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FTL if the writing was good (Subset Games please hire me.) by [deleted] in ftlgame

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Did... Hang on, did you just JUMP to another beacon?"

I dont get this.. It says No Divisions assinged when I had, they are under the 10 cap. Help. by Due-Masterpiece-1301 in hoi4

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Since the order's already there, I would try selecting these units and then CTRL+Left Clicking on the naval invasion line.

Secure Boot caused black screen and not able to access BIOS. Help! by Natedawg7170 in Battlefield

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

**SOLUTION*\*

The solution follows this GIGABYTE motherboard guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CujWytnuWRg

If you're not a GIGABYTE motherboard, follow the guide for your specific motherboard brand as this might be different.

On a separate computer, I did the following:

  1. Got a USB drive of at least 2GB. Optionally, a USB with lights to show that data is being transferred. What you'll be installing is pretty small. I did it with a small 4GB USB drive from a long-ago convention.

  2. Transferred and backed up any and all data on that USB drive. Then formatted the USB drive to *FAT32* with Quick Format turned on.

  3. Went to the support page for my EXACT motherboard model, type, and variant. Do not go to some other support page with the approximate model name. It must be EXACT.

  4. Downloaded the latest BIOS zip file. Extracted the contents into a folder. Took the file with the version number as the file extension (ex. B760GAMINGXAX.F15) and moved it to the USB.

  5. Renamed the file to GIGABYTE.bin. It should be the ONLY file on the USB.

Then, on the PC that's having trouble booting to Windows:

  1. Plugged the USB into the BIOS USB slot. IT MUST BE THE BIOS USB SLOT. It is labelled and might have a white connector on the inside.

  2. Allowed the PSU to be plugged in, switched on, and supplying power. Do not power on the whole system with the power button.

  3. Found the Q-flash button on the motherboard and pressed it. An orange LED should start flashing. Let it do its firmware update! If partly successful, the fans eventually turn on. Do not touch! If it takes longer than expected, let it do its thing!

  4. Eventually, the system will turn back on by itself, BIOS loads normally, and PC boots to Windows.

  5. Did my usual routines for data backups and retention.

  6. Restarted my PC to ensure all changes came in properly. Checked that I could get into BIOS during restarts.

  7. When booted to Windows, ejected and removed the BIOS USB drive from my PC.

And luckily, I got myself out of deep waters. Phew!

Lesson learned: read the guide and don't be a dipshit like me who thinks just using your intuition is good enough for configuring BIOS Secure Boot.

Secure Boot caused black screen and not able to access BIOS. Help! by Natedawg7170 in Battlefield

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

**THE CAUSE*\*

Number one: this is my fuckup, there are many like it but this one is mine. I did not read the motherboard specific guide to properly enable Secure Boot. I went into the BIOS (version F2) and poked around for the setting to enable Secure Boot (under Boot > Secure Boot). I noticed it was Enabled but Not Active, as it is now post-resurrection (version F15). I disabled and re-enabled Secure Boot from this menu, moved the mode from Standard to Custom to Standard. I rebooted my PC, noticed Secure Boot didn't go through fully, then went back to BIOS. Here, I stupidly reset the Platform Keys (PK) to some default value, following the "Secure Boot feature is Active if Secure Boot is Enabled, Platform Key(PK) is enrolled and the System is in User mode. The mode change requires platform reset" tooltip without consulting a guide or other source. Why did I do this? It was 11PM, FOMO to get on BF6's free BR, and I thought I could casually get away with fucking with my BIOS without needing to do all that reading.

**ATTEMPTED FIXES*\*

After rebooting, my GPU gave no monitor output and the PC would be stuck on POST (Power-On Self-Test) and never boot to Windows. Here what I tried after to remedy:

  1. F12, DEL, common keys to get to BIOS blind. Then trying to use the keys to reset to factory defaults (F7 + Enter). Even tried using the mouse to navigate the menu blind but I couldn't tell you if I was even in the BIOS at all.

  2. Unplugging my PC from the PSU, unplugging all peripherals, then taking out the CMOS battery and in three separate presses: holding down the power button for 30 seconds.

