Have you actually managed to strip all the cell phones, Wi-Fi access points, and other microwave-based tech out of your house just so you could be 100% consistent with your stance? 🤣
Honestly, I think it’s probably better to channel that energy into something more productive than tilting at windmills, because while everyone seems to crave all this modern tech and having high-speed internet everywhere they go, the second anyone mentions antennas, people start freaking out—but let's be real, folks, there's just no such thing as modern technology without antennas and RF tech.
Hey mods, can we please sanction this nonsense? This guy is out here spreading intense misinformation and fear, and honestly, he belongs on an alternative platform instead. 🤣
Regarding the whole banana thing, I wasn't joking at all; bananas actually contain the K-40 isotope, which means if you have a sensitive enough measuring device, you could easily measure radiation coming from a banana.
Most kids are going to end up having better abilities after they turn 18 and will likely be much smarter than you, so I can say that with absolute certainty. 🤣
And just to throw a counter-question your way: have you actually measured anything yourself before dumping all this stupidity about how we're all going to die or become mentally impaired because of Wi-Fi access points? Seriously, maybe go educate yourself first, and then we can chat about RF stuff, which is incredibly complicated and something very few people truly grasp.
Honestly, I’m pretty sure you have a better shot at getting alcohol poisoning from eating too many bananas than you do from being near any Wi-Fi Access Points, if we're being totally real about it 🤣
Trust me, most governments just chase cheap populism and raw emotion rather than actually listening to experts or scientific data when they make decisions, and honestly, every kid these days is exposed to way more diverse electromagnetic fields at home than they ever would be in a classroom, so if you think we should basically revert to the Stone Age just because you're worried about Wi-Fi radiation—which is incredibly low power, by the way, since field strength drops off with the square of the distance, and if you need proof, just look at how a typical Wi-Fi access point doesn't even have a massive range, especially if there's a wall in the way...
And one more thing, this doesn't really have anything to do with IT, or even RF engineering, but hey, clearly you're the absolute expert on all of that, so 🙏
It’s really not even an issue of censorship, it’s just a case of huge retardation, honestly, because Wi-Fi doesn't have any kind of impact on kids in schools, though I suppose you do need to actually understand something about EM radiation and fields to wrap your head around it, so spreading this kind of panic and fear without any actual scientific foundation just gives the moderator every right to label this as alternative content for people who just love all that pseudoscientific crap
Honestly, you guys are just wasting your breath trying to convince someone why most people see Ivo Sanders as a thief, because he’s basically living in his own little Republican bubble and he's going to defend him until the bitter end, so there's really no point in even trying to explain it ☕
And as for the Democratic Party and their whole deal, since so many folks from the old Communist Party ended up joining the Republican Party, well 🤔
You should really track down a copy of Floyd's Digital Fundamentals textbook; he’s absolutely brilliant when it comes to the practice problems, and the book itself is just packed with tons of great theory
If you start diving into technical texts, you'll pick up the vocabulary pretty quickly, though finding good resources in American is a struggle since English is just on a whole different level when it comes to quality material.
Maybe try pulling the drive out of the enclosure first to see if that does the trick, though I should probably mention that if you've got encryption turned on, it might be a bit pointless to bother unplugging it right now
Nicholas Nguyen said:I actually had legitimate Windows installed on my laptop until my hard drive finally gave up the ghost, but once I swapped in a new one, I ended up stuck with an unlicensed version of Windows. Honestly, why should I have shelled out an extra $167 on top of what I already paid for the hard drive just to get a fresh set of Windows licenses and basically throw $667 down the drain? And what happens if this new drive dies too? It really makes me wonder why retailers don't just include the installation media with every laptop regardless of whether the OS is pre-loaded or not, since I've already paid for the software anyway.
lol wut, the product key is the only thing that actually matters here; anyone can just grab an ISO image off the web whenever they feel like it.
I mean, sure, it might work, but I wouldn't trust that drive as far as I can throw it; it’s fine for a quick emergency fix if you’ve got absolutely nothing else on hand, but that's about it.
Hmm, well, if that one is the one holding those three partitions, it's probably best to just format it—just make sure you head over to Disk Management in the Control Panel to double-check which one is your actual internal drive and which one is the external one before you do anything.
