--- Log opened Sun Jun 02 00:00:42 2019 07:12 -!- dfused [~flajackun@c-71-197-193-151.hsd1.wa.comcast.net] has quit [Ping timeout: 268 seconds] 07:15 -!- dfused [~flajackun@c-71-197-193-151.hsd1.wa.comcast.net] has joined #se2600 11:01 -!- xray [~xray@c-73-43-4-206.hsd1.ga.comcast.net] has quit [Ping timeout: 258 seconds] 11:03 -!- xray [~xray@c-73-43-4-206.hsd1.ga.comcast.net] has joined #se2600 15:56 <@Dagmar> Holy hell what is wrong with people 15:56 <@Dagmar> https://nashville.craigslist.org/sop/d/nashville-desktop-computer-monitor/6902436126.html 15:56 < PigBot> Desktop Computer /w Monitor - computer parts - by owner - electronics sale (at nashville.craigslist.org) http://tinyurl.com/y6bn7j6y 16:03 < xray> So what is it I'm not seeing? 16:05 <@Dagmar> Phenom II X4 940... SIX gigabytes of RAM 16:06 <@Dagmar> ...which is apparently happening with four sticks? 16:09 <@Dagmar> If I hadn't just had to order a new motherboard that I don't even want ot buy, I'd be calling that guy up 16:09 <@Dagmar> ...just for the CPU. 16:09 <@Dagmar> Well, and the motherboard 16:12 <@Dagmar> EugenA: You have a routing problem 19:42 <@Mirage> Dagmar: what would you use it for? hell, my video card has 6gb of memory. 19:43 <@Mirage> And I probably have 1-2 similar systems to that one stuck in boxes in the closet (mb/cpu/meory). 19:50 <@Dagmar> My current VMhost is sporting a 925 Phenom 19:51 <@Dagmar> So, I know that's a decent CPU but I've no idea why anyone would pair it with six gb of RAM unless they were just shoving leftover parts in the box 19:51 <@Dagmar> Seeing that the box has no video card (and no APU) kind of tells me it's the latter 20:00 <@Mirage> for one of those i'd be willing to be the video is on the MB using shared memory 20:05 <@Mirage> INTEGRATED VIDEO: ATI Radeon HD3300 Graphics with 128MB Side-port memory, Max. Memory Share Up to 512 MB 20:05 <@Mirage> https://www.amazon.com/BIOSTAR-790GX-Motherboard-TA790GXE-128M/dp/B002SG7MF0 20:05 < PigBot> Amazon.com: BIOSTAR AM2+/AM3 DDR2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard TA790GXE 128M: Electronics (at www.amazon.com) http://tinyurl.com/y6le6wga 20:05 <@Dagmar> I hope you're not implying that I am the kind of guy who would buy something made by Biostar 20:06 <@Dagmar> I want to stab this A55BM-PLUS right now 20:09 <@Mirage> Actually: https://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=377 20:09 < PigBot> Best motherboard manufacturers. Biostar provides various high quality motherboard gaming series, including am4 motherboa (at www.biostar.com.tw) http://tinyurl.com/y2y2k844 20:09 <@Mirage> Yeah, I've never been a farn of BioStar 20:09 <@Mirage> er, fan 20:10 <@Shadow404> sigh, so the new oculus quest is cool and a great price, but my vive games wont port over to it as it uses a completely different android platform (not steam) for the games library 20:10 <@Shadow404> FUCK 20:10 <@Mirage> I've been happy running with MSI the past 10 years or so. 20:11 <@Mirage> Shadow404: if I want virtual/augmented reality I just go outside and drink 20:12 <@Shadow404> heh, VR is pretty fun if you find the right games 20:12 <@Shadow404> i actually get a work out from some run, duck and jump games 20:12 <@Dagmar> I really wanna punch someone at ASUS right now 20:13 * Shadow404 needs to flash his mb but is to la'lazt recently to update the intel vulnerability 20:14 <@Dagmar> I am kinda tempted to poke at the BIOS chip and see if I can convince the motherboard that it's corrupted 20:15 <@Shadow404> can you find a bios update version and hexedit the file a little to corrupt the flash image? 20:16 <@Shadow404> but enough to let it flash to the mb 20:16 <@Shadow404> ? 20:16 <@Dagmar> The motherboard won't _boot_ 20:16 <@Shadow404> sob 20:16 <@Dagmar> I can take all the RAM out and get a nice clear BEEEEEEp BEEEP BEEP out o fit 20:16 <@Dagmar> ...or I can have the RAM in it and have the MemOK red LED of doom light up 20:16 <@Shadow404> did you turn it off and back on again? 20:16 * Shadow404 ducks 20:16 <@Dagmar> Only bout 72 times 20:16 <@Shadow404> hrmmm 20:17 <@Dagmar> you're supposed to push the little button and the bios will try different timings to get the RAM working 20:17 <@Shadow404> and you put 1 stick in at a time 20:17 <@Shadow404> (im sure you did, but asking) 20:17 <@Dagmar> Yes 20:17 <@Shadow404> fuck 20:17 <@Dagmar> In this case it looks like the newer BIOS just obliterating its timing tables utterly so no timings work 20:17 <@Dagmar> ...and since it's stuck in THAT mode it apparently won't even query the USB ports for a BIOS to read in emergency mode 20:17 <@Shadow404> whats the ram rated for? 20:18 <@Dagmar> 2133 20:18 <@Shadow404> ok 20:18 <@Dagmar> Exactly what the CPU is specced for 20:18 <@Dagmar> It's also been using this RAM since I bought the thing 20:18 <@Dagmar> So... the odds of _both_ sticks going bad at the same time? LOL nope 20:18 <@Shadow404> minus a weird shocking event, yeah 20:22 <@Dagmar> I suspect that MAYBE NoFault might be able to reflash the chip 20:22 <@Dagmar> I'm half tempted to pull it and bring it with me to the meeting 20:22 <@Dagmar> ...but so long as the motherboard I ordered from Amazon to arrive tomorrow works, the immediate danger is over 20:23 <@Dagmar> As to _which_ motherboard that is, it's basically the only motherfucker Amazon has in stock with an FM2+ socket for a reasonable price 20:23 <@Dagmar> Fuck 20:23 <@Dagmar> Sonofa 20:23 <@Dagmar> No wait, that's fatigue 20:23 <@Dagmar> I thought for a moment that loony with teh 6gb RAM machine's motherboard was compatible 20:24 <@Dagmar> I'm pretty sure those Phenoms are AM3 20:25 <@Dagmar> I wonder 20:25 <@Dagmar> Lemme see if i can find a rare earth magnet 20:26 <@Dagmar> Found one 20:26 <@Dagmar> Now we'll see if a neodynium magnet is enough to temporarily scramble an EEPROM 20:28 <@Dagmar> No such luck 20:35 <@Dagmar> For reference: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/565348/Asus-A55bm-Plus.html?page=35#manual 20:35 < PigBot> Asus Crashfree Bios 3 Utility; Recovering The Bios; Asus Bios Updater - Asus A55BM-PLUS User Manual [Page 35] (at www.manualslib.com) http://tinyurl.com/y59myyw3 20:35 <@Dagmar> The mechanism they speak of _does not work_ when the motherboard thinks the BIOS is fine and that the RAM is bad 20:35 <@Dagmar> So I'm just fucked for sure now --- Log closed Mon Jun 03 00:00:43 2019