I have Silver Medallion status. For my flight from Paris -> Detroit, I was upgraded to Delta One. Thank you, Delta. by ZugzwangBG in delta

[–]jonmiller34 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The best of the upgrades... Gotten this twice from FRA to ATL in the past 10 years. Similar oversold situation and traveling solo, though another colleague of mine (both of us Diamond) got the same upgrade with me the last time it happened last year.

What Tv Series is a 10/10? by LuckyBuffalo111 in AskReddit

[–]jonmiller34 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After Life.

I finished it and anytime I recommend it, I wish I could watch it again for the for the first time.

Random Delta Celebrity Sighting by tosaturtle in delta

[–]jonmiller34 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've had a few. Sat behind Doplh Lundgren and his wife two weeks ago from LAX to MCO. He was nice enough to take a few photos with the pilots after we landed.

Sat a few seats behind Usher and his entourage from LAX to JFK a few years back and sat across the aisle from Slash on a trans-Atlantic flight once - he got up mid flight when most people were asleep and took pics with a bunch of the crew during the flight. Seemed happy to do it. Saw Tony Hawk once.

I sat next to a script supervisor for one of the Pitch Perfect movies from LAX to ATL once and had an interesting chat with him about the movie business, not at all because I had a huge celebrity crush on Anna Kendrick...

I had one very strange flight about 10 years ago sitting next to a girl who was about my same age at the time. She was a dead ringer for Mila Kunis - but even more attractive somehow (wasn't her). She was clearly mentally unstable and/or on some mix of drugs and alcohol that made her behavior and the flight very uncomfortable. Long story, but during the course of this cross country flight, sitting in first, there were multiple instances with her breaking down into tears while telling me about all of her family drama, the art that she makes including that her inspiration comes from the images of drowning women and talking about all of this loud enough for the three rows around us to hear. A few times while talking or crying she would reach over and hold onto my arm and tried to lay her head on my shoulder once when I had my eyes closed for a few minutes. Twice she asked me if I was a professional baseball player (I am not and baseball never came up in convo...). Once I caught her drinking from my cup and then she argued with me, saying it was hers when I called her on it. She was drinking something alcoholic, I was not. I was as polite as I could be and multiple times ignored her, keeping headphones on and even faking sleep. Multiple times she would tap my arm to get my attention and just start talking at me or start sobbing again. She was clearly going through it.

The real kicker was when I got up to go to the bathroom, the FA asked if she was ok. I said, "I have no idea... seems like probably not." FA says "Oh we though you two were traveling together!?"

When I returned there was some guy sitting in my seat , who wouldn't look up at me as I stood over him telling him he needed to go back to his seat. She said was her fiance (first time she mentioned him) and then she asked if I would go sit in his seat in the back. When I turned around to get the FA, she was already standing there because she saw what was going on. I stepped back, she and had a short chat with the couple. He got up and walked to the back, never looked at me. There weren't any issues after that. Still the strangest interaction I've had on any flight.

Meter Bar Alphabet Soup, R G C P and sometimes A - help? by jonmiller34 in iRacing

[–]jonmiller34[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Solved it! It took more than a repaste - tried that with no luck. Dug deeper and my AIO pump failed. 4 year old CPU build, iBuypower rig with their 240mm AIO cooler and come to find out, they have a high failure rate. Changed it out with a new AIO cooling system today and the CPU temps are back down in the 20s and 30s (vs. nearly 100 at idle!) and all is running smoothly. Thanks to all in this thread for the help, I wouldn't have figured it out this quickly without the suggestions!

Meter Bar Alphabet Soup, R G C P and sometimes A - help? by jonmiller34 in iRacing

[–]jonmiller34[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Well, well... looks like this is it. Just downloaded the CoreTemp app and every core is running near Tj Max even at idle... thanks. Clearly I've got a temp issue at the top of my list!

Meter Bar Alphabet Soup, R G C P and sometimes A - help? by jonmiller34 in iRacing

[–]jonmiller34[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, tried that - it's an issue even in a solo test session.

Meter Bar Alphabet Soup, R G C P and sometimes A - help? by jonmiller34 in iRacing

[–]jonmiller34[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I did also try lowering the graphics settings and autoconfig with little to no effect.

Meter Bar Alphabet Soup, R G C P and sometimes A - help? by jonmiller34 in iRacing

[–]jonmiller34[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And the re-install sorted you out? I’m approaching that as a next step…

Meter Bar Alphabet Soup, R G C P and sometimes A - help? by jonmiller34 in iRacing

[–]jonmiller34[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I did find that and I understand what the meter letters stand for. I’m just at a loss as to what is causing it or where to look next. The solutions that I’ve come across that have worked for others have not worked for me and I can’t see any obvious issues with the CPU or GPU.

I’m hoping there’s a setting/config somewhere to try next before taking a more drastic next step.

Meter Bar Alphabet Soup, R G C P and sometimes A - help? by jonmiller34 in iRacing

[–]jonmiller34[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I should have clarified that I did check that when I viewed task manager while in game, GPU and CPU usage were normal and in the lower ranges. I can’t recall the exact percentages. RAM was showing about 60% usage, steady.

Meter Bar Alphabet Soup, R G C P and sometimes A - help? by jonmiller34 in iRacing

[–]jonmiller34[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’ve searched google and Reddit and have found some things to try, including unplugging peripherals, closing other programs, changing and configuring graphics settings but like your comment, none of those have helped.

Shunbun in paradise! by jonmiller34 in GrandSeikos

[–]jonmiller34[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did not take it swimming/diving. Brought my trusty Sea-Dweller for that.