Jun 4, 2019 9:25 AM -
Ericthegreat: Lol
Jun 4, 2019 11:35 AM -
The Real Jdbye: there's no way that can be a good VR experience with mobile hardware
Jun 4, 2019 1:06 PM -
Skelletonike: Well, those cheap ones where you put the phone in, are decent enough to watch some kinky japanese VR porn.
Jun 4, 2019 1:12 PM -
The Real Jdbye: i wonder what Modern Vintage Gamer's gbatemp account is
Jun 4, 2019 1:12 PM -
The Real Jdbye: maybe it's this? https://gbatemp.net/members/mvg.448976/
Jun 4, 2019 2:02 PM -
Skelletonike: No idea on who that is.
Jun 4, 2019 2:03 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: The Real Jdbye I think so also he is 46 lol
Jun 4, 2019 2:03 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: It links to his Youtube channel so maybe
Jun 4, 2019 2:07 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7CIVZNn3Fg
Jun 4, 2019 2:07 PM -
migles: I don't like much that MVG dude
Jun 4, 2019 2:30 PM -
The Real Jdbye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnJZQM6yMI8
Jun 4, 2019 2:30 PM -
The Real Jdbye:
Jun 4, 2019 2:31 PM -
The Real Jdbye: migles why not, he brings homebrew knowledge to the masses, and he always mentions not to use video guides and links the proper guides
Jun 4, 2019 5:21 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Damn Toshiba and their damn good security
Jun 4, 2019 5:21 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: That Portege Z30-A I bought has a Supervisor password in the BIOS along with that SSD password, which apparently is impossible to clear cuz it's stored in the EEPROM of the BIOS chip
Jun 4, 2019 5:23 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: The SSD password I could probably get around no problem, but the boot menu is disabled so I can't boot to USB or anything to do lol
Jun 4, 2019 5:28 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Specs were even half ok, has an i5 4300U and 8GB of RAM. The mSATA SSD was only 128GB, but hey that's enough for me lol
Jun 4, 2019 5:28 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Gonna try contacting the company that originally bought the laptop, see if they'll give me the supervisor password lol
Jun 4, 2019 5:38 PM -
The Real Jdbye: Tom: get the password from the seller?
Jun 4, 2019 5:39 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: It was a donation from Goodwill
Jun 4, 2019 5:39 PM -
The Real Jdbye: you can try "super" as the supervisor password, all caps, caps S, and lowercase, might work
Jun 4, 2019 5:39 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Hence why I'm asking the original company who owned it
Jun 4, 2019 5:39 PM -
The Real Jdbye: that was the supervisor password on the school PCs when i was in 6th or 7th grade lol
Jun 4, 2019 5:40 PM -
The Real Jdbye: they had this setup that would discard any changes to the disk after a reboot, but the super password allowed me to bypass that and install games that would stay there
Jun 4, 2019 5:40 PM -
The Real Jdbye: so i abused the hell out of it
Jun 4, 2019 5:40 PM -
The Real Jdbye: cause i overheard the IT guys saying the password in the library
Jun 4, 2019 5:41 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: I imagine it'll be more complex than that, it was apparently owned by someone who worked at Bloomberg lol
Jun 4, 2019 5:41 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: https://www.bloomberg.com/ <
Jun 4, 2019 5:43 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: At worst I'll just replace the mobo
Jun 4, 2019 5:44 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: I can find one with an i7 4600U for only $55, which is the same as I paid for the laptop
Jun 4, 2019 6:28 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Seems like you could short out the area where the password is being held and clear it somehow
Jun 4, 2019 6:28 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: like a AAA battery and 2 wires at the right spot on the eprom or something
Jun 4, 2019 6:29 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: I imagine that'd turn it into a brick since it's stored on the eeprom with the BIOS lol
Jun 4, 2019 6:29 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgbWtxv_hqM
Jun 4, 2019 6:29 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: You have a Pi Tom do the video thing lol
Jun 4, 2019 6:48 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Pretty cool looks like you just flash a new BIOS
Jun 4, 2019 7:18 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Nah, won't work for this laptop
Jun 4, 2019 7:18 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: The password is stored in multiple places
Jun 4, 2019 7:19 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Apparently lol
Jun 4, 2019 7:19 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Only way to unlock it 100% is knowing the password, or figuring out the Challenge/Response code that you can generate
Jun 4, 2019 7:20 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Which can either be done by Toshiba for a ton of money, or by a couple third party dudes who reversed engineered the generator...for a ton of money
Jun 4, 2019 7:20 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Prolly cheaper to just buy the damn mobo replacement lol
