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    News Nvidia power meltdowns hit 8-pin adaptors — old power supplies are the common factor

    Usually when i do a major upgrade--i make sure to upgrade the Power supply to support the newer Components or if i take a pre configured build say from my local shop or a business. I upgrade the Power supply as soon as i can afford to. I typically don't trust Power supply included for too...
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    Question Should I have a Host Memory Buffer Drive as Boot Drive ?

    PC Specs Motherboard is MSI Pro B650 VC WiFi Rev 1.0 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X GPU: Radeon 7800XT OC 16GB PSU: High Power 750w (I plan to upgrade it as soon as can) Case: Lian Li Lancool 216 ARGB 1TB Samsung 990 Evo Plus NVMe SSD (Boot Drive) 1TB Samsung 990 Pro 1TB NVMe SSD (Games) 1TB Samsung...
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    Question Should I have a Host Memory Buffer Drive as Boot Drive ?

    Hello I bought the following in December 2024: Samsung 990 Evo Plus 1TB HMB Drive and made it the boot drive for Windows 11 Pro and made Samsung 990 Pro 1TB as a Game Drive. I originally wanted to get 2 x Western Digital drives but funds wouldn't stretch to two of those so I decided to go with...
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    Question Sabrent 7 Power USB Hub Ability to use certain ports and some are unusable

    Well just checked Sabrent website don't even see the Firmware update available for download, just the Manual. I can setup Windows Sandbox though to download it, as i used Sandbox mode a little bit in the past on my Windows 11 Pro Install Anyhow will get it all sorted in due time here.
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    Question Sabrent 7 Power USB Hub Ability to use certain ports and some are unusable

    My Sabrent USB hub is model HB-BUP7 7 Port 36W Includes 36W/12/3a power adapter The hub is positioned on my desk underneath Monitor stand, behind keyboard and mouse location on desk, typically doesn't get in the way too much, but i only typically have all the drives connected when i need to...
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    Question Sabrent 7 Power USB Hub Ability to use certain ports and some are unusable

    WD My Passport 2tb self powered external WD MY Passport 2tb self powered second drive Xbox GamePad Wired version On machine itself Have Logitech G Pro X headset, Logitech g513 keyboard, g502x mouse connected to rear of keyboard, second cord direct to PC, and USB ups battery backup USB...
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    Question Sabrent 7 Power USB Hub Ability to use certain ports and some are unusable

    Wondering How Come i can't use 4 of the 7 ports on this Sabrent Powered USB 3.0 Hub? If i use 3, it doesn't complain, if i plug in a 4th item into Port 3 of 7, then it complains not enough power
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    Question Virtual Memory issue ?

    Update: Furmark 64 passed! Furmark 64 Test And LinPack Extreme passed, not sure if i ran that one long enough or not, but had no too high of temps or crashes or reboots during either one of the stress test
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    Question Virtual Memory issue ?

    Well after i realized i had Hyper V Activated, and decided i wasn't gonna try out using a Virtual Machine these days Completed 2 Runs of Cinebench R23--Single Core & Multi Core Battlefield 2042 So far no longer freezes up at all--ran the game for over an hour last night, 3 Rounds--no issues to...
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    Question Virtual Memory issue ?

    Update: forgot I had optional hyper v turned on, as I thought about trying my first virtual machine briefly, then never did Anyhow Uninstaller that feature, restarted system. Virtual memory dropped from original allocated amount to 49152MB Versus original amount was around 391520mb or...
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    Question Virtual Memory issue ?

    Update: Possibly Fixed First i set No Paging File, and restarted, then scheduled C NVMe chkdsk (no errors found) then after it rebooted from finished the chkdsk error check. I then reset the page file, but instead of selecting Automatially managed Pagefile for all drives, i selected...
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    Question Virtual Memory issue ?

    I don't even have Ryzen Master installed on the current install though, unless the driver came with the Chipset drivers Nor do i use Sleep, i typically let the system idle over night, or do some task over night like system backup, occasionally stream relaxation audio to my bluetooth ear buds...
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    Question Virtual Memory issue ?

    Here is the shareable link for 1 Minidumps i did have, surprisingly wasn't too many in there at all. Played Battlefield 2042 last night for 3 rounds and it did not totally freeze up, and hasn't for at least the last 2-3 games that i played M.2 Firmware is up to date currently, i check...
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    Question Replacing Highpower Psu with A Quality one?

    This is Info on Model of my APC Battery Backup BN1350M2 Key Features Output: 810W / 1.35 kVA Input: 120 VAC @ 60 Hz ± 3 Hz 10 x Total NEMA 5-15R Outlets 6 x Battery Backup & Surge Outlets 4 x Surge-Only Outlets NEMA 5-15P Input Connection (6' Cord) 1080 Joules Surge Energy Rating Recharge Time...