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  • #3452
    pleasant Co.
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 7,451 Mod ✭✭✭✭pleasant Co.


    glynf wrote: »

    Anyone up in the air about what card vendor to go with, EVGA have the best aftersales/RMA I have ever dealt with. One of my cards was making a clinking noise at low rpm, so they shipped a replacement the same day they received mine; it landed within 8 days of starting the RMA. Proper customer service.

    Yeah, not the first time i've read praise for their aftersales, think i'll be opting for them next time around.


  • #3453
    Copper_pipe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,553 ✭✭✭✭Copper_pipe


    My laptop has decided to act up 2 days before college :(


  • #3454
    cadete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,753 ✭✭✭cadete


    Kingsley Cuddly Aircraft wrote: »
    I must have one
    http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/asus-rog-pg348q-34-ultra-wide-g-sync-100hz.html

    Swift%20PG348Q%20front%2Bback_shadow.jpg

    Check out the acer z35 😀


  • #3455
    BloodBath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,299 ✭✭✭✭BloodBath


    cadete wrote: »
    Check out the acer z35 😀

    Looks fantastic but will probably cost around €1500 and will need a pair of 980ti's to run. Great for those who can afford it.


  • #3456
    game4it70
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,132 ✭✭✭game4it70


    Just had my first issue with windows 10.I'm liking it until today.

    My motherboard has a dual bios switch.So i flipped to bios B to update it to a different version to test and now windows needs to be activated again :mad::mad:
    It seems to think my second bios was a different motherboard so it has blocked my key.Wtf is all i can say as i never had that issue when using 8.1 and dual bios.

    I upgraded from a 8.1pro which was bought from microsoft and not a key from reddit.

    Any ideas of what to do as i dont want to have to go back to reinstall 8.1 and then 10 again?


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  • #3457
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Looks like any motherboard/cpu change with windows 10 deactivates the install. You need to contact Microsoft apparently. Good luck with that.


  • #3458
    game4it70
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,132 ✭✭✭game4it70


    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    Looks like any motherboard/cpu change with windows 10 deactivates the install. You need to contact Microsoft apparently. Good luck with that.

    I'd understand if i had changed the motherboard but just changing the bios is nuts if thats the cause for it not been activated anymore.
    Microsoft site is not getting me anywhere with this atm.
    :mad:


  • #3459
    game4it70
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,132 ✭✭✭game4it70


    Panic averted as it now activated by itself.Phewwwww.
    :D:D:D

    Weird....


  • #3460
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    game4it70 wrote: »
    I'd understand if i had changed the motherboard but just changing the bios is nuts if thats the cause for it not been activated anymore.
    Microsoft site is not getting me anywhere with this atm.
    :mad:

    I'm assuming its a completely different bios chip that you're switching the traces to. Windows 10 activation involves a hardware ID based on the bios and the cpu type. I think it also drops a file onto the write cache of a UEFI bios. Changing the CPU, motherboard, or upgrading the bios will cause it to deactivate. While it reactivated on its own, I personally wouldn't keep flicking that switch. There will be a activation limit. Might be the same thing catching out those reddit MSDN keys.


  • #3461
    Revoker88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,617 ✭✭✭Revoker88


    Quick question,friend of mine is working in africa periodically and when he is over there he is geo blocked from RTEPlayer,Netflix etc

    Hes mostly working but would love to watch the news,movie,TV and such for an hour or two when he gets the chance but the geo lock is preventing him. Is there anyway around this?

    He will be using a laptop or phone,he has no access to the router or any way of changing the settings there. Ive no idea how to go about it so hoping someone here can help. If he could access irish netflix he would be delighted as hes paying for it here when hes over there. Thanks


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  • #3462
    glynf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,387 ✭✭✭glynf


    I use Private Internet Access, and find it very good. Some of the free VPN's can be a bit patchy IMO. It costs 40 USD a year, and is ideal as you can do about 20 regions including Ireland.


  • #3463
    MiskyBoyy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭MiskyBoyy


    glynf wrote: »
    I use Private Internet Access, and find it very good. Some of the free VPN's can be a bit patchy IMO. It costs 40 USD a year, and is ideal as you can do about 20 regions including Ireland.

    Pure VPN is another great one: https://www.purevpn.com/


  • #3464
    Revoker88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,617 ✭✭✭Revoker88


    Thanks lads,i think a small fee would be worth it for his needs


  • #3465
    SterlingArcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,767 ✭✭✭SterlingArcher


    EoinHef wrote: »
    Thanks lads,i think a small fee would be worth it for his needs

    I'm sure he already knows but...
    Mobdro has Rte and that on it. Till he gets the vpn sorted.


  • #3466
    deceit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭deceit


    Has anyone used a watercooling pump in a bitfenix prodigy case? I've been trying a few pumps in it and no matter what pump I try I get an awful vibration/buzzing noise that is headache inducing.
    I'm just curious did anyone have the same issue.


  • #3467
    Serephucus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,181 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    I had a D5 in a Prodigy. Didn't get any vibration. It wasn't hard-mounted to anything though. It was sitting on the bottom of the front on a load of foam (about an inch).


