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  1. Also if you get the G.skill back in and booted up, download a program called ZenTimings and we can see what your motherboard is setting the default values to for a baseline to compare against the Corsair sticks. You could also run a test on the IMC/Infinity fabric. To do so, you need a program called OCCT and the latest version of Prime95. You run OCCT's VRAM stability benchmark and then run Prime95's LargeFFT at the same time. OCCT will report WHEA errors fairly quickly if there's an issue.
  2. IMC is only on the CPU. The motherboard is just there to provide a physical connection between the CPU and RAM and control voltages. With higher speed memory a better quality motherboard means better quality physical traces to the CPU which helps prevent signal loss and electromagnetic interference. I have no idea if the G.skill is single or dual rank, but I just assume single rank since you said it was older. But that also depends on the capacity, as it could easily be dual-rank. However maybe some of the other subtimings are more relaxed. I would try these settings first at the JEDEC standard 2400 MHz with default timings on the new Corsair set: VDIMM (RAM voltage): 1.35V 2T command rate, much easier on the memory controller. Gear Down Mode: Enabled (should auto to enabled anyway) SoC voltage: 1.05 to 1.15V VDDG-IOD: 0.95 to 1.05V (make sure this is always at least .04V less than SoC) See how those go, if a no go then try... ProcODT: Start at 40 Ohm, and work your way up to 80 Ohm if it fails ClkDrvStr: Start at 20 Ohm and work your way up to 120 Ohm. The three other DrvStr you can leave on auto.
  3. Starting to sound like a degraded memory controller since the lower-stress G.skill works, but then the dual-rank and quad-rank setups are harder on the memory controller and don't work. Again SoC and VDDG-IOD voltages are specifically for the memory controller so those should be the only voltages you need to change to help the CPU out, if possible. Command Rate, Gear Down Mode, ProcODT and the various DrvStr values can also have an effect on stability and could be worth changing to attempt to get the system running.
  4. I've been doing some memory overclocking lately and it can be very finnicky. Changing a value by 1 out of the 50 or so different timings and voltages can cause the RAM to go from perfectly stable to not bootable. Now as to why your system is not setting the proper default values, which should work, is a head scratcher. Matching sticks of RAM is definitely the best, because there are about 5-6 different memory chips that are prevalent and they all require different secondary timings to be stable. Even Corsair will use chips from different vendors under the same "brand" name. It seems unlikely that your system is setting a proper value for the G.skill but not for any of the Corsairs... but I guess it could be possible. Dual rank sticks do require different subtimings than single rank sticks, and if you run all 4 sticks that also activates two more subtimings that need to be configured properly. Or if your testing is just a result of random instability: If it's a failing memory controller, you could try setting your Corsair sticks to default timings and speed. Then set your SoC voltage to 1.1V and your VDDG-IOD to 1.2V and see what happens, as these should be the highest safe values for 24/7 usage while the default values should be 1V and 0.9V. I think this is a place to start, and if these voltages don't work then somehow your board is setting incorrect timings.... or you CPU is going bad. @Spork3245 Oh and did you clear CMOS before installing the brand new Corsair sticks?
  5. Yeah on Newegg's 7800x3d page just scroll down to the combo up section. Build & Save with AMD Bundle Combos | Newegg 7800x3D + Asus Tuf Gaming X670E-Plus Wifi + G.Skill Flare X5 will save you $60. Motherboard is better, RAM is slightly worse. You could use the savings to pick up a 4TB drive, some decent ones are around $200 right now.
  6. I don't know if the deal is still going on, but Newgg had a combo deal for similar mobo, RAM, and CPU for like $50 off on Saturday.
  7. This should be fine as long as it means Dave spends less time writing his crazy ideas by himself. Also hope he never hires the people who wrote the Obi-Wan show either.
  8. Either should be good options when you plug your device directly into them. The picture (120hz, VRR, etc) features aren't much of a big deal. When you get a new TV with eARC, you can just plug your devices into the TV which will then pass Atmos to the sound bar.
