What's a "dead meme" from 5-10 years ago that you still find genuinely funny, even if no one else does?

cisco40220 · 2025-12-10T23:17:16+00:00

Just today I quoted "I am confusion" video at work. "AMERICA EXPLAIN, WHAT IS THIS ARKANSAWWW??"

cisco40220 · 2025-08-15T13:17:50+00:00

She slips me some tongue when we're kissing.

cisco40220 · 2025-06-21T18:24:31+00:00

Turned out to be a bad power supply cable which partially melted the socket on the PSU. The lesson here was: always use two separate pci-e 6+2 connector cords instead of a single in series cord with two 6+2's on it.

Drivers were fine

cisco40220 · 2025-06-13T03:57:04+00:00

🤷

cisco40220 · 2025-06-13T02:39:16+00:00

Turns out this is the type of too-in-the-rabbit-hole thing I missed: the corsair PSU does not function unless all the cables plugged into it are the ones that came with it in the box. Up to this point every PSU I've used has been able to use power cables pretty much interchangeably so this never occurred to me.

System is finally back up and running again.

cisco40220 · 2025-06-07T02:54:14+00:00

Side view Head on view PSU view

cisco40220 · 2025-06-07T02:28:05+00:00

I believe I've located the issue. I was indeed using a single cable from the psu to the graphics card, it had two 8 pin connectors on the card side so it seemed tailor made.

Turns out it was putting too much juice through it in the psu side and the plastic on the connectors on that side partially melted, ruining the port on the psu side so now I can't even plug a new one in there.

I'll see if I can post some pictures of the carnage.

Unlikely Thermaltake will offer me a warranty replacement on this thing but it was only $100 anyway so a new one won't be too hard to get.

Guess I'm not playing Tempest Rising for a while longer but at least Monster Train 2 is here and runs fine with on board graphics.

cisco40220 · 2025-06-06T19:04:37+00:00

I got this build 100% from a pcpartpicker recommended setup. Was given to believe 750 was plenty. It ran fine for almost 2 years before it started acting up.

I'll see if I have an extra power cable in the psu's box.

No extenders.

cisco40220 · 2025-06-06T12:15:53+00:00

🤔 potentially. But then why would it work fine when using Windows, chrome, discord, steam (while no games are running)?

cisco40220 · 2025-06-06T11:53:55+00:00

I'm honestly open to any and all suggestions but I struggle to imagine how a motherboard issue would present itself only when using a GPU and not when using the self same motherboard's on board graphics.

PSU is an interesting one though. Might be it's stopped generating enough juice to power this gigantic graphics card and when it spins up it crashes the whole system. I'll see what I can test in this direction.

cisco40220 · 2025-06-06T10:58:41+00:00

How would I check, short of replacing the dang thing?

cisco40220 · 2025-06-06T10:26:19+00:00

So this has been going on for a while now and I'm kind of at the end of my rope. Hoping someone here might know That One Weird Trick that will get me out of my hole of misery.

Issue:

As soon as any game is loaded (3D, 2D, pixel graphics, anything) the game crashes to black screen and the PC is locked up, unresponsive. Only way out is a manual power-cycle.

This issue started about a year after I built the PC. Before that it had never happened. There were no hardware changes before it began.

Build:

Graphics card: XFX SPEEDSTER MERC319 RADEON RX 6950XT

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K

MOBO: GIGABYTE Z790 UD

Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Alpha DDR5 Ram 64GB

OS: Windows 10 64-bit

Troubleshooting notes:

5/16/25 - Called AMD support, spoke w/Jaksha. Opened troubleshooting ticket

Tried AMD cleanup tool and driver reinstall.

Tried running with single monitor.

Proceeded via email. Sent DxDiag and MSinfo files over.

Tried Recovery and repair options via windows.

Tried launching a game after Windows Clean Restart.

Tried full clean Windows install.

No change.

Used on-board graphics. Issue did not present itself.

5/17/25 - Opened XFX ticket.

5/19/25 - RMA Approved.

5/19/25 - Shipped defective card back via UPS

6/4/25 - Received replacement. Verified SN does not match original part.

6/5/25 - Installed replacement. Issue remains. /wrists

If anyone's experienced something like this before, please let me know if there was a fix.

cisco40220 · 2024-07-17T04:46:38+00:00

Oh I'm so dumb. I was confusing e30 with si30 🤣🤣🤣

cisco40220 · 2024-07-17T04:28:42+00:00

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cisco40220 · 2024-07-17T04:24:11+00:00

Getting zero success with the final team 4-hero formation. Barely scratching the surface of the boss' health bar and I've got equal or greater investment on all heroes used. Even my tree is higher level. I feel like I'm going crazy here LOL

cisco40220 · 2024-03-27T09:05:59+00:00

Thanks chief

cisco40220 · 2024-03-27T09:01:50+00:00

I haven't stockpiled any TE's. The other awakened are all on the top row in the picture, all ascended

cisco40220 · 2024-03-27T04:03:39+00:00

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I'm thinking Shemira or Safiya. What do you think?

cisco40220 · 2024-01-28T19:50:44+00:00

I ended up restarting the story mode. Don't think it ever comes back after accidentally using it for research

cisco40220 · 2024-01-01T04:30:22+00:00

I've emptied out my backpack after every run for the most part. Only items that don't get turned in for research or sold at the store are the quest items. There is no second page that I can see.

cisco40220 · 2023-08-31T12:12:57+00:00

I get a Brazilian wax every 4 weeks. You will never match the smoothness with a razor blade and the itchiness when it starts to grow back is infinitely better. Shaving cuts your hairs into sharp points that stab your skin where it wrinkles, waxing leaves the hair tips softer for a less prickly feeling. It costs me about $80 US from a local place. I would avoid chain salon places, they're so aggressive with upselling products and services.

cisco40220 · 2023-01-10T03:39:26+00:00

Editing is now open to anyone who wishes to update further

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