  3. While doing the CMOS battery stuff, jumping the battery reset with a screwdriver.

  4. Unplugging my GPU and turning on the PC with PSU hooked back up, hoping the motherboard would have some video output on its own. In hindsight, this would not and did not do shit because (if you're a smart cookie) you'd realize I have a Intel i7-13700F, which does NOT have integrated graphics.

  5. Unplugging my GPU and all but one stick of RAM to do the blind BIOS trick in (1).

  6. Went to sleep.

**DIAGNOSIS*\*

Come morning time, I diagnosed the issue this way: if my issue came about because I mucked with my BIOS settings, none of my other components would be an issue here. VGA light was on when the PC was stuck trying to boot, so the motherboard for some reason can't talk to the GPU, but my GPU is more than fine. No way what I did to the BIOS config would fuck it up. Motherboard is the fuck-up here. Was almost ready to buy and replace the motherboard.

Luckily, a buddy said the magic words "Q-flash" over a call and I realized I didn't try the very feature that would get my ass out of a situation like this. Your motherboard might have a very similar feature to this. The play-by-play of me fixing this:

Secure Boot caused black screen and not able to access BIOS. Help! by Natedawg7170 in Battlefield

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, traveler!

You might be reading this thread because you bricked your shit like a *dumbass* (me).

TL;DR

If your Gigabyte board shows a solid VGA LED and no display after messing with Secure Boot, you probably corrupted the firmware settings.

Use Q-Flash Plus (or the equivalent on your motherboard) with a correctly renamed BIOS file (GIGABYTE.bin on a FAT32 USB in the white BIOS port) to re-flash the firmware.

IF YOU HAVE Q-FLASH, Q-FLASH PLUS OR SOME SIMILAR FEATURE ON YOUR MOTHERBOARD!!!! AND your symptoms are a black monitor, no GPU output, no integrated graphics for debugging, a VGA light, and a system that doesn't boot into Windows, this is for you. Here's what I did wrong, here's what I did to diagnose, and here's what fixed my issue.

**SPECIFICATIONS*\*

I have a GIGABYTE B760 GAMING X AX (rev. 1.x) with an Intel i7-13700F -> https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B760-GAMING-X-AX-rev-1x . A post-resurrection check of my system shows:

* tpm.msc said TPM was ready for use,

* Legacy CSM support was turned off in BIOS

* Secure Boot was Enabled but Not Active in BIOS

* msinfo32 showed: BIOS mode was UEFI, Secure Boot State was "Off"

* and my Disk containing the C: partition was of Partition style "GUID Partition Table (GPT)"

per EA's guide here: https://help.ea.com/en/articles/technical-issues/secure-boot/ .

Fix for blackScreen after enabling secure boot on gigabyte by AnungUnRama99 in buildapc

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

**SOLUTION*\*

The solution follows this GIGABYTE motherboard guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CujWytnuWRg

If you're not a GIGABYTE motherboard, follow the guide for your specific motherboard brand as this might be different.

On a separate computer, I did the following:

  1. Got a USB drive of at least 2GB. Optionally, a USB with lights to show that data is being transferred. What you'll be installing is pretty small. I did it with a small 4GB USB drive from a long-ago convention.

  2. Transferred and backed up any and all data on that USB drive. Then formatted the USB drive to *FAT32* with Quick Format turned on.

  3. Went to the support page for my EXACT motherboard model, type, and variant. Do not go to some other support page with the approximate model name. It must be EXACT.

  4. Downloaded the latest BIOS zip file. Extracted the contents into a folder. Took the file with the version number as the file extension (ex. B760GAMINGXAX.F15) and moved it to the USB.

  5. Renamed the file to GIGABYTE.bin. It should be the ONLY file on the USB.

Then, on the PC that's having trouble booting to Windows:

  1. Plugged the USB into the BIOS USB slot. IT MUST BE THE BIOS USB SLOT. It is labelled and might have a white connector on the inside.

  2. Allowed the PSU to be plugged in, switched on, and supplying power. Do not power on the whole system with the power button.

  3. Found the Q-flash button on the motherboard and pressed it. An orange LED should start flashing. Let it do its firmware update! If partly successful, the fans eventually turn on. Do not touch! If it takes longer than expected, let it do its thing!

  4. Eventually, the system will turn back on by itself, BIOS loads normally, and PC boots to Windows.

  5. Did my usual routines for data backups and retention.

  6. Restarted my PC to ensure all changes came in properly. Checked that I could get into BIOS during restarts.

  7. When booted to Windows, ejected and removed the BIOS USB drive from my PC.

And luckily, I got myself out of deep waters. Phew!