  9. Definitely possible, my cheapish Vizio Atmos bar has two HDMI (in and out) for such a thing. But as usual, look up the specs and/or manual for what you're buying to verify.
  10. My point was death and long covid symptoms aren't a poor data set (although still incomplete), which is what you can experience with the actual virus, not my personal experience which was provided for contrast to his personal experience.
  11. I think we can pinpoint the idiocracy (never actually seen it despite its reputation) moment to the engagement "For You" algorithms.
  12. A better way to look at it would be what if all of you had gotten the actual virus (which is mostly guaranteed to happen), which fucks up the body even more. My brother didn't get the shot and was in the hospital for a week. I got the shot and while my O2 levels dipped when I got the actual virus, my pneumonia never developed past some light shortness of breath.
  13. I saw a few of the clips and nobody even attempted to analyze - or even summarize - the Letter to America. It was entirely "OMG, he was [totally] right". Some were just videos of seemingly genuine personal surprise [that the U.S. sucks], while others were clearly videos made with the sole purpose of delivering a zinger to maintain engagement. One way to quickly fight against this is to teach the youth that social media is not information. It's primary purpose is commercialization. The purpose of the vast majority of clips is to earn money and/or reputation, just like those ads on your favorite TV/streaming service. But, as scams and mass manipulation has existed for the entire history of civilization, it's not going to be easy to implement the ideal solution of scientific skepticism. A distillation of practices used by Fox News et al.
  14. I'm pretty sure 1%-5% is the acceptable defect rate, but I'm sure it depends on the market since I'd bet TVs have a higher rate than 5%, and some certain mechanical drives are definitely failure prone. It would be nice to ballpark an actual figure, but I don't think we have any idea of the true failure rate since it's just that one repair shop reporting their numbers. How many shops are doing that many? What is the sweet spot, in terms of length of usage before failure, for the typical 4090? At some point the rate will go down as manufacturers put the revised connector on their cards.
  15. I knew you'd lurk anyway... plus I've lost track who's upgraded. Probably missing @Ominous and a few others with a 4090? This does seem to be a problem bigger than it should be, as the shop should be able to compare how many 3090s have melted. Also some 4080s that have melted. Would definitely be prudent to get a full range of stats to get an idea about the rate of melted connectors for 400W+ cards new and old.
  16. @stepee @Mr.Vic20 4090 owners, might want to inspect your card and make sure the connector is good. Even properly latched connections with the OG design are still melting, because the pin design\tolerances are absolute shit. Hundreds of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs Still Prone To "12VHPWR" Connector Issues, Says Repair Shop Owner WCCFTECH.COM Owners of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs are still prone to "12VHPWR" connector issues which include melting and burns, reports NorthridgeFix. Not only do you have to make sure the clip latches, but the connection should be squared up. A very light wiggle could make sure the metal contacts inside the plastic have a proper connection, because one other theory to the issue is a lax manufacturing tolerance leading to poor connections. The 12vhpwr connector is just so badly designed that it will soon be replaced with a new version. New 12V-2x6 PSU Connector Tested: Keeps Cool, Even When Improperly Inserted | Tom's Hardware WWW.TOMSHARDWARE.COM Thermals on the new connector are significantly lower compared to its 12VHPWR predecessor, even in worst-case scenarios.
  17. A Ti Super card. What's next - AMD going to come out with an XTX Pro?
  18. For all the nonsense that happened in the other episodes I actually liked this finale. The other episodes simply exist for content and entertainment and fakeouts with sprinkles of storytelling because this finale was the only one that actually matters and has consequence. Also Tom Hiddleston is charasmatically goated. Finale couldn't have hit hard without him.
  19. Shhhhhhhh, you're not supposed to think about such things! Personally my favorite episode was the last one because I found it to be comedy gold in how it killed, pruned, and spaghettified all of the built-up stories. Was I laughing like a mad man whose brain was broken? Sure, but at least I was laughing. This season has gone meta at the expense of tight writing. Sylvie can seemingly do anything she wants, so why does she choose a McD's life? Well obviously even a god can't escape the oppressive force of capitalistic exploitation which convinces the masses that life is dully working a 9-5.
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