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Man, I HATE Heatsinks With Intel Pins! by John McGaw
I just got done working on one of my workhorse number-crunching computers which labor ceaselessly in the back room in the basement running the World Community Grid BOINC client. I was installing a new junk-box build computer and thought to check the temperatures on an old i7-920 Bloomfield...
September 15th 16 06:20 PM
by Paul[_28_] Go to last post
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Kingston SSDNow 240GB = subtleties by Norm X[_2_]
Hello hardware enthusiasts, Kingston SSDNow 240GB is good value but it has subtleties. For my Acer M1640 I also ordered a 2.5/3.5 plastic adapter for $1.47 The KINGSTON SSD I bought was empty so I installed MBR and formatted exFAT, now with 1024 byte cluster size. Below, I have pasted the...
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September 25th 16 09:23 PM
by Big Bad Bob Go to last post
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Pavillion PC 2026 Hard Drive Mounting Problem by [email protected]
Should be simple. Seems not. That said - I inherited this HP Pavillion P6 2026 desktop - the large SATA hard drive had been removed. I want to mount a spare 3.5" drive I have, but it looks like some sort of a mounting bracket is missing, I so far see no way to mount the drive. I have searched...
September 28th 16 09:36 PM
by VanguardLH[_2_] Go to last post
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Want to disassemble Toshiba Satellite L305 5919 by [email protected]
I was given this dead Toshiba Satellite L305 5919 laptop. I was told the prior owner probably ruined the mobo by trying to short out the pins to bypass what he figured was the BIOS password. The screen lit up just fine before he did that, but would not boot up because it said it required a...
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September 30th 16 10:21 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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AMD64 ? ia64 by [email protected]
This Win8.1 thing shows: "x64-based processor.... Intel." Some software that I want to install reads: If your PC has a 64-bit AMD or Intel processor, you will most likely need the "amd64" images (though "i386" is also fine), the "ia64" images will not work. Originally the thing was able to...
October 3rd 16 08:00 PM
by VanguardLH[_2_] Go to last post
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Wretched Excess by John McGaw
Have you ever made one of those impulse purchases and then wondered what you could have been thinking about immediately after? This time I bought 16gB of DDR4 for no other reason than that the price seemed good and the parts matched what was already in the machine. In this case the machine is a...
October 4th 16 10:27 PM
by Paul[_28_] Go to last post
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can't connect connector, USB to 2.5 by micky
A friend wanted to recover files from an old 2 1/2" HDD so I went over with my USB to SATA/IDE gizmo. I'd used another version of this for 3 1/2" drives, and a 2 1/2 IDE drive, but I had looked at this one and it has a little SATA connector on it. The power connector fit, but when it was...
October 6th 16 12:25 AM
by Paul[_28_] Go to last post
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Brother HL 2270DW Problem by [email protected][_2_]
I have had this Brother HL 2270DW printer for years now. It can be connected via USB or CAT5 (wired or wireless). I really thought I had it connected via CAT5 (to my router). Anyway, it has been printing just fine from my W7 PC. I have just created W10 on a second PC, and tried to install...
October 13th 16 11:33 PM
by John McGaw Go to last post
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hardware, UEFI, dual-boot, USBstik ? by [email protected]
I'm suffering brutal punishment from the WinTel monopolists since my PC was stolen, and I was forced to buy a Win8.1 x64 to match my ISP. It's written that the new EUFI has "solved the security problem of a USBstik being able to boot an independant OS, and therby get access to all files". If...
October 18th 16 07:33 AM
by Paul[_28_] Go to last post
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Hard Drive Problem Parameter is Incorrect by [email protected]
This makee no sense. I have W10 on a 160GB C: internal hard drive and my data on a D: 320GB internal hard drive. Both are set up as shared with my other W7 PC and vice versa. The networking workks partially, from W10 PC to W7 PC, but not in reverse. One day I will find out why. Meanwhile -...