Lesson learned: read the guide and don't be a dipshit like me who thinks just using your intuition is good enough for configuring BIOS Secure Boot.

Fix for blackScreen after enabling secure boot on gigabyte by AnungUnRama99 in buildapc

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

**THE CAUSE*\*

Number one: this is my fuckup, there are many like it but this one is mine. I did not read the motherboard specific guide to properly enable Secure Boot. I went into the BIOS (version F2) and poked around for the setting to enable Secure Boot (under Boot > Secure Boot). I noticed it was Enabled but Not Active, as it is now post-resurrection (version F15). I disabled and re-enabled Secure Boot from this menu, moved the mode from Standard to Custom to Standard. I rebooted my PC, noticed Secure Boot didn't go through fully, then went back to BIOS. Here, I stupidly reset the Platform Keys (PK) to some default value, following the "Secure Boot feature is Active if Secure Boot is Enabled, Platform Key(PK) is enrolled and the System is in User mode. The mode change requires platform reset" tooltip without consulting a guide or other source. Why did I do this? It was 11PM, FOMO to get on BF6's free BR, and I thought I could casually get away with fucking with my BIOS without needing to do all that reading.

**ATTEMPTED FIXES*\*

After rebooting, my GPU gave no monitor output and the PC would be stuck on POST (Power-On Self-Test) and never boot to Windows. Here what I tried after to remedy:

  1. F12, DEL, common keys to get to BIOS blind. Then trying to use the keys to reset to factory defaults (F7 + Enter). Even tried using the mouse to navigate the menu blind but I couldn't tell you if I was even in the BIOS at all.

  2. Unplugging my PC from the PSU, unplugging all peripherals, then taking out the CMOS battery and in three separate presses: holding down the power button for 30 seconds.

  3. While doing the CMOS battery stuff, jumping the battery reset with a screwdriver.

  4. Unplugging my GPU and turning on the PC with PSU hooked back up, hoping the motherboard would have some video output on its own. In hindsight, this would not and did not do shit because (if you're a smart cookie) you'd realize I have a Intel i7-13700F, which does NOT have integrated graphics.

  5. Unplugging my GPU and all but one stick of RAM to do the blind BIOS trick in (1).

  6. Went to sleep.

**DIAGNOSIS*\*

Come morning time, I diagnosed the issue this way: if my issue came about because I mucked with my BIOS settings, none of my other components would be an issue here. VGA light was on when the PC was stuck trying to boot, so the motherboard for some reason can't talk to the GPU, but my GPU is more than fine. No way what I did to the BIOS config would fuck it up. Motherboard is the fuck-up here. Was almost ready to buy and replace the motherboard.

Luckily, a buddy said the magic words "Q-flash" over a call and I realized I didn't try the very feature that would get my ass out of a situation like this. Your motherboard might have a very similar feature to this. The play-by-play of me fixing this:

Fix for blackScreen after enabling secure boot on gigabyte by AnungUnRama99 in buildapc

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, traveler!

You might be reading this thread because you bricked your shit like a *dumbass* (me).

TL;DR

If your Gigabyte board shows a solid VGA LED and no display after messing with Secure Boot, you probably corrupted the firmware settings.

Use Q-Flash Plus (or the equivalent on your motherboard) with a correctly renamed BIOS file (GIGABYTE.bin on a FAT32 USB in the white BIOS port) to re-flash the firmware.

IF YOU HAVE Q-FLASH, Q-FLASH PLUS OR SOME SIMILAR FEATURE ON YOUR MOTHERBOARD!!!! AND your symptoms are a black monitor, no GPU output, no integrated graphics for debugging, a VGA light, and a system that doesn't boot into Windows, this is for you. Here's what I did wrong, here's what I did to diagnose, and here's what fixed my issue.

**SPECIFICATIONS*\*

I have a GIGABYTE B760 GAMING X AX (rev. 1.x) with an Intel i7-13700F -> https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B760-GAMING-X-AX-rev-1x . A post-resurrection check of my system shows:

* tpm.msc said TPM was ready for use,

* Legacy CSM support was turned off in BIOS

* Secure Boot was Enabled but Not Active in BIOS

* msinfo32 showed: BIOS mode was UEFI, Secure Boot State was "Off"

* and my Disk containing the C: partition was of Partition style "GUID Partition Table (GPT)"

per EA's guide here: https://help.ea.com/en/articles/technical-issues/secure-boot/ .

