MeanJim wrote on Sep 13, 2023, 14:39:
Someone here recommended the Start Trek documentary "The Center Seat" a few days ago. It was on Amazon Prime, and I added it to my list. I was taking a break from a game to eat last night, and I almost started watching it. It still showed the Free with Amazon Prime on it. I didn't feel like watching a 45ish minute show and just wanted to eat and get back to my game, so I ended up watching a short 25 minute show instead. I go to watch it a little while ago with my noon coffee break and it's no longer Amazon Prime. It's on Freevee. That really put me off. I go out of my way to avoid ads. I'd rather rent it than watch ads, but they don't even have the buy or rent option.

We found out why it went to freevee. https://www.bluesnews.com/s/264029/morning-metaverse

Blue wrote on Sep 13, 2023, 18:31:

fakespyder wrote on Sep 13, 2023, 18:03:
Your sound resetting got my attention Blue. Though it depends on what exactly you mean by resetting.

Is your system occasionally rediscovering your soundcard as though it is a newly installed device?

No. But when this SSD glitch happens the sound will drop out. If I'm listening to headphones, they will go silent, sound will briefly come from the speakers, and then back to the headphones.

To answer other thoughts I've seen here, I long ago disabled power saving settings and have even unplugged the external SSD, to no avail. As for error codes, I hate that viewer. It's filled with codes, and most of them don't mean anything, so whatever meaning I could find is lost in the noise. And to the observation it may be time to give up on the 3070 (Ti), as much as I hate to run from a problem, I'm coming around to that thought myself.

I've personally found Event Viewer very useful when it comes to debugging problems on Windows. It's not always the case, but it has helped me many times in the past. The trick is to just look at Windows Logs/Application and Windows Logs/System. You should sort by Date/Time so that the most recent is at the top. Then scroll down and look at the red errors that happened around the time of your crash. The error itself isn't always the issue (it's more of a side effect). What I do is look at the entries that "lead up to the error" to get a hint as to what could be causing the problem (i.e. look at the last few log entries before the crash). If you can't decipher a hint, then whatever is causing it isn't getting logged. However, I usually find something there that indicates some type of issue.

Some of us don't have much money to throw. Still, I am amazed that for 1080 gaming, I can get playable frame rates (~50 hz+) at medium high settings. I played Cyberpunk and it looked incredible to me.

Prez wrote on Sep 13, 2023, 19:45:

1badmf wrote on Sep 13, 2023, 17:28:
3070 is getting long in the tooth anyway; i think it might be time for a new blues build =D

Shit, if a 3070 is long in the tooth, what the hell is a 1070 like I still have?

i like bleeding edge gaming and just hitting the 'max' settings when i start a new game. the 3070 is definitely not a max settings card anymore unless you're willing to suffer DLSS. the 1070 can't even do that so... you're playing on low or some shit? eff that noise. i upgraded from a vega64 LC, played cyberpunk 2077 on high at 30ish fps and said never again.

in blue's situation, when an older system starts throwing intermittent garbage at me that i can't fix i'd have run out of patience by now and just thrown money at it.

Wasn't able to finish Diablo 4 and I'm instead looking forward to the new Diablo 3 season on Friday. I skipped all the cool stuff last season, so it should be fun. I just don't get the same satisfaction out of D4 combat. Someday I'll get back to it.

I used to get that dreaded disconnect and reconnect sound effect all the time. Maybe once every two days, all my USB devices will disconnect and then reconnect. Disabling power saving helped, but it still happened. Then my old Anker USB3 9 port hub died. After I replaced it, I might get a disconnect once a week or every 2 weeks. Hmmmmm....

One day I noticed that my USB3 KVM (2 PCs, 4 devices) would cause the reconnect issue if I put pressure on the case. Ugh.

Maybe you can try detaching as many USB devices from the PC as you can? Just to rule out some weirdness with devices that might trigger a reset? Or check your cables - maybe you have a flaky USB hub somewhere. I just hope it isn't a SATA issue - those can be a pain to diagnose and fix.

1badmf wrote on Sep 13, 2023, 17:28:
3070 is getting long in the tooth anyway; i think it might be time for a new blues build =D

Shit, if a 3070 is long in the tooth, what the hell is a 1070 like I still have?

feline black magic https://youtu.be/ZjOUc7rKtPQ?si=FaGVNbsPwz7ndMag

fakespyder wrote on Sep 13, 2023, 18:03:
Your sound resetting got my attention Blue. Though it depends on what exactly you mean by resetting.

Is your system occasionally rediscovering your soundcard as though it is a newly installed device?

