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Installing Windows10 on new nvme
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That board has Hybrid EFI which has some UEFI features, but predated UEFI. There are some requests for bios-mods for very similar...
Oct 29, 2024
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Can't reformat former boot drive.
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You would generally use the bootable Macrium Reflect rescue media (it's WinPE with Macrium preinstalled) so Windows itself is not...
Oct 28, 2024
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Is possible and safe install and use Linux through a docking station?
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Even if the BIOS was so old it only supported Pentium IV and IDE disks, it would be able to boot from an external 1TB USB disk so this...
Oct 28, 2024
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Can't reformat former boot drive.
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The first thing to try is the drive manufacturer's own WD Drive Utilities to zero-fill/erase the drive. These sorts of utilities...
Oct 28, 2024
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How to move wires in a SysFan plug?
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You can directly plug 3-pin fans into a 4-pin header. Just go into the BIOS and change the speed control from PWM to Voltage unless you...
Oct 28, 2024
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Should I be worried about buying a laptop with a Quadro P4200 GPU ?
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Well, both P4200 and RTX3000 are twice as fast as P3000 so would complete any task in half the time. That means the RTX3000 would thus...
Oct 28, 2024
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Wi-Fi stopped working after power cut, tried everything but no luck
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Well it would tell you if the hardware is dead. I would suggest a live-boot of linux so you don't have to install anything but it's a...
Oct 28, 2024
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Should I be worried about buying a laptop with a Quadro P4200 GPU ?
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Huh? 16nm Pascal P4200 has a rated TDP of 100w vs the 12nm 80w Turing RTX3000. Both are close to GTX1070 performance-wise. I haven't...
Oct 28, 2024
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Intel Wireless N 7260 "Code 10" on VAIO PCG-61411L
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Draft-N cards started to come out in 2006, so if that card is N or Draft-N, I don't see how the 2.4GHz-only Intel Wireless N 7260 would...
Oct 28, 2024
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Computer crashing, but no idea why! (Older setup) (Bit lengthy)
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That's one of the earliest AMD boards with UEFI there was, and given all of the troubles Sandy Bridge had with early UEFI...
Oct 28, 2024
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Intel Wireless N 7260 "Code 10" on VAIO PCG-61411L
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This Bluetooth device is not on the Intel card. It's a Foxconn made device somewhere else in the laptop. The Intel Wifi and Bluetooth...
Oct 28, 2024
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Trying to run 2x16 and 2x8 ram but getting blue screen
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Zen 2 likes up to two dual-rank sticks or four single-rank ones. While your 8GB sticks are probably single-rank, the 16GB ones probably...
Oct 27, 2024
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Intel CEO is "frustrated" with CHIPS Act payout progress — Intel has received $0 from the $8.5 billion that the US government promised
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I don't see why anybody is surprised, as it's only been two years. Two years after the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act"...
Oct 27, 2024
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1000Hz vs 8000Hz
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OP mentioned Microcenter where the $149 model is RZ01-04630100-R and the $159 model is RZ01-04630300-R. They both are DAV3 Pro and have...
Oct 27, 2024
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PC won't POST with 4 sticks of RAM (Error 0d) after changing the CMOS battery ?
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This is why I usually try to change the CMOS battery on a running computer, if possible. You could ask your friend if they remember...
Oct 27, 2024
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