Ram 2500 new transmission

Here are the parts from my last build. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ysjLTC
Made it in 2019, and unfortunately brain dumped everything. The only things that have changed is that I had to downgrade my CPU to a 2700x as it got damaged in a move, and I now have some more RAM.
My PC isn’t exactly bad, but I certainly can’t run the games I’d like to at the quality I would like and I’d like to upgrade. The last bigger game I played on PC was Cyberpunk, and I had a lot of issues with it. I also stream a bit, using video capture cards as well, and had a lot of issues when streaming bigger games in the past as well. No exact budget as I plan on picking up pieces throughout the year but I don’t think I would want to go above say, around $2500. Would appreciate any help!

Hey /poker, I’ve recently been posting some well-received posts on analyzing live spots with solvers but taking a break this week to play some bracelet events and I wanted to write about it.
This post will cover my first 2 days in Vegas playing $600 Pot Limit Omaha Deepstack and $1500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’Em.
I’ve been playing poker since the moneymaker boom and I’ve always wanted to play the WSOP but between the cost when I was younger, then the time when I was older, I’ve never managed to make it out. The few times I had it scheduled it was always jynxed with life getting in the way.
This year I have the time and money so I scheduled on week to do a few bracelet events and then another week to do the main event, with cash games after I’m busto. I’ve always enjoyed reading about other people’s experience, and I was curious about some of the logistics so I thought I’d do a trip report. This is the first half of the bracelet week. I will write later about the 2.5k freezeout, any cash game experiences, and then in a month I will play the main event and write about that.
I decided to go for this first week to play $600 PLO, $1500 6-handed, $2500 freezeout, and small chance $1500 Badugi. I’m primarily a NLHE player but I enjoy mixed games quite a bit. I like the weekday tournaments since I’d rather have a higher chance of reaching a final table in the smaller fields, which are still very big, but not as massive as something like Millionaire Maker.
I flew in Monday morning so that I’d be guarenteed to be setup for $1500 6-handed on Tuesday, and figured I’d play $600 PLO if it made sense. I went straight from the airport to Paris which is the venue. I arrive at Paris but I’m a bit lost. I see Dylan Weisman checking into the hotel who I recognize from PLO high roller tournaments so I figure he knows where the PLO tournament is, and he does.
This experience was the beginning of my biggest realization that I watch way too much poker because I recognize a million people at the WSOP. It was almost an eerie feeling. I see a surprising amount of faces from my local region, then a good mix of new poker celebs like Rampage , Brad Owens, Steven Song, and OGs like Shaun Deeb and Maria Ho. I unfortunately haven’t seen any super OGs like Hellmuth or Negraeau, but either way it’s been fun brushing shoulders with all these people you see on PokerNews.
At Paris I started to get in a long line to register, but then I read online I need a Caesar’s card first so fortunately I ran to get that. It was a few minutes to get that, then about a 25 minute wait to register for the tournament. Then there was a third line to actually get a seat. This third line looked very long but it moved pretty quick, I’d say I waited about 10 minutes. So overall, from the airport it took me about an hour to get seated in the tournament which wasn’t too bad.
No major logistics issues, it was all smooth sailing so I think the advice to arrive 24 hours before the tournament is probably a little overkill unless you’re ultra-cautious. I flew in a day early to be ready for 6-handed but turns out zero problem getting in this PLO tournament straight from the airport. I was playing at the table with my carry-on bag and laptop case but that was fine.
