Recent content by bahnstormer

Okay... I've made some progress, but still not solved... Lenovo BIOS boot tools (F12 on reboot, tab to Diagnostic Tools and run the storage and memory diagnostics test). It's basically a built-in, lightweight version of MemTest86+ (for anybody wanting to do this type of test on a setup that...

Hi, my laptop was working perfectly until a recent reboot. I'm not sure if there was a system update that was applied at the time as I realised I hadn't rebooted for a while, so I manually closed all the apps and then went to reboot and walked out the room to grab a cup of coffee. Now it gets a...

And is the AMD Radeon RX 480 worth considering, instead of the GTX1060?

Would something like the ASUS GTX 1060 3Gb (£180 @ eBay) be okay in my P67 motherboard (I think this is only PCIe v2 x16 OR PCIe v3 x8)? In the fairly extensive IvyBridge "spare parts bin": I've also got a Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H as an option. The B75 is useless for overclocking, but if I'm...

Thanks - I'll read up on that a bit more... I'll add the 780Ti to the viable list as see how that goes! Just looking at the fleaBay prices, it's looking like: GTX690 £150-£180 GTX780 £160-£180 GTX1060 £180-£210 GTX1070 £330-£375 GTX1070 isn't crazy prices, but it's a fairly obscene price...

I was just after some advice around where I could best spend another £200 or so on something that would beef up the video editing / video conversion speed. Two main uses - converting my movie collection (currently stored on a media jukebox as uncompressed MKV's) into something like MP4's using...

I'm splitting up the tasks: HTPC: Ubuntu is going on a spare 60Gb SSD (Vertex 2E) that I have and can't use for too much else since it's the old 9mm thick one - only really fits in IBM X61 netbooks and not much else! Captive win10 Pro licence: I'm going put the Crucial MX200 drive back into...

Wow.... that said, the memory on eBay is going for anything from £25-£75 per PAIR, so I might break it all up!

I think I'm going to try rolling back that win7 Ult install and see if I can free up that licence..... That said, thanks Maikutech - I've just been looking at eBay (UK) and it looks like win10pro licences are only ~£25(<$30)?!? Am I missing something here? eBay.co.uk advert.... I thought...

I saw my Asus P5Q Pro motherboard going for anything from £20-£45 on eBay over the last month.... less than half the "retail" price of £80-£120 - from whoever is still stocking a motherboard this old... P45 chipset and a few decent extras - I'd certainly recommend them! If you can wait a...

I'm trying to recall the overclocking methods used on these, but is there a chance that you're trying overclock you memory or the FSB way beyond the limits, even though the CPU isn't close to the limits yet? Try shifting the memory ratio's and FSB ratios around so you're actually UNDERclocking...

Short: I've recently had to replace several bits from my HTPC and now I'm getting "Device type doesn't match" when I try to activate win10 again. Long: I had a Lenovo X230i laptop that had been pretty badly smashed up (Screen, chassis, etc) - but I'd recovered it to the point where I could use...