TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[Trekkie4]

I see a lot of recommendations from you guys, to leave my account open/alive...

Thing is, I didn't want to leave it behind in case of any cyber attack, or someone hacking into profiles. Usually when something like that happens, active user(s) immediately change their password, and/or get in touch with admins/moderators. But with abandoned & inactive accounts it's always a different story... So it has a greater potential to get hijacked, or compromised. I actually had a very similar situation couple of years ago on Yahoo, and it wasn't even abandoned - it was my active email address which I use almost every day. Fortunately there was no harm done, apart from couple of spam emails being sent to all my contacts in the address book.

And thanks for the tip @dorsetknob , I've already been in touch with w1zz, when I asked him about closing down the profile. He was extremely helpful, even answered some of the questions regarding the profile features & "closing down" policy, so I asked him to stand by until after the January 2020 & said I'd let him know when to do it.

 

[buzzi]

@Trekkie4 this is so sad (and bad) news, but it's your choice, I respect it and I wish you the best. Losing one of the most relevant user around here hurts...you delighted us with your care and precision in building retro builds, I will miss you.
I'd like to see your data and posts left here, so we could have a "nostalgic memory of nostalgic stuff".
Happy new year my friend, happy new year tpu!

 

[dorsetknob]

when I asked him about closing down the profile. He was extremely helpful,

You could have a """SELF IMPOSED Locked Account """ (by w1zz) which by asking at a later date could be unlocked ? = a possible solution ?
would be like a admin imposed ban without the hassle

 

[Trekkie4]

@Trekkie4 this is so sad (and bad) news, but it's your choice, I respect it and I wish you the best. Losing one of the most relevant user around here hurts...you delighted us with your care and precision in building retro builds, I will miss you.
I'd like to see your data and posts left here, so we could have a "nostalgic memory of nostalgic stuff".
Happy new year my friend, happy new year tpu!

You could have a """SELF IMPOSED Locked Account """ (by w1zz) which by asking at a later date could be unlocked ? = a possible solution ?
would be like a admin imposed ban without the hassle

Thank you for the kind words

We'll see about the content/profile thing, guess I'll have to get in touch with @W1zzard again & work out the details. I actually like your idea @dorsetknob, it's an interesting solution!

 

[cornemuse]

shutting down my profile.

Why shut it down? If you leave & decide to come back, all you might need is name & p/w.
I did this long time ago, came back 5-6 yrs later, wallaa! (I write site name username & p/w in a small paper notebook.

-c-

(which BTW, any former yahookans here?!)

 

[lexluthermiester]

(which BTW, any former yahookans here?!)

I haven't regularly used Yahoo Mail in years. I still have accounts that I use as junk accounts.

 

[Trekkie4]

I (still) use Yahoo on a daily basis... I hate all the visual, design changes they've done to it (once Verizon took over Yahoo), but I still choose & prefer Yahoo over Google.

In fact (to be perfectly honest), GMail is getting on my nerves.

 

[Deleted member 185158]

I (still) use Yahoo on a daily basis... I hate all the visual, design changes they've done to it (once Verizon took over Yahoo), but I still choose & prefer Yahoo over Google.

In fact (to be perfectly honest), GMail is getting on my nerves.

I use Yahoo.mail. Have had it since the old days when you'd get the nifty Yahoo disk in the mail. Dial up connection.... Yessir, my Yahoo.mail account is that old!!!

I don't like e-mail at all. Totally bloated with Ads just like everything else now-a-days.

The comcast lady had this look.... when I told her I missed free TV, it was justifiable to watch commercials. Now I have to pay for the same TV (plus a bunch of channels I don't want or need) and STILL have to watch the Front door commercials... No thanks, I said... I'd like to cancel. I'll just get Amazon Prime or NetFlix, enjoy movies. I can stream any news channel. Nope done. "But sir, we have this package deal...." NO. No more crud. Just the Internet. And stop increasing my speeds (for free) but 6 months later raise my bill. That's starting to get on my nerves. The E-mail.... heck I open it at my desire. Battery saver on my phone shuts off all incoming notifications. I literally choose what I want to look at and when. Stop notifying me. I am fully aware and expecting that any ways. Please, default this stuff off.

I like TechPowerUp because when I'm posting like right now, I don't have an ad on the side or top, bottom. It's nice. Thank you keep it that way.

