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Oh, yes. DRM to the extreme.
"pokemon go... to hell!"
EOL it...
Originally posted by shango066Originally posted by smashstuff30guilty,guilty,guilty,guilty!
guilty of being cheap-made!
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Comment on that topic: " Microsoft have responded, which amounts pretty much to 'it's up to the OEM'. "
More power to DIY.
I can however see this causing outrage in the laptop market, as there aren't too many diy-friendly options there, and those that are, are pretty expensive.
I wouldn't worry. If it can be coded, it can be hacked.
Just like SLIC. This will not prevent piracy in the slightest, the only people that are going to be affected are the whiny and oh-so-fair open-source guys "we won't support linux on that because it's in violation of the GPL..." oh shut up, while you're whining the wise kids already got it patched.
Last edited by Th3_uN1Qu3; 09-23-2011, 04:07 PM.A working TV? How boring!Originally posted by PeteS in CAComment
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Another attempt by Microsoft to stay in the running and play games with societies pennies.
Unique has said it exactly as it is up there - if it can be coded, it can be hacked. Anybody who fully understands security, software languages and the logic of protection, will be chuckling away again at the suggestions of this protection.
Give it a month or 2 and there will Windows 8 portable copies floating about with patches for this, that, and the other
Such things are only a game to those who love to break codes, never a threat, more just a fun puzzle. Maybe the only way would be if Micro$oft started making their very own hardware chips and made it then only boot an OS they allow, serials and everything on-chip. But again, its a 10 minute job to knock a chip off a board and fasten a patched one back on - mwaahhhh hhaaa hhaaa.
Actually, the idea of a chip-based OS may be an improvement in 'still' waiting over 30 seconds to turn a computer on as a chip-boot could be maybe up n running in around 10 seconds ? (or 20 if the chips made by micro$oft) lolComment
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The encryption is implemented in the UEFI bios standard - it's not something specific to Microsoft.
So you can't really blame them - they just plant to take advantage of it.
The real dirty guys will be companies like Dell or HP who will not give keys allowing you to install another operating system arguing that the motherboard doesn't support operating systems besides Windows. (being an oem motherboard you wouldn't be able to contradict them)Comment
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this is sad news indeed.
well, I see where microsoft's goals are set:
How about the MS-UN?
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i would never buy an oem box anyway.
since most boards are a common off the shelf unit with a custom(stripped) bios its no big deal.
sort of like rooting phones.this too will die quickly.
i doubt any mobo maker wants to ailienate the techies.Comment
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Even for laptops it might not be a huge problem if you know what to look for, there are vendors that do "barebone" laptops. Supply your own cpu, hdd and so on. Doubt that those would be locked down.Comment
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Anyone has a schematic for a Stanley SMCU-5 KHR1780 Excavator Controller to share? Its a 24V system. The one I am working on has all 4 MOVs burnt, a hole in the board where the 5 electrolytic capacitors and that heat sink is and a small smd cap decentegrated. The blown MOVs smells so baaaaaad.
My truck stinks and by now half of the house too! 
Just waiting for wifey to 
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I hope my computer does not randomly reboot while typing this. My main system is the AsRock 970A-G/3.1 motherboard with the AMD 8150 chip. I am experiencing FREQUENT and RANDOM reboots once the system is used for a couple of hours (sometimes it reboots before I even get to the Win7/Linux Mint dual-boot screen). The problem MIGHT be the DRAM controller chip (I recently upgraded to the maximum 64 GB RAM). It also might be the VRM chips. I am using a typical aftermarket CPU cooler, which does NOT blow air DOWN onto the VRM heat sink.
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I got a High Power HP1-J600GD-F12S on the bench today that was killed by roaches judging by the dead roaches and large brown spots in the housing next to said roaches.
I was able to identify all the blown smd resistors on the board aside from the one located at R69. I wasn't able to figure out what any of the marking on the resistor was supposed to be and with how little of the marking was left I wasn't able to really make any guesses about what it could be from the surrounding components. It is connected to pin 1 of Q11 (4N65SFA1K) which looks like it is the gate .In the sample... -
Hello everyone,
What software do you guys recommend me to manage my repair projects and customers?
Is there any free or opensource solution or I should stick to using Excel until I can invest into a proper software?
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Hi:
This is the second time, an actuator from household blown up.
This time, I will try at least to repair it and save about 200€.
I see the following. Did an schematic for a better understanding.
- 2A SMD fuse blown. Replaced it with a "non SMD".
- Varistor (S10K300) seems ok. Measures open circuit.....but it's not blue anymore. I will change it.
- 2220 SMD Capacitor blown.
Which capacitance value would you suggest in parallel with the varistor?. I've ordered 470nF 500V in the...
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