  • #3468
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,382 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Only thing you can do is seat it on foam and make sure any other hard fixings retaining it are vibration-insulated using foam/grommets to remove any uninterrupted rigid link between the pump and the case.

    Beyond that, check to make sure the pump is the culprit and not something else, possibly something that alters its behaviour when normal cooling measures are supplanted by WC. Case fans having a temper tantrum and going max RPM etc. Also make sure all the soft feet/pads are still there between the case and whatever it is sitting on :p


  • #3469
    papu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭papu


    deceit wrote: »
    Has anyone used a watercooling pump in a bitfenix prodigy case? I've been trying a few pumps in it and no matter what pump I try I get an awful vibration/buzzing noise that is headache inducing.
    I'm just curious did anyone have the same issue.

    When I had a w.c pump it used to buzz when it touched the case. Try Sitting it on top of a soft silicone block or something similar, or suspend it from rubber bands


  • #3470
    HellboundIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭HellboundIRL


    Anyone have any RMA experience with Mindfactory? My Asrock Extreme6 decided to crap itself and I sent it off last Friday, really hoping it won't take long to get back to me.


  • #3471
    Danger781
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭Danger781


    Looking for some advice on securing my server, if anyone is familiar with that end of things..

    Posted about it here:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=96924827#post96924827


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  • #3472
    deceit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭deceit


    Solitaire wrote: »
    Only thing you can do is seat it on foam and make sure any other hard fixings retaining it are vibration-insulated using foam/grommets to remove any uninterrupted rigid link between the pump and the case.

    Beyond that, check to make sure the pump is the culprit and not something else, possibly something that alters its behaviour when normal cooling measures are supplanted by WC. Case fans having a temper tantrum and going max RPM etc. Also make sure all the soft feet/pads are still there between the case and whatever it is sitting on :p
    I never thought of insulating the rad's and other bits the hard tubing touch.
    It causes the noise even when no fans are on, they barely spin btw.
    I believe I was using soft tubing at one point and still had the very loud buzzing/vibrating noise.


  • #3473
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Pump could just be loud or off balance. I had a pump for years which I thought was just meant to be that loud, until I got a new one and realized it was vibrating due to the prop being off center.


  • #3474
    Squaredude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭Squaredude


    I have my pump sitting on one of these https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-000-MM
    Works great


  • #3475
    papu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭papu


    Who here using Bitlocker , other types of encryption or UEFI / BIOS / Firmware passwords? Especially on laptops tablets and mobile phones? Becoming a bit paranoid lately...


  • #3476
    Danger781
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭Danger781


    papu wrote: »
    Who here using Bitlocker , other types of encryption or UEFI / BIOS / Firmware passwords? Especially on laptops tablets and mobile phones? Becoming a bit paranoid lately...

    I tried bitlocker once on my windows desktop. To cut a long story short it worked but my computer didn't play nice with it (surprise surprise). Following a reboot after enabling bitlocker I was greeted with an orange and white striped screen like below:
    2RAp6Yw.png

    I could still type in the password that I had set despite having nothing to look at. I just typed and hoped and thankfully it worked out. Immediately disabled it.


  • #3477
    game4it70
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,132 ✭✭✭game4it70


    deceit wrote: »
    I never thought of insulating the rad's and other bits the hard tubing touch.
    It causes the noise even when no fans are on, they barely spin btw.
    I believe I was using soft tubing at one point and still had the very loud buzzing/vibrating noise.

    I'd try and use soft tubing from the pump to the res to cut down on the vibrations.
    I've also used the shoggy sandwich and its great at reducing the noise.

    What pumps have you tried and are you using a 90 degree fitting as an inlet/outlet on the pump?
    Are the pumps quiet in other cases?


  • #3478
    Dair76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Dair76


    Has anyone here ever bought from PC Specialist? I'm thinking of going for a Lafité laptop for college... Just wondering how they are for customer care etc?


  • #3479
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Few fake cards turning up on adverts lately.

    Got stung myself with one a while back, good seller with loads of feedback so didn't pay too much attention, second I opened the box and saw the card I knew instantly it was a fake. He refused to take it back and denied it was fake and I had to open a paypal dispute. Got my money back though.


  • #3480
    deceit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭deceit


    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    Pump could just be loud or off balance. I had a pump for years which I thought was just meant to be that loud, until I got a new one and realized it was vibrating due to the prop being off center.
    I've tried three pumps ek 4.0, 2.0 and a D5 pump, all are completely silent outside the case running perfectly.
    D5 on one in the case is nuts, on 5 outside the case I can't hear it.
    I really think I will have to replace the hard tubing :(


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  • #3481
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Dair76 wrote: »
    Has anyone here ever bought from PC Specialist? I'm thinking of going for a Lafité laptop for college... Just wondering how they are for customer care etc?

    I've bought from them but never needed customer service, but I hear it's pretty good. They also offer pretty decent extended collect and return warranty for a reasonable price, think it's about €90 extra.

    I suppose it's part of the value but a lot of their laptops are very unremarkable in appearance and would easily be mistaken for much cheaper laptops.


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