ThisIsStockerHD's Blog

So I said I was going to post a story about my PC, and here goes!

So, lets start off with the basics, my stream PC was starting to creak a little bit, until one day, poof. No longer booting into Windows at all, or even letting me access the BIOS.  Being a IT Technician, I know this is bad times.

Spent the next day or so trying to coax it back into life. No dice.

EBUYER TIME IT IS THEN

So I go and order myself a nice new shiny PC (well most of the parts anyway, gotta keep costs down :P).  Next day delivery, lovely stuff, nice Ryzen 2600X processor, that sort of stuff.

IT ARRIVED (ON TIME TOO!)

Put the PC together, thinking happy days, lets get things set up and celebrate with a 12 hour stream or something like that. It wasn’t going to be that easy im afraid.

Put the processor in and turned on, no output at all.  This had me scared. Made sure everything is correct, which it was.  Still no POST or anything.

Oh no.

Out comes the trusty MacBook to search the Google to see what is going on.  Turns out that I need a BIOS update to use my fancy new processor on this motherboard.  But here comes the kicker: You need a supported CPU in the board to update the BIOS. Well, crap.

BACK TO EBUYER

Looks like the only thing I can do is order a cheap and cheerful AMD A6 processor and use that to update my BIOS. Bah.

Ordered the chip, next day too (EBuyer are probably loving me right now!).

That should surely be it right? Wrong (although, its only a minor thing).

THE DELIVERY DRIVER DIDNT DELIVER TO MY HOUSE, EVEN THOUGH HE PARKED ON MY DRIVE TO DELIVER. Madness!

In the end, got everything updated and it is now all running fine.  But let this be a lesson. Even if something mentions “COMPATIBLE WITH NEW RYZEN CHIPS”, check the small print!

Thank you Amazon Prime Day, it’s now time to set this bad boy up!

Already some of the stuff on it is making me excited!!!

Okay, so my attempt at getting some rest last night failed (shakes fist at hackers!)

The good news however is that I shall be BACK TONIGHT!

Time to be announced a bit later once I see if my usual partner in gaming crimes will be on too.

Onwards and Upwards!

Stocker x

Hi guys, there will be no stream tonight I'm afraid. Feeling a bit burnt out after a long night full of heat and back pain.

Health comes first my friends!

But I should be back tomorrow evening for some more streaming fun!

Take care!

Its always good when you get some new sweet swag.

My old Blue Snowball was just not cutting it for me really, so I went out and treated myself to a nice upgrade: A shiny Blue Yeti.

I have tested it out now and there is a definite marked improvement in the quality, which is always good!

Over now in the other news, I am now sitting at 40 followers!  It won’t be long now till I reach the same Affiliate status that I did when streaming on the Fairly Odd Friends channel.  Just a little bit more, then I get all the cool stuff again!

Oh well, time to go and try this thing called sleep, although thats proving a bit hard when all there is around me is heat and humidity.

Until then, take it easy!

So yesterday I didn’t think that my stream was all that great, found it a bit hard to concentrate. (And it didn’t help that my mic stopped working 3/4 the way through FeelsBadMan).

But hearing feedback after that my channel is an improvement and is entertaining made me feel so much better.

It also made me think about what other people may think about my streams so decided to set up a quick feedback form on my Twitch channel. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!

Get ready for the weekend show though, it’s going to be a blast!

Unlucky Chelsea, 3-0 down to Barcelona. Boo! The good news is that I will be back on streaming duty tonight!

Will be going live from 7:30PM tonight! Come and say Hi!

See you then!

Howdy!

Welcome to my blog, expect to see it fill up with clips/rants/pictures I find funny over the coming days!