This wasn’t my first live tournament but still, it’s the WORLD SERIES OF POKER. I was excited. PLO is not my strong suit, I’ve played it more than the average poker player but less than a PLO reg, but I enjoy playing different variants so wanted to get at least one tournament that wasn’t NLHE.
I fold for a few orbits then pick up KT66 with the King suited in the BB, folds to the SB who raises. Flop comes down QJ7r, SB continues for pot I call with my open-ender. Turn is a offsuit 2, SB checks. This isn’t a super deep tournament and I was a bit late so I already put a third of my chips into this pot, I put half of what I have left into the middle and he folds!
My first hand won in the WSOP, and it was a bluff that got through! Granted, a semi-bluff and I may have even had the best hand with 66 but - still counts!
Later on I call in the SB and we go 5 ways to the flop, I have Q9xx and flop comes down KJT rainbow, I flopped second nut straight, and it checks through. Checks through to the flop, turn puts a spade draw out there, reg looking guy pots it, I call. River bricks out, I check, he tanks for a while, looking like deciding whether to bluff or not, if he bets I call it off and feel bad if he has the AQ but he checks back and mucks. Lets go!
There’s a new guy to my right and he seems very reggy. He’s also very chatty with the guy next to him, they’re speaking Brazilian Portuguese which I happen to understand bits and pieces of. He raises me in the SB when I have ATxx, flop is AT8, he bets, I raise, he folds. Not sure if that’s a standard raise or just-call, but I figure i probably have the best hand but I hate most turn cards.
I notice a PokerNew journalist is studiously writing down the hands he’s in. He plays a big pot, then I check the PokerNews updates and it’s the hand I just watched. Turns out my blind vs blind opponent is Yuri Dzivielevski, who has tons of SCOOP titles, 5M in live tournament earnings, 2 bracelets, high roller reg, and has won the WSOP PLOssus. Not a soft opponent to draw !
On the other hand, another guy at the table called a triple barrel with Q high and not much going on because “the pot was so big by the end”. I feel I got the authentic WSOP experience having one of the best players in the world and one of the worst players at the world at my table. Yuri is eventually busted by his Brazilian pal.
I did notice Yuri limping in EP, I don’t know PLO tournament strategy and I was surprised that’s a thing. Given his results I’m more inclined to think it’s a reasonable thing to do than not, I’m guessing pot control due to the pot-nature of the game.
I was also surprised all these guys go from playing $25ks to $600 tournaments. I know they have bracelet bets, sell their action in the bigger ones, the small tournaments are fastesofter and still plenty of money up top, so I suppose it makes sense. But it still must be a little jarring to go back and forth from nosebleeds to smallball donkaments.
A few hands later I get AKJJ with a King suit and raise from EP and BTN pots me. If I call it’s about 50% of my chips, this is a 30 minute level tournament so we’re not super deep. I’m really not sure what supposed to do here, so I fold worried he has AA and has me crushed. I feel 3-bets are very AA heavy so I’d rather have a smaller rundown or something but does feel nitty to fold a a super premium. In the PokerNews updates I see Shaun Deeb 3-betting KT99 , I don’t know how standard that is or if he’s just trying to run it up or bust because it’s only $600 and there’s bigger events on the schedule. If any PLO experts want to weigh in on any of these hands, go ahead.
I feel good about the fold because a few hands later I get AKK9 with a King suit. Bad player raises and I just call in the blinds. Flop is AK9 , I check he bets I call. Turn gives me the nut flush draw, I check he puts me all-in, I call, he’s drawing dead with just an Ace and I double! I have about double starting stack now which is about average.