Jun 4, 2019 7:24 PM -
Ryccardo: either flash someone else's eeprom backup, or reverse the bios and remove the check entirely lol
Jun 4, 2019 7:30 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Unfortunately, it seems like there aren't any EEPROM backups that are actually clean
Jun 4, 2019 7:30 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: I've found about a dozen that are asking for the same issue, removing the supervisor password lol
Jun 4, 2019 7:31 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: At least, none that will support my particular laptop's config
Jun 4, 2019 7:37 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Well that sucks Tom
Jun 4, 2019 7:37 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: I have a plan buy a new mobo and return the old and get your money back lol
Jun 4, 2019 7:38 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Lol
Jun 4, 2019 7:40 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Even if I buy that i7 mobo to replace it with, it's still a pretty ok deal for the laptop. 128GB SSD, i7 4600U instead of an i5 4300u, and 8GB of DDR3 for only $110 total
Jun 4, 2019 7:41 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: That's a great deal
Jun 4, 2019 7:41 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: The equivalent for something "working" goes for like $150-$200 on ebay
Jun 4, 2019 7:41 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Was on ShopGoodwill?
Jun 4, 2019 7:41 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Yeah
Jun 4, 2019 7:41 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/68440141 < Was this
Jun 4, 2019 7:42 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Battery still holds a charge, which was nice
Jun 4, 2019 7:42 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/69161113
Jun 4, 2019 7:42 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: You need that amp Tom? lol
Jun 4, 2019 7:42 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: I do appear to be able to boot to USB if I remove the mSATA drive, but I can't do anything with it
Jun 4, 2019 7:44 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Hmmm boot a USB Hirens disk?
Jun 4, 2019 7:44 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: I might pull the mSATA drive out of my old Surface Pro 2, maybe see if I can at least install Windows or something on it which might be nice
Jun 4, 2019 7:44 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Might be some tools to clear the password....
Jun 4, 2019 7:45 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: I would, but the drive doesn't show up if I plug it back in after booting to USB
Jun 4, 2019 7:45 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: https://www.hirensbootcd.org/usb-booting/
Jun 4, 2019 7:45 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Use a second USB enclosure on the drive maybe format it?
Jun 4, 2019 7:46 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Well it's an mSATA drive, I don't have any mSATA enclosures
Jun 4, 2019 7:46 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Doesn't have any 2.5" SATA drive bays
Jun 4, 2019 7:46 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Your PC have an mSata port?
Jun 4, 2019 7:46 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: It kinda looks like it has an M.2 slot though, which is...interesting
Jun 4, 2019 7:46 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Just slap it in there and crack it or format it? lol
Jun 4, 2019 7:47 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Nah, my desktop only has M.2, no mSATA
Jun 4, 2019 7:47 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: My work one might
Jun 4, 2019 7:48 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Nope, doesn't either lol
Jun 4, 2019 7:49 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Looks like cheapo ish mSATA to USB adapters are $15, probably won't bother with it lol
Jun 4, 2019 7:52 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Depends on the drive if it's like 200GBs I would just toss it lol
Jun 4, 2019 7:53 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: If it was like 1TB I might spend the money trying to recover it lol
Jun 4, 2019 7:53 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: It's only 128GB
Jun 4, 2019 7:53 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: But mSATA drives are a bit expensive for high capacity, so meh
Jun 4, 2019 7:53 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: I mean, clearing the password off the SSD shouldn't be a problem once I can actually access the BIOS
Jun 4, 2019 7:54 PM -
Ryccardo: it will be
Jun 4, 2019 7:54 PM -
Ryccardo: ata disks don't have an erase all without password command, unlike SDs
Jun 4, 2019 7:54 PM -
Ryccardo: at least it's not an hitachi, I guess
Jun 4, 2019 7:55 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: https://www.atlantisbahamas.com/
Jun 4, 2019 7:55 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: If I win the lotto tonight lol
Jun 4, 2019 8:07 PM -
Sonic Angel Knight: Psi will go to red lobster for dinner
Jun 4, 2019 8:57 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Ugh, why does MS need 52 screws for the damn Surface Pro 2 mobo?
