cusideabelincoln

Weekend at Bernie's.

10 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said:

 

Tell me you haven’t seen the prequels in a while without telling me you haven’t seen the prequels in a while.

Ok, it's not quite as bad as Anakin telling Padme he murdered women and children and then Padme telling Anakin she deeply loves him, but the rest of TPM and AOTC is comparable. Lots of standing or sitting exposition dumps, and too much

Changing my TV's color temperature from neutral, where every other show looks fine, to cool drastically enhances color saturation, bringing it into alignment with most other TV shows [although IIRC Obi-Wan was also very drab]. It looks so much better now. 

It's too bad the writing is... peak prequel-trilogy-dialogue bad. 

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Didn't want to be in Stepee's since he gave me a video card in the past, but I'd definitely love a portable PC.

HWMonitor will tell you how much life your SSD has.

Not sure how I missed this thread last week as I'd love for a chance to get Jedi: Survivor.

8 hours ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said:

yeah it’s a problem with playing a character that was brought to life and given an established personality by other people. And unlike something like a comic book movie this isn’t a different version of a character. It’s expected to be the very same character in the same universe. 
 

though I feel like the camera angles are more because of not shooting on a massive set, or on location. Someplace where they have a lot of room. They’re shooting most of these shows on the Volume, which is probably barely bigger than the inside of Ahsoka’s ship. I say this because we got these same camera angles in every Star Wars show … and even some of the marvel movies since Endgame. 

The volume is definitely driving these shots, but in some circumstances the real life background actors are just standing in one spot as the main characters talk. Also he straight copied.... err I mean "rhymed" two Sabine scenes with two Rebels scenes (Kana cutting off his hair, and the finale). I wonder if the volume also the reason the show's color palette is so desaturated and overly bright.

7 hours ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

That being said, I thought Ahsoka was shot pretty well (fight scenes came off weirdly slow) and I didn't have any cognitive dissonance squaring this with Star Wars Rebels, personally.

Everything felt pretty slow. Slow isn't a problem on its own, only when its overdone and I feel like it was here. Hopefully the rest of the episodes can move now that we've spent plenty of time simmering in this angsty drama of Sabine's.

1 hour ago, Reputator said:

 

This might be a bit exaggerating. I think what you're experiencing (and I've experienced as well) is simply a disconnect between these characters and their animated counterparts, and I think that's something that can be adjusted to over time.

It certainly doesn't help that for some reason Youtube has recently recommended a dialect expert channel, and I watched a few episodes. So now I'm keyed into exactly how people are enunciating their words.

11 hours ago, Mercury33 said:

I dunno my wife and sister both loved the first two episodes and neither have seen either of the cartoon shows. 
 

But they also don’t fall into the group of people who have been corrupted by Netflix and binge watching everything. They’re totally fine if there are a few things that aren’t explained right away because they assume the show will lead them there(this is been a running theme for almost every single Star Wars show so far). But if you’re one of those people who needs everything right away then yeah I’m sure those first two episodes were pretty tough haha. 

Maybe it's not so bad going in blind, because my impression of the show so far is the characters are trying too damn hard to imitate the animated versions, and it simply is not translating to live action. From subtle (and not so subtle) mannerisms, their body posture, and down to the inflection of their voice, the real life actors just seem like average impersonators to me. Of course, it certainly doesn't help when Filoni also copies the exact same camera shots from the animated series too.

4 hours ago, ort said:

If I've never watched Rebels or Clone Wars and would struggle to name even 3 facts about Ashoka... should I bother watching this?

IMO, no not yet. This show is using quite a bit of lore from all previous SW media, especially from Clone Wars and Rebels. On top of the explicit call-backs to prior shows, there are a lot of non-verbal throwbacks as well. The first two episodes don't do much to bring you up to speed with these characters, because they are calling back to some off-screen character history that took place between shows to give us veteran viewers something to latch onto.

But maybe it does some crazy things that don't require all of that history by the end of the run to warrant a watch, and if the rumored upcoming Star Wars films are still a go then Filoni is going to finish off this series with an actual movie.

So far I think I would prefer this show to be animated. The biggest reason being I'm so used to hearing the voice actors for a decade, and they were so good. Filoni also directs these things exactly the same as the series, so we're not experiencing anything unique from the show being live action. 

