Recent content by wcrockett

Hi all, I recently picked up a Dell G3 3579 with a Core i5 8300H and GTX 1050. Overall, I'm really happy with it, but I'm wondering about a battery upgrade. Right now it has a stock 56 Wh battery, it is possible to upgrade it to anything more powerful? I know it can be replaced, but is there a...

My Asus Strix GTX 970, it was great then and has aged very well.

I figured it was impossible too, but it didn't hurt to ask. Thanks for your input!

Pretty much.

Do you know of any older motherboards that aren't Chinese? There might be Costa Rican or Malaysian CPU's compatible with it them.

I know this request is borderline insane, seeing as basically everything has some part of it made in China, but here we go. A friend of mine does some work involving national security and asked if I could built a new desktop for him running linux, "of course" I said. Next he requested that I...

Nope, no reset button of any kind. Shorting the battery would work then?

Hi all, I need to clear the CMOS on an old Lenovo 3000 N100 laptop. It has no jumper pins, and the CMOS battery is soldered to the board, it does not post. Can I clear the CMOS by shorting the battery, or do you recommend another way? Thanks.

I feel pretty dumb for not trying this right away. After a cup of coffee, I took the CMOS battery in and out and everything worked. Thanks for the help Conan!

I've put the original PSU back in, tried reseating the CPU and RAM, and removed the GPU. Still getting the blinking amber light.

I'm trying to upgrade my Optiplex by installing an RX 480 and a new 500 watt EVGA PSU. I'm using a 24 pin to 8 pin adapter, as I've seen people successfully do on youtube. The system worked fine before the upgrade, but now it wont post. The fans spin up, and I'm left with a blinking amber power...

I'm attempting to install Nvidia driver 391.35 (the last Fermi driver) on the latest version of Windows 10 for my GT 730, however I keep encountering the same error. After checking for compatibility, I get this: NVIDIA Installer cannot continue This NVIDIA graphics driver is not compatible with...

Hi all, My dad is shopping for a new laptop that he can use with a USB-C dock, and it would have to be able to charge using that same USB-C connection. Does the Dell Inspiron 7370 allow this? I suspect it doesn't, I'd like to be sure. Thanks...

Hi everybody, I recently installed OS X on an old 1366/x58 computer of mine, and almost everything is running well. However, I can't seem to find any drivers for my ethernet device (Marvell 88E8056) or wifi adapter (Asus PCE-N10). Does anyone know where I could find Hackintosh compatible...

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