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M.2, formerly known as the Next Generation Form Factor (NGFF), is a specification for internally mounted computer expansion cards and associated connectors. It replaces the mSATA standard, which uses the PCI Express Mini Card physical layout. M.2's more flexible physical specification that allows different module widths and lengths, together with more advanced features, makes the M.2 more suitable for solid-state storage applications in general, especially when used in small devices like ultrabooks or tablets. Computer bus interfaces provided through the M.2 connector, together with supported logical...

Bob

the bad part is it probably won't improve startup speeds for when I actually fully restart

because I do it so rarely the startup stuff is gonna get kicked out of the cache :P

Bob

1:20 AM

...oh wow

that boot really was much faster

awesome

rapid start also enabled

now sleep => auto hibernate to SSD

this is beautiful

oh boy

the SSD gets quite hot

running at 51 degrees O_O

Journeyman Geek

0

A: what to do with my overheating laptop?

I want to tell you my experience on this subject. I had the same problem, increasing by the time. Actually, I used to clean my FAN every now and then. However, lately the TP started to shut down due to excessive heating. I replaced the FAN with a new one, from eBay. It turned out to be a fake rep...

Plunging your cpu. IN MILD ACID?

Bob

@JourneymanGeek that dastardly FAN

> I replaced the FAN with a new one, from eBay. It turned out to be a fake replica and the problem worsened.

O_O

@JourneymanGeek ...that's not really a problem

the problem is this isn't any pure(-ish) acid.

it's vinegar

Journeyman Geek

least it wasn't one of these

Bob

cringe

now I'm wondering if he at least used white vinegar

brown rice vinegar would do wonders for a CPU, I'm sure

Journeyman Geek

and a little rice, and some seaweed. CPU SUSHI

Bob

1:31 AM

68 degrees oh fuck

the operating temp range is only 0 to 70

this thing heats up fast

it's also right next to a nice hot wifi chip

according to the samsung datasheet though it's supposed to reduce power when it gets hot

...and it looks like temps are going down

even with consistent usage (benchmark still running)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
CrystalDiskMark 3.0.2 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo
                           Crystal Dew World : crystalmark.info
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]

           Sequential Read :   452.623 MB/s
          Sequential Write :   438.980 MB/s
         Random Read 512KB :   405.517 MB/s
        Random Write 512KB :   317.068 MB/s
    Random Read 4KB (QD=1) :    24.329 MB/s [  5939.7 IOPS]

:D :D :D

^ that's actually maximized now, the screenshot was before switching it

@allquixotic ^

also, I now have proof that ISRT is magic :P

I need to do this on my desktop sometime...

DragonLord

I was thinking about the Starbucks ordering system again, and came across this: huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/30/…

> Tall Nonfat Latte, 2 Percent Foam

Bob

...

DragonLord

Seriously? Different liquid milk and foam?

Bob

I just sent myself an email with a link.

DragonLord

I find this bizarre...

Bob

1:46 AM

A minute later: "ooh, an email!"

DragonLord

Looks like the customer was trolling the barista

> Venti 1/2&1/2, 10 Pumps Vanilla, Extra Whip

WTF?!

Michael Frank

@DragonLord - Grande Chai Tea Latte, 3 Pump, Skim Milk, Lite Water, No Foam, Extra Hot

DragonLord

Yeah, that part doesn't make any sense

Journeyman Geek

light water. As opposed to heavy water

Bob

Is that code for "can I get your number?"?

Michael Frank

1:58 AM

@JourneymanGeek lol

Michael Frank

2:21 AM

@Bob No, it's code for "Just incase you didn't notice my hipster beard and tattoos..."

Journeyman Geek

@MichaelFrank: or "I know I'm a dick, please don't poison me like an ex russian spy!"

Bob

2:57 AM

!!tumbleweed

ChatBot John Cavil

Michael Frank

3:10 AM

That looks fake...

Journeyman Geek

lol

Trying to write up a question for SR.SE

silly thing is I have come across something that might work, but I cannot for the life of me remember what its called

was a webapp for bookmarks, official version didn't need a login, there was a self hosted varient

and it was all shiny and web 2.0y

Michael Frank

xmarks?

Journeyman Geek

no

And I want to run my own ;p

Michael Frank

notepad.exe

Journeyman Geek

...