16 hours ago, Spork3245 said:

 

How are they getting triple the fps with just upscaling?

Listen to Linus explain their terrible harassment policy, and get a bonus clue as to who the toxic, abusive manager to Madison was (it's most likely James, the guy who looks like he expects any woman to sleep with him because he wants them to. Fun fact, he's also the head of writing so that explains their terrible apology video):

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(speaker 1, Linus) So we called this meeting because it's come to our attention that we need to have a quick chat about the best way to handle HR related feedback and rumors. We won't be giving any names for what I hope are extraordinarily obvious reasons, but what we can do is give you the following guidelines for problem solving and conflict resolution.

Sorry that this is all boring and corporate, but here we are. Number one, always stand up for what's right. We're only a team as long as we're all working together and working for each other. That's the most important one. Number two, always reflect on your own personal experiences and use your common sense. Few things in life are truly black and white. Number three, always wait to hear both sides of a story before passing your own judgment. Be cautious when you know that one side is bound by legal and ethical disclosure guidelines, when the other is not. Carefully consider what it says about the character of someone who would engage in that type of gossip against someone who has no power to defend themselves.

Number four, always encourage openness and transparency. If you have a problem, you need to speak up. We want to fix it. If you receive feedback about somebody else at this company, the first response is, have you spoken with this person? Followed closely by, you need to speak with this person. We don't solve interpersonal issues here, or really anywhere in your life, if you wish to live in a drama free zone, by engaging in water cooler politicking. So, if for any reason that individual is not comfortable approaching the person they're having a conflict with, we have a chain that they're supposed to follow.

So first, you advise them to take the problem to their manager. Followed by me or Yvonne, followed by our third party HR firm. I hope that you all trust that we're here to make this a safe, fun, and productive workplace, and we won't tolerate mistreatment of any of our team members.

If you have any reason to believe otherwise, then I refer you again to point number four, which is to address the issue with the individual directly, or bring it to me or Yvonne, or bring it to our third party HR firm. Since I'm not at liberty to share any details about what occurred, uh, all I can do is ask that you trust me and Yvonne.

Um, some of you know us very well, I've been here a very long time, um, some of you have not been here for as long, but I like to think that whether you've been here for nine years or nine days, you're here for a reason and you believe that we are utmost to run this company with integrity and compassion.

Um, We can't solve problems we don't know about though, so on that note, I'd like to invite anyone who has concerns about a fellow team member or about a manager to submit their feedback either by speaking with their manager, me or Yvonne directly, or if you would prefer to provide your feedback anonymously, we have an option for that as well.

It's the manager and co worker feedback form. Uh, Yvonne, if you're not aware of it, show of hands who is not aware of it. Hey, a lot of people aren't aware of it. Good, so now we all know. There's an anonymous form, if for whatever reason you're not comfortable, (inaudible) you can talk to me or Yvonne directly about it (inaudible) in the general chat.

It's a safe space to provide us ideas for improvement, or if you're consumed by the holiday spirit and you want to say nice things, you can do that too. Does anybody else have any questions?

Not a single questions? Wow, that must have been a really good speech.

 

(speaker 2, James)You gonna dance on that table, or just stand on it?

 

(speaker 1, Linus)That's it! So, um, Yvonne, did you have anything you wanted to add?

 

(speaker 3, Yvonne)(inaudible) Somebody said (inaudible) if you guys want to sanitize your hands, help yourself with free (inaudible)?

 

(speaker 1, Linus)Yeah, that was actually just totally random timing. It came up the stairs a moment ago. Dennis is on it. Alright. Thank you everyone. Have a wonderful and, uh, productive rest of your day. And weekend.

How has Linus lasted this long if he takes Reddit shitposts so personally that it clouds his judgement? 

33 minutes ago, Bacon said:

I  can't be bothered to post it, by the LTT Reddit blowing up with info.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/

 

Got an ex-employee with what could damning allegations.

 

@cusideabelincoln puttin in the work

Jesus, the worst parts, NSFW warning:

Why the fuck do they have an OF account? And holy deceptiveness:

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After it was publicly announced by Linus that he was hiring me (without my knowledge or consent to that situation) and also before I was even offered the job, or shown the salary.

