Recent content by exzou

Yes, and with Windows 10 that's not always necessary. As I mentioned, it worked just fine in a similar ryzen 3 3200g machine. Reinstalling isn't an option on this one. I'm just looking for options to try since a reinstall is not an option

I just got a B550m-hdv from as rock. I'm running 8gb ram and an old Samsung 850 evo and a Ryzen 5 3400G. The system POSTs just fine, I update the BIOS, but it won't boot my old install of Windows. I plugged into every SATA port, tried I higher wattage power supply, I even plugged the SSD into...

~64GB are free currently. So if I'm understanding you correctly, I would need to free up space until the amount of storage used is less than the capacity of my new drive before partitioning and cloning... Bummer. Does anybody have experience "Moving Steam Library"? I'm wondering if I could free...

I have a 1TB SSD, Samsung Evo 860 if it matters. My OS, Win 10 Education with WSL (Windows Subsystem in Linux(2.0 I think) and my steam library are currently installed to this drive. I'm awaiting a new 500GB Samsung Evo 860 SSD to use as my boot drive and a new WD Blue SSD. I'm wanting to...

I had someone tell me the other day that there was no harm in unplugging their External SSD before telling Windows to "Safely Remove" the device. At first, I was adamant that they were wrong. I believed there could be issues with data loss or even wear and tear issues. However, the person said...

I'm getting ready to do a couple of one-off side jobs. One will require me to port into an Adtran gateway and the other a Cisco ( I won't have model numbers till I show up) and the last, an AT&T u115. The last USB to Ethernet and USB to db9 cables I bought off of Amazon didn't work when I showed...

Geo, your response makes the most sense out of the previous two posts. That said, I'm going to go with Ryzen 3000 for my next build so spending money on the Intel mobo won't work out for me (in this situation). I'll also be doing regular ATX when I get my new mobo, and going with a full ATX...

If I'm going to go as far as taking the mobo out to test it I want to know I've got a case it will all go into should it all work. I'd be even more annoyed knowing it works but isn't usable because I don't have a case to put it in. I'm personally not a fan of long term use outside of the case...

I didn't try the cardboard idea, but I do love it for the future. The graphics card is actually longer than the outside of the case. I'm also wondering if the graphics card needs to be designed for a BTX mobo. I have an older smaller card which physically should for but doesn't. I'm also...

Love the cardboard idea. New set of issues. I figured out how to get the CD drive out granting me the room to remove the mobo. Mobo is BTX so I won't be able get a new case cheaply, or quickly. My graphics card is bigger than the case so I'd need a new case. Suggestions on a cheap temporary...

Thats the one. Ill have to look up the service options to make sure im not missing something but it appears to be riveted shut frm the back preventing the mobo from being removed (easily).

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sorry, I was referring to pci-e to usb-c adapters.

Oh man, that link actually looks super helpful! wish I knew about that thing a month or so ago lol

I took a closer look and it is in fact the USB front header. Would it be possible to remove that with a dremel? or would severing those circuits cause other issues. Also, I heard there might be options for hooking a video card up through USB-C, but i haven't found anything definitive.