Recent content by darrellwood13

Airman! Thank you for your service. Coastie here. (Sort of. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Citizens on Patrol!) Thank you for your reply. The OS is loaded on my PC from a disc purchased 6+ yrs ago. When you asked about the license it reminded me of the problems I had with the original license, as the...

I understand I need to remove Windows 10 from my current Z170, which will make it available to install on another computer. What I do not understand is how to keep it available when I install on my new MotherBoard. Several questions come to mind. Will the SSD with Windows installed recognize...

Theoretically: If an old-guy were building a sailboat with the intention of sailing the world for the next several years and building a PC that would survive extreme heat/cold, high humidity, as well as salt air environments, do you think it would it be possible to build a Thermoelectric Peltier...

Thank you Chicano. I have disconnected & reconnected everything, multiple times, including the CPU. I mistakenly thought I reset the bios, but learned that my attempts fell short. Your suggestion for reseting bios is correct. Unfortunately, it seems to have helped only temporarily. I was able...

This is my first build, everything is new (except HDD & optical drives, which are not connected.) I3-6100 ASUS Sabertooth Z170 Mark1 3.1 EVGA 500 B Silicon Power S55 120GB 2.5" 7mm SATA III Crucial 8GB Single DDR4 2133 MT/s (PC4-17000) CL15 TP-LINK N900 Corsair Carbide 200R I tried to use the...

Anything which I tell you would probably be wrong. However, while browsing for answers to my problem I discovered that I am looking for an HTPC to perform the same tasks as yours. Integrated boards (motherboard with CPU) are simple solutions for builds, but from what I have learned (never...

The AMD Phenom II X4 830 CPU, Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT730, Samsung 2X2GB DDR2 made a strong improvement. The system does not lock up as easily as before the upgrades, and runs a bit faster. PC-Doctor Hardware Diagnostic Tools run before and after shows good improvement and everything running...

Hang-the-nine & Rapajez, Thank you for the responses. I have not figured out the cooler part. "...New to building..."? I installed a harddrive, upgraded a CPU & memory; does that count? ;-) Somehow I managed to copy all my important files to that new drive (another computer), and now I...

Thank you for pointing that out. I really believed I had researched it well. Too good to be true! Anyway, it spoiled my whole day. Apparently I downloaded NARRA6 instead of NARRA5! My limitations seem to be AM2+ & 95W. The only Phenom II's available for this seem to be 125W; too high for an...

Am I on the right track? First time to ever do more than install ram or HD (& that did not go well.) I have a COMPAQ CQ5110F, with a Pegatron Corp. NARRA5 M2N68-LA motherboard, and a very weak AMD Athlon 7550 CPU. I just bought a used AMD Phenom II X4 830 CPU ($45-China), new Zotac NVIDIA...

Thank you turkey3_scratch. May I call you Scratch? Easier to type! I appreciate the reply, and agree. I've read Puget's Hardware Articles, TH How to Choose a MB, How2 Build a PC, All about BIOS, Choosing Parts, plus sites re Hardware Secrets, and so much more. I am getting a fairly good...

What kind of hardware features are needed for video editing, and what features for a gaming system? As a newbie I started at I=E/R. I have almost figured out how to match components so that they have matching specs, but I am lost on what defines the hardware requirements. I will be scavenging...