Once upon a time
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)23 Mar 2018 12:34
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Placed the order after giving MrsD. a heads up. By waiting a day I saved another 5-bucks on the GPU! Now I've got to figure out a case (there are a couple of candidates home), and a Windows. Looks like I'm going to have a busy Easter.
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)23 Mar 2018 12:35
To: koswix
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Something to do with spectre/meltdown?
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From: ANT_THOMAS23 Mar 2018 13:06
To: koswix
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I've wondered that too. It's totally useless. If you've got a suitable CPU you're probably not looking to upgrade.
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)23 Mar 2018 14:02
To: ANT_THOMAS
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From: ANT_THOMAS23 Mar 2018 14:35
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
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Thought that might be an Onion article for a second.
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From: graphitone23 Mar 2018 14:40
To: koswix
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Yep, that was part of the article too, get some parts off a friend and flash it that way - I didn't read it properly though, and hadn't realised you needed a different CPU to get it done. That's a bit of an arse then. :C
Also, where can I get that part pucker game? It sounds most appealing.
Also, where can I get that part pucker game? It sounds most appealing.
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)23 Mar 2018 14:50
To: ANT_THOMAS
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The AMD page says you can also RMA the motherboard.
Apparently they send the 'flashing' cpu without needing a credit card. Wonder how many of those they'll be seeing back...
Apparently they send the 'flashing' cpu without needing a credit card. Wonder how many of those they'll be seeing back...
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From: ANT_THOMAS23 Mar 2018 15:33
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
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Ebay will be flooded.
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)23 Mar 2018 15:35
To: ANT_THOMAS
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Speaking of which wait for the impending collapse of the bitmining economy...
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From: koswix23 Mar 2018 17:48
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
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Think just more to do with incompetence.
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)27 Mar 2018 13:08
To: ALL101 of 145
So I bought a (supposedly) legit Win7 oem activation key offa this outfit http://stores.ebay.ca/cheapercodes?_trksid=p2047675.l2568
Smells a bit dodgy, but I only gambled ~9-bucks on it and they emailed the key with instructions right away. The OEM key doesn't work with MS downloads (retail only), but they supplied a google drive download link (hopefully not malware-infested). Gonna find out if this thing works in a few days. If it does :-O~~~ .
PC parts should be here sometime today.
Smells a bit dodgy, but I only gambled ~9-bucks on it and they emailed the key with instructions right away. The OEM key doesn't work with MS downloads (retail only), but they supplied a google drive download link (hopefully not malware-infested). Gonna find out if this thing works in a few days. If it does :-O~~~ .
PC parts should be here sometime today.
EDITED: 27 Mar 2018 13:10 by DSMITHHFX
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From: koswix27 Mar 2018 18:58
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
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Welcome to the botnet :|
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From: ANT_THOMAS27 Mar 2018 19:09
To: koswix
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It's good to contribute to the net
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)27 Mar 2018 19:49
To: koswix
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)27 Mar 2018 20:12
To: koswix
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Hmph. ISO passed Microsoft's own checksum.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_install/checksum-for-an-iso-file/da5cdd7d-f5eb-4e3c-b180-9fca5fc5e01f
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_install/checksum-for-an-iso-file/da5cdd7d-f5eb-4e3c-b180-9fca5fc5e01f
EDITED: 27 Mar 2018 20:15 by DSMITHHFX
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From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)27 Mar 2018 22:09
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
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You checked against the 40 character SHA1 hash, right?
Not the 8 character CRC or 32 character md5, neither of which are tamper proof.
(Not that SHA1 is bulletproof, but it's only weakened, not broken yet. Probably.)
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)27 Mar 2018 22:43
To: Peter (BOUGHTONP)
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Yeah sha1
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From: Manthorp27 Mar 2018 22:51
To: ALL108 of 145
I've bought a bunch of cheap Windows licences and all but one have worked straight out of the bag. The one that didn't was replaced without quibble.
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)28 Mar 2018 09:20
To: Manthorp
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Hooray!
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