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Been getting the error message "Your device is connected to the Internet using a VPN or proxy service. Please disable it and try again. For more help, go to amazon.com/pv-vpn. " when using Express VPN on Amazon Prime video. Some of the servers in the US worked just fine with Prime video a few...

Recently bought an HP Pavilion Gaming 15 laptop with the Ryzen 4800H and GTX 1660 TI max Q. Great laptop but only one major issue, the thermals don't look right. Using Prime95 to stress test the CPU, I loaded 8 workers instead of 16 to see where the base line would be ( since the 4800H is a 8...

Hibernation is off, as well as fast startup and superfetch. Seems odd that the system would read/write 10GB on a normal restart though.

I purchased a laptop about a month ago and it only has a 512GB nvme ssd as a drive. Since then, the total read and writes gone to the SSD have been quite high. I only have one game installed and play it every other day, but that can't be the reason for the high amount of total read/writes. The...

Bought a USB OTG off of Amazon to use my F310 controller for my Lenovo Tab 2 a10-70, since that device supports OTG. Only problem is that the device is not recognizing the device at all, in fact the only thing that does work is the small green LED next to the mode button when pressed. So power...

I also do need faster storage for file transfers, so I really would not consider it a waste. I may not have mentioned it, but I do plan on using the drive everyday, or every other day for tasks. Plus SSD speeds compared to hard drive speeds are a night and day difference.

I'm planning on building my own external SSD but I'm stuck on two drives to choose from. I'm going to be storing pictures, gave saves, videos and games on the drive. I won't be using Macrium Reflect to create an image of my PC on the SSD, as I have a external 3tb 3.5" hard drive for that. I will...

Update 2: Around a month later, I decided to give this another shot. After some fiddling around, I stuck the dvd in my external drive, went to VLC --> media -> open disc -> and the path to the dvd. I then started the position at chapter 7 as that is where the actual dvd contents start and...

Update: So I tried it on my friend's PS4 and it too would not recolonize the disc. Seems really strange that my laptop's internal dvd drive is the only thing that can read it. Again, the disc has no scratches and the surface is very clean.

I was using handbrake to rip the contents of a dvd that I own, to my hard drive. Handbrake recognized the disc, showed all chapters and subtitles and allowed me to transfer the content of that disc to my hard drive. I also used the official libdvdcss-2.dll from videolan in handbrakes files...

Thanks for the info. So not worth for my current system, since legacy is working just fine and converting MBR to GPT can cause errors.

I've had legacy ever since I installed Windows 8.1 and then upgraded to Windows 10 for a few years, but was wondering if the switch from legacy to uefi is even worth it. My system is running just fine in the legacy mode, and I've always had a graphical user interface whenever going into the...

Not when you buy the exact same model, as I just said. Did that for my PC and it worked out fine. Plenty of people do it.

Then it would be best to just add one stick of identical RAM to your system and see how it goes from there.

Firstly, try and get another 8gb stick of ram that is identical to yours. Running on just one stick can significantly decrease performance compared to two or more RAM sticks. Then if you want too, upgrade the GPU to something such as a GTX 1060 or an RX 580. You can also upgrade the i5 6400 to...