Recent content by TobyCatVa

From my first build to now Tom's forums and information has always gotten me through. BTW this is not my original account so you can ignore the joined date I joined Tom's in 1997 when a guild mate in EQ sent me to gain knowledge so I could build not buy. THANKS TOM'S PEOPLE.

Thank you all, The PSU was an EVGA 700B 80PLUS BRONZE 12 years old, the spark was one big flash from where the loose cord entered the PSU at the PSU, the cloth was damp for dust but not wet. Somebody here has stepped in to help me in private messages.

I can't get to the tower atm to open it for the model number. Will have to wait on that until the night nurse does first rounds as she would cause an issue seeing me digging around in a computer. I replaced a bad ram stick a couple years ago and was yelled at "You could electrocute yourself!"...

I am desperate for help/advise What happened - A staff member came in running a damp rag over all flat surfaces and ignored me yelling STOP! She wiggled my power cord where it enters the PSU. <spark/flash> Result - The PC shut off and trying to reboot results in an LED coming on but no system...

It was a simple jest as 1060 is 90 more GTX than my 970.

Yeah, anything I get will need to be delivered in some fashion. I have been in this bed/room for over a year so I won't be getting anything at the local swap meet. LoL

I'm in the Complete Care in Silver Spring, MD

I was afraid of that. Modded Mass Effect Legendary is the latest game that had my CPU pegged at 99-100% Still played all the way through with decent framerates, but sustained CPU use even with temps staying under control is less than optimal.

I look upon your GTX 1060 with GTX970 envy. :p

VERY low budget system upgrade with the goal of ultra settings 1080p for the foreseeable future as I am in a nursing home and after my care expenses I have about a dollar a day to spend on myself. This leaves me with a budget of $300 currently, but I'm willing to wait to increase that budget if...

Nothing against logainofhades LoL his replys were also helpful. I honestly just saw that there was more than one person I was talking to. Titan is a title not a name. Wheeee my meds are working overtime today. Bye now.

I would trophy this post and close but the righthand sidebar thing isn't there. "Wifi is backwards compatible, so yes it will work."

Thank you! there are other places where it is said to be backwards compatible, and a few articles that said no it is not, (probably AI garbage) so I went to THE experts I have trusted since 1997ish.

Are WiFi7 WiFi6E WiFi6 Motherboards able to connect to WiFi5? I don't get to decide what flavor WiFi is used around here (old folk's home) so I can't know when things will change if ever from the current WiFi5. When looking for a path to upgrade from my ancient AM3+ system I don't know which...

I couldn't find it in Brave or Windows and was hoping it was just obscure and left under a rock. I knew if such a thing existed this is where I would find the solution. Looking for it I did see some extensions and apps that would do the job at the cost of more add-ons to my old system I'm not...