Recent content by bmcelvan

Tried the power option, still no network. Tried the Wake-on-LAN (Power On By PCI-E/PCI) Still no network. Tried installing new BIOS thru the ASUS EZ Flash 3 via the internet, cannot connect to server. Rebooted and tried again, cannot connect to server. Switched cable to the other LAN port and...

I am at work so not home to try both those ideas which I will do and report back whether they work or not in case others have this same issue. Oh I totally agree (about the power cycle), wasn't trying to say I would not try it nor that it was stupid or a bad idea, I'm just fascinated that it...

Sorry, I tried to include all my troubleshooting but obviously forgot some. I should also clarify, when I say BIOS I belive I should be saying UEFI BIOS as I can use my mouse in it. Yes, I downloaded the latest network drivers from the ASUS website to a flash drive and installed them in...

Thanks for the idea about the live bootable Linux on USB, I've never used Linux. Can you share a link to where I'd get the software needed to do that? Can anyone confirm that Windows Update can actually change your BIOS? (and mess up your motherboard) It's not the cable, network or router. The...

I am quite puzzled here hoping for some help. Have an ASUS Z170 Sabertooth Mark 1 board with an i7-6700k CPU and 2x16GB GSKILL TridentZ RAM (not that really matters imo). Been running Windows 8.1_64Bit for a few years now no problem. So I finally decided to put in Win10_64bit and now my ethernet...

Thanks for the replies...sounds like either get a good dedicated sound card or a USB DAC for the PC. As for the deal, I was thinking about using it on my phone as well. However wouldn't a USB DAC work better there too or would an AMP there still make a nice difference. Anyone use/have...

That makes sense, I'll definitely look into that as well...in fact my audio card at home might already have that. Specifically what I was asking about though was I'm looking at a deal on amazon for some ATH-m50x that come bundled with a Fiio A3 AMP. This will undoubtedly make my smartphone...

Can I ask a quick question on this thread. Would using a headphone amp on a pc still be better than the audio card alone...I understand a DAC would be best. Either Sony MDR-V6 or ATH-M50x will be the headphones.

I know this is late but thank you

Have a Dell Optiplex 7010 at work that came with 4GB (2x2GB) 1600 MHZ RAM. I seriously needed to upgrade as my computer was being very slow. After asking a NewEgg chat person and checking the Dell user manual (from the Dell Support site) I saw that it could handle up to 16GB so I got: 16GB...