Jun 4, 2019 8:58 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Gonna rip out the mSATA drive in mine since it's dead, might as well try that out and see if it'll work but goddamn taking it apart is so awful lol
Jun 4, 2019 8:58 PM -
Ryccardo: that's less screws than apple keyboards
Jun 4, 2019 9:52 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: lol they like to screw with you
Jun 4, 2019 11:12 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Welp, looks like I may be getting a new vehicle now lol
Jun 4, 2019 11:13 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: t****** in the Lincoln Aviator is pretty much dead, cost about $2500 to replace and IMO it's probably not worth it
Jun 4, 2019 11:14 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Damn
Jun 4, 2019 11:14 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: My dad claims he knows a guy who will buy it for like $4k, but I kinda doubt it lol
Jun 4, 2019 11:14 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: t******** are expensive lol
Jun 4, 2019 11:15 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Yeah Psi, no idea how you afford all those midget t****** amputee hookers ;O;
Jun 4, 2019 11:15 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Lol hard work and getting busy lol
Jun 4, 2019 11:16 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: https://www.flalottery.com/megaMillions
Jun 4, 2019 11:16 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: With luck lol
Jun 4, 2019 11:16 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Lol
Jun 4, 2019 11:16 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: If you win, buy me a new car ;O;
Jun 4, 2019 11:17 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Lol ok
Jun 4, 2019 11:17 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Smart car with monster truck tires? Lol
Jun 4, 2019 11:17 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Lol
Jun 4, 2019 11:18 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: I'd love a Tesla, but way out of my price range
Jun 4, 2019 11:19 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Saw a 2013 Nissan Leaf, only $10k and only had 5,000 miles on it supposedly lol
Jun 4, 2019 11:20 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Was tempted, but I think I'll pass lol
Jun 4, 2019 11:29 PM -
Sonic Angel Knight: Psi, did you win lottery yet? When you taking Tom To red lobster?
Jun 4, 2019 11:32 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: If I won the lotto I'd probably nbuy a summer home in Michigan lol
Jun 4, 2019 11:32 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: You could probably buy like half of Detroit if you wanted to ;O;
Jun 4, 2019 11:33 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Tesla's are super nice Tom the Drs all drive them here
Jun 4, 2019 11:36 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: If I had $60k just sitting around I'd totally buy a Tesla Y
Jun 4, 2019 11:36 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: But alas, Tom BombaPoor
Jun 4, 2019 11:42 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Me too lol I drive a Honda Fit
Jun 4, 2019 11:43 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: So far on the "probably take a good look at" is a 2011 Nissan Murano
Jun 4, 2019 11:43 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: https://www.kbb.com/nissan/murano/2011/ <
Jun 4, 2019 11:43 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: AWD, nice options, sits in the budget ok-ish
Jun 4, 2019 11:44 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/69461486 Except Pacman a nice bundle
Jun 4, 2019 11:44 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: cars.com Tom
Jun 4, 2019 11:44 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Best place on the net
Jun 4, 2019 11:45 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: I still need to get around to fixing my 2600
Jun 4, 2019 11:45 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Meh just buy a new one or a 7800 lol
Jun 4, 2019 11:45 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Yeah, that's how we found the Murano we're lookig at lol
Jun 4, 2019 11:46 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: My favorite car shopping web page to be honest
Jun 4, 2019 11:47 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Eh, it'd only cost $10 and like 20 minutes of work to fix the one I got, so probably will juts do that eventually
