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Question How to prove a NVMe drive is defective for warranty service?

I just want to provide an update here: I moved the NVMe SSD to another M.2. slot on the motherboard and for the last 3 ~ 4 days I haven't experienced any crash at all. (It's used to crash within 5 minutes from a cold boot every time) So it looks like I have a defective M.2. slot on...
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- Post #5
- Jun 15, 2021
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question How to prove a NVMe drive is defective for warranty service?

Thanks for the feedback. If you think it's common for M.2 slot on the motherboard to develop error over time, I will try to move the NVMe drive to another M.2 slot on my motherboard (Gigabyte H370M D3H) to give that a try.
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- Post #3
- Jun 10, 2021
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question How to prove a NVMe drive is defective for warranty service?

I have a ~3 year old Western Digital Black NVMe M.2 disk started showing signs of failure. It comes with 5 year manufacture warranty but I am not sure how to prove the issue to the manufacturer in order to claim the warranty services. Here is what's happening: this NVME drive is my Windows...
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- Thread
- Jun 10, 2021
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question How reliable is the initial version of a new router's firmware?

I was talking about Asus RT-AX82U, it's very new and only has the original firmware. I am picking it over the netgear router (very similar hardware spec) because of AIMesh feature and possible third party Merlin firmware down the road. My main concern is its hardware form factor as Asus has...
- zhwu
- Post #4
- Aug 15, 2020
- Forum: Networking
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Question How reliable is the initial version of a new router's firmware?

I am about to upgrade to a new AX5400 router just released by Asus (I have 4 devices supports wifi 6 at home) This is a brand new router design with just the original firmware. What are my risks? Does major brand do enough testing on their products before release or they rely on early...
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- Thread
- Aug 15, 2020
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Networking
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The 2014 Annual Anandtech Tax Time Thread!

Thanks for doing this every year! I made a mistake buying my IRA fund for Year 2014 this month. Instead of buying the fund in my Vanguard ROTH IRA account, I purchased the same fund ($5,500) in my Vanguard Rollover IRA instead. I noticed this issue the next day and called Vanguard to fix it...
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- Post #48
- Mar 3, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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10th Annual Tax Thread - 2012

Thanks for the clarification, looks like it will be better to withhold more state tax in my paycheck. Here is how I understand this: if I own the state any amount ($400 in my case) for 2012 tax return, there is no way I can get any federal deduction from that amount in 2012 or 2013...
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- Post #364
- Feb 19, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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10th Annual Tax Thread - 2012

I have a question regarding Federal itemized deductions on State Taxes: I understand if you get a refund from state the previous year, you may need to pay income tax on that the next year (since you have claimed the credit previous year) I am wondering what will happen if I own some state...
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- Post #360
- Feb 18, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 Memory issue

Just a follow up: I reseated the CPU durng the weekend. (As far as I can tell there is no bent PINs) Now all 4 DIMM slots are working again and nothing unusual has happened after running the PC for 8+ hours . I can't explain why reseating the CPU fixed my problem: that ram slot...
- zhwu
- Post #4
- Dec 10, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 Memory issue

I have done a fair amount of research before posting this: I am getting error code 55 (memory not found) but it is somewhat different from the other 'bent CPU pins' cases: In nearly all the 'bent pins' cases I have found on the internet: both A1 & A2 will not be working. Only A2 is not...
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- Thread
- Dec 5, 2012
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Motherboards
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7th Annual Anandtech Tax Time Thread

I have a question about buying Roth IRA after filing the tax. I filed my tax in Feb in order to get tax fund earlier. My wife just got a job offer and I started thinking about buying some Roth IRA for tax year 2009 with our emergency funds before Apr 15 deadline. I did my taxes with...
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- Post #551
- Apr 5, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What are the legal options when a company overpays an employee by 33% for 1 yr?

It's all depends on what the company wants to do. Legally they can if they are willing to spend efforts. I was overpaid by 5 days in my final paycheck when I left my last job. (They paid me 2 full weeks instead of 1 week I really worked) I informed them (because I thought they forgot to...
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- Post #12
- Mar 17, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Moving out guiltiness

Are you the only child in the family? The most important question you need to ask yourself is: How are you getting along with your parents? (Are you arguing with your parents all the time? Do they still trying to control your life & your choices? ) Parents are the closest thing you...
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- Post #74
- Mar 15, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What is the most probable motivation for the states that reject gay marriage?

