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garius

@garius@mastodon.me.uk

Author of The Brexit Tapes. Historian. Strategy streamer. Tech/Transport Strategist. Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Made Neil Gaiman cry (in a good way). Business: business@longformist.co.uk

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And she's done.

garius,
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@teamonkey real mahogany

garius,
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@cloudthethings pretty nice tbh. good inbuit cable management.

motherboard power socket needs plugging in before doing top cooler. got caught out by that, but that's it.

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Day two of the PC build.

Also known as disassembly day. The point where you redo a bunch of stuff, now you know it all works, to improve cable management.

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Best LEGAL way to buy knew Windows keys these days?

(Just in case my current one decides all the parts i'm putting in count as too much of a system change)

garius,
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@OliverUv yeah, i'm changing ssd as well so suspect that's what will do me.

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Good morning from him.

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ME: I'm really, really torn on whether to just replace my motherboard or replatform to AM5. But that would mean I'd need a new case and all cases today are RGB messes designed for edgelord teens who-
FRACTAL DESIGNS <interrupting>: Hi

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@BashStKid @Cadbury_Moose can't play those Bruce Springsteen 8-Tracks without 'em!

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@schmerg yes. Because the side panels to my current one are lost to history and I have cats.

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@Kavus technically no, but my old case is in a bad state.

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My "oh no I need a new motherboard" is gradually turning into "hmmm do i just say 'fuck it' and re-platform to AM5"

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Today's bit of computing history, and a hint of what's coming in my next tech history column.

This small article in the 8th June 1981 issue of Infoworld caused absolute panic in Microsoft and IBM.

Because it accurately predicted the release and details of the PC, 4 months before it became official

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@talexb loooooads of them scanned in and available on google books.

A fun way to occasionally lose an afternoon!

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Yeeeah.

After lots of possible failure point elimination yesterday, I think it's new motherboard time.

Tested different SSDs and RAM with fresh installs of Windows each time and fully up-to-date drivers. Issue of multiple BSODs, all memory access related, returns.

Dmp files not showing a program consistently causing the issue, either.

Couple that with a RAM stick randomly failing last week, and that increasingly says 'board issue' to me.

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@BernardSheppard yeah.

my thinking there is that if ii get a new motherboard/cpu and t's the PSU, well at least i ended up with useful upgrades.

whereas if i get a PSU first and it's the motherboard, i've ended up with a redundant PSU.

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Oh JOY. BSOD time on my main gaming box.

Any of my followers find joy in going through dmp files? Because I reckon this is a hardware issue... 😬

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A friend has hospitality tickets for Luton vs Everton tonight.

Turns out the 'Phoenix Suite' is the local Conservative Club.

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Well that was fun. One of my sticks of Corsair Vengeance DDR4 just nuked itself on stream.

Good job I speak BIOS beep. Now limping along on a single stick.

What DDR4 are the non-cool kids buying these days?

(EDIT: I'm running an AMD Ryzen 7 3800X on a Prime X570-P for reference)

(Because the cool kids mostly prefer shiny to good)

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@zalasur i'm running an AMD Ryzen 7 3800X on a Prime X570-P

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@danieldurrans i'm running an AMD Ryzen 7 3800X on a Prime X570-P

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@derryh yeah, i'm running the crucial tool to see what it comes back with.

worst case i'll just go Corsair again

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STREAM TIME!

Round 17 of the 2034 season and our all-female Brawn F1 team holds a narrow lead in the championship.

It's time for the British Grand Prix. We start in pole, but can we hold it?

Join me for F1 Manager! https://twitch.tv/gariusthebrit

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STREAM TIME!

King Jaspert rules a peaceful Poland, his focus on increasing the economy and culture of his realm.

But medieval Europe is a chaotic place. Can he hold his kingdom together as Europe fights and burns?

Join me for Crusader Kings 3! https://twitch.tv/gariusthebrit

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