No. But when this SSD glitch happens the sound will drop out. If I'm listening to headphones, they will go silent, sound will briefly come from the speakers, and then back to the headphones.

To answer other thoughts I've seen here, I long ago disabled power saving settings and have even unplugged the external SSD, to no avail. As for error codes, I hate that viewer. It's filled with codes, and most of them don't mean anything, so whatever meaning I could find is lost in the noise. And to the observation it may be time to give up on the 3070 (Ti), as much as I hate to run from a problem, I'm coming around to that thought myself.

This comment was edited on Sep 13, 2023, 19:12.

Your sound resetting got my attention Blue. Though it depends on what exactly you mean by resetting.

Is your system occasionally rediscovering your soundcard as though it is a newly installed device?

Could use some advice/help, making a Backup for the first time and using EaseUS Backup (free version).
Main SSD is 1 TB, with partitioned C (200gig) and D (800gig for games) , figured I just needed to Backup C drive.

But noticed a Fat32 partition, NTFS partition and Other(wtf) partition, do I need these 3 Backed Up with the C?
Figured if, updating win 10 to the latest version 21H2, causes any major issues would be able to Restore.

Iirc, removed a bunch of things like win store, media player, edge, internet explorer, alexa (or whatever the ai is called).
And updates have been turned off for about 3 years, otherwise I wouldn't be as worried.
Think this is win 10 v1909 or v2004, at least the way I recall back in 2020, thanks.

What I see in EaseUS

Blue wrote on Sep 13, 2023, 16:11:

Kxmode wrote on Sep 13, 2023, 14:47:

Burrito of Peace wrote on Sep 13, 2023, 13:48:

Why the quotation marks?

I would surmise because the official cause of the plane crash has not yet been determined.

1. The quotation marks imply a cause of death other than the plane crash, but it's clear the crash was the cause, making the quotation marks unnecessary.
2. The nbcnews.com article does not use quotes around "plane accident," suggesting that the person who shared the link may have added them incorrectly. (a budding conspiracy theory?)

No, the single quotes were definitely there when I posted the link. I presume I was not the only one to find them incongruous and eventually someone at NBC removed them.

That's interesting.

3070 is getting long in the tooth anyway; i think it might be time for a new blues build =D

What does it say in Event Viewer right after the crash? What is the error code?

Kxmode wrote on Sep 13, 2023, 14:47:

Burrito of Peace wrote on Sep 13, 2023, 13:48:

Why the quotation marks?

I would surmise because the official cause of the plane crash has not yet been determined.

1. The quotation marks imply a cause of death other than the plane crash, but it's clear the crash was the cause, making the quotation marks unnecessary.
2. The nbcnews.com article does not use quotes around "plane accident," suggesting that the person who shared the link may have added them incorrectly. (a budding conspiracy theory?)

No, the single quotes were definitely there when I posted the link. I presume I was not the only one to find them incongruous and eventually someone at NBC removed them.

"Why the quotation marks?"
Maybe journalist is Russian and has to assume every "accident" is probably actually not one?

As a young kid I was extremely prone to ear infections because of fluid buildup. Back then I was prescribed Sudafed and it worked well.

Same here. Had an ear infection until I was 9, only had a couple since, each time (real) Sudafed helped clear it up.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Sep 13, 2023, 13:48:

Why the quotation marks?

I would surmise because the official cause of the plane crash has not yet been determined.

1. The quotation marks imply a cause of death other than the plane crash, but it's clear the crash was the cause, making the quotation marks unnecessary.
2. The nbcnews.com article does not use quotes around "plane accident," suggesting that the person who shared the link may have added them incorrectly. (a budding conspiracy theory?)

As a young kid I was extremely prone to ear infections because of fluid buildup. Back then I was prescribed Sudafed and it worked well. When it was figured out that it was being bought by the gross for Meth cookers, Sudafed PE took it's place. Compared to Sudafed, PE doesn't work at all. Presumably they removed the active ingredient that made it a highly sought-after ingredient in meth, but also made it completely worthless in the process.

Someone here recommended the Start Trek documentary "The Center Seat" a few days ago. It was on Amazon Prime, and I added it to my list. I was taking a break from a game to eat last night, and I almost started watching it. It still showed the Free with Amazon Prime on it. I didn't feel like watching a 45ish minute show and just wanted to eat and get back to my game, so I ended up watching a short 25 minute show instead. I go to watch it a little while ago with my noon coffee break and it's no longer Amazon Prime. It's on Freevee. That really put me off. I go out of my way to avoid ads. I'd rather rent it than watch ads, but they don't even have the buy or rent option.