>which should be really referred to /diy/, since it's an /ohm/ question
Honestly thought, boards on Sup Forums make no sense

I'm probably not gonna overclock, my room doesn't get shit from the AC so it'd be too easy to burn out.

mostly indie, but occasionally older triple-A games I never got to play on my laptop. I can buy ram later if I need it.

what should I look for in a cooler?

In your case, if you're not going with a K part, just use the stock cooler. If you are using the K part, you need an aftermarket cooler since Intel doesn't provide one. In that case, look for something like the Cooler Master Hyper 212.

capacitors have many uses. I'll list just a few of them:
filtering noise
resonance circuits
buffering
time travel

Typical question of someone whose brain has been formatted by computer science. In real world, not everything has an abstract role. Capacitors behave in a certain way, but that doesn't make them have a purpose per se. Their behavior can be useful in some tasks, you could say they can be "hacked" to do certain things. Like how you can say they are used to do filtering or decoupling power supplies.

Dont buy ASRock motherboards.
Get a better cooler unless you need a low profile.
Dont buy a K CPU with a H170 motherboard, get a Z170 motherboard.
Otherwise get a I5-6500.
Get a 240GB 850 EVO.

>inb4 'google it'
Somebody I know built a W10 computer recently and has been riddled with issues. With only default programs installed and a fresh install of windows they randomly gets errors all over the fucking place. Programs frequently crash giving
>instruction at *0xaddress1* referenced memory at *0xaddress2* the memory could not be written
Gets that error randomly from all kinds of different unrelated programs including background windows services. A few other in-windows crashes but that's the only concerning one. Couple that with occasionally getting spurts of inability to boot without getting every blue-screen under the fucking sun.
>random blue screen "Page fault in non-paged area" (For example)
>reboots, crashes before login k"Kernel security check failure"
>reboots, crashes "driver irql not less or equal"
>reboots, continue with random unrelated (As far as I can tell) blue screens
>eventually just ends up stuck on windows loading screen

I haven't tried any other OS's yet. Next step is to try W7 or linux and see what happens. I'm 99% sure it's a hardware problem but all the windows check's come back okay, and sometimes it'll pass CPU/RAM stress tests alright. I don't have the spare parts on-hand to troubleshoot the hardware myself because I don't have any LGA1151 CPUs or DDR4. So I've basically narrowed it down to, in order of likelihood (aka, things to return in this order):
>RAM
>motherboard
>CPU
>SSD

... which is basically every fucking thing in the computer.

After all that, I'm just wondering if anybody here's got any ideas for things to try. Maybe something I haven't thought of. I've spent hours trying to figure this out and I'm pretty much out of ideas till I can go over and try a different OS on it.

parts list is:
i5 6500
msi z170a sli plus
corsair vengeance (2x4gb) 2400mhz ddr4
samsung 850 evo 500gb
corsair RM650i

Might be worth noting that it seems the RAM isn't on the qvl for the motherboard. Never actually seen that be an issue though.

Run MEMTEST.
Install W7.

is there any particular reason not to get an asrock motherboard? I switched out with a Z170 as recommended by other anons, but it's still asrock; the site lists a combo deal with the i5-6600k which is pretty good for my jew self

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BIOS, "cheap" quality which is bad for overclocking, etc.
They are known for having problems since a long time ago but they werk, get a good quality motherboard, GB has shitty but not horrible BIOS, but good quality, EVGA and MSI are good but EVGA has shitty warranty.

Dont cheap out in your motherboard and PSU since those are probably the last parts you will ever change.

Also, forgot to try sigverif until just now. Listed 9 unsigned files that I couldn't tell what they were. 3 unscanned files which Google searches told me are hidden anti hack drivers for some mmos. Again, everything works fine in safe mode, even reinstalled dropbox and resynced my folders. Would upgrading to Win10 fix this or would that be a bad idea going from my pirated Win7?

>friend put that part in for me
He probably fucked it up

That's what I'm thinking. He's put together plenty of computers before but he fucked up in more places than one now that I've noticed.

Pls

What is the fastest way to transfer data to one computer to another? If it is by connecting them with cat5 how do I do that? Do I need a program? Or do I need to configure something everytime I want to do it?
Btw, OS: win 8.1

My external HDD has one ZFS partition and one HFS+ partition. Now that I've moved everything to the ZFS partition, how do I expand the partition to use the whole disk?

>What is the fastest way to transfer data to one computer to another?
By attaching a hard drive to a St. Bernard dog.
True story btw.

Just have both computers on the same network (preferably wired, but wifi should still be alright). right click the files you want to transfer and find something like "share with..." and share with your homegroup. Go to the other computer, open file explorer and the other computer should appear under the network dropdown, and the folders/files should be there, just copy/paste them to the other computer.

I tried this but downloading speed was 2mb/s. One was wired the other one was on wifi. Will try it by using wired connection for both.
>tfw not have a dog
will a cat work?

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i don't think you can resize a vdev

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yeah, 2Mb/s is not right. Might be related to the wifi (especially if the one with the wifi is an older laptop or something with an old nic)

You can directly hook up 2 computers with a wire, but unless things are different now, you'd need a crossover cable, not just a regular ethernet cable.

Seriously? I thought ZFS was supposed to be _THE_ filesystem and I can't even resize a partition?

>unless things are different now, you'd need a crossover cable, not just a regular ethernet cable
NICs have been able to handle such things with software for years. I've actually yet to run into an instance where I actually needed a crossover cable

>apparently things are different now

Good to know. It's been a long time since I've needed to do that for any reason. I might not have even needed to at the time, I don't remember.

Yeah the lappy has ac support I guess (?)
What software should I use for my purposes?

>What software should I use for my purposes?
You don't, it's done automagically if it's supported.

Hey guys is the Avast VPN for the iphone and windows worth it? Also what the whole "hide my searches" thing they have going on how does that work, also thankyou for your time.