At this point no idea how many of the player entries are even left since they haven’t updated it.
Despite my decent stack, the blinds are still quite high and going up fast so before I know it I’m on the shorter side again. I may be playing a bit too tight, not sure, though I also took a few flops with some rundowns and completely bricked.
Now I’m short stacked and get AT32 with suited Ace in the BB and call a HJ raise. Flop comes down AJ5, I have top pair, a gutshot, and backdoor spades. I check, he pots it which puts me all in. I really feel bad because if he has AJ I’m drawing to just a gutshot, if he has AK I’m in bad shape, he could still have AA and I’m in big trouble. So I tank and actually consider a fold. But I just feel I’m too short stack to fold so I call it off. He has 7743, just a pair of sevens and his own gutshot that I block! Hooray! Turn….SEVEN. NOOO. SO CLOSE TO THE MONEY I GET 5 OUTED, NOOOO. River 6…sigh…good game…wait…that was the 7 of spades and the 6 of spades! I made a flush! Still in it!
Not too much later I get AAxx and raise, get 3-bet, so I jam it in. He also has AA, we end up chopping with our one pair, Aces. I’m still pretty short, I get J943 double suited in the BB, SB min-raises, I defend. Flop JJ4, I check, he pots me all-in, I call , he has AA, I hold and double! Overall I probably have been playing too tight and nursing a short stack but at least I’m getting the chips in ahead when I do get it in.
Even though it’s been a while it always feels that way in tournaments so I have no idea how close to the bubble we are, but now the tournament pauses while they do a count so we know when to go hand-to-hand. We wait quite a bit while they do the count. When they come back it’s a big announcement, we’re already in the money!
I cashed my first bracelet event ever, hell yeah!
Not long after we do dinner break and I’m feeling great since already off to a great start to my WSOP. I run to the hotel to checkin and frantically scramble back, I had plenty of time but didn’t want to risk blinding out my first in-the-money WSOP stack.
After dinner break, I get AKQ4 with suited Ace, raise from BTN and BB calls. Flop is A92ss not my suit. He checks, I bet about half pot, he re-pots me all-in. I’m dead to a set but once again, just started the hand with about 20 BB and feel I might be getting run over so I tank and then call. He has the spade draw, pair of nines, and some backdoor straights. He says to me “that’s all you’re calling with?” when he sees my hand, but he bricks out and I double. Tournament starting stack was 30k and I have now have about 170k which is about 40BB, not bad. I also now have one of those 25k green chips.
A bit later, I’m on the button with A543 suited Ace, I raise and BB is short stack and jams with JJTT. He wins so I lose some chips and blinds keep going up.
A little bit later I get AQJJ with a suited Ace, I raise from UTG, UTG+1 has a big stack and re-pots into many other big stacks. Once again, no idea if I’m supposed to continue with this hand. I make a nitty fold.
There is a new guy at the table who’s been limping almost every hand. He limps HJ and I raise CO with AT97, Ace suited to diamonds. We go heads up to K82dd. He checks, I pot, I have like 2 small chips left which get all in on the turn. He has KTxx, turn is a T giving him two pair and me an open-ender, I still have the Ace, diamond, or straight as outs but river is complete brick and I’m busto for $1200.
There were three lines to start the tournament and now three lines to end it. First I get in line to get my official finishing ticket. I get a little ticket that says my name and place and I’m told I can cash out within the month but I just walk over to do it. This line took quite a bit, I was tired from having played all day so this line tilted me more than the ones to enter. Then at the end of this line, they get my info, ask for a tip, I give them $20, then send me to another line to actually get the money. Finally I get the money and go home and get to sleep.

