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I got an HP OmniDesk Slim with an i5 14400, 16GB of DDR5 as well as a 180W PSU a while back because it was cheap ($200)...

Never really used it for anything, but when I did, it worked fine... I bought a little RTX 3050 6GB Low Profile to throw in it light esports games... Literally just like League of Legends and such.

I bought the GPU new, got it today, and installed it... PC booted up fine, was getting a display out, everything looked good... Then I tried to install Nvidia drivers and this happened; green artifacts all over the screen. I didn't want to force a shut down since it was installing drivers so I let it finish and the artifacts persisted through the shutdown process.

On reboot, the artifacts briefly weren't present on the HP splash screen, but then returned on the sign-in screen.

I figured something went wrong with the driver installation and uninstalled everything (used DDU), but nothing changed, still got the artifacts afterwards. I then assumed maybe the PSU just couldn't handle even this meager amount of power, but I opened up HWMonitor and MSI Afterburner and the GPU was pulling like 8W sitting on the desktop there, and the CPU was pulling like 15W... So literally nothing.

Is this GPU just DoA or is there anything else I can try? I tried using both HDMI ports on the card and that didn't change anything, and I can't access the display port because the lower slot on the HP case's back panel is covered, I would need to like cut the cover off to access it.

The last thing I'll do before trying to return/replace it is throw it in my actual PC and see if the problem still happens there. Just curious if there is anything else I can do with the HP first before trying that?

Thanks for any insight.

I am in a wheelchair... I am looking for an extremely compact SUV that can fit my wheelchair in the back without needing to disassemble and reassemble it every time I get in and out.

Are there any modern vehicles similar to the first generation (or second, I guess) of the Mitsubishi Pajero? Three doors, two seats, and cargo space?

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Every 'compact' SUV I see nowadays is hardly compact at all and still made to seat a whole family and I just don't need that much space or that many seats. It will only ever be me and my wheelchair in the vehicle.

Thanks

I received this email today. It seems legitimate, both the 'learn more' and the security activity links go to ostensibly legitimate Google sites.

The thing is this is the only email of this sort I got and it went to my Microsoft account (which is the recovery email for my Gmail account); I didn't receive any equivalent email on the Gmail account (and there is nothing listed in the security history of my Gmail account). I also can't tell if its meant to be about my Microsoft account or my Gmail account... The email says my password was found in a non-Google data breach, followed by displaying my Microsoft email, but then it says they've taken steps to protect my Google account? So which one was supposedly compromised there?

I didn't click any links in the email and just went and changed the passwords of both accounts. Just confused about what went on here, assuming its legitimate... And where the password(s) might have been compromised? I don't reuse passwords, my Microsoft account is only used on this one PC/browser, and I don't even really use my Gmail account, I only have it because I needed it for my Android phone(s). I use Brave browser and have scripts and ads and such blocked from every website, and don't even really go to anything other than bog standard websites (my email, my bank, Reddit, YouTube, a couple of online retailers, etc.).

Thanks for any info.

My hips and pelvis are all sorts of messed up from childhood cancer and I have been in a manual wheelchair since I was about ten. My family explored hip replacements as an option when I was a teenager, but their insurance wouldn't cover it so it never happened.

Fifteen years ago, when I was a freshman in college, I saw three separate hip surgeons about doing possible hip replacements at that point. One of them simply said no. One of them said he "wouldn't touch my hips with a ten foot pole". The final surgeon suggested we might be able to do a procedure where they take 3D scans of my pelvis and basically create a whole new artificial hip socket for a hip replacement to be seated in. That also fell through because the doctor said the 3D scans showed my pelvis was too far gone for such a procedure, there just wasn't enough bone left to mount the hardware to.

So yeah, fifteen years later, I'm in my 30s now, have there been any advances since then such that its worth pursuing hip replacements again? I would just give up and accept that this is how things will be for me forever, but for the fact that I am in a lot of pain that gets worse every year. So I'd still like to pursue some kind of remedy if one exists other than pain meds, which I refuse to take.

Here are x-rays of my right hip and my left hip from fifteen years ago to give you an idea of my situation. I haven't had any scans of my hips since then, presumably they are much much worse now, due to atrophy, disuse osteoporosis, avascular necrosis, etc. The right was already a lost cause back then, so presumably nothing can be done there, but maybe something can still be done on the left side?

Just wanted to get the lay of the land before I start spending a lot of time and money on scans and appointments with surgeons/specialists.

Thanks