Recent content by Ritchie1988

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    Skyrim Special Edition very unusual frame rate problems.

    After many hours of trawling the internet and messing about I found out it was Bethesdas own in game Vsync causing the issues. Which can't be adjusted by normal means because exceeding 60fps kills the games physics. Anyway, I disabled the games built in vsync in the SkyrimPrefs file (the one in...
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    Skyrim Special Edition very unusual frame rate problems.

    Hi everyone :) Like a lot of people, I was looking forward to the free Skyrim upgrade, but I'm having some really weird problems frame rate wise when running it, and I can't for the life of me figure out what is causing it. Firstly here are my specs (of which exceed the recommended...
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    How to permanently set CPU affinity on Windows 10?

    Thank you both for the quick replies! :) @TehAqua, Project Lasso looks great, thank you so much! Will be setting all my old games up with that now! :D @ Kurz I had tried that but unfortunately it crashed the game when compatibility settings were used with a higher resolution modded exe for...
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    How to permanently set CPU affinity on Windows 10?

    Hi all :) Hope this is the right section as it kinda overlaps into many possible categories! >_< Anyway, so, Halloween is almost here, and I thought why not play some classic horror games. Hey, why not Silent Hill 2 on my PC? However, with the game being so old now it doesn't like having more...
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    Hard Drive Temperature Levels

    Awesome thank you both! :)
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    Hard Drive Temperature Levels

    Hello everyone, simple question for you :) Upon upgrading my GPU to a GTX 960 from a 730gt, I've been carefully monitoring my temps for my system using Open Hardware Monitor to be sure everything is ok! Sure enough everything is fine, and both my GPU and CPU are within good levels. However...
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    F-Audio connector potentially blocking new GPU? (pics)

    Thanks again! I will have an explore around the connector and see what I can do with it now! :)
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    F-Audio connector potentially blocking new GPU? (pics)

    Thank you both for the help! Just when I thought I had another hurdle to get over haha. I shall go ahead an get my card then, but will see if I can make the F-audio cable bend before I disconnect it permanently should it prevent the new GPU fitting. On a side note how much is it safe to bend...
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    F-Audio connector potentially blocking new GPU? (pics)

    Hi everyone :) I made a post a while back in regards to what GPU I could fit in my computer and discovered a mini 970 would fit at only 17cm. That's fine and there's no issue with that, however upon doing a final check inside my box before I bought the card I discovered that beneath my current...
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    Windows Updates not installing, not showing errors?

    Did it a few more times and it still persisted. Was going to re-install as you mentioned but tried this as a last resort before commencing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH3jJ1tpCDg It wasn't for Windows 10 but worked a treat. Was able to complete the updates at last after deleting all the...
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    Windows Updates not installing, not showing errors?

    Ok this is what it's come up with: Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them. Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. Note that logging is currently not supported in offline servicing scenarios...
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    Windows Updates not installing, not showing errors?

    Ok I will run that and post what it comes back with! :) Thanks!
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    Windows Updates not installing, not showing errors?

    Hi, I have been having some odd update problems with my new PC, roughly a month old. It is running Windows 10. When I select the option in power to shut down/restart and install updates, when the computer comes back on they are still showing that I need to install them as if they were never...
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    Aspire T3-710 Motherboard GPU upgrade

    Ah that is actually the perfect outcome. I was so concerned I would have a right headache on my hands haha. Thanks ever so much for all your help, the difference a second pair of eyes makes. I shall be looking forward to tinkering with it all now once I get paid :D And yes, Gigabyte could do...