MEH

Michael Frank

5:45 AM

---------------------------
VirtualBox - Error In supR3HardenedWinInstallHooks
---------------------------
<html>Failed to install NtCreateSection monitor: e9 6b 51 12 80 0 0 0 f 5 c3 f 1f 44 0 0 (rc=-8) </html>
---------------------------
Abort
---------------------------

...what? o.O

uuuuugh. It's Avast! messing with VBox

Journeyman Geek

This makes me mad

(HDB is the local public housing agency, they basically manage 90% of homes here. And debarking seriously? How would you like getting your vocal cords torn out cause you talk too much? :/)

Michael Frank

That's not your address is it? o.O

Bob

nope

Michael Frank

But yea, debarking is horrible :/

Bob

I didn't know debarking was a thing :S

Michael Frank

5:57 AM

Yea, it's the same as Ear and Tail docking.

It's mutilation because you don't like the way your dog looks, or because it's 'fashionable' to do.

Journeyman Geek

naw

just something I saw on one of the local animal charity's FB page

<--- is docked :/

(though it was way before even the original owner)

and yeah, thats barbaric in my opinion

(source facebook.com/asdsingapore?fref=nf )

also, anyone who suggests that to us will probably get told off by their neighbours ;p

everyone knows Ash ;p

Psycogeek

6:13 AM

i would do it, if the same vet will cut out his kids tounge , so they dont yell and talk so much :-)

Hennes

6:43 AM

Nah.

Just implant a hearing device in the parent.

Solves both the "television at extra deaf loudness and they get annoying with their kids being loud

Journeyman Geek

7:32 AM

Man

Lots of spammers today

including someone I am sure I have nuked before.

Journeyman Geek

7:45 AM

oh my god

Someone copied a site that copied su posts sans attribution ;p

Bob

o.O

@JourneymanGeek it's turtles all the way down

Journeyman Geek

superuser.com/questions/803993/… copies computers.findincity.net/view/635399295212048058793822/… copies superuser.com/questions/511057/…

no wait

undeleted

I am now confused

Bob

I'm currently listening to classical music on my phone

...while on hold

trying to call support for a gov website

that hasn't worked since sometime last year

-___-

nothing quite like paying $1/min to listen to shitty quality music

~~three~~ four pieces so far

Journeyman Geek

8:01 AM

lol

sorted. A and C are dupes and original. B is a copy of a fixed version of A

Oliver Salzburg

8:44 AM

Ooh, 2 notable questions this fine morning

And the review queue counter just hit 1k

Bob

@OliverSalzburg it hit yesterday

I finally did some reviews... didn't manage to bring it back under :(

Oliver Salzburg

It's below 1k now. Job done :P

Bob

lol

Psycogeek

@JourneymanGeek techie tech is used to using scripts :-)

Oliver Salzburg

9:17 AM

meta.superuser.com/questions/8410/…

Heh, that one confused the hell out of me when I read it

Journeyman Geek

9:38 AM

1

Q: Assigning same MAC Address to access points

I am working on a mobile application project which works on a local wireless network located on multiple different geographic locations(some supermarkets). In that for detection of that particular store for further processing we require MAC ID of that WiFi router, this works fine for a distance,...

Ow.

EPICALLY BAD idea

Oliver Salzburg

Why does Explorer display this folder with ID3 information instead of normal file details?

Journeyman Geek

9:51 AM

0_0

I completely don't see a folder by that name

Oliver Salzburg

@JourneymanGeek It's the folder in the background

Journeyman Geek

hmm

ahh

maybe its cause there's some files with id3 and some not?

Oliver Salzburg

10:49 AM

@JourneymanGeek Yeah, but I figured if I set it to "General items" that it should display it like any other folder

Ah, "Documents" has the desired effect

Maybe "General Items" means "do whatever you think is best"

Journeyman Geek

11:09 AM

I am too easily amused (and this is the week I hit 66 666 rep)

Oliver Salzburg

Neat

Michael Frank

11:39 AM

forums.virtualbox.org/…

Wow... so VBox has super issues with Antivirus packages. o.O

Journeyman Geek

I usually just use defender

Michael Frank

11:55 AM

So... this VM is super slow. o.O

Journeyman Geek

What is?

Michael Frank

12:11 PM

Running Fedora 20 in a VBox and the mouse is crawling.

Journeyman Geek

Ahh. Wierd

Michael Frank

Yea, VMWare plays the exact same liveCD perfectly.

Journeyman Geek

disk access speed maybe?

Michael Frank

12:31 PM

perhaps.