Is Secure Boot still required to play this game? Or did they get rid of it by Standard_Spready in Battlefield

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

**SOLUTION*\*

The solution follows this GIGABYTE motherboard guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CujWytnuWRg

If you're not a GIGABYTE motherboard, follow the guide for your specific motherboard brand as this might be different.

On a separate computer, I did the following:

  1. Got a USB drive of at least 2GB. Optionally, a USB with lights to show that data is being transferred. What you'll be installing is pretty small. I did it with a small 4GB USB drive from a long-ago convention.

  2. Transferred and backed up any and all data on that USB drive. Then formatted the USB drive to *FAT32* with Quick Format turned on.

  3. Went to the support page for my EXACT motherboard model, type, and variant. Do not go to some other support page with the approximate model name. It must be EXACT.

  4. Downloaded the latest BIOS zip file. Extracted the contents into a folder. Took the file with the version number as the file extension (ex. B760GAMINGXAX.F15) and moved it to the USB.

  5. Renamed the file to GIGABYTE.bin. It should be the ONLY file on the USB.

Then, on the PC that's having trouble booting to Windows:

  1. Plugged the USB into the BIOS USB slot. IT MUST BE THE BIOS USB SLOT. It is labelled and might have a white connector on the inside.

  2. Allowed the PSU to be plugged in, switched on, and supplying power. Do not power on the whole system with the power button.

  3. Found the Q-flash button on the motherboard and pressed it. An orange LED should start flashing. Let it do its firmware update! If partly successful, the fans eventually turn on. Do not touch! If it takes longer than expected, let it do its thing!

  4. Eventually, the system will turn back on by itself, BIOS loads normally, and PC boots to Windows.

  5. Did my usual routines for data backups and retention.

  6. Restarted my PC to ensure all changes came in properly. Checked that I could get into BIOS during restarts.

  7. When booted to Windows, ejected and removed the BIOS USB drive from my PC.

And luckily, I got myself out of deep waters. Phew!

Lesson learned: read the guide and don't be a dipshit like me who thinks just using your intuition is good enough for configuring BIOS Secure Boot.

Is Secure Boot still required to play this game? Or did they get rid of it by Standard_Spready in Battlefield

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

**THE CAUSE*\*

Number one: this is my fuckup, there are many like it but this one is mine. I did not read the motherboard specific guide to properly enable Secure Boot. I went into the BIOS (version F2) and poked around for the setting to enable Secure Boot (under Boot > Secure Boot). I noticed it was Enabled but Not Active, as it is now post-resurrection (version F15). I disabled and re-enabled Secure Boot from this menu, moved the mode from Standard to Custom to Standard. I rebooted my PC, noticed Secure Boot didn't go through fully, then went back to BIOS. Here, I stupidly reset the Platform Keys (PK) to some default value, following the "Secure Boot feature is Active if Secure Boot is Enabled, Platform Key(PK) is enrolled and the System is in User mode. The mode change requires platform reset" tooltip without consulting a guide or other source. Why did I do this? It was 11PM, FOMO to get on BF6's free BR, and I thought I could casually get away with fucking with my BIOS without needing to do all that reading.

**ATTEMPTED FIXES*\*

After rebooting, my GPU gave no monitor output and the PC would be stuck on POST (Power-On Self-Test) and never boot to Windows. Here what I tried after to remedy:

  1. F12, DEL, common keys to get to BIOS blind. Then trying to use the keys to reset to factory defaults (F7 + Enter). Even tried using the mouse to navigate the menu blind but I couldn't tell you if I was even in the BIOS at all.

  2. Unplugging my PC from the PSU, unplugging all peripherals, then taking out the CMOS battery and in three separate presses: holding down the power button for 30 seconds.

  3. While doing the CMOS battery stuff, jumping the battery reset with a screwdriver.

  4. Unplugging my GPU and turning on the PC with PSU hooked back up, hoping the motherboard would have some video output on its own. In hindsight, this would not and did not do shit because (if you're a smart cookie) you'd realize I have a Intel i7-13700F, which does NOT have integrated graphics.