I never said we should deny them any rights because of genetically inferior. (nor it's right to use it as a reason to against gay marriage) Since OP is asking why most people reject gay marriage, I am just trying to say that most people naturally feels that a man need to be with a...
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- Post #165
- Nov 5, 2009
- Forum: Politics and News
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What is the most probable motivation for the states that reject gay marriage?

Darwinism, Darwinism guys. If all of our ancestors are homosexual, the human race won’t exist today. So this is in our blood, it’s part of our DNA. A lot living species such as birds, fish all have natural born instinct that let them travel to the places they have never...
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- Post #162
- Nov 5, 2009
- Forum: Politics and News
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Need elliptical machine recommendations

Maybe we are just used to the Precor elliptical machine at the gym (after using them for 2 years). When we tried the sole elliptical machines (which are front drive), it just feel uncomfortable to us. (like you are climbing up a hill all the time) The NordicTrack (rear drive) one feels...
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- Post #4
- Sep 30, 2009
- Forum: Health and Fitness
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Need elliptical machine recommendations

Can anyone recommend a good rear-drive elliptical machine around $1000? I purchased a house recently and my wife & I want to get our own elliptical machine instead of going to the gym (hate the drive to the gym from our new home and the local gym is crowded) I did some research and the top...
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- Thread
- Sep 30, 2009
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Health and Fitness
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Updated 9/20: Bing cashback

I bought a home theater receiver from them. The CB is really the only reason I bought it from JR.com. Their price before CB is the same (or even higher) compare to other online merchants. Bing wants us to wait 2 days before contacting them about any missing order, it only has been little...
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- Post #2,058
- Aug 13, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Updated 9/20: Bing cashback

Guys, if my purchase does not show up in Bing CashBack account after the merchant (JR.com) has shipped my order; should I just refuse the delivery or deal with Bing customer service and fight for the cashback? I have used Bing Cashback a few times in the past and this is the first time my...
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- Post #2,054
- Aug 13, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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4850 show artifacts then crash at very low temperature

I can't, for some reason ATI control center does not let me lower the memory speed below 1000mhz (1000 mhz is the lowest settings on that bar and that's the card's default speed from HIS. ) I can lower the GPU speed to as low as 500 mhbz but not the memory speed there. Anyone knows a...
- zhwu
- Post #10
- May 5, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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4850 show artifacts then crash at very low temperature

I bought the card from TigerDirect.com, it clearly states in their return policy: 'Products missing UPC codes from the box are also NOT returnable.' I called TigerDirect today the CSR told me I will be charged 15% restocking fee if I returned the product without the UPC code within 30 days...
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- Post #8
- May 4, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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4850 show artifacts then crash at very low temperature

My case has 4 case fans ( one 120mm case fan blows air directly onto the video card from the side) So I would say the case has better than average cooling. Yes, since I will see artifacts for 5 ~ 15 mins before the card totally crashes, I can tab out of the game and get the temperature...
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- Post #6
- May 4, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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4850 show artifacts then crash at very low temperature

Thanks, just trying to figure out if something else (other than the video card) that can cause such problems. My power supply is a 3 years old Antec TruePower 2.0 550W, which should be good enough to run a single 4850, right? My CPU is just a AMD X2 4200 at stock speed; I know this CPU...
- zhwu
- Post #3
- May 4, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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4850 show artifacts then crash at very low temperature

I bought a new HIS IceQ HD4850 card 2 weeks ago. The card has very good cooling and normally stays around 45 C idle and around mid 50s during gaming. The problem is, after 3 or 4 hours of gaming, the temperture will slowly rise to high 50s and close to 60 C. I will start to see...
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- Thread
- May 4, 2009
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Can someone explain CPU bottleneck?

Thanks for all the inputs here, my motherboard does not support AM2+ (only AM2) so CPU upgrade options are very limited. I am just trying to figure out if I can get another 1 ~ 2 years out of this machine by doing a video card upgrade. In general, I don't like doing CPU & motherboard...
- zhwu
- Post #17
- Apr 6, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Can someone explain CPU bottleneck?

Wow I have no idea this game is so demanding on the processor. Hmm, maybe I should re-consider my upgrade decision. Even with a 4850 upgrade I doubt I will be able to play the battle at high (not the highest) resolution. Spending $150 so I can play a game at medium setting instead...
- zhwu
- Post #7
- Apr 3, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Can someone explain CPU bottleneck?