0

Q: split & burn ISO of size more than 20 gb to multiple DVDs

I have customized a CentOS distro with custom packages but now i have issues related to its distribution since its size is around 24GB.!! i.e., I want to split my large ISO in multiple small ISOs so that they can be easily burned onto multiple DVDs (~4.7GB) & installation should prompt user to i...

linux centos dvd iso-image linux-distributions

Journeyman Geek

12:55 PM

Oo

Wouldn't it make sense to just run a repo with that much

Journeyman Geek

1:15 PM

ahh hell

Oliver Salzburg

!!no

ChatBot John Cavil

Journeyman Geek

1:36 PM

ugh. Someone is flagging all the comments ;p

Oliver Salzburg

1:54 PM

Automated probably

Just do what I do, click Helpful until the flag queue is empty ;D

Journeyman Geek

;p

Journeyman Geek

2:07 PM

0

Q: How to repair bad sectors

I am using hd sentinel to monitor smart status and it reporting that currently 9 sectors are pending that may be reallocate later. I don't know what causes this error but is it possible to repair these errors? My hard disk is a western digital 160gb and i am using it as external drive through a t...

hard-drive windows-8.1 external-hard-drive bad-sectors

Shades of the DOID?

Bob

2:18 PM

@JourneymanGeek As cheap as storage is nowadays, it's just not worth it.

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: thats kinda what I said

Thanks to this superuser.com/questions/804250/… TIL there are 3.5mm SPDIF jacks, in addition to co-ax ones and optical ones

(and that the haswell brixen have em)

and 0_0 hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1321335 those may be 3.5mm optical jacks

Bob

@JourneymanGeek for some reason, whenever I see spdif I think of dupont cables

Journeyman Geek

o0

Bob

you might recognise that :P

That Brazilian Guy

I know exactly what it is. Oh I feel old.

Journeyman Geek

2:32 PM

is that for a ~~USB~~ cd drive?

Bob

@JourneymanGeek O_O

older nvidia cards came with those for hdmi audio

first time I ever encountered spdif by name

Journeyman Geek

ahh

2

I've never actually used HDMI in one of my own systems

Bob

never fiddled with those old audio cd players before

Journeyman Geek

(or at all until I started having wierd issues with DVI on the shared box)

Bob

from the dark ages of half a dozen different pc audio standards

Journeyman Geek

2:33 PM

@Bob: if you can power em, you can pop in a cd, and get audio out of the audio pins

lol

avirk

hi all superusers

That Brazilian Guy

"Older nvidia card"? pfffffffffffffffft. First time I saw that is when I bought this:

Journeyman Geek

and you didn't have front panel connectors

Bob

@JourneymanGeek meh, I had proper cd players for that

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianGuy: did it have the remote?

That Brazilian Guy

2:34 PM

a SOUNDBLASTER MULTIMEDIA KIT

Bob

@avirk hey, finally dropped by again?

That Brazilian Guy

Is costed almost $500 back in the mid-nineties.

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianGuy: Our 486 came with like....

30-40 software cds ;p

and compilations

That Brazilian Guy

@JourneymanGeek the remote control was even more expensive

INCREDIBLE 2x CD reading

avirk

@Bob lol, no way mate, I always keep an eye but have not much time atm :D

Journeyman Geek

2:35 PM

;p

That Brazilian Guy

all those cd-rom magazines

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianGuy: Creative is local ;p

That Brazilian Guy

I still have some old ones lying around

avirk

How's life going on all?

Journeyman Geek

I've occationally bought stuff from the suprisingly dingy showroom in their HQ

I don't have an optical drive in my current system

That Brazilian Guy

2:36 PM

!! s/all/mars/

ChatBot John Cavil

@ThatBrazilianGuy That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.

@ThatBrazilianGuy I've occationmarsy bought stuff from the suprisingly dingy showroom in their HQ (source)

That Brazilian Guy

+__+

allquixotic

@Bob *stomp* I AM A STEGOSAURUS! :D

That Brazilian Guy

> How's life going on mars?

►

avirk

@allquixotic @JourneymanGeek @Bob how are you all, i saw you guys make a good progress in my absence. :P

Bob

2:37 PM

@allquixotic :D

Journeyman Geek

;p

Bob

did you see the speed tests? I love this card :D

allquixotic

@avirk You defied us and got married anyway. And then totally disappeared.

3

@Bob Yeah.

That Brazilian Guy

@avirk Progress is my middle name. Damn, it's even on my flag!