1500 6-Handed

Next day I wake up, tournament starts at 10AM but I personally am in the “first few tourney levels are overrated” so I register around noon. However, I go to the same cage in Paris, and then get told I have to go to Horseshoe which is a 5 minute walk to the other side of the casino and was confusing to find.
The good news is that the lines were even shorter for this one so once I found the place to register it was very quick to get seated.
My table looks reggy (to the extent you can judge books by its cover) and I thought it was a bad table draw as everyone seemed solid. First hand I get 99 in CO, SB 3-bets me, flop KQ4, he bets I fold. Not as good a start.
But a few hands later I get AA in the BB, one soft spot at the tabe limped early, BTN raised, I squeeze big, they both come along and fold flop so I get some chips. I end up giving those chips back not long after, I get 98ss on the BTN, starts to look like a family pot after an early raise gets 2 flatters plus me, then the small blind squeezes and everyone folds, but huge amount of dead money so I take a flop. Flop is A92 not my suit, opponent small bets which I call, turn is an A, he small bets again and I fold.
This next hand was kind of stupid of me, I raise red 77 from LJ and HJ calls. Flop Q86ccc. I lead flop small he calls. Turn offsuit 5. I lead again with my open ended closer to half pot and he calls. River is a J, I give up, he checks back KQ with no club. I probably wasted chips here against his range and getting too aggro on a monotone board but picking up the open-ender on turn felt like I had to keep going.
I get blinded down a bit more and from my 25k starting I have like 8k which is pretty bad.
I get a table move. New table seems a little better. Lots of dudes are getting massages which is fine, but the guy next to me is wearing gym shorts and has the masseuse rubbing his upper thighs bare which seemed too much to me. The masseuse seemed weirdly into it as well. I don’t have a problem with massages at the table, I never get them myself because I just don’t want it to be a distraction, but I think it should stick to neck, shoulders, and back. The full body rubs are too much. But my annoyance is short-lived as I get AQ in the BB, BTN raises then calls my jam, he has KJs. He flops the flush draw but misses everything and I double.
I recognize Fara Galfond and Brad Owen at the tables next to me which is funny. Brad is chatting up a really pretty girl who happens to be seated next to him and seems more interested in her than the game he’s in.
Somehow I never get anything going in this tournament, mostly card dead, and I’m perpetually short-stacked but fortunately the few hands I do get I double up. I double up with JJ vs KJ not long after the first double up. But I get blinded down yet again. I have about 15BB in the BB and get A9o, SB 3xes, I jam, he has JJ. Flop has two nines though so I suck out! Saves me $1500 need to rebuy.
Not long after I raise Q9o in the SB, flop JT9ccc. I bet he calls. Turn brick. I check, he bets half pot, I call. River 8c, I check, he says “that’s a bad card to bluff” little does he know it’s a super tough spot for me if he jams but he mucks to my straight. Now I have some chips and can play this thing.
I get moved tables yet again. This one was a bunch of guys with European accents. Seemingly every hand was one Euro triple barreling with nothing and another Euro hero calling with very little. Ironically the serious players seemed to have more crazy action then the drunk guys at some of my other tables.
I’m only at this table a tiny bit before I’m moved from Horseshoe to Paris. We had to bag up and follow a guy holding up a big sign like we were 5th graders on a city field trip. My new table has a drunken troll and a guy who’s talking strategy and coaching others quite frequently. The troll did a good job toeing that fine line between being funny and being obnoxious, and even though he needled me a bit it was still more fun then the serious tables.
The other guy who I will call coach was explaining ranges and confidently saying exactly what hands people could and couldn’t have. The funny thing is he ended up in a massive pot where he put 80% of his stack in on an A8442 board then folded river to the all-in showing AQ saying the other guy had to have AK and can’t be bluffing. The other guy bashfully shows AJ. So the guy who had the most coaching to share to the table ended up making arguably the worst play of the night which the troll did plenty of needling for.
The troll was also drinking a lot and saying he was bored and didn’t want to play, but he wasn’t playing that badly, seems like the opposite of the coach in that he was trying to pretend to be worse than he was. That is a funny dynamic of poker where some people want you to think they’re the best player and some people want you to think they’re the worst player.
I’m short stack as usual with 25BB but get AKs clubs, troll 3-bets me , I jam he snaps with ATdd. Flop is KQ7dd. Big sweat hand and even if he hadn’t 3bet me we would be all-in on this flop. But I double up to about 100k chips which is 4x starting for the dinner break.
Dinner break I’m excited because there’s about 420 left and 380 cash so I have excellent shot at going 2/2 ITM at my first 2 bracelet events. I’m elated. However, my luck would soon turn after I got back from dinner. I go mostly card-dead for a bit, then I get A3o in the BTN. I have about 80k chips with a 4k BB so I have 20BB, but both the coach in the SB and the troll in the BB have about 40k for 10BB so I open jam. Unfortunately coach wakes up with 99 and troll even considers calling with A6s which is pretty bad for me that an Ace is dead and the 99 holds.
Now I only have about 10BB. Another orbit and I get K6s in the SB with coach in the BB. I jam, he tanks so for a moment, I think I’m good since any A-high or pair should be snap-calling, until he very seriously announces “all-in”. Everyone laughs because nobody else was even in the hand, he had mistakenly thought the antes were someone’s chips. He has A4s and board bricks out and he wins with Ace high and he says GG.
I bust around 400 with 380 pay, not the stone cold bubble but a little annoying. Like many poker players I feel I run worse than average, have limited run-good, so I feel like I “wasted” the bunch of all-ins I did win in this tournament and now I my run-good meter is low going into the freezeout. Obviously this is totally irrational but just how I feel. Also, the min cash was 2.4k which wouldn’t be a huge swing in the big scheme of my poker year but 2.4k is still 2.4k, but oh well.
I go home and go to sleep, wake up and write this post. Onwards and upwards to the 2.5k freezeout!