This second one actually shows some Current Pending Sector issues, which means it’s definitely not in tip-top shape, though it's looking a little better than that first drive you showed me. Honestly, if you don't have any other options available, I'd say just grab whatever data you need and back it up onto this slightly less damaged one—it's certainly better than having nothing at all! Just a heads-up though, those CRC errors tend to pop up quite often when you're dealing with a dodgy cable or maybe a shaky power supply driving the disk.
As for those partitions, if there's nothing on them that you actually need to keep, the easiest way to handle it is to just format the whole drive. When you go through the formatting process, you can simply merge everything into one single partition by right-clicking it in Windows File Explorer and hitting format.
When it comes to updates, the window actually tells you exactly what they’re fixing, and I distinctly remember one specifically mentioning it was patching out those cracks used by people running pirated software, so you can be pretty sure about what you're installing
Rachel Bishop26 said:The issue is all fixed and my laptop is finally running perfectly without needing Safe Mode!!! Thanks so much 🙏 🙏 👍
The only little thing I've noticed since then is that the computer seems to be lagging just a tiny bit when I'm doing stuff online. For example, if I type something into the search bar and hit enter, it takes about thirty seconds before it actually starts searching, though once it gets going, the next few searches happen instantly before it slows down again 😵 is there anything else you think I might need to "tweak" to get it smooth? I downloaded a tool to check the temperatures and everything looks totally normal 🙂
hmm maybe try clearing out your browser cache and cookies first, and then try testing things out with a couple of different browsers—like running Firefox and Chrome side-by-side—just to see if the lag is isolated to one specific browser or if the whole system is acting a bit funky
It honestly feels like that network driver is what's causing all the trouble, so I was thinking it might be best to just wipe the old one out entirely and install a fresh version, though maybe we should actually try running things without any driver at all first to see if the crashing stops, and you can probably find a newer version on the manufacturer's website
ironcyclist58 said:@Drew Clark10 What do you even mean by a "good adapter"? It’s just a hunk of metal that costs a few bucks. There isn't anything special about it, good or bad...🤷
lol, it’s pretty obvious you haven't spent much time working with RF stuff before, because when you're dealing with high frequencies, every little detail impacts the connector design, and even the tiniest mistake can mess up your impedance. You have to consider material choice, environmental factors like weather, what kind of cables you're running, whether the connectors are gold or silver plated, and if the geometry is precise down to a fraction of a millimeter...
As for what the OP should actually buy, I honestly don't know which one is "good" since I've never really had to hunt for one, so your best bet is probably just scouring some international forums.
edit—actually, I'd suggest the author take a look over at http://www.mgs4u.com/SMA.htm where I used to pick up RF relays and connectors ages ago; that shop really specializes in this niche stuff, and while some people might think paying $5 or $10 for a single connector is overkill, it's really nothing in the grand scheme of things.
Rachel Bishop26 said:I tried that second one too and didn't find anything, and with this first program, I downloaded both the ISO and the USB versions, but when I open the USB version, it only offers to check my F drive and doesn't show any option to actually test the memory like it looks like it does on YouTube. Do I need to put the ISO version on a CD first?
Honestly, the easiest way to get things moving is just to make a bootable USB stick with MemTest86+:
Create a bootable USB Flash drive:
Download the MemTest86+ USB image. Right click on the downloaded file and select the "Extract here option". This puts the USB image and the imaging tool right in your current folder. Run the included imageUSB tool—it should have the image file already selected, so you really just need to pick which USB drive you want to turn into a bootable one. Just a heads-up, this will wipe everything currently on that drive.
Once that's done, you'll just need to restart your computer and boot directly from that USB stick, meaning you don't want Windows to start up, but rather go straight into MemTest86+, which will then run its course and check your RAM.
I’d suggest downloading and running MemTest86+ to test your RAM, just let it run for a little while to be sure, because if it flags an error, then you know you've got a faulty stick or a bad module somewhere, but if everything comes back clean, you might want to try running chkdsk instead https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/.../ee872425.aspx
You aren't going to be able to clear out your memory by messing with system files, because if you start poking around in there, you'll just end up breaking everything and leaving your computer unable to run properly like it should, so I'd definitely suggest looking for the root cause somewhere else instead of touching those core files