Recent content by Commander Matt

Like CountMike mentioned, have you turned off power savings in Windows and BIOS? (things like changing from "balanced" or "low power" power plan to "high performance" in Windows, and things like turning off "Cool 'N Quiet" in BIOS)

I'm comparing an Audio-Technia ATH-M30X to a JBL J55a with an Asus Xonar DSX sound card. Front panel and back panel ports. I've triple-checked jack problems etc. So my new pair of ATH-M30X's just arrived today, and after plugging them in, audio sounds more "empty" compared to my J55a's. Almost...

Backstory: My question(s): My concerns: My specs: Thank you for reading my very long thread, any help is appreciated! :)

I have a one and a half year old WD Blue 1TB hard drive. The reallocated Sectors Count (in Defraggler and CrystalDiskInfo) increased a little a while back and I quickly bought another drive to move everything onto. A few weeks passed and it slowly rose to "9A" (154). This is the last bit it's...

UPDATE: So, after remembering something I read a while back, I decided to give the back port a shot again, but this time I would try pulling out my headphones by a little bit. Doing this, I discovered that it's my headphones! Because the J55a have built in mic and all (they're targeted at mobile...

So, because of various issues, and general "Windows gunk" that has built up (side note: an Arch Linux dual boot is looking extremely attractive right now), I've decided that a reinstall of Windows 10 is the way to go. The only problem is, I don't know whether I should do a FULL, complete...

Update: So after a reformat and reinstall of Windows 10, the problem is gone. Maybe it was a problem that formed when I upgraded to 10, or maybe it was just some of that Windows "gunk" buildup showing itself. So, this has happened twice. Once with Sound Forge 10, and now with LibreOffice. The...

(Can't find a way to quote you, SR-71, but awwww yeah I see you're rockin some Cryorig coolers! I'd ask how they are, but that'd be going off topic. Can the OP do that?)