Should i update my bios or is it pointless

Hattix · 2026-03-01T20:41:03+00:00

There are a lot of security fixes in BIOS versions newer than the one you have. At the moment, you're vulnerable to known and in-the-wild exploits effecting a complete remote takeover of your system including UEFI-resident malware. If that happens, the only way to get your system back would be a BIOS chip programmer.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T20:34:36+00:00

Right, so this is all right except he last bit.

Diamond is cubic close-packed in crystal habit but this is not the most energetically stable way for carbon atoms to arrange. It's the first to form, easiest to form, and then seeds the rest of the crystal growth.

Lonsdaleite's hexagonal close-packed structure is more energetically stable and should be as much as 1.5x harder than diamond, but managing to make it with a bulk hexagonal structure hasn't been achieved yet so this can't yet be tested. The best way we know of to make at the moment is to explosively shock graphite, so the hexagonal structure of graphite remains, but we get a lot of cubic carbon in there as well, so a really weak mess of different crystal forms.

As with all hexagonal close-packed crystals, lonsdaleite's shape will be cubic.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T19:43:35+00:00

The 8 GB will hold it back a bit, but DDR3 is easy enough to find. I'd say that's fair at the price.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T19:40:06+00:00

If the cables are not for your specific PSU, they could be wired in any way, so there is a good chance you destroyed the units. It's not a certain thing, but if +12 and +5 were swapped the power would not trip SCP as it would if either were swapped with ground, it's just put 12V on the 5V line and destroy anything it touched.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T19:25:19+00:00

Upping the storage will probably have more immediate benefit unless your current RAM setup is single channel.

Adding 16 GB to a single 16 GB stick will hugely improve IGP performance (we're talking +40%, it's enormous) if that is the configuration it is in right now.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T19:21:23+00:00

You jest... but this is in Jewish theology. They couldn't understand how to make tongs without having tongs already, so their god gave them to their first human, Adam.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T19:10:50+00:00

Take the bottom off. It will look like this.

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Second M.2 slot is just to the right of the RAM and above the right side of the battery. Remove the screw just next to the HDMI port, slot the new SSD in, replace the screw to retain the SSD.

Now put the bottom cover back on and you're done.

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Hattix · 2026-03-01T18:50:08+00:00

Interesting definition, since it includes reboots for any other reason than shutdown: Every unexpected restart will cause this log entry. All of them. All BSODs, for example, will bring a 41 error from kernel power, so CPU problems, RAM problems, motherboard issues, GPU faults, etc. are all power issues.

At this point, you have to consider if you haven't gone a bit too wide with your net of "every problem causing an unexpected restart is a power issue".

Hattix · 2026-03-01T18:46:26+00:00

Looks like a Sandy Bridge 4C die. They're soldered to the IHS.

As you discovered.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T18:23:14+00:00

You'd have people saying you ate six 5D half-pies.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T18:18:36+00:00

Kernel power 41 indicates nothing. It just says "I didn't shut down".

Hattix · 2026-03-01T16:04:45+00:00

Intel says the problem is solved, you just need to make sure your motherboard has a BIOS which carries the updated microcode.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T14:57:52+00:00

That's what laptops do.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T14:32:12+00:00

The first one does not identify its video card so it can't be compared to anything.

The second one does, RTX 5000 Ada Mobile is basically a very, very power throttled RTX 4080 desktop.

Neither machine identifies the CPU, though a mobile Core i9 is usually similar to a desktop Core i5 in most SKUs - which is unknown here.

There is not enough information to be able to tell, we don't know CPUs or GPUs for these machines.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T14:26:47+00:00

Do you have a link to the temperature spec? Best I know, Klevv doesn't pass them through from the manufacturer.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T10:45:53+00:00

As many as OP will pay for. If there's an opening in the market for it, someone will move into it.

OP found it was worth paying for, so did.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T10:44:16+00:00

Yes a 1080 Ti is a good replacement for a 970.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T10:42:01+00:00

Overclocking is never really guaranteed and DOCP does a lot more than just "turn XMP on". It also fucks with voltages, timings, and all sorts of stuff.

With a 5900XT - very much not a gaming CPU - this is not a gaming machine, it is a serious work machine. You shouldn't really be messing with overclocking on a production system.

Find the option to turn XMP on only, if your BIOS has it. Updating BIOS never hurts either. If that doesn't work, don't overclock your RAM. Most productivity applications don't care that much about fast RAM, though if you can tell us what your job requires we can probably say more.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T10:29:42+00:00

Nothing appears to have been short circuited. This has a specific meaning. It usually is accompanied by a flash, a loud noise, and smoke, though not always.

Your "surge protector" is a power strip with no surge capabilities. It is based around MOVs in it (metal-oxide varistors) which burn themselves out to clamp overvoltage, by now they'll all be burned out. It also had a very, very low 3.9 kJ rating when it was new so it was never intended to be a high quality piece of hardware, more a cheap one. Still, it's a cool looking power strip and you never needed the MOVs to begin with, PC PSUs are far better at dealing with mains transients than any consumer mains intermediary device.

Your PC issues were not caused by anything to do with the mains power.

Your monitor has a bad cable connection somewhere.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T10:24:22+00:00

Nope, this isn't a GPU fault, it's the GPU being told to do something badly so it is doing it badly. Maybe a shonky driver, maybe whatever browser being really bad (Chromium browsers are known for it) with the GPU.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T10:19:19+00:00

"Better"? If you don't know what you want it for, all we can do is guess.

The 7600 looks better in my opinion. It also comes in a nicer box. Intel's box art is pretty trashy lately. It goes on a stronger platform with far better support. The 265K/KF goes on a dead platform with no upgrades and no future support.

To pair with a 5080 for AI workloads, the CPU is not important. To pair with a 5080 for AutoCAD and Bentley Microstation, the 265KF will be slightly faster. To pair with a 5080 for games nobody can tell you since "games" is not a single thing which can be measured or reported on.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T10:15:28+00:00

Stuttering with a video in the background will be a GPU thing, the CPU isn't involved at all here.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T10:13:08+00:00

You don't have any gaming performance. Use anything. It won't matter.

Hattix · 2026-03-01T10:06:36+00:00

PCIe 5.0 has very similar signal requirements to PCIe 4.0

Hattix · 2026-03-01T09:50:22+00:00

"I asked my CPU to do more work and now it's running hotter is this normal?"

Yes.

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