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    Question Curious about underclocking for crypto mining

    Im also curious, is it possible to accidently burn up your vram in doing so? I heard somewhere that the vram isn't connected to the temperature readout of the card.
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    Question Curious about underclocking for crypto mining

    Hello, im a bit curious as to why you underclock a card for crypto mining and what may happen if you dont underclock it while mining. Im also curious as to what could happen if you were playing a game while crypto mining.
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    Question Black dot on screen

    Well, i found the problem. Apparently it was steam causing it. Restarted steam and it disappeared
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    Question Black dot on screen

    I have a black dot on my screen like a dead pixel but my mouse cursor will go over it. It persist through multiple windows and didn't go away when i restarted my monitor. Not sure what it is or what is causing it but i have also noticed a black square that will sometimes pop up on screen, very...
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    Is it possible to block a nations ip?

    Bit of both. Sending though email, discord, stuff like that. Dont want to completely render them unusable but was just curious if it is possible to block a certian countries IP
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    Is it possible to block a nations ip?

    I have some scammers sending me ads from norway, any way to block it thought my router or motem?
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    Questions about how computers really work

    So I have built 4 computers so far and its pretty simple. Plug the pieces together, make sure to put on thermal paste, give it some power and a boot method and so on you go. But what has really boggled me is how a plastic or silicon board with a bunch of metal, gold and maybe even copper can...
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    No display after unplugging both tvs and plugging them back in

    To reset the display settings, remove the battery on the motherboard. Problem solved by the way.
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    No display after unplugging both tvs and plugging them back in

    As the title says. I unplugged the pc from the two tvs it was plugged into to move it. When i plugged it back in the display would not work on either tv. also tried doing one tv at a time, switching the cables and trying a different tv. Im also wondering if there is a way to reset the display...
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    New motherboard and gpu stopped working

    Never mind, forgot to connect the cpu cable because my last motherboard never used it. all good :P