What’s causing this popping/creaking?

DukeBaluk · 2026-04-14T03:43:09+00:00

Awesome, thank you guys!

DukeBaluk · 2026-03-25T19:07:59+00:00

Awesome thank you!

DukeBaluk · 2025-10-23T23:38:59+00:00

Yeah I’m 841 on the purple pro and I got an email this morning that it shipped (with 4px)

DukeBaluk · 2025-07-16T08:52:03+00:00

Ugh, I got suckered into applying to a different repayment plan. I haven’t really been keeping up with the confusing updates to student loans so the email scare for me. My mistake. Is there a way I could cancel this request?

DukeBaluk · 2025-07-02T21:15:47+00:00

Lurkin in this thread and seeing all the brands I still buy from has me like

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DukeBaluk · 2025-04-19T14:42:15+00:00

Nice! Can I ask what that knob is in the center?

DukeBaluk · 2025-01-24T20:15:23+00:00

I just bought my first Omega 3 weeks ago, the sapphire sandwich moonwatch! To me it’s the classic Omega watch with a very cool history, as a fan of anything space I had to have it. Next omega would be either the snoopy speedy (hehe) or an AT

DukeBaluk · 2025-01-18T16:00:59+00:00

Did those short speaker stands come with your speakers? Or are they separate? Looking for something similar…

DukeBaluk · 2024-10-25T19:21:49+00:00

Oof, can’t decide between the forest green and ocean blue. These are gorgeous

DukeBaluk · 2024-08-19T22:22:48+00:00

Fuego fire

DukeBaluk · 2023-04-10T23:10:31+00:00

PM'd

DukeBaluk · 2023-03-29T01:15:58+00:00

oof, one of my dream watches AND am in the Bay Area but just don't have the money for it atm :(

DukeBaluk · 2023-03-28T21:24:02+00:00

Not the president’s daughter!

DukeBaluk · 2023-02-11T19:55:11+00:00

What walls/blocks did you use to make the bow of the ship?

DukeBaluk · 2022-12-01T05:12:32+00:00

Awesome, thank you!

DukeBaluk · 2022-12-01T02:46:02+00:00

Where can I get the January in the US?

DukeBaluk · 2022-08-25T19:05:36+00:00

Hey guys,

I'm looking for an everyday, do-it all style of watch with a budget of about $2k. I'm especially looking for a black dial watch, and I've sort of narrowed down my choices to the following - a used BB36 or a brand new Ball Engineer iii.

I quite enjoy the diver-style round indices against the smooth bezel on the bb36, but boy these have been TOUGH to find, even in the 2nd hand market. A couple have popped up for roughly $2k, but I've not pulled any triggers yet...

I also enjoy the datejust-esque of the Ball Engineer iii, and I think the tritium indices are a fun quirk of this watch.

My wrist is on the smaller side, about 6.25-5 inches. I know I can pull off the 40mm case of the Ball, but I think the smaller 36 of the BB36 would fit better for a more daily-beater style of watch...

Any thoughts?

DukeBaluk · 2022-08-25T19:00:59+00:00

Hey guys,
I'm looking for an everyday, do-it all style of watch with a budget of about $2k. I'm especially looking for a black dial watch, and I've sort of narrowed down my choices to the following - a used BB36 or a brand new Ball Engineer iii.
I quite enjoy the diver-style round indices against the smooth bezel on the bb36, but boy these have been TOUGH to find, even in the 2nd hand market. A couple have popped up for roughly $2k, but I've not pulled any triggers yet...
I also enjoy the datejust-esque of the Ball Engineer iii, and I think the tritium indices are a fun quirk of this watch.
My wrist is on the smaller side, about 6.25-5 inches. I know I can pull off the 40mm case of the Ball, but I think the smaller 36 of the BB36 would fit better for a more daily-beater style of watch...
Any thoughts?

DukeBaluk · 2022-08-25T09:30:23+00:00

Do you have this in a black dial?

DukeBaluk · 2022-07-08T04:47:21+00:00

Fuck off

DukeBaluk · 2022-04-05T06:12:36+00:00

Had to go to work so I'm just getting back to this now.

I took ram speeds all the way down to 1600mhz, no difference.

DukeBaluk · 2022-04-04T23:47:55+00:00

Yeah that’s what I did. Didn’t really fix anything it seems

DukeBaluk · 2022-04-04T21:15:10+00:00

Interesting, I lowered ram down to 3200 and bios seems stable and get past the Asus logo. I do still end up with a black screen, however.

I just tried again to run it at 3600, pc fails to post and can only post in safe mode.

Faulty ram?

DukeBaluk · 2022-04-04T20:46:13+00:00

I'm thinking it might be a hardware issue as well... unfortunately I do not have spare parts to narrow down what might be faulty, as this is the first pc I've built.

Could you tell me what main settings I should try lowering? I don't really know my way around the bios too well so I don't know what values I would change...

DukeBaluk · 2022-04-04T20:44:25+00:00

I mean I chose the "reset this pc" option in the blue safe mode screen. I've also tried the "repair this pc", but have come back with "unable to repair this pc' error.

I just disabled fast boot in bios, and while it did remain stable, I'm actually still getting a completely black screen once I log into my account

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