Recent content by bbxrider

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    Question jittery mouse cursor

    thanks, evidently its not the mouse, found a solution see pics, turns out the finish on the mouse pad is slightly bumpy like in an orange peel paint finish, and my guess its bumpy enuf to throw off the micro size lasar beams. I scotch taped a circle cutout from a standard office manila folder...
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    Question jittery mouse cursor

    just got a new inland, also marketed as proHT, keyboard/ mouse combo, this is my third, and the previous 2 have worked very well, I really like the super small keyboard size yet with full keys for numbers and cursor moving. with this new one, sometimes the mouse cursor gets jittery and flits...
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    [SOLVED] extended acer monitor to laptop used to work

    oops so sorry my very bad bad, I just didn't scroll down to the option to extend, working fine now
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    [SOLVED] extended acer monitor to laptop used to work

    on dell 2018 inspiron 5570 laptop and acer r240hy monitor, after installing the acer drivers, was able to extend displays, then the hdd crashed, got new drive from dell and reinstalled windows 10 from dell that came with the new hdd. now the new windows doesn't detect the acer? again I...
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    repartition hdd to move my documents

    this is disappointing, obviously did not know ssd's are this finicky, I'll post back shortly when I get the transfer done
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    repartition hdd to move my documents

    thanks for the replies, I will try the shrinking tips, my ssd is 128, 121 usable, as far as partition ssd, I do want have 2 small partitions for a linux install, the root and swap. as far partitioning the remainder of the ssd was thinking like a hdd to separate os/programs/etc from data, also...
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    repartition hdd to move my documents

    getting ready to move win10 to a new ssd, first time so bear with me current windows+program files,etc is about 33gb, thats what I want to move to an ssd partition of 54gb to allow for expansion. I don't want to move "my documents" there, I intend to put that on a new partition on my 1tb hdd...
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    kinda dumb ssd form factor question

    the [img] tags seem to mask the url so here are the links to the pics my slot https://photos.app.goo.gl/5pL1vxi9c3eZA7mF2 3 sets of pins...
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    kinda dumb ssd form factor question

    see my pic for my ssd slot form factor, the dumb question is do I have to use the type that fits my connector with the 25x4 2 sets of pins setup or can I also use the type that has the pins divided into 3 sets, I have pics of both types, first time around with ssd's for me, its a dell inspiron...
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    screen size either too big or too small

    ok found it, one of my osd menu choices is auto, it is one of 5 menu choices, Empowering: Press the Empowering Key to open the Acer eColor Management and access the scenario modes. Auto: Press the Auto button to activate the Auto Adjustment function and the monitor will automatically optimize...
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    screen size either too big or too small

    the monitor has vga, digital, and hdmi, I have the same issue with 2 different machines attached to the monitor via a IOgear kvm, one older msi laptop and the other a 2014ish hp elite small factor, both run win10 pro, both using vga. in the past I had newer hp with hdmi only, got hdmi to vga...
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    screen size either too big or too small

    windows 10 pro, acer R240HY monitor with acer specific drivers installed windows says 1920 resolution recommended but screen goes beyond monitor bevel, ie, can't see windows icon far lower left because its beyond the bevel if I select 1680, the next lowest resolution, vertical screen is ok but...
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    external connecting fujitsu mhu2100at

    ok thanks guess the disk is flakey, I did just plug it once but it didn't spin up so I thought it was due to no power, tried to figure out those pins from the fujitsu manual but didn't catch the jumper or anything really, so after your post tried again and then it spun up but didn't come up in...
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    external connecting fujitsu mhu2100at

    ok trying again to get a pic up with this post, this time trying link from menu instead of pic should be after this line and this time just in case the pic does not come again the url=https://ibb.co/huAEjb thats on imagebb http://
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    external connecting fujitsu mhu2100at

    I have the standard usb/ide/sata external adapter, but the mhu2100at evidently has 4 pins for connect power which I have not seen before and my external connector does not have an adapter for this. and I don't see anything so far web searching. so ..... how to connect and power this drive...