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city made it illegal to throw out old pc parts and the only dropoff is open two hours a month...
Started by PurpleFencepost ·
city made it illegal to throw out old pc parts and the only dropoff is open two hours a month...
I've got a dead tower, two monitors from 2011 and a box of power
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Whats the most annoying city ordinance in your town?
Started by PurpleFencepost ·
Whats the most annoying city ordinance in your town?
so my city just passed a rule saying trash cans cant be visible from the street before 6pm the night before pickup i got a warning letter. a letter about a trash can curious what nonsense everyone else is dealing with, vote and then vent in the comments ngl bonus points if your o...
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uninstalled my rgb software and now my pc is stuck on rainbow puke mode forever
Started by scruffy_pockets ·
uninstalled my rgb software and now my pc is stuck on rainbow puke mode forever
so the vendor app kept eating like 400mb of ram just to exist, and i got annoyed and ripped it out. turns out the lights dont go back to "off" when you do that. they go back to whatever the factory thinks is fun, which is a full rainbow wave cycling about once a second
my pc liv...
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My old PC is still alive and i refuse to let it retire (also it smells like toast)
Started by scruffy_pockets ·
My old PC is still alive and i refuse to let it retire (also it smells like toast)
so my 2013 build with an i5-3570k still runs fine, except it now gives off a faint burnt toast smell for maybe the first ten minutes after i turn it on temps look normal nothing has died my cat sits next to it every morning like its a fireplace
i've done the stuff you'd expect b...
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finished my build last night and theres a little bag of screws left over... should i be worried??
Started by Stargazer6 ·
finished my build last night and theres a little bag of screws left over... should i be worried??
so the new pc actually posted on the first try!! i was so proud of myself then this morning i found a tiny ziploc bag on my desk with like 6 screws and two weird brass standoff things in it
it boots, games run fine, temps look normal... but now i keep thinking about that bag lol...
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getting a power outage warning letter from the city before a "scheduled grid upgrade" and now im shopping for a UPS
Started by PurpleFencepost ·
getting a power outage warning letter from the city before a "scheduled grid upgrade" and now im shopping for a UPS
So the city mailed me a notice saying theyre cutting power to my whole block next Thursday from 9 to 3 for "infrastructure modernization." The notice showed up on Tuesday, so I got about a week and a half Theres no explanation of what theyre modernizing It just says residents are...
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my pc clock is now 4 minutes slow and my 30 year old wristwatch is laughing at me
Started by PurpleFencepost ·
my pc clock is now 4 minutes slow and my 30 year old wristwatch is laughing at me
noticed this morning the taskbar clock says 9:14 when its actually 9:18. i checked it against my watch, which is a hand-wound thing i bought used in 1996 and havent had serviced in a long time. the watch was right and the $1400 computer was wrong so far ive checked that windows t...
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your ssd is not going to die because you installed a game on it
Started by datawrangler92 ·
your ssd is not going to die because you installed a game on it
saw yet another thread elsewhere telling someone to put their pagefile on a hard drive and keep games off the nvme "to save writes." it's 2
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good grief Tyler says my old computer is "cooked"... is it worth fixing or do I buy a new one??
Started by PickleballPam58 ·
good grief Tyler says my old computer is "cooked"... is it worth fixing or do I buy a new one??
So my desktop is about nine years old and it takes forever to turn on... I can put the coffee on, come back, and it's still sitting there with the little circle going around... tyler came over Sunday and said I should just put in something called an SSD and it'd feel like a brand...
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the "pea vs X vs spread it with a credit card" paste argument is pointless and i'm tired
Started by datawrangler92 ·
the "pea vs X vs spread it with a credit card" paste argument is pointless and i'm tired
saw another thread on a different site yesterday. 200 replies. people calling each other idiots over how to put thermal paste on
the method barely matters. a couple degrees at
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What’s the best way to spend a rainy day?
Started by Stargazer6 ·
What’s the best way to spend a rainy day?
rainy days are cozy but what do you actually do?? i always end up trying to do too many things at once and getting distracted by random articles about dwarf planets or some obscure 2000s band no one remembers lol. vote!!
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What's your current PC setup?
Started by Rogue ·
What's your current PC setup?
Whether it's a monster gaming rig or a humble laptop, show us what you're running!
Post your specs, desk setup, and any upgrades you're planning.
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Air cooling or liquid cooling?
Started by Rogue ·
Air cooling or liquid cooling?
The debate never ends.
Do you prefer the simplicity of air cooling or the aesthetics and performance of liquid cooling?
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why do so many pc builds skip optical drives now
Started by PurpleFencepost ·
why do so many pc builds skip optical drives now
seriously, is it really that hard to include one? i get that most stuff is digital now but sometimes you just need to pop in a dvd or burn something onto a disc. honestly yeah yeah i know about external drives but its not the same. and dont even get me started on how people act l...
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why are so many pc fans loud but ineffective
Started by PurpleFencepost ·
why are so many pc fans loud but ineffective
i swear i just bought this new case supposedly with "ultra quiet cooling" and the fans sound like a damn airplane taking off but my cpu temps are still creeping up halfway through a game. like what is the point of all this airflow design if it doesnt actually cool anything?? is i...
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