Here's my take on "essential upgrades" (RAM, SSD, thermal paste and some BIOS tweaking).
https://youtu.be/WgROVDIhdAY
And multi-boot setup with Atari OS, Windows 11, Batocera and Ubuntu. All (except Atari OS) on new internal SSD. rEFInd as boot manager. Original/internal eMMC untouched.
Windows installed "directly" on the drive (no win2usb etc.)
https://youtu.be/23kM8tOdEjU
Hopefully it will help somebody.

Backstory: I am in an abusive family situ and getting out soon but; my computer & monitor need help. So I didn't build this one (couldn't afford a gpu at the time so I bought pre-built) but I have done 2 builds. I know a little bit. The computer got beat to crap in a fight with a sibling. I put it back together and it ran great up until a few days ago. Well it still runs great but now, i get no signal to monitor.
Now, this happened 2 weeks ago and I took the thing apart and cleaned the Ram sticks and all, and it worked fine then it started up again with that stuff "NO SigNal to monitor". I changed hdmi cables, no dice. I reckon I will have to take the ram sticks out and clean them again but it's difficult and I dont want to do that every 2 weeks.
New wrinkle today: the keyboard and mouse don't light up for a long time once I push the power button 'on'. Used to light right up-- is it my power supply?
I don't want to buy a ps unless I have to-- what do? Now as far as I know no pins or anything were damaged anywhere on the MOBO or with the cables, or the female plugs for the cables. What did go bye-bye were the little wires that power up the fan lights. Those were ruined. But the fans still work.
Windows 10. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B094CC6WVW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
that's the rig

Received information back from Trustee today. I had received 2 bonuses that year, one for $1500, and a COVID bonus for $1000. He was adding them together and that's where the $1900 delinquency was coming from. So he realized most of that had already been paid. The remaning amount is now $400, but we had asked to keep the second bonus because we had been quoted 3k to repair the Transmission in our car (on top of the $2500 we had already put in that year). I keep all correspondence with our Attorney, and was able to tell them the date they said they received the letter asking for that. They are now looking into it. Hopefully it gets resolved without further payment, but if not, next Friday after the normal payment comes out of my husband's check, I'll just pay the remaining balance to be done with it. I start a new job next week. For some odd reason I will still have to turn in check stubs, but looking better than when I posted the first post! :)
Started Chapter 13 on April 3rd 2018 in Indiana. Have done everything asked for and all payments on time. In 2021 I earned a lot more due to overtime worked because we had over $2500 in Car repairs, and $2500 in medical bills that were above what was budgeted. I turned in both the receipts for those and our taxes. Cut to today, yesterday we were $235 delinquent to be finished with our base plan, but I was waiting for the payment ($335) to go thru from coming out of our checks this week. Today I call our attorney and look on NDC, and we are now $1900 delinquent, our base plan went up by almost $2k and my attorney knows nothing. It looks like they are asking for this from 2021, but they need to look into it, because he's not sure. We just got an Interim Trustee at the beginning of May, and old Trustee was good with it, and this one isn't. Can they do this?? Been trying to keep my hopes up that we are done, but all this is doing is showing me my husband's negative view might be right...we'll never stop paying this....Ugh!!!

My mom's Quest has been taken care of very very well. She bought it brand new right after she got her US citizenship back in 2012 and she's always had her maintenance done always, from what she's told me.
There has only been one minor issue (completely unrelated to this code) with a radiator leak which I replacement without any issues back @ 110 - 120k almost 2 years ish ago.
I've been researching a bit, it seems that there's a lot of Nissans that's faced this issue with the step motor across Muranos, Sentras, Altimas, etc... I am not a certified mechanic at all, but I am mechanically inclined to where I can handle most intermediate task with cars and bikes. Seen a few videos on YT of this part being replaced on other cars but the Quest and it doesn't seem too overly demanding.
Now comes to my main concerns,

1. Does this issue indicate EOL with the transmission soon?
2. How similar is the replacement of the step motor on the Quest compared to the Sentra Step Motor Replacement here?
3. Open to all advice on preserving this vehicle as long as possible. (As per my mother)

Thank you all!

