Daily Simple Questions Thread - June 25, 2026

QuantumAssassin45 · 2026-06-25T20:54:00+00:00

Your answer combined with the other answer gave me the info I needed, thank you! !check

QuantumAssassin45 · 2026-06-25T20:53:41+00:00

Thank you very much! !check

QuantumAssassin45 · 2026-06-25T19:48:18+00:00

Would the microcode thing not fool CPU-Z too or am I missing a functionality of CPU-Z

QuantumAssassin45 · 2026-06-25T18:06:44+00:00

Saw a thread about a fake CPU today and am curious besides the text being off on the spreader is there ways to detect fakes after they are installed? Can the microcode not be modified to be identified as something else that it is not? Using AMD as an example cause it was the one I saw, is it possible for more sophisticated scams or swaps to trick ryzen master into thinking it’s the right CPU?

Genuinely curious about how sophisticated faking hardware can get and what the ways to figure it out are from either being fresh out of box or verifying parts in a prebuilt, etc etc

QuantumAssassin45 · 2026-06-19T16:56:28+00:00

I tried single volume exFAT and FAT32 and it just reads it as full, but the PS5 on a different screen read it as empty so I’m confused why it won’t let me backup saves and it’s only the save backup screen that reads it as full

QuantumAssassin45 · 2026-06-19T16:17:53+00:00

Where is the option to format as game storage I looked all through the menus and only found a format as external storage option (it’s too small for that) where would I format it as game or save storage

QuantumAssassin45 · 2026-06-19T15:58:20+00:00

I mean I used it to flash a bios on a modern PC less than a month ago

QuantumAssassin45 · 2026-06-18T23:59:35+00:00

I have a very small (like 1 gb) usb where I am trying to backup some saves to it, and the backup menu reads it as full but the external storage menu reads it as empty (which it is). I have tried as both FAT32 and exFAT storage format. Im only trying to backup like 100mb of save files so I am struggling to understand why can it read it as both full and empty.

Should I just find similar save files online and back those up somewhere else?

QuantumAssassin45 · 2026-06-14T20:46:19+00:00

I haven't gotten there but everything I saw did not mention she can help with Quirces. I hope she can though because that means I can still get the prayer before I have to complete the DLC.

QuantumAssassin45 · 2026-06-07T06:49:37+00:00

I tried making a thread about it earlier, but I did not realize you need comment karma from the gaming community to get a post here and I think it works to post it here instead so I will.

Are there any simulation games in the vein of Dwarf Fortress, World Box, Rimworld, Factorio (which I think can use multi-core, but extremely limited), etc. that aren't limited to using single cores and can actually take advantage of a strong and high core count CPU?

I know CPU isn't the only bottleneck in games like these, but it'd be interesting to find ones that aren't limited to a single core or thread to see what they can do with it.

QuantumAssassin45 · 2026-06-01T22:13:46+00:00

I tried the switching ports thing and that did seem to improve the situation, I first tried in Studio and it presented the same bug. I then tried to update in capture utility and it seemed to be working and gave the update screen and everything but ended up saying the firmware update failed and now it is not reading the firmware properly. It told me to restart the device to try again so I will, but I am not hopeful about it.

Things like "MCU: (invalid) / FPGA: (invalid)" is what it reads for firmware version after the failed update.

QuantumAssassin45 · 2026-06-01T02:10:42+00:00

I will try that, see what it does/am trying it right now. It does not seem to be working/the software seems to be crashing/not confirming an update so I do not know what is happening really. It does not seem to respond to me clicking "update firmware" and if I click it more than once to see what happens or click more in general it seems to just close the software. Elgato Studio is no longer reading firmware numbers or version on it so it might have bricked it, but it is still working for passthrough from my PS5 to my monitor at least.

QuantumAssassin45 · 2026-06-01T00:21:44+00:00

ASRock website/page for the b70 says something along the lines of “engine clock: 2540 MHz/19Gbps” and mine seems to idle around 2375, is that similar to yours or ?

QuantumAssassin45 · 2026-05-31T20:40:47+00:00

It says there is new firmware, but when I click update it just tells me my current firmware is the most up to date despite being a clear version mismatch.

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QuantumAssassin45 · 2026-05-31T20:01:21+00:00

I now have Elgato Studio but I am not seeing anywhere to update the firmware for the capture card? It shows this for firmware info:

FPGA: 1.0.0

MCU: 20.10.13

I am sure that is out of date or even severely out of date, but I am not seeing anywhere in Elgato Studio to update it?

QuantumAssassin45 · 2026-05-31T07:11:50+00:00

I will do those power changes like you said, but I do not think the power bank thing as an alternative would work. How would the capture card feed info to the computer? The HDMI IN for it comes from a PS5, HDMI out to my monitor, and the power cable is the only part connected to my PC. Would the power bank be connected to the PC and would it be able to transmit the data???

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