Bob

@ThatBrazilianGuy That Progress Guy?

eww Progress

Journeyman Geek

2:39 PM

@ThatBrazilianGuy: I'm sure it also says "New World Order" in green on green

allquixotic

!! s/Progress/Sed Failure/

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic eww Sed Failure (source)

god DAMNIT

XD

LOL LOL

2:40 PM

@allquixotic ah yes my life got very busy after marriage, but not with my wife :D

Journeyman Geek

Dude. Doing it wrong then! ;p

allquixotic

@avirk TMI

Bob

@avirk a bit of TMI there :P

That Brazilian Guy

@allquixotic I am sure is there a german word for "trying to make fun of someone but having it backfire".

avirk

@ThatBrazilianGuy well that's good, it should be a always there :)

That Brazilian Guy

2:40 PM

SCHADENAPFELSTRÜDEL

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianGuy: and its probably a VERY long word.

allquixotic

@ThatBrazilianGuy Funenmakenbackenfiren

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianGuy: I'm sure I had something like that for breakfast once.

avirk

@allquixotic and @Bobs you both trying to troll me:D

That Brazilian Guy

@JourneymanGeek Did it backfire and try to bite you?

avirk

2:41 PM

by the way guys I'm here to seeking help of your's

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianGuy: No, wasn't in soviet russia at the time.

Bob

@avirk Oh you're just like @WilliamHilsum! :P

allquixotic

@Bob I was just about to say the same lol

avirk

@Bob lol, he is more intelligent than me :d

by the way i was trying to edit the Insyde Bios to change the splash screen of it.

Bob

Aug 15 at 15:39, by ÃŁŁǫǛȉЖΦΤїҪ

> Hilsum busy; hides away from old friends in RA because he's Too Important
Hilsum need help
Hilsum come to RA to HV
okay.png

avirk

2:43 PM

But there is no success yet for me

Bob

@avirk Oh god, I wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole.

Journeyman Geek

@avirk: state supplied laptop?

Bob

I was looking at potential BIOS modding to enable advanced options on my laptop. The guides were scary...

Journeyman Geek

Big picture of politician as a splash screen?

avirk

@Bob good idea, but there are ways. :)

Journeyman Geek

2:44 PM

@Bob: If I don't have advanced options, I am not bloody buying it ;p

Bob

Thankfully, whoever did the original BIOS design didn't completely fuck it up, and had Intel RST enabled and the Intel Rapid Start option came up once the SSD was added

@JourneymanGeek So... >90% of all laptops?

avirk

@JourneymanGeek yeah buddy,l Tamil can be changed but UP government paid the Hp for making signature check at stratup with bios

Bob

Most won't let you overclock, etc. :P

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: Pretty much

I am so screwed with my next laptop tho

avirk

@JourneymanGeek yes and here are two, father and son :D

Journeyman Geek

2:45 PM

Lenovo switched to chicklet keys and I hate those

avirk

@Bob intel is lot easy than insyde man

Insyde is totally fuc**** hard to mod

Bob

@avirk The BIOS (UEFI, really) is an insydeh20

Intel just makes the option ROM for RST.

avirk

and I don't know what the hell is RSA they put on it

@Bob yes that is the bios I have

allquixotic

@avirk Uttar Pradesh laptop? probably very locked down

Journeyman Geek

@avirk: It'll happen

Bob

2:48 PM

I just wish RST could report some more detailed stats on the caching

I want to know what exactly it's doing :P

Journeyman Geek

We have hardly any questions on UP laptops, but the thinkpads they gave in TN... so many questions on bios modding and installing windows ;p

avirk

@allquixotic yeah, you searched for that right now? Well I read on one forum that someone able to remove the splash screen but he is not able to change it, he just got the blank screen at the splash screen

Journeyman Geek

@avirk: thats not bad, no?

avirk

@JourneymanGeek only my question about that on SU

Journeyman Geek

;p

avirk

2:49 PM

and Tamil laptops has a solution

Journeyman Geek

yeah, cause more mindshare

allquixotic

@Bob I wonder if my Nehalem laptop has any sort of IRST functionality... because right now I have Windows doing pagefile and ReadyBoost, no IRST.

Bob

@allquixotic You were using eSATA, right?

avirk

@JourneymanGeek I think only I'm the geek in UP state :D

allquixotic

@Bob ya

@avirk the rest of your comrades who are geeks moved here to the US! :P

I'm surrounded by them

Bob

2:50 PM

@allquixotic It probably has RST (RAID), but I'm not sure about SRT (caching)

Journeyman Geek

and ugh, not entirely correct harrymc answer, and he got the bounty :/

Bob

Maybe try FancyCache?