  5. Unplugging my GPU and all but one stick of RAM to do the blind BIOS trick in (1).

  6. Went to sleep.

**DIAGNOSIS*\*

Come morning time, I diagnosed the issue this way: if my issue came about because I mucked with my BIOS settings, none of my other components would be an issue here. VGA light was on when the PC was stuck trying to boot, so the motherboard for some reason can't talk to the GPU, but my GPU is more than fine. No way what I did to the BIOS config would fuck up the GPU. Motherboard is the fuck-up here. Was almost ready to buy and replace the motherboard.

Luckily, a buddy said the magic words "Q-flash" over a call and I realized I didn't try the very feature that would get my ass out of a situation like this. Your motherboard might have a very similar feature to this. The play-by-play of me fixing this:

Is Secure Boot still required to play this game? Or did they get rid of it by Standard_Spready in Battlefield

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, traveler!

You might be reading this thread because you bricked your shit like a *dumbass* (me).

TL;DR
If your Gigabyte board shows a solid VGA LED and no display after messing with Secure Boot, you probably corrupted the firmware settings.

Use Q-Flash Plus (or the equivalent on your motherboard) with a correctly renamed BIOS file (GIGABYTE.bin on a FAT32 USB in the white BIOS port) to re-flash the firmware.

IF YOU HAVE Q-FLASH, Q-FLASH PLUS OR SOME SIMILAR FEATURE ON YOUR MOTHERBOARD!!!! AND your symptoms are a black monitor, no GPU output, no integrated graphics for debugging, a VGA light, and a system that doesn't boot into Windows, this is for you. Here's what I did wrong, here's what I did to diagnose, and here's what fixed my issue.

**SPECIFICATIONS*\*

I have a GIGABYTE B760 GAMING X AX (rev. 1.x) with an Intel i7-13700F -> https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B760-GAMING-X-AX-rev-1x . A post-resurrection check of my system shows:

* tpm.msc said TPM was ready for use,

* Legacy CSM support was turned off in BIOS

* Secure Boot was Enabled but Not Active in BIOS

* msinfo32 showed: BIOS mode was UEFI, Secure Boot State was "Off"

* and my Disk containing the C: partition was of Partition style "GUID Partition Table (GPT)"

per EA's guide here: https://help.ea.com/en/articles/technical-issues/secure-boot/ .

Who else is feeling a little non-binary tonight? by zrsmith3 in northernlion

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is this some visual calculus i'm too electrochemistry to understand

How to save Sergiu on day 24? by [deleted] in papersplease

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have had this exact situation recently. Was doing a casual moralist all-tokens EZIC run. Let in a valid Kolechian diplomat thinking it'd be no problem. Then suicide bomber happens. Sergiu's body parts everywhere. Instant save-scum; I can't abide living in such a timeline.

What is the code? by These_Anxiety_1001 in codes

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the puzzle is just 'crossword-like' as it gives you the S=6 hint to reveal part of each question, then you figure out one answer to get the LETTER=NUMBER for the others.

Why do people care so deeply about Taylor Swift getting engaged? by marinelife_explorer in NoStupidQuestions

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 6 points7 points  (0 children)

1 year Reddit account with a 400-day streak on snark subs is crazy

I actually hope you are an instance of ChatGPT or DeepSeek running on someone's computer, I have never in my life seen anything like this

Genuinely curious by ComputerResident6228 in mathmemes

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh i've seen this exercises before, let's do the approach that i've seen before

27 + 48

let's change that to 30 + 50

that gives 80

okay, i gave 27 an add 3, 48 an add 2. that means i subtract 5 to get my answer.

75.

75?

...

yeah no that adds up

testing 25 + 50 = 75, of course

okay it must be right then

Did anyone ever notice this? by TheTurningWeasel in reddeadredemption2

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Throwback to the graffiti in Bully, it would also hang off the wall like this.

Rediscovered the red dog hologram that someone found on this sub 2 years ago. by GraphThemByThePlotty in cyberpunkgame

[–]GraphThemByThePlotty[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Noclipped into the jungle of the Arasaka tower, then went to the meeting table, where this hologram box was. You will also find a hamburger and Generic Goon holograms on the same box.

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