October 25th 16 03:41 PM
by MikeS[_2_] Go to last post
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MSI FM2-A85XA MOBO Question by [email protected]
I messed up the boot process BIOS settings on my MSI FM2-A85XA-G43 mobo. Dumb me. That said - I now cannot display and then select from the boot selections for my multi-boot machine - two hard drives - each with its OS. It was working, so I know the hard drives are ok. There must b e a BIOS...
November 4th 16 10:33 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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How to enable a healthy RAID storage array on Win10? by Norm X[_2_]
Hello fellow enthusiasts, I finally did the work of moving a 'system reserved' partition from a Win10 HDD to my 240GB SSD, in front of the Win10 C:\ partition, and now, with the help of EasyBCD, I was able to boot SSD and remove the original install HDD. By today's standards a 240 GB SSD is...
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November 16th 16 10:47 PM
by Norm X[_2_] Go to last post
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A MOBO upgrade for my Acer M1640 by Norm X[_2_]
Hello all, The MCP73VE MOBO in my Acer M1640 has never failed. That is the value of maintenance. Maybe it is obsolete. I should look for an ATX MOBO that allows me to keep my goodies, Q6600 CPU, nVidia GTX 950, 240GB Kingston SSD, etc. Maybe Win10 installed on the SSD would boot on the new...
November 17th 16 04:57 PM
by John McGaw Go to last post
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To buy or not to buy by Frank Booth
Looking to buy a new PC, advertised as a 'gamer' on Ebay. It has old technology. Intel 755 socket mobo with Core i3 2nd gen Processor. 8MB DD3 RAM. USB2. Included is a GPU card - 1 GB Geforce 710, DVD RW and keyboard w. mouse. PSU is 300 Watts. Windows 7 Pro is preloaded, but no other software...
November 18th 16 10:27 AM
by Mike S Go to last post
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Usenet-Next - A proposal to create a very strict NNTP network with nospam by Tristan B. Kildaire (Deavmi)
So, I was not born in the Usenet era and honestly would have like to had what they had - a standard protocol for communication. This exists today but guess what has happened to it, SPAM, SPAM and more SPAM. I want an NNTP network and I know many others do as well, I surely cannot be alone in a...
November 23rd 16 02:47 AM
by Se7en Go to last post
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DVI TO VGA? by [email protected]
I see what look like good buys on Ebay for Dell Optiplex 780 systems, including W10 OS. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-780-Desktop-PC-INTEL-CORE-2-DUO-4GB-RAM-DVD-RW-160GB-HD-Win-8-PRO-/282265607293?hash=item41b8575c7d:g:LpEAAOSwm0JYDQoN I am pretty sure the video on said machines is...
November 27th 16 12:58 AM
by Paul[_28_] Go to last post
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Optiplex 780 - should I buy it? by [email protected]
I read that the DELL Optiplex 780 is known to have leaky capacitor problems. That so? There are many available on Ebay - I thought to buy one for my son. Mebbe a different Optiplex wud be better? Anyone? JW
November 29th 16 12:42 AM
by philo Go to last post
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SSD partition alignment revisited by Norm X[_2_]
Hi All, I have a trim tool on my netbook. There are two SSD drives, 64GB xSD and an internal 32GB PATA SuperTalent SSD. Trim of the 64GB drive gives no complaints and reports, 16 MB partition offset. That is to say, 16MB at the beginning of drive is free. Trim would complain about bad alignment...
December 3rd 16 01:31 AM
by Dewey Edwards Go to last post
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DDR ram speed by Bill Cunningham[_2_]
I have DDR in my computer. How can you tell it's speed? I have two 512 M DDRs and bought a new 1 G DDR. I was told my the retailer that different brands and speeds sometime sdon't always go together well. Bill
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December 3rd 16 05:38 PM
by Bill Cunningham[_2_] Go to last post
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Track Unknown Download Bytes by Bill Bradshaw
I connected the network to the internet and noticed through my network monitor that over 100 mbs had been received and was continuing. I immediately disconnected from the internet. That seems to have stopped it. I need to monitor this on startup. Would like something simple I could start...
December 4th 16 11:04 PM
by Paul[_28_] Go to last post
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