Phillip Corcoran

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Joined: Sep 7, 2013

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- Phillip Corcoran reacted to ex_bubblehead's post in the thread [SOLVED] Recovering an old version of a Notepad file in Windows 10 ? with Like.
  
  The data no longer exists. This is exactly what backups are for. Consider this a hard lesson learned.
  
  Today at 6:25 AM
- Phillip Corcoran reacted to thestryker's post in the thread Question Is my Ryzen 5800X faulty? with Like.
  
  Based on just the 3DMark score your CPU is running a bit low, but not abnormally. All of the ones I skimmed through which were higher...
  
  Today at 6:23 AM
- Phillip Corcoran reacted to USAFRet's post in the thread Question Tried moving SSD from old PC to new one, now it won't boot in either of them ? with Like.
  
  Yes, that happens. Put it in the new system, it makes some changes to try to boot. Eventually it fails and gives up. Put it back in...
  
  Yesterday at 7:32 AM
- Phillip Corcoran reacted to USAFRet's post in the thread Question Motherboard for a Core i7-14700 ? with Like.
  
  Don't bother. 80GB has no benefit over 64GB. Mixing that may work, it may fail.
  
  Yesterday at 7:12 AM
- Phillip Corcoran reacted to USAFRet's post in the thread [SOLVED] Recovering an old version of a Notepad file in Windows 10 ? with Like.
  
  You have a file, written in Notepad, called XYZ.txt. And then you write some new information in that same file, and save.... The...
  
  Yesterday at 6:57 AM
- Phillip Corcoran reacted to USAFRet's post in the thread [SOLVED] Is it safe to use a recapped PSU for a long time ? with Like.
  
  If the PSU "smokes", you get a new PSU, not a new capacitor.
  
  Thursday at 6:46 AM
- Phillip Corcoran reacted to Satan-IR's post in the thread Question PSU keeps blowing 5A plug fuses ? with Like.
  
  Yes he could but he shouldn't! That's practically what he needs to potentially cause an electrical fire. There's something wrong with...
  
  Tuesday at 7:05 AM
- Phillip Corcoran reacted to Lutfij's post in the thread Question Can I buy this cheaper RAM to expand my desktop PC ? with Like.
  
  Please don't mix and match rams, If you want to upgrade your ram look for a higher capacity dual channel kit or the exact same kit that...
  
  Sunday at 7:07 AM
- Phillip Corcoran reacted to Secret-Squirrel's post in the thread Question Two 16GB sticks or a single 32GB stick ? with Like.
  
  The command wmic memphysical get maxcapacity is not always accurate because it simply reports the maximum RAM the CPU can support which...
  
  Sunday at 6:42 AM
- Phillip Corcoran reacted to USAFRet's post in the thread Question Need Help with possibly dead M.2 Recovery - “Please back up your data and replace your hard drive” ? with Like.
  
  There are 2x M.2 ports. Both of them can use an NVMe drive like the Samsung 970. Only one of them can use a M.2 SATA drive, like your WD...
  
  Sunday at 6:33 AM
- Phillip Corcoran reacted to USAFRet's post in the thread Question Need Help with possibly dead M.2 Recovery - “Please back up your data and replace your hard drive” ? with Like.
  
  If the data on it can't be seen, it can't be cloned. And, you'd just be moving bad data to the new drive. Backups are what we do...
  
  Sunday at 6:32 AM
- Phillip Corcoran reacted to USAFRet's post in the thread Question I'm looking for best available/necessary upgrades for an old HP PC ? with Like.
  
  And being an HP Pavilion, that PSU/motherboard is very likely to be proprietary. A standard ATX PSU won't work.
  
  Sunday at 6:02 AM
- Phillip Corcoran reacted to USAFRet's post in the thread Question I'm looking for best available/necessary upgrades for an old HP PC ? with Like.
  
  There's not a lot you can do with it. It is old enough that....Change one part, you need to change all. New CPU = new motherboard =...
  
  Sunday at 6:01 AM
- Phillip Corcoran replied to the thread Question Printer doesn't have any photo adjustments in the printer software ?.
  
  That is my preferred method of working. Gives you much more control than the rough and ready adjustments in the printer driver.
  
  Apr 20, 2024
- Phillip Corcoran reacted to rgd1101's post in the thread Question Keyboard keys not functioning ? with Like.
  
  replace the keyboard? try an external keyboard?
  
  Apr 20, 2024
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