Recent content by clutchc

Sadly, you are so right. But I guess that's progress.

Oh, I do too. The only difference is I do notice a difference.

I've used every MS Windows O.S. from back when it was just a DOS-Shell up to today's Win 11. Of all the renditions of Windows prior and post up to the present, I still like W10 the best. Yes, the very early versions were crude and buggy; and probably shouldn't count. But by the time say...

Thanks. That got me looking. Linus made a video about these as well, but in the DDR4 version. This doesn't seem to be exactly a 100% sure-thing however. But at least they aren't super expensive.

Yeah, I read the double-sided/single-sided issue as well, but forgot to add that question. :rolleyes: I didn't have any particular adapters in mind, COLGeek and Lutfij. I just checked them out for the first time today on A__z_n. > Link A couple of these seemed as good as any to me... ? If...

I was looking to get a couple of the above adapters for use in testing the rebuilds and troubleshooting I find myself doing. Mostly I work with older stuff, so I'm looking at DDR3 adapters; at least for now. I've never used these before, so I have a question... Sometimes the adapters are...

Thank you. Guess I'm a bit behind the times.

I noticed this just started happening sometime after either a video driver update or a W11 update occurred. (they both happened around the same time) Not sure if that has anything to do with it. When the PC is awaken from sleep mode (hibernation), the AMD Adrenalin interface is always sitting...

Thanks kanewolf. Turned out it was a "backup job failed" error. But I didn't have a backup job set. (?) Nevertheless, deleting the disabled backup job cleared up the error. (y)

My NAS began blinking out an apparent Error code (red light). It is 5-long followed by 4 -short. That translates to 5x10 + 4x1 or 54 if I remember their scheme correctly. But I don't know what error that refers to. My manual doesn't go into that part. The NAS still functions as normal, but...

If you're using a PSU's SATA power cable to feed the 8-pin PCIE connector on the GTX 470, it may have burned up a pin or two. The SATA power connector is only rated for a few watts because of its tiny pins. 15W, I think.

You wrote: "The problem started a month ago, where the monitor displays a black screen when connected to the graphics card using a VGA cable." The Sapphire RX 470 has no analog (VGA) output. It only provides digital output.

Assuming the card and PC were working happily together before, I think we can rule out incompatibility. Do you have any other input option to your monitor? DVI, HDMI, DP? Maybe I better first ask, which RX 470 (make/model) are you using?

If the psu has a 6-pin connector, there's a really good chance it will be fine as long as you do not OC anything. If the GTX 1050 Ti doesn't require a 6-pin, all the better.

I'm confused. You say you don't want to open his PC to look at the PSU nameplate, but you'll have to open it to install the graphics card. Are you going to wait until the warranty expires and then open it to install the card? A good quality 350W PSU should have a 6-pin connector and be able...