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A forensic examination of a database may relate to timestamps that apply to the update time of a row in a relational database that is being inspected and tested for validity to verify the actions of a database user. Alternatively, it may focus on identifying transactions within a database or application that indicate evidence of wrongdoing, such as fraud.
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Trying to help a buddy build a pc so thought to ask here for help. I will be sending through another post in a few weeks for my own PC. Thanks in advance!

1. What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games (ex: resolution, FPS, settings) or programs you will be using.

• Streaming ps5 gameplay on twitch, youtube, facebook or other platforms and play some games. I use my PS5 for most of my gaming so gaming on the PC is not a need for me.

2. What is your maximum PRE-TAX budget before rebates and shipping?

• Under $1000 CAD

3. When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.

• As soon as possible

4. What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ex: toweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)

• Tower

5. If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? How old are they? Brands and models are appreciated.

• Monitors, Keyboard, and Mouse. I will upgrade myself as needed.

6. Will you be overclocking (ex: CPU/GPU/RAM)? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line?

• No

7. Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSDs, mass HDDs, Wi-Fi / Bluetooth, VR, VirtualLink, tensor cores, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc.)

• At least 1TB SSD. Wi-Fi/Bluetooth,

8. Do you have any specific case preferences (ex: mITX/mATX/mid-towefull-tower sizes, styles, colours, window or not, LED lighting, etc.), or a particular color theme preference for the components?

• None

9. Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? Note: some post-secondary students can get Windows 10 for free at OnTheHub or through their school's IT software distribution department.

• No

10. Will you be upgrading this PC in the future (ie: will you swap out better parts later on or will you build an entirely new tower later)? If so, when?

• I would like to upgrade this PC to one where I can game and stream on primarily in the next 3-4 years.

11. Do you have a brand preference? (ex: AMD/Intel for CPUs, AMD/NVIDIA for video cards, etc.)

• No preference

12. What are the specs of your old PC / laptop? Do you want to see if it can be upgraded instead? If so, paste its build from PCPartPicker here.

• No current PC right now

13. Extra info or particulars:

• None

I've been on the hunt for a used car in the $12k-ish or less range for a while, about to sell a house and have some money available. Decided on a mid-sized truck. Went through countless forum pages, videos, buyers' guides, etc. and decided I'd like to get a Tacoma. Most of the ones in my price range have really high-mileage motors, which I know is kind of a Toyota thing, but I'm too gun-shy and I need something I can drive 30 miles a day for at least 5 years...
...which brings us to today. I need help determining whether I've found a hidden gem or I'm about to really shoot myself in the foot. There's a 2003 Tacoma PreRunner listed locally to me with 640,000 miles on the odo. I saw the listing and just wanted to check it out for curiosity. Turns out, the odo has 640k but the motor and transmission have been swapped-in from a 4Runner with only 90k miles.
I asked the seller for the VIN, which they gave immediately (from a photo, so I know it's not BS) and ran the CarFax, and it's been pretty rigorously maintained, at least a couple of service visits each year all done by Toyota dealers. Ran a title check, no issues there. The car passed inspection this year and is registered to next year, and the owner has service records (these are in-person, so I haven't seen them yet). They've replaced ball joints, water pump, timing belt in the last 2 years and it's sitting on new Goodyears. Texas truck, so (from photos at least) it looks pretty much rust-free.
The seller agreed to go with me to a dealer for a PPI to verify that the engine is a swap-in and everything else is kosher. Am I nuts to think that this is a hidden gem deal?
Edit: Forgot to say, the reason I'm freaking out is that it's $5000.

This spring I had a Mitsubishi heat pump system installed. It operates with a central ducted air handler replacing an old furnace. It is a 3 ton unit, cooling 2500 sqft. It is rated to pull 3600+w at full load. In the spring it worked fine. Now, as the temperatures are increasing, it does not seem to be cooling the house well at all.
I have the thermostat set to 72 and this does not change. I have attached two images here: https://www.imgur.com/a/pIq2nw4
As you can see, when the house warms in the morning the temperature rises to almost 78°. At first, the energy usage increases indicating that the inverter is ramping up, but then it inexplicably drops and stays static much below what the specs say it should be consuming. It also clearly isn't cooling the house adequately.
Because this is a new install, does this have to do with some misunderstanding in how these units work or should I call the contractor back out?

