Technology catch-all thread

[ChiliIrishHammock24]

for me, do not use os 8 or 10....

 

overall, it is ok, i would have gone with a different motherboard.

powersupply ax1000 I

 

the ssd great.

 

I think I could have upgraded to the next level for like $20. I honestly had no idea what motherboard to pick. I'm at a wedding today, but when I get home I'll try to find the other 2 options and I'll ask you to tell me if I should throw the extra money at the other 2 options. I was very happy I was able to get the 16 GB of DDR4 2333. Every other time I was configurating stuff I was just going with 8 GB of DDR3.

[LDF]

I think I could have upgraded to the next level for like $20. I honestly had no idea what motherboard to pick. I'm at a wedding today, but when I get home I'll try to find the other 2 options and I'll ask you to tell me if I should throw the extra money at the other 2 options. I was very happy I was able to get the 16 GB of DDR4 2333. Every other time I was configurating stuff I was just going with 8 GB of DDR3.

 

that too is a rip off. what is it upgrading to what...

 

the I7 6700 is the way to go, unless you want a good speed then go with a tubo boost and refresh rate.

 

stick with a asus z9 something, or go with a lower 5820 i think.

the ssd is great if you are building a server,

the liquid cooling is a waste well for me, i would put in more fans and a dvd dual fan.

ran corsair is extremely good,

 

but remember this is all subjective. it is like asking someone if they prefer a brand new corvette or caddy.

[ChiliIrishHammock24]

that too is a rip off. what is it upgrading to what...

 

the I7 6700 is the way to go, unless you want a good speed then go with a tubo boost and refresh rate.

 

stick with a asus z9 something, or go with a lower 5820 i think.

the ssd is great if you are building a server,

the liquid cooling is a waste well for me, i would put in more fans and a dvd dual fan.

ran corsair is extremely good,

 

but remember this is all subjective. it is like asking someone if they prefer a brand new corvette or caddy.

 

These were my 2 other options on the motherboard.....

 

MSI B150 Gaming M3 -- 2x PCIe 3.0 x16, 2x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0, DDR4 Memory +20

MSI B150A Gaming Pro -- 2x PCIe 3.0 x16, 6x USB 3.1 (Gen1/Gen2), 2x USB 2.0, DDR4 Memory +25

[LDF]

These were my 2 other options on the motherboard.....

 

MSI B150 Gaming M3 -- 2x PCIe 3.0 x16, 2x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0, DDR4 Memory +20

MSI B150A Gaming Pro -- 2x PCIe 3.0 x16, 6x USB 3.1 (Gen1/Gen2), 2x USB 2.0, DDR4 Memory +25

 

well, if those are the restriction, i hope i didn't offend you. you did good according to the restrictions.

 

last thing, make sure you invest into a apc-ups. might as well protect that baby. do not believe in the bs of a power strip.

Edited November 28, 2015 by LDF

[ChiliIrishHammock24]

well, if those are the restriction, i hope i didn't offend you. you did good according to the restrictions.

 

last thing, make sure you invest into a apc-ups. might as well protect that baby. do not believe in the bs of a power strip.

 

Lol, you didn't offend me. Like I said I don't really know what I'm doing, I just took the guidance from guys at work who build their own computers.

[ChiliIrishHammock24]

Something like this LDF?

 

http://www.staples.com/APC-Back-UPS-NS-600...CFYU-aQodPtsCXQ

[LDF]

Something like this LDF?

 

http://www.staples.com/APC-Back-UPS-NS-600...CFYU-aQodPtsCXQ

 

excellent.... no matter what, 40. dollars is worth a good investment to protect a custom baby ....

 

if you got advice of a custom build, why not an asus. just wondering... btw, no need to answer. i was just wondering.

 

i hope i provided some help.

[ChiliIrishHammock24]

excellent.... no matter what, 40. dollars is worth a good investment to protect a custom baby ....

 

if you got advice of a custom build, why not an asus. just wondering... btw, no need to answer. i was just wondering.

 

i hope i provided some help.

 

An Asus what? This was the website and configurator I used....

