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    LinuxDevice replied to the thread Question Have to unplug/replug monitor on each boot.

    I can't tell you if the monitor is dying, but it might be. FYI, HDMI cables include a wire called the "DDC" wire. This uses an i2c...

    Nov 12, 2024
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    LinuxDevice replied to the thread Question My keyboard isn't working as it should..

    It sounds like you already tried Linux, which rules out a lot of software issues. It wouldn't matter in the case of trying out games...

    Nov 12, 2024
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    LinuxDevice replied to the thread Question My keyboard isn't working as it should..

    You can create a Linux "live" DVD or thumb drive which only runs in RAM and does not install to the system. I'll suggest you do so, and...

    Nov 11, 2024
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    LinuxDevice replied to the thread News Free, open-source Photoshop alternative finally enters release candidate testing after 20 years — the transition from GIMP 2.x to GIMP 3.0 took two....

    PNG quality isn't due to lack of compression. The quality comes from lack of lossy compression. Some image formats, such as JPEG, attain...

    Nov 11, 2024
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    LinuxDevice replied to the thread Question Enable UEFI/Secure Boot After Install.

    If Windows already uses GPT, then UEFI is already enabled. One of the tricks though is that most motherboards have the option of "pure...

    Nov 5, 2024
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    LinuxDevice replied to the thread Question Enable UEFI/Secure Boot After Install.

    Incidentally, GPT is in fact UEFI scheme. MBR is the older BIOS scheme.

    Nov 4, 2024
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    LinuxDevice replied to the thread Question Is there any reason i should switch out of my RTX 2070S? If so what to....

    Even if you don't purchase from Newegg, I'm going to suggest they have a really useful place to search. They have a filter for GPU size...

    Nov 4, 2024
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    LinuxDevice replied to the thread Question PC not fulfilling my expectation: How to find the source of the problem?.

    I don't know anything about those benchmarks. I would be careful though about ones you download and install if they are not from...

    Nov 4, 2024
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    LinuxDevice replied to the thread Question PC not fulfilling my expectation: How to find the source of the problem?.

    Just replying in order, I did not yet read the next post. I think you've found benchmarking apps already, but one of the most basic...

    Nov 4, 2024
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    LinuxDevice replied to the thread Question PC not fulfilling my expectation: How to find the source of the problem?.

    Just a thought on something you said, that temps never go up too high. This is also an indication that the software itself is not...

    Nov 3, 2024
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    LinuxDevice replied to the thread Question Is there any reason i should switch out of my RTX 2070S? If so what to....

    Some games are now actually needing more VRAM, e.g., most video cards of the past have at least 8 GB of VRAM; now some games are...

    Nov 3, 2024
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    LinuxDevice replied to the thread Question bios will not accept changes.

    You might also consider if the button battery which backs up the CMOS BIOS is old that it is time to replace the battery. Mostly they...

    Oct 30, 2024
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    LinuxDevice replied to the thread Question Newly downloaded files on external hard drives are slow to copy/move.

    Maybe this is related, not sure. Whenever you have a file to move around on a single disk, only the metadata changes and no actual...

    Oct 30, 2024
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    LinuxDevice replied to the thread Question High memory usage even after a clean install of Windows 11 ?.

    I can't answer that. I will say though that some tools reporting memory also include "virtual" memory limits which are not actually used...

    Oct 28, 2024
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    LinuxDevice replied to the thread Question High memory usage even after a clean install of Windows 11 ?.

    An iGPU usually uses the system RAM. A dGPU normally has its own VRAM. EDIT: The iGPU RAM must be contiguous as well, and so it...

    Oct 27, 2024

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