Recent content by chakaboom

I have a long wait until I can get internet in my new flat and am in desperate need of a physical/Ethernet connection to my pc for work. Anyone know of any good options or if there are hot spots I can buy that will allow this? I have seen people recommending dongles with a normal router. Thank you!

Just built a new pc and fixing everything for windows installation... everything seems ok from what I understand (first time builder) but the bios/uefi is black and white and not in colour... is this something I should be worried about? Thank you!

Actually I wanted to ask another unrelated question that I searched for answers for and couldn’t find; the msi uefi comes up in black and white for me but on videos it’s in colour??- should I be worried about this? (I know you mentioned you don’t know bios but thought maybe you come across this...

Thank you counTmike; MVP for sure

Just wanted to check back here to say thank you so much for all your replies. Amazingly helpful!

Is there a way to enable hot plug for my hdd in the msi bios that you know of by any chance? (I checked videos etc and couldn’t find an answer) Plus would you recommend doing so if I can? Thank you again, you have been proper helpful!

Hi there countmike, thank you for replying... I realised that my wd hdd is actually disabled under the “hotplug” setting but is recognised by the uefi... so my question is, is that a problem? In terms of hot plugging and what I understand of it I’m not sure I need it as I won’t be removing the...

Hi guys... I just finished my first build and booted into the bios... my m.2 Samsung drive is recognised and seems to be fine, but my wd blue mechanical hard drive is disabled. I plugged it into the SATA 2 port because SATA 1 cannot be populated when using m.2 so I’m not sure what I have done...

Yeah I have read in other forums that people do have problems with this and being a newb I am not confident enough to start playing around with voltage and timings (what people seem to recommend when there are problems)... if you were me, would you return one of the kits?

Hi guys, I think a very basic question... I have 32gb of ram which were bought as two seperate sets of 2x 8gb Corsair vengeance lpx ram. I wanted to install in the msi Z370 a pro mobo. Problem is the board is dual channel and the ram was bought seperately... will I have problems eg stability...

Thank you very much eximo

This is my first pc build and I have never overclocked before... I have read a fair bit and watched vids, but wanted some input from you guys before I trash my cpu... so my question is, is it advisable to attempt an overclock based on the components I have and if so, what should I be looking...

An incredibly newb question so apologies in advance: on pc part picker I have this compatibility issue: “motherboard M.2 slot #1 shares bandwidth with a SATA 6.0 Gb/s port. When the M.2 slot is populated, one SATA 6.0 Gb/s port is disabled” - does this impact installation/function of ram if I...

Thank you for your reply MLG. I think maybe I was unclear with my question though because I was asking if I could take the pc on the plane with me as ‘carry on’ luggage based on the size details I mentioned... the hard drive tip is a great one though and for sure will do tha!

I am flying on a wizz air flight next week and need to take my PC with me. I would like to take carry on but don’t think I can...? I have the NZXT s340 elite case. Here are all the specs, if someone can help me make sense of this it would be amazing! S340- W: 203mm H: 474mm D: 432mm Wizzair-55 x...