 

http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/BF-Intel-B150-Special

 

 

[ChiliIrishHammock24]

BTW, I went and picked up that backup unit that I linked to you. Staples had 1 left.

[bigruss]

Per Google, Google Fiber is exploring expansions into LA and Chicago.

[RockRaines]

Per Google, Google Fiber is exploring expansions into LA and Chicago.

I just got semi hard reading that. Please give comcast some competition.

[bigruss]

I just got semi hard reading that. Please give comcast some competition.

It'll be so good for the market to have them here, hopefully it gets done in a reasonable amount of time.

[bigruss]

In other news, US Navy is doing sea tests of the newly commissioned USS Zumwalt.

 

Super cool ship that is probably the start of a major shift in ship design to be stealthier.

[StrangeSox]

lol rail guns. there's always money in the banana stand for absurd weapons systems that will never approach becoming a real thing.

[bigruss]

There's a lot of practicality behind railguns, but the upfront cost is pretty massive.

[LDF]

 

the old day concept of destroyers protecting the aircraft carriers and having 4 and 8 inch gun to fire... i guess it is no more.

[RockRaines]

So, I got off the phone with Directv, guess they are doing the standard increase of the bill each month so I have to threaten them dance.

[Jose Abreu]

Per Google, Google Fiber is exploring expansions into LA and Chicago.

Of course, this news comes 20 months before I move from Chicago...

[Brian]

Does Google Fiber have every channel? I honestly didn't know they had TV company.

[StrangeSox]

It's broadband not TV.

[RockRaines]

Does Google Fiber have every channel? I honestly didn't know they had TV company.

Its incredibly fast internet, and will really push Comcast to step it up.

[Jenksismyhero]

Anyone an Android expert out there?

 

My wife and I have Galaxy Note 3's. Her phone has always had some weird issues with certain apps not working properly, but 99% of the time it worked just fine. Last week she started getting these error messages that force closed any app that was running, even google services and samsung specific apps. I reset it, then started it in safe mode and reset it, cleared the cache, force stopped/cleared the cache of all the apps that were coming up with error messages, and even did the "wipe cache partition" feature. Nothing worked. Everyone online suggested a factory reset. Preparing to do that, I started to back-up her files (all internal memory, no SD card....big mistake), and found that ALL of her photos/videos/everything were gone. I never deleted them, but apparently the system can't find them anywhere. If you go to settings - data, the only "user data" that shows up is app data. But what's weird is that under the "misc data" area, there are 18gb's. And you can't drill down at all to see what those 18gb's are...there is no list of files like on my phone. Similarly, the "My Files" app lists 0 music, photo or video files. The thing won't even save images she previously sent through her messaging app, nor will it save photos that you have just taken on the phone.

 

So I call Samsung and spent 45 minutes talking to some guy from India walk me through all of the steps I just tried. He also had me try and connect the phone to the computer via their back-up software but the software won't connect to the phone (windows recognizes the phone is plugged in, but not folders show up when you try to explore it). I called up AT&T (our provider) and spent 45 minutes with basically the same troubleshooting.

 

Over the weekend i took it to the Samsung techs at Best Buy and they seemed just as puzzled. They reinstalled the operating system on the phone but it didn't clear the force app error messages, and it didn't "find" any of her photos/video either. All of the data settings say there are no files. They also couldn't get the phone to connect to any software to run a back-up. They concluded the photos were gone. I said it's really odd that there is this 18gb of misc data on there (that's usually for app related data, but she doesn't have any games or anything on her phone. It's all shopping apps and pinterest type apps, how much data do those apps really require?) and they told me that photos don't save to that folder, so they can't be photos. As a last resort they said I could call Samsung and ship the phone to them but it could cost hundreds of dollars, take several weeks and they still might not find anything.

 

My wife is resigned to the fact that she's lost 2 years of photos/video. I'm still not buying that the data isn't there. It just needs to be found. She said she was browsing through photos the night before they all went missing and neither one of us did any sort of delete or resest on the phone. It seems to me there is some kind of software bug that is just refusing to index the files and recognize them as photos/video.

 

Anyone have any ideas? Sending it to Samsung isn't a realistic option (she'd be without a phone for weeks). But if there's something else to try, I'd really like to do that if at all possible.