Jun 4, 2019 11:48 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: But with the 7800 you could play all 3 of those games lol
Jun 4, 2019 11:48 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: I'll pick up a 7800 at some point
Jun 4, 2019 11:48 PM -
Tom Bombadildo: Just 3-4 years down the line when I pay off whatever car I buy
Jun 4, 2019 11:54 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: I feel like the 7800 didn't live long enough to see it's real potential
Jun 4, 2019 11:58 PM -
Psionic Roshambo: Although nothing was going to fix the sound issues... lol
Jun 5, 2019 12:00 AM -
Tom Bombadildo: It was pretty on par with the NES IIRC
Jun 5, 2019 12:00 AM -
Tom Bombadildo: Technically speaking
Jun 5, 2019 12:01 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: True but none of the games came close to the NES in terms of quality lol
Jun 5, 2019 12:01 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: I mean don't get me wrong it has a few good
Jun 5, 2019 12:01 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: "gems" lol
Jun 5, 2019 12:02 AM -
Tom Bombadildo: Yeah, games just weren't there
Jun 5, 2019 12:02 AM -
Tom Bombadildo: I think the graphics chip in the 7800 also ran at a lower resolution, and then the audio chip was just trash so devs said fuck it
Jun 5, 2019 12:02 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: Food Fight is fun on it and Asteroids is nice and I think a couple of others where better but very few.
Jun 5, 2019 12:02 AM -
Tom Bombadildo: Had more RAM though, 4kb vs the NES's 2kb lol
Jun 5, 2019 12:03 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: Yeah it could do more colors and better animation and more sprites
Jun 5, 2019 12:03 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: I think it had "unlimited" sprites but with lots of caveats
Jun 5, 2019 12:04 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: The sound chip was just the 2600's sound chip
Jun 5, 2019 12:05 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: A few carts had a sound chip in the cart so it could do semi decent sound that way lol
Jun 5, 2019 12:05 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: Like Ball Blazer or what ever it was called and I think Comando used it?
Jun 5, 2019 12:06 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: https://youtu.be/3TUybTbEm74?t=107 Oh yeah it had to have had the extra chip.... 26000 was not doing that kind of sound lol
Jun 5, 2019 12:07 AM -
Sonic Angel Knight: Psi is ready for red lobster
Jun 5, 2019 12:07 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: https://youtu.be/ENSwJx15vq0?t=370 I think the NES version is still better lol
Jun 5, 2019 12:09 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: Red Lobster has gotten so bad
we ordered some food from them like a week ago, it was meh at best lol
Jun 5, 2019 12:09 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: I make so much better for about the same price
Jun 5, 2019 12:11 AM -
Sonic Angel Knight: But they have shrimp fettuccine
Jun 5, 2019 12:11 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: Tom makes seafood Lasagna lol
Jun 5, 2019 12:12 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: I make a nice shrimp garlic fettuccine
Jun 5, 2019 12:12 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: Lobster tails cooked in butter and king crab in beer and old bay seasoning
Jun 5, 2019 12:13 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: Ohhh hmmm beer butter old bay seasoning sauce... I should try to make that a thing
Jun 5, 2019 12:13 AM -
Sonic Angel Knight: You supposed to drink beer.
Jun 5, 2019 12:36 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: Hmmmm Diablo III does not like my build.... lol
Jun 5, 2019 12:37 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: I just did the thing where you get the parts for the hellfire amulet... I guess your not supposed to one shot both of the bosses at the same time in Torment X difficulty lol
Jun 5, 2019 12:37 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: immediate disconnect lol
Jun 5, 2019 12:45 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: Probably just the game going "over 1 billion damage???"
Jun 5, 2019 1:37 AM -
Psionic Roshambo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuj1rXVBJn8