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek typical

avirk

@allquixotic lol, tell them to help me from there:D

allquixotic

worst part about bounties is the most upvoted answer gets bounty, even if it's rubbish

Journeyman Geek

2:51 PM

Yeah

well, no

allquixotic

@avirk they won't, they don't care about UP laptops now that they are here :P

Journeyman Geek

they get half

;p

avirk

@JourneymanGeek it would be the waste, so I gave him. If you find the way I'll pay another bounty for this

Bob

@allquixotic superuser.com/questions/390071/…

Journeyman Geek

@avirk He kinda games the system so, not really a waste.

avirk

2:52 PM

@allquixotic yeah that is, but mine would be waste as Harry had not 2 upvote till then

@JourneymanGeek we can say that too

well I want to try to find out all the possible way to hack it down

and then I'll write down a blog for it

allquixotic

ultimate solution: keep all parts but replace the motherboard

unseat the CPU, RAM, fan, re-use

Journeyman Geek

;p

avirk

I just turn to this topic yesterday again after 1 year

allquixotic

wipe the disk clean

Journeyman Geek

close your eyes during the bootscreen

;p

allquixotic

2:54 PM

lol

Bob

@allquixotic Also, Rapid Start is awesome. Windows won't let you put the hibernation file on any other drive, but this sidesteps it nicely.

avirk

@allquixotic good option if you have enough money to get new one

allquixotic

shouldn't it be illegal to display politicians' picture at boot? that seems like something totalitarians would use as propaganda

Bob

@allquixotic or pop the BIOS flash and replace it with a generic one for that laptop model? :P

allquixotic

granted, I get emails from "Barack Obama" (not really him I'm sure, just a campaign advisor) and delete them ;D

Bob

2:55 PM

assuming they didn't get completely custom laptops manufactured

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic: its kinda vote buying.

avirk

@allquixotic I heard once that court said to remove that logo from the laptop but I don't think there is any official statement yet.

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek that's the part I don't like about it :P

Journeyman Geek

the TN one gave away TVs, Blenders then PCs

allquixotic

blenders?

Journeyman Geek

2:56 PM

well grinders

...blenders?

o_O

...grinders?

they're like blenders, but more hardcore.

Bob

what am I missing here?

allquixotic

2:56 PM

I guess people need blenders/grinders to grind up all that cumin

since India consumes 75% of the cumin it makes

avirk

@Bob okay can you guys find the bios image for this model from another country? HP Pavilion G4 1303AU

Bob

did some numbskull go "well, everyone wants a blender!"?

Journeyman Geek

I assume they mean these

Wet grinder

A wet grinder can refer to either a tool for abrasive cutting of hard materials, or a food preparation appliance used especially in Indian cuisine for grinding food grains to produce a paste or batter. A wet grinder for abrasive cutting uses fluid for lubrication or cooling, whereas one for food preparation uses water to combine with ground grain to produce batter. == Abrasive cutting wet grinders == Some angle grinders, most tile saws, and some grinders for sharpening blades used in woodworking are wet grinders. The fluid helps with lubrication of the cutting process and with cooling to avoid...

@Bob: er... calling this a blender...

allquixotic

oh crud, what was the two-letter code for Tamil -_-

avirk

@Bob the shitty ideas of parties to gain votes and they were succeeded in this, however I didn't vote them, but don't enclose it to anyone :D

Journeyman Geek

2:57 PM

Apparently artisan chocolate manufacturers love em.

;p

Bob

@avirk h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/…

Journeyman Geek

ta?

Bob

just be warned that it might brick the thing :\

avirk

@Bob the latest bios firmware I got from hp for this model in my country is 8 months old :P

Bob

@avirk => h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/…

allquixotic

2:59 PM

translate: todavia funciona?

awwwwwwww they killed it! :'(

avirk

@Bob if sytem model is same then I don't think they can :D

Bob

huh, have you seen this?

2

Q: How to change the BIOS splash screen on HP Pavilion G4 1303AU?

My cousin got a laptop model HP Pavilion G4 1303AU from the government of my state. The laptop dual-boots Ubuntu and Windows 7. Everything is great except the BIOS logo at boot which I would like to change but don't know how to. I tried to flash a new BIOS firmware, but this didn't change the lo...

boot bios

wait

that was your question

LOL

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