 

edit: oh, and the other problem is that the phone won't connect to the internet at all. Either through wi-fi or cell service. So I can't download any apps. I guess I could maybe download an app onto an SD card, install that into her phone and try to boot the program from there.

Edited December 9, 2015 by Jenksismybitch

[Y2HH]

Anyone an Android expert out there?

 

My wife and I have Galaxy Note 3's. Her phone has always had some weird issues with certain apps not working properly, but 99% of the time it worked just fine. Last week she started getting these error messages that force closed any app that was running, even google services and samsung specific apps. I reset it, then started it in safe mode and reset it, cleared the cache, force stopped/cleared the cache of all the apps that were coming up with error messages, and even did the "wipe cache partition" feature. Nothing worked. Everyone online suggested a factory reset. Preparing to do that, I started to back-up her files (all internal memory, no SD card....big mistake), and found that ALL of her photos/videos/everything were gone. I never deleted them, but apparently the system can't find them anywhere. If you go to settings - data, the only "user data" that shows up is app data. But what's weird is that under the "misc data" area, there are 18gb's. And you can't drill down at all to see what those 18gb's are...there is no list of files like on my phone. Similarly, the "My Files" app lists 0 music, photo or video files. The thing won't even save images she previously sent through her messaging app, nor will it save photos that you have just taken on the phone.

 

So I call Samsung and spent 45 minutes talking to some guy from India walk me through all of the steps I just tried. He also had me try and connect the phone to the computer via their back-up software but the software won't connect to the phone (windows recognizes the phone is plugged in, but not folders show up when you try to explore it). I called up AT&T (our provider) and spent 45 minutes with basically the same troubleshooting.

 

Over the weekend i took it to the Samsung techs at Best Buy and they seemed just as puzzled. They reinstalled the operating system on the phone but it didn't clear the force app error messages, and it didn't "find" any of her photos/video either. All of the data settings say there are no files. They also couldn't get the phone to connect to any software to run a back-up. They concluded the photos were gone. I said it's really odd that there is this 18gb of misc data on there (that's usually for app related data, but she doesn't have any games or anything on her phone. It's all shopping apps and pinterest type apps, how much data do those apps really require?) and they told me that photos don't save to that folder, so they can't be photos. As a last resort they said I could call Samsung and ship the phone to them but it could cost hundreds of dollars, take several weeks and they still might not find anything.

 

My wife is resigned to the fact that she's lost 2 years of photos/video. I'm still not buying that the data isn't there. It just needs to be found. She said she was browsing through photos the night before they all went missing and neither one of us did any sort of delete or resest on the phone. It seems to me there is some kind of software bug that is just refusing to index the files and recognize them as photos/video.

 

Anyone have any ideas? Sending it to Samsung isn't a realistic option (she'd be without a phone for weeks). But if there's something else to try, I'd really like to do that if at all possible.

 

edit: oh, and the other problem is that the phone won't connect to the internet at all. Either through wi-fi or cell service. So I can't download any apps. I guess I could maybe download an app onto an SD card, install that into her phone and try to boot the program from there.

 

Depends on what she was using for photos...did she have her photos backed up to Google Photos or Google Drive? If so, they're safe.

 

If she was simply storing them on her phone and formatted it...not sure there is much you can do.

[Jenksismyhero]

Depends on what she was using for photos...did she have her photos backed up to Google Photos or Google Drive? If so, they're safe.

 

If she was simply storing them on her phone and formatted it...not sure there is much you can do.

 

No back-ups, unfortunately. Lesson learned.

 

But we/she didn't format anything, that's what's messed up. And the fact that you can't take a picture and save it leads me to believe it's a software problem somewhere.

[Y2HH]

No back-ups, unfortunately. Lesson learned.

 

But we/she didn't format anything, that's what's messed up. And the fact that you can't take a picture and save it leads me to believe it's a software problem somewhere.

 

Could be flash memory corruption since it's not allowing you to write to the partition...should ask her what apps she was using to do photos...even on my iPhone I use Google Photos...because I take a photo with my iPhone and Google Photos automatically backs it up to the cloud, for free.