Recent content by ddragonballz

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    Please review my benchmark test - Samsung 860 EVO on 9-year-old laptop

    The numbers appear to be REALLY LOW. I know it's an old computer. Any feedback? Good or bad? This laptop is an HP G60. It's running Windows 10 Pro. Samsung Magician says the SSD is hooked up by SATA 3 GB/s (SATA II). AHCI on. Trim Status enabled. RAPID Mode OFF. Latest firmware. About 20%...
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    WD 4TB USB 3.0 external drive slow write speed

    Hi. I purchased a Western Digital EasyStore USB 3.0 portable hard drive. It is transferring at ~50 MB/Second. I plugged it in to my front mounted USB SS (3.0?) with blue sockets using the supplied 3.0 cable. I'm transferring 300 GB worth of stuff from my PC to the WD EasyStore. At this rate...
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    "Unsupported configuration" or "No compatible hardware". Cant install GPU driver

    FIXED!! I dont know if this is right or wrong but this is what I did: 1) Triple check that GPU is installed correctly. 2) DVI cable from monitor to GPU and also VGA cable from monitor to motherboard 3) Set monitor to VGA 4) Turn on computer and quickly keep on pressing F12. 5) Select "boot...
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    Upgrading my GPU to a GTX 1070 can't get into or passed bios

    I GOT IT TO WORK!! I dont know if this is right or wrong but this is what I did: 1) Triple check that GPU is installed correctly. 2) DVI cable from monitor to GPU and also VGA cable from monitor to motherboard 3) Set monitor to VGA 4) Turn on computer and quickly keep on pressing F12. 5)...
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    Upgrading my GPU to a GTX 1070 can't get into or passed bios

    Sounds like we both are having the same problem http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3290089/install-gpu-driver.html
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    "Unsupported configuration" or "No compatible hardware". Cant install GPU driver

    That was my step 4. At that point, the computer wouldn't boot past the Dell screen that says "F2 for BIOS(?)" and "F12 for Boot Options" but nothing works, just freezes. Im assuming that's the case because I dont have the Nvidia drivers installed
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    "Unsupported configuration" or "No compatible hardware". Cant install GPU driver

    SOLVED: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3290089/install-gpu-driver.html#19102379 Dell XPS 8500 Windows 7 64-bit Motherboard: Dell 0YJPT1 Old GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7570 I bought a EVGA GTX 1050 TI SC. I followed the instructions 1) Remove old driver 2) Power off and disconnect PC 3)...
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    Dell XPS 8500 - Replace 2 x 4gb with 2 x 8gb

    Hi Dell XPS 8500 Windows 7 64-bit Motherboard: Dell 0YJPT1 Processor: Intel i7-3770 CPU @ 3.4GHz Current Ram: 2 x 4gb pc3-12800 It came with 2x4gb from the factory. I've gotten 4 beeps recently from the beep-code which states "RAM Read/Write failure". I just want to remove the two ram...