Recent content by David Knapp

Aida64.exe evaluation copy is what I was downloading from one of their mirror sites. Sorry for leaving that out. Instead, I downloaded the Aida64.zip version and scanned it after extracting. Looked good. However, when running, the item I was most interested was replaced on the report by the...

When downloading, I get a warning that "this product could harm your device". That does not happen with other downloads. Do you know what is going on there? It happens on the EXE version. The zip version does not do this.

After some more looking around, I found that the Intel Rapid Storage Technology app answered my RAID questions. The RAID 1 is fine. The drives are each Samsung SSD 990 Pro 2TB.

Yes, it seems to run fine, but there is an "Activation required" message that pops up on the desktop and Setup When I go into setup, the activation option fails and tells me to contact support. On reboot, I did see that the MB is using Intel RAID 1 and that it seems to be OK. I hear you about...

About a year ago, I had a Win 11 Pro PC built using an Asus TUF Gaming Z790 WiFi motherboard, two Samsung ST4000DX005-3GH101 drives in RAID 1 configuration and an Intel Raptor Lake CPU. A week or so ago, it rebooted and Windows would not start, with an error message saying no bootable drives...

About the card, thank you. I was concerned that the card would not handle the resolution of the larger monitor. Performance is fine now. I guess because I don't game.

I would like to upsize my 7 year old Samsung 23" monitor to a 27" monitor. The current monitor is 2048 x 1152, 71.1 khz 60 hz. It works fine for what I do, just a bit too small. I edit photos on my iPad once in a while, but that is too small for Photoshop work. My video card is an AMD R7 370...

See my prior comment. For you folks living in rural areas without wired broadband, you might not be able able to get any local channels. Here in the piedmont of the Blue Ridge, no stations are available by an outside antenna.

With Sling TV, if you have a satellite ISP, you might not be able to get get any local programs. I have Sling TV blue. My ISP is ViaSat. Sling uses the IP to determine your location. If your player doesn't have a good GPS, Sling cannot give you any local programs. The Sling tech support says...