Right now, the frame rates are OK (to my eyes) when I config my graphics setting to low at 1680x1050. If I turn up the graphics setting to medium, then it become really slow. ( my current graphic card is obviously the bottleneck at medium settings) Can I safely assume with a good video...
- zhwu
- Post #4
- Apr 3, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Can someone explain CPU bottleneck?

I don?t understand how CPU bottleneck affects high end video cards and want to get some ideas from here. I only play strategy games and my 3 years old althon64 X2 4200 machine with an ATI 1900GT card has been solid for that task over the years. However, the new game ?Empire: Total war...
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- Thread
- Apr 3, 2009
- Replies: 22
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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6th Annual Anandtech Tax Time Thread

A question with excess traditional IRA contributions from previous tax year (2007): Due to some unexpected income hike in 2007 (sold 5 years worth of ESPP stock purchase that year), it pushed up my total income for 2007 and I couldn't contribute the full $4000 traditional IRA amount...
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- Post #576
- Mar 22, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Do you think polygamy should be legalized?

For those people who voted ?yes? on both. Have you guys ever thought about this is going to open up the possibility for gay polygamy (or lesbian polygamy)? You guys are opening a can of worms and this is going to ruin the definition of marriage. I would rather have the government...
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- Post #240
- Nov 17, 2008
- Forum: Politics and News
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Why are people so against gay marriage?

Same reason we do not let close blood relatives marry each other? I have nothing against gay/lesbian people. However, if we want to legalize their marriage, I think they need to lift the ban on a lot of other types marriage as well just to be fair. (In fact, both groups can't produce...
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- Post #66
- Nov 17, 2008
- Forum: Politics and News
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Does this MB support E5200?

Here is the motherboard spec (for IPIBL-LB) I found on HP's website. Based on this spec, it does not support Core 2 Duo E5x00 or E7x00 CPUs. However, since this MB does support the latest E8x00, Q9xxx CPUs and 1333 FSB , can anyone confirm this? HP has not released any new BIOS...
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- Thread
- Sep 24, 2008
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Motherboards
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5th Annual Tax Thread - 2007

I have a question regarding my ESPP (employee stock purchase plan) sales. I quit a job in 2006 and sold all the EPSS stock for that company in 2007. According to the statement for that transaction, there are some qualified dispositions (for share I held 2 years or longer) and some...
- zhwu
- Post #766
- Mar 23, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Dell loves Ubuntu.

Dell is getting paid to load all the trial software on their PC. I don't think these software will work on Linux. Therefore the higher price for Ubuntu. (Does Symantec or AOL even make software for Linux?)
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- Post #49
- Feb 20, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Would you eat dog?

I ate it before. I will only eat dog meat if the dogs grow up as meat dogs. ( I mean when the owner feed a large of amount of them together in a farm, not as someone's personal pet) In that case, I feel there is no difference between dog meat vs. regular chicken or beef. On the side note...
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- Post #28
- Feb 14, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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5th Annual Tax Thread - 2007

I have been enrolled in an employee stock purchase plan (buying them with a 15% discount) for more than 4 years. I sold all my stock in 2007 after I left the company. Since I purchased these stocks 4 times a year, there are more than 16 different purchase prices for these stocks and just...
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- Post #493
- Feb 5, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Build my own HTPC or use a PS3?

I want to get a HTPC for my living room. My wife watches a lot of divx & rmvb files (mostly TV shows from other country) and I am getting tired of her watching them on my main rig at night. (It has bigger LCD and better sound system compare to her laptop) I was thinking about a...
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- Thread
- Jan 25, 2008
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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Will a new router fix my problem?

Here is another update: I connected my PC directly into the DSL modem and this problem seems to go away. For the past 60 minutes, my torrent client has been downloading some files at 100K/35K with more than 80 connected peers. I have MSN messenger turned on and http downloading a 900MB...
- zhwu
- Post #7
- Dec 9, 2006
- Forum: Networking
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Will a new router fix my problem?

Thyme, Yes, my current setup is Internet -> DSL Modem -> Router -> Multiple computers. I don't understand what NAT really means but I have set my Actiontec DSL modem to the 'Transparent Bridging (RFC1483 Bridged)" according to this article...
- zhwu
- Post #6
- Dec 9, 2006
- Forum: Networking
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Will a new router fix my problem?

I am still having this issue after playing around with different settings in my DSL modem & router for the last few days; I even purchased a new Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 router and flashed it with the DD WRT firmware (seems to be a highly recommended router in this forum ) Still, I am experiencing...
- zhwu
- Post #3
- Dec 8, 2006
- Forum: Networking

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