Hi everyone! I have a odd problem. I just upgraded my PC and cloned my old disc based hdd to a SSD. Alone with new ram, mobo and gpu. The cloning went get and everything, but it keeps asking me to activate windows. On my old computer I never had this problem. I keep trying to activate but comes back with errors doing it on this new build. Is there anyway to fix this or will I have to lose everything and do a clean install?

I get that most people think that cyberpower gaming pc’s are bad but it’s so hard to find a prebuilt gaming pc that has an rtx 3070 and Ryzen 7 3700x that is on sale for over 800 dollars. I bought the computer and so far I had no issues on it and did a bench mark and everything seemed to working just fine. Also I upgraded the ram from 16gb to 32gb and it runs like a beast now. I just want to know for sure if I could’ve gotten something better for the amount of money I paid. Btw new to the gaming pc community and just got into pc gaming.

Recently had both these maintenance messages pop up on my 2017 INFINITI Q50. Took it to the shop and they quoted $6000 to fix them both. The P0128 is an internal thermometer and the P06DA is the oil pump solenoid. Does anyone have experience with these repairs? Are they an urgent fix? Is there a way around fixing them directly that I could suggest to the mechanic?
The check engine light goes on and off every few weeks, so I'm hoping it's something to do with the sensors and not the parts. Any advice would be great. I'm definitely not trying to spend $6000, but obviously need to keep my car operating smoothly. It still drives perfectly fine, performance doesn't feel optimal, but no problems with oil gauge meter, accelerating, and the battery is new.
EDIT: 77,000 miles, automatic transmission

hello, reddit! i am seeking one lighting designeelectrician for a fun summer job.
the employer is buck’s rock camp, a studio and performing arts program for teens in new milford, connecticut. i’ve been there for 30 years, first as a camper, then as staff, and now as the production manager for performing arts. this place is my home away from home.
http://www.bucksrockcamp.org
i’ll summarize below, but the detailed job post is here:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6001241735ba2f68ba253e30/t/6373eef907ad085ea0817610/1668542201341/Lighting+Counselor.pdf
dates are june 21 through august 21, residency required. we do one week of training, setup, and get-to-know-you stuff before the campers arrive. once they arrive we produce about 15 plays, musicals, dance shows, sketch comedy shows, and concerts and about another five or six open mic-type events.
we have a 35x60’ indoor black box theater and a semi-outdoor 350 seat proscenium stage. we rent about 80 source fours, about 30 colorsource pars and cycs, six colorsource spots and six max auras. we use an ion xe for most shows, and nomad or qlab for a few small shows.
starting pay offer is 2500 to 4000 plus room and board; negotiable. please feel free to contact me directly with details, or apply through the website above.
thanks!

Hey I recently received a new ham radio to practicing receiving and using radio. I currently own a 5v-K5 which is able to receive transmissions from 50 to 600mhz but I noticed the antenna on it starts at 136/144mhz to 400/480mhz. My question is: I been looking to upgrade the antenna on it but I can’t find anything online for Multi Band AM/HF/VHF/UHF antenna for sale online. Any recommendations? I currently carry this radio in my plate carrier and I would like to have a foldable antena. The connection on has to be a SMA-Female but everything I can find with a wide range of frequencies comes in a SMA-Male. Can someone help me with this ? Thanks.

Just got a 7900xtx (had 2080 super that died out of the blue) and am debating whether to upgrade my mobo cpu and ram up to the new ryzen 7000 series or if I should just spend 300 bucks to get the 3800x3d. I currently have the 3900x with an all core OC of 4.4 (gigabyte aurorus elite x570, 32gb 16cl 3600mhz ram OC to 3800mhz) but mainly game so I feel the 3800x3d will be a pretty decent upgrade for that. Not sure what ryzen 7000 series i would go for but my budget would be around 1200 for mobo, cpu and ram. I already have 1000 watt psu and 2 2tb gen 4 m.2 ssds so I should be all set with just the 3 parts. Any suggestions?