 

[biffzinker]

I use Yahoo.mail. Have had it since the old days when you'd get the nifty Yahoo disk in the mail. Dial up connection.... Yessir, my Yahoo.mail account is that old!!!

I don't like e-mail at all. Totally bloated with Ads just like everything else now-a-days.

The comcast lady had this look.... when I told her I missed free TV, it was justifiable to watch commercials. Now I have to pay for the same TV (plus a bunch of channels I don't want or need) and STILL have to watch the Front door commercials... No thanks, I said... I'd like to cancel. I'll just get Amazon Prime or NetFlix, enjoy movies. I can stream any news channel. Nope done. "But sir, we have this package deal...." NO. No more crud. Just the Internet. And stop increasing my speeds (for free) but 6 months later raise my bill. That's starting to get on my nerves. The E-mail.... heck I open it at my desire. Battery saver on my phone shuts off all incoming notifications. I literally choose what I want to look at and when. Stop notifying me. I am fully aware and expecting that any ways. Please, default this stuff off.

I like TechPowerUp because when I'm posting like right now, I don't have an ad on the side or top, bottom. It's nice. Thank you keep it that way.

Your post reminds me of a idiom.

 

[Deleted member 185158]

Lol. Yea.
Last gears I ground up where in the rear end in my El camino. Blew the posi locker up... So I welded it.

 

[Mr.Scott]

Blew the posi locker up... So I welded it.

LOL. Budget spool.

 

[Deleted member 185158]

LOL. Budget spool.

Free actually. Best money ever spent. I'll break an axle before the welds break. small, 26 splines.

 

[erek]

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[cornemuse]

(which BTW, any former yahookans here?!)

Not Yahoo, Yahooka! Way back in the day, it was a bunch of potheads!
Actually, Yahoo sued them for (name infringment?)

(My avatar from back then/there)

 

[lexluthermiester]

Not Yahoo, Yahooka! Way back in the day, it was a bunch of potheads!
Actually, Yahoo sued them for (name infringment?)

Ah, a play on words. Fair enough. Kinda funny actually!

 

[vukos]

Hey all, unforgiveably-long time lurker, first time poster. I've been googling all over the nets to try to get my hands on an Intel Skulltrail mobo, the D5400XS. I figured I might as well ask here and see if anyone is willing to sell theirs, with or without the QX9775 CPUs. I hope this isn't too off topic, but if anyone wants to sell, do feel free to PM me. I am ready to PayPal

In other hopefully more on-topic news, it seems Intel has gotten rid of ALL driver and bios downloads on their site for their first-party boards. Nothing left on their DownloadCenter. See this discussion. Does anyone know of a mirror or reputable alternative source to download some of the legacy mobo BIOSes?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Hey all, unforgiveably-long time lurker, first time poster. I've been googling all over the nets to try to get my hands on an Intel Skulltrail mobo, the D5400XS. I figured I might as well ask here and see if anyone is willing to sell theirs, with or without the QX9775 CPUs. I hope this isn't too off topic, but if anyone wants to sell, do feel free to PM me. I am ready to PayPal.

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[Ruru]

Bought a Phenom X4 9750, never had a first gen Phenom

 

[lexluthermiester]

Bought a Phenom X4 9750, never had a first gen Phenom

That was a solid CPU BITD, especially for the price. How much did you get it for?

 

[Ruru]

That was a solid CPU BITD, especially for the price. How much did you get it for?

10EUR including shipping

 

[biffzinker]

Bought a Phenom X4 9750, never had a first gen Phenom

Which board are you going to use?

 

[Ruru]

Which board are you going to use?

My retired Asus M3N78 SE or Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA... too bad that the latter doesn't work with AMD cards with Phenoms, no use for my HD 3850 AGP there :|

That's why my AGP setup is powered by A64 X2 6000+

 

[biffzinker]

You do know about the 9750B with the fix for the TLB issue the 9750 has?

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-Phenom%20X4%209750B%20-%20HD975BWCJ4BGH%20(HD975BWCGHBOX).html

Edit: The B represents the Black Edition?

 

[Ruru]

Isn't the 9000 series the faulted revision, 9050 series are fixed?

 

[biffzinker]

Isn't the 9000 series the faulted revision, 9050 series are fixed?

Yes, my bad