I agreed and signed the employment contract. 

I had asked and been told during my interviews that I would be allowed to monetize my YouTube channel and be allowed to join Floatplane in exchange for shutting down my Patreon.

ONCE I moved I was presented with an entirely new contract/handbook that I was not told existed. 

It detailed that I was given incorrect information and would actually have to make changes to my plans if I wanted to continue being employed at LTT.

This was AFTER I had moved entire countries and given up my visa status, I couldn't just go back. 

Some corrections were made as apologies for the miscommunication but I was still upset.

I later went to Linus about this and stated that the effort to remediate the situation wasn't sitting right with me.

He told me perhaps I should change my priorities. 

He was in this instance referring to the fact my brother had suddenly passed away not even a week before I moved for this job, and that perhaps I should just ignore that I had been mislead because that was more important.

So this poor girl had to do the job of what they now have multiple people do, do things against her will, and had to put up with contract disputes, sabotage, gaslighting, name-calling, and sexism.

Oh dear, the workplace is toxic and misogynistic behind-the-scenes, apparently from a couple of people in management (not explicitly named). And, of course, Linus operates everything from a completely selfish perspective and will gaslight anyone who even attempts to "tarnish" his brand name.

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To stop the speculation and DM's I am receiving.
I chose to quit my role at LTT because it, and the working environment I was facing, were ruining my mental health.

The number of daily items the Social media role at the time was expected to fill was incredibly high. 

I was expected to post 3 tweets, 2 Instagram posts, and 2 TikToks minimum per day.

I was also expected to plan, film, edit, and post 2 Floatplane exclusives per week.

This included wrangling people to be in them when they were also all struggling to get their work done. 

I was also expected to manage, plan, come up with, execute, get approval for, and schedule out all the sponsored content on socials (not including YouTube)

All while being told not to complain because my job was "the fun job". 

I cannot speak on what it's like now, but they have an entire team working on (seemingly) what I was expected to accomplish alone.

I misspoke originally when I stated I had signed an NDA. (I thought the employee handbook acted as one, I am not a lawyer) 

I never publicly made any statements regarding my time there because I feared even more backlash from a community that was already attacking, defaming, and sending me death threats.

I also feared for my future in this career given that LTT is large and has industry connections. 

My time at this company brought my mental health to an all time low.
You could talk to anyone who was around me during my employment and they would confirm it.

I would not have recommended anyone I knew to work there, especially with my experiences as a woman in the office. 

I was consistently belittled by certain members of upper management.

My work was called "dogshit" I was called "incompetent".

When I would reach out to managers and try to get help with these situations, I would be told to "put on my big girl pants" and be "more assertive". 

It doesn't matter if you think I am, or am not stupid. This behavior is not appropriate.

After enough complaints from me, I was pulled into a meeting. 

In that meeting the writers room was pointed to and I was asked
"do you think any of these people would have a hard time getting a job?"

I said no (keep in mind this was about a month into working there)

I was then pointed to and asked "What about you?" 

I was scared, I remember asking "are you going to fire me?"

I was laughed at and told to stop being so pessimistic, as if my job and ability hadn't just been vaguely threatened.

I was then asked to agree to a verbal "no drama contract" The verbal part is important! 

In this moment I realized I was no longer considered part of the team.

I was now a threat because I was putting up a fuss when I believed I was being treated unfairly and inappropriately.

This verbal agreement wasn't right, it was a behind the scenes warning with no record. 

A warning that came very shortly after I had come forward stating I had been inappropriately grabbed multiple times in the office, amongst other issues.

I was barred from being in videos. So when you ask what happened? Why wasn't she in more content?

This is why. 

There is this perplexing fear that people will leave LTT and start their own thing if given a platform.

So if that platform could threaten negative things coming out about your company or you, you'd probably want to squash it too. 

In my experience there is a belief that everything you accomplish, no matter how much it is created by your own effort, is ACTUALLY due to Linus giving you a platform.

This was what I was told when I moved from Arizona to Vancouver to take this job. 

After it was publicly announced by Linus that he was hiring me (without my knowledge or consent to that situation) and also before I was even offered the job, or shown the salary.

I agreed and signed the employment contract. 

