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    Not necessarily. Unless the SSD controller chip decided it had enough of you and shot itself. I've seen it happen. Windows kept crashing on a computer until it stopped booting and eventually disappeared from the BIOS. SSDs have that tendency that when they die, THEY DIE. Not the slow death of spinning rust. And it's usually the SSD controller that dies first before the NAND chips. The only other time I've seen something like this was when I was trying to flash a 980 Pro's firmware. It would show in the BIOS but wouldn't detect/mount in Windows nor would take the firmware flash from Samsung Magician nor bootable media until I found another computer that I could install only the SSD into. Got it to take a Windows install then finally flashed with new firmware. Behaved afterwards.That's why I said, try it on another system.
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    Do you have a laptop or another computer you can use to backup your storage drive? Just to rule out any potential issues with the originating computer, I'd use a secondary computer to back up the old storage drive to the new external drive.
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    Is the storage drive a NVMe/SATA drive or a USB? Sounds like the former. If the drive was assigned a letter but a different drive is now using the same letter, the drive will mount but not be assigned a letter. You can force a drive to be assigned a specific letter at boot in Drive Management, otherwise it gets assigned the next available letter. Force shutdown during the Windows Update may have messed up the partition table and/or USB driver. Maybe reinstall the chipset driver? Try removing all drives except your boot. Plug each one back in one at a time to be sure they still detect and are accessible. You can try doing a repair with only the boot drive plugged in then start plugging your drives back in one at a time.
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    Not sure.
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    🤨 Have you seen GPU prices????? MSRP for a 9070XT is a freakin' steal.
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    1st handheld, officially, announced with the Z2 Extreme CPU. MSI Claw A8 announced ~ Rumors were true — MSI indeed has a Ryzen-powered handheld.
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    From the looks of it...
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    In my head, I already did the first part. 🤣
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    'Granted...Ampere is 5 years old now.
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    We'll likely find out in 2 weeks at Computex. The black version may be an Xbox(?) version with the Ryzen Z2 Extreme while a White version will use an AMD Aerith Plus (successor to the SteamDeck's CPU). I'd wager that the battery life is probably on-par to the Ally X.
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    Remember kids, we're living in the age where everything is "Explosive", "shocking", "will rock the industry", etc... because nothing gets more clicks than click bait. Hell, the whole Youtube algorithm is based off click bait titles. YT channels have specifically said that because if they don't play the game, their video never gets seen by the audience. Same goes for news and "news". If it doesn't come with a blatantly obvious stupid headline, you'll never click on it.
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    My only complaint about the Ghorman scenes were, in particular, the city plaza felt too small to be a city square. I know they made a 500 sq ft set at Pinewood Studios but was there no other location in the world that would have made a more grander city square? For a city that dominates an entire entrance to a valley, that city square felt more like a town square. It felt more the size of the Cour Carrée outside of the Lourve Museum in Paris and less like a Millennium Park in Chicago or New Have Green in Connecticut. I felt it should have been bigger.
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    It's why I want see the producers (who also are the game's creators) recreate some of those kill montage videos folks have posted on YT. I really want the producers to show us how much anger and brutality Ellie is willing to demonstrate to get to Joel's killers. I really want the producers to SHOW, not tell us, how far Ellie is willing to go to get revenge.
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    I haven't gotten around to this week's episode but found these hilarious. spoiler'd for size.
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    Just a little FYI..
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    This is music from an human-looking but alien species from a long time ago from a galaxy far, far away. 🤷‍♂️ Another subtlety in the dance is Mon wasn't smiling (she was actually emotionless, just lost in the moment) and she was out of sync with the rest of the guests on the dance floor.
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    I'm going to agree with this. I would say it's more like it finally caught up to her. She tried to avoid crossing into that world but, that world and her's were on a collision course the moment she helped the rebellion movement. I didn't see it that way. I saw someone screaming in angst that they now would have to kill people, even those they considered friends. At that moment, she's not OK, but that's now a luxury Mon can no longer afford.
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    Yes, the Ghorman Massacre is coming up (it was in the previews) in the coming arc or the following. And it was Rebels that made it canon. This show will actually show what happened. That event served as the tipping point and galvanized the Rebellion (i.e. if peaceful protests are treated the same as violent insurrection, then there is no more room for political action). For Mon Mothma, that event and the address to the Senate afterwards pushes her from being "just another tool" of the Rebellion to being THE leader (in the eyes of the galaxy) of the Rebellion (a tool of a different kind).
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    I thought they would drag this out but nope, guess we're doin' this. Get ready for some real brutal stuff.
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    As long as they stick to the 1-hour real time, I think I'll stick with The Pitt. I did finish the season and it was quite good. If they get around to making season 2, it's supposed to take place during the July 4th holiday (which is on a Friday in 2025). Gotta love humans playing with explosives combined with drinking and summer heat. My one request for a season 2 is more Night-shift. Maybe start the season on the middle or coming off the night-shift. The combination of Shen-Abbott-Ellis-Walsh was probably one of the best parts heading into the tail end of the season. Also cuz, as the saying goes, nothing good happens after 2AM. Also with July 4 falling on a Friday in 2025, you know people are going to set off fireworks in the dead of night. Really, I want more night-shift next season.
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    This Silver Surfer is Shalla-Bal (the male Silver Surfer’s lover in the comics). Essentially, multiverse shenanigans. Seeing that’s how Silver Surfer is portrayed in the comics, I’m not sure how else you can portray someone that looks like liquid metal Terminator.
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    Hi, please reduce the size or your pictures per the rules: === ). Maximum uploads of 3 pictures of a toy even if you bought two. That means if you bought DC Batman you can post a combination of boxed and opened pics of up to three here. Anymore than three will get the post deleted. If you bought another copy of the same DC Batman toy that does not constitute as a different toy and does not earn you three new photos. The moderation team considers that spamming and will be deleted. Text link to an external photo gallery if you have more than three pictures to share. 2). Image size: Height maximum per toy will now be set to 2400pixels for 3 pictures combined. That means one high resolution picture at 2400pixels or three decent resolution picture of 800pixels each.
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    Wait for the day you have to deal with their warranty service. 🤣 They never said the slots weren't already occupied, just that it had 3 M.2 slots and 2 bays. SI doesn't provide additional mounting hardware for expansion. Why am I not shocked?
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    'Already mentioned he doesn't have a Costco near him. 'Doesn't make sense to buy a membership you will never be able to take advantage of. Trust me, there's more to Costco than a lone computer. Much much more. I'm gonna agree with this. Seeing that Nintendo is delaying preorders on Switch 2s and now Razer is delaying/halting US laptop sales, I'd probably reconsider any laptop purchases unless I know it's actually coming at the price they announced. Unfortunately, current desktop hardware supplies are dwindling and any incoming new stock coming in will likely see price increases. I've been keeping an eye on some things in the pipeline and they all saw a price increase in the past week.
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    For this deal, no. But if you don't have a Costco membership, there is a 5% surcharge on all purchases. So this deal is $2400+5% for non-members.
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