I had asked and been told during my interviews that I would be allowed to monetize my YouTube channel and be allowed to join Floatplane in exchange for shutting down my Patreon.

ONCE I moved I was presented with an entirely new contract/handbook that I was not told existed. 

It detailed that I was given incorrect information and would actually have to make changes to my plans if I wanted to continue being employed at LTT.

This was AFTER I had moved entire countries and given up my visa status, I couldn't just go back. 

Some corrections were made as apologies for the miscommunication but I was still upset.

I later went to Linus about this and stated that the effort to remediate the situation wasn't sitting right with me.

He told me perhaps I should change my priorities. 

He was in this instance referring to the fact my brother had suddenly passed away not even a week before I moved for this job, and that perhaps I should just ignore that I had been mislead because that was more important.

I cannot tell you how upset I felt in this moment. 

The opportunities LTT presented to me were nothing in comparison the day to day issues I faced.

It did not matter if I spoke to someone with evidence of an abuse of power, or inappropriate workplace behavior, it was considered tattle taling.

I was actually called a tattle tale 

I was told I was bossy, when I was trying to be assertive. (like I was asked to do)

I was told I was arguing, when I was trying to discuss my point of view.

I was told to "calm my tits", "stop being such a bitch", and other comments to similar effects. 

There were numerous instances of misinformation being given to me purposefully to negatively impact my work.

I only know this because co-workers would tell me they overheard the actual information I should have been given.

It felt like a horrible teenage drama movie. 

Work from Home was a whole issue.
If you took 3 minutes to answer a personal email, you could get in trouble. (happened to me)

There is a system of micro-managing and a level of distrust because the amount of content they have to push out daily is so insane, no one gets a break. 

I remember getting told off for taking my sick days, as in the days you're entitled to.

This no days off, "grindset" culminated in the real moment I realized I had to leave.

I purposefully cut my leg open so badly I would have to go to the ER to get it stapled back together. 

It was genuinely the only way in my mind to take a day off without being harassed for a reason why.

I had spoken to managers about how I was struggling, and how the workload was too much for one person.
But I was belittled and told "you just have bad time management skills" 

There are so many instances that led up to that moment.

Some of them I have replayed over and over asking myself what did I do wrong, how could I have changed the situation.

But I don't think I could have. 

I was not treated fairly and in the moment I couldn't even see that because I was told I was the problem by people I had looked up to for years.

I had co-workers come to me saying "I didn't like how you were treated, glad you got out." And only then did I realize it wasn't me. 

I haven't shared any of this besides with my closest friends and family because I couldn't, at the time, take any more hits to mental health.

I couldn't deal with how small and worthless the job had made me feel all to push out some mediocre shit posts. 

I am still scared shitless of what the response will be, since I am a woman, and have already been called dramatic.

I'm not stating what happened to me because I am seeking clout, I'm stating it because it has been eating away at me for 2 years. 

There ARE GENUINELY amazing, compassionate, and incredibly intelligent people who work at this company and are driven to just share the cool tech they love.

It sucks that ego and a bottom line are slowly destroying some of them, and hurting the entire reputation of the company. 

I didn't ever want to say anything for fear of hurting those people and their employment, but at this point I am hurting myself keeping this all in while also being CONSTANTLY bombarded with questions about LTT and jokes made at my expense 

I have been patient and tried to ignore these comments.

But some of you don't understand the mental anguish and nights of crying, feeling like I did something wrong and ruined my life, that I have had to go through.

This was my dream job. 

I was at my dream job, and they spoke to me like I was nothing. I can't express to you how worthless I felt.

They seem to hire young people who don't know any better for some roles, and then get away with this over and over.

This wasn't just my dream job, it IS a "dream job" 

There are so many more stories of horrible things and shows of ego that I witnessed while working there.

But I just needed to get out at least some of what I experienced because it has been two years and every day I see people speculate is another day I'm forced to feel small. 

Also meant to add, yes, that Glass door review was me. It was, at the time, the only way I felt I could safely express anything that had happened.

Since Any time I had previously tried, I would be crucified by fans sticking up for who they loved 

The things said by Linus about talking to management, and HR, and promises about how things are handled internally, were a gross misrepresentation of what actually goes on behind those doors. 

I remember he posted this in response to people speculating something wrong had happened to me.

And if you read it, it pretty much says "hehe no one has come out against us, therefore we have done no wrong"

When I read this I was fuming with upset, because what a dick thing to post when you were at least partially aware of the treatment your employee was getting from you higher ups.

But, I don't know what I expected from someone who would mock others for not knowing who they were. 

I was asked about my sexual history, my boyfriends sexual history, "how I liked to fuck".

I was told that certain issues were "sexual tension" and I should just "take the co-worker out on a coffee date to ease it out" 

I was asked to twerk for a co-worker at one point.

I was told I was chunky, fat, ugly, stupid.
I was called "retarded" I was called a "faggot"

And at any point I would bring up these comments, I would get told, oh we will have a chat with them.

Nothing ever came of it. 

The day I handed in my notice was when someone who constantly over stepped me, mislead what I was working on and who I was said to me:

"I think the reason you try to be funny, is because you lack any other skills." smiled then walked away.

I quit 15 minutes later. 

It hurts when people compare where I am now to where I was then because yeah I had a bigger audience, yeah I made more money on Twitch.

But I didn't know if I wanted to even exist if the person I had looked up to could treat me and other people I respected like pawns. 

It sucks because that was what I had worked for, FOR YEARS, I had tried to get noticed by this big company and this cool guy I respected.

Because of that I was willing to get shit on for that job, yelled at, and degraded. 

I was also the one tasked with managing the Only Fans account.
Something I said I didn't want to do.
I had to read comments from people talking about how they wanted to fuck me and my co workers.
I saw peoples dicks, and vagina's.
I said no, and was told only a little longer. 

If you want to say that I am just hopping on a bandwagon, that's fine.
It doesn't take away the very real experiences I had, or that sharing these without current events would have gotten me persecuted for attacking a company, most of you until a few days ago, thought was perfect 

They also forced me to have them as my representation if I wanted to take any sponsors for my Twitch or YouTube channels.
Originally I had been told, just make sure you okay things by us for non-compete issues.
Then that changed when I moved to take the job. 

To be clear this meant I couldn't seek any companies to represent me to brands for sponsorships
Something important for making a living on twitch or YouTube
But LTT also wasn't doing this for me. They were just going to take any traffic I gained myself, make a deal and take a cut 

I eventually got all the money back that they would have taken when I called out that their calculations for the cut they should have been taking were being made BEFORE any sort of supplies were re-imbursed

Even though in the contracts there was a set aside amount for supplies. 

I am still angry that for a year I was being forced to sit under them while they weren't doing anything a company would do to really represent you

And then somehow a big corporation gets the math wrong on how they should be paying you? 

IE a company is paying you $600, AND $100 they are giving you specifically to spend on their platform for the content.

The cut LTT was trying to take was of the total $700 not the $600 that was the ACTUAL payment. I had to talk to multiple people before this was rectified. 

Also apparently some managers didn't like me because I "hadn't gotten drunk with them before"
Which was said in that haha just jokin (but actually I'm serious) tone 

After I came forward about being assaulted, Someone accused Linus of inappropriate conduct on twitter.

He came over to my corner and started BERATING HER. Calling her insane, mentally ill, an attention seeker, and just digging into this poor woman who had felt wronged by him. 

Also remember the corner I was in, people would sneak up on and try to scare me.
After the "incident" I was nervous about this and requested a mirror so I could see behind me.
I watched co-workers get what I had asked for weeks before they did.
It took 2 months to get mine. 

Similar things would happen whenever I requested ANYTHING. I needed more RAM installed in my PC for months because I was expected to edit RED footage.

It took 5 months and a writer being kind enough to do it for me when the numerous requests I sent in were ignored or put off 

I would go to management for help and get told I could handle it myself.

Eventually I was pulled into a meeting for insubordination because I had gone around the system for requesting RAM after I was ignored for months and dealing with my PC crashing and losing work daily. 

There was an incident where I requested a $15 notebook.
Keep in mind I had made maybe $25 of purchase requests in my ENTIRE time working at this company.

I requested this notebook to help with my "poor time management skills"

denied "you don't need it, you have lined paper" 

I was upset and responded back that this was different. "No" then BAM ANOTHER MEETING Madison, why were you rude and non communicative with this manager.

I didn't mean to be I was told no, but then I got in trouble because they said they didn't know I was still upset. 

Cut to me being at my desk and I get a message saying "I did know you were still upset because you never emailed me back."
They had lied in front of the big boss, to make me look bad, and worst of all I knew if I brought this up I would be the one getting reprimanded for tattling 

There were also numerous times I would be asked why I couldn't just check up on socials or do little jobs during the weekend because it's social media so "is it really working?"

Imagine telling someone in 2021 social media "isn't a real job" 

I'm sure there will be more things I remember and wish I had mentioned in this thread in the coming hours, but for now.

Please don't attack individuals who don't actually have power at this company, most of them are blameless or powerless to actually change anything.

Get one with an Intel chip should be like $30-40.

On top of being self-unaware, there's something else seriously wrong with LTT if they misplaced a borrowed 3090 Ti, and when shooting the video they mistook said 3090 Ti for a spare 4090.

That Billet Labs waterblock is one hell of a sleezy thing to do, intentional or not.

8 hours ago, atom631 said:

Does everyone keep all the game launchers running and starting with windows? Or do you only open them when you are playing a game through that launcher and then close it when done?  So many damn launchers these days. 

 

Also  - a few questions about my performance on my Alienware M15 R7 w/ I7, 3070ti, 64Gb Ram, 1TB boot drive and 2Tb Western Digital BLack SN850X 2TB drive for gaming. 

 

Here is my 3D Mark Score. I think my GPU score is within range for that model, but my CPU seems to be scoring really low. From what I read, I should be in the 11K range. It doesnt appear to be thermal throttling. Any idea why its so low? 

 

 

On my WD Black drive, I tried both with game mode on and off. In game mode off, I seem to be getting better read/write speeds and it runs cooler. But in both modes, the drive was running hot, reaching over 70 degrees (78 in game mode off). Are these good speeds for this drive? I know its up to 7300 read 6600 write. 

 

Game mode off

 

game mode on

 

 

 

 

 

The 3DMark CPU score is entirely a multithreaded benchmark. Any multithreaded benchmark is going to draw max power from a CPU, whereas games will only hit a single core hard, other cores less hard, and require less CPU wattage.  

So if I had to guess, I'd say you're hitting a power limit that's causing your CPU score to be low.  Might be able to change the CPU PL (power limit) in the BIOS, but a search led me to a program called "throttlestop" that might unlock more CPU performance for you. 

SSDs will throttle their speeds the warmer they get, so those scores are close enough to marketed speeds to be fine. Throttling does start around 70 C, and gets worse the hotter it gets.

Obviously it's the work of Muon-chlorians.

But have we even banged out gravity/graviton yet? 

4 hours ago, DarkStar189 said:

I watched the first 30 min with my son tonight and like everything I watch digitally on Amazon, I have to crank the volume way up to hear voices, and way down for the action. Nothing new there though.

Amazon app does indeed suck and I have to do that for everything through that platform. However it sounded fine through Plex.

Still couldn't understand half of what Hobie said, even with subtitles  

Asus did have to recall a bunch of boards for installing a capacitor backwards, that would then blow up.

It's out at home now. Definitely has the new sound mix. I'm probably going to watch this at least once a day for the foreseeable future.

1 hour ago, Spork3245 said:

WTF, why would anyone think it’s a good idea for Windows Update to be able to flash a BIOS? Windows 10 can do this, or just 11? Is there a way to disable it?

10 and 11 can do it.

Not sure if you can specifically disable it. AFAIK it should only check on prebuilt OEM systems, but maybe newer retail motherboards can also do it if the vendor sends the information to Microsoft.

It's definitely not a good idea, as it definitely seems like an easy target for UEFI malware that you'll never be able to get rid of short of replacing the motherboard.

16 hours ago, Spork3245 said:

 

They haven't updated the BIOS for this motherboard in awhile. The only change for the last one was the security fix for AM4 Ryzen CPUs. I'm wondering if the last time I flashed the BIOS there was slight corruption and it just kinda became "more corrupted" over time, so reflashing it, despite it being the same version, fixed it. So weird. 

Windows now has the capability to update the BIOS from Windows Update, although it should only be for prebuilt systems, so it